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Mid-Morning Art Thread

Summer shower
Santiago Rusinol

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 He wants a blow. She's not willing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

3 They look bored with life in general.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (jjoN6)

4 Are they going to a funeral?

Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

5 Do not take Rusinol if you are allergic to Rusinol.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

6 If there's a theme to this week, I'm not seeing it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (qRla/)

7 The couple was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

8 Summer shower.

Neither are in the shower. You can't see rain......WTF?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

9 With a golden shower to follow.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (EGW4m)

10 Are they going to a funeral?
Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026

***
It does look like they are formally dressed for something, and hoping the rain will stop soon.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

11 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (udaaY)

12 Funeral is in rain delay

Posted by: one hour sober at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (J4Dwc)

13 Is that what you kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

14 ???

No summer. No shower.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (JvZF+)

15 Another complete lack of happy little bushes.

But, hey, it's your painting.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (0sNs1)

16 Jeepers they must be living in the Arctic. Fire in the fireplace and a scarf and long sleeves?

Who died? This is depressing af.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (WtkHN)

17 They don't seem like a happy couple.
Would hang, like the simple colors.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (WOnE5)

18 The ennui is palpable.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (amcLV)

19 Wretched sock

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (WtkHN)

20 Funeral is in rain delay
Posted by: one hour sober

He doesn't smell too bad yet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 09:33 AM (EGW4m)

21 A joyless morning, with an unused bed in the corner.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (4nevv)

22 Ottoman, which is a plus, but too White Priveilegy for my taste.

Posted by: Darktown Strut at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (JM9I6)

23 They're waiting around until the Cat in the Hat shows up...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

24 More like Summer Dour.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (GTqXr)

25 He wants a blow. She's not willing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM

So ... married?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (y+CVr)

26 The orange-ish glow just visible in the fireplace, in summer, suggests that this is somewhere pretty far north. But Rusinol was a Spanish painter, not Russian, so I dunno.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

27 All dressed up but no place to go.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (bNf8H)

28 Shower to Shower each day
Helps keep the odor away
Have you Annie Sprinkle today?
"I yam what I yam and that's all that I yam."

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (als2z)

29 I thought you brought the umbrella.
No, I thought YOU brought it.

Posted by: Dammit, woman! at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

30
A dog would cheer them up. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (O0L8i)

31 Nice light in picture. Thanks, CBD. I was not familiar with that artist, but he also has some very nice pictures of gardens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (+hwtP)

32 I'd suggest an indoor boinkathon, but I don't think those two are up for it.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (8mulE)

33 Shouldn't there be some vigorous and mutual soaping and rinsing and toweling off involved? At least, that's the way it goes in my fantasies.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

34
So ... married?
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (y+CVr)

A valid assessment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

35 He wants a blow. She's not willing.
Posted by: Sponge
___________

Or she's disappointed with his latest effort.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (XvL8K)

36 Had a summer shower rumble through here yesterday. Usual mix of high winds, pouring rain, and a little bit of hail.

Fortunately, I didn't lose power, though the lights flickered for a moment.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

37 Rusinol Corp. had a wide range of bowling alley lane conditioners.

Posted by: Wood Eye? at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

38 Caption:

"Marie, as I stand here at the window watching our French Poodle, Montegue Clingenham the Third, I often think, I would be a happier man if I, too, could roll around in my own poo."

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (iJfKG)

39 The compositional usage of triangles is interesting.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (0sNs1)

40 i would wonder what a winter bath looks like.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (Bep7s)

41 A joyless morning, with an unused bed in the corner.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:34 AM (4nevv)

Can't go for a walk, the weather is warm and rainy, shoot. The bed is right there! One could read afterwards.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (rbvCR)

42 I think this is the first time I've seen a painting in the Art Thread where the title makes no f*cking sense whatsoever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

43 I wish she would take a shower.

Posted by: That guy at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (MWfyi)

44 I wish he would take a shower.

Posted by: That gal at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (MWfyi)

45 He wants a blow. She's not willing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM

Are they ever?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (qRla/)

46
Shouldn't there be some vigorous and mutual soaping and rinsing and toweling off involved? At least, that's the way it goes in my fantasies.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

_________

"Mmmmm, I don't think so."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (O0L8i)

47 Had a summer shower rumble through here yesterday. Usual mix of high winds, pouring rain, and a little bit of hail.

Fortunately, I didn't lose power, though the lights flickered for a moment.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

We've had 3 drops of rain over the last month.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

48 Aren't you glad you use Dial?

Posted by: Don't You Wish Everyone Did? at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (JM9I6)

49 The ennui is palpable.

Well ennui special?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 13, 2026 09:38 AM (als2z)

50 "If only we had small technological devices in our hands by which we could entertain ourselves endlessly -- with marginally interesting but infinitely changing short stories in moving-picture form."

Posted by: red speck at August 13, 2026 09:38 AM (Ve/HL)

51 Joyless.

Must've had a picnic planned, dang rain!

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2026 09:38 AM (X8xt3)

52 Did anyone notice the windmill through the window? Clearly they are ill prepared for the weather in Holland.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026 09:38 AM (rbvCR)

53
Are they ever?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 09:37 AM (qRla/)

Not for a long time.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

54 Happily, no one showed this painting to Gene Kelly before his dance scene in Singing in the Rain

Posted by: Miklos the terpsichorean aesthete at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (XOG/m)

55 Think they both get their hair cut at the same place.

Posted by: Great Clips at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (JM9I6)

56 Petrichor and Ozone waft in thru the opened window . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

57 "Stripped Bare" is playing down at the theater and he wishes to go.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (EGW4m)

58 They had tried to organize a shower party, but it was a washout.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

59 I like the woman's posture...it is interesting and evocative.

By the way, Rusinol was a bit of a prick.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (l4RKn)

60 "we kinna lookin' fer da sheepin inda rainin!"

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

61 We need common sense ennui control.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (ndZc7)

62 My assessment: The artist had a lot of black paint, was a cheapskate who decided to use some of it it before buying other paints, and was pretty good at depicting people but lousy at depicting rain.

would not hang

Posted by: Gref at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (5rh/l)

63 That's quite a bustle she's got.

Posted by: Don Black at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)

64 Did anyone notice the windmill through the window? Clearly they are ill prepared for the weather in Holland.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026

***
That explains the fireplace!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

65 And this looks like a fairly well-appointed home in relative comfort. My god, things must've been incredibly dreary back then for the less-well-off.

Posted by: red speck at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (Ve/HL)

66 He: I'm proud of you.
She: I'm tired of you too.

Posted by: AgathaPagatha at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (zDWkG)

67 He wants anal.

She's not willing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)

68 You know what they need?

Day-drinking!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Sco7b)

69 She caught him taking a shower with the maid.

Posted by: dantesed at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

70 60 "we kinna lookin' fer da sheepin inda rainin!"
Posted by: cmeat

I get that! Benny Hill FTW!

Posted by: Beginnin' Rainin' at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (JM9I6)

71 You're soaking in it.

Posted by: Madge at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

72 They’re bored. I’m bored looking at it…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (MaA4a)

73 Walter and Skyler White of the 1890s.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (amcLV)

74 I don't think artists want someone to look at their paintings and say 'boring' no matter how well it was executed.

Posted by: polynikes at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (KC5Lt)

75 They had tried to organize a shower party, but it was a washout.
Posted by: Oh, no.

Rain check, please

Posted by: Miklos can do this later, gator at August 13, 2026 09:43 AM (XOG/m)

76 She caught him taking a shower with the maid.
Posted by: dantesed

Don't blame him.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 09:43 AM (EGW4m)

77 56 my kids are named petrichor and geosmin.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

78 68 You know what they need?

Day-drinking!
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM

Damn right!

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 13, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

79 She caught him taking a shower with the maid.
Posted by: dantesed at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

That never happens.

Posted by: Arnold Schwarzenegger at August 13, 2026 09:44 AM (2YhKe)

80
It was only that one time.

Oh, Richard, just stop.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:44 AM (O0L8i)

81 I just learned that Leonard Cohen took down both Joni Mitchell and Janis Joplin.

I suppose a lot of blind people are good at music, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 13, 2026 09:44 AM (BI5O2)

82 She caught him taking a shower with the maid.
Posted by: dantesed at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

I was pointing out all the floor tile grout lines that needed extra cleaning! That's why we were on our hands and knees! Honest!!

Posted by: Guy in painting at August 13, 2026 09:44 AM (wVcYX)

83 That's quite a bustle she's got.
Posted by: Don Black

Is there a bustle in the hedgerow?

Posted by: Miklos has no pot, so no AM Led Zep at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (XOG/m)

84 petrichor is my favorite word.

Posted by: polynikes at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (KC5Lt)

85 They had planned on going to the beach. They be disappointed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2Cry5)

86 Ahhh…a summer shower, a passing cloud in the relationship. Tension now, unhappy feelings, but it shall pass.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2UJ+q)

87
Is there a bustle in the hedgerow?
Posted by: Miklos has no pot, so no AM Led Zep at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (XOG/m)

In case you don't know.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

88 You know, you rarely see Santiago in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at August 13, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

89 Damn right!
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff

MITTS OFF MY POPOV

bitch

Posted by: *hic* at August 13, 2026 09:46 AM (XOG/m)

90 Walter and Skyler White of the 1890s.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2026 09:42 AM (amcLV)

I am the danger!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:46 AM (MaA4a)

91 lamps don't match, bedding is in the middle of being changed?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 13, 2026 09:46 AM (aJQbY)

92 Walter and Skyler White of the 1890s.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 13, 2026

***
He's running illegal cigarettes to provide for his family . . . but he'll discover he likes doing it anyway.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

93 26 The orange-ish glow just visible in the fireplace, in summer, suggests that this is somewhere pretty far north. But Rusinol was a Spanish painter, not Russian, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Per my quick research, this is in Paris.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:47 AM (2UJ+q)

94 89 you can't day drink unless you start early morning.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

95 It's no dogs but I have a horse painting in my nic .

Posted by: polynikes at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM (KC5Lt)

96 lamps don't match, bedding is in the middle of being changed?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 13, 2026

***
This could be a room in an inn. They've traveled here for the funeral, which was tiring enough, and now they're stuck inside while it rains.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

97 We should have brought our rubbers.

Posted by: Eromero at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM (0ViWo)

98 Looks like me yesterday. Big plans to trim hedges and mow back lawn. About to go out, sky got dark, thunder, rain in sheets, an inch total. Washout.

Posted by: Maybe Today? at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM (JM9I6)

99 You know what they need?

Day-drinking!
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Sco7b)

You asked for it. . .

https://tinyurl.com/syvbyk34

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM (qRla/)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 09:49 AM (/+uur)

101 it's a mad dash to the irish pub next to the funeral parlor.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

102 It looks like emotional tension, not great big feelings where a vase gets thrown or something.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:49 AM (2UJ+q)

103 Caption:

"Sometimes I think I could've been a successful shop owner if only my parents had loved me more. You see, Marie I was the second child. My older sister, Clarice got riding lessons and a pony, She got piano lessons, Marie! and a piano to play upon. My how she would play!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

104 He just told her he prefers men.

So...gay.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (J4Dwc)

105 This could be a room in an inn. They've traveled here for the funeral, which was tiring enough, and now they're stuck inside while it rains.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:48 AM

What, no cable? No WiFi?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

106 He loves the toxic masculinity of football now.

Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Mike Rogers to No-Pads Tackle Football Showdown as Senate Race turns Personal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (ndZc7)

107 Is there a bustle in the hedgerow?
Posted by: Miklos has no pot, so no AM Led Zep at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (XOG/m)

In case you don't know.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.
Oh.
[guitar solo]

Posted by: Guy in painting about to rock out at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (wVcYX)

108 lamps don't match, bedding is in the middle of being changed?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 13, 2026

***
A lot of Western Europe, even aside from the Scandinavian countries, is at pretty high latitudes. Winnipeg is at the same latitude. Europe gets the Gulf Stream for warmth, but if it didn't it would be pretty wintry most of the year.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)

109 Not that I have ever thrown a vase at someone. Though in retrospect, there were a few moments where that would have been entirely appropriate.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:51 AM (2UJ+q)

110
There once was a lady named Bauer
Said, "This might take me more than an hour.
Everything reeks,
It's been 52 weeks.
Now it's time for my yearly summer shower!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 13, 2026 09:51 AM (I0N4X)

111 She caught him taking a shower with the maid.
Posted by: dantesed at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

There's an old Punch cartoon from the early 1900s that shows a mother gesturing to the governess and telling her daughter to kiss her goodnight.

"I won't," says the daughter. "She slaps people's faces when they try to kiss her."

"Oh, such nonsense!"

"It's true, Mama. Just ask Papa."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 09:51 AM (qRla/)

112 You asked for it. . .

https://tinyurl.com/syvbyk34
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

MURICA

Posted by: Miklos only day drinks from Nostalgia at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM (XOG/m)

113 Leonard Cohen was Radical Chic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM (JvZF+)

114 it's a mad dash to the irish pub next to the funeral parlor.
Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)

Do they serve Flaming Dr. Peppers?

Posted by: Count de Monet remembers at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

115 What, no cable? No WiFi?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

No WNBA!
Was life even worth living?

I just checked Instagram.
WNBA 3.7 million followers.
Lol...sad

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM (Sco7b)

116 Is that 1890s Bill and Hillary?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM (MaA4a)

117 Caption (con't)

"I wanted a ukulele, you see. A ukulele I could play along with my sister, Clarice.

But, my parents...my parents never loved me enough to buy me that ukulele. My dreams were shattered.

They bought me a kazoo instead.

Oh, what bitter music it played....*weeps*

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

118 The lamps on the mantle are nice. Not as lovely as Franz Kessler's work, but interesting.

Posted by: Oglebay at August 13, 2026 09:54 AM (2ap+5)

119 Trump changed Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America through sheer force of will. A funnel pointing slightly more west could divert the Gulf Stream to Greenland, away from western Europe, freezing the lefties out. It's all part of the plan.

Posted by: March Of The Penguins at August 13, 2026 09:54 AM (JM9I6)

120 116 Is that 1890s Bill and Hillary?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:52 AM

What difference, at this point, does it make?

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 13, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

121 A lot of Western Europe, even aside from the Scandinavian countries, is at pretty high latitudes. Winnipeg is at the same latitude. Europe gets the Gulf Stream for warmth, but if it didn't it would be pretty wintry most of the year.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9)
----
Yep. For context, Ceuta in northern Morocco is about the same latitude as Memphis, TN.

Just about everything in Europe is north of Memphis, in other words.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 09:54 AM (FZ29D)

122 Leonard Cohen was Radical Chic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 09:52

He was one of those dudes who's talented AF, but still sucks buttcheeks, anyway.

"Everybody Knows" was his only cool song.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 13, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

123 Not that I have ever thrown a vase at someone. Though in retrospect, there were a few moments where that would have been entirely appropriate.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:51 AM (2UJ+q)

In your Flower Power years

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:55 AM (iABCo)

124 My darling, why don't we get drunk and screw?

Posted by: That guy at August 13, 2026 09:55 AM (MWfyi)

125 104 i knew it!

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)

126 Now it's time for my yearly summer shower!"
Posted by: muldoon

One Saturday per year, if I need it or not

Posted by: Miklos thought his doctor's appointment was yesterday at August 13, 2026 09:56 AM (XOG/m)

127 Comment from Reddit on a discussion about density.

“ US is very poorly managed in rural areas.

Here in Switzerland the small villages in the middle of nowhere have everything and are an amazing place to live. I have 10gbit fiber internet, train, bus, poste office, school, restaurants and a super market in a village of 1000 habitants in the middle of a valley away from the cities.”

This guy thinks having internet, a school, a supermarket and some restaurants in a small town doesn’t exist in the US. Lol

Remember those videos of Europeans being shocked by American during the World Cup? We need a lot more of them.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM (7xx4i)

128 110 "mmnnnh! has it been a year already?"

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM (Bep7s)

129 Every other news item on the Fox News site is about a black man or illegal killing another white person. Shits getting out of hand.

Posted by: polynikes at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM (KC5Lt)

130 my kids are named petrichor and geosmin.
Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

"Buggy" and "Hen" then?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)

131
To me, Leonard Cohen was one of those people who became famous after they died. Never heard of him, never heard anything by him. Then he died and all you heard about was how fabulous he was.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM (NrCWn)

132 *Just about everything in Europe is north of Memphis, in other words.*

Stuck inside of Milan, with the Minsk blues again.

Posted by: Dylan at August 13, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)

133
Per my quick research, this is in Paris.
Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:47 AM (2UJ+q)

Ah, so he's homo and she has grooming issues........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

134 114 chartreuse.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 09:58 AM (Bep7s)

135 129 Every other news item on the Fox News site is about a black man or illegal killing another white person. Shits getting out of hand.
Posted by: polynikes at August 13, 2026 09:57 AM

Yoo-hoo.

Posted by: The OFF button at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM (2Ez/1)

136 The painting is evocative of a mood, just not an interesting scene. Not sure where you would hang it at home although it would do well in an exhibit. But I like the style with its detail, use of color, and how it captures a slow rainy day.

I looked at some of his other paintings on his Wiki page. I am impressed, especially his landscapes. He manages to give that glow like a Maxfield Parrish painting. I suspect polynikes would like his style. (Wild guess on my part.)

Posted by: JTB at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM (yTvNw)

137 Not that I have ever thrown a vase at someone. Though in retrospect, there were a few moments where that would have been entirely appropriate.

Posted by: Piper

Do people who throw vases pronounce it vases or vahzes?

Posted by: Miklos adheres to protocol at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM (XOG/m)

138 My parents loved Leonard Cohen. I remember they used to play his records all the time circa late 80s early 90s.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM (7xx4i)

139 Not that I have ever thrown a vase at someone.

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It seems Maine's squeaky clean substitute candidate Troy Jackson has a few skeletons in his closet.

https://tinyurl.com/4dtjr3mp

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM (ndZc7)

140
Leonard Cohen was Radical Chic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 09:52

He was one of those dudes who's talented AF, but still sucks buttcheeks, anyway.

"Everybody Knows" was his only cool song.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 13, 2026 09:55 AM (BI5O2)

Well, to be fair, Ol' Lenny was banging Rebecca De Mornay in her prime.

you gotta give him credit for that.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG)

141 117 when they were early teens we took a bunch of neighborhood kids to valpo with atwo picnic tables covered in firearms. after sunset by the bonfire, boy broke out a ukele. it was kind of unusual.

Posted by: cmeat at August 13, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

142 To me, Leonard Cohen was one of those people who became famous after they died. Never heard of him, never heard anything by him. Then he died and all you heard about was how fabulous he was.

The Robyn Hitchcock rule.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 13, 2026 10:01 AM (qRla/)

143 Do people who throw vases pronounce it vases or vahzes?
Posted by: Miklos adheres to protocol at August 13, 2026 09:59 AM

"Ashtray."

Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at August 13, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

144 Well, to be fair, Ol' Lenny was banging Rebecca De Mornay in her prime.

you gotta give him credit for that.
Posted by: naturalfake

he did it from love..hehehe

Posted by: Big brother Chet from Wierd Science at August 13, 2026 10:02 AM (XOG/m)

The Morning Report — 8/ 13 /26

Good morning kids. So now that the dust is settling after yesterday's Democrat primary results here in Wisconsin that saw the rabid, evil leftist Francesca Hong go down to defeat, first something reeks to high heaven like moldering limburger.

Republicans, however, suspected that the winning tactic was that Democrats in states in which they controlled elections legalized election fraud with mail-in voting, ballot harvesting, and the abandonment of voter ID. In addition, Trump supporters looked at data from the six states in which, for the first time in election history, vote counting stopped for hours, only to resume with Trump’s lead destroyed and Biden suddenly winning. The data look suspicious.
Wisconsin was one of those swing states. Looking at how Francesca Hong lost yesterday, there’s an eerie similarity between her loss and Trump’s in 2020.

Whether she legitimately lost or the powers that be rigged it in favor of her opponent. Let's take a gander at the "winner" Crowley.

David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive who pulled off a stunning upset over the summer’s socialist surge, has blamed systemic racism for police shootings, opposed legislation to protect law enforcement, and declared Wisconsin the worst place in America to raise a black child.
In August 2020, Crowley went all-in on the Black Lives Matter narrative surrounding the domestic disturbance call that ended with the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake. The then-29-year-old, who had a felony warrant out for his arrest, was armed with a knife and was attempting to get into the driver’s seat of an SUV when he was shot seven times, triggering widespread unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and setting the stage for the later acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. . . Before the so-called “summer of love” in 2020, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee also opposed “Blue Lives Matter“ legislation that would’ve added law enforcement officers to the state’s hate crime protected categories, saying the proposal “only furthers the divide between the urban communities and police that serve them.”

Okay, either the electorate legitimately or the Democrat Party leaders swapped out the candidate who advocated abolishing Thanksgiving and the 4th of July for someone who insists the nation is a racist white-supremacist police state intent on the genocide of colored people of color.

However you slice it, all the Democrats succeeded in doing was changing their name from Hyman to Seymour. In the last analysis is Crowley really any less toxic/palatable to the general public (if that is the Democrats' actual concern) than Hong?

Their quest for the seeming holy grail of being perceived as moderate continues...

The ‘moderate Democrat’ is a campaign myth meant to deceive voters into electing leftists.. . Crowley may be less radical than Hong, but being less radical than a racist, anti-American Marxist doesn’t make you a moderate. On unions, wages, abortion, and immigration, Crowley’s positions are decidedly left-wing. The only real big distinction is he hasn’t said he hates Thanksgiving or called for abolishing the Senate.
But what the press and even regular people are doing is allowing Democrats to redefine “moderate” to mean basically anyone standing even half a step to the right of their most extreme member. Once the standard is set, the entire “moderate” claim becomes merely a campaign myth meant to deceive voters into electing an actual leftist who cosplays as a moderate but will still deliver Democrats’ overall left-wing policy goals.

Moderates would be the Nazis who favored Gas chambers and crematoria over the mass shootings into mass graves by the Einsatzgruppen.

Speaking of a prolonged and festering stench from Wisconsin...

On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) responded to fears that Democrats are moving too far to the left by saying that “Republicans have loved to use democratic socialist over and over, and now they’re calling us Communists.” And “they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us.”
. . . “I think the Republicans have loved to use democratic socialist over and over, and now they’re calling us Communists. Like, they’ve lost any credibility. They clearly haven’t taken a high school or even a junior high civics class recently, because they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us. But what people do know is they’re paying more out of pocket for goods, because of actions of Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress.”

We understand very well, you degenerate lying scumbag. Your own mentors/precursors in Marx and Engels defined Socialism as merely the precursor to full on Communism. Democrat/socialism is the precancerous stage to full on Stage Four Terminal Cancer. So the question is, are we as a nation and society in that precancerous stage or what the hell is going on?

Beyond Hong and Crowley, Leftists/Democrats at every level have been shrieking their lungs out about packing the Supreme Court, abolishing the Second and every other amendment and the Constitution itself for years now. Hell, the dead and moldering Ruth Bader Meinhoff Ginsberg proclaimed the South African Constitution as superior to our own, despite the fact of supposedly swearing a sacred oath to uphold the latter in her tenure on the Supreme Court.

The Democrat Party has had a lust for absolute power for over 200 years, to the point of seeking the destruction of this nation as founded in order to acquire and hold onto that power forever.

Furious Hasan Piker melts down over Francesca Hong’s loss: ‘Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers’

Hey, maybe Piker's a moderate and wants to outlaw boomers via gas chambers and not mass shooting. Meh, whatever his reach is it's his words that are horrifyingly reflective of a not insignificant number of our fellow citizens in name only.

So, to sum it all up, I ask what does all this mean? is the Democrat Party really scared that most of America still is sane and repulsed by the views of more and more of their base? Hong, Crowley, Piker et al are bad enough but the Schemers, Bidens, Pelosis, Clintons and all the rest via the things they have supported over the years have no problem with the former, at least until they train their rhetorical and ultimately literal guns on them for not delivering the keys to the kingdom and the head of America as founded to them on a silver platter.

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The Left spent years destroying the norms it now invokes against Trump—and is outraged that Republicans learned the same playbook.
Who’s Been Destroying Norms?
Yesterday, Hong was winning until, magically, she was losing. It was a familiar story.
Did Francesca Hong get the 2020 Donald Trump treatment?

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

El-Sayed’s comments have seen him criticized for deflecting from the deliberate targeting of Christians in the Nashville attack. Reports indicate El-Sayed has hidden as many as 100 videos, including material in which he discussed abolishing the Second Amendment and scrapping Independence Day fireworks.
Dem Candidate El-Sayed Blamed Transgender’s Mass Shooting at Christian School on Anti-Trans Legislation. (I blame the Islamo/Pervert axis of evil - jjs)
Decades of immigration from Muslim-majority Third World countries has turned the Democrats into the party of militant anti-Americanism.
The Problem With DSA Democrats Isn’t Socialism, It’s Third-Worldism
Heidi Beirich of Palm Springs made her initial appearance Wednesday in federal court in Riverside, California, according to her attorney, Michael Proctor. CNN reported she had been arrested earlier that day.
Ex-Southern Poverty Law Center CFO charged in brazen scheme to secretly pay $1.2M to white supremacist groups
It's a bit much, even for those of us with strong stomachs.
The Left Has Overplayed the Race Card So Much That It's Now Just White Noise

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The crackdown aims to address systemic abuse of U.S. immigration laws and reinforce the Trump administration’s broader efforts to restrict birthright citizenship.
Trump’s ‘Birth Tourism’ Task Force Has Revoked 600 Visas in One Month.
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
All the noise around Iran’s supposed stranglehold on oil supplies transiting through the Strait of Hormuz is missing the point. The reality is that the combination of Operations Midnight Hammer and Epic Fury upended the regime’s hopes of turning Hormuz into a permanent hostage.
Tehran is losing its grip on Hormuz, and with it all its leverage
...as Washington doubles down on a “WALL OF STEEL” naval blockade that U.S. and Israeli officials say is steadily worsening the Islamic Republic’s economic crisis.
Top IRGC Adviser Says Iran Could Prolong War to Outlast Trump — U.S. Vows to Keep ‘Wall of Steel’ Blockade
An elaborate “deception operation” undertaken to conceal the president’s departure flight from Ankara.
WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit
. . .as Tehran refuses to back down from sweeping demands for ending the standoff.
Trump: U.S. Navy ‘Controls the Strait 100%’ with ‘Steel Wall’ Blockade — Iran Escalation Still on the Table
“We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now. They don’t have control. We have total control. We own it,” Trump told reporters Tuesday evening after returning from Ohio.
Trump Doubles Down on U.S. ‘Total Control’ of Hormuz: Iran Can Crumble Economically or Get ‘Blown Away’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The agreement reduces the risk of Israeli military intervention and a broader regional conflict on top of the current war with Iran and its proxies. It also prevents the Syrian nuclear material from being weaponized or otherwise falling into the wrong hands. It also signals increased cooperation between the U.S. and Syria’s new regime under al-Qaeda alumnus Ahmed al-Sharaa, following the fall of the former Assad regime.
Trump Strikes Deal to Remove Nuclear Material from Secret Syrian Storage Site.
So why are Germany and the UK sending aid to Gaza instead of feeding their own people?
UN Stats Show Gaza As Well Fed as Germany and the UK
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Nowhere is safe.
Jihad in Hong Kong
The attacker pulled out three knives during the struggle with officers.
Knife-Wielding Attacker Shouts ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Stabs Police Officers

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) responded to a question on if Democrats like her should speak out against or embrace candidates who have advocated for Hamas and defunding the police by saying that “if I am talking to any candidate, or certainly anyone who might be running in Virginia, my priority is going to be that they understand the vital resources that are needed to keep our communities safe, to strengthen our schools, and to ultimately lower costs.”
Spanberger Dodges on Denouncing Pro-Hamas Dems
A key Nation of Islam figure was backstage at El-Sayed election night watch party
Photos Show Grinning Abdul El-Sayed Buddying Up With Nation of Islam Ministers Who Railed Against 'the Jews,' Defended Farrakhan (Damn, if only the JDL was still here! - jjs)
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
The revelations raise significant concerns about the political weaponization of intelligence agencies, with critics arguing that the FBI’s actions undermined legitimate investigations into corruption while shielding the Biden family from scrutiny. The operation also aligned with liberal media narratives that dismissed the Burisma allegations as conspiracy theories.
FBI Targeted Biden Critics as ‘Russian Disinformation Conduits’ in Secret 2020 Operation.
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
What did Fauci know - and when did he know it?
Naomi Wolf Video: Covid Vax & Sexual Intercourse
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Wednesday announcement that she’s leaving her role stunned many insiders.
Full court press Karoline Leavitt’s possible successors emerge after WH press secretary’s surprise departure
For Hunter and Joe Biden, lying becomes so habitual they eventually lose grip on reality. Joe had power so people were inclined to believe his fabrications. Hunter is a former crack addict, deadbeat dad and pardoned felon so the only people he can get to swallow his lies are podcasters hungry for views. Hence his newfound fame, this week courtesy of Tucker Carlson.
Miranda Devine: Habitual liar Hunter Biden used Tucker Carlson’s platform to lie some more about his ‘laptop from hell’
Mao-adoring Twitch streamer Hasan Piker erupted in fury after Wisconsin state rep. Francesca Hong’s shocking defeat in the Democrat gubernatorial primary, venting that boomers should be outlawed.
Red with rage Furious Hasan Piker melts down over Francesca Hong’s loss: ‘Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers’
New York Times columnist falsely claims Trump controls the high court
Thomas Friedman Is as Clueless About The Supreme Court as He Is About the Middle East
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The moderate monthly readings across all times and core inflation, along with the decline in the year-over-year inflation rate, will likely ease concerns among Fed officials. Prices of fed funds futures implied the odds of a rate hike at the Fed’s next meeting in September fell from nearly 50 percent to around 40 percent.
Inflation Fell Further In July as Prescription Drugs, Gasoline, and Grocery Prices Decline
“Young men have been hit hardest.”
Republicans Embrace the Vice Economy
Betsy McCaughey: Hold onto your wallet!
DSA Stands for Freeloaders
John Stossel: Why it’s the only system that lets people prosper.
The Case for Capitalism
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
So why do automakers keep throwing good money after bad?
Who Can Fathom The Eternal Optimism Of EV Enthusiasts?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Seamus Bruner, who works with Peter Schweizer at the Government Accountability Institute, warned in a recent Hillsdale College speech that Arabella and its subgroups are taking point on a program to go after democratically elected sheriffs. He said it as a serious warning, but in a very short, almost offhand comment to a questioner. While I haven't been able to get an interview with Bruner again to flesh this out, I began an investigation in an attempt to find out about this campaign.
The Left Is Coming for Your County Sheriff
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The state's Workforce Pell Grant program opens up new academic, professional, and economic opportunities.
The Innovative Iowa Blueprint Leading The Nation In Education Freedom
SEO Law’s 2026 Class includes graduates of elite boarding schools and the son of a Brown-educated plastic surgeon
A DEI Fellowship Pledged To Recruit ‘Underserved’ Legal Talent. It Accepted Some of the Most Privileged Students in the Country.
Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.
Judge: Two Virginia Schools With Confederate Names Violate Black Students’ Rights
ABORTION
The new law will relax abortion restrictions, allowing for abortions up until the moment of birth for so-called “complications”, rather than only issues that could affect the life of the mother or child. It is unclear if such “complications” could involve diagnoses of issues like Down syndrome or other non-life-threatening conditions.
Democrats Celebrate New Law Allowing Abortion Up to Birth.
Baby Gabriel deserves to live not because a court said so, but because he is a human whose life had value from the moment he was conceived.
We’ve Reached The Infanticide Stage Of Commercial Surrogacy
Baby Gabriel has been born and is “on the path” to receiving the life-saving care he needs.
Red State Comes To Rescue Of Surrogate Mom Facing Pressure To Kill Baby
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITE RINO SCUM
Timing trumps temperament and fundraising ability.
Thune vs. Cornyn: A Retrospective on the 2024 Senate Majority Leader Race
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
“Any chance that Talarico has building any type of Republican coalition is a pipe dream for him”
Group Called ‘Republicans for Talarico’ Exposed as a Scam
POLITICS
So what happened? Were the polls just catastrophically wrong, or is something else going on? It's a fair question, especially given what unfolded on primary night itself.
Election Night Chaos in Wisconsin Raises Some Uncomfortable F-Word Questions
"The death of George Floyd is another untenable example of how racism is the real public health crisis our community is facing.”
Democrats’ ‘Moderate’ Wisconsin Nominee Has His Own Woke Skeletons In The Closet
The ‘moderate Democrat’ is a campaign myth meant to deceive voters into electing leftists.
Stop Calling Democrats ‘Moderate’ For Hiding Their Socialism Behind A Bad Haircut
Thanksgiving-hating socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost to David Crowley, showing the limits of the radical left’s appeal in a Midwest swing state, as long as the normal Democrat has a modicum of charisma and organizational support.
Francesca Hong’s collapse offers hope for establishment Dems — but the radical left is still working hard to infiltrate
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) responded to fears that Democrats are moving too far to the left by saying that “Republicans have loved to use democratic socialist over and over, and now they’re calling us Communists.” And “they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us.”
Dem Rep. Pocan: Republicans Calling Us Democratic Socialists Don’t Understand Definitions (true, you're all Evil Satanic Cancer - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
According to Spanish outlets, Albares did not present a timetable towards the deportation of all of the migrants and a return to normalcy for Ceuta.
Spanish FM Claims ‘All’ Illegal Migrants in Ceuta Will Be Sent Back
Ceuta is only the beginning.
The Migration Wave About to Sweep Over Europe
Ignoring the reasons - including the history of Muslims starting fires in Israel.
Humans Have Set 90% of Those Wildfires in Europe
South Africa has adopted the forms of modernity without the psychological development to sustain them.
The Tribal Mind: Understanding South Africa’s Xenophobic Violence Through Developmental Psychology
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
This continued a pattern seen through most of this year. Prices have fallen in five of the last seven months and have not increased at all this year. Compared to one year ago, prescription drug prices are down 3.1 percent.
Trump Effect: Prescription Drug Prices Fall At Record-Breaking Pace
Meanwhile, the Cyclospora outbreak continues. Maine recently joined the list of states experiencing an outbreak.
Salmonella Linked to Jalapeño Peppers Sickens Over 300 Across 27 States
The beloved grandmother remained silent, hands clasped in a prayer position when she was killed by doctors.
The Latest Horror Story Out Of Canada’s ‘Free’ Healthcare System
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Regulators are using WPATH standards as a set of absolutely certain and inflexible scientific rules at the exact moment that WPATH is shrugging and calling the whole thing a highly debatable guess.
Suddenly The Radical Pro-Trans Medical Organization WPATH Tells A Court That It’s Just Guessing
‘Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions that pose serious risks and convey no proven benefits,’ said CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz.
Trump Admin Ends Medicaid, CHIP Funding For ‘Trans’ Child Mutilation Procedures
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto: Industry dialed down on Identity Politics. Will the sequel be even worse?
Woke 2.0: Hollywood’s Next Act?
Wachowski ripped the industry for ignoring his plans to raise $10 million for The Hunted, his next film, according to Variety.
‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Bashes Hollywood for Refusing to Fund ‘Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’ Action Film
The podcast will explore six books to "explore why they resonate, how they can shape our understanding of ourselves and each other."
During Midterm Home Stretch, Barack Obama Will Launch New Podcast… About Books

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1 Happy Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (/+uur)

2 G'mornin' JJ, and thank you!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (VyBeY)

3 Morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (jjoN6)

4 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (u82oZ)

5 "Lauren Boebert’s Son Arrested on Charges of Child Sexual Exploitation"

What a f'd up family.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:41 AM (MWfyi)

6 yeal, lol, how 'bout that "election", huh?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 07:41 AM (VyBeY)

7 something reeks to high heaven like moldering limburger.

I read that as smoldering limburger

Posted by: Spaz kid Miklos at August 13, 2026 07:42 AM (XOG/m)

8 Yo

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 07:42 AM (rzEIv)

9 All the comments disappeared for a minute.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (rzEIv)

10 >>colored people of color

Heh

Posted by: one hour sober at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (J4Dwc)

11 Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Will Do!

Posted by: Miklos got Breakfast PBR for the whole week at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (XOG/m)

12 demonrats got no worries; tanned, rested, and ready to commit unlimited vote fraud to gain permanent power.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (VyBeY)

13 Most women reach their beauty peak around 15.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (BeyMP)

Thank you JJ hope you are well. Catching up on ONT waiting for this thing, and ran across this unfortunate bit of wisdom.

The fuck???

IMO it's earlier 30's when women usually "peak" but then I do like fully grown women, and to each... I guess... their own... I guess?

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (iABCo)

14 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (ExV1e)

15 "Lily" Wachowski does not look good as a woman, and he is incredibly stupid if he thinks there would be a big audience for a completely transgender film.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (yl+Aq)

16 Who’s Been Destroying Norms?

"But it's (D)ifferent when we do it because (R)easons!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:45 AM (jjoN6)

17 The left is full of looneys but we have our share on the right too. I think that in general, most people are crazy.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)

18 Yesterday, Hong was winning until, magically, she was losing. It was a familiar story.

--

I believe this crazy lady won her primary, but it was snatched from her by the Democrats for various reasons.

What I really can't determine is what frightens me more...that she could actually be elected or that the fraud it just so institutionalized and common now that we'll never, ever be rid of it. Meaning, of course, that The People have zero election integrity and tptb are going to "elect" whomever they want. It's only getting worse with each election cycle.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

19 ‘The Matrix’ Director Lilly Wachowski Bashes Hollywood for Refusing to Fund ‘Wall-to-Wall Trans Cast’ Action Film

Given that 41% of the cast will be dead before filming is done, why would they want to invest?

No, no; don't get up. I'll show myself out.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:46 AM (jjoN6)

20 The fuck???

IMO it's earlier 30's when women usually "peak" but then I do like fully grown women, and to each... I guess... their own... I guess?
Posted by: ...

Average LTG Joe comes from an interesting family

Posted by: Miklos suspects at August 13, 2026 07:46 AM (XOG/m)

21 David Crowley, the Milwaukee County executive who pulled off a stunning upset over the summer’s socialist surge, has blamed systemic racism for police shootings, opposed legislation to protect law enforcement, and declared Wisconsin the worst place in America to raise a black child.

~5.9% of the population of Wisconsin is black but the AWFLs will go all-in on suicidal empathy and the idea that blacks should not be held to the same standard as everyone else.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

22 I think the media was doing its biased thing again against the child of a conservative ,because this is apparently the real story :

He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (yl+Aq)

23 Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

My sincere belief is the only reason they cheated against her and not for her is not ideological but that they didn't think they could get her over the finish line in November.

The creepy thing to me is why didn't they do the same against the jihadist in Michigan. Do they think he can "win"? Because I sure as fuck do.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (iABCo)

24 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 07:49 AM (lrRtF)

25 “People like it,” Wachowski said of the script for the proposed action film. “But they really don’t want to make it because it’s [got a] wall-to-wall trans cast. I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”

There is this place called "Kickstarter" that will fund your dreams of an all trans action movie, dude. If it is as liked as you think it is, it will get funding. It's really that simple.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:50 AM (jjoN6)

26 Posted by: Paul at August 13, 2026 07:48

Oh, a poll from Sienna. I'm totally, absolutely convinced . /s . I live near NYC. He still has support but it's dropping because he's an idiot.

But good try, troll!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:50 AM (yl+Aq)

27 The Dems problem in the same problem they've always had.

They think they just need to tweak the message and the messenger and all will be well. They will usher in a new Golden Age for mankind!

They can never, ever accept that their foundational principles are in error. That their policies always lead to suffering and death.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 07:51 AM (FZ29D)

28 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2026 07:51 AM (2Cry5)

29 Morning all
Posted by: rickb223

Jo reggelt, tisztelt Uram!

Persze, Sefton Urnak is

Posted by: Miklos, as if it was yesterday at August 13, 2026 07:51 AM (XOG/m)

30 What I really can't determine is what frightens me more...that she could actually be elected or that the fraud it just so institutionalized and common now that we'll never, ever be rid of it. Meaning, of course, that The People have zero election integrity and tptb are going to "elect" whomever they want. It's only getting worse with each election cycle.
Posted by: Lady in Black

We can get rid of the fraud. We did it in Iraq in their first election.

We. Just. Don't. Have. The. Will.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 07:51 AM (lrRtF)

31 "He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

And then put it on Instagram. No boy genius, that one.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)

32 Yesterday, Hong was winning until, magically, she was losing.

And she knows enough about how the system works that she conceded, immediately.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 07:53 AM (ExV1e)

33 24 Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

My sincere belief is the only reason they cheated against her and not for her is not ideological but that they didn't think they could get her over the finish line in November.

The creepy thing to me is why didn't they do the same against the jihadist in Michigan. Do they think he can "win"? Because I sure as fuck do.
Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (iABCo)

Detroit and environs are now a de facto Islamic caliphate. Also Jocelyn Benson will do her job.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 13, 2026 07:54 AM (x0n13)

34 He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit

He can just say that he identified as a girl at the time and he'll be set free.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:55 AM (jjoN6)

35 Red with rage Furious Hasan Piker melts down over Francesca Hong’s loss: ‘Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers’

--

This country would be well-served if this pig were to fall into a volcano. He's a vile subhuman and evil to the marrow of his bones.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

36 Thinking of Tyler Robinson this morning, and recalling the wisdom of Heavy D and the Boys.

"Check it now hip hip hooray'n, check what I am sayin / You'll be happy like a faggot in jail, when Heav is playin"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 13, 2026 07:55 AM (1clWT)

37 He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit

Most every senior in high school is shitting himself right not.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 07:56 AM (lrRtF)

38 Would the rank and file Democrats oppose, and then tank a radical Muslim candidate running on a similar set of ideas as Hong? Or a Muslim candidate just as insane?

I have doubts.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2026 07:56 AM (2Cry5)

39 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

The only solution is to let them emigrate to a place where they won't be constantly reminded of a situation which none of them have ever experienced.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)

40 "The beloved grandmother remained silent, hands clasped in a prayer position when she was killed by doctors."

Well, she was really not THAT beloved.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:57 AM (MWfyi)

41 I saw Outlaw Boomers open for Boomtown Rats back in 86. All those guy have passed away by now.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:58 AM (MWfyi)

42 Who are the Democratic Socialites of America?
Is that like a debutante organization for overweight lesbians with purple hair, sleeve tattoos, and tackle box faces adorned in Che Guevera T shirts?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:59 AM (2Ez/1)

43 Red with rage Furious Hasan Piker melts down over Francesca Hong’s loss: ‘Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers’

Bring it goatfucker.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 07:59 AM (lrRtF)

44 Siena University (formerly College) that does polls for publicity

Approximately 2700 students in fall 2026, based on recent declines of 9% per year

Cost of a four year degree about $330,000

Dean is Rashmi H. Assudani

Posted by: Miklos likes to check sources at August 13, 2026 07:59 AM (XOG/m)

45 My people used to take their beloved grandmothers out into the woods and leave them there.

Posted by: Heap Big Lizzy Warren at August 13, 2026 08:00 AM (MWfyi)

46 This country would be well-served if this pig were to fall into a volcano.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Just make sure his dog has a home first.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:00 AM (jjoN6)

47 "The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and former executive Heidi Beirich have been indicted on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering related to secretly funneling donor funds to extremist groups."

These are RICO predicates. Just sayin'

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 13, 2026 08:00 AM (dtajH)

48 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

--

If I were a betting person, I would lay down my marker on asking 1000 black students to give a simple biography of who he even was, and they wouldn't know a thing. That is, other than "Stonewall Jackson bad."

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

49 Who are the Democratic Socialites of America?
Is that like a debutante organization for overweight lesbians with purple hair, sleeve tattoos, and tackle box faces adorned in Che Guevera T shirts?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Chelsea Clinton - Chairpuppy.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 08:01 AM (lrRtF)

50 The most dangerous part of any American city has the street named after MLK junior.

Posted by: But you can't say that out loud at August 13, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)

51 The Left Is Coming for Your County Sheriff
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Not really a surprise. The left has a very strong lock on the law enforcement mechanisms of densely-populated urban areas.

They don't have nearly as strong a lock on law enforcement in counties with much lower population densities.

This is just another strategy to strangle the American people.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 08:02 AM (FZ29D)

52 Cost of a four year degree about $330,000

My advice to the youngsters: College is a scam. Make it one in your favor.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:02 AM (jjoN6)

53 Most every senior in high school is shitting himself right not.
Posted by: rickb223

safer play is to just fuck the teachers like all the guys

you can do that when you're 15

Posted by: 18 year old practicl wisdom at August 13, 2026 08:02 AM (XOG/m)

54 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:03 AM (77rzZ)

55 >Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.
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No they won't, because they don't know Stonewall Jackson even existed, much less who he was

I doubt public schools are taking deep dives into Civil War history beyond the issue of slavery

Posted by: Don Black at August 13, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)

56 I think the media was doing its biased thing again against the child of a conservative ,because this is apparently the real story :

He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (yl+Aq)

Most people never read beyond the headline which will be "Rep. Boebert’s son arrested for sexual assault of a minor."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

57 The attacker pulled out three knives during the struggle with officers.
Knife-Wielding Attacker Shouts ‘Allahu Akbar,’ Stabs Police Officers

I just don't care anymore. Don't whine about foreign savages trying to murder people when the same government imports them in by the millions, and rewards them with lavish entitlements and a perpetual Get Out Of Jail card.

And then the retarded population keeps voting in the saboteurs who are profiting off the destruction of any Quality of Life you had or can imagine.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (a3CJ+)

58 Approximately 2700 students in fall 2026, based on recent declines of 9% per year

Cost of a four year degree about $330,000

Posted by: Miklos likes to check sources at August 13, 2026 07:59 AM (XOG/m)
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If the university I work for was losing 9% enrollment year after year, our Chancellor would be shitting bricks.

I'm guessing they offer nothing more than various grievance studies degrees and charging a premium for that privilege.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (FZ29D)

59 That is, other than "Stonewall Jackson bad."
Posted by: Lady in Black

"The Stonewall riots (also called the Stonewall uprising, rebellion, or simply Stonewall) were a series of spontaneous demonstrations and clashes between members of the LGBTQ+ community and police that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, outside the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City."

Posted by: Miklos plays mind games at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (XOG/m)

60 What's with the Brothers Wachowski?

They climb the greasy pole of Hollywood and can get the finest trim, and then they cut their dicks off?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (dtajH)

61 47 "The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and former executive Heidi Beirich have been indicted on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and money laundering related to secretly funneling donor funds to extremist groups."
Posted by: Ignoramus

Michigan Sec State and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson was on the SPLC board and worked as a secret agent for the organization while starting out, but it's been very quiet around here about that.

Hoping she gets handed an indictment, too.

Posted by: Auspex at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (Y8DZL)

62 They would hear "Stonewall" and probably think of the fag riots they were taught about in school.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:05 AM (MWfyi)

63 "He is accused of having sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old girl when he was 18, according to Tyler Boebert’s arrest affidavit
Posted by: FenelonSpoke"

And then put it on Instagram. No boy genius, that one.
Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:52 AM (MWfyi)

Presumably this is in Colorado? If so...

Colorado’s Romeo and Juliet law, codified under C.R.S. § 18-3-401.3, provides a close-in-age exemption to statutory rape charges for consensual sexual activity between minors and older partners who fall within specific age gaps. While the general age of consent in Colorado is 17, this law allows for legal leniency to prevent the criminalization of relationships between teenagers close in age.

Unless the girl accuses him of rape, I don't see where this has even a remote legal justification.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

64 Morning all. No results yet from Tuesday's interview. Praying to hear good news today or tomorrow.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 13, 2026 08:06 AM (aJQbY)

65 How is it in any way plausible that the "radical" Hong would join hands with the establishment five seconds after being so obviously cheated?

I can't even see the Tea Party doing that. Certainly not Trump. Maybe later but right away? And these are supposed to be violent radical purist commies who want to take down the system? I think her behavior fits my WWF theory better than some quick localized incentive or threat. A genuine radical gives no fucks about incentives or threats. That's the whole point of being anti establishment. Suddenly they are pragmatists?

The things Democrats expect their own followers to swallow let alone anyone else are fantastically egregious.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (iABCo)

66 The Stonewall Riots were the day after Gay Icon Judy Garland's funeral. Coincidence?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (dtajH)

67 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

This is not the same caliber of people that won the American Revolution or World War Eleven.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (a3CJ+)

68 Rep Mark Pocan WI (D): They clearly haven’t taken a high school or even a junior high civics class recently, because they don’t understand the definitions of what they’re calling us.

You know, he may not be that wrong given the state of education. There was a clearly defined definition back in my day.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (beMHv)

69 "Unless the girl accuses him of rape, I don't see where this has even a remote legal justification.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic "

Probably not. If he had been 17 and 364 days it would be nothing. Still, he's a dumbass for putting it on the internet.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

70 I said it yesterday: No such thing as a moderate Dem. Remember 2020, Grandpa Joe was the (literally) empty vessel that could be portrayed as a moderate, then when selected (not elected) the old fool had no idea what was going on and his administration was as radical or more radical than Obama’s. We still don’t know who was operating the levers behind the scenes….

Crowley is as bad as Hong. In MI, El-Sayad is only slightly worse than Stevens…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 08:08 AM (MaA4a)

71 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Your local community college at August 13, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

72 Which brings to mind a line I should have used in HS.

"Hey baby, it's my 18th birthday tomorrow. Let's keep it legal."

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)

73 "The beloved grandmother remained silent, hands clasped in a prayer position when she was killed by doctors."

I am trying to get Hillary to go on a canadian vacation this fall. So exciting!

Posted by: Billy Jeff, Pervert In Chief at August 13, 2026 08:09 AM (e2lsi)

74 Probably not. If he had been 17 and 364 days it would be nothing. Still, he's a dumbass for putting it on the internet.
Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:07 AM (MWfyi)

Yes, he's a dumbass, as are most teens, however...

The girl was 17 at the time. The age of consent in Colorado is 17. There's absolutely no basis for statutory rape, even if he were 50. Add in the R&J law and there's even less.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)

75 "Still, he's a dumbass for putting it on the internet."

A tale as old as 1998.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 08:10 AM (2Ez/1)

76 71 Sitting right here, boss.
Posted by: Your local community college

From the time she was old enough to start thinking about colleges, my friend made it clear to his daughter to start with community college. She has an inheritance that was really good and he would let her live with him while she went to school.

I am happy to say that she listened to him and is in her second year of CC.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:11 AM (jjoN6)

77 Posted by: Billy Jeff, Pervert In Chief

You spelled prevert rong

Posted by: Billy Carter, the only decent one in the whole damn fambly at August 13, 2026 08:11 AM (XOG/m)

78 If I had $300K when I was starting out I think I would have invested in an auto shop instead of college.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:12 AM (MWfyi)

79 Stonewall Jackson actually encouraged literacy for slaves, so that they could read the Bible.

Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

80 78 If I had $300K when I was starting out I think I would have invested in an auto shop instead of college.
Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:12 AM

Hey sailor.

Posted by: Vegas at August 13, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)

81 Stonewall Jackson actually encouraged literacy for slaves, so that they could read the Bible.
Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:13 AM (77rzZ)

Hence the emotional distress black students would feel.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

82 "Hey sailor.
Posted by: Vegas"

I've never been a gambler. It holds no allure for me.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 08:18 AM (MWfyi)

83 I've never been a gambler. It holds no allure for me.
Posted by: fd

*nods knowingly*

Posted by: Kenny Rogers at August 13, 2026 08:19 AM (XOG/m)

84 I see my opinions of the news are shared

They would have no idea who Stonewall Jackson was, other than "old dead white guy".

They'd probably mix it up with Margery Stoneman Douglas.

And yes, Hong lost because she was a complete nutjob but mostly because the Dems realized that if she was allowed to win the primary they might as well concede the seat, vs now they have a good chance they think.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 13, 2026 08:20 AM (aJQbY)

85 County Sheriff is the highest elected official, they have enormous power if they choose to exercise it. This has long stuck in the craw of totalitarians. I think ordinarily the idea is to install leftist progressive Sheriffs, but also work to defang the office.

Police departments are a relatively new phenomenon historically. The Sheriff can basically “draft” the citizenry when required, to chase an escaped felon for example. That’s what a posse is about. It’s actually a crime to refuse this. Sort of like jury duty or whatever.

One can sort of predict that a system where enormous amounts of taxpayer money is allocated towards a police department that cannot be effectively used is going to cause people to start asking questions. Although the public school systems, the other half of this compulsory funding operation seems to be chugging along fine, and minting freshly mind laundered agitators at a pretty good clip, so who knows.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2026 08:21 AM (rFdmY)

86 > Most people never read beyond the headline which will be "Rep. Boebert’s son arrested for sexual assault of a minor."
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Someone's looking for a payoff. The case seems... iffy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2026 08:21 AM (2Cry5)

87 It is a good thing that black students never cause distress to anyone.

Posted by: on a positive note at August 13, 2026 08:21 AM (XOG/m)

88 The problem is, for the most part, Democrats can get their most strident lunatics elected and the GOP can't get pipe hitting Conservatives elected to counter these lunatics.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 08:21 AM (XV/Pl)

89 88 The problem is, for the most part, Democrats can get their most strident lunatics elected and the GOP can't get pipe hitting Conservatives elected to counter these lunatics.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 08:21 AM (XV/P

Can't or doesn't want to

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 08:22 AM (iABCo)

90 they have a good chance they think.
Posted by: RandomDave

I hope you have a good chance too

Posted by: Miklos, fingers crossed at August 13, 2026 08:23 AM (XOG/m)

91 So the Lakers sold for $12 Billion plus. What's a WNBA franchise worth?

Posted by: Nana, On A Very Fixed Income at August 13, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

92 "So why do automakers keep throwing good money after bad?"

We just write it off.

Posted by: GM at August 13, 2026 08:25 AM (MWfyi)

93 While I admire Caroline Leavitt’s decision to leave to care for her kids, I’ll miss seeing that particular piece of eye candy on the screen.

Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:25 AM (77rzZ)

94 So the Lakers sold for $12 Billion plus. What's a WNBA franchise worth?
Posted by: Nana, On A Very Fixed Income

Since the league has lost money every year, they'll pay you $12.95 to take one.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 08:26 AM (lrRtF)

95 So the Lakers sold for $12 Billion plus. What's a WNBA franchise worth?
Posted by: Nana, On A Very Fixed Income

WNBA gets half of that, right?

Posted by: Miklos, thinking that's how it works at August 13, 2026 08:26 AM (XOG/m)

96 So the Lakers sold for $12 Billion plus. What's a WNBA franchise worth?

Depends on the current price and how much fuel is in their tour bus.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 13, 2026 08:26 AM (9Hs2w)

97 While I admire Caroline Leavitt’s decision to leave to care for her kids, I’ll miss seeing that particular piece of eye candy on the screen.
Posted by: Bulg

MAGA MILF

Posted by: Miklos, succinct at August 13, 2026 08:27 AM (XOG/m)

98 91 12 billion would probably buy the entire WNBA, with change left over to buy the Pecos League Kinda Professional Baseball organization.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 13, 2026 08:27 AM (gm9Sb)

99 I thought MAGA's problem was ~~Trump's felonies, egg prices, gas prices, the war, the reflecting pool~~...

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 08:27 AM (iABCo)

100 @89

>>Can't or doesn't want to

Possibly a little bit of both.

And that is the crux of the biscuit of why we are where we are with Socialist Lunatics on the ascendency everywhere.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 08:28 AM (XV/Pl)

101 > What's a WNBA franchise worth?
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If enough men, former basketball players who are identifying as women get into the league, the pure entertainment value will probably jack any franchise's worth up a bit.

It's still a silly league. Women thugs. Soon to be joined by male thugs. LMAO

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 13, 2026 08:28 AM (2Cry5)

102 What's a WNBA franchise worth?
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20 bucks...

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 08:28 AM (iABCo)

103 Since the league has lost money every year, they'll pay you $12.95 to take one.
Posted by: rickb223

It is entirely possible that a decent bowling alley is worth more than a WNBA franchise

Posted by: Miklos, here for the beer and maybe a score at August 13, 2026 08:29 AM (XOG/m)

104 So, apparently, the issue in the Boebert son case is that he was stupid enough to video the event and, since she was 17, that makes it child porn. Which he then posted online, making it dissemination of child porn.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)

105 The WSJ is garbage now. Maybe it always was? William Galston has a piece up.. I don’t know what it’s supposed to be: opinion, editorial, essay, historical description…. But it’s a weasel-worded thing that seems to want to say that Israel’s gone too far in response to 10/7, but won’t come right out and say it… and a few backhand swipes at Netanyahu. What is wrong with these people?? 10/7 was an act of war and everything that flowed from that has been the FO part of FAFO for Hamas. Gazans overwhelmingly approved of 10/7…. So FO. Galston is a retard

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 08:29 AM (MaA4a)

106 MAGA MILF

Posted by: Miklos, succinct at August 13, 2026 08:27 AM (XOG/m

No relation to Mega Maid

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 08:29 AM (iABCo)

107 94 While I admire Caroline Leavitt’s decision to leave to care for her kids, I’ll miss seeing that particular piece of eye candy on the screen.
Posted by: Bulg

I think she will run for Congress again from NH, then governor, then run for President when she is old enough. She is 28 now.

Posted by: Nostrildamus.... at August 13, 2026 08:29 AM (JM9I6)

108 Baby Gabriel has been born and is “on the path” to the Hershey highway to the old dirt road.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 13, 2026 08:30 AM (S32xh)

109 Why don't lesbians and frilly men just do Lingerie Football?

Posted by: Miklos, unable to answer at August 13, 2026 08:30 AM (XOG/m)

110 108 - Did you get a load of the parents' names of that poor Baby Gabriel? Gees.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 08:31 AM (2noDb)

111 Hey, Miklos. Good to see you.

Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:32 AM (77rzZ)

112 It is entirely possible that a decent bowling alley is worth more than a WNBA franchise
Posted by: Miklos

I'd definitely pay more for a bowling alley than a WNBA franchise.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 08:32 AM (lrRtF)

113 So the Lakers sold for $12 Billion plus. What's a WNBA franchise worth?
Posted by: Nana, On A Very Fixed Income at August 13, 2026 08:23 AM (JM9I6)

After being sold for $10B less than 2 years ago. That pace of turnover in ownership is very unusual…. I don’t get the $12B. The Lakers are probably the most valuable franchise in the NBA but the NFL is way more popular and the Seahawks just sold for $9.3B IIRC…. There’s no way a Super Bowl winning NFL franchise is worth less than any NBA team

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 08:32 AM (MaA4a)

114 Speaking of a prolonged and festering stench from Wisconsin...

It's an acquired taste.

Posted by: Limburger Cheese at August 13, 2026 08:32 AM (wVcYX)

115 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

So the judge is asserting that black people as a whole are fragile little creatures. Bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it plays out.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:33 AM (jjoN6)

116 If bowling shoes were more stylish, perhaps the sport would be popular again.

Posted by: Jimmy Choo at August 13, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)

117 What does the "W" in WNBA stand for?

Wesbians.

Posted by: Elmer Fudd at August 13, 2026 08:35 AM (2Ez/1)

118 Good to see you.
Posted by: Bulg

I feel seen

Posted by: Miklos, a minority of about 8% of the world's population at August 13, 2026 08:38 AM (XOG/m)

119 Jes take down the Stonewall part, and put up Jesse.

Posted by: Or Reggie at August 13, 2026 08:38 AM (JM9I6)

120 Today Is National Filet Mignon Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 08:38 AM (NpAcC)

121 Or Jumanji "Action" Jackson.

Posted by: Name Game at August 13, 2026 08:40 AM (JM9I6)

122 Caitlan Clarke should sue the WNBA for a cut of their increased revenue, she's resposnible for their revenue jump and distribuiton deals.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 08:40 AM (XV/Pl)

123 Make Bowling Alleys And Roller Rinks Great Again!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 08:40 AM (wVcYX)

124 Sherry Jackson. Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

125 >
I'd definitely pay more for a bowling alley than a WNBA franchise.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 08:32 AM (lrRtF)

I'd pay more for a burned-out match than a WNBA franchise, because, while both worthless, the burned-out match would keep its mouth shut and not rant about "whiteness".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:41 AM (IG3/x)

126 Based on the words from his mouth, Hasan Piker represents an ongoing, clear and present danger to society. His comment about 'outlawing boomers' is flagrant ageism; where are the lefties screaming about this?!? He is inciting his followers to commit murder against the older generation, he is guilty of a crime and needs to be prosecuted in a conservative state. The First Amendment does not protect incitement to violence.
I can think of lots of appropriate punishments for him but I will withhold the specifics of same for the sake of good order.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 13, 2026 08:41 AM (JNTt1)

127 The left: Trust the experts, they are always right unlike you mouth breathing "internet researchers"

The experts: Francesa Hong is going to easily win, And remember the people whose votes are counted last, the mail in ballots are all extremely leftwing so she'll pick up votes as the night goes on

Hong loses based on last minute mail in ballots

The right: Hey wait a minute this looks fishy all the last minute ballots went for the nominally more moderate candidate

The left: nothing to see here, move along

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:42 AM (sKqQm)

128 120 Today Is National Filet Mignon Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

All I got is a NY Strip. Guess it will have to do.

Posted by: With Ketchup at August 13, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)

129
*polite cough*

Posted by: Shuffleboard courts and horseshoe pits at August 13, 2026 08:42 AM (2Ez/1)

130 Good morning Horde, thx JJ.
I always wondered why the issue of surrogacy has never been forced to deal with the fact that selling humans , even babies , amounts to slavery. Adoption is obviously different but agreeing to sell a baby at birth violates the babies rights not to be chattel. Womb rental is one thing , the outright purchase is very different

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 13, 2026 08:43 AM (WOnE5)

131 Make Bowling Alleys And Roller Rinks Great Again!
Posted by: Count de Monet

Roller Derby?

I'm puttin' Darleen in

Posted by: Miklos sees easy money at August 13, 2026 08:43 AM (XOG/m)

132 Sherry Jackson. Hubba hubba.
Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

Hubba-worthy checks out. "Schwing", even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

133 I thought a NY Strip was a style for pubic hair.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (IG3/x)

134 So, apparently, the issue in the Boebert son case is that he was stupid enough to video the event and, since she was 17, that makes it child porn. Which he then posted online, making it dissemination of child porn.

He should have rogered a gunsel in the senate committee room, filmed it and sent it to one of the Wachowski brothers to put in their new movie about trannys, troons and gunsels.

People would flock to see it.

Posted by: Using the word Gunsel at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (e2lsi)

135 I sound naughty.
But I'm not.

Posted by: Cornhole at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Hong got schlonged!

Posted by: Couldn't Beat The Cheat at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)

137 I also want to return to this notion of "surprise strategic voting" that the left is claiming.

Are there any examples of this in past elections in WI or really anywhere?

So the specific set of conditions:

In a primary the more extreme candidate is way, way up by 20 or more points and they then lose because 20% of the electorate changed their mind when they got to voting because they worried their preferred candidate wasn't electable

Because the other answer to this - enough votes were produced to give the more moderate guy the win because that's what the Dems want is way simpler.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:45 AM (sKqQm)

138 I thought a NY Strip was a style for pubic hair.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Landing strip

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 13, 2026 08:45 AM (EGW4m)

139
So every FBI person involved in "Operation Round River" has been fired or indicted, right?

Right?

Posted by: Auspex at August 13, 2026 08:46 AM (Y8DZL)

140 Good morning!

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (2UJ+q)

141 Make Bowling Alleys And Roller Rinks Great Again!
Posted by: Count de Monet

One bowling alley is already pretty damn great

https://www.rocknbowl.com/

Posted by: Miklos ate alligator sandwiches there at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (XOG/m)

142 So, apparently, the issue in the Boebert son case is that he was stupid enough to video the event and, since she was 17, that makes it child porn. Which he then posted online, making it dissemination of child porn.

I suspect if you had access to internal communications this is the CO State Dems trying to get Boebert's seat.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

143 133 I thought a NY Strip was a style for pubic hair.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Urrybody got they's mind in the gutter up in here.

Posted by: Hence, The Bowling Alley Talk at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (JM9I6)

144 > 124 Sherry Jackson. Hubba hubba.
Posted by: Bulg at August 13, 2026 08:41 AM (77rzZ)

https://tinyurl.com/4k2t2cz6

Looks like it was cold in the photography studio.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:48 AM (IG3/x)

145 I sound naughty.
But I'm not.
Posted by: Cornhole at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

Ditto.

Posted by: Slip 'N Slide at August 13, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

146 Marco Rubio will be the next Press Secretary.

Posted by: Man Of Many Hats at August 13, 2026 08:48 AM (JM9I6)

147 18-1

Was it an open primary, with decreased R voters and the same amount of missing R voters in the D vote total?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

148 Using the word Gunsel

*lights a smoke like Bogie*

Posted by: Miklos says let's give 'em the gunsel at August 13, 2026 08:49 AM (XOG/m)

149 Whoever came up with the idea of selling beer at the bowling alley was a marketing genius.

Perhaps they could regain their popularity if they started serving avocado toast and soy lattes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

150 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

• Make an observation: (see above)
• Ask a Question. Turn the observation into a clear, testable question.
• Conduct background research
• Form a hypothesis
• Design and perform an experiment
• Analyze the data
• Draw a conclusion
• Communicate and Repeat

Pretty sure that the liberal ~~judge~~ activist skipped everything and went straight to "Draw a Conclusion". Who needs the Scientific Method when you have god-like powers to declare conclusions by fiat?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 13, 2026 08:50 AM (9Hs2w)

151 Man Of Many Hats

But are they Festive?

Posted by: Miklos like consistency at August 13, 2026 08:50 AM (XOG/m)

152 For Boebert's son's video, did he post it online in a public forum or did he have it stored in one of his own online accounts.

The former would seem to me to be a real issue, and this often gets captured under "revenge porn" laws, but if the latter not only has he committed no crime the people that brought the charge should be arrested for depriving him of his rights for a fishing expedition to go after his mother.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

153 > 145 I sound naughty.
But I'm not.
Posted by: Cornhole at August 13, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)

Ditto.
Posted by: Slip 'N Slide at August 13, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

Ballcock
Close nipple

Posted by: The Plumbing Section at Lowes at August 13, 2026 08:50 AM (IG3/x)

154 Rodrigo Borgia

Pencil test: Passed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 08:51 AM (u82oZ)

155 Thoughts on reviving Celebrity Bowling and Bowling For Dollars?

Posted by: TV Addict at August 13, 2026 08:51 AM (JM9I6)

156 Why would "Many Hands" be a good name for a Native American electrician?

Many Hands make light work.

Blame Spider Robinson for this, not me.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:51 AM (IG3/x)

157 Rallye stripe

Posted by: Don Black at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

158 One bowling alley is already pretty damn great

https://www.rocknbowl.com/
Posted by: Miklos ate alligator sandwiches there at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (XOG/m)

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

FYI - Le Bon Temps Roule is an iconic, 24-hour dive bar located in Uptown New Orleans at 4801 Magazine Street.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (wVcYX)

159 130 Good morning Horde, thx JJ.
I always wondered why the issue of surrogacy has never been forced to deal with the fact that selling humans , even babies , amounts to slavery. Adoption is obviously different but agreeing to sell a baby at birth violates the babies rights not to be chattel. Womb rental is one thing , the outright purchase is very different
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 13, 2026 08:43 AM (WOnE5)

Technically, the surrogate does not make money. Legally, the only thing that can be paid for is expenses related to the birth of the child. So it has been dealt with, but clearly there are still huge issues.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (2UJ+q)

160 Perhaps they could regain their popularity if they started serving avocado toast and soy lattes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Vending machines for smokes

Like back when it was America

Posted by: Miklos likes to light one up sometimes at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (XOG/m)

161 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

162 $10 says this becomes a hardwood vs carpet thread

Posted by: Don Black at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

163 Bonjour fellow future camp mates. I call the corner bunk and hands off my veggie garden.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (tNwfv)

164 However you slice it, all the Democrats succeeded in doing was changing their name from Hyman to Seymour.

Nah....they changed their name from Democrats to Sandusky's years ago......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2YhKe)

165 "In a primary the more extreme candidate is way, way up by 20 or more points and they then lose..."

+++
What I think you're referring to is the candidate was "up by 20 or more points in the polls..."

Polls are irrelevant now, thanks to technology. Random sampling is next to impossible. It changed rather rapidly and we the voting public haven't adjusted to it. We are so conditioned to decades and decades of semi-reliable polls as a predictor that we still pay attention to them.
Polls are worthless now.

This post refers:
https://ace.mu.nu/archives/411870.php

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 08:53 AM (2Ez/1)

166 150 Black students will suffer psychological harm if they walk into a building named for Stonewall Jackson, a liberal judge said.

They've overcome the stigma of 'acting white' so maybe they'll adjust.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 13, 2026 08:53 AM (Sco7b)

167 Thoughts on reviving Celebrity Bowling and Bowling For Dollars?
Posted by: TV Addict

Sure!

Posted by: Nick Price, lottery fixer at August 13, 2026 08:53 AM (EGW4m)

168 Big Chief Squaw Speaks With Forked Tongue is just asking questions.

Elizabeth Warren
@SenWarren
A new Spider-Man movie just hit theaters.
And it got me thinking: could Spider-Man afford to buy a home in New York City?

-
And Superman's Fortress of Solitude? Forget about it! But the solution is obvious. Just redistribute Batman's income.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 08:53 AM (ndZc7)

169 The Lakers is big celebrity in El Lay. Lakers, baby. Yeah, worth way more than the Seahawks. Not a lotta glitz in Seeattel. Free tix to a 'hawks game ain't pullin' the same tail Lakers is, especially in inclement weather.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 13, 2026 08:54 AM (DZ9Lv)

170 Rallye stripe
Posted by: Don Black at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (ZxPkt)

Fupa mat

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

171 I always wondered why the issue of surrogacy has never been forced to deal with the fact that selling humans , even babies, amounts to slavery.

Uneducated guess: It was done with consenting adults and was not really publicly talked about prior to cases like this. I'm not even sure it could be defined as slavery since you have a man and a woman making a child that grows inside a third party with the understanding the baby would go to the parents.

But demanding the child be aborted just because of this is outright evil.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:54 AM (jjoN6)

172 I don’t understand why anyone is happy about hong losing. She was going to lose bigly in November. Crowley is pretty much assured a win now.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 08:55 AM (7xx4i)

173 The beloved grandmother remained silent, hands clasped in a prayer position when she was killed by doctors.
======================
Meanwhile, Justine Castreaux stays safely in California, out of the reach of Canadian doctor-murderers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 08:55 AM (tNwfv)

174 2026 WI Gov primary

D
Crowley 315k
Hong 315k
Others 164k

R
Tiffany 420k
Other 20k

2022 Primary

D
Evers 492k

R
Michels 327k
Kleefish 291k
Others 75k

The big takeaway is contested elections get more votes, but honestly looks like the D numbers in 2026 were goosed, likely to give Crowley just enough to win.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

175 Good news, everyone!

Bobwan
@BobHumphreys
let me get this straight. AOC is now the moderate establishment candidate.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 08:55 AM (ndZc7)

176 Hasan Piker is pushing the limits of speech, as in, he's openly and outright calling for violence and murder because he KNOWS nothing will happen to him. Nothing happens to the left when they do that. ANYONE on the right calls for violence in any form whatsoever and they're vilified by the media, arrested by some alphabet agency and likely never heard from again.

We can't have nice things......and likely never will. The left sucks and they have ALL the power.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

177 The Spanberger quote: "if I am talking to any candidate, or certainly anyone who might be running in Virginia, my priority is going to be that they understand the vital resources that are needed to keep our communities safe, to strengthen our schools, and to ultimately lower costs."

Translations:
Keep our communities safe = double-down on sanctuary laws and harassment and obstruction of ICE officers; abolish ICE ASAP

Strengthen our schools = Go along with every teachers union demand for huge teacher salary raises and hiring more and more teachers and school staffers (especially trans counselors, i.e, groomers), promote trans participation in official school sports, hide trans student ID as trans, medical status, prescriptions, etc, from parents

Ultimately lower costs = Put more and more people, especially illegals, on welfare and on Medicaid (continue to look the other way on fraud with FedGov dollars, tasking state employees to develop harder-to-discover fraud schemes)

Posted by: Gref at August 13, 2026 08:56 AM (5rh/l)

178 I think the point is that elections are just theater, meant to showcase the ebb and flow of Democrats internal divisions, and the speed at which the subversion of our country should take place. They are no longer contests in which the people choose their elected representatives, but rather a process to elect the figurehead- who does the bidding of their party. That why they’ve embraced a coalition of horribles that would otherwise be an anathema to the voting public- they have effectively rendered voting inconsequential. We are losing our republic for precisely this reason, and the fact that not one person with courage has stepped in to halt it.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (hZXic)

179 163 Bonjour fellow future camp mates. I call the corner bunk and hands off my veggie garden.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 08

Rude. Because I am starving right now.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (2UJ+q)

180 FYI - Le Bon Temps Roule is an iconic, 24-hour dive bar located in Uptown New Orleans at 4801 Magazine Street.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Miss Mae's is at 4336 Magazine Street.

I would go there, because I remember Miss Mae and her remarkable beehive hairdo.

Posted by: Miklos likes dive bar options at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (XOG/m)

181
The big takeaway is contested elections get more votes, but honestly looks like the D numbers in 2026 were goosed, likely to give Crowley just enough to win.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

The big takeaway is they cheated, again, and no one did anything about it.

If you don't think they'll cheat again in November, you're not paying attention.

Until SOMETHING happens to secure our elections, in EVERY state, we're proper f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

182 Hong and her followers will dutifully do what they’re told and support the machine that stole the election from them. Say what will about the left but they follow orders well.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (7xx4i)

183 141 - Problem with the glorified Chucky Cheeses is that they don't support real bowlers. We had nice bowling alleys around us until they closed the pro shops and brought in lazer tag, arcades, and lazer light shows. Half the lanes are for open bowlers to bowl in the dark and the leagues have been shut out with no place to get their bowling balls drilled or serviced or actually bowl in leagues anymore.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (2noDb)

184 Whoever came up with the idea of selling beer at the bowling alley was a marketing genius.

Perhaps they could regain their popularity if they started serving avocado toast and soy lattes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:49 AM (IG3/x)

Just keep the County Health Departments treading lightly on the bowling alley grill operations. Just clean enough.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

185 When Hasan Piker openly calls for the murder of white capitalists, does it never occur to anybody that he IS A WHITE CAPITALIST?

Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (igCg8)

186 Rude. Because I am starving right now.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (2UJ+q)

Veggies aren't going to fix that situation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

187 > Vending machines for smokes

Like back when it was America
Posted by: Miklos likes to light one up sometimes at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (XOG/m)

Those continued to exist in bars up here (including bowling alleys) long after they'd been banned in most public venues.

I guess the thinking was that unattended kids weren't supposed to be in bars in the first place.

Nowadays you'd need a hand truck to carry enough quarters for a pack of smokes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 08:59 AM (IG3/x)

188 One bowling alley is already pretty damn great

https://www.rocknbowl.com/
Posted by: Miklos ate alligator sandwiches there at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (XOG/m)

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

FYI - Le Bon Temps Roule is an iconic, 24-hour dive bar located in Uptown New Orleans at 4801 Magazine Street.
Posted by: Count de Monet

The bowling alley that I grew up in, literally, was torn down before I could hit 21 and drink in the bar.
I haz a major sad. Parents bowled 3x a week. I was in the nursery until old enough to sit and watch. Then I had Saturday morning league.
I'll never forget their french fries & cheeseburgers.

R. I. P. Red Bird Lanes.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 08:59 AM (lrRtF)

189 However you slice it, all the Democrats succeeded in doing was changing their name from Hyman to Seymour.

Ken, Lonnie, I'd like you to meet Mohamet, Jugdish, Hyman and Seymour.

Posted by: DNC at August 13, 2026 08:59 AM (e2lsi)

190 Make Bowling Alleys And Roller Rinks Great Again!
Posted by: Count de Monet

=====

I have no idea which alley owner was the first to market late night bowling with DJ's, lighting, drinks and such, but remember learning about it in the mid/late 80's at The Garden Bowl in downtown Detroit. And they're still in business!

So - yeah, better investment than WNBA.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 13, 2026 08:59 AM (4HoLg)

191 The ugly harpies cheering the new unlimited abortion "law" in MA is enough to turn stomachs. All should be jailed.

Posted by: Defining Deviancy Down at August 13, 2026 08:59 AM (JM9I6)

192 I just want to pay tribute to Karoline Leavitt, a beautiful blond with a tempting rack, and smarter than all the pipsqueek prototerrorist sympathizers in the press room. Watching her dissect those scumsuckers is a rare pleasure and I wish her, her husband and their family only good things in the future.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM (k+wO+)

193 Posted by: NR Pax

If consenting adults can abort a child, why can't they sell one?

Posted by: Miklos likes the word why at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM (XOG/m)

194 Just keep the County Health Departments treading lightly on the bowling alley grill operations. Just clean enough.
Posted by: Count de Monet

With Flo the waitress.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM (lrRtF)

195 Saw a doc on bowling in America and how it’s changed. It’s basically private equity that saw all these cheap bowling alleys, bought them and turned them into Dave and Busters with a bowling alley attached.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM (7xx4i)

196 Come see me at midnight for coffee and beignets.

Posted by: Cafe DuMonde at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)

197
Plants watered, fountain turned on, birdies fed. I have done my duty.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)

198 There's no bigger tell that all the Dems know there is fraud than the fact that she conceded.

And remember:
Under current SCOTUS precedent, the people--as they interpret the Constitution that begins "We the People"--do not have standing to seek a free, fair and transparent election.

That it what the 7 of the 9 said in TX v. PA in 2020.

You, you the people, under your Constitution, do not have standing to seek a free, fair and transparent election.
Only the government that runs the (fraudulent) election has that right.
And, just barely this year, candidates now do.
But not you, the one the outcome actually affects.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (3cUTc)

199 Rude. Because I am starving right now.
Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (2UJ+q)
==================
My bride likes barre workouts, so we can barter!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (k+wO+)

200 Technically, the surrogate does not make money. Legally, the only thing that can be paid for is expenses related to the birth of the child. So it has been dealt with, but clearly there are still huge issues.
Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 08:52 AM (2UJ+q)

Phoebe Buffay had her brother’s triplets on Friends. Don’t think she got paid for the inconvenience. Shock (and comedic) value high… along with Smelly Cat

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (MaA4a)

201 I have done my duty.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (O0L8i)
===============
A fine way to summarize.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:02 AM (k+wO+)

202 192 I just want to pay tribute to Karoline Leavitt, a beautiful blond with a tempting rack...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:00 AM

We would also have accepted "pronounced hooterage."

Posted by: The judges at August 13, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)

203 Have Republicans really learned the same playbook, VDH?

And is that really the answer?

Sort of, to the first question. And to the second question: no, or not exactly.

By the end of Trump's term we'll not have come close to turning this ship around. What we do with Trump's examples and spirit will be the issue. And as for fighting like the Left, i.e., with mendacity and hatred and violence, we need to find a more confident and open but no less ruthless way of fighting. The conservative base and its heartiest and bravest warriors are showing the way. Our politicians for the most part, sadly, are not.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (b4LBp)

204 Rick, same with us, hubby and I bowled each two leagues a week, my son was at the alley from the moment he was born until he got old enough for bumper bowling and all his birthday parties were at the lanes. He turned out to be a pretty damn good 210 average bowler. We both quit about the time they turned all the alleys near us into, as I mentioned above, Chucky Cheeses with all their crap to bring in the young kids who really weren't there to bowl after all, thus kicking out all the good leagues that were a staple.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (2noDb)

205 Saw a doc on bowling in America and how it’s changed. It’s basically private equity that saw all these cheap bowling alleys, bought them and turned them into Dave and Busters with a bowling alley attached.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

Because 24 hour manufacturing died out. Which is why league play was during the week. Most every manufacturing town/steel mill town had multiple allies and shift leagues.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (lrRtF)

206 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

Kathy Hochul announces $7 Million taxpayer dollars towards illegal aliens’ legal fees

Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)

207 They would have no idea who Stonewall Jackson was, other than "old dead white guy".

-
Mason who built the Great Wall of China?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

208 Veggies aren't going to fix that situation.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)
===================
On special occasions we slaughter the fatted rat!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (k+wO+)

209 Rick, same with us, hubby and I bowled each two leagues a week, my son was at the alley from the moment he was born until he got old enough for bumper bowling and all his birthday parties were at the lanes. He turned out to be a pretty damn good 210 average bowler. We both quit about the time they turned all the alleys near us into, as I mentioned above, Chucky Cheeses with all their crap to bring in the young kids who really weren't there to bowl after all, thus kicking out all the good leagues that were a staple.
Posted by: Jaimo

Fist bump!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (lrRtF)

210 I suspect if you had access to internal communications this is the CO State Dems trying to get Boebert's seat.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

I don't doubt that this is true but what I saw discussed initially was that she was 17 and he was 18, which is entirely legal in Colorado... right up to the point where you decide that videoing it for posterity, and posting it online, is the thing you want to do.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)

211 Come see me at midnight for coffee and beignets.
Posted by: Cafe DuMonde

Then off to the few dive bars in the Quarter.

The Dungeon, if you can fit in

Posted by: Miklos remembers things he should not at August 13, 2026 09:05 AM (XOG/m)

212 Whoever came up with the idea of selling beer at the bowling alley was a marketing genius.

The pricing was always the cheapest at my local when growing up.

That, and a "Yeah, you look 21" serving policy.

Posted by: Auspex at August 13, 2026 09:05 AM (Y8DZL)

213 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 08:54 AM (jjoN6)

Hey in case you are still around I think I'd asked you about what your better half's pesto rolls are like. Hard, soft , fluffy, etc. I bake bread, just like to know since I think they're a good idea.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:06 AM (iABCo)

214 The former would seem to me to be a real issue, and this often gets captured under "revenge porn" laws, but if the latter not only has he committed no crime the people that brought the charge should be arrested for depriving him of his rights for a fishing expedition to go after his mother.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

It's still child porn, even if he just immediately burned it to a DVD which he keeps locked in a safe at all times. It's stupid, because that wasn't the intent, but it is what it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)

215 Fist bump!
Posted by: rickb223

There are numerous jokes involving three holes that the kids just could not even

Posted by: Miklos will have another Falstaff at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM (XOG/m)

216 It's also,
Lefthanders Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM (NpAcC)

217 What I think you're referring to is the candidate was "up by 20 or more points in the polls..."

Yes polls are crap

But 22 points off?

I asked google AI to look at the RCP data and tell me how often this has happened before this in other governor primary races in the last 10 years and the answer was once - the 2026 Minnesota Republican Gubernatorial Primary so I see why Lindell is pissed off...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM (sKqQm)

218 MVP Lanes in Fort Wayne is owned by PBA Hall of Famer Wes Malott. It has a good balance of maintaining solid leagues and tournaments while having the bar and food and arcade and laser bowling as well.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM (2CeDH)

219 I think all of our dive bowling alleys are still in operation... none have been turned into a Chuck E. Cheese or a Dave & Busters.

Must be four or five in the city plus one on base.

I should probably go bowling while I still can.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 09:08 AM (IG3/x)

220 Miklos, we had a guy that only used 2.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:08 AM (2noDb)

221 "I'd asked you about what your better half's pesto rolls are like..."

That's not code for anything is it?

Posted by: Sounds kinky at August 13, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

222 Actor Jed Allan had a steady gig all through the 70s hosting Celebrity Bowling.

Posted by: Up My Alley at August 13, 2026 09:08 AM (JM9I6)

223
Our little garden is not very well groomed, but it has a multitude of plenitude of firebushes, bottlebrushes, jasmine, lavender and milkweed. Plus a running fountain and baths. Feeders a short distance. The It Place for birds, bees and butterflies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 09:08 AM (O0L8i)

224 Under current SCOTUS precedent, the people--as they interpret the Constitution that begins "We the People"--do not have standing to seek a free, fair and transparent election.

That it what the 7 of the 9 said in TX v. PA in 2020.

—-

It was even more ridiculous. If someone brought a case before the election “judges” said you can’t do anything since the election hasn’t happened. Then if you brought a suit post election it was too late because we can’t chance elections.

Deniers have a free hand to cheat with no consequences.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:09 AM (7xx4i)

225 "That it what the 7 of the 9 said in TX v. PA in 2020."

7 of 9 barred the case at the courthouse door so it never got filed, which is extraordinary. Had it been filed, a metric shit-ton of evidence would have been on the record.

It was a clever gambit because a state suing another state has original jurisdiction at SCOTUS

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 13, 2026 09:09 AM (dtajH)

226 Vending machines for smokes

Like back when it was America
Posted by: Miklos likes to light one up sometimes
+++
You can still buy smokes from vending machines in Europe.
And we think we have so much more freedom over here.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 13, 2026 09:09 AM (Lo97M)

227 CNBC says the state with more data centers than any other state is....ta-dum..., Virginia!

Biggest contributor to real estate taxes paid in Loudon County and a huge statewide contributor. Has Spanberger defended data centers?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:09 AM (tNwfv)

228 There are numerous jokes involving three holes that the kids just could not even
Posted by: Miklos will have another Falstaff

Pick 'em up and carry 'em like a six pack.
I miss Falstaff. Lemp Brewery.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:10 AM (lrRtF)

229 218, yea but he's a bowler who owns the place, not some big corporation who doesn't actually care about bowling.

Also, lefties make good bowlers, nice natural hook. I had a nice hook.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:10 AM (2noDb)

230 Miklos, we had a guy that only used 2.
Posted by: Jaimo

So

He met Darleen

Posted by: Miklos reconciles with Self at August 13, 2026 09:10 AM (XOG/m)

231 What Hong said is just the conclusions of same thing every Democrat in every city and state says.

They all say the first parts, about how America is racist, has mistreated natives, etc., etc.

She just stated their conclusions out loud:
Therefore, we must ban Thanksgiving. Ban Independence Day.

No Democrat anywhere will disagree with her premise, none of them.
They just don't want to say the logical conclusions.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (3cUTc)

232 Kathy Hochul announces $7 Million taxpayer dollars towards illegal aliens’ legal fees

What prevents Kath Hochul from announcing $7 million taxpayer dollars towards her personal retirement fund?

At what point does this become looting of the treasury?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (nAS9C)

233 It's also,
Lefthanders Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

It's about time!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (lrRtF)

234 Speaking of movies, Paw Patrol is right wing propaganda.

The Economist
@TheEconomist
Of the main gang of six pups, some critics note, only one is a girl, whose outfit and even eyes are pink. Worse, the top dog is a police pup, so the whole thing is pro-police “copaganda”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

235 The most darkly amusing part was seeing the Dems argue that there'd never been any evidence for election fraud in Philadelphia... while two former Philadelphia election judges were actually *doing time* for election fraud.

I don't remember the details, but presumably the judges in question tried to screw over the winning Dem. No way they'd have done time for cheating against the Republican.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (IG3/x)

236 Susan Collins is allegedly down 2% to Jackson in a Fox News poll. At this point in 2020 she was down 10% to Sara Gideon. Collins won by 8. This poll is early but good news

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 13, 2026 09:12 AM (WOnE5)

237 The fact the left hate data centers and flock cameras has made me reconsider my position on them.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:12 AM (7xx4i)

238 Darleen, huh. Here we just called her Deuce.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:12 AM (2noDb)

239 To a moderate Democrat, Susan Collins is a radical, right-wing extremist.

That's how far left the "center" of the party is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2026 09:13 AM (3cUTc)

240 You can still buy smokes from vending machines in Europe.
And we think we have so much more freedom over here.
Posted by: Florida Peasant

Where?

Very taxed, very regulated

never saw that

Posted by: Miklos calls bullshit at August 13, 2026 09:13 AM (XOG/m)

241 Speaking of movies, Paw Patrol is right wing propaganda.

The Economist
@TheEconomist
Of the main gang of six pups, some critics note, only one is a girl, whose outfit and even eyes are pink. Worse, the top dog is a police pup, so the whole thing is pro-police “copaganda”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

The word "Patrol" didn't give it away, huh?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:14 AM (lrRtF)

242 Of the main gang of six pups, some critics note, only one is a girl, whose outfit and even eyes are pink. Worse, the top dog is a police pup, so the whole thing is pro-police “copaganda”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

Didn’t they get the message that woke 1 is crazy?

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:14 AM (7xx4i)

243
Womb rental.

A womb with a view.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:14 AM (iABCo)

244 Darleen, huh. Here we just called her Deuce.
Posted by: Jaimo

So that's where that came from.

I was scared to ask

Posted by: Miklos calls on Marleen for Comfort at August 13, 2026 09:15 AM (XOG/m)

245 Regarding the Boebert spawn…. I don’t know or care about the legalities, but filming and posting intimate encounters is gross and does not speak well to character and morals. I know I sound all judgy but wasn’t Boebert herself giving a handy to some date at a movie theater. Bad character and judgement

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:15 AM (MaA4a)

246 I love how the Democrats are saying the Wisconsin election proves the election was on the level, no fraud. In fact, it proves that there IS fraud. The establishment Dems stole it from the DSA. Republicans shouldn't be too happy about the infighting. Both hate Republicans. Both will steal elections from Republicans.

Posted by: Jeff Carter at August 13, 2026 09:16 AM (qHa8y)

247 To a moderate Democrat, Susan Collins is a radical, right-wing extremist.

That's how far left the "center" of the party is.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2026 09:13 AM (3cUTc)

For as long as I’ve followed politics every Republican was worse than Hitler.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:16 AM (7xx4i)

248 Speaking of movies, Paw Patrol is right wing propaganda.

I mean it fits, Paw Patrol goes back to 2013. What passed for moderate or a-political then is extreme right wing per the FNM now

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)

249 The difference between socialism and communism is when they start shooting the innocent.

In communism, they start shooting them from the beginning and don't stop.

In socialism, they start shooting them when the people realize it's no different than communism.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 13, 2026 09:16 AM (3cUTc)

250 Miss Mae's is at 4336 Magazine Street.

I would go there, because I remember Miss Mae and her remarkable beehive hairdo.
Posted by: Miklos likes dive bar options at August 13, 2026 08:57 AM (XOG/m)

Back last century, in the closing decades, was in the French Quarter with work friends celebrating the night before a wedding. Had my first and only (so far!) Flaming Dr. Pepper drink. Don't remember which establishment. I remember the remarkable drink.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

251 The fact the left hate data centers and flock cameras has made me reconsider my position on them.
Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

I hate the saying, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", but in this case it's appropriate.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:17 AM (lrRtF)

252
sudo rm -rf

Don't try this at ~

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 13, 2026 09:17 AM (0sNs1)

253 Shot.

The Lead CNN
@TheLeadCNN
Police investigating after a Black woman was found hanging from a tree in Mississippi

-
Chaser.

Sean Davis
@seanmdav
Her black boyfriend was arrested.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:17 AM (ndZc7)

254 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 09:17 AM (JvZF+)

255 In Hermann, Missouri there are vending machines that sell bratwurst, bacon, summer sausage, snack sticks, and jerky.

Posted by: So there's that at August 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2Ez/1)

256 Okay, instructor here, class started, I am going to get food. lol.

Posted by: Piper at August 13, 2026 09:18 AM (2UJ+q)

257 It’s basically private equity that saw all these cheap bowling alleys, bought them and turned them into Dave and Busters with a bowling alley attached.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez
_________

Related - Recently watched a youtube explaining why mattress stores are all over the place. They rent properties thought to be in areas of future commercial expansion and just sit on them till the landlord of the strip mall or whatever wants them out for tenant that will generate greater foot traffic, and then negotiate a buyout that gives them a profit. Or if the contract permits, sublease at a profit. No significant cost in converting the property since a mattress store is basically just a big open space to begin with.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 13, 2026 09:18 AM (XvL8K)

258 Regarding the Boebert spawn…. I don’t know or care about the legalities, but filming and posting intimate encounters is gross and does not speak well to character and morals. I know I sound all judgy but wasn’t Boebert herself giving a handy to some date at a movie theater. Bad character and judgement

All true but if this was a Dem's kid the charges would never have been brought.

Yes yes Republicans should "be better" but they are people and if you set a higher standard for them then Dems you are just hanging election victories to dems.

Does anyone seriously believe if the FBI accessed the online accounts of every Dem officeholder's teen kid that a bunch of them wouldn't have illegal porn they made with a girl/boyfriend?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

259 Thanks for the fun. Off to oil my lanes.

Posted by: Lane Conditioner at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (JM9I6)

260 Don't remember which establishment. I remember the remarkable drink.
Posted by: Count de Monet

Good chance it was Pat O'Brien's

Posted by: Miklos stole glasses from there at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (XOG/m)

261 Well, time for my morning nap, because I'm retired and I can.

Be well, folks.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (IG3/x)

262 Making YouTube videos opposing data centers is peak 2026 irony.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (7xx4i)

263 It's also,
Lefthanders Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM

It doesn't get much more sinister than this.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (0sNs1)

264 Maybe the vote tabulation mistake wasn't in Wisconsin, where late vote counts in corrupt Milwaukee somehow pushed Crowley to a surprise victory. Maybe the real error was in Michigan, where "establishment" lefty, trailing by double digits in the polls, somehow fell a mere 15,000 votes short of a shocking upset over Dr. al-Qaeda.

Which vote counters are in more hot water, the Wisconsinites who delivered the state from being hung with Hong, or the Michiganders who failed to prevent Sayed from being on the fall ballot?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (4nevv)

265 We were a better country when cigarettes could advertise, and lawyers couldn’t.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (rFdmY)

266 Morning, all.

>>Furious Hasan Piker melts down over Francesca Hong’s loss: ‘Outlaw Thanksgiving and outlaw boomers’

Awww, you mad, bro?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

267 pro-police “copaganda"?

copaganda?

Posted by: dantesed at August 13, 2026 09:21 AM (Oy/m2)

268 Someone should ask Piker if he thinks the election was fair, and if not what he plans on doing about it.

He could work with Hong voters to get a lawsuit and discovery going...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)

269 My lefty auntie, world traveler extraordinaire, used to steal ashtrays, glasses and all sorts of swag from restaurants and hotels. She just laughed and said “I just leave a big tip!”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2026 09:22 AM (rFdmY)

270 I was in Germany in May. I saw several cigarette vending machines. Both Kaiserslautern and Kindsbach near the Ramstein air base have them.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 13, 2026 09:22 AM (Lo97M)

271 Hey in case you are still around I think I'd asked you about what your better half's pesto rolls are like. Hard, soft , fluffy, etc. I bake bread, just like to know since I think they're a good idea.
Posted by: ...

Still here. She makes the rolls soft. I'll ask where she got the recipe and forward it here by the 1100 thread.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 09:22 AM (jjoN6)

272 Marxist-Leninism 1.0 was super woke. 2.0 will be more fun!

Posted by: Sandy Occasional Cortex at August 13, 2026 09:22 AM (4nevv)

273 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Twinkletoes Flinstone at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (wVcYX)

274 Related - Recently watched a youtube explaining why mattress stores are all over the place. They rent properties thought to be in areas of future commercial expansion and just sit on them till the landlord of the strip mall or whatever wants them out for tenant that will generate greater foot traffic, and then negotiate a buyout that gives them a profit. Or if the contract permits, sublease at a profit. No significant cost in converting the property since a mattress store is basically just a big open space to begin with.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 13, 2026 09:18 AM

I saw that, too. The Fat Electrician.

https://youtu.be/5NV3Mf1EHEk

Interesting assessment.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (2Ez/1)

275 Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

Yes, but is it be better or don't be extraordinarily fucking intergalactically stupid. Of course there are multiple impossible standards but posting sex videos of under 18 yo if that's what happened is Retarded with a capital (R).

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (iABCo)

276
Welp, another victory for Moderate Democrats.

A tenth state has now made it legal for The Ladies to murder their own children by vivisection seconds before they're born.

I guess all women will now vote for the Democrats in November.

We're doomed.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (iJfKG)

277 Regarding the Boebert spawn…. I don’t know or care about the legalities, but filming and posting intimate encounters is gross and does not speak well to character and morals.

-
That sort of thing is best kept inside the locker room.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (ndZc7)

278 The Economyst

The dark underbelly of “Paw Patrol”
Why a debate over a hit cartoon is more than culture-war madness

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)

279 35 This country would be well-served if this pig were to fall into a volcano. He's a vile subhuman and evil to the marrow of his bones.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 13, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

I was watching an old L&O Criminal Intent last night (with Jeff Goldblum, not the OGs) and the perp turned his victims into mulch. Just sayin’

Posted by: TxAnn at August 13, 2026 09:24 AM (SjAWL)

280 Awww, you mad, bro?

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2026 09:20 AM (X8xt3)

I think we should "outlaw" him. Slowly.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:24 AM (iABCo)

281 naturalfake

The Left is doomed.

Go forth and multiple. Go to the Philippines if needed.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

282 European cigarettes only have 19, not 20 to a pack. They have all the good old American brands you never see any longer. At least that was the case mumble mumble years ago. And regardless of the brand they all taste like shit. I think the Brits still have passable smokes, at least Dunhills and similar.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 13, 2026 09:25 AM (rFdmY)

283 >>Speaking of movies, Paw Patrol is right wing propaganda.

The Economist
@TheEconomist
Of the main gang of six pups, some critics note, only one is a girl, whose outfit and even eyes are pink. Worse, the top dog is a police pup, so the whole thing is pro-police “copaganda”

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE LEFT'S CARTOON PROPAGANDA HAS ALWAYS BEEN MET WITH, "ARE YOU NUTTY, IT'S JUST A CARTOON!!"

PAW PATROL IS JUST A CARTOON, YOU GUYZ!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 13, 2026 09:25 AM (X8xt3)

284 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 09:22 AM (jjoN6)

You're a star thanks.

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:26 AM (iABCo)

285 Does anyone seriously believe if the FBI accessed the online accounts of every Dem officeholder's teen kid that a bunch of them wouldn't have illegal porn they made with a girl/boyfriend?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)

You’re definitely right about that and despite my judginess I’d definitely vote for Boebert over any Dem no matter how personally pure. I’ll admit it does bother me a little… but not anywhere enough to sway my vote

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 09:26 AM (MaA4a)

286 Judge Michael Urbanski sided with the Virginia NAACP and ordered Shenandoah County to rename Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School. The school board previously changed the names in 2020, only for new leaders to revert to the previous names in 2024.
===========================
This might be the dumbest and most blatant partisan activism of August, at least so far.

Posted by: and John Roberts is a deeply stupid coward at August 13, 2026 09:27 AM (4nevv)

287
It's also,
Lefthanders Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 13, 2026 09:07 AM

What the hell?!?!

Where's Lefthander's Month???

You Right Privilege bastards owe me and mine reparations!

Reparations, I say!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 13, 2026 09:27 AM (iJfKG)

288 Saw a doc on bowling in America and how it’s changed. It’s basically private equity that saw all these cheap bowling alleys, bought them and turned them into Dave and Busters with a bowling alley attached.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez

Because 24 hour manufacturing died out. Which is why league play was during the week. Most every manufacturing town/steel mill town had multiple allies and shift leagues.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 13, 2026 09:03 AM (lrRtF)

Berra-Rizzuto Lanes in Clifton, NJ. Yogi and The Scooter ran a great alley...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 13, 2026 09:27 AM (nbLIj)

289 Good chance it was Pat O'Brien's
Posted by: Miklos stole glasses from there at August 13, 2026 09:19 AM (XOG/m)

It wasn't O'Brien's. This place was a block or three off the main drag, away from the river (Easterly?) If I 'memba my geography and orienteering.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:27 AM (wVcYX)

290 Wasn't it Rizzuto-Berra Bowl?

Posted by: Both Navy Veterans, Too at August 13, 2026 09:29 AM (JM9I6)

291 European cigarettes only have 19, not 20 to a pack. They have all the good old American brands you never see any longer. At least that was the case mumble mumble years ago. And regardless of the brand they all taste like shit. I think the Brits still have passable smokes, at least Dunhills and similar.
Posted by: Common Tater

British practice girl over there smoked Dunhills. I thought they were 16 to pack.

Posted by: Nick Price, lottery fixer at August 13, 2026 09:29 AM (EGW4m)

292 Michael Urbanski sided with the Virginia NAACP and ordered Shenandoah County to rename Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School. The school board previously changed the names in 2020, only for new leaders to revert to the previous names in 2024.
===========================
This might be the dumbest and most blatant partisan activism of August, at least so far.

Posted by: and John Roberts is a deeply stupid coward at August 13, 2026 09:27 AM (4nevv)

It’s under the “Dems can do it but Reps can’t do it” clause of the constitution.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 13, 2026 09:29 AM (7xx4i)

293 It wasn't O'Brien's. This place was a block or three off the main drag, away from the river (Easterly?) If I 'memba my geography and orienteering.

Posted by: Count de Monet

Hard to keep track

The Quarter has, what, at least five or six bars

Posted by: Miklos recalls place called House of the Rising Sun at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (XOG/m)

294 White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s Wednesday announcement that she’s leaving her role stunned many insiders.
Full court press Karoline Leavitt’s possible successors emerge after WH press secretary’s surprise departure
==============================

JJS, this link is broken.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (4nevv)

295 288 - I love Clifton, NJ. I didn't know there was a bowling alley there. I frequent that town periodically. I love when I hit Massachusetts and see bowling alleys and get all excited until I realize they're freakin candle pin.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (2noDb)

296 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

297 >>I think we should "outlaw" him. Slowly.

Yup.

But isn't it just like his tribe to rage and demand the things he hates must be "outlawed"/stop existing?

This is why they are incompatible with the West.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 13, 2026 09:31 AM (X8xt3)

298 The Quarter has, what, at least five or six bars

Posted by: Miklos recalls place called House of the Rising Sun at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (XOG/m)

It has a few, yes. One needs never to go thirsty.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (wVcYX)

299 The dark underbelly of “Paw Patrol”
Why a debate over a hit cartoon is more than culture-war madness
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 09:23 AM (/+uur)
====================
There's a dark underbelly to Paw Patrol?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 13, 2026 09:32 AM (4nevv)

300 He loves the toxic masculinity of football now.

Abdul El-Sayed Challenges Mike Rogers to No-Pads Tackle Football Showdown as Senate Race turns Personal

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 13, 2026 09:35 AM (ndZc7)

301 Wasn't it Rizzuto-Berra Bowl?
Posted by: Both Navy Veterans, Too at August 13, 2026 09:29 AM (JM9I6)

My memory was Berra-Rizzuto. My memory comes with terms and conditions, however, and is void where prohibited...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (nbLIj)

302 It’s Crowley’s campaign myth versus the R’s ability to create their own campaign myth and effectively attack and damage Crowley’s campaign myth.
Seriously. . Really, seriously?
You can bet your entire pile of quatloos on the Communists and their media monopoly , not to mention their never to be investigated but painfully apparent Cheat code, to smash the R candidate.
The Commies are ascendant. The RINOs have the Commies right where they want them. And therein lies THE problem….’our’ side is NOT our side.

Posted by: Voter theater. at August 13, 2026 09:39 AM (FCPbW)

303 The whole football and fireworks thing was to draw us in.

Trump tried to teach us how to win. Let's see how Rogers handles it.

Nowhere pithy enough but something *along the lines* of - "this election isn't about playing football, this is about what is in our minds. Our thoughts. You told us some of yours, and then you deleted the posts, Sayed. Thousands of them. Let's have a Showdown about that."

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (iABCo)

304 I love Clifton, NJ. I didn't know there was a bowling alley there. I frequent that town periodically. I love when I hit Massachusetts and see bowling alleys and get all excited until I realize they're freakin candle pin.
Posted by: Jaimo at August 13, 2026 09:30 AM (2noDb)

Used to love Baltimore's duck pin lanes. My late sister lived there and I'd make her take me every time I visited..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 13, 2026 09:41 AM (nbLIj)

305 'Morning, all. Thanks, J.J. 👏🏻

I think it was just another rope-a-dope played on conservatives.

I have a circuitous 'logic' but here goes: Abdul El-Sayed is from MI. His August 2026 primary victory came in the most expensive U.S. Senate primary ever.

Jim Clyburn had "criticized him over a perceived lack of diversity and Black support at his campaign rallies" but El-Sayed would win by heavily dominating university areas and younger demographic groups, sweeping every major college town in the state.

The 'old' Democratic party, which for the most part is all in with the 'new' socialist aspects, absolutely knew he would carry the state.

>Michigan Advance, High turnout shaped Michigan primary, boosting El-Sayed and Lawrence to victory, Aug. 6, 2026

In part, John Sellek of Harbor Strategic told the Advance on Thursday that the only other time Michigan has, in the last 20 years, seen this level of turnout was when U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was on the ticket.

“So it’s unique, but it is a sign of real difficulty for Republicans currently taking the blame for high prices, tariffs, the war and more,” Sellek said.

And CNN was on it! 🎆

Cont'd -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (NFX2v)

306 Now, back to Clyburn's "perceived lack of diversity and Black support" and the state of Wisconsin & 'White adjacent' Francesca Hong. She didn't have Black support, ran a provocative campaign, and the old guard Democrats were saved!

NYT, Hong's Defeat Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement; Forbes, Socialist Francesca Hong Narrowly Loses Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary After ‘Cancel Thanksgiving’ Controversy; WP, How mainstream Democrats pulled over a big upset against a democratic socialist, etc.

Theater.

🤔 Oh, it was the polls! Mediate, ‘Can We Catch a Break?’ CNN Data Guru Breaks Down Why Polling May Be Overestimating ‘Lefties,’ Aug 12, 2026

In part, "He (Enten) pointed out that both Hong and Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed both won the five counties in their respective states with the highest share of under-40 voters. The polling, he argued, may have “too many” young progressives participating, and giving an exaggerated sense of the candidates’ popularity."

AND who could 'take' that election without question? Perfect!

More old guard protection. And conservatives were so mean to a first generation woman of an immigrant family, a POC, in a 'historical' race!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 13, 2026 09:50 AM (NFX2v)

Daily News Stuff 13 August 2026

Top Story

The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)

Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Tech News

If you want to buy Nvidia's RTX 600 Pro Blackwell graphics card, it will now cost you $16,000. (Tom's Hardware)

Which is a lot.
Intel says, hey, maybe there's money to be made in the memory business. (Tom's Hardware)

As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.
Some Claude users are mad that Claude will catch them using Claude. (Tech Crunch)

Claudes don't let Claudes Claude Claudes.
Thing 4.6 is here, nearly as good as Other Thing 5 but 80% cheaper. (WCCFTech)

Save big with New Thing 3.14 Flash: It's digestible.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Rise and shine!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (/HDaX)

3 Top 5?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)

4 w00t

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (odBC9)

5 BOING!

Busy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (yMCWt)

6 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

And "Superstition" is one of the great songs of the '70s. There, I said it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)

7 I'm reposting this over here because it's a nice story:

Four teens from Florida help push an elderly woman's broken down mobile wheelchair in the rain. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (W90Ou)

8 I've always thought that if someone did a movie of Robert Heinlein's Friday, "Superstition" should be the intro over credits music.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)

9 >>>Some Claude users are mad[e] that Claude will catch them using Claude.

Old man yelling at Claude!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

10 As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.

I note that the Man who Made Intel (Engineer, not MBA) was Grof Andras, better known as Andy Grove.

To the end of his days, he spoke English with a thick layer of Hungarian.

Posted by: Mere Murican Magyar Miklos at August 13, 2026 04:41 AM (XOG/m)

11 Anyway! Evening and morning, fellow satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire on this Thor's Day.

Last night I dreamed that I had gone away to college, an Ivy League or similar place, and was in a "temporary" dorm suite with a number of other guys. Two of them woke us all at 6:30 am, saying, "We need to smoke." Which made me realize that I had not brought a pipe or tobacco with me. Nor, it seemed, had I brought more than one change of clothing; I thought in the dream that I'd have to have my mother ship a *lot* of stuff to me. Plus there were no branches of my bank in this college town.

My suitemates began to head out -- we were all moving to our permanent dorms, it seemed. I was trying to pack when a young girl about five feet tall knocked at the door, and asked me, "Have you heard about Janix?" Before she could explain whether that was a person, a product, or a movement, I woke up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:42 AM (wzUl9)

12 Mornin'

And, later. Going to take a nap.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:42 AM (sAmhv)

13 Finally, 4 Mgid ads and got comment block open
If not back again before I go
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:43 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Four teens from Florida help push an elderly woman's broken down mobile wheelchair in the rain. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

How did they know it was a "woman"?

Are they teen biologists?

Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne at August 13, 2026 04:43 AM (XOG/m)

15 10 As the article notes, Intel's first product was memory - specifically a 64-bit SRAM module.

I note that the Man who Made Intel (Engineer, not MBA) was Grof Andras, better known as Andy Grove.

To the end of his days, he spoke English with a thick layer of Hungarian.
Posted by: Mere Murican Magyar Miklos at August 13, 2026 04:41 AM (XOG/m)

Looking him up online; he sounds amazing.
(1936-2016)

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:48 AM (odBC9)

16 Claudes don't let Claudes Claude Claudes.

How much code could Claude Code code if Claude Code could code code?

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:48 AM (VHUov)

17 Superstition has good music .As a person of faith ( and older ) I question some of the lyrics. Believing that there is a devil is "superstitious "? Then again, I don't make Stevie Wonder my spiritual guide .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:49 AM (wmzkx)

18 Willowed: On the topic of Buicks-

Mine (inherited) has never had ballots in the trunk, to my knowledge.

But it is a 2010 LaCrosse with 53k on the clock.
Posted by: Miklos don't get around much at August 13, 2026

***
One of the first generation, then, when LaCrosse was the mid-level car, the replacement for LeSabre? Later, after the demise of the model that replaced the much-missed Park Avenue, LaCrosse moved up to become the top-level car.

No, wait. 2010 was the first year of the big flagship LaCrosse, the generation I have (mine is a 2016).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (wzUl9)

19 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I guess Martinizing is still OK

Posted by: Miklos also did the de-lousing part at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (XOG/m)

20 With only about 4.5 hours of sleep, I'm not sure I have the energy to work out. Which might be Sheer Laziness whispering in my ear, of course.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (wzUl9)

21 Post card from parents arrives 26 years later. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yyj27p2a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (wmzkx)

22 No, wait. 2010 was the first year of the big flagship LaCrosse, the generation I have (mine is a 2016).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Only nine years until I can register it as a Classic (cheaper insurance).

Posted by: Miklos plans ahead at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (XOG/m)

23 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

I guess Martinizing is still OK

Posted by: Miklos also did the de-lousing part at August 13, 2026 04:50 AM (XOG/m)
-

Anyone here still Simonize?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:52 AM (yMCWt)

24 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog

I've never even considered buying an ecclesiastical office.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

25 Alternate musical interlude:

https://tinyurl.com/47ru8rws

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (yMCWt)

26 6 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes, the short story "Protection", about the overly helpful validusian derg.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (BLOW1)

27 Disclaimer: Don't lesnerize!
Posted by: Pixy Misa

WNBA has enough of them already.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (VHUov)

28 At the Book Club at the library last night, the genre under discussion was the "cozy" mystery. As usual, I was the only guy there, and so the only one to dislike the genre -- at least the ones I've read. The others did admit that the genre was kind of like cotton candy or M & Ms; you wouldn't want to make a steady diet of any of them.

I touted the virtues of Josephine Tey's last novel, The Singing Sands. It has "cozy" elements: no gore or explicit language or sex; it takes place mostly in small communities in Scotland; and the sleuth, even though he's a Scotland Yard inspector, is on medical leave (an attack of claustrophobia!), so he's sort of an amateur detective in this story.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (wzUl9)

29 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

Says who?

Posted by: Miklos awaits prompt at August 13, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)

30 Sorry to repeat but Philistines upon you, America:

https://tinyurl.com/yx2pur6t

https://tinyurl.com/4ze7r2bh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:00 AM (yMCWt)

31 Anyone here still Simonize?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
-

Says who?

Posted by: Miklos awaits prompt at August 13, 2026 04:58 AM (XOG/m)
-

Ize said.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (yMCWt)

32 The Google introduced its Pixel 11 phones and related products yesterday. A few things I noticed.

Trevor Noah, The event MC, is a tech illiterate who probably carries an iPhone.

Cell phone design and implementation maxed about 5 years ago, it seems, and has barely advanced since then. For example, a Pixel 11 key feature is an LED on the back camera bar that lights up when one of your favorites calls you. Yeah! Somehow this is supposed to make it easier for cell phone addicts to not interact with their phone.

AI jammed into every conceivable nook and cranny of these electronic surveillance devices now makes electronic surveillance acceptable.

Plus the prices are higher.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (JUTN6)

33 I forget who wrote the story about "lesnerize." Robert Sheckley?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Yes, the short story "Protection", about the overly helpful validusian derg.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 13, 2026

***
Sheckley was kind of a gadfly of SF magazines in the '50s -- very prolific, using at least one pen name, and producing a raft of stories with his brand of poker-faced humor. Sort of like William Tenn.

One Sheckley story in Galaxy, "A Wind Is Rising," features humans stationed on a planet where the winds blow at over 100 miles per hour nearly all the time. A very tense story that would have made a fine Outer Limits, old or new, had they possessed the budget for it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:01 AM (wzUl9)

34 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:57 AM (wzUl9

And did Tey sound like someone they would like to read or had anyone?

If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:02 AM (wmzkx)

35 Ize said.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

An Ize-ly Brother!

Posted by: Miklos wants to SHOUT at August 13, 2026 05:03 AM (XOG/m)

36 Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 04:55 AM (VHUov)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:03 AM (wmzkx)

37 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:04 AM (u82oZ)

38 The ghetto ride of choice in northern Minnesota is the 2000 to about 2005 Buicks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:04 AM (JUTN6)

39 Thursday on Movies! is Noir and Mystery Day. They start off today with Joan Crawford in Flamingo Road -- the basis, I guess, for the nighttime soap in the '80s with Morgan Fairchild -- and progress through three Hitchcock films and two Michael Shaynes, before climaxing with Sunset Boulevard in prime time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:06 AM (wzUl9)

40 FenelonSpoke

Military Sci-Fi Book Club: Finding the plot holes.

Many men, few women readers.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:06 AM (u82oZ)

41 If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Jack London, Mark Twain, Chaucer

Evelyn Waugh and Winston Churchill for the advanced members

H.L. Mencken required for entry

And some things to laugh at and make fun of in a guy way because famous but why?

Posted by: Miklos has opinions at August 13, 2026 05:07 AM (XOG/m)

42 Happy Birthday, Annie Oakley!

https://tinyurl.com/4zakrndb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:08 AM (wmzkx)

43 Friday I am going to show Monty Python and the Holy grail to a widow who has never seen it. She claims to like British humor.
We shall see.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:08 AM (u82oZ)

44 If I was to start a book club for men I would republish all the popular mechanics from the 1940s and '50s and the 1960s " men's magazines" that had a busty woman on the cover and endless articles about how Hitler escaped Argentina.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:09 AM (JUTN6)

45
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 13, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

46 And did Tey sound like someone they would like to read or had anyone?

If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026

***
The librarian who runs the thing, who seems to have eclectic tastes, wrote down the title in her notebook, so maybe she'll look the author up.

For men? Adventure and crime stories. Some Alistair Maclean spy tales, the Bond books, Elmore Leonard's and Loren Estleman's Westerns and some of their crime/mystery stories, etc. Herman Wouk's Caine Mutiny and maybe his story of a young writer, Youngblood Hawke.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:10 AM (wzUl9)

47 Posted by: Miklos has opinions at August 13, 2026 05:07 AM (XOG/m)

Ive read most of those folks and I like them, but since men are sometimes lamenting the loss of male only spaces ( and I agree with them) they would have to advertise it surreptitiously , I suppose.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:11 AM (wmzkx)

48 How did they know it was a "woman"?

Are they teen biologists?
Posted by: Associate Justice Ketanji Jackson-Browne

They were homeschooled so that complicated question was already figured out by the time they were ten.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:11 AM (jjoN6)

49 The ghetto ride of choice in northern Minnesota is the 2000 to about 2005 Buicks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026

***
Park Avenues and LeSabres, I'll warrant, with yellow-ringed whitewalls on big sparkly rims, and paint jobs that have seen better days.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9)

50 Miklos has opinions

An alternative is Heinlein, The Asimov Robot stories, Matthew Hughes for his tales of the Archonate, and Ryk E. Spoor for his Grand Central Arena stories.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (u82oZ)

51 Actually the Book Club is going to concentrate on Westerns next month. I've got a couple of Leonards and Estlemans that I can opine about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (wzUl9)

52 21 Post card from parents arrives 26 years later.

Thank you, Fen. Sending that along to my mom. She'll love it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (jjoN6)

53 8 I've always thought that if someone did a movie of Robert Heinlein's Friday, "Superstition" should be the intro over credits music.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)

It has occurred to me, as a fan of LitRPG, that if a movie is to ever be made of one of my faves, it would fall to me to learn how to use GenAI for video. My experience of creative endeavors tells me that there would be very limited benefit from learning how to do short-form works like music videos; once the tools were mastered (after the first one or three), the workflow would be so different, it would be time do dive straight in to the deep end.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 05:14 AM (Sy6m/)

54 Park Avenues and LeSabres, I'll warrant, with yellow-ringed whitewalls on big sparkly rims, and paint jobs that have seen better days. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

You overlooked the rust holes in the in the body from the road salt.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:17 AM (JUTN6)

55 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:13 AM (jjoN6)

You are most welcome!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (xPsv8)

56 Happy Thursday, everyone! I have an appointment this afternoon to get an MRI done on my knee so my PA can get an idea of what is wrong and what needs to be done. My sister in law has offered to look at the images as well because as a former ER doc, she was annoyed that my follow up appointment isn't until next week.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (jjoN6)

57 We shall see.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

The Kollidge that I attended brought in people (for a fee) to speak and inform/entertain. The contracts said that they had to spend an hour after with the student speakers' committee in a kind of reception. I was never a member, but disregarded the student committee pissants who tried to keep me out.

One was Graham Chapman of the Pythonites. The students were always shy about approaching the Famous People, I wasn't, so Mr Chapman and I were having a conversation in which I knew not to ask about Monty Python, or repeat any usual question.

Then two from the Official Committee came over and said "we love your British humour, more sophisticated than American".

Chapman looked at them and said "we did fart jokes, you know"

Posted by: Miklos well remembers at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (XOG/m)

58 The first time I heard Superstition was at 71 or 72 Rolling Stones concert. Stevie Wonder opened for the Stones. I can barely remember what the stoves played, but I remember nearly every note Stevie Wonder played.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)

59 Miklos well remembers

You are most fortunate.

What questions did you ask?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (u82oZ)

60 >>>The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)
Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Indeed!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

61 My book club would spend months on the Bronte Sisters, if we have enough Bourbon and cigars, and PBR.

We would take turns reading passages in exaggerated girl voices while tending to the grill and smoker, and trying to get Earl's truck fixed.

Posted by: Miklos thinks hell this might work at August 13, 2026 05:24 AM (XOG/m)

62 Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:18 AM (jjoN6

Will keep you in prayer and I'm glad your SIL can look at the images.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:25 AM (xPsv8)

63 Old time hymn by Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Be Still, My Soul":

https://tinyurl.com/yarju59k

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (xPsv8)

64 I can barely remember what the stoves played

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)
-

They were hot back then.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (yMCWt)

65 I suspect that NVidia's is fast-milking the market for as much money as it can get before the bubble pops. No graphics card is worth $16K. That's just... stupid.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 13, 2026 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

66 They were hot back then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

They were a gas.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 05:32 AM (jjoN6)

67 My Guys' Book Club could also tackle Stephen Hunter's stories of the law enforcement adventures of the Swagger men, Charles in the 1930s, his son Earl until his death in 1956, and *his* son Bob Lee from the '70s to recent times.

Charles I picture looking like Scott Glenn; Earl, like Rory Calhoun. Bob Lee I'm not sure about. Didn't Mark Wahlberg play him in one film adaptation?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:33 AM (wzUl9)

68 Stevie Wonder - Superstition

He's a good one.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

69 64 I can barely remember what the stoves played

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (JUTN6)
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They were hot back then.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 13, 2026 05:29 AM (yMCWt)

; )

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:34 AM (odBC9)

70 What questions did you ask?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Starting about that time, I have met some well known people, and it started then-

Nothing about what you are famous for

Nothing particularly personal

Look around-same or different (to them, not me)?

I asked if the same cheap (but French, must be French) wine was all the universities he did his appearances at (Yes, good laugh)

Do you have time to eat some New Orleans food, do you know where to go? (No actually, do you have any suggestions)

Well, I made you laugh, do I have a career in comedy (perhaps, probably not, it is a funny business).

We were talking about New Orleans food when we were rudely interrupted.

Posted by: Miklos never asks the same question once at August 13, 2026 05:35 AM (XOG/m)

71 57 Then two from the Official Committee came over and said "we love your British humour, more sophisticated than American".
Posted by: Miklos well remembers at August 13, 2026 05:19 AM (XOG/m)

They seem nice.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:37 AM (odBC9)

72 Miklos asks good questions

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:38 AM (u82oZ)

73 Miklos

This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:39 AM (u82oZ)

74 Grumbling of thunder outside. Maybe my idea of skipping my workout today was not such a bad one. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

75 No graphics card is worth $16K. That's just... stupid.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Not even if it is a mint condition original signed by Rookie Joe DiMaggio himself?

Posted by: Miklos knos what he's got, or can make at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (XOG/m)

76 I was happy to meet a neighbor yesterday whom I didn't really know , who set up lovely boxes of flowers on the bridge over our little pond by the street. She does a lovely job with them and I am so grateful .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:41 AM (wmzkx)

77 This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

In Nawlins it is pronounced Lie-ola

Pretty girls right next door

Posted by: Miklos and Muldoon have a vague collegiate connection at August 13, 2026 05:43 AM (XOG/m)

78 60 >>>The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)
Don't know how to tell you this, Fei-Fei...

Indeed!
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)

Subtitle of the article:

Fei-Fei Li warns overreliance on AI could erode students' motivation, agency, and ability to think for themselves

Ayup!

archive site:

https://archive.is/oO7Lj

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

79 There was an American Chemical Society meeting in NO one year. My professor and I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department. And walked the grounds of Loyola.

My major professor then failed at tenure, so he went to Loyola. Just in time for the floods. He moved to a third university.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:47 AM (u82oZ)

80 The Godmother of AI article has an embedded Huberman Lab video in which she is interviewed.

hubermanlab.com

Using AI for Good
Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity
Dr. Fei-Fei Li

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

81 I'm going to be like Village Idiot's Apprentice , and go for a walk. It's only 82℉ outside.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (u82oZ)

82 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Sesame Street Live
https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE

This is the version.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (JUTN6)

83 I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

As a young lad, I considered the on campus beer joint the "Chemistry Department".

Loyola had one too, but the idjits never bothered to wander over and say hi.

Posted by: Miklos enjoyed his time there, even god good grades somehow at August 13, 2026 05:55 AM (XOG/m)

84 Our kitten is standing straight up on his back feet to play with his toy mouse. He makes me laugh

May you all have a blessed day and know that you are a blessing to others!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 05:56 AM (wmzkx)

85 82 Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Sesame Street Live
https://youtu.be/_ul7X5js1vE

This is the version.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 05:54 AM (JUTN6)

Wow! He IS the music!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:04 AM (odBC9)

86 This sounds like Tulane, not Loyola.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
*
In Nawlins it is pronounced Lie-ola

Pretty girls right next door
Posted by: Miklos and Muldoon have a vague collegiate connection at August 13, 2026

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Not as many pretty ones as in years gone by. A lot of them look like they've been snacking on Twinkies for a good part of the day since they were twelve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

87 There was an American Chemical Society meeting in NO one year. My professor and I spent Saturday night touring the Tulane chemistry department. And walked the grounds of Loyola.

My major professor then failed at tenure, so he went to Loyola. Just in time for the floods. He moved to a third university.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

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What year did you visit?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)

88

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 13, 2026 06:10 AM (yM1Zs)

89 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 13, 2026 06:11 AM (2Ez/1)

90 *hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 13, 2026

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What morning would be complete without a belch from The Hag, amirite?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

91 Not as many pretty ones as in years gone by. A lot of them look like they've been snacking on Twinkies for a good part of the day since they were twelve.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Ha!

Probably sad but true.

But my freshman year I went to a couple of parties at the katlick all-girl college right across St Charles. Was that Dominican? I think they closed soon after.

The girls there were man-hungry, and all about thrice my skinny 18 year old self.

I realized that nekkid activities could easily get my bones broken. ta-ta, well-fed young ladies

Posted by: Miklos made difficult decisions early in life at August 13, 2026 06:15 AM (XOG/m)

92 80 The Godmother of AI article has an embedded Huberman Lab video in which she is interviewed.

hubermanlab.com

Using AI for Good
Using AI to Increase Your Intelligence & Enrich Humanity
Dr. Fei-Fei Li
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)

It's two hours plus a bit.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:16 AM (odBC9)

93 What morning would be complete without a belch from The Hag, amirite?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

We are the last Proud Sponsor of the Clinton Global Foundation

Posted by: Val-U-Rite (which does sound like a K&B brand) at August 13, 2026 06:18 AM (XOG/m)

94 But my freshman year I went to a couple of parties at the katlick all-girl college right across St Charles. Was that Dominican? I think they closed soon after.

The girls there were man-hungry, and all about thrice my skinny 18 year old self.

I realized that nekkid activities could easily get my bones broken. ta-ta, well-fed young ladies
Posted by: Miklos made difficult decisions early in life at August 13, 2026

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Right, Dominican was up the street, about a block past Broadway. Loyola took the buildings over in the late '80s or early '90s -- at least Miss Linda was staying there during her first semester of law at Loyola. Not sure if they are still owned by Loyola, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:20 AM (wzUl9)

95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

96 When I started working at Two-Lane in 1988, there were plenty of good-looking girls, including graduate students. And some in my night school classes, too, and one lovely lady I dated who managed the Arby's inside the university center building.

Still there were some when I returned to work there in '02, but a lot of them were slim Chinese students. Though there was one Brazilian girl, fair-skinned with black hair, who was spectacular.

The undergrads, however, steadily gained avoirdupois over the years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

97 Not sure if they are still owned by Loyola, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I think Tulane leased some dorms for a while, until they got in all the money and built their own.

Posted by: Miklos finds it amusing that the Alumi Association thinks I should give moneys at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (XOG/m)

98 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes,

Consummate consummating one might say

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (JUTN6)

99 Wolfus Aurelius

1994.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:26 AM (u82oZ)

100 95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

None of that is on his Wikipedia page.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

101 83 As a young lad, I considered the on campus beer joint the "Chemistry Department".

Posted by: Miklos enjoyed his time there, even god good grades somehow at August 13, 2026 05:55 AM (XOG/m)

heh

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (odBC9)

102 Janix isn’t right for everyone. Don’t take Janix if you are allergic to Janix.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (pI9r+)

103 Hillary Clinton

Web Hubble had it in for you. Webb Hubble!

Was Henry Waxman unavailable?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (u82oZ)

104 G'mornin' everyone!

Happy Friday Eve!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (VyBeY)

105 IIRC, Buick had the highest quality ratings in recent years of any GM product. Of course, GM had already ditched the Old- smobile and pony-act nameplates. My parents usually went GM, except several Dodges. After a lemon Dodge or two, they tried Chebby again.
I exclude GM consideration since Mr. Obama’s phony “bankruptcy” for GM, since my 401-k once held GM bonds. I was lucky that my bonds matured before the bondholders were betrayed by the “bankruptcy”.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 13, 2026 06:28 AM (1FEc1)

106 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

Let’s not get all knotted up about oo did oo.

Posted by: Pete Bog channeling Python at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (pI9r+)

107 The undergrads, however, steadily gained avoirdupois over the years.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Mass is a mathematically measurable manifestation.

It sometimes comes down to raw numbers.

In my day

Tulane-5/3 ratio boys/girls

Loyola-7/3 ratio girls/boys

Res ipsa loquitur

Posted by: Miklosius does not remember Tulane's official Latin Motto, sure they got one though at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (XOG/m)

108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

109 Wolfus Aurelius

1994.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

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I was working at the Graduate School office then, down in the main building on St. Charles. Used MS Access to build them an automated payroll action form (PAF) printing system. The GS had to generate them for all the grad students except for the med school and Engineering. The lady whose job it had been took all summer to *type* the darn things, a lot of the data over and over again. That was just the sort of thing computers were for.

Still my best achievement in the computer field, bar none.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (wzUl9)

110
The girls there were man-hungry

Can such things be?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (O0L8i)

111 I received a class action settlement check in the amount of $2.23 a couple days ago. I was greatly disappointed as I was counting on that settlement to continue to fund my retirement debauchery.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (JUTN6)

112 100 95 Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

None of that is on his Wikipedia page.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:27 AM (odBC9)

Oh, it does have this:

Enrique Alpañés, writing in El Pais in 2025, described Huberman as "He-Man in a lab coat: a bearded, muscular jock with an impressive resume and even better oratory skills ... [preaching] a Silicon Valley-style self-help approach, a kind of “pop neuroscience” focused on lifestyle changes and supplements to work faster and live longer", though opining that Huberman often "recommends activities that are more befitting a deranged shaman than a scientist".

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:33 AM (odBC9)

113 Happy Friday Eve!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

It is now Friday

Drink appropriately

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump, by Executive Order at August 13, 2026 06:33 AM (XOG/m)

114
Posted by: Miklosius does not remember Tulane's official Latin Motto, sure they got one though at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (XOG/m)

Deo et Patriae

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:34 AM (O0L8i)

115 111 I received a class action settlement check in the amount of $2.23 a couple days ago. I was greatly disappointed as I was counting on that settlement to continue to fund my retirement debauchery.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:32 AM (JUTN6)

My favorite class action settlement was from Zappos, due to a data breach.

A one-time 10% off coupon, which would expire in 30 days...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:34 AM (nHXB4)

116 Six at once? Excluding the skeez and public health factors, that’s a remarkable bit of logistical work.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 06:35 AM (pI9r+)

117 I think Tulane leased some dorms for a while, until they got in all the money and built their own.
Posted by: Miklos finds it amusing that the Alumi Association thinks I should give moneys at August 13, 2026

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For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else. Katrina finished that off. For a time Two-Lane leased apartments in a Garden District-area building, and they had some apartments as late as 2015 down by the med school and the public library.

They built some new grad housing, I think, but I'm not sure where.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:36 AM (wzUl9)

118
Isn't Andrew Huberman the self-help guru that got busted for having six simultaneous affairs with women? None knew about the other?

Charming guy.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:22 AM (nHXB4)

Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:36 AM (O0L8i)

119 Still my best achievement in the computer field, bar none.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

University Textbook Department

Downstairs in the UC

Oh lawd

Barbara Williams was the best boss I ever had, though

Posted by: Miklos was apartially self-funded student at August 13, 2026 06:37 AM (XOG/m)

120 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

*smiles....?*

Posted by: Eve at August 13, 2026 06:38 AM (XOG/m)

121 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Do your dogs know this?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (JUTN6)

122
Now that I'm finished with assembling my journal references, the time to assemble my patent references draws nigh. Reviewing the CPC Scheme for catalysts, at random I looked up B01J 2531/0227 (Catalysts; Compositional aspects of complexes used; Complexes comprising pentahapto-cyclopentadienyl analogues; Carbollides) and damned if the first reference wasn't one where I'm an inventor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)

123 108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

Thank you!

archive site:

https://archive.is/wip/QrMG3

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

124 I fed the furry monsters early last night, as we left for the library at 5:15. So I'll feed them a little earlier than usual this morning, and get them back on the 6 pm and 6 am schedule tonight and tomorrow.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)

125 123 108 Andrew Huberman Daily Mail article:

https://tinyurl.com/yufjs998
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 13, 2026 06:31 AM (nHXB4)

Thank you!

archive site:

https://archive.is/wip/QrMG3
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:41 AM (odBC9)

It reads like a he-said, she-said.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

126 Must have been exhausting. One good thing about monogamy is that there's only one situation to handle.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)

127
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy head out this morning for a four-weekend trip to points north (Waco, Twin Cities, Amana, Des Moines). Spare a thought for safe travels.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (O0L8i)

128 For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else.

Looked like Stalinist communal housing.

As a student, I was....involved in a satirical weekly for which Two-Lane was a target rich environment.

One of my first published pieces was after the old Sugar Bowl Stadium was demolished was a mock Official Study that determined the best use of the old stadium site was for a stadium.

Lot of housing there now, or so I hear. AND A POOL

Posted by: Miklos declines all University requests for gifts in my dotage at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (XOG/m)

129 Hadrian the Seventh

Very cool.

Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

130 But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

GLARE GLARE GLARE

Posted by: Darleen, Marleen and Charleen at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (XOG/m)

131 Deranged shaman?

A certain mad Russian holy man would like to have a word with him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)

132 I once tried juggling three women. The head injury lawsuits bankrupted me.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at August 13, 2026 06:46 AM (JUTN6)

133 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:44 AM (O0L8i)

I will do that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 06:46 AM (rHgXV)

134 Alteria Pilgram

Different ports is the answer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (u82oZ)

135
Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:45 AM (u82oZ)

https://tinyurl.com/3a6jp8na

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (O0L8i)

136 Different ports is the answer.

Cruise widows wave.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 13, 2026 06:47 AM (2GVsD)

137 Hadrian the Seventh

Prayers for safe and rewarding travels ascending.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:48 AM (u82oZ)

138 Hadrian, I managed to see the brace picture of the Borzois you sent when I got home. Gorgeous dogs and it looked like they were having fun.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:49 AM (jjoN6)

139
I managed to see the brace picture of the Borzois you sent when I got home. Gorgeous dogs and it looked like they were having fun.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:49 AM (jjoN6)

Two Borzoi boys are a team.

Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026 06:50 AM (O0L8i)

140 Better than walking the stacks, seeing a familiar journal, and thumbing to your first paper.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

*thinks...walking the stacks....saw your favorite journal*

*maybe*

*needs work*

Posted by: Miklos, songwriter for Patsy Cline at August 13, 2026 06:50 AM (XOG/m)

141 "Sharing what we love." Devotional on Acts 4:1-8

https://tinyurl.com/46wdsxn7

Reading this reminds me of poster Marcus, a very nice guy sharing his faith in Christ. Haven't seen him for a while. Hope he's doing well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 06:51 AM (rHgXV)

142 Hadrian the Seventh

OMG.
Physical Organic Chemistry and Hammett's equation. I am having a linear free-energy relationship flashback.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 06:51 AM (u82oZ)

143 For many years the grad student apartments used to stand on the north end of campus, a long walk from anything else.
*
Looked like Stalinist communal housing.

As a student, I was....involved in a satirical weekly for which Two-Lane was a target rich environment.

One of my first published pieces was after the old Sugar Bowl Stadium was demolished was a mock Official Study that determined the best use of the old stadium site was for a stadium.

Lot of housing there now, or so I hear. AND A POOL
Posted by: Miklos declines all University requests for gifts in my dotage at August 13, 2026

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Was that the satirical paper that referred to the official campus newspaper, the Hullabaloo, as the "Hullabaloser?"

When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

144 Old Two-Lane stadium is significant for me, not because I was ever there (I was not) but the first Super Bowl I remember watching was played there between the Steelers and Vikings. SB IX, I believe… I was a young lad rooting for the Vikes because they had Fran Tarkenton, but they got beat up that day by the Steel Curtain. Still sticks in my head…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 06:54 AM (MaA4a)

145 The Two-Lane Hullabaloo once used to run Dave Barry's column. I recall one suggesting a game show called "Eat Bugs for Money."

"You would do this. Yes, you! You reading this right now! For enough cash, you'd eat bugs for money, wouldn't you?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

146 Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

And a group of Greyhounds are a Nap.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 06:57 AM (jjoN6)

147 What's the Janix, Kenneth?????

Posted by: Dan at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (DZ9Lv)

148 Old Two-Lane stadium is significant for me, not because I was ever there (I was not) but the first Super Bowl I remember watching was played there between the Steelers and Vikings. SB IX, I believe… I was a young lad rooting for the Vikes because they had Fran Tarkenton, but they got beat up that day by the Steel Curtain. Still sticks in my head…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026

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The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm. Neither of us had any interest in feetsball. We'd walk (yes, it was possible to walk pretty safely after dark in certain areas then) over to a nearby restaurant for some pizza; there'd be nobody there. As we came back, the game would be over and everybody would be streaming *away* from the stadium.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

149 When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

The pool was only for the swim team, not for regular students. The barber shop charged $3 for a simple and quick ROTC cut, which was OK with me.

The Hullabaloozer was based on the name of a professor named Radomir Lujza who was quite good, but whose son (a Junior of the same name ) attended for free (perk of being on faculty) and had written inbecilia in the Hullaballoo and was thus dubbed Radical Loser.

Posted by: Miklos, now it all comes back at August 13, 2026 07:00 AM (XOG/m)

150 Two Borzoi boys are a team.

Two Borzoi girls are a conspiracy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 13, 2026

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Two cats are a hit squad.

Especially if you happen to be a mouse, a lizard, or a salamander.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)

151 If you were going to start a book club for men how would you advertise that, and what would you choose?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Boobs

Posted by: Average male AoS poster at August 13, 2026 07:01 AM (DZ9Lv)

152 The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm. Neither of us had any interest in feetsball. We'd walk (yes, it was possible to walk pretty safely after dark in certain areas then) over to a nearby restaurant for some pizza; there'd be nobody there. As we came back, the game would be over and everybody would be streaming *away* from the stadium.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)

That is interesting…. 3 of the first 9 super bowls were played there between 1970 and 1975. Does that timeframe coincide with your time there?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026 07:02 AM (MaA4a)

153 It reads like a he-said, she-said.
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 06:43 AM (odBC9)

Technically, a she said, she said, she said.

Posted by: Pete Bog at August 13, 2026 07:03 AM (Edxq2)

154 111
When you get those notices in the mail saying that you might be entitled to money from a class action settlement, read the fine print!
The ones that I have seen, say they can compel you to produce more documentation!
I throw them in the trash.

Posted by: Fenderbender at August 13, 2026 07:03 AM (1FEc1)

155 Posted by: Average male AoS poster at August 13, 2026 07:01 AM (DZ9Lv

If it were men only there wouldn't be only boobs, unless they were "man boobs" , but yes, that does sound like many posters at " Hootersville" uhh ASHQ. Thanks for the chuckle.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:04 AM (DzHyO)

156 That is interesting…. 3 of the first 9 super bowls were played there between 1970 and 1975. Does that timeframe coincide with your time there?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 13, 2026

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Yes; Mrs. W. No. 1 attended from '74 to '76 before transferring to the campus in Lafayette (when we got married and moved). I didn't attend until the night school after I became an employee, twelve years later.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:04 AM (wzUl9)

157 The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Guy on the Cal Poly SLO debate team tried to juggle 2 girlfriends, one on his team and one on mine. They both figured it out at nationals and publicly clobbered him.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 13, 2026 07:05 AM (DZ9Lv)

158 "Any" not "only"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:06 AM (DzHyO)

159 The old stadium was practically across the street from the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1's dorm.

Roommates and I "acquired" some of the astroturf from the old stadium. It was part of the 20 yard line, but only part. Became the "floor treatment" of our apartment.

We enjoyed telling girls (on the rare occasions any came over) that this is the original two yard line, number's right there

Posted by: Miklos recalls and becomes content at August 13, 2026 07:07 AM (XOG/m)

160 The most I ever tried to juggle was two women. Exhausting indeed.

But fun for all concerned . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Guy on the Cal Poly SLO debate team tried to juggle 2 girlfriends, one on his team and one on mine. They both figured it out at nationals and publicly clobbered him.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 13, 2026

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In my case they each worked, and lived, at opposite ends of town. A workout it was for my little Ford Escort, since I lived in a third area, about halfway between them.

One was ten years younger than me; the other about five years older. An interesting contrast.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:08 AM (wzUl9)

161 Intel's been a day late and a dollar short for about a decade.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026 07:09 AM (+LSGm)

162 Kind stranger at the Birmingham airport:

https://tinyurl.com/4e67xxkc

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 07:10 AM (SQmE5)

163 Intel's been a day late and a dollar short for about a decade.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026

***
Currently adjusted to six days and $7.99 thanks to inflation . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

164 One was ten years younger than me; the other about five years older. An interesting contrast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

*looks for a job, any job at Loyola, Tulane, UNO, or even Delgado, if the....uh...personnel schedule works*

Posted by: Miklos is only occasionally picky at August 13, 2026 07:12 AM (XOG/m)

165 The two simultaneous girlfriends were a contrast in looks too. One looked like Claudia Cardinale's younger and less glamorous (but still super cute) sister. The older, like Marsha Mason when she did The Goodbye Girl.

Ah, for 1991 again . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:15 AM (wzUl9)

166 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)

167 One of my older siblings went to Georgia Tech and was in a frat. Circa 1970 the yellow jackets hosted Tulane for Homecoming and my family went to Atlanta. It was tradition for every frat to decorate the house in a "float" for a prize competition. This involved copious amounts of chicken wire, colored tissue paper and no small amount of hooch. They were extremely creative, and being Tech, the display had to be dynamic enough to pretty much get up and walk around the yard to even come close to winning.
Ten year old me was awed at all the amazing depictions of how a flying stinging insect was going to destroy the Green Wave.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:17 AM (2Ez/1)

168 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026

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I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

169 Oh my, off brain dead sock.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:19 AM (MWfyi)

170 The "Godmother of AI" says the biggest risk to AI is students losing the desire learn. (Tech Spot)

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No shit? Why hasn't anyone else thought of this before?

Posted by: Biergood at August 13, 2026 07:19 AM (PwgSL)

171 Ah, for 1991 again . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

Your adventure led to an an unanticipated series of events including the bankruptcy of Schwegman's and the end of K&B, yet you emerged almost unscathed.

Posted by: Miklos has plot concepts over here at August 13, 2026 07:20 AM (XOG/m)

172 mornin yall. I got an email that Microsoft is doing away with SMS two factor authentication because it's not secure. I don't care what they come up with, as long as humans are involved, it won't be secure.
Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 13, 2026

That stinks. Their stupid 2FA app has never worked for me on Android.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 13, 2026 07:21 AM (+LSGm)

173 "Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe accused of ‘cookie stuffing’ scheme that has max penalty of 20 years in prison"

She fancies herself as a business person. Why bother? She's just screwing things up for others when she could go away and live a life of luxury. A Gates family trait, I guess.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

174 Not much on the schedule here today. We might go over to the nearby mall and walk at ten am. Otherwise I need to get an (approximate and wildly optimistic) insurance quote on a house I like, and if it's not too excruciating a price, to ask my real estate agent to set up a video tour. It's a nice-looking 2BR/1BA with garage and basement in what appears on Gorgle Street View to be a nice area.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:23 AM (wzUl9)

175 Ah, for 1991 again . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming
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Your adventure led to an an unanticipated series of events including the bankruptcy of Schwegman's and the end of K&B, yet you emerged almost unscathed.
Posted by: Miklos has plot concepts over here at August 13, 2026

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Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

176 I thought Gates' kid was Phil, not Phoebe

Or will be?

I dunno

Posted by: Miklos is rather uninformed and unconcerned at August 13, 2026 07:24 AM (XOG/m)

177 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

178 I thought Gates' kid was Phil, not Phoebe

Or will be?

I dunno
Posted by: Miklos is rather uninformed and unconcerned at August 13, 2026

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"Open" and "Closed" were two names they rejected.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (wzUl9)

179 When the future Mrs. Wolfus No. 1 was a student there in the mid-'70s, the pool was in the "basement" (really the ground level) of the UC. Along with a barbershop!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 06:52 AM (wzUl9)

Wait. Did you say there was wimmin in the basement?

Posted by: Hick at August 13, 2026 07:25 AM (1Ff7Z)

180 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.
Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026

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That's the hard way to avoid having to write a theme on "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

181 The principal says "I want you to know how incredibly proud I am of each and every one of you,"

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)

182 Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I hope that applies to the new house elsewhere.

Posted by: Miklos wishes well at August 13, 2026 07:27 AM (XOG/m)

183 I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)

Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (1Ff7Z)

184 177 The local schools started up last Friday (stupid, I know) and yesterday one of the high schools got shut down until next Monday because a student shot another student.
Posted by: fd

That's a self-starter right there.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (jjoN6)

185 Sometimes I get lucky. In more than one way.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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I hope that applies to the new house elsewhere.
Posted by: Miklos wishes well at August 13, 2026

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You and me both. The house I recently considered to be perfect and in a perfect location got snapped up before I could video tour it. I've got to move faster.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

186 Waiting for JJ to drop so I can understand why the feck gas jumped fifty cents overnight

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 13, 2026 07:29 AM (bGiud)

187 "Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?
Posted by: OrangeEnt"

Exactly. My ISP makes me do that every month to pay my bill. Dumb.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

188 What stops you from renting in Tally Ho instead of the Crescent City?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:30 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Gates is a good example of what Danny Polishchul calls the "Forbes 30 Under 30-to-prison pipeline."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 13, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

190 I'm so bloody tired of having not only to log in to a website, but also having to get a code off my phone or email and enter that.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026
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Especially for paying a water bill or something. Do they think someone's gonna hack it and pay the bill for me?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 13, 2026

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I've still got my creditors sending me paper bills, and I mail my check to them. Let 'em work for their money. They're not giving me a discount for going online.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:31 AM (wzUl9)

191 The principal says "I want you to know how incredibly proud I am of each and every one of you,"
Posted by: fd

Lil' Miklos-"incredible" means unbelievable, impossible to believe, so I don't believe you

*lil' Miklos does one of those Free GED courses*

Posted by: Miklos should learn the virtues of silence at August 13, 2026 07:32 AM (XOG/m)

192 My mom has a lot of fun when she has to explain to companies that she does not have nor ever will have a smart phone.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:33 AM (jjoN6)

193 What stops you from renting in Tally Ho instead of the Crescent City?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026

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Because I think I have only one big move left in me. And the money that would cost, including moving my furniture or storing it, deposits, rent on a year's lease, pet deposits, and pet rent (the usual scams nowadays) mounts up to good money I could be be putting into the house.

That said, I might *have* to go and rent for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

194 Victor Tango. I'm guessing the fact that the strategic reserve is at 30% so the oil companies decided to gouge us since PDT cannot release reserves.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 13, 2026 07:36 AM (2NHgQ)

195 That said, I might *have* to go and rent for a while.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Fat City, baby

Welcome to Met'ry

Posted by: various Italian named property companies at August 13, 2026 07:37 AM (XOG/m)

196 Wolfus Aurelius

Donate the furniture. Ship your beloved car.

Buy new to you furniture on arrival. Rent a truck to bring the rest of your stuff.

When I moved we both sold our cars. Bought new. The difference is we had equity.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026 07:38 AM (u82oZ)

197 Gas has been falling, for regular unleaded gas (RUG) anyway, for a little while here. The Buick is at half a tank and I'm trying to use ethanol-free (E0) when I can. That stuff doesn't usually fall much when RUG does, though. I may go back to 50/50 or 40/60 RUG/E0 for my fill-ups for a while.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

198 Alternatively, set up three piles before you move:

Pile 1: I need to have this. Ideally, this should be the smallest one.
Pile 2: I will donate this.
Pile 3: I will set this on fire.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026 07:39 AM (jjoN6)

199 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (VyBeY)

200 "Lauren Boebert’s Son Arrested on Charges of Child Sexual Exploitation"

What a f'd up family.

Posted by: fd at August 13, 2026 07:40 AM (MWfyi)

201 Donate the furniture. Ship your beloved car.

Buy new to you furniture on arrival. Rent a truck to bring the rest of your stuff.

When I moved we both sold our cars. Bought new. The difference is we had equity.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 13, 2026

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Well, I have capital, but no equity. And it would be hard to replace a lot of my furniture, which is real solid wood, including my desk -- which dates to about 1960 and was my dinner, homework, and hobby table growing up. I'm scared to see what a Mission-style armchair would cost nowadays. I'll leave my ancient box spring and a fe other things behind and buy new, though.

Trying to drive three days in a rental truck with two cats in carriers? Not a good idea.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:43 AM (wzUl9)

202 Alternatively, set up three piles before you move:

Pile 1: I need to have this. Ideally, this should be the smallest one.
Pile 2: I will donate this.
Pile 3: I will set this on fire.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 13, 2026

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I'd be most pleased to leave Piles 2 and 3 for this place's apartment mismanagement to deal with.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (wzUl9)

203
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (/+uur)

204 "Because I think I have only one big move left in me."

Thought experiment, or at least a paper exercise.
Make it a small move.
Get rid of everything except the bare minimum you need to exist as if you were camping. One table, one chair, one lamp, one place setting, an air mattress and a single set of sheets.
Get rid of everything else. Give it away, because selling isn't worth it, unless you can find a company that does an online estate sale for you.
Make your footprint so small it will fit into a small u haul trailer.
When you get a new place buy new stuff.
Start over.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:44 AM (2Ez/1)

205
Fat City, baby

Welcome to Met'ry
Posted by: various Italian named property companies at August 13, 2026

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Nowadays Fat City looks like a Western ghost town after the silver mines closed down. Some businesses, yes, and some condos, but otherwise it's not the party magnet it was in the '70s and '80s.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:46 AM (wzUl9)

206 The Movie Vault Roku App, is finally at an acceptable MVP, but it looks like a year one UI.

There are no React like UI libraries to build Roku apps and I'm programming raw xml and Brightscript.

Anyhow, super happy with what I've developed so far and have replaced Plex across my entire home.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 13, 2026 07:47 AM (XV/Pl)

207 Make it a small move.
Get rid of everything except the bare minimum you need to exist as if you were camping. One table, one chair, one lamp, one place setting, an air mattress and a single set of sheets.
Get rid of everything else. Give it away, because selling isn't worth it, unless you can find a company that does an online estate sale for you.
Make your footprint so small it will fit into a small u haul trailer.
When you get a new place buy new stuff.
Start over.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026

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Yes, I'm going to do a lot of that. My current love seat can stay or be donated, and maybe my dinette table and chairs. Certain clothes and a lot of books, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

208 Yes, I'm going to do a lot of that. My current love seat can stay or be donated, and maybe my dinette table and chairs. Certain clothes and a lot of books, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Do it today.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 13, 2026 07:49 AM (2Ez/1)

209 The incident is fueling more criticism of the MAID program, which was legalized in 2016 and has dramatically expanded since, with the total number of assisted deaths set at roughly 100,000.

Yeah, true euthanasia, which does not require the consent of the condemned. MAID--Murder Accomplished, Invalid Determination.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 13, 2026 09:01 AM (l3cgK)

Wednesday Night ONT - August 12, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde! The time has come for mid-week shenanigans of the overnight variety. The bar is open and (mostly) re-stocked with Tab. Only the best for the Horde...

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. If you're a troll, go away.

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

[Top photo from NASA: Shock waves are visible around a T-38 trainer aircraft during NASA's Air-to-Air Background Oriented Schlieren flights in 2019. Schlieren imaging makes normally invisible changes in air density visible, giving researchers a way to see the same shock waves that can create sonic booms on the ground.]

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Happy Birthday!

ICYMI - congratulations to the Blogfather for 25 years of InstaPundit.

Like many others, we found InstaPundit following 9/11. We read things we did not see elsewhere and found other writers and blogs we wouldn't have found otherwise. Maintaining staying power and relevance on the internet for over 25 years without burning out is impressive.

From the Blogfather: Some thoughts on InstaPundit's 25th bloggiversary.

One of the big lessons of the past twenty five years is that the preening self-regard of the laptop class is largely unjustified. There's a lot of ignored wisdom out there.
Third, speaking of the laptop class, the press is much, much worse than I thought it was at the beginning of this exercise, and I was pretty skeptical about the press then.

Read the whole thing.
Heh.

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Animal News

A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night

Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, recently posted on Reddit that he built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster's wheel, with the data automatically uploaded to Mollie's own Strava account. Mollie, his 10-month-old hamster, is now committed to logging nightly runs with distance, pace, and time.
One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.

And the little guy's not exactly phoning it in. De Buck said Mollie is averaging almost 10 kilometers per night, with a current record of 10.8 kilometers after the first week of tracking.
"I really believe he'll be able to exceed that soon," he said.
Mollie also has a weirdly consistent schedule for a hamster. Over one seven-day stretch, he started within the same 10-minute window on five nights, between 9:54 and 10:04 p.m. He tends to run in short bursts, sometimes reaching about 4 to 5 kilometers per hour on the live monitor, then hops off for water.

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Content Rejected from the Hobby Thread

Anyone ever attend a vintage pyrex swap? Never knew such a thing existed:

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Military Traditions

How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns

Let's pause a bit and talk about the 'rules' for callsigns.
It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns... which is where you get things like 'Ripper' and 'Ace' and 'Thor.'
Not in the Navy.
Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.
Usually a new guy in a squadron is given something like 'FNG' (Fucking New Guy) or 'New Jack' or 'Don't Speak.'
Eventually, someone does something noteworthy, and the King (or Queen) of the JOPA [Junior Officer Protection Agency] calls a kangaroo court known as a 'callsign review board.'

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Mandatory Maiden

Long documentary - save this one for later:

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Subaru News

For all the Subaru fans among the Horde - I held my breath a few times through this video. Impressive.

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Life Advice

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called The Slow Motion Guys. No, the channel is not about guys that move slowly. It is about two friends armed with camera equipment to show activities in super-super-super slow motion.

Some of it feels a little like a science class. Some of it feels a little like a technology class. Some of it feels like madness and giggles purely for the sake of having fun.

Over 45 million people have watched their video on how a TV works. Their video showing popcorn popping has over 24 million views. Spinning a record to pieces? Spinning a CD to destruction? Paint vibrating on a speaker? Airbag deploy? Camera shutter? They've got it all. When things happen so quickly, we miss what really happens.

They've been at it for 15 years and have over 15 million subscribers. This is a favorite:

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

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Pittsburgh Scanner

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

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A Cooter tribute for the big ONT finish:

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There is no truth to the rumor that TRex is set to be announced as the new White House Press Secretary. Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly be ignored. Are you lurking ????

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Time travel sure is confusing!

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (B18Qw)

2 Heterosexual.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VQ0bX)

3 This is a Tucker... free zone.

Sid, Paul. This means you tuckers.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:02 PM (udaaY)

5 Hello all!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (zMzlR)

6 A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster's Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night

One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes.

Piker.

Posted by: the server hampsters at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (VHUov)

7 Pittsburgh doesn't disappoint.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (2WIwB)

8 Come Fly with Me
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You found a good one. eueToob prefers to put the crap up front
so the ASCAP fees are less.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:05 PM (VQ0bX)

9 If you lick Ca, you'll get some fizzing. I'd move its licking safety rating from green to yellow.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 Cooter was an ok character, I guess.

Leftist though. I mean, he did run for CONgress as a D.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

11 It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns... which is where you get things like 'Ripper' and 'Ace' and 'Thor.'
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This is absolutely, categorically, and completely false.

Air Force callsigns are about puns and embarrassing incidents. A pilot who overshot the runway and ended up in sand is "Baja." Get it? Baja racing. It's all in-jokes and also name puns. Ask me how I know.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)

12 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (zZu0s)

13 Hey! Mr. REX🦖🦖! Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (hJKeX)

14 I still have a "Ben Jones for Congress" sticker on my guitar case. I have to remind people that he was Cooter.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (nDXEV)

15 Not sure I'd want to fly away with Frank.

I'd rather be sitting in a deck chair up over Kansas City.

https://youtu.be/JtTmx30HNrk

Posted by: mindful webworker - breaking the fun barrier at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (B18Qw)

16 209 She already feels less of a woman

She already feels mutilated.

Men love boobs. Right?

It’s a shitty thing to say. I’ve been married. And my Boobs have been mutilated.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (pXM6/)

You have no idea how she feels, or what her relationship with her husband is like. You are accusing someone of being shitty. You don't know. That makes you the shitty one in this discussion.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)

17 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (ZOv7s)

Posted something on ALH yesterday you might find a little interesting.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. Great content.

Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (CG21m)

19 cool stuff

An old friend from a "past life" (30 years back, FB friend for a decade or so) got woken up on diet and the vax, and lost a lot of weight.

But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.

So sad ... now I need to come up with a cogent response, but it is late, so, for another day I guess.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)

20 Other great GA political stickers from yore: Pat Swindall (yeah, the name fit), and Don Johnson (not the Miami Vice guy, some hack in a bad toupee).

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (nDXEV)

21 12 Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM
13 Hey! Mr. REX🦖🦖! Yay!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM
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Howdy gang!

Posted by: TRex - general lee dino at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM (Q7yzj)

22 Pittsburgh Scanner
Mr. Washington. 92 Crane Ave - Miller's Crossing Fleatique. Caller said that the store is selling individual parts of human remains.

Pittsburgh Scanner is blue-balling me. I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.

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

23 YouTube channel called The Slow Motion Guys

Been enjoying Gav & Dan's antics for years. Never miss one.

BTW, they're the Slow-Mo Guys. Just FTR. No "tion".

Posted by: mindful webworker - slooooowwwww mmmmmoooo at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (B18Qw)

24 If you want to lick P, go with the red or black allotropes, and lick only in moderation.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

25 An old friend from a "past life" (30 years back, FB friend for a decade or so) got woken up on diet and the vax, and lost a lot of weight.

But now every damn thing is conspiracy, no prescriptions are good, all just serve Big Pharma. AND there were No Planes on 9/11, another fraud. AND USA is the real terrorist, Muslims are apparently fine. And of course Israel runs Trump and US military policy.
Posted by: illiniwek

Red Pills should come with Tinfoil Hats.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

26 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)

27 Five minutes of samba trio:
youtube.com/watch?v=tKE7zt_1Z20

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Jr5Lq)

28 Cooter is a silly nickname.

Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

29 Air Force callsigns are about puns and embarrassing incidents. A pilot who overshot the runway and ended up in sand is "Baja." Get it? Baja racing. It's all in-jokes and also name puns. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

See also Naval Aviator's callsigns. I give you: STAB — short for “Shit Twice And Boltered.” 'Digestive emergencies' in the cockpit of an F/A-18 on two separate flights.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)

30 I got my first call sign assigned for violating a strict order on paperwork. LOSA stuck for a while. The LO stood for legal order. Let your imagination run wild for the SA which was the bad thing I did with a keyboard.

Posted by: epador at August 12, 2026 10:13 PM (TRnzq)

31 Evening Horde thx TRex
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (WOnE5)

32 If you want to lick P, go with the red or black allotropes, and lick only in moderation.
Posted by: gp

Ask your Dr. if licking P is for you.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (udaaY)

33 22 Pittsburgh Scanner is blue-balling me. I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:10 PM
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You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.

I checked back though. No resolution.

Posted by: TRex - lost sheperd dino at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Q7yzj)

34 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport
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Me too! Maybe the dino will let us know where and when....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)

35 I'd think that you wouldn't want to lick Lithium at all. Wouldn't the moisture from your tongue make it go 'splody 'splody?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (0CU3H)

36 Subaru...'spit'....
Stupid hippy cars...you can bet they have a Coexist sticker, right along side a 'Trump Hitler' sticker....
Coexist indeed 🙄....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (hJKeX)

37 "I want to go to an antique pyrex swap"

I've got a bunch from misc garage sales. Why people would want to part with tiptop quality kitchen and cookware for two bits apiece, I dunno.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr5Lq)

38 You have no idea how she feels, or what her relationship with her husband is like. You are accusing someone of being shitty. You don't know. That makes you the shitty one in this discussion.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 10:08 PM (+Z9Sn)
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Some people just want to judge everyone. I thought it was funny, and there's some layers in this, because my wife knows that my great-grandfather wrote letters home to my great-grandmother during WW I about how he missed "the twins."

So yeah, guys like bewbs, and we're sad when our wives lose them. Fuck cancer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (ZOv7s)

39 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport

I've been scouring the thrift shops near here for antique pyrex. No luck so far but I have met some interesting folks in the kitchenware aisle I must say.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (udaaY)

40 Reacher is back

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:15 PM (Ydd86)

41 The modern Pyrex is substandard compared to vintage Pyrex. Thought everyone knew that. Chinamen are ruining everything. I saw ersatz "Hyrex" in a thrift store, made in China, of course.

Posted by: Ole Buzzard at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (JM9I6)

42 I want to go to an antique pyrex swap
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (Ydd86)

Why not? Those things almost never break.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

43 Yay Wednesday Night ONT! Thanks, T Rex!

Pittsburgh is one entertaining place, I tells ya!

Cool top pic of the T-38 shock waves. So beautifully linear!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM (D/6p1)

44 I liked "H_ngm_n" as a call sign in Top Gun; Maverick; very clever. BTW, a far better film than the original. Aside from the flying scenes, I hated the original.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)

45 Cooter is a silly nickname.
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

We agree!

Posted by: Tater and Booger at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (1Ff7Z)

46 Chinamen are ruining everything. I saw ersatz "Hyrex" in a thrift store, made in China, of course.

Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

47 I'm so old I remember (I was in 7th grade) the original song "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tommy James and the Shondells. I had a transistor radio, man. I liked it. However, I did not understand most lyrics of songs til college as I was still playing sports with boys. I did not know what they were hiding (a slow learner).

I do remember memorizing the Periodic Table in pre-med chemistry with many college boys. Who were apparently as traumatized by the university class as I was as no one asked me out. It remains a mystery, as I was finally ready.

Hope you all are well and fighting commies and muzzies daily. Goodnight.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (hzuYO)

48 See also Naval Aviator's callsigns. I give you: STAB — short for “Shit Twice And Boltered.” 'Digestive emergencies' in the cockpit of an F/A-18 on two separate flights.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (udaaY)
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Yeah, I saw that a while ago. A lot of "cool" callsigns are backhanded compliments at best. At first glance "Maverick" sounds cool and wild, and then you realize it's "Blue Falcon" in code. Not a team player.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (ZOv7s)

49
Not in the Navy.

Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.

In my scout troop, the youths set one rule, "Own Your Nickname, We're Not Changing It". One time a scout noted that he had no nickname despite hsving been in the troop for a couple of years. I informed him that one almost always acquired a nickname after having done something extremely stupid. From this, the young man told his mother that "Mr. Krebs thinks I'm smart." "Why is that?" "Because he said you earn a nickname if you do something stupid, and I have no nickname."

I told his mother that I never said that he had not done stupid things. What had bappened was, of the many stupid things he had done, none rose to the level of being stupid enough to call down a nickname upon him.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (s9VOe)

50 Subaru Red Bull Rocket, how many gears does that thing have?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (VQ0bX)

51 Oh, that Pittsburgh Scanner always delivers!

Walked in on two women enjoying the bed in the B&B?

Why complain? Just charge customers extra for that. Right?

Posted by: mindful webworker - specialty services at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (B18Qw)

52 You have to admit Goose died doing what he loved: Shattering his cranium against a glass canopy at Mach 2.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (nDXEV)

53 31 Evening Horde thx TRex
The Wendy's in Pittsburgh is a happening place

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:14 PM
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I do wonder how many police calls at the Wendy's the Pittsburgh Scanner people decide to skip for fear of taking over the rest of the content. Their whole gig could change to the Wendy's Scanner.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex hoarder dino at August 12, 2026 10:18 PM (Q7yzj)

54 A 50-50 mix of Chick-fil-A sauce and mild horseradish sauce is simply amazing on roast beef.

Just thought you should know.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:19 PM (zs/VU)

55 If you're trying to sync some sound files to some animation, and you think beer or two will help, well, I have to tell you they won't.

Until they do. Usually around the 3rd or 4th. Suddenly everything works!

Tonight, anyway. Tomorrow, maybe not.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (CHHv1)

56 What had happened was, of the many stupid things he had done, none rose to the level of being stupid enough to call down a nickname upon him.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Clearly not a regular here.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (udaaY)

57 I've never really had a nickname attached to me. In the Army, I was Doc, but, shit, every medic is called Doc. I am the king of nondescript.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (0aYVJ)

58 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

59 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

60 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

61 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes

Could they run a server?

Posted by: Wheels Within Wheels at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (JM9I6)

62 43 Yay Wednesday Night ONT! Thanks, T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 12, 2026 10:16 PM
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Good evening LS! Thanks for being here.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex stacker dino at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Q7yzj)

63 Thank you for the ONT TRex.

I'm getting back to work in a few minutes. The animals are resting so work can get done.

Anyways, this was on Deadline.
I hope they make this movie!
They need to make this movie!

We got screwed out of black Superman. We deserve this.

As trans onscreen representation takes a hit in Hollywood, Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.

The Matrix co-auteur recently explained that despite some excitement over the script, financiers “really don’t want to make” her dystopian political thriller The Hunted, which is co-written with partner Mickey Ray Mahoney and budgeted at $10 million, due to the film’s “wall-to-wall trans cast.”

“People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

64 I liked "H_ngm_n" as a call sign in Top Gun; Maverick; very clever. BTW, a far better film than the original. Aside from the flying scenes, I hated the original.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
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They work. The excesses of the original have aged well. I wrote a scathing denunciation of the sequel, and have never been happier to have been completely wrong.

As a side note, I considered trying to switch over to the Navy so that I could score the trifecta, having done Army and Air Force.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (ZOv7s)

65 Pittsburgh Scanner
Arlington Heights. Arlington Ave. Caller said that a woman wearing only a red fish net body suit is outside flagging guys down offering them services. Caller does not like this.

.....and Pittsburgh Scanner wasn't willing to cop to their prostitution sting?

or

.....joke's on you, though, because she's only offering tax preparation services.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

66 Yeah ... maybe a car for hippie lesbos, but those WRX Sti models are pretty fine. I'd be glad to have one

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (MEbkQ)

67 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

Sodium (Na) in water is very interesting.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (zs/VU)

68 I really want to see the followup tweet to that one.
Posted by: mikeski

You don't. The next tweet said the item was reported to be a rib.
I checked back though. No resolution.
Posted by: TRex

You're right. That's not nearly as funny as I was expecting.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

69 59 Li in H2O, more fizzy than splody. Yellow ranking acceptable:
youtube.com/watch?v=Vxqe_ZOwsHs
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

I sit corrected. Thanks!

I misremembered Na vs. Li.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (0CU3H)

70 As a side note, I considered trying to switch over to the Navy so that I could score the trifecta, having done Army and Air Force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Legions of Dependapotamuses have joined the chat.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)

71 Yo Dino, thanks for the Maiden / DiAnno video!

Might not hear from me much, depends on whether I can keep myself from watching the whole thing.... I'm such a hopeless fanboy

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (97l2N)

72 Meg Ryan was very cute in TopGun

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)

73 US Army dumps ten tons of Na into Lake Lenore, just for the helluvit:
youtube.com/watch?v=HY7mTCMvpEM

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

74 66 Yeah ... maybe a car for hippie lesbos, but those WRX Sti models are pretty fine. I'd be glad to have one

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:22 PM
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I would throw money at Subaru if they would make a proper manual WRX STi hatchback again. There are rumors one is coming in 2027 but don't know volumes or markets. Stay tuned and keep fingers crossed...

Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (Q7yzj)

75 I've never really had a nickname attached to me. In the Army, I was Doc, but, shit, every medic is called Doc. I am the king of nondescript.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

76 Meg Ryan was very cute in TopGun
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM (WOnE5)

Yeah, agree, but she was chewing the scenery big-time. I found it off-putting.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (0aYVJ)

77 You lick Na or K, your tongue probably won't explode, but it will be dissolved by the highly caustic hydroxides that result.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

78 71 Yo Dino, thanks for the Maiden / DiAnno video!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 12, 2026 10:24 PM
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Excellent.

Posted by: TRex - pyrex repair service dino at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (Q7yzj)

79 For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

Better than being called either slingshit or terrapin turd.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

80 Legions of Dependapotamuses have joined the chat.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:23 PM (udaaY)
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Mrs. Lloyd very much enjoyed being numbered among the Dependa because we were so very boring.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (ZOv7s)

81
I'd think that you wouldn't want to lick Lithium at all. Wouldn't the moisture from your tongue make it go 'splody 'splody?
Posted by: Darrell Harris

Sure, it might, or at least burst into flame, in addition to giving you one hell of a tongue burned by caustic.

Thing is, though, reactive metals like the alkalis are stored in an oil to stop them being exposed to air or water, so you'd have to contend with that gustatory delight first and foremost, as it would coat the metallic morsel.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (s9VOe)

82 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:17 PM (Riz8t)

Or Hydrox. The original chocolate sandwich cookie.

O Gas-X, an over-the-counter medication containing simethicone, used to quickly relieve bloating, pressure, and discomfort from intestinal gas. It works locally in the digestive tract by combining smaller gas bubbles into larger ones so the body can pass the gas more easily.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (Riz8t)

83 "Red Pills should come with Tinfoil Hats."
Posted by: mikeski

ha, yes. And of course, there is a woman involved. heh

I was surprised to hear she was a Ted Cruz advocate, even had some political web thang, an aspect I never knew about her. But ... sigh, So Are the Hours of Our Days ... heh.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (vbXSk)

84 WTF is the laptop class?
t
Pretentious shit

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (qFwJc)

85 Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly be ignored.

You lost your answering service velociraptor in the meteor strike, didn't you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (qx7Zg)

86 Evening horde! I had no idea Pyrex (vintage) was so popular. Makes me want to go to garage sales!

Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (286+n)

87 Here's to Cooter.

*clink*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (o5Cl5)

88 Evening all. Still waiting for feedback on the interview. Hopefully tomorrow.

Now to read the content.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)

89 Nickname in school was Snidley Whiplash.
Why no, I wasn't popular.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (zNcSj)

90 I would throw money at Subaru if they would make a proper manual WRX STi hatchback again. There are rumors one is coming in 2027 but don't know volumes or markets. Stay tuned and keep fingers crossed...

Posted by: TRex - pyrex appraiser dino at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM
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Agreed. The new WRX isn't much to get excited about. Bigger brakes and the dynamic suspension. Oh and $10k more that I paid. Very Meh.

Now a hatch STi, that's a whole 'nother thing

Posted by: YellowBird at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (MEbkQ)

91 “People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless

When you say "people like it," but you exclude the "wall-to-wall trans cast" xerselves, are there still "people," plural, or is it now just you?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

92 Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

Everyone is different though. You have to make allowances for differences in situation and temper.

For example I call my wife a cunt to her face all the time. She's British. She expects it. Now if I called her a libtard, or said she was like her mother, those would be fighting words.

Sorry for what you went through btw. Very. I happen to like legs FWIW.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (vE0+H)

93 61 Not to be confused with Hyrax, a small, stout, and furry herbivorous mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
Posted by: Archimedes

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Accept no substitutes!

Posted by: Oreo at August 12, 2026 10:30 PM (o5Cl5)

94 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey. We knew about the possibility and Brit Lass still did it, the cunt. She was heating beeswax. I read an article about why it happens. Freaky sound. Microwave lived.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

95
Neglect not the horrible fate of young ladies who painted radium salts onto watch dials and would lick the brush to create as fine a point at its tip as possible.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (s9VOe)

96 I don't advise licking pure sulfur

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

97 And pure cobalt isn't lickable either.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (88C+u)

98 Forgot to thank T Rex as I don't know where my manners are tonight.

I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier. While I would have loved to have flown just once with a pilot, the most dangerous jobs are the guys on the carrier.

They all are in different colors and on this one the guys in green who launch and recover the jets with cables. Hook runners.

It was a very cool youtube. I think this is the one.

https://tinyurl.com/mu4h6zjy

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

99 It appears that the revolver, under water, is more lethal than the semi-auto.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (VQ0bX)

100 28 Cooter is a silly nickname.
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

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I know, right?

Posted by: Quim at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM (o5Cl5)

101 18 Thanks for the ONT, Dino. Great content.

Posted by: scampydog at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - pyrex insurance coverage dino at August 12, 2026 10:34 PM (Q7yzj)

102 Lilly Wachowski is attempting to make a film with an all-transgender cast… if only the industry will let her.
Posted by: Stateless

TIL the Wachowski Brothers both went trans. I was trying to figure out if they had a sister named Lilly. Nope, it's one of the originals.

Or maybe I did know this before and conveniently forgot it in the ensuing decade because who cares about the mental illnesses of Hollyweird?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

103 Ephemerol is creating new scanners.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (nDXEV)

104 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey. We knew about the possibility and Brit Lass still did it, the cunt. She was heating beeswax. I read an article about why it happens. Freaky sound. Microwave lived.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:31 PM (vE0+H)

were it not for my wife, I would not have a microwave in the house. they suck. I almost never use it, except for popcorn. And then I stand right there like Bob Wiley, 30 seconds to go, 20 seconds to go...

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

105 I don't advise licking pure sulfur
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

Or a Timex. Nothing will happen to it. It'll just keep on ticking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

106 One of the most unique call signs for a Naval aviator had to be Pager 'ROT' Page.

One night he had to land a Turkey at Moffett Field near San Francisco in horrible weather. On final a wind shear grabbed hold of his plane and only by going to full burners was he able to save himself and the plane.

The base commander duly got an angry letter in the mail from a regular complainer demanding to know 'when will this Reign of Terror' will end? The angry letter was forwarded to Page's CO.

So his callsign became ROT.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)

107 FUN FACT: If you fire your semiautomatic underwater, by the time the ejected casing goes down your shirt it will be cool enough not to leave a permanent scar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (6/7Fs)

108 88 Evening all. Still waiting for feedback on the interview. Hopefully tomorrow.

Now to read the content.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:28 PM (aJQbY)
*************

Prayers!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (hzuYO)

109 What's the nickname the National Alliance stuck on the poor guy who had to shag SPLC Heidi?

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)

110 107 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

111
Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is shit.

They are using a different kind of sand or something now.

A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.

Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

112 When you say "people like it," but you exclude the "wall-to-wall trans cast" xerselves, are there still "people," plural, or is it now just you?
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:29 PM (VHUov)

If it doesn't get made, hundreds will be disappointed.

Asian entertainment for the win.

Okay, and select Hollywood stuff but that pile of crap to dig through is getting bigger and bigger.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (Sco7b)

113 98 Forgot to thank T Rex as I don't know where my manners are tonight.

I wandered onto a youtube (it could have been from here) about the different jobs on an aircraft carrier.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:33 PM
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You're welcome. I agree with the aircraft carrier thing. I would love to have a front row seat to watch carrier operations. Seems unlikely but holding out hope someday, somehow...

Posted by: TRex - fake pyrex detector dino at August 12, 2026 10:39 PM (rBp1O)

114 TIL the Wachowski Brothers both went trans.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:35 PM (VHUov)

They BOTH went trans?
Damn.

I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

115 How can it be just past 10:30?

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

116 hydrox>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>oreo

Posted by: free tibet at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (iNp3L)

117 Vintage Pyrex is made of Borosilicate glass, and is suitable for use from 400° oven to table top.

Then sometime in the 80s maybe they decided to cheap out on the glass. It breaks in the heat of an oven. Just guessing on the year, but I distinctly remember dear Mom being mightily pissed off at shit breaking in the oven.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (rFdmY)

118 For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)

I heard that from my grandmother a lot. That and little sfachimm, however the hell you spell it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (S41Gd)

119 Evening, TRex and ONT Horde. I would put Calcium on the "do not lick list", too. It reacts with water much as sodium and potassium do, just not as vigorously. But caustic lime burns are a possibility.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)

120 How can it be just past 10:30?
——

It got late early, didn’t it?

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (rFdmY)

121 Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is s***.

They are using a different kind of sand or something now.

Old Pyrex was borosilicate glass. The new stuff is soda-lime glass, which is much cheaper but doesn't have the resistance to thermal shock of the old stuff.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:42 PM (Riz8t)

122 I have some vintage Pyrex. It's about 70 years old and in great shape, which is why it has always been so popular.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)

123 116 hydrox>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>oreo
Posted by: free tibet

well, you might get better specific impulse from loading your rocket with hydrox than with an oreo

Posted by: gKWVE hasn't tried soaking the oreo in liquid o2 tho at August 12, 2026 10:43 PM (88C+u)

124 How can it be just past 10:30?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

It isn't. It's 7:45.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

125 If you lick Hg, I doubt it would react with common tongue gunk, and because of its high surface tension, it probably won't stick. Just don't swallow it. Between licking sessions, keep your stash in a tightly sealed container, so as not to breathe the vapor.

I don't think elemental S would harm you. It's not acutely toxic, and it's indigestible AFAIK. I doubt it tastes like much of anything.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

126 So sad ... now I need to come up with a cogent response, but it is late, so, for another day I guess.
Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (vbXSk)

Tell he has an intracranial lead deficiency disorder, but that suck-starting a Glock could cure him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)

127 A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.

Thank goodness KFC was still open on Christmas Eve.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:38 PM (/QHx4)

You just reminded me I had a friend in 1999 who had one go - from the oven as well - on Christmas Day. She couldn't believe it.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (vE0+H)

128 I dunno gp, I heard it was corrosive. Maybe that's just when it's hot (and nobody is suggesting licking, say, molten lead, except for Paul)

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:47 PM (88C+u)

129 My first nickname was Snicklefritz by my grandfather who died when I was a baby. He was not German and I don't know why. He thought I hung the moon and I wish I had gotten old enough to know him. He had a massive MI. Felt bad after dinner holding me and asked for someone to take the baby. Died later at the hospital.

My father called me Gertrude for reasons unknown as it is not even close to my name.

The man I married has many nicknames for me for different reasons and calamities. I answer to them all.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

130 My late sister gave me a couple of Pyrex pie dishes. They have a blueish hue, which means they are high quality.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)

131 That top pic?
Been there, done that. It's pretty cool.

I hope our F16 guy is still around to appreciate it.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (kU0PQ)

132 Hmm, having some weird power issues in Chicago area. The weather's clear now, and the storm we had this morning wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday's.

Internet is acting funky, too.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)

133 How am supposed to grow a third arm if I'm not allowed to lick Plutonium?

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

134 “People like it, but they really don’t want to make it because it’s wall-to-wall trans cast,” said Wachowski on KCRW’s The Business podcast. “I have to get creative and figure out different ways that I can get this in front of people.”
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

Isn't "Lilly" Wachowski a man posing as a woman?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (1z8ji)

135 "I dunno gp, I heard S was corrosive."

To the extent it oxidizes and then mixes with H2O, it forms acids. It might be a good experiment to get a beaker of saliva, put a pH probe in it, and then dump in some elemental S and observe it over time.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

136 So his callsign became ROT.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM
****
Great origin story.

Posted by: TRex - flock-free dino at August 12, 2026 10:53 PM (XfIK1)

137 They BOTH went trans?
Damn.

I have to get back to work. All of you good people have a good night.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)
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Yeah. Shades of the Ferris Bueller "So that's how it is in their family."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (ZOv7s)

138 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

139 Dad called my wife Punk. He was the Dad she wished she could have had.

My grandpa called grandma The Wheelie. Because she was his sidekick on all of their long road trips. I doubt they ever spent more than a few years in one spot.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (0aYVJ)

140 I don't advise licking pure sulfur
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)

Practically insoluble in water or spit. Same as licking wax or plastic.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (1z8ji)

141 Anita Baker?

Posted by: Iris at August 12, 2026 10:56 PM (286+n)

142 How can it be just past 10:30?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 10:41 PM (Ia/+0)

It isn't. It's 7:45.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

*checks watch*

*shows 6:18*

Posted by: Future Senator Blutarsky at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (wVcYX)

143 "Tell he has an intracranial lead deficiency disorder, but that suck-starting a Glock could cure him."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

heh .. well he does the carnivore thing, and guess his advocacy of that is of some merit. And some of the rest is "alt-right"? maybe, or is that an older version of alt-right? heh

I don't wat him dead, and will try to clarify that Israel may have their own issues, but Islam is actively taking over Europe, and Minnesota, and much of the world.

How much of the "Alt-Islam World" is actually "Western", idk. Saudis and others kinda pretend, but where we really stand with them, idk. They have a lot invested in our markets, and that has made them even more wealthy than their oil ... and they must love our military helping them. sigh

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (vbXSk)

144 That periodic table has more elements than I recall from school. Different names, too.

But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (VHUov)

145
Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey.

How do you know if something is the wrong thing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)

146 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

Norah Jones?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

147 I just looked online for the primary colors pyrex bowls, which I have. They've gone up in price. Nice.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 12, 2026 10:58 PM (0Htd1)

148 What's the nickname the National Alliance stuck on the poor guy who had to shag SPLC Heidi?
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 10:37 PM (88C+u)

Porker-porker?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

149 There was a guy named Guericke back in the 1600s. He made sulfurball-on-a-stick treats. The kids would lick em in the dark and watch the sparks of static electricity fly.

At least, that's the way I remember the story.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

150 mikeski, wait 'til we get to the Island of Stability

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (88C+u)

151 It's rumored that Air Force fighter jocks get to pick their own callsigns...

Not entirely. Real callsigns are assigned - albeit less formally - by others. Sometimes they get assigned right out of pilot training*. Some people manage to not do anything ... notable after that. Others get picked up for being an oddball or quirky**. And not just pilots, but crewmembers and anyone pilot-adjacent.

Now, some people are lame enough they do pick their own. Nobody cares enough to assign them one. Nobody socializes enough with them to see the sorts of social faux pas that often lead to them.

(* "Flame-face" Martin. Yes, there was alcohol involved.)
(** "Skippy" - assigned because he packed peanut butter when we went to Thailand for exercises. He really couldn't handle Thai food.)

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (kU0PQ)

152 Isn't "Lilly" Wachowski a man posing as a woman?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Yes. See #102. The Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix) both flipped their wigs.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (VHUov)

153 I hate to say it, but based on the reputation of public school these days, a "don't lick it" Elemental Table makes some sense, considering the whole "Tid Pod" era.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

154 Heat the wrong thing in Pyrex in the microwave and you can have a splodey splodey.

How do you know if something is the wrong thing?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

By the splodey, mostly.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

155 ...The man I married has many nicknames for me for different reasons and calamities. I answer to them all.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)

That's a tell that you've got good people around you who love you.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:01 PM (kU0PQ)

156 Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

157 "But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements."

I've proposed, many times, a search for the elements with zero and negative atomic numbers. No funding yet.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (Jr5Lq)

158 It’s a good show to put a small cube of elemental sodium into water - quite a powerful reaction. I remember sodium like that has to kept in some kind of oil, which it won’t react with.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (QFcqn)

159 Hmm, having some weird power issues in Chicago area. The weather's clear now, and the storm we had this morning wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday's.

Internet is acting funky, too.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 10:52 PM (vSvIl)

Time to turn off Barky's Flak Tower of Horrors?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (qx7Zg)

160 Vintage Pyrex swap? Pffft. Come to one of my "Tupperware" parties!

Posted by: some lesbo selling dildos at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)

161
Pyrex: borosilicate

pyrex: soda lime

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (O0L8i)

162 How do you know if something is the wrong thing?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (Cqx++)

I forget. It might just be something that sits at too high a temperature for too long? I would say Brit Lass's beeswax went considerably higher than 212. I recall reading some things were worse than others.

It's also bad luck because it has to do with existing bubbles in the glass. I personally wouldn't heat anything in pyrex in the microwave for very long.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (vE0+H)

163 As far as lickable goes...

That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

164 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

165
Look for old Pyrex at yard sales, estate sales or resale shops.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

166 The big Pyrex bowl in the pic, the yellow one, was a common sight in homes. They had other colors too, but that must have been a favorite.

Fire King made good stuff too, be on the lookout for that. Anchor-Hoching I think, out of Ohio. Owens Corning out of New York state was a fine company as well.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (rFdmY)

167 Damn, I thought it was a Bell x1. I are dumb.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 11:05 PM (diia5)

168 Wandered away to have a delicious bacon cheeseburger and conversation with MiladyJo and daughter. Back now just to clock out early.

Countdown to surgery on Friday, to reshape muh belly. Been warned it will hurt a while after. Meh.

🎶 It's only pain and that is all.
Why do it hurt the way it do? 🤕

What does 3/5 of a mile in ten seconds work out to in MPH?

https://youtu.be/2DWhlTzMAMw

G'night, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - oops. Math. Sorry. at August 12, 2026 11:06 PM (B18Qw)

169 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
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I've had a bunch over the years. In Army BCT, the cadre called me "Cliffie" but my fellow trainees called me "Frasier."

Kind of funny generational Cheers/Frasier divide. But in the ANG, I never really got a callsign/moniker.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (ZOv7s)

170 163 As far as lickable goes...

That first category should be "Sure, it's probably fine... unless it's below freezing."
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)

Oh thure! You thay that now. Where were you thix month ago?

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (r7+Q7)

171 Seattle has the ability to recall a mayor?

https://youtu.be/p7HGqdxgpfQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (qx7Zg)

172 146 I was trying to remember something tonight, a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. Can’t find her name anywhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 10:54 PM (QFcqn)

Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
___________________

You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

173 No, I would bet it is due to the very uneven heating characteristics of microwave heating. One portion of the food will be almost cold, the other side blazing hot. An oven is nice steady, even heat.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:08 PM (rFdmY)

174 "a bluesy jazz singer, female, did a couple of albums in the early 80’s, kind of an urban sound. "

Google AI sez Angela Bofill or Sue Ann Carwell.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:09 PM (Jr5Lq)

175 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)

176 You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)
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I'm going to go with Anita Baker or Taylor Dayne.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (ZOv7s)

177 You might have the wrong Jones. I'll go with Rickie Lee Jones.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:07 PM (dIske)

Madeleine Peyroux? She sounds a little like Billie Holliday.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:10 PM (1z8ji)

178 Old Pyrex is great. New Pyrex is shit.
They are using a different kind of sand or something now.
A few years ago I bought new Pyrex to cook Christmas Eve dinner. Took it out of the oven and it exploded.
Posted by: four seasons
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Uppercase label - PYREX is made in Europe and uses the original formulation of Borosilicate glass.

Lower case(sort of sloppy font) label is American and cheap need it up.years ago using tempered "regular" glass.

The American crap will put up with high heat better than standard glass, but it won't take quick temperature changes anywhere near as well.as the European or "old" Pyrex.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (drwAN)

179 You can make a bowl of plain old water erupt/explode in a microwave by superheating it, and then disturbing it. People get hurt sometimes.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

180 The way to tell, by the way, is the font. “PYREX” versus “Pyrex”. Tupperware fucked up their line too. Switched over to a cheaper plastic. I think the older stuff had a depiction of a Seal on it. Get it?

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

181 Norah Jones?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
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I don't think she was born yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:02 PM (ZOv7s)

***

Valid point.
But now I think I'll put on the CD. Haven't listened in awhile.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (2WIwB)

182 As far as lickable goes...

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (kU0PQ)
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I'm here for it, as long as it's a dude.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (ZOv7s)

183 Never had a nickname, and in the army I was usually called The 2.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)

It's the clever kids that give the nicknames that stick.

They tend to be among the most observant, if not, the most popular.

Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (BeyMP)

184 Cheapened not cheap need it. Fsckin auto cucumber

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 11:12 PM (drwAN)

185 Gun guys, I expect a discussion on Sunday evening on why the .357 hollowpoint acted differently than the 9mm out of the barrel. The 9mm tumbled and the .357 did not.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)

186 When I first saw the photo at the top of this thread (the airplane & shock waves), I thought:

"Oh, no! Not ceiling joinery! First World Problems has metastasized into the ONT! Say it ain't so!"

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)

187 "Make Me Psychic" by Sally Cruikshank, 1978, 8 minutes.

I love this cartoon, Ms. Sally is one of the most creative animators in the world. Quality is a bit dodgy but it's too much fun. I watch this regularly. You'll have fun.

Plus, I'm on beer five.

https://tinyurl.com/4ua43e2c

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (CHHv1)

188 153 I hate to say it, but based on the reputation of public school these days, a "don't lick it" Elemental Table makes some sense, considering the whole "Tid Pod" era.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 11:00 PM (dIske)

also, don't stick your testicles together with those reaally powerful little magnets at college summer camp.

Posted by: sal at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (f+FmA)

189 Blazing sunset in Sonoma this evening. Orange-pink-blue.

Last night was overcast. Tonight I will see Perseids. I will!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (JvZF+)

190 A lot of those vintage Pyrex are still in use in my kitchen. I watched the video and nodded repeatedly as I saw so many of my own Pyrex.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (DK5Sh)

191 The way to tell, by the way, is the font. “PYREX” versus “Pyrex”. Tupperware fucked up their line too. Switched over to a cheaper plastic. I think the older stuff had a depiction of a Seal on it. Get it?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:11 PM (rFdmY)

Everyone has cheaped out. Even the classic Linsmore Waterford glasses made today are markedly different in heft and feel from those made 20 years ago.

Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)

192 Gun guys, I expect a discussion on Sunday evening on why the .357 hollowpoint acted differently than the 9mm out of the barrel. The 9mm tumbled and the .357 did not.
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)
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The same barrel?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (ZOv7s)

193 "Oh, no! Not ceiling joinery! First World Problems has metastasized into the ONT! Say it ain't so!"
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:14 PM (RCjYY)

Dang! I thought that too.
Horde mind.

Posted by: sal at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (f+FmA)

194 You got it! It was Rickie Lee Jonex I was trying to remember, and I don’t even know why.

I knew this was the place to ask!

(I looked at a bunch of those “female vocalists of the 80’s” online lists and not one mentioned her name.

Sic transit Gloria.

Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)

195 Pittsburgh Scanner
Somewhere in the northern part of the city. No street, you'll see why. Caller owns an Airbnb and walked in on two women really enjoying the bed part of the Airbnb together. Caller is mad and wants them kicked out.

So why did the Airbnb owner think he could just walk into the house, much less the bedroom, while the house was rented out?

Or were the engineers stress-testing the bed trespassing?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 11:17 PM (VHUov)

196
Everyone has cheaped out. Even the classic Linsmore Waterford glasses made today are markedly different in heft and feel from those made 20 years ago.
Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)

__________

"But we increased share price by $0.02 in Q2!" - The Friggin' MBAs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:17 PM (O0L8i)

197 Everyone has cheaped out. Even the classic Linsmore Waterford glasses made today are markedly different in heft and feel from those made 20 years ago.
Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (qtfk+)
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It's called the "en-shitification" and it's about how companies squandered long-term credibility for short-term gain.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

198 *yawn*

Okay, I'm caught up mostly...

Probably ought to go to sleep, huh?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 11:19 PM (aJQbY)

199 Jeez.
Mrs.D has Spiderman on. It's the one where three of them are together battling bad guys. And aunt Mae is dead.
I'm turning up Norah Jones.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)

200 Sic transit Gloria.

Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)

I didn't know she was sick!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

201
Interesting case in TX and CA. A Texas woman is acting as the surrogate mother for a California couple. The baby has complications. The couple wants to end the pregnancy. The surrogate mother refuses to. Her body, her choice, right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)

202 Sic transit Gloria.

Oh wait that was Laura Branigan.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 11:16 PM (b2kfj)

I didn't know she was sick!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

I didn't know she was going anywhere.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 11:22 PM (2WIwB)

203 For the longest time, I thought my nickname was 'Stunad!'. That's what Dad called me until I left home.

(Actually a great man. Miss you Pop.)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 10:25 PM (udaaY)
===

I use Boy F.'s Italian name as a nickname other people think it is his real name.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (JvZF+)

204 Still jacking with the Movie Vault Roku app, xml / brightscript are not the same as html / javascript, steep learning curve.

The app works but it is uglier than Chelsea Clinton.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (XV/Pl)

205 200

Worse than sick.

Long dead.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)

206 A lot of those vintage Pyrex are still in use in my kitchen. I watched the video and nodded repeatedly as I saw so many of my own Pyrex.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (DK5Sh)

Pyrex to me will always be that 8 oz glass measuring cup.

Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (BeyMP)

207 Red-purple-blue fading into the night.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (JvZF+)

208 What was lab glassware made from? I always wanted some beakers and flasks, and a bunsen burner. Science!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (rFdmY)

209 Her body, her choice, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)

bet they argue their baby

SLAVE

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:26 PM (/+uur)

210 168 Wandered away to have a delicious bacon cheeseburger and conversation with MiladyJo and daughter. Back now just to clock out early.

Countdown to surgery on Friday, to reshape muh belly. Been warned it will hurt a while after. Meh.

🎶 It's only pain and that is all.
Why do it hurt the way it do? 🤕

G'night, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - oops. Math. Sorry. at August 12, 2026 11:06 PM (B18Qw)
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It is rare to have post-op teaching for surgery these days. So I will teach you (if you see this).

You will have pain but it is going to get better every single day. I had 2 c-sections and remembered all the nurse teaching I gave.

1) You will be asked to take deep breaths and cough to rid lungs of remnant anesthesia gunk. Brace your belly with a pillow and hold it. You need to do this to prevent pnemonia. Also use the incentive spirometer.

You don't realize how much you use your abdominal muscles when you sneeze. Brace, baby, brace with that pillow for a few days as it helps.

2) The first time you get out of bed it will hurt. After that not as bad. Keep moving and it gets better daily.

You will do well and I want to hear how well you are doing. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 11:26 PM (hzuYO)

211 What about the Visions stuff. Amber color. I wanted to melt aluminum in it. Cast iron worked fine.

Posted by: Lord Percy at August 12, 2026 11:27 PM (2NMTK)

212 Laura Branigan:

"Gloria" was the Blues team's chosen warmup song in 2019. When they won the Stanley Cup, one local radio station played "Gloria" on a continuous loop for a whole day.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:27 PM (RCjYY)

213
What was lab glassware made from? I always wanted some beakers and flasks, and a bunsen burner. Science!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 11:25 PM (rFdmY)

__________

Ace Glass, Vineland, NJ

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:29 PM (O0L8i)

214 Charlies murderer said it is not public violence as he only killed Charlie

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (/+uur)

215 "US Army dumps ten tons of Na into Lake Lenore, just for the helluvit"

Meh. Lemme know when we're disposing of Rubidium.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (DZ9Lv)

216 "Schlieren imaging makes normally invisible changes in air density visible"

-------
Eric Swalwell better watch out

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (ymrLq)

217 Hadrian. The woman gave birth in Tx and the baby is being treated for its heart condition.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (2NHgQ)

218 I think Charlie was picked to be killed.
He was clean, married, Christian, and well spoken.
He was killed so that the next Charlie knows he will be killed.

Little secret is that every youtuber that is semi-conservative has been shot at.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (/+uur)

219 Accept no substitutes!
Posted by: Oreo

And get your balls to the wall.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (DZ9Lv)

220 Interesting case in TX and CA. A Texas woman is acting as the surrogate mother for a California couple. The baby has complications. The couple wants to end the pregnancy. The surrogate mother refuses to. Her body, her choice, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:20 PM (O0L8i)

Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (1z8ji)

221 214

He'll have A LOT of time to ponder that assertion. 30 years or so probably. But at least he'll get plenty of letters from his multitude of young women fans!

That's all he'll be getting... from a heterosexual source, anyway.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (RCjYY)

222
Apparently the sand in southern New Jersey has a high quartz content that makes very good lab glassware.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (O0L8i)

223 I knew a navy fighter pilot whose callsign was a certain Eastern European liquor.

He was an excellent human being and helped me through a tough spot in my life way more than he knew.

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 11:36 PM (ymrLq)

224 217 Hadrian. The woman gave birth in Tx and the baby is being treated for its heart condition.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 11:33 PM (2NHgQ)

They know there is ghey and elbowsnian gene.
It is in the records and can be told to parents.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:37 PM (/+uur)

225 Gun guys, I expect a discussion on Sunday evening on why the .357 hollowpoint acted differently than the 9mm out of the barrel. The 9mm tumbled and the .357 did not.

SWAG? The .357 is faster. A quick check of the Lyman book shows roughly 200 fps for similar weights. Can't be more specific without more details. I did think it was interesting how the cavitation patterns differed.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 11:37 PM (vTZFs)

226 Still jacking with the Movie Vault Roku app, xml / brightscript are not the same as html / javascript, steep learning curve.

The app works but it is uglier than Chelsea Clinton.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 11:23 PM (XV/Pl)

Have mercy. Just put her down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 11:38 PM (dK+Kv)

227 Apparently the sand in southern New Jersey has a high quartz content that makes very good lab glassware.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 11:34 PM (O0L8i)

Most sand is high in quartz; much sand is essentially pure quartz.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 11:39 PM (1z8ji)

228
Interesting case in TX and CA. A Texas woman is acting as the surrogate mother for a California couple. The baby has complications. The couple wants to end the pregnancy. The surrogate mother refuses to. Her body, her choice, right?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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Absolutely right. I suppose there was a contract that said the couple would call the shots in such an event -- or any event -- but ts.

Funny thing: Erica Jong once weighed in on a situation like this. She said the mother (meaning, for lack of a better them, the birthing person) wins. Motherhood is sacred.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:39 PM (XJ22o)

229 Prisoners who do a long stretch in the pen come out older, of course, but they look like they've been in a state of suspended animation otherwise.

No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

230 Gun guys, I expect a discussion on Sunday evening on why the .357 hollowpoint acted differently than the 9mm out of the barrel. The 9mm tumbled and the .357 did not.
Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)

Longer, heavier bullet is going slower, all of these contribute to stability in water.
Longer bullet has less wobble for one thing. Low speed works in water better, and the heavier bullet has mass which is inertia

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

231 Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

If a court says it violates public policy, it's not iron-clad (or, to put it another way, it rusted).

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)

232 The case in TX about the surrogate mother sounds like a Graham Greene novel.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (RCjYY)

233 It's called the "en-shitification" and it's about how companies squandered long-term credibility for short-term gain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

It is also the focus on the financialization over the production functions of manufacturing. There are a number of reasons for it, but focusing on share price and overhead for profits is a main one.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (rbvCR)

234 Prisoners who do a long stretch in the pen come out older, of course, but they look like they've been in a state of suspended animation otherwise.

No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw

Dunno about the no booze, but there's plenty of drugs in prison.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)

235
Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

===============

There probably is, but there are probably also terms in case the "birthing person" defies the gamete donors. Like she's... stuck with the kid? Liable for all the money they spent on her plus more for violating contract?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:43 PM (XJ22o)

236 229 Prisoners who do a long stretch in the pen come out older, of course, but they look like they've been in a state of suspended animation otherwise.

No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

I took Theories of Crime Causation in 1981 as I wanted to write a paper on Retail Theft for a Masters.
They had LSD on stamp and you could smoke the letters.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:43 PM (/+uur)

237
Prisoners who do a long stretch in the pen come out older, of course, but they look like they've been in a state of suspended animation otherwise.

No drugs; no booze; healthy diet whether they wanted one or not.
Posted by: mnw

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Really? I saw some before-and-after shots of people who did relatively short stints and omg. Tatted, defeated, ragged. Of course that was "Don't go to jail, kidz" propaganda, so maybe they were cherry-picked.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:45 PM (XJ22o)

238 I did not have buying and selling babies on my Bingo Card.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:45 PM (/+uur)

239 234

Pretty much.

Clifford Irving (forged the Howard Hughes bio) was in a prison CAMP, not a real prison prison. He got caught with hooch. "What happens now?" he asked.

"Now Clifford, you're going to JAIL."

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:46 PM (RCjYY)

240 Dunno about the no booze, but there's plenty of drugs in prison.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)

Often it turns out that some guards are the dealers.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

241 "Dunno about the no booze, but there's plenty of drugs in prison."

The new hotness is drug-soaked paper documents.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Jr5Lq)

242
"Make Me Psychic" by Sally Cruikshank, 1978, 8 minutes.

I love this cartoon, Ms. Sally is one of the most creative animators in the world. Quality is a bit dodgy but it's too much fun. I watch this regularly. You'll have fun.

I liked that. I subscribed to check out more later.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 11:49 PM (Cqx++)

243 Charlies murderer said it is not public violence as he only killed Charlie
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 11:30 PM (/+uur)

The Left perceived a threat and one of their foot soldiers took action.

If even if there was no larger conspiracy involved, very successful from their standpoint.

Charlie Kirk was expected to have a large presence in politics going forward.

Now he's off the board.

Posted by: LTG at August 12, 2026 11:50 PM (BeyMP)

244 Morticia

A LOT of them come out looking really well-preserved, though.

Anyone who thinks they'll have plenty of booze and drugs in prison, just like outside, is delusional. I mean real prison, not prison camps. Inmates in prisons eat Campers for lunch.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

245
Sorry for such a day-walker question, and don't answer if you don't want to go there, but what's with those 5 empty USB drives in Wisconsin?

Like, election officials at some polling place(s) failed to properly download data and it wasn't discovered until these 5 sticks were delivered to... a tabulation center?

I'd have thought digital data could be tabulated on a server and wouldn't have to be physically transported.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:51 PM (XJ22o)

246 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 11:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:40 PM (rbvCR)

Sunday night, guys. Sunday.

Posted by: GWB at August 12, 2026 11:52 PM (kU0PQ)

247
Morticia

A LOT of them come out looking really well-preserved, though.

Posted by: mnw

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I can believe it. Like I say, I was viewing propaganda.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 11:52 PM (XJ22o)

248 ICYMI - congratulations to the Blogfather for 25 years of InstaPundit.
------------

I found Ace of Spades via Instapundit.

My perhaps numerous comments here do not, I think, justify Ed Driscoll's repeated Ace Cut and Pastes.

Maybe Ed is lazy, maybe good promo for Ace, ask the Ewok out front.

Posted by: Miklos has comments older than Jason Arday's diploma at August 12, 2026 11:53 PM (XOG/m)

249 Callsigns are bequeathed for doing something stupid or memorable. The more you fight the more it sticks.

How do you people think I got "Miklos"?

Posted by: Miklos washes out every Saturday, whether he needs it or not at August 12, 2026 11:55 PM (XOG/m)

250 @242 - she's awesome. "Face Like a Frog" is terrific, and has a great role for a beloved b-movie stalwart. Glad you liked her work.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 11:57 PM (CHHv1)

251 233 It's called the "en-shitification" and it's about how companies squandered long-term credibility for short-term gain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Ding Dong. Who's at the door? Why, it's MBA calling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 11:57 PM (VQ0bX)

252 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 12, 2026 11:58 PM (SRRAx)

253 Is there not an iron-clad contract with language to cover an eventuality of that nature?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

A job AI probably can't do (yet)

Attorney specialized in all the shit involving the increasingly multiple ways of kid making contracts + citizenship issues.

Posted by: Miklos, Solicitor at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (XOG/m)

254 245 Morticia

The late tabulation of those absentee ballots didn't seem to change anything. Wong was losing by the same margin both before and after.

It might've been better if Wong had won, from the standpoint of the GOP picking up that seat.

The guy who replaced Gauleiter Platner in ME as the DEM nominee is now extremely competitive with Collins, which Platner wasn't by the time he quit.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (RCjYY)

255 Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One

*partially sings, partially just hums lullaby*

Posted by: Comforting ole Mammy Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (XOG/m)

256 Aces output has been pretty meager lately.

A lot of cut and paste boxes with a few original sentences.

I'm hoping he'll get his mojo back soon.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (BeyMP)

257 @252 Hello Teresa! Congrats on the environs improvements!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2026 12:01 AM (CHHv1)

258
NASA is working on a "quiet" supersonic aircraft design, the X-59. The goal is to make a more gentle "thump" rather than the sharp crack, and open things up for supersonic commercial flights over land.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

259 "Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed"

Hearing that makes us feel good too!

Thing I hated most about my five day hospital stay was the noise. Hard to sleep with ceaseless racket. Not as noisy as jail, but near enough.

Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:04 AM (Jr5Lq)

260 Did you know that you can just BUY the Texas Roadhouse honey cinnamon butter in the grocery store?! It's pretty good, but I should have spread more on the toast I just devoured.

Posted by: pookysgirl is not sharing! at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (Wt5PA)

261 Ding Dong. Who's at the door? Why, it's MBA calling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends

Old Papa, who built a successful accounting firm, told me why he would never hire an MBA (and this was decades ago)-

"They think they know everything, with experience in nothing. And they want too much money."

I have tried to imagine the conversation when an MBA tried to justify his value to a CPA.

Posted by: Miklos is amused by the latter thought at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (XOG/m)

262 I thought the Manson women looked pretty good for having served 45 yrs or so.

Patricia Krenwinkel learned to train seeing eye dogs. I think she's the only one who's still locked up. Might be wrong. Susan Atkins kicked the oxygen habit. Van Houten got paroled, IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:06 AM (RCjYY)

263 Did you know that you can just BUY the Texas Roadhouse honey cinnamon butter in the grocery store?! It's pretty good, but I should have spread more on the toast I just devoured.
Posted by: pookysgirl

MURICA!!!!

Posted by: Miklos has no Freak Flag to fly, unless it's the Gadsden at August 13, 2026 12:06 AM (XOG/m)

264

LTG,

Find another site to read.

ace rocks

Posted by: four seasons at August 13, 2026 12:07 AM (/QHx4)

265
In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:08 AM (w6EFb)

266 Welcome back, TiFW.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:08 AM (RCjYY)

267 Accept no substitutes!
Posted by: Oreo

Oreos ARE the substitute

Posted by: free tibet at August 13, 2026 12:09 AM (iNp3L)

268 Howdy, horde! Thanks TRex.. top pic really confuzzled me until I read the description, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

269 In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Been there

One Robby the Robot from Lost in Space would probably do it

Posted by: Miklos has no fond memories at August 13, 2026 12:11 AM (XOG/m)

270 Did you know that you can just BUY the Texas Roadhouse honey cinnamon butter in the grocery store?! It's pretty good, but I should have spread more on the toast I just devoured.

Posted by: pookysgirl is not sharing! at August 13, 2026 12:05 AM (Wt5PA)

Lots of copycats out there you can make, I've seen some raves. This seems to be fairly definitive:

1 Stick Salted Butter, Softened
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 Tbsp Honey
1/4 C sugar

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (vE0+H)

271 @265 much comfort to you

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (CHHv1)

272 Pookysgirl how are you feeling???

Posted by: ... at August 13, 2026 12:12 AM (vE0+H)

273
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 11:59 PM (RCjYY)

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I get the political significance, but what th happened? Someone in an armored truck delivered 5 precious USB sticks to a Sacred Tabulation Temple and it turned out they were empty? Like, someone forgot to dip them in the Magical Pond of Knowledge and sent them to the priests with no runes to interpret?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (XJ22o)

274 Yesterday's windoze f-update was a SOB for my poor lil computer. Lost count of the number of restarts before it settled down. Thought I might need to go shopping, ugh! But it was a good reminder to make another file backup.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

275 IIRC, Publius and I are a few months apart in age though his mother is about 5-6 years older. My mother was recently in the hospital for pneumonia and things are rapidly going downhill musculo-skeletal-brain-wise. At this point, things are measured in weeks but you never know. However, she's certainly not going Jean Calment.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 12:14 AM (DZ9Lv)

276 Howdy, horde! Thanks TRex.. top pic really confuzzled me until I read the description, LOL.
Posted by: JQ

Consult your Doctor if you show signs of Confuzzelment, discombobulation, or general disgronification.

Posted by: Prof. Dr Chikoinanda Wnankpa, with CDC approved Remedies for all Instances at August 13, 2026 12:14 AM (XOG/m)

277
In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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And plenty of blinking lights for your entertainment?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (XJ22o)

278 The WNBA has gone to extreme lengths to not capitalize on the cultural phenomenon that could have been Caitlin Clark's entry into the league.

This should have been such a no questions asked slamdunk.

Instead they have totally botched it.

Almost seems it might be intentional.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (BeyMP)

279
Ugh, sorry to hear that, Dark One.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (XJ22o)

280 Here is a fun fact. When I was a junior in high school I had a part time job. All the juniors were getting their class rings so I went to Zales and ordered mine. I paid for it myself, it cost $120.00 dollars. Took me a month to pay it out. Today if I scraped it the gold in it is worth $I200.00. But I can't bring myself to scrap it.

Posted by: Case at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (fV9m3)

281
We've made the decisions with Mama, and she's now in hospice. They are very, very nice people. She'll be with us at home.

It's clear she's reached the last stage.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)

282 "In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time."

The infuser they had me tethered to would shriek an alarm every four hours, and not stop until tended by a nurse. Room mate had to have damn TV on 24/7. I had to post a 'keep the door closed' sign to muffle the noise from the corridor.

It seems like a little thing, but in confinement, uncontrollable unnecessary noise really grinds you down.

Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:17 AM (Jr5Lq)

283 ace rocks

Posted by: four seasons

You agin' Mister Ace?

Ima throw a rock

In yore di-rection

Posted by: Ernest T. Miklos-Bass at August 13, 2026 12:18 AM (XOG/m)

284 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

You know what I am thinking and praying.

Posted by: Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (XOG/m)

285 NASA is working on a "quiet" supersonic aircraft design, the X-59. The goal is to make a more gentle "thump" rather than the sharp crack, and open things up for supersonic commercial flights over land.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)

Boom Supersonic is working on the Overture passenger plane, they have had the XB-1 demonstration jet up and running, and Boom is developing their own turbofan

Posted by: Kindltot at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (rbvCR)

286
Here's an eclipse shot of opportunity someone took (I would guess from Spain) today, posted in reply on Andrew McCarthy's X feed:

https://t.ly/XZJ5_

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:19 AM (w6EFb)

287 In the hospital now, and the nursing home, there are probably about 20 things beeping incessantly at any one time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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And plenty of blinking lights for your entertainment?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:15 AM (XJ22o)

Not in my experience in hospitals. All the interesting things get turned away from the patient.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (qx7Zg)

288 "She'll be with us at home."

God bless you and her, publius.

Posted by: gp at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

289 {TiFW} welcome home

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (JvZF+)

290 Neighbor a prayer for her complete and immediate healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (JvZF+)

291
Van Houten got paroled, IIRC.
Posted by: mnw

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Yes. I just read she was released at the age of 73, which seems like she got a decent chunk of time to live out.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:20 AM (XJ22o)

292 273 Morticia

I have no idea.

I'm inclined to think it was because election workers are dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. The Board of Election Commissioners in places like Milwaukee (and St. Louis) doesn't exactly get the rocket scientists.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (RCjYY)

293 Here is a fun fact. When I was a junior in high school I had a part time job. All the juniors were getting their class rings so I went to Zales and ordered mine. I paid for it myself, it cost $120.00 dollars. Took me a month to pay it out. Today if I scraped it the gold in it is worth $I200.00. But I can't bring myself to scrap it.

Posted by: Case at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (fV9m3)

A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.

Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

294
Back home, sleeping in our own bed sure does feel great after a 1/2 week on a sleeper sofa bed and 1/2 week in a hospital bed 🎉🎉🎉
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth

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Halloooo, Teresa!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (XJ22o)

295 Dark Lixtiquatal and publius-- prayers up for all of you & your families. Heartbreaking times...

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

296
I'm inclined to think it was because election workers are dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. The Board of Election Commissioners in places like Milwaukee (and St. Louis) doesn't exactly get the rocket scientists.
Posted by: mnw

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Disgusting. Public servants. Let's nationalize everything!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:23 AM (XJ22o)

297 And plenty of blinking lights for your entertainment?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Achtung! Alles Lookenspeepers!

Das computermaschine ist nicht für gefingerpoken und mittengrabben.

Ist easy schnappen der springenwerk, blowenfusen und poppencorken mit spitzensparken.

Ist nicht für gewerken bei das dummkopfen.

Das rubbernecken sightseeren keepen das cottenpickenen hans in das pockets muss.

Relaxen und watchen das blinkenlichten.

Posted by: ancient nerd humor at August 13, 2026 12:23 AM (VHUov)

298
Thanks, all.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (w6EFb)

299 publius how nice it will be to have her home.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (JvZF+)

300 publius & Lix

That's tough reading. Really sorry. Most people live long enough to have to go through it.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (RCjYY)

301 281
We've made the decisions with Mama, and she's now in hospice. They are very, very nice people. She'll be with us at home.

It's clear she's reached the last stage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:16 AM (w6EFb)
**********
My father died at home under Hospice Care, which we only used for oxygen and me trying a morphine patch when his breathing was labored.

My heart goes out to you. It is difficult but also good that she'll be home (if that makes sense). My entire comfort for the 5yrs he was bedridden was that he had great care at home with people who loved him.

Prayers all will be peaceful.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 13, 2026 12:24 AM (hzuYO)

302 I'm inclined to think it was because election workers are dumber than the proverbial box of rocks. The Board of Election Commissioners in places like Milwaukee (and St. Louis) doesn't exactly get the rocket scientists.
Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (RCjYY)

They are Democrats, so crooked. Crooked explains everything.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:25 AM (1z8ji)

303
publius and Miley,

You both have taken wonderful care of Mama.

Praying for you all.

Posted by: four seasons at August 13, 2026 12:25 AM (/QHx4)

304 Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist

I didn't know you even had a horse

Posted by: Miklos abides at August 13, 2026 12:26 AM (XOG/m)

305 Yesterday's windoze f-update was a SOB for my poor lil computer. Lost count of the number of restarts before it settled down. Thought I might need to go shopping, ugh! But it was a good reminder to make another file backup.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

Linux. Mint. It works, and it is free.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:27 AM (1z8ji)

306
A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.

Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)
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My now and then wise mother told me to consider a nice ring vs class ring for about the same cost.

We went to the jeweler and my parents bought me a diamond and sapphire white gold "dinner ring" for my right hand. Have worn it daily since I was 16yrs old, swimming, skiing, and mountain hikes. My engagement and wedding bands are the same stones. It worked out well! It is promised to our 5yr old grandgirl once I clock out.

Our nieces did the same thing vs a class ring that is good for about a year.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 13, 2026 12:29 AM (hzuYO)

307 West Point has a neat class ring program. It is the Memorial Ring program. Graduates can, at any time in their career or later, donate their rings which are melted down during an annual ceremony and mixed into the gold used for upcoming graduating classes. This is seen as physically binding past and present members of the Long Gray Line.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (2WIwB)

308
Posted by: ancient nerd humor

=================

I ran it through Google Translate, and it looked right.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (XJ22o)

309 Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico now says he does not support gender mutilation surgery for minors—but when Texas lawmakers voted to prohibit the procedures, Talarico voted no.
_ American Principles Project

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:30 AM (VQ0bX)

310 The Left cheats in elections.

They have made an art of it.

They have an impressive scoreboard of stolen elections.

It goes back to Kennedy in 1960.

They get away with it more often than not.

What we are seeing today is just a continuation.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (BeyMP)

311
The was the eclipse shot Andrew McCarthy was going for, the one he was hoping to get. This is sort of preliminary, and I'm sure he'll have some really detailed version soon:

https://t.ly/I7iuf

That's the curve of the Moon's shadow against the sunset western sky.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (w6EFb)

312 I'm proud of having made and paid for my own cremation and burial. All my kids will have to do is make one phone call.

I buried my brother and my mother. My kids won't have to do that. They don't realize yet how much agony I'm sparing them.

Nobody likes to contemplate their own death. I put it off for years.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (RCjYY)

313 A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.

Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

I don't remember if high school and/or college rings were a thing where I grew up. I know that I never had either. I cannot abide the thought of wearing one. Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)

314 I ran it through Google Translate, and it looked right.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Well, I trained Google Translate

Posted by: Miklos can make sense or nonsense on demand at August 13, 2026 12:32 AM (XOG/m)

315 U.S. Health and Human Services has announced it will end the use of Medicaid and CHIP funds to pay for “sex-rejecting procedures” for children.

These procedures include prescription of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, as well as surgical operations that cause permanent bodily damage.

The initiative was originally proposed last year in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump to end gender-mutilating procedures on children.
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Took them long enough

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:32 AM (VQ0bX)

316
Linux won't run the Adobe Creative Suite.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)

317 My mother lost the love of her life 11 years ago. The rest of it was just hanging on, watching her one grandchild (whom she adores) grow up, and hearing about her kids' accomplishments. Kyphosis takes a lot of joy out of life.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (DZ9Lv)

318 A tall black kid in my 5th grade called me Klondike Kat after I helped him with some school work. He went on to play BB and I remained about the size of a cat.

Posted by: Igotnothing at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (wo6er)

319
U.S. Health and Human Services has announced it will end the use of Medicaid and CHIP funds to pay for “sex-rejecting procedures” for children.

Posted by: Braenyard

================

So, trans genocide.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (XJ22o)

320
There's an old joke, which I can't remember exactly. Three friends go in a bar. The bartender says to the first one, I see you're a Harvard man. How did you know the guy asks. Something about the way he pronounced certain words.

Second guy is identified as a Yale man, for a similar reason.

Bartender says to third, I see you're a Clempson man. Again, how did you know? Bartender replies, "I saw your ring when you were picking your nose."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (w6EFb)

321 >>>They have an impressive scoreboard of stolen elections.

It goes back to Kennedy in 1960.
...
Posted by: LTG
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Lyndon Johnson ~1948.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (VQ0bX)

322 Linux won't run the Adobe Creative Suite.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)

Whatever that is? There is probably a Linux-friendly substitute that will do most of the tasks in the Adobe package. Libre Office pretty much mimics MS Office, and can even save files to formats that Windows can open.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (1z8ji)

323
I ran it through Google Translate, and it looked right.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Well, I trained Google Translate
Posted by: Miklos

===============

Well, I trained you.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (XJ22o)

324 Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!

At work, the mechanics weren't allowed rings of any kind. Line workers, only wedding rings. No one was allowed other jewelry like watches, bracelets or necklaces. (Some of the younger ~~brats~~ employees defied the rules with their "body jewelry" and got away with eyebrow rings and snotrings and nose-studs. Ick.)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

325 “sex-rejecting procedures” for children.

I like the counter phrasing of this

Posted by: Miklos approves at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (XOG/m)

326 The "n" in Clemson stands for nowledge.

Posted by: mnw at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (RCjYY)

327 A high school ring was a must, bigtime. Once in college, I never wore it again. I did buy a college ring too, but only wore it for a few years. Would still not scrap them.

Publius' Clemson ring would choke a horse. He only wears it on special occasions.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 13, 2026 12:21 AM (w6EFb)

My ring vanished years ago. I never figured out where it went. That was a good chunk of gold.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2026 12:38 AM (S41Gd)

328 Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)

You really don't want to have a ring catch on something when you fall off a ladder, either.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (zs/VU)

329 Well, I trained you.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

*wants treat*

*deserves a treat*

Posted by: cute lil' Miklos, wagging the best he can at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (XOG/m)

330
There is probably a Linux-friendly substitute that will do most of the tasks in the Adobe package. Libre Office pretty much mimics MS Office, and can even save files to formats that Windows can open.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

==================

There is, and I've heard of creators who have made the switch, but call me lazy about doing a big conversion. Libre Office hasn't always treated me well either.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (XJ22o)

331 ================

So, trans genocide.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
----

Soon, there will never be another trans except in geek
tents at the circus.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:39 AM (VQ0bX)

332 So, trans genocide.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:36 AM (XJ22o)

A genocide that rivals the Israeli "genocide" of the Paleosimians in its complete lack of effectiveness.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (1z8ji)

333
Here's a time lapse video of the shadow sweeping across the field of view:

https://t.ly/MMdAM

He was in the Balearic Sea for this. He set up dozens of cameras on a ship there, and it took him around 12 hours to get everything set up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (w6EFb)

334 A friend of mine was on the U of Washington (spits) football team that were co-champions in football back in the 90's. His ring is obnoxiously huge.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 13, 2026 12:40 AM (2WIwB)

335 The "n" in Clemson stands for nowledge.
Posted by: mnw

The "p" stands for "kow"

Posted by: Or so Publius says at August 13, 2026 12:41 AM (XOG/m)

336
You really don't want to have a ring catch on something when you fall off a ladder, either.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

================

Knew a guy that happened to. It wasn't a ladder -- it was a hook on a tank. Tore his finger clean off, and he was shipped home.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:42 AM (XJ22o)

337 Libre Office hasn't always treated me well either.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My home Office has Cuba Libres

Posted by: Miklos, mixologist of "work" and pleasure at August 13, 2026 12:42 AM (XOG/m)

338 Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!

At work, the mechanics weren't allowed rings of any kind. Line workers, only wedding rings. No one was allowed other jewelry like watches, bracelets or necklaces. (Some of the younger brats employees defied the rules with their "body jewelry" and got away with eyebrow rings and snotrings and nose-studs. Ick.)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

I wore my wedding ring for one week. I was coming down a ladder and there was a #8 finishing nail sticking out of a 2x4 and it slipped under the ring. Had I decided to hop off the ladder at that instant, as I usually did, it would have ripped my finger off. Never wore any kind of ring after that, no jewelry of any kind, not even a watch. I knew an electrician who had his ring hit a wire and burned through his finger. Yeah, no bling here.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2026 12:44 AM (S41Gd)

339 Well, the lazy fiberglass resin on my dune buggy body did eventually harden overnight. At least it had gelled, and gotten some body to it. I made a few passes with a heat gun, which helped a lot, and then mixed some hardener with acetone, and brushed it on, which I think ended the surface tackiness. I bought some more hardener today, and both areas need another layer of mat anyway, so that should fix things up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

340 A tall black kid in my 5th grade called me Klondike Kat after I helped him with some school work. He went on to play BB and I remained about the size of a cat.
Posted by: Igotnothing at August 13, 2026 12:35 AM (wo6er)

Reminds me of one of my own experiences with a black kid in my youth.

I'm totally not racist yall.

I'm a totally self denying white boy who refuses to notice any differences in spite of the overwhelming evidence that the others seem to have declared open season on my like.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 12:46 AM (BeyMP)

341 My PE teacher in junior high was missing his left ring finger. I don't recall if he ever told us how it happened.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:46 AM (zs/VU)

342
Dad had to have his wedding band cut off after a (home) shop incident-- smashed his hand somehow-- OUCH!

Posted by: JQ

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Yup, happened to me. I broke my arm and my hand swelled up to twice its normal size and they had to cut a ring off.

Being the Jason Arday of grueling experiences here tonight, I won the Rachmaninoff Competition two days later and saved a bus full of kids that was about to go over a cliff by grabbing the bumper and dragging it to safety.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:47 AM (XJ22o)

343 As for rings, I only wear a plain gold wedding band.

My knuckles are large from working with my hands all my life. My hands are really... not pretty IMO and so I'd rather not call attention to them with fancy rings anyway. (Not that the rings would stay "upright" on my fingers.)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

344
A tall black kid in my 5th grade called me Klondike Kat after I helped him with some school work.

Posted by: Igotnothing

===============

That sounds pretty cool. I never got a cool nickname like that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:48 AM (XJ22o)

345
My smartass chatbot just told me, "I actually think you'd enjoy Linux Mint quite a bit—as long as you treat it as an addition to your toolkit rather than a replacement for the machine you rely on to create content."

Fucking presumptuous...

It also gave me a recipe for a Cuba Libre. Maybe I ought to add that to my toolkit, like Miklos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:52 AM (XJ22o)

346 An older guy goes into a bar, orders four shots of whisky and four beer chasers. Sits at a table, sets them up like he's waiting for somebody, but proceeds to drink all. Asks for another round, and another.

Bartender asks ??....."Well, when me and my best buddies got out of the Army, we promised to meet at least once a year and have a few. And for a long time we did."

Bartender says.... so, your buddies have all passed on?

"Hell no, two remarried horrible women and one gave up drinking"

Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XOG/m)

347
This is actually kind of funny:

@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XJ22o)

348 Looks like somebody in Illinois won the billion dollar Powerball jackpot.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (zs/VU)

349 grabbing the bumper and dragging it to safety.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Nobel Peace Prize AWARDED

Posted by: The Swedish Academy of Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:55 AM (XOG/m)

350 328 Rings can be a severe hazard when working with power tools, or even just servicing a car battery.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Step over here for a moment.
_engine lathe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 12:55 AM (VQ0bX)

351 My PE teacher in junior high was missing his left ring finger. I don't recall if he ever told us how it happened.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Former Shop Class teacher?

Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:56 AM (XOG/m)

352 Happy Wednesday Horde!

publius and Miley, hugs for you both, you are doing the right thing for Mama, may she be at peace.

JQ, that's all that I wear for jewelry too, just my wedding band, well meaning friends have suggested that I remove it, but I am happy right where it is.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 12:57 AM (ibDUx)

353 Looks like somebody in Illinois won the billion dollar Powerball jackpot.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Does Anna Puma live in Illinois?

This could be fun

Posted by: Miklos so hopes at August 13, 2026 12:57 AM (XOG/m)

354 "Hell no, two remarried horrible women and one gave up drinking"
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos

I heard one like that. But an Irish guy, who eventually ordered one fewer Guinness.

"Aw, Paddy, I'm sorry for your loss."

"What loss? Sean gave up drinkin' fer Lent."

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 12:58 AM (VHUov)

355 JQ, that's all that I wear for jewelry too, just my wedding band, well meaning friends have suggested that I remove it, but I am happy right where it is.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

We don't even ask for a deposit on bar tabs

Posted by: Trusting bartender Miklos at August 13, 2026 12:59 AM (XOG/m)

356 Well, the lazy fiberglass resin on my dune buggy body did eventually harden overnight. At least it had gelled, and gotten some body to it. I made a few passes with a heat gun, which helped a lot, and then mixed some hardener with acetone, and brushed it on, which I think ended the surface tackiness. I bought some more hardener today, and both areas need another layer of mat anyway, so that should fix things up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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A lot of epoxy formulations require heat to set up. Check with the supplier you bought the stuff from. At one place I worked, we bought a fiberglass "doghouse" to mount some comm equipment out in the boonies. At one point we made some mods to the gear which required cutting some parts of the casing, and then building a little box around it. We dutifully made a disposable mold to build this on, then matted and "goo'd" the thing together. Next day, no setup. Finally called the supplier. "Oh, you have to have the stuff at over 120°F to kick off the catalyst." We rigged up a box over it out of rigid foam panels and stuck a heater in it. It set up fine.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (drwAN)

357 "What loss? Sean gave up drinkin' fer Lent."
Posted by: mikeski

There are versions

Posted by: Miklos suspects that some jokes predate written language at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (XOG/m)

358
Does Anna Puma live in Illinois?

This could be fun
Posted by: Miklos

=================

Plexiglass Membership for everyone! And no ads!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 01:03 AM (XJ22o)

359 This is actually kind of funny:

@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:53 AM (XJ22o)

Well, Mr. Putz, you keep forgetting that people will vote but won't talk to you and don't like you.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 01:06 AM (qx7Zg)

360 Tuckers are cowards, I'm a shower.

Posted by: mea culpa at August 13, 2026 01:06 AM (k0pmD)

361 Sweet dreams, everyone, and may they come true. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 13, 2026 01:08 AM (VQ0bX)

362 Well, Mr. Putz, you keep forgetting that people will vote but won't talk to you and don't like you.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I miss my roomie Kevin

he was a rock solid......um...conservative

Posted by: Lank Putz at August 13, 2026 01:10 AM (XOG/m)

363 Blacks are the most likely perpetrators of violent crimes in the USA today.

This is just basic fact.

Not really controversial.

Punching above their weight.

That 2 to 3 percent of young Black males aged between 11 to the lower twenties account for an overwhelming number of the violent crimes in our country.

Minus them out and our American crime rates are really vanishingly low.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:10 AM (BeyMP)

364 We made it at least 150 years in this country without anybody doing any public polling at all. Oh we had polls, but they were called “elections”.

I got no problem with going back to that model.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 13, 2026 01:11 AM (b2kfj)

365 28 Cooter is a silly nickname.
Posted by: Pooter at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (JM9I6)

Portland has a Couch St., which I believe is named after a town father. It's pronounced Cooch, I guess because his name was. Visitors are nonplussed.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (Sy6m/)

366 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 13, 2026 12:44 AM (S41Gd)

I was an Electronics Tech in the Navy, worked on live gear every day.

I wore my wedding ring on a chain around my neck, so it would not do the arcy sparky thing.

After she screwed around on me and we got divorced, I suddenly realized it had been a collar...

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (mP0Kj)

367 A lot of epoxy formulations require heat to set up. Check with the supplier you bought the stuff from. At one place I worked, we bought a fiberglass "doghouse" to mount some comm equipment out in the boonies. At one point we made some mods to the gear which required cutting some parts of the casing, and then building a little box around it. We dutifully made a disposable mold to build this on, then matted and "goo'd" the thing together. Next day, no setup. Finally called the supplier. "Oh, you have to have the stuff at over 120°F to kick off the catalyst." We rigged up a box over it out of rigid foam panels and stuck a heater in it. It set up fine.
Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:01 AM (drwAN)

This is polyester resin, like what boats are made of. It gets slow acting in cold weather, but temps in the 50's or higher should be no problem, and it has been in the 60's here last few days. Heat accelerates it, but the reaction itself is exothermic, and a thick application can get quite warm of its own doing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM (1z8ji)

368 LOL Miklos, poor Lank Putz, the yang poon of pollsters.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 01:13 AM (ibDUx)

369 JQ, that's all that I wear for jewelry too, just my wedding band, well meaning friends have suggested that I remove it, but I am happy right where it is.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Good for you! I plan to keep wearing mine as well.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

370 Portland has a Couch St., which I believe is named after a town father. It's pronounced Cooch, I guess because his name was. Visitors are nonplussed.
Posted by: SciVo

Interesting

Posted by: Davenport, Iowa at August 13, 2026 01:15 AM (XOG/m)

371
@FrankLuntz
I am calling for a total and complete shutdown of primary polling in the Midwestern United States until we can figure out what the hell is going on.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Call for it all you want, jackass. Did you make this call in the presence of the geniuses you enlist to play grimacing and dim witted monkeys with their tongues lolling out as they futilely attempt to master their controllers to reflect their opinions as you spoke?

No? Then you have no basis for taking such a stand, sir, and you may go back to playing house with Kevin McCarthy, ex-SOTH, and you two can race your little kiddie cars around his faux Oval Office there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:16 AM (s9VOe)

372 Posted by: Romeo13 at August 13, 2026 01:12 AM

My XH was a CTM. No ring allowed. Not that he *ever* wore one... or acted like he was actually married...

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:16 AM (rdVOm)

373 Interesting
Posted by: Davenport, Iowa at August 13, 2026 01:15 AM (XOG/m)

Do the Brahmins in Davenport still practice settee?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:17 AM (1z8ji)

374 I have a wedding ring in my jewelry box, along with cufflinks I rarely wear either.
Dealing with some high current electric stuff for years, I was never comfortable wearing it. I explained this to my wife about 2 months after we were married, and she had no problem with me not wearing it. Now that I'm retired, I got it out... and it doesn't fit. Which is not surprising because I weigh about 60# more than the day we were married.
In the army, I and my cow-orkers would get regularly hassled for not wearing my dog tags. Finally, had some General write us notes, like in high school, giving us permission to carry them in our pockets. Carried that piece of paper in my wallet. Bending over a piece of equipment featuring 350V B battery and having your dog tags swing into it was not anything any of us wanted to experience.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:17 AM (drwAN)

375 Do the Brahmins in Davenport still practice settee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

All such are quite flammable indeed Sir

Posted by: Lower Caste Miklos at August 13, 2026 01:19 AM (XOG/m)

376
Now now, Luntz was clearly being playful and self-deprecating. Even the predicticators know they're failenating.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 01:20 AM (XJ22o)

377 If you like explosions, enjoy Edgar Montrose from the Red Green Show. I enjoy his take on Dances With Wolves.

https://youtu.be/1tXqxPbq7XE

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 13, 2026 01:21 AM (qx7Zg)

378
Thunderdome Wendy's

A tasty meal, a Frosty, and live entertainment!

What is McDonalds' countering marketing move -- reviving the McRib and having the HamBurgler and Mayor McCheese making out in the kiddos' play room?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:22 AM (s9VOe)

379
Do the Brahmins in Davenport still practice settee?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

All such are quite flammable indeed Sir

Posted by: Lower Caste Miklos

It's cushions that they're pushin'!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:24 AM (s9VOe)

380 Thunderdome Wendy's

A tasty meal, a Frosty, and live entertainment!

What is McDonalds' countering marketing move -- reviving the McRib and having the HamBurgler and Mayor McCheese making out in the kiddos' play room?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

This ONT Scanner list is the 3rd and 4th mention of "that Wendy's."

At least, I'm probably forgetting some.

It's got a reputation, apparently.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)

381 Portland has a Couch St., which I believe is named after a town father. It's pronounced Cooch, I guess because his name was. Visitors are nonplussed.
Posted by: SciVo
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The story I heard was that his wife was trying to.put on airs, and insisted that it be pronounced "in the French manner" : Cooosh.
Of course, the lumberjack and dock workers butchered it into Cooch. An amusing story, even if it isn't true. Who knows?
The locals have fun with tourons over this, as well as watching them trying to find "Carny" street on a map, spelled Kearney.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:26 AM (drwAN)

382 Stephanie White unwittingly totally represents the strong black lesbian women ethos of the WNBA.

She reflexively defended a strong black lesbian woman of color against one of her own players.

For that alone she should immediately be fired as the Head Coach of the Indiana Fever.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:31 AM (BeyMP)

383
Oh my, just read one of the big power operators in the UK had to warn customers to not use any large appliances during the eclipse.

You see, solar output gets reduced over those solar panel farms even during partial eclipses....

What a way to run a grid....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:32 AM (w6EFb)

384
Stephanie White unwittingly

She should legally change her name to add that third word to her monicker.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (s9VOe)

385 Oh my, just read one of the big power operators in the UK had to warn customers to not use any large appliances during the eclipse.

You see, solar output gets reduced over those solar panel farms even during partial eclipses....

What a way to run a grid....

Posted by: publius

Dafuq do they do at night?

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)

386 Dafuq do they do at night?
Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)

They take the shades off the lunar panels, of course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:37 AM (1z8ji)

387 The story I heard was that his wife was trying to.put on airs, and insisted that it be pronounced "in the French manner" : Cooosh.

Pishtash

Posted by: Stephen Cole-bear, late of Late Night at August 13, 2026 01:38 AM (XOG/m)

388 When I first viewed the ONT picture of the NASA shock waves I thought I was looking at the inside of a scratch and dent refrigerator where the gasket got all crunched up.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 01:40 AM (ibDUx)

389 The locals have fun with tourons over this, as well as watching them trying to find "Carny" street on a map, spelled Kearney.
Posted by: buddhaha

Now do Tchoupitoulas

Posted by: Former Nawlinzer Mikleuse at August 13, 2026 01:40 AM (XOG/m)

390
Europe is just fucked energy wise. Sold their souls to the climate cultists.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)

391
Linux won't run the Adobe Creative Suite.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 12:34 AM (XJ22o)

Whatever that is?

It is pricey as all get out, is what it is. Subscription, of course, so the revenue stream never dries up.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:44 AM (s9VOe)

392 Getting on for midnight here. Time for me to go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 13, 2026 01:44 AM (1z8ji)

393
It's a demand thing. The eclipse was going to happen there when people were getting off work, which is a peak demand period. And they're dependent on the solar farms for some fraction of generation, and the heat wave and high market prices cut into what reserves they had.

It's just a stupid thing that anybody with any knowledge would know would be a problem with solar and other "renewable" sources. Tthey are unreliable -- there are these things called clouds that cause that the solar irradiance curve to be quite erratic, and wind is erratic. Erratic and unpredictable is not what you need for power generation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:47 AM (w6EFb)

394 1990 was a singularly propipituous year for crazy hot actress births.

Emma Watson
Kristen Stewart
Jennifer Lawrence

Can't find another year like it.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 01:48 AM (BeyMP)

395 Europe is just fucked energy wise. Sold their souls to the climate cultists.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I worked on many EU-funded energy research projects about "renewables" and other energy topics. There were time when I would wake up in a half-dream of nothing but algae (algae is the Future!).

Not a single one made economic sense, other than one that theoretically could produce electricity from all spectra (not just visible light) at a theoretical efficiency approaching 100%. Very different kind of solar collectors, little nano-sized antennas.

But alas, when I found that Idaho National Laboratory had been trying that and run into technical issues, the University of Vienna physicists said "but ours will work!"

Alas again

Posted by: Miklos was paid for fruitless endeavours at August 13, 2026 01:51 AM (XOG/m)

396 I thought I was looking at the inside of a scratch and dent refrigerator where the gasket got all crunched up.
Posted by: Debby

LOL! It does look rather like that...

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

397
That periodic table has more elements than I recall from school. Different names, too.

But my OCD is happy that the bottom row is full, now. Please stop discovering new elements.

Posted by: mikeski

It was interesting being in grad school at Berkeley back in the time when they had a near lock on creating new elements. A lot of students made their bones by figuring out how to run tests to determine the new critters' chemical properties, one atom at a time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 13, 2026 01:53 AM (s9VOe)

398 This is polyester resin, like what boats are made of. It gets slow acting in cold weather, but temps in the 50's or higher should be no problem, and it has been in the 60's here last few days. Heat accelerates it, but the reaction itself is exothermic, and a thick application can get quite warm of its own doing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I've never heard of any special formulation for polyester resins.

The one I was talking about didn't require long term heat. We had a temp probe into the box and just heated it up to 130° for about an hour then left it run on its own, and , yeah, it got nicely exothermic.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:53 AM (drwAN)

399 The United States should be 100% Nuclear by now. These same idiots that are all in on solar are the same ilk that panicked over 3 mile island and shut the industry down in it's infancy. Now that we need data centers it's all good to open Nuke plants again.
Idiotic.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 01:56 AM (Zqvxn)

400 My favorite is about the Germans with subsidized solar panels. Germany is not famous for sunny days, but hey, subsidy. In the winter the panels are covered for months under snow.

Solution-

Heating wires to melt the snow, powered from....????

Posted by: Miklos verstehe nicht at August 13, 2026 01:56 AM (XOG/m)

401 >> Please stop discovering new elements.

They are working on Element 120 now.

There is a predicted island of stability way up there with certain magic numbers of neutrons. The problem is they can get the desired number of protons, but getting something with the predicted stable number of neutrons is much harder to do.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 01:59 AM (w6EFb)

402 And everything is 220vac.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 01:59 AM (Zqvxn)

403 When I first viewed the ONT picture of the NASA shock waves I thought I was looking at the inside of a scratch and dent refrigerator where the gasket got all crunched up.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
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Metropolis movie poster popped into my brain.

Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2026 02:00 AM (CG21m)

404 Not found

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:01 AM (rdVOm)

405
Element 118 there is named Oganesson. It should be a noble gas. But it is not. Well, it's not predicted to be -- they don't enough of a sample of it to actually see what it would be like.

The nucleus has so much positive charge the inner shell electrons are "orbiting" near light speed, and there are strong relativistic effects which just mess the expected classical behavior up. It will be solid, and likely a semiconductor at room temp, they think.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)

406 Freshman year in Kollidge, I was recruited to go into one of the lecture halls late and help put centerfolds of Nice Ladies from certain publications over each of the squares of the big Periodic Table.

Now there are more squares, and Penthouse is no more

I feel sorry for the kids (well, the few binary-identifying ones)

Posted by: Misspent Youth of Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:03 AM (XOG/m)

407 My room in Germany was on 2, 10amp circuits. Many a fight over those plugs. The heating was part of the hot water system with radiators in front of the windows. Pretty much every place I went over there was like that.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:04 AM (Zqvxn)

408 Not found
Posted by: JQ

Miklos is taking a break under the table

Kick him nice if you need something

Posted by: Yer Pal the Regular at barstool 6 at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (XOG/m)

409 > Thijs de Buck

Is his wife named Thijs de Doe?

Yes, today's Pyrex, even if made in the US, is utter trash.

Something something sold the brand name something.

I hear that French-made Pyrex is still the real deal.

Seen on X:

A man attracted to other men is gay.
A woman attracted to other women is lesbian.
A person attracted to attention is queer.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (IG3/x)

410 Noone is going to dispute my calling of 1990 as the greatest year of actress births and Emma Watson as the GOAT in terms of modern actress beauty.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)

411 Base housing in Misawa had radiators/steam heat when we were there. Nice, once you found the *sweet spot*

50hz ac power. We were too cheap to buy a new alarm clock, so set ours ahead 10min/hr of sleep time each night, to wake on time in the mornings. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:08 AM (rdVOm)

412 "Germany is not famous for sunny days"

Nor sunny dispositions

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (DZ9Lv)

413
When I first viewed the ONT picture of the NASA shock waves I thought I was looking at the inside of a scratch and dent refrigerator where the gasket got all crunched up.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
--------
Metropolis movie poster popped into my brain.
Posted by: scampydog

===============

Bent mini-blinds.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (XJ22o)

414 Now the entire American built area of the base I was stationed is covered in solar panels. They knocked down the DOD stuff and insulted it's memory. I don't remember seeing the sun much there.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (Zqvxn)

415 Or, was it 10min/hr behind? I forget... but it worked for us.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

416 > The story I heard was that his wife was trying to.put on airs, and insisted that it be pronounced "in the French manner" : Cooosh.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 13, 2026 01:26 AM (drwAN)

Is there a Tar-zhey there?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:10 AM (IG3/x)

417 > Emma Watson as the GOAT in terms of modern actress beauty.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)

She looks pretty mannish nowadays, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:12 AM (IG3/x)

418 A distaff answer to the mystery click? There is probably someone who can name the make, model, and even year of her car:

Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
https://youtu.be/lbjZPFBD6JU

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:13 AM (Sy6m/)

419 Lil bro drives thru/past Lost Wages regularly. Says there's huge solar arrays in the desert. "Bird fryers" he calls them.

What a waste of land! And destroyed habitat for local fauna. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

420 >> Or, was it 10min/hr behind? I forget... but it worked for us.

Ahh, I 'memba now-- 50 minutes per hour. That's the ticket!

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

421 Florida Man steals rare coin collection, cashes them all in at a CoinStar machine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:17 AM (IG3/x)

422 Florida Man steals rare coin collection, cashes them all in at a CoinStar machine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Drugs *were* involved. Somehow.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

423 What a waste of land! And destroyed habitat for local fauna. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)

I did a lot of mechanican work at the one in Nowhere Nevada. It was a huge waste of money and everybody involved walked away pretty well off. That was a huge concrete pour.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:18 AM (Zqvxn)

424 Florida Man steals rare coin collection, cashes them all in at a CoinStar machine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

And now they're all scratched up by the automatic sorter, and worth 1/10th of what they were.....

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (VHUov)

425 And it's shut down.

Posted by: Reforger at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (Zqvxn)

426 Babylon Bee: Elon Musk Buys The United Kingdom To Establish Free Speech There

Elon Musk: How much is it?

(you probably remember that he asked the same question about Twitter, back when)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:19 AM (IG3/x)

427
Just reading, it's indeed a bitch to get the required number of neutrons. They're working on some exotic ways to do it, but still aren't there.

There are experimental hints that island of stability is there as predicted. It should be centered around Z = 114.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)

428 Reforger, it seems to me that all this "green" energy BS, is anything BUT environmentally friendly. Almost as if it's intended to *destroy* rather than *improve*

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

429 Screw CoinStar-- you give up 10% using those machines.

Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

430 Florida Man steals rare coin collection, cashes them all in at a CoinStar machine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

CoinStar machines can be a great source of part-time retirement income!

Posted by: Financially Savvy Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (XOG/m)

431 > Almost as if it's intended to *destroy* rather than *improve*
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

It definitely is. The entire left agenda is aimed at destroying Western Civilization, and has been for over fifty years.

The days when even lefties like Woody Guthrie wrote songs praising (e.g.) the Grand Coulee Dam are long gone.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (IG3/x)

432 So can stealing things

Posted by: Financially Savvy Miklos, on second thought at August 13, 2026 02:25 AM (XOG/m)

433 Where's that darned Time Machine?!

Drop me off in the 1970s.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

434 Florida Man steals rare coin collection, cashes them all in at a CoinStar machine.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
---------
In his defense it was BOGO on a handle of tequila and he was feeling lucky with the Lotto tickets.

Posted by: scampydog at August 13, 2026 02:26 AM (CG21m)

435 > Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)

Yeah, it doesn't take all that long to count and roll them.

If you have enough coins that this becomes onerous, you can buy your own coin sorter, at all kinds of different levels of price and technological sophistication.

I get the sense that even vending machine operators don't have to deal with as many coins nowadays, since so many of them take cards.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (IG3/x)

436 Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.
Posted by: JQ

They even give you the paper coin rolls for FREE

Posted by: Miklos is personally responsible for the Penny Shortage at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (XOG/m)

437 Emma Watson as the GOAT in terms of modern actress beauty.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:05 AM (BeyMP)

She looks pretty mannish nowadays, IMO.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:12 AM (IG3/x)

Place in time pertains for actresses. They look best in their teens if we're being really honest about it.

Most women reach their beauty peak around 15.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (BeyMP)

438 I tried to buy Uncle Palp's coin sorter from one of his laundromats

It was set for Bulgarian coins, for some reason

Posted by: Miklos and the Horde CRIES OUT at August 13, 2026 02:29 AM (XOG/m)

439 > If you have enough coins that this becomes onerous, you can buy your own coin sorter, at all kinds of different levels of price and technological sophistication.

A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I worked in a large coin op laundromat.

I had a plastic tube that held exactly $10 in quarters, and was just enough larger that you could slip the tube down it.

Counting the day's take took less than ten minutes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:30 AM (IG3/x)

440 My credit union has a coin sorting machine.

Dump your coffee can full of coins & let it whirl. Pretty soon, it spits out a ticket that you take to the teller window to get cash or make deposit. (also kicks out the damaged coins and pocket lint)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

441 > Most women reach their beauty peak around 15.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:27 AM (BeyMP)

I don't know about that, but I do know that most English women start to develop a pronounced resemblance to Monty Python in drag once they hit their mid-to-late 30s.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:31 AM (IG3/x)

442
Well, this got me off on a nuclear tangent. There are other islands of stability predicted at higher Z's, 126, and way up at 164. This would be *massive* nuclei indeed.

And beyond that, there is some theoretical reasoning that a "continent of stability" might exist well beyond that. At that level, you would have nuclei as we think of it, but a quark soup. This would be quark matter for the nucleus. And yes, it could still form atoms of a sort with electrons around it.

This would be truly "exotic matter", beyond any of our kin. Who the hell knows what it would be like.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:32 AM (w6EFb)

443 Most women reach their beauty peak around 15.
Posted by: LTG

Thanks, buddy! I feel so freaking beautiful now! More than 4x "peak" LOL.

But I don't care.. never was a beauty queen anyway. (and the "pretty" girls had to fight off so many jerks)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

444 > Elon Musk: How much is it?

LOL!

https://tinyurl.com/365w7szu

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (IG3/x)

445 I had a plastic tube that held exactly $10 in quarters, and was just enough larger that you could slip the tube down it.

Counting the day's take took less than ten minutes.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I have seen what happens when casinos wash their daily take of quarters.

That shit be nasty

Posted by: Dainty Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (XOG/m)

446 > That shit be nasty

Posted by: Dainty Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:35 AM (XOG/m)

Oh, yeah.

Bills aren't any better.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:36 AM (IG3/x)

447 I'm a lucky girl-- won a whole $4 on lotto today!

AND! Found a twenty in my clean jeans' pocket. It got laundered, heh.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

448 Elon Musk: How much is it?

LOL!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

If Elon were to buy the UK, that would include the Bank of England.

This could be entirely self-financing, with some inflation for holders of Pounds Sterling

Posted by: Miklos seen what Soros done at August 13, 2026 02:38 AM (XOG/m)

449 I'm a lucky girl-- won a whole $4 on lotto today!

AND! Found a twenty in my clean jeans' pocket. It got laundered, heh.
Posted by: JQ

Your money's no good here, Miss.

The ususal?

Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos (no tips, not allowed on Work Release) at August 13, 2026 02:40 AM (XOG/m)

450
I'm thinking if any experimental physicists get any ideas about how to create some of that quark soup matter, they might want to hold off on it.

Might better not try that anywhere on Erf.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)

451 pretty" girls had to fight off so many jerks)
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

Pretty girls were raped at very young ages. That's the truth of what's going on.

No wonder why dykes gained traction.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (BeyMP)

452 Your money's no good here, Miss.

The ususal?
Posted by: Genial Bartender Miklos (no tips, not allowed on Work Release)

Why, thank you! Yes, please!

And I'll put a few $ on your commissary account...

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

453 (and the "pretty" girls had to fight off so many jerks)
Posted by: JQ

In my case, they were quite good at it.

Almost professional, even

Posted by: Unrequited Miklos at August 13, 2026 02:43 AM (XOG/m)

454 Apropos of nothing, two of my favorite channels for YouTube shorts are Dramecs (your Daily Dose Of Cats) and Plumes (sings to animals).

youtube.com/@dramecs
youtube.com/@Plumesmusic

They're worth adding to your Subscriptions, to increase the odds of a little pick-me-up sitting to the right of whatever video you're watching.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:45 AM (Sy6m/)

455 *neglects to carefully measure the pour on JQ's beverage*

Posted by: Miklos also wants to know what about these pitchers of Long Islands at August 13, 2026 02:47 AM (XOG/m)

456
Pretty girls were raped at very young ages. That's the truth of what's going on.

No wonder why dykes gained traction.
Posted by: LTG

==============

And my oft-repeated theory: why girls decided to "become" men.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 13, 2026 02:48 AM (XJ22o)

457 Up to 10:30 had most bizarre dreams

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 02:48 AM (Ia/+0)

458 *neglects to carefully measure the pour on JQ's beverage*
Posted by: Miklos also wants to know what about these pitchers of Long Islands

Wooooooh! That's a lip-smackin' toddy, Miklos!

Thank you!

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:51 AM (rdVOm)

459 I never wanted to BE a man, just was always interested in guy-type things-- mechanical stuff, mainly. But also: running, doing jumps on bicycle, catching bugs and turtles, climbing trees...

Good thing I'm not a kid today-- asshoes would probly try to turn me into a " " " boy " " "

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

460 Thank you!
Posted by: JQ

*resumes well-deserved rest under the far corner table under a couple of table cloths*

Posted by: Miklos done Double Duty at August 13, 2026 02:57 AM (XOG/m)

461 Pretty girls were raped at very young ages. That's the truth of what's going on.

No wonder why dykes gained traction.
Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 02:41 AM (BeyMP)

Robert Stacy McCain wrote of lesbian supermodels and "The Curse Of Beauty" in 2014:

https://tinyurl.com/2czchr7e

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (Sy6m/)

462 Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (IG3/x)

463 Night, Rodrigo!

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

464 Young pretty white women are more often than not being assaulted by these supposedly mentally impaired Black Men.

I'm not supposed to notice that these racial dynamics only seem to go one way.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 03:02 AM (BeyMP)

465 Good night, all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 13, 2026 02:59 AM (IG3/x)

463 Night, Rodrigo!
Posted by: JQ

The Borgias get up to no good during nighttime hours

Posted by: Miklos the late nite Historian at August 13, 2026 03:02 AM (XOG/m)

466 My credit union has a coin sorting machine.

Dump your coffee can full of coins & let it whirl. Pretty soon, it spits out a ticket that you take to the teller window to get cash or make deposit. (also kicks out the damaged coins and pocket lint)
Posted by: JQ

They really dislike coin-like things that aren't quite the right size or weight, too.

I had a couple Cayman Islands coins in a batch I ran thru the one at my credit union. It made a huge marbles-in-the-clothes-dryer racket, and eventually dumped those coins back out. Which was nice, since I meant to keep them as souvenirs. Not sure how they got stuffed into the spare-change jar.

It never had an issue with Canadian coins, which show up fairly often in MN, and generally get treated as equal to American ones. It probably wouldn't know what to do with a Loonie, though.

Posted by: mikeski at August 13, 2026 03:04 AM (VHUov)

467 I'm not supposed to notice that these racial dynamics only seem to go one way.
Posted by: LTG

I will say this *one time only*--

When I worked in a military club, overseas... my waitressing shift was often scheduled in the area where funk/dance music was DJ'd. Very dark crowd, IYKWIM. I was often propositioned, but thankfully had a very good Master At Arms to protect me & other staff.

I overheard convos that would (or maybe not?) curl your hair. Very derogatory toward YT wimmen. VERY! And we're talking about early 1980s.. can just imagine how much worse it is, since obastard.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

468 It probably wouldn't know what to do with a Loonie, though.
Posted by: mikeski

After Hungary joined the EU, Hungarians were pleased to discover that their forint coins worth about 20 cents were accepted as 1 Euro in machines in Euroland, and the about 50 cent heavier coins were accepted as 1 British pound in machines there.

Posted by: Miklos tested this and it worked at August 13, 2026 03:09 AM (XOG/m)

469 "The haters come for Boy George over Israel. I know what it feels like."

WaPo

https://t.co/s67QJws9QM

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (odBC9)

470 Inter racial violence in our current United States is pretty much a monopoly of black on white.

If anyone cared to look into the actual numbers they would be actually shocked.

Truth be told, blacks are insanely more prone to violence than any other people.

We will continue to ignore this because not want to be racist.

Posted by: LTG at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (BeyMP)

471 Local Hawaiians hate YT too. XH and I, and our friends nearly got clobbered while tailgating outside a concert at Aloha Stadium!

Again, the '80s. This shyte has been brewing for a very long time, and it's *everybody* against YT.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

472 "The haters come for Boy George over Israel.

"Do you really want to hurt me?'

Yes

Yes we do

Posted by: Islamic Communists against Homosexuals (sometimes) at August 13, 2026 03:18 AM (XOG/m)

473 While in southern Idaho, my (F) friend and I were stalked by a group of Mexican men... we drove like crazy to lose them! Scary! (late 1970s)

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:23 AM (rdVOm)

474 I have had some respect for Boy George (or Boy Girl as we called him) since the 80s based on one thing.

In an interview, he was asked about his extravagant use of clothes and makeup etc.

As I recall, he said "When young, I was always called the one with the big nose. So I decided, be the one with the big nose and a bit of style. Fuck them"

Posted by: Miklos notes that Johnny Rotten is rather normie too for years now at August 13, 2026 03:23 AM (XOG/m)

475 I should have just got up 40 minutes ago

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:24 AM (Ia/+0)

476 One of my former BF's older sister was actually captured by a group of "immigrants" and was drugged and *passed around* a camp. Took her parents a couple of months to find and extricate her!

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

477 I should have just got up 40 minutes ago
Posted by: Skip

School starts in a week, young Mister Skipper

Posted by: Auntie Miklos expects good marks at August 13, 2026 03:27 AM (XOG/m)

478 Going down a Boy George rabbit hole, I found this interview (from 2009), which is just great.

Boy George on Life After Prison | Archive Interview | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

youtube

https://tinyurl.com/yc6ewabt

17:19

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:28 AM (odBC9)

479 476 One of my former BF's older sister was actually captured by a group of "immigrants" and was drugged and *passed around* a camp. Took her parents a couple of months to find and extricate her!
Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:26 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, my gosh, JQ!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:28 AM (odBC9)

480 One of my former BF's older sister was actually captured by a group of "immigrants" and was drugged and *passed around* a camp. Took her parents a couple of months to find and extricate her!
Posted by: JQ

I grew up in South Carolina and Hungary.

Never heard of such a thing.

Posted by: Miklos was a free range non-milk carton kid at August 13, 2026 03:29 AM (XOG/m)

481 Now I have millions of Boy George videos in my For You or whatever.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:30 AM (odBC9)

482 ... which is fine.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:31 AM (odBC9)

483 Oh, my gosh, JQ!
Posted by: m

Yeah. Stuff happened. They lived in NM at that time.

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:33 AM (rdVOm)

484 Sweet dreams Horde, the pillow is calling.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 13, 2026 03:36 AM (ibDUx)

485 Night, Debby!

I'm ready to rack-out also...

Good night, horde!

Posted by: JQ at August 13, 2026 03:37 AM (rdVOm)

486 Mgid is just lurking on my page, enough to stop commenting, yet not obvious to see. Double tap it shows up but to get it gone disappears

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:37 AM (Ia/+0)

487 469 "The haters come for Boy George over Israel. I know what it feels like."

https://t.co/s67QJws9QM
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:12 AM (odBC9)

By John Ondrasik
John Ondrasik, a singer-songwriter, performs as Five for Fighting.

ICYMI, here is the Five For Fighting song (piano-driven pop rock) that I linked recently, that will punch you in the feelz if you're at all sentimental:

Five for Fighting - 100 Years
https://youtu.be/tR-qQcNT_fY

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 03:38 AM (Sy6m/)

488 Spam news: I just found a (I thought) funny tweet on the parody @TheMossadIL 𝕏 site that mentioned Tupperware, so I copied it here and hit post and got a "are you spamming us?" alert. Well, no, so I changed some of its line breaks and tried again and no; took out some of the text and no; tried this a couple of times. Then I looked in the comments at the site and there were only two or three comments and the commenters had flagged the tweet as AI-written and spam! So, yay, spamcatchers?

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:43 AM (odBC9)

489 487 469

Five for Fighting - 100 Years
https://youtu.be/tR-qQcNT_fY
Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 03:38 AM (Sy6m/)

2004
That reminds me a lot of How to Save a Life (2005).

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 03:52 AM (odBC9)

490 I forgot to time the coffee

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:58 AM (Ia/+0)

491 The way I see it, 1. we can be sure there is an 'AI' bubble because of the refusal of the big memory manufacturers to build out capacity, and 2. there is only one rather convoluted way for that bubble to pop in a copacetic way.

For the bubble to pop, they have to see that their bets won't pay out the way they hope. For it to pop gently, they still have to pay out a bit. And we need for them to be at least somewhat wrong, since their bets are so massive I suspect that for them to fully pay off, we'd all be paying them for every bit of compute we need. Personal computers exploded in popularity for a reason, and a world without them would be a human dystopia.

There is a narrow channel of possibility where both the things we need can happen. A technology that enhances productivity can improve the value of the employee to the employer, if it is not able to replace him entirely, due to enabling the creation of more saleable value per man-hour. If the bubble pops from realization that there is no GenAI coming, no "synthetic cognition" or 'singularity', just another productivity tool, then maybe it could pop gently and in a pro-employment way. So, I know what to pray for.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:02 AM (Sy6m/)

492 I just finally read the tab with yesterday's Morning Rant on data center financing and went off on a tangent.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:04 AM (Sy6m/)

493 490 I forgot to time the coffee
Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 03:58 AM (Ia/+0)

uh-oh

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)

494 429 Screw CoinStar-- you give up 10% using those machines.

Go to local bank or credit union & get full value. LOL.
Posted by: JQ

True, but you can't buy a 30-pack of Busch Light and some smokes in a bank or credit union.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:06 AM (sAmhv)

495 Morning, late night people. I heard a rumor that last night's ONT got to 600 comments. Kind of like the hamster above with his six miles a day on his wheel. And why is a male hamster called "Mollie"?

I'm up early, long story, but it involves a colorful dream I'll save for the new thread. Who's up?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:07 AM (wzUl9)

496 I forgot to time the coffee
Posted by: Skip

He has found out about coffee

Next he will find where I keep the brandy

Posted by: Auntie Miklos, remembering that "Uncle" Spiro left some ouzo at August 13, 2026 04:08 AM (XOG/m)

497 Who's up?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

The ONT ran 600 comments in six days

Posted by: Prof. Dr. Jason Ardayklos at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (XOG/m)

498 "The haters come for Boy George over Israel. I know what it feels like."

WaPo

https://t.co/s67QJws9QM
Posted by: m at August 13, 2026

***
Karma karma karma karma, karma chameleon

(Not a slap at Boy George, it's just the only one of his songs I can think of)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (wzUl9)

499 Going to bed soon to at least get a nap. Got to pick up the car today. It's sick. Took it in for one problem, turned out to be several. All self inflicted. I'm lazy, it back fired. It's an old Honda (12 years old) and it runs fine. Probably why I didn't realize I had a cracked timing belt. Plus other stuff that falls apart with age. It's going to cost a mint but I can cover it. I budget well.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (sAmhv)

500 500

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (odBC9)

501
True, but you can't buy a 30-pack of Busch Light and some smokes in a bank or credit union.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026

***
Gettin' so's you need a bank loan to buy those things

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:11 AM (wzUl9)

502 498: Yea, that's the only one I can think of. It got a ton of airplay when I was a yute.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:12 AM (sAmhv)

503 495 I heard a rumor that last night's ONT got to 600 comments.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:07 AM (wzUl9)

I think the numbers were boosted by some play-by-play on the Hong is Wrong governor race.

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)

504 I think the numbers were boosted by some play-by-play on the Hong is Wrong governor race.
Posted by: m

My favorite was

HONG SCHLONGED

Posted by: Miklos wishes he had come up with that at August 13, 2026 04:15 AM (XOG/m)

505 498: Yea, that's the only one I can think of. It got a ton of airplay when I was a yute.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026

***
I had to look it up, and somebody mentioned one of them above, but there was "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Church of the Poison Mind," and "Miss Me Blind."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:15 AM (wzUl9)

506 498 Karma karma karma karma, karma chameleon

(Not a slap at Boy George, it's just the only one of his songs I can think of)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:10 AM (wzUl9)

In the 2009 Jonathan Ross interview (linked at comment 478 up above) Boy George says that, as he was being escorted into prison, inmates greeted him by calling out "karma chameleon!".

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

507 I'm awake, after a fashion, and having coffee of course. Little gray Dagny La Siberienne was curled on the couch in my spot when I got up. I scooped her up and popped her onto a cushion on my lap, and she stayed for two whole minutes before realizing, "I'm The Cat Who Walks By Herself" and vaulting away.

The trouble with being up this early is that I'm getting hungry, yet I don't want to go work out quite yet. Though I'm certainly not going to wait until it gets light at six am. First World Problems. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:18 AM (wzUl9)

508 I had to look it up, and somebody mentioned one of them above, but there was "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Church of the Poison Mind," and "Miss Me Blind."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

There was better music at the time

*cranks up eclectic 80s faves at volume, because all the neighbors are out of town or hard of hearing*

Posted by: Miklos parties on at August 13, 2026 04:20 AM (XOG/m)

509 In the '80s I really liked, and still do like, "Karma Chameleon." The tune is irresistible, and the musicianship of Culture Club is fine work. It's on the music flash drive in my car.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:20 AM (wzUl9)

510 Wolfus-

You have interesting dreams.

Do they ever seem like the basis for a story?

Posted by: Miklos has enough real life material at August 13, 2026 04:21 AM (XOG/m)

511 I had to look it up, and somebody mentioned one of them above, but there was "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," "Church of the Poison Mind," and "Miss Me Blind."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

There was better music at the time

*cranks up eclectic 80s faves at volume, because all the neighbors are out of town or hard of hearing*
Posted by: Miklos parties on at August 13, 2026

***
Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero" from the soundtrack of Footloose was the last truly *exciting* single in pop music history.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:22 AM (wzUl9)

512 First World Problems. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

maybe

In New Orleans, the early daylight hours are probably the safest

Posted by: Miklos just guesses at August 13, 2026 04:24 AM (XOG/m)

513 "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"

Oh yea, that got a lot of airplay too!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:24 AM (sAmhv)

514 Wolfus-

You have interesting dreams.

Do they ever seem like the basis for a story?
Posted by: Miklos has enough real life material at August 13, 2026

***
Yes. I dreamed that I ran into the ex-Mrs. Wolfus No. 2, and it scared me, so that I wrote a story in which a man and a woman, two old lovers, meet. During the course of their conversation, we realize that they used to abduct, torture, and murder young runaway girls back in the "good old days." A very disturbing story for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:26 AM (wzUl9)

515 What time does Pixy post the Tech Thread nowadays? Used to be at three am my time, but he mentioned at some point he was working later, and would be posting later too. I think it's about 6:30 pm his time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:28 AM (wzUl9)

516 in two minutes

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:28 AM (odBC9)

517 During the course of their conversation, we realize that they used to abduct, torture, and murder young runaway girls back in the "good old days." A very disturbing story for sure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

That would make a pretty good, disturbing movie. Especially if you realize that they got away with it and grew old.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026 04:29 AM (sAmhv)

518 Another day, another leftist judicial stupidity . Judge declares schools in VA with confederate names violate black students' rights. The comments are deservedly vitriolic . Legal Insurrection site:

https://tinyurl.com/56ancexx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:30 AM (W90Ou)

519 Puddleglum, a twelve-year-old Honda is just getting well broken in.

My Buick hit 100,000 miles yesterday evening. On the way to the book club meeting, I saw it had 99,999, so I drove into a bank parking lot and made a few circles until it clicked over. Miss Linda took a pic of the odometer. Not bad for a ten-year-old car, 65K of it under my ownership.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:31 AM (wzUl9)

520 During the course of their conversation, we realize that they used to abduct, torture, and murder young runaway girls back in the "good old days." A very disturbing story for sure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
*
That would make a pretty good, disturbing movie. Especially if you realize that they got away with it and grew old.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 13, 2026

***
That's exactly what happened.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (wzUl9)

521 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 13, 2026 04:32 AM (odBC9)

522 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)

523 Pixy hath arrived

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 13, 2026 04:33 AM (wzUl9)

524 And on a happier note, four teens from Florida help push an elderly woman's broken down mobile wheelchair in the rain. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vpxcte5m

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (W90Ou)

525 A very disturbing story for sure.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming

There is probably a market for that.

On the topic of Buicks-

Mine (inherited) has never had ballots in the trunk, to my knowledge.

But it is a 2010 LaCrosse with 53k on the clock.

Posted by: Miklos don't get around much at August 13, 2026 04:34 AM (XOG/m)

526 When Pixy arrives

Pixy Fukkin ARRIVES

Posted by: Miklos v. Multiplicity at August 13, 2026 04:36 AM (XOG/m)

527 It is interesting to contemplate how back in the day, Boy George was naturally compared and contrasted with the poorly closeted George Michael (came out in '9

.

The latter had undeniable talent, but apparently some kind of psychological pain that he took out on himself. I'm surprised to read that he made it to 53, surviving drugs, pneumonia, and a coma, before falling to heart disease on Christmas Day in 2016.

Say what else you will about Boy George, it's an accomplishment in this life to be comfortable with yourself, and he plainly has that.

Posted by: SciVo at August 13, 2026 04:37 AM (Sy6m/)

528 @pittsburgh Scanner

why would you choose to be employed at a Thunderdome Wendy's. seems dangerous to be there

Posted by: paulnjax at August 13, 2026 07:28 AM (PPnyU)

Supercell Eclipse Cafe

Edinburgh (?)
Pete Wands
@wandspja

Trash birds.

This is one big chungus baby tiger.

Old but good: Dressing your dog up in a giant spider costume and terrorizing the neighbors.

A tripod fish.

I could do this but I don't feel like it right now.

Deer and bunny are friends.

Hand-feeding a wild hawk.

This starling's mimicry is eerie.

Cat saves a chicken from a fox. They're not all evil.

In Nola, Italy, over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower through packed narrow streets, a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus pic.twitter.com/uXXovbADEP
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Minnie is a Devon and Cornwall Longwool, one of the rarest breeds of sheep in the world.

[📹 dartmoorshepherd] pic.twitter.com/dwp0MBlwlQ
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Eclipse viewed from inside a fighter jet pic.twitter.com/1qLAHsZlbL
— curious side of 𝕏 (@curioXities) September 5, 2024

Insane footage of a supercell over Nebraska

[📹 WxMstrr] pic.twitter.com/tNDNKbrrbB
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:48 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:47 PM (d9FiM)

2 rst?

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 07:49 PM (Zqvxn)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Top pic looks like a spy story.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 07:51 PM (zYpTz)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:52 PM (udaaY)

6 Hi everyone!

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 07:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

7 Get out more, you people!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 07:53 PM (wxsGM)

8 Remember folks, every Femocracy is a failure.

Massachusetts
New York
Virginia
NJ
California (lol)
Minnesota (lol)

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 07:53 PM (6qFZ4)

9 Another night at work of nothing to do.
I can't believe I get paid to do this.
Going to put in a bunch of requesitions for a mini machine shop I think we need. Run it up the chain and see if the purchasing manager is not paying attention again and just signing things.
Worked before.

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 07:54 PM (Zqvxn)

10 I might have thought it was end of times in Nebraska if I was there

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (Ia/+0)

11 Top pic looks like a spy story.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

With a sniper behind every tree.

You guys do okay with the storms yesterday? Dear wife had to drive through them - a bit scary but all was well.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (udaaY)

12 St. Paulinas needs to go on a diet.

Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (JM9I6)

13
Between the kidnap and the rescue, that chicken must have lost half its feathers.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (XJ22o)

14 Skip

Here in the Great Plains states we call that April and May.

Had some close calls here the last year.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (u82oZ)

15 A nice cafe to end a busy day of news. Gracias.

Posted by: H at August 12, 2026 07:56 PM (49bBV)

16
Get out more, you people!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

===============

Okay, I'm going to the nearest Starbucks drive-thru and get something.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (XJ22o)

17 Please don't tempt Mooslim men with lamby-porn. They have no self control.

Posted by: Pulling The Wool at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (JM9I6)

18 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower

-
It was phallic enough without the bouncing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (ndZc7)

19 Top Pic. Is he looking at his friggin' cell phone?!

I really hate seeing almost everybody walking blindly down the path, glued to their fucking phones. I do keep my phone with me (in case I have a heart attack or something), but I do not carry it in my hand while walking. People! Enjoy the outdoors. Feel the sun, and the breeze. Listen to the birds. Chirp at the skwerls. Nod at passersby.

And, lest you think I am yelling at the younger folks, I see people my age doing the same damn thing.

Definitely near the top of my pet peeve list.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (0aYVJ)

20 Reforget I most always try for a bottle of Scotch in a long order of material

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

21 a centuries-old tradition honoring Saint Paulinus

— Massimo

St. Paulinus got his ass kicked at Stalingrad, didn't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (udaaY)

22 Hand-feeding a wild hawk.

That'll be literal, eventually.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (VHUov)

23 Ritchie Blackmore is performing with Deep Purple tonight. First time in over 30 years.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

24 Are you supposed to not stare into the abyss, or into the eclipse?

Posted by: Warby Parker at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (JM9I6)

25
Cat had plans for the chicken. Fox threatened to interrupt them.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:59 PM (XJ22o)

26 I could do this but I don't feel like it right now.

He's only five; you could take him, Ace. Just cover your junk.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:59 PM (VHUov)

27 That Minnie is adorable. Too adorable.

I shared this last thread. I'm in the computer room getting to work but this happened an hour ago.

.......

I just took Ralphy outside for washroom. Snowflake races across the street startling a couple of Moms and their girls going to the park swimming pool.

They all came over to pet Snowflake and Ralphy whom I held. Then they told my friend he has a beautiful cat.

It was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (Sco7b)

28 You guys do okay with the storms yesterday? Dear wife had to drive through them - a bit scary but all was well.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 07:55 PM (udaaY)

Lot of flooding in my county, but our house is on a hill, so we were good. I was worried about wind, as there is an old silver maple next to the house, and those things are never stable.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (zYpTz)

29 Chunk Chunk Chicken

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:00 PM (nDXEV)

30 >>>Dressing your dog up in a giant spider costume and terrorizing the neighbors.

Hello... Hey, I was wondering. I don't really like my dog anymore, but I'm kind of a coward. How can I get someone else to shoot him?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 12, 2026 08:02 PM (syz1S)

31 Get out more, you people!
Posted by: Hokey Pokey

===============

Okay, I'm going to the nearest Starbucks drive-thru and get something.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (XJ22o)

***

Ok
Rocky Road Ice Cream!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:03 PM (2WIwB)

32 Cat saves a chicken from a fox. They're not all evil.

I wasn't saving the chicken, I was dinnerblocking the fox.

Posted by: cat, evil at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

33 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (g47mK)

34 If I saw that super cell in Nebraska, I'd suddenly remember an appointment a hundred miles away.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (LHPAg)

35 Some cool stuff up there.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

36 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 08:05 PM (Ia/+0)

37 Italy's birth rate is 1.14 per woman. Takes 2.1 or so to stay even. Quit hauling phallic statues and get married you degenerates!

Posted by: I Should Be Pope at August 12, 2026 08:06 PM (JM9I6)

38 I think that chicken probably became a human meal that night.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 08:07 PM (KC5Lt)

39 No more Mr. Nice Guy?

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)

40 Evenin’, All.

That is one ugly sheep.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (77rzZ)

41 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!
Posted by: runner

Please stop yelling. You're going to frighten my wasp colony.

Posted by: crazy lady at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)

42 Wudu is typically performed before Salah or reading the Quran. Activities that invalidate wudu include urination, defecation, flatulence, deep sleep, light bleeding (depending on madhhab), menstruation, postpartum status, and sexual intercourse.

Since they pray five times a day, and can't have an invalid wudu, that must mean no Afternoon Delight.

So the only whoopie is Midnight at the Oasis?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 08:10 PM (0sNs1)

43 "I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

He potentially lets them die every day. He could potentially off them all tomorrow.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

44 Yes mehdi, instead of insighting lunatics to murder PDT the press will do it themselves. That’s the only way they could treat him worse than they already do. What an asshat.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (2NHgQ)

45 Top pic made me think of The Exorcist poster

https://rb.gy/wa45o5

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (vE0+H)

46 33 DO NOT FEED WILD RAPTORS! crazy lady...the haws could have damaged her arm..why do you think falconers wear those massive gloves ?!
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:04 PM (g47mK)

I think the gloves are for when the hawks land/perch. As long as the hawk doesn't miss as he grabs the chow...

Yeah, you're right. Those talons can do some damage.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 12, 2026 08:11 PM (syz1S)

47 Get outside people.....

It's 95 degrees outside. Screw that crap.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 08:12 PM (fV9m3)

48 Violet the wonder beagle has the zoomies. So cute.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 08:13 PM (2NHgQ)

49 St. Paolo

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 08:13 PM (Cqx++)

50 I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

===

LOL, Marco and Bessent were on the decoy plane too. So were other cabinet members. I don't see them complaining!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (g47mK)

51 Do not take wudu if you are allergic to wudu, or to any of its ingredients.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

52 "I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die."

*Shrugs shoulders*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:14 PM (d9FiM)

53 Ritchie Blackmore is performing with Deep Purple tonight. First time in over 30 years.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 12, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

He's 81 years old. I hope Graham Bonnet shows up and kicks his wrinkled old ass for firing him.

Posted by: Rainbow at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (G5vcO)

54 know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.
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CNN "just happened to" broadcast a Trump rally live for the first time in 7 years and pointed a high speed camera at his head so they and the rest of their demented sons and daughters of Satan could masturbate to his face being blown apart in super slow motion for the rest of their lives. Please spare me the bullshit.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (vE0+H)

55 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)

56 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?

Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

57 48 Violet the wonder beagle has the zoomies. So cute.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026

When Saijo has zoomies, he smooshes his ears down and looks like a seal.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

58 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)
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I saw Supercell Over Nebraska open for John (Cougar) Mellencamp at Pine Knob in '87. Great show!

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

59 39 No more Mr. Nice Guy?

Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
I wonder if the White House press corps will finally go a little harder on Trump now they know he was okay with... potentially letting them die.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:08 PM (ndZc7)

Um...

The most overused word is "unsafe." You are never safe. You could get hit by a bus, you could die of a massive heart attack, you could bust an aneurism, you could just, you know, croak.

Is it really the Secret Service's job to protect these feckless idiots? Why, no, no it is not.

If you feel unsafe with PDT, then fuck off back to your studio and hide in a closet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)

60 There's a Supercell in my pants.

Posted by: Preznit Depends at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (JM9I6)

61 56 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?
Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

They do, plus they have low sodium entrees. And a Salad Wagon.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (nDXEV)

62 Goes to Gateway Pundit:

BABY GABRIEL HAS BEEN BORN! After a highly publicized legal battle over his medical care, Baby Gabriel has arrived in Texas. The case drew national attention after his surrogate, McKenna West, fought to ensure he could receive life-saving treatment for a treatable heart condition. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had intervened to protect the baby’s access to necessary medical care.

Read the rest of the story, link in the comment.

https://tinyurl.com/46rcp2tk

Suck dick Talarico.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (VbzrQ)

63 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:21 PM (77rzZ)

64 Heh, The White House press corpse.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 08:22 PM (Q+gd/)

65 Cell the movie sucked and I walked out. Cell the band wasn't half bad. I think we played with em at Lollapalooza second stage in 93.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (nDXEV)

66 Supercell over Nebraska > Two Moons Over My Hammy
Posted by: Diogenes

Everyone in the red Dodge truck! We have to get Dorothy under the cell!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (VbzrQ)

67 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

68 CNN "just happened to" broadcast a Trump rally live for the first time in 7 years and pointed a high speed camera at his head so they and the rest of their demented sons and daughters of Satan could masturbate to his face being blown apart in super slow motion for the rest of their lives. Please spare me the bullshit.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:15 PM (vE0+H)
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The releases of information are not being conducted in real time. These were held back. If you work in the business, you know that. Trump has been holding back a ton of this stuff to completely derail Dem momentum in the midterms. Everyone wringing their hands over oil or Iran are just fools.

Only an abject idiot releases information when they find it. Yes, the reporters are running with it, but it was fed to them. All of them are being fed.

The next few months are going to be absolutely lit.

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

69 *looks at italicans carrying heavy tower*

This is going to be great!

Posted by: Local Italican Chirpractors at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (brIJB)

70 Begone cuckshed-dwelling sock!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

71 Hey, A. H. Lloyd!

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

72 70 Begone cuckshed-dwelling sock!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

It was pretty icky.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (+Z9Sn)

73 67 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:23 PM (MWfyi)

C'mon. That could be Organia, Halka, Starbase 24 or a number of failed colonies like Tarsus IV.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (nDXEV)

74 Star Trek is on. It's the one where they enter the low T zone.
Posted by: fd

Don't tell me - they also discuss the inviolate Prime Directive and then spend most of the episode breaking it.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (udaaY)

75 If you feel unsafe with PDT, then fuck off back to your studio and hide in a closet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)
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LOL, the White House simps have lied as hard as they can about Trump. Trump actually tried to kick them out - he's worried about their safety - but the SUED to be let back in.

I guarantee that if Trump told them to get off the plane due to a terror threat, they would have raised absolute hell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

76 This zone sucks all of the energy out of you.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)

77 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.

Posted by: All Mammoni! at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (JM9I6)

78 Don't tell me - they also discuss the inviolate Prime Directive and then spend most of the episode breaking it.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (udaaY)
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Kirk bangs some high quality talent as well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

79 He's 81 years old (Blackmore). I hope Graham Bonnet shows up and kicks his wrinkled old ass for firing him.
Posted by: Rainbow

I understand Bonnet would be taking a haircut to perform there.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (udaaY)

80 Does the Deep Purple concert start at 4:30PM like the Early Bird Specials in Del Boca Vista?
Posted by: Uncle Leo at August 12, 2026 08:18 PM (JM9I6)

You think you could keep us out of Del Boca Vista? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court! And I dare you to keep me out!

Posted by: The Rolling Stones, Older than dirt at August 12, 2026 08:29 PM (G5vcO)

81 You cast the spell, so break it.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 08:29 PM (nDXEV)

82 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.
Posted by: All Mammoni! at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (JM9I6)
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The secular basement dwellers aren't the ones showing up for ancient Catholic rituals. Much of Europe has secularized, but that has made the Catholic remnant a lot more strident.

The Pope's visit to Spain was lit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

83 I saw Supercell Over Nebraska open for Supercell (not over Nebraska) at the Steelhouse in 2012.

https://youtu.be/a6nmtJAC4NM

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (VHUov)

84
See Andrew McCarthy's X feed here for some of his first eclipse shots. He was on a boat in the Mediterranean for this:

https://t.ly/C2ALU

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:30 PM (w6EFb)

85 Damn, another sneezing fit. What a stupid reflex.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

86 Hey, A. H. Lloyd!
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)
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Hello! The surgery went very well. Mrs. Lloyd is spending the night just to be on the safe side. It's nice to have the whole ordeal over and now focus on healing and recovery.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (ZOv7s)

87 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:20 PM (+Z9Sn)

The funniest part of this is they want the White House Press Corpse (spelled this way on purpose) to be HARDER on Trump

Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)

88 It was pretty icky.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:26 PM (+Z9Sn)
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You have no idea.

Posted by: Nancy French at August 12, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

89 You people and your weather.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:32 PM (JvZF+)

90 The releases of information are not being conducted in real time. These were held back. If you work in the business, you know that. Trump has been holding back a ton of this stuff to completely derail Dem momentum in the midterms. Everyone wringing their hands over oil or Iran are just fools.

Only an abject idiot releases information when they find it. Yes, the reporters are running with it, but it was fed to them. All of them are being fed.

The next few months are going to be absolutely lit.

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

I enjoyed this but didn't understand the sock - I figured it was an old gay one.

BTW continued prayers for you and your lovely. I'm sorry you are going through it but good to hear that things are ok (last I heard).

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (vE0+H)

91
Oh, a cool one he got post totality. The partially eclipsed setting sun over the horizon:

https://t.ly/UGQwx

He mentioned earlier he wanted to get in a spot with low sun altitude for what he was going for, and this shows what he was aiming for.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (w6EFb)

92 86 A. H., what was the surgery?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

93 The funniest part of this is they want the White House Press Corpse (spelled this way on purpose) to be HARDER on Trump

Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)

It turns out you can just say things. Leftards only believe about 2% of what they actually say. And you can tell which stuff that is because it's the most hateful and vile shit they come out with.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (vE0+H)

94 Cat saves chicken from a fox
=====

Pro Tip: Do Not Play With Barn Cat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (JvZF+)

95 Like they don't already hate his guts and constantly write negative stories?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)
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Performative outrage knows no limits. There is always someone who is MORE pissed, demanding that others equal their rage.

The fact that it's completely ineffective is besides the point. It should be obvious by now that liberal guys are very comfortable with being loudly impotent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM (ZOv7s)

96
You people and your weather.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

=============

We had an earthquake today! California rules.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

97 Has anybody heard from commenter XTC? Haven’t seen him lately.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (77rzZ)

98 Left on the plane - bitch
Made to get off the plane - bitch.

Fuck 'em. They're commie assholes. This is what they do.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (d9FiM)

99 liberal guys are very comfortable with being loudly impotent.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:34 PM

The Paolo is, how you say, quietly potent.

Posted by: Paolo at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (0sNs1)

100 I'd wager most of those guys carrying the statue are unemployed and live in Mommy's basement.
Posted by: All Mammoni!

The secular basement dwellers aren't the ones showing up for ancient Catholic rituals.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

And regardless of their religiosity, basement-dwellers aren't known for hoisting 50+ lbs and dancing down the street with it.

5500 lb tower, 100+ dudes..... but does the weight include the band and the announcer standing on it?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (VHUov)

101 Deep Thought:

If a daredevil is killed doing a stunt does he become a dareangel?

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (KC5Lt)

102 Damn, another sneezing fit. What a stupid reflex.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:31 PM

Have you tried motorboating?

Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

103 I guarantee that if Trump told them to get off the plane due to a terror threat, they would have raised absolute hell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

That was like when the libs all complained that Bush should have "done something" about his "9/11 warning" (Bin Laden Determined to Strike In U.S.).

You can see it now in the wake of Selected Not Elected -- Bush announces he has "classified intelligence" and therefore must crack down on swarthy men at airports and other high value locations. Would have gone down an absolute treat. "Yes President Bush, Good Idea President Bush, We Believe You President Bush, Thank You President Bush" they would have all said. Fuck, they wouldn't even let him do it on 9/12!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)

104 A. H., what was the surgery?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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Double mastectomy for stage one breast cancer. We caught it at stage zero, and they upgraded it last week, but the operation was already scheduled so I'm not sure what the point was. We're waiting for the biopsy to see if chemo needs to happen.

Just before she was to be prepped, I got to chat with her and all the staff is doing their thing and as I left and paused and looked wistfully at her chest. "I'm going to miss you guys. We had 26 great years together."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

105 Ian Gillan looks great for 81.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 08:38 PM (DZ9Lv)

106 Left on the plane - bitch
Made to get off the plane - bitch.

Fuck 'em. They're commie assholes. This is what they do.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 08:36 PM (d9FiM)
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What's going to be funny is to see how many of them decided to travel independently, because they're all simpering cowards.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (ZOv7s)

107 96
You people and your weather.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

Calif had 192 Earthquakes in the last week...

and no, I'm not kidding or exaggerating...

But lots of little quakes are much better than one big un.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (mP0Kj)

108 We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)
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I thought you were in SEPa?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (JvZF+)

109 I’m sorry, A. H., but I’m glad that your missus is OK. Please give her hugs on the Horde’s behalf.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

110 Hello! The surgery went very well. Mrs. Lloyd is spending the night just to be on the safe side. It's nice to have the whole ordeal over and now focus on healing and recovery.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Prayers for full healing and joy in recovery.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (Y8DZL)

111 Funny how no one is mad at Iran for possibly killing a bunch of reporters.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

112 Funny how no one is mad at Iran for possibly killing a bunch of reporters.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

The dog that didn't bark, eh

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:41 PM (vE0+H)

113 That was like when the libs all complained that Bush should have "done something" about his "9/11 warning" (Bin Laden Determined to Strike In U.S.).

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:37 PM (vE0+H)
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"We need to slash defense spending and put that money towards schools!"

"You idiot! You didn't spend enough on missiles! Iran is beating us!"

Exact same people.

Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things like critical national defense secrets? Hegseth needs to break a bunch of these fat, cowardly DEI-loving war-losing shits.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

114 Thanks for the prayers and encouragement guys. The Horde is the best.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Saw a lost cat outside Subway this evening. Time was, I'd rescue it. But now I'm too old and broke to take in any more. Now I'll fret about its fate forever. Soft hearted sap.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 08:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

116 We had an earthquake today! California rules.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 08:35 PM (DUAdZ)

Just one? AK shakes constantly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:46 PM (+Z9Sn)

117
And another low-angle effect he was going for:

https://t.ly/-0Kp4

That's a brief video of the Moon's shadow splitting the sunset sky in half.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 08:47 PM (w6EFb)

118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things like critical national defense secrets? Hegseth needs to break a bunch of these fat, cowardly DEI-loving war-losing shits.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

They don't get to. When they do, they need to be court marshalled. They do not get to flout the rules just because they retired. Sedition and/or treason still apply.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:48 PM (+Z9Sn)

119 How many times now has Iran tried to assassinate Trump? The White House press corpse doesn't know they are in danger whenever they are near Trump? The same SS who let an assassin nick Trump's ear is going to protect the press corpse?

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 08:49 PM (Q+gd/)

120 Hi, Bulg. Sorry, I was cleaning the kitchen.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

121 120 Piper, I thought you had people for that.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

122 They don't get to. When they do, they need to be court marshalled. They do not get to flout the rules just because they retired. Sedition and/or treason still apply.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 08:48 PM (+Z9Sn)

Thank you. Small pet peeve of mine - even Judge Judy gets it wrong - and I am hardly a grammarian.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:54 PM (vE0+H)

123 114 A. H., take care of her. Prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

124 118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 08:42 PM (ZOv7s)

They don't get to. When they do, they need to ...
Posted by: tcn
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Have their fingers broken, one at a time as bullet points, while they are being lectured on protocol.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:55 PM (VQ0bX)

125 121 120 Piper, I thought you had people for that.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:52 PM (77rzZ)

I should have daily staff, but no. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

126
I thought you were in SEPa?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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Southeast Pennsylvania?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (XJ22o)

127 You do not get to flute the rules in the low brass section.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (77rzZ)

128 Those people up there in housing so comfortable we could never afford do not understand the mood of the people. They have enough money, they could buy a clue.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (VQ0bX)

129 I should have daily staff, but no. 😂

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 08:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

I will give you, how you say, daily staff.

Posted by: Paolo at August 12, 2026 08:57 PM (vE0+H)

130 Thank you. Small pet peeve of mine - even Judge Judy gets it wrong - and I am hardly a grammarian.

Posted by: ...
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nazi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (VQ0bX)

131
Calif had 192 Earthquakes in the last week...

and no, I'm not kidding or exaggerating...

But lots of little quakes are much better than one big un.
Posted by: Romeo13

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I'm sure we had 192. I just happened to be in the zone for one of them today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (XJ22o)

132 BIL's surgery today went well after the sedation kicked in - as you may remember he has some developmental disabilities. He got spooked during the check in process and actually thought he could overcome his sister's (my lovely wife) will and strength when pissed off. Fool.

Anyway, the surgeon removed a monster organ that shouldn't have been and he is now in recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (udaaY)

133 Blonde Morticia, in the zone. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:00 PM (VQ0bX)

134 I've been looking everywhere for that thing!

Posted by: Phantom of the Opera at August 12, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

135 Piper, J’s gotta step up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

136 ...actually thought he could overcome his sister's (my lovely wife) will and strength when pissed off. Fool.

he is now in recovery. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

Posted by: Tonypete
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Fool, hahahahaah
Well, anyway, The best to your BIL.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:03 PM (VQ0bX)

137 They don't get to. When they do, they need to ...
Posted by: tcn
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Have their fingers broken, one at a time as bullet points, while they are being lectured on protocol.

Posted by: Braenyard

Nah - make it really painful. Order them to attend briefings given by O-1s until they give up the plans to the Norden Bombsight.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (udaaY)

138 Tonypete, prayer up.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)

139 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 08:59 PM (VQ0bX)

Tucker and Candace here I come.

Even Brit Lass thought it was flaunt and she's at least several times smarter than I am and besides the English are supposed to know language. It's not flaunt. Flaunt has become an "accepted misuse". But this I do not accept.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:04 PM (vE0+H)

140
Will remember Mrs. Lloyd in my Rosary intentions tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:05 PM (O0L8i)

141 118 Speaking of which...why do retired flag officers think they are allowed to talk about classified things ...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

They have information that's valuable, and haven't had to worry about consequences of misconduct for many years? Still don't, typically, unless they do something GROSSLY improper AND it gets general media attention.

Posted by: Military Moron at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+/CWD)

142 Flaunt is "show off." Flout is ignore flagrantly, to the point of abuse. I have no idea how those two words get reversed.

English, m-f'er. Do you speak it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+Z9Sn)

143 I propose the new word 'flunt' to replace flout and flaunt, in order to restore vocabularian harmony.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (Jr5Lq)

144
I did not know Bulg was into eclipse photography. Warning, NSFW silhouette:

https://t.ly/H2U8G

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (w6EFb)

145
flaunted; flaunting; flaunts
Synonyms of flaunt

intransitive verb
1: to display or obtrude oneself to public notice
… a great flaunting crowd …—Charles Dickens

2: to wave or flutter showily
the flag flaunts in the breeze

transitive verb
1: to display ostentatiously or impudently : parade
flaunting his superiority
a chance to flaunt clothes, bodies, and sexuality—New Yorker

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:07 PM (VQ0bX)

146 Watching "Minions & Monsters". It's... not for kids

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 09:09 PM (88C+u)

147 SUE the T. rex
@SUEtheTrex
10h
TODAY IS MY UNEARTH DAY! THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DAY THEY FOUND ME IN THE GROUND!

CELEBRATE BY CREATING CHAOS IN A MIDWESTERN CITY. EAT RAW MEAT OUTSIDE. SCREAM AT PUBLIC ART. MAKE AN ENEMY OF A STATUE. BULLY A MAMMAL. SECRETLY BE TENDER. SCREAM AT A ROCK IN THE SKY!
Aug 12, 2026 · 2:16 PM UTC

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

148 I used to “flounce.”
— Zombie Lindsey Graham

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)

149 Nah - make it really painful. Order them to attend briefings given by O-1s until they give up the plans to the Norden Bombsight.

Posted by: Tonypete
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I see that you are a gentleman and give gentlemanly respect to rank.
These people have adulterated their rank and deserve no respect.
Give the treasonous bitches what they deserve break their fingers or hang them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:11 PM (VQ0bX)

150 Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:06 PM (+Z9Sn)

I do not want to excuse the abusers of language - Lord knows I love to beat up the English a bit myself - but apparently it's because someone thought flout was itself a corruption of flaunt because they saw someone breaking a rule one time "ostentatiously".

To make matters worse this mistake became codified somewhere along the way as a tolerable one. But the wrong word, however similar, is not a tolerable substitute for the right word.

And honestly I don't give a shit about most other wrong words or word orders or spellings. English is supposed to be fun. It's just when someone flouts this particular one, I believe they do so ostentatiously.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (vE0+H)

151 "The Court-Martial of General Tso" with James Hong was on streaming last night, pretty decent but dubbing was not great.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (nDXEV)

152 147 Good Grief, Ben R., could you back off a little?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:14 PM (77rzZ)

153
Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

154 Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:15 PM (O0L8i)

Taking over for Aunt Esther?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 09:16 PM (nDXEV)

155 Ten minutes of Sergio Mendes and Brasil 88:
youtube.com/watch?v=PXgIfKTVyCI

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

156 To make matters worse this mistake became codified somewhere along the way as a tolerable one. But the wrong word, however similar, is not a tolerable substitute for the right word ...
Posted by: ...
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One must be careful, just because it appears on the web as a spelling or definition no longer means that it's correct.
The web is full of crap presented as valid.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:17 PM (VQ0bX)

157 Flout the flaunt flounce!

Posted by: Flaunt Flounce Flouter at August 12, 2026 09:18 PM (MWfyi)

158 flaunted; flaunting; flaunts
Synonyms of flaunt

The gunsel flaunted across the ballroom flaunting his gunsel package while others criticized the way the gunsel flaunts his wares so unashamedly.

Posted by: Gunsel and Flaunt at August 12, 2026 09:19 PM (G5vcO)

159 Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

160 I remember that one time I flaunted and they had to rush me off the stage.

Posted by: Joe Biteum at August 12, 2026 09:21 PM (MWfyi)

161 Haunfel and Grefel.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:21 PM (g47mK)

162 159 Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg
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Working dogs aren't bred that way and don't suffer the afflictions of the upscale.
Border Collies
Beagles

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (VQ0bX)

163
I have been writing to professors at universities here and abroad requesting reprints of journal articles and explaining they're for my book. Not only have the responses been positive but also friendly and even, to my astonishment, flattering. And here I thought I was just a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

164 The trash-to-sculpture birds lady is incredible. Wonder if she sells those.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (RCjYY)

165
Hadrian, just a thought, maybe purebred dogs are dumb because of inbreeding? The canine brain version of the Hapsburg jaw?

Posted by: Bulg

__________

The boys are dumb on their own merits. The girls will steal your watch, wallet and phone without you being aware of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:24 PM (O0L8i)

166 The girls will steal your watch, wallet and phone without you being aware of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Some girls are just naturally that way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:26 PM (VQ0bX)

167 The surrogate, McKenna West, an Alaskan nurse and single mother of two, had entered into a surrogacy agreement through Worldwide Surrogacy Specialists with the California couple, identified in court documents as Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed.

Let me guess, the donors were first cousins.

They should probably be deported.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (C0Nlv)

168 I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

169 Will remember Mrs. Lloyd in my Rosary intentions tomorrow.
Posted by: Hadrian

Saw this and was concerned Mrs. Lloyd was no longer with us! Had to go back upthread for context. Whew. Yes, God bless her in recovery. And comfort to A.H. as well.

Posted by: mindful webworker - partial info can be distressing at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (B18Qw)

170 A compilation of people taking video of the recent Menasha/Appleton tornado (instead of taking shelter) ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LULcjdaT5BE

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 09:30 PM (Q+gd/)

171
Blonde Morticia, in the zone. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard -

================

ITZ as we say.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 12, 2026 09:30 PM (XJ22o)

172 I love traditions like the procession of the tower carriers in Italy. It makes me happy that we come from a history and culture, European, that gave so much to the world.

Posted by: Decaf at August 12, 2026 09:34 PM (ZNpJk)

173 over 100 men carry a 25-meter-tall, 2.5-ton (5,500-lb) tower

That looks like a lot of fun. So, how many giraffes is 25 meters?

Posted by: mindful webworker - asking the important questions at August 12, 2026 09:34 PM (B18Qw)

174
News from my day. I had a reason to pay a visit to the West Marine store in Rehoboth Beach, DE this afternoon to acquire a replacement fire extinguisher for our watercraft.

Imagine my surprise to enter the store only to encounter it in a going out of business sale. The two guys staffing the checkout area said the company had filed for bankruptcy recently. It was extremely likely that all of its stores were closing or would be doing so soon.

"We're long since sold out of fire extinguishers." I got the replacement somewhere else.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:37 PM (s9VOe)

175

Hit that long lunar note and let it float.

https://youtu.be/XF177Aj59C8

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 09:37 PM (Cqx++)

176
I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)

_________

It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)

177 Ajax was pure bred and BY FAR the smartest dog I have ever known. He had a grasp of spatial reasoning that was creepy at times.

He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

178
including some commenters on this blog.

__________

Well, that's an awfully low bar.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:41 PM (NrCWn)

179 Saw this and was concerned Mrs. Lloyd was no longer with us! Had to go back upthread for context. Whew. Yes, God bless her in recovery. And comfort to A.H. as well.
Posted by: mindful webworker - partial info can be distressing at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (B18Qw)
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She is very much alive and texting!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

180 Smartest dog I ever knew was a blue heeler.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

181
Gave The Big Dummy a bath this evening. He's a good boy and never gives the least problem, but he's a pain to do all the same.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I came across a "LaMonte" in our family tree two days ago, out in second cousin territory as a grandfather of some degree. No evidence was available immediately to judge whether he was a big dummy, but that branch hasn't beennfully scoped out yet.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:44 PM (s9VOe)

182 And here I thought I was just a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:23 PM (O0L8i)

Awesome! And never to me...

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (vE0+H)

183
Hubby and I are watching the Cubs game.

There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

184 Smartest dog I ever knew was a blue heeler.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

*fistbump* Red Heeler was Ajax.

They sometimes come at a problem sideways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

185
He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I don't get it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:46 PM (s9VOe)

186 It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)
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The "inbred royalty" line is old English propaganda. The Habsburgs constantly sought marriages outside their line to add new territories. That's how Charles V could be such a threat to the rest of Europe.

There used to be a saying that the Habsburgs were unlucky in war, but lucky in marriage because they didn't conquer territory, they married into it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

187 I can't figure out how those Italians are carrying that tower. Plus there are people on the platform dancing...that does not seem right for the poor men.

Are men UNDER the platform?

This will bug me forevermore.

Have been babysitting all week and am exhausted but sleeping really well every night. Baby girl likes noises and singing and we supply both.

She's almost a year old and tried to cluck like a hen today as the book she loves has animals. It will be awhile before she can master my rooster crow. She pets the Golden who looks like her's, and pants like a doggie (can't bark yet).

At a puppy stage of life pre-walking and fast crawls to you smiling to be picked up. We love her lots.

The eclipse from the fighter jet, Ace. Wow. All I could think about was God.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (hzuYO)

188 Line breeding. I concentrated a line to a legend in horses in order to preserve those genetics.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 09:48 PM (EZtVN)

189
There used to be a saying that the Habsburgs were unlucky in war, but lucky in marriage because they didn't conquer territory, they married into it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

__________

Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria, nube.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:49 PM (O0L8i)

190 @163
Sometimes it's best to be a forgotten nobody.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (fV9m3)

191
He was smarter than a lot of people I know, including some commenters on this blog.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:40 PM (zZu0s)

************
I'm right here and this is about me, isn't it

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (hzuYO)

192 Hubby and I are watching the Cubs game.

There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)
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Cheap grace. T-shirt Calvinism. "By these protest signs we are saved."

Kind of funny how I got flak for "Yard Sign Calvinism" and then Buck Throckmorton noted that Karens are basically bored Puritan women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)

193
There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

WTH?

Posted by: four seasons

A grocery store that sells live chickens?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 09:51 PM (Cqx++)

194 noted that Karens are basically bored Puritan women.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:50 PM (ZOv7s)

I was thinking self-absorbed social-climbing control freak assholes. Power of and?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:53 PM (vE0+H)

195
Most of us are trying to survive.

Being upset that chickens are caged?

Get a life.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (/QHx4)

196 113 AHL

Good catch! AFAIK, conservatives don't do that weathervane krap.

Speaking of respectable, unbiased purveyors of fact, I offer up the WSJ & CNBC for your consideration. Just this past week, I have seen these headlines. I'm going to rely on my memoiy-- not going to go through a lot of dreck to quote verbatim, but trust me:

"Trump Falsely States Childhood Vaccines May Cause Serious Health Problems"

"Trump Claims Wrongly That Voting By Non-Citizens Is Widespread"

Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (RCjYY)

197
There are people there wearing yellow shirts protesting Harris Teeter keeping chickens in cages.

They've not learned the snow job that is "free range chicken" yet, have they?

Chickens are dumb. Their gateway to "free ranging" is a single door at the end of a chicken house dozens of yards long. Ain't no chickens taking the long walk to go out that door.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 12, 2026 09:55 PM (s9VOe)

198 I was thinking self-absorbed social-climbing control freak assholes. Power of and?
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:53 PM (vE0+H)
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It falls squarely into the category of "nothing is new under the sun."

Chicks screaming about witches in Salem are now screaming about Trump. SSDD.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

199 I've probably told this story before, but don't really care.

When he was about a year old, I kept trying to get him 'thinking toys'. He solved every one so quickly it was slightly creepy. Then I found one. It was a bottle with the screw end on the large end (the bottle looked kind of like a milk bottle.) In the small open end there was a rope inserted in the neck of the bottle. The idea being you filled the bottle up with treats, the dog would pull on the rope or swing the bottle around and get treats one or two at a time.

So I fill the bottle up and set the toy down in front of Ajax. He gets down and just stares at it. Sniffs both ends and just stares some more. Wheels turning furiously. I turn around thinking 'got you.'

Then about 5 mind later I hear munching. Turn around in my chair and there is Ajax with a pile of treats in front of him, pigging out. The bottle half empty beside him. Intact. And im like 'Whaaaaa'. He just wagged his tail at me.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (zZu0s)

200 104 A. H., what was the surgery?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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Double mastectomy for stage one breast cancer. We caught it at stage zero, and they upgraded it last week, but the operation was already scheduled so I'm not sure what the point was. We're waiting for the biopsy to see if chemo needs to happen.

Just before she was to be prepped, I got to chat with her and all the staff is doing their thing and as I left and paused and looked wistfully at her chest. "I'm going to miss you guys. We had 26 great years together."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August

What a shitty thing to say to your wife.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

201 176
I still think that inbreeding animals is a bad idea.

Hybrid vigor is where it’s at.
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:28 PM (77rzZ)
_________
It has to be done carefully and with great aforethought. And there's no evidence that mixed breeds are any healthier than purebred.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:39 PM (NrCWn)

I have only ever had one "pure bred" dog. He was an amazing terrier, but downright odd. Not stupid, but driven, in the silly way terriers tend to be.

I have had many mutts, some were (are) idiots and some ridiculously intelligent dogs. The two I have now are Alaskan sled dogs, which means a mix of Siberian husky, probably some lab, probably some German shepherd, sometimes a little bit of wolf depending on the dog yard they bred in, and sometimes something else. They are bred for speed and endurance, and for sleeping in the snow below zero.

One sister is crafty and curious, the other is a complete idiot, but loyal in her stupidity. They look similar, except that one about 10 lbs bigger than the other. They are both fast and can run forever.

Breeding isn't just for "pure breed" conformance. Sometimes it is for other reasons.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:57 PM (+Z9Sn)

202 ..."Trump Falsely States Childhood Vaccines May Cause Serious Health Problems"

"Trump Claims Wrongly That Voting By Non-Citizens Is Widespread"

Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw
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Like my doctor said, I don't understand how intelligent people (he was talking about his friends) believe that crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VQ0bX)

203 What a shitty thing to say to your wife.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

And what an ass you are.

Do you suppose she got the joke? I doubt you have ever been married.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (+Z9Sn)

204 Like that! This is not bilge from The View or Vanity Fair! This is respectable journalism!

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 09:54 PM (RCjYY)
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WSJ is just as bad as the NYT. The reporters are all woke, and the editorial page is beholden to importing peasants to drive down wages.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

205 I can't figure out how those Italians are carrying that tower. Plus there are people on the platform dancing...that does not seem right for the poor men.
Are men UNDER the platform?

It's like a litter/palanquin. There are bars projecting from the sides, and the men around it are carrying it by those bars. I don't think anyone is dumb enough to be underneath the 2.5 ton tower....

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

206 So I am wondering how he did it. Because I cannot quite figure it out. The screw end is intact. The rope end is intact.

So I fill it back up and put it down in front of him again. Sat down in my chair and turned around but kept glancing over my shoulder.

He turned the bottle around so it was laying on his front legs, small end away from him. He then grasped the big end in his mouth. Then shook the bottle up and down, spilling the treats out in a small pile .
I stopped trying to buy him 'thinking toys' because I realized it was just insulting for us both.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (zZu0s)

207 >>Like my doctor said, I don't understand how intelligent people (he was talking about his friends) believe that crap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (VQ0bX)

When you realize this is their modern day religion, it explains a lot.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (nDXEV)

208 nood

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 10:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

209 She already feels less of a woman

She already feels mutilated.

Men love boobs. Right?

It’s a shitty thing to say. I’ve been married. And my Boobs have been mutilated.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:03 PM (pXM6/)

210 204 AHL

Don't forget CNBC. For a purely financial news website, CNBC sure hates on Trump A LOT!

Almost daily CNBC commits some kind of bias atrocity. I guess they assume MAGAns are too dumb and broke to read financial news.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (RCjYY)

211
It's like a litter/palanquin. There are bars projecting from the sides, and the men around it are carrying it by those bars. I don't think anyone is dumb enough to be underneath the 2.5 ton tower....
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)
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Thanks. It said 100 men carrying it and I tried to count. They must tag team?

I would like to be carried in a litter but don't have one. I'm that tired this week from a baby girl alternating with the older chimp grandchildren who make us more tired. When we have all 3 at the same time we need a day to recover.

What we do for love the week before school starts...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreatisParanoid at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (hzuYO)

212
I think AHL sad the right thing to his wife.

We here don't know what type of relationship people have with their family.

Every relationship is different. Having a sense of humor is important.

Best wishes for the AhL family!!

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 10:04 PM (/QHx4)

213 Bluebell the hen wants to know when the super-size ray will be available so she can go visit the dumb bint monkeys with their bright yellow t-shirts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 12, 2026 10:07 PM (+fdRY)

214 What a shitty thing to say to your wife.
Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 09:56 PM (pXM6/)

And what an ass you are.

Do you suppose she got the joke? I doubt you have ever been married.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 12, 2026 09:58 PM (+Z9Sn)

My wife would have quipped, "grab a handful, these are the last boobies you'll handle...or else."

Gotta have a sense of humor about the shit life throws at you.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 10:09 PM (0aYVJ)

215 Say the men who keep ogling at the big boobies on the sidewalk.

Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

216 Not ok. She feels dewoman ized enough. She feels no longer attractive. Men talk about boobs all the time.

It’s not a joke. It’s traumatic.

Posted by: AYFKM? at August 12, 2026 10:12 PM (yEz+x)

Everyone is different though. You have to make allowances for differences in situation and temper.

For example I call my wife a cunt to her face all the time. She's British. She expects it. Now if I called her a libtard, or said she was like her mother, those would be fighting words.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:26 PM (vE0+H)

217 Sorry for what you went through btw. Very. I happen to like legs FWIW.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:27 PM (vE0+H)

Quick Hits

Women are broken. Men aren't doing great either, but holy mackerel, are women cooked.

"Gender is an artificial social construct and can be completely changed with a mere thought" says the barren woman whose childlessness compels her to find a substitute to mother, and settles on... wasps.

Mamdani, who ran on defunding the police, volunteers the NYPD to escort his whore wife to the Middle East for her rabble-rousing terror-trip, and the NYPD says go f*** yourself, Sparky.

A seemingly red-faced Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed a "miscommunication" Tuesday after an awkward public clash between City Hall and NYPD officials over whether the department would provide security for his wife Rama Duwaji's upcoming Middle East trip.
The high-profile back-and-forth appeared to end when Hizzoner asserted that Duwaji would not receive a taxpayer-funded police escort on her jaunt to Syria and Lebanon next month -- despite his own senior spokesperson claiming she would the day prior.
...
"Upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD, the first lady's security detail will be joining her when she travels to visit family in Syria and Lebanon," Mamdani's spokeswoman Dora Pekec said.

But City Hall's assertion drew a stunning response from the NYPD Tuesday morning.
"The NYPD does not send officers to countries with level four travel advisories for discretionary reasons not linked to investigative work," a department spokesperson insisted.
"This is not an investigative trip, and therefore, NYPD personnel will not be traveling there for it."
The statement not only undercut Pekec's assertion, but effectively amounted to NYPD officials publicly breaking with their boss: Mamdani.
...

Both countries are on the US State Department's "Do Not Travel" list due to security concerns.
The prospect of sending NYPD cops to countries on the "Do Not Travel" list struck former police commissioner Bill Bratton as "ill-advised."
...
Duwaji, a 29-year-old Syrian-American artist, traveled overseas just last month without police protection.
She co-hosted in July a pro-Palestinian all-female spiritual retreat on the French island of Corsica, and was also the "artist-in-residence" at a sold-out "Plants Of The Quran" workshop on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Both were organized by the Women Sanctuary, a Muslim-and-women-focused travel group run by Parisian designer Rym Nur.

These socialists and radical egalitarians sure do expect to be treated like Royals, don't they?

Dana Loesch
@DLoesch
The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory.

Sophie Cunningham's coach explains why she took the side of the thug who almost took her own player's head off. Oh wait, she doesn't explain, she just says she lives with "grace and humility" and everyone else can "go to hell."

"Go to hell," one of the top markers of grace and humility. I think it's Ephesians.

David Axelrod says it's okay that Barack Obama used fake signatures to get himself on the Democrat primary ballot because that's not exactly the same as falsifying votes in an election.

A "butch, non-binary teacher" says "their" first day of the new school year will consist of bullying students into calling zem "they/them."

What kind of videos has Cavernous Nostrils been watching?

Angela� this is transphobic. Royce does not need to conform to your big boobied view of trans womanhood. You�re gatekeeping femininity. That�s tantamount to trans genocide. https://t.co/W9p15Bh9p8
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) August 12, 2026

Nancy Pelosi says she had no idea Biden was mentally declining. This is because she herself is mentally declining, ironically.

She says that "whoever knew" should be punished.

Nancy Pelosi claims she didn't know Biden was mentally declining:

�I saw him maybe 3 times that whole year�so I didn't know. But I do think those who did know should have acted upon that information�whoever knew.� pic.twitter.com/ldl6sghJ9s
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 11, 2026

🚨NEW

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed says he is in favor of a communist-style government seizure of private companies.

HOST: "Are you in favor of public ownership models?"

EL-SAYED: "I want to actually take it a step further...we need some system of public control." pic.twitter.com/zUBHUdZtFm
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 12, 2026

For some reason, this terrorist Muslim Turk (and Turks have a long history of multiple genocides) just can't go three words without calling for violence.

Hasan Piker ends off his stream by melting down over Francesca Hong�s defeat and threatening the establishment

�The knives will be out� pic.twitter.com/Gzd4KUO81B
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 12, 2026

Hasan Piker�surrogate for Abdul El-Sayed and Francesca Hong�has a total meltdown; declares how much he hates American voters.

"I don't want to read this, because I will f*cking k*ll myself with a gun in a video game... I want to put boomers in the machine, in the contraption.� pic.twitter.com/IalANJ2Rbt
— Max 📟 (@MaxNordau) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:40 PM

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1 Before you go

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (LX4y3)

2 !

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (UjdFS)

3 It's all fun and games until a wasp stings her on the tit.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (UjdFS)

4 The male to male transmission of knowledge on how to behave is still somewhat intact, women largely have to rely on public education growing up.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (okun6)

5 Hong probably won

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)

6 She says that "whoever knew" should be punished.

Uh-oh. There goes everybody with two eyes...

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (hLZfT)

7 Emotional Support Africanised Killer Bees.
Kinda covers all the bases.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (nDXEV)

8 Hasan. Poor little bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

9 piker is a scream

Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (CWTWj)

10 Miss Royce White is a woman with a dick. Deal with it.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (CSc+i)

11 Hasan Piker ends off his stream by melting down over Francesca Hong’s defeat and threatening the establishment

“The knives will be out”

I think this nutball is going to become a recurring character this season!

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (hLZfT)

12 I'm going to have free range cobras at the house.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (+mpku)

13 Great.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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12m
OMG

Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Posted by: beckster at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (kX27y)

14 Sad thing is Dems got a much bigger turn out in WI than R's did, so those here are probably screwed anyway.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (LX4y3)

15 "Gender is an artificial social construct and can be completely changed with a mere thought" says the barren woman whose childlessness compels her to find a substitute to mother, and settles on... wasps.

At least she won't smell of cat piss.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (pawvM)

16 Woman Dies In Wasp Attack After Stumble

Posted by: Headlines we expect to see at August 12, 2026 06:48 PM (MWfyi)

17 Piker's podcast seems to be an unending series of hissy fits.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 06:48 PM (CSc+i)

18 Kill them with extreme prejudice

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)

19 14 Sad thing is Dems got a much bigger turn out in WI than R's did, so those here are probably screwed anyway.
Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (LX4y3)

Wisconsin is an open primary State.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 06:49 PM (FtULh)

20 @ wth: "It's all fun and games until a wasp stings her on the tit."

That's the textbook definition of a Bee-cup .

Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 12, 2026 06:49 PM (GJkZ/)

21 NBC just had that WNBA coach on. What a sub-human piece of shit.

Watching this go on, I'm really starting to dislike these ghetto apes.

...........

I just took Ralphy outside for washroom. Snowflake races across the street startling a couple of Moms and their girls going to the park swimming pool.

They all came over to pet Snowflake and Ralphy whom I held. Then they told my friend he has a beautiful cat.

It was cute.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

22 if there was a machine in operation for that purpose, I would favor putting hasan piker in it.

jus' sayin'.

for a friend.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (VyBeY)

23 They all seem so nice

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (jth8J)

24 Hong went to far Left probably

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji.
Who let these fucks in the country?

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)

26 I'm not a big fan of bugs, in general. But mf-ing wasps, hornets, are whole nuther level.

I just don't like pests, vermin, because of the ick. But wasps have put personal hurt on me. And also, in the bug world, wasps are kind of lovecraftian horrors. They take over other creatures, turn them into zombies, lay eggs in them and use their slowly dissolving bodies as ambulatory incubation chambers. They are freaking monsters. Here I'll just say it, they are "The jerks of Animalia"

Posted by: banana Dream at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (3uBP9)

27 14 Sad thing is Dems got a much bigger turn out in WI than R's did, so those here are probably screwed anyway.
Posted by: Bete
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Tiffany was not stupid enough, unlike Mike Lindell next door, to promise GOP voters to push for amnesty. Every GOP consultant and donor best get it through their heads--the base refuses any amnesty and its legal workarounds like OPT, visa overstays, and H1b crap.

Base wants the era of cheap labor for corporate and country club donors over. Even if covered with a sticky residue of Christianity arguments that we owe Muzzies the right to come here to build mosques so they can rule over us because of 'caring'. Ditto for other shitholes not Muzzie.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (E4rtv)

28 Just wait until that nut needs one of those binders the wasps have pappered over. It will be comedy gold watching her try to retrieve it.

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (Isv03)

29 25 Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji.
Who let these fucks in the country?
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (UjdFS)

Have you seen Al Sayed's wife ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (FtULh)

30 Hassan just says it out loud with a very public platform. The rest of the leftists think the same thoughts. Why are we still pretending that these communists can be reasoned with?

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (TN0g+)

31 I just took Ralphy outside for washroom. Snowflake races across the street startling a couple of Moms and their girls going to the park swimming pool.

They all came over to pet Snowflake and Ralphy whom I held. Then they told my friend he has a beautiful cat.

It was cute.

Posted by: Stateless

Nice report. Hope you are doing well and the forest fires have died down.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (E4rtv)

32 > Sophie Cunningham's coach explains why she took the side of the thug who almost took her own player's head off. Oh wait, she doesn't explain, she just says she lives with "grace and humility" and everyone else can "go to hell."

Coach also claimed she didn't react immediately because she didn't see it in real time, which is a blatant lie. There are photographs showing her looking right at the play in real time. Additionally, the big screen showed the replay several times while it was under review. Coach had many opportunities to see that her player got mugged, and respond accordingly.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 06:52 PM (mkw2N)

33 I saw him maybe 3 times that whole year, so I didn't know.

Doesn't she have a TV? Heck, I don't have a TV and didn't see him F2F ever—and yet I figured it out six months before he even ran the first time.

She must be too busy manipulating the stock market to notice these things like the head of her party turning into a zombie.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:52 PM (+4Cf6)

34 Disclaimer. I’ve been drinking and I’m typically one and done with hard alcohol. That said, I’m very irritated by this post. I’m a woman and in no way resemble this twat who nurtures a wasp nest in her office. Ace, I’d like you to know that I installed a gravestone today in our church cemetery. Does that sound like I’m the same as this twat that nurtures a f’ing wasp nest? Time for another cocktail.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 06:52 PM (2NHgQ)

35 Gotta admit, I laugh at all the folks who think we are not ALREADY in a Socialist situation.

Look around you. Is there ANYTHING within your sight that does not have some Government regulation on it? Some rule... some law?

so·cial·ism

noun
socialism (noun)
a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole:

Note the REGULATED in the definition.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 06:53 PM (mP0Kj)

36 5 Hong probably won
Posted by: It's me donna
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Probably. Be curious about the walking around money and ballot harvesting money that was spent by the winning Dem candidate in the last couple of weeks.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:53 PM (E4rtv)

37 The Wasp Lady. Would love to know more about her. “ Quirky” would not cover her by a long shot, I am betting.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:53 PM (sTlXt)

38 > Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Every US airport I've been to in the last ten years is absolutely full of Muslim workers. They're working security, in the shops, in the restaurants, as janitors, etc.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (mkw2N)

39 "EL-SAYED: "I want to actually take it a step further...we need some system of public control."

And exactly who(m?) do you mean by the "public". You mean the commie totalitarian that gets elected by fraud and threats, and by a block vote of Islamists?

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (vbXSk)

40 There are plenty of men that are nothing to be proud of either, neverenoughcaffeine.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

41 Nice report. Hope you are doing well and the forest fires have died down.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:51 P

Thank you. Doing better. And no where near forest fires.

I hope you're well too.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (Sco7b)

42 Meh, back to watching videos of selfie takers getting gored by bison in Yellowstone

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (bX16E)

43 Just wait until that nut needs one of those binders the wasps have pappered over. It will be comedy gold watching her try to retrieve it.

Far more fun if a cow worker lobs a Nerf ball at the side of the nest while she is sitting there.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:55 PM (+4Cf6)

44 I thought maybe Blackie Lawless was in her office.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 12, 2026 06:55 PM (CNl8/)

45 17 Piker's podcast seems to be an unending series of hissy fits.
Posted by: huerfano
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Because he is a whiny bitch. Has the same emotional control of a 13 yr old kid on a bender. And that is what Muzzies are in the end, push the right buttons and they become raging maniacs.

I am a fan more of cold rage myself.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:55 PM (E4rtv)

46 * looks at sign next to wasp nest *

I hope nothing catches on fire, or it'll be a real Benny Hill skit.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 06:55 PM (VHUov)

47 Base wants the era of cheap labor for corporate and country club donors over. Even if covered with a sticky residue of Christianity arguments that we owe Muzzies the right to come here to build mosques so they can rule over us because of 'caring'. Ditto for other shitholes not Muzzie.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (E4rtv)

Consultants and candidates should have learned itafter Walker's demise post embracing that in his presidential run.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:55 PM (LX4y3)

48 The way the trans people act when faced with the slightest pushback is interesting. If they all got together in one place I wouldn't be surprised to see a Jonestown like occurrence.
And I think Piker wants to be a martyr, but he's too much of a coward

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (WOnE5)

49 42 Meh, back to watching videos of selfie takers getting gored by bison in Yellowstone
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (bX16E)

That NEVER gets old. Bring back the Darwin Awards. Probably a Wasp category.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (sTlXt)

50 Thank you. Doing better. And no where near forest fires.

I hope you're well too.
Posted by: Stateless
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Keeping the docs employed. Like your Ralphie and Snowflake stories as they cheer me up. Thanks for that.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (E4rtv)

51 Can you piss in the foot washing bowl?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (KGj36)

52 The Wasp Lady. Would love to know more about her. “ Quirky” would not cover her by a long shot, I am betting.

Over-prescribed anti-anxiety meds.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (+4Cf6)

53 r/Hasan_Piker
The media is going to run with Hong’s loss, but don’t forget that we just destroyed Angie Craig in MN! (Peggy Flanagan wins with 59%)

I'M READY TO BE FUCKING PEGGED THIS NOVEMBER BABY. She wasn't polling nearly as well and she went belt to ass on Craig. Good shit. Hong was a disappointing outcome, but selfishly, MN had a pretty good night. Sounds like CT had some small wins too.

Hong will be back, she's incredible talented. Honestly I want her in Congress instead of Governor. I think she's more suited for the role anyway. She's got 2 years to build a stronger movement.

She could absolutely skullfuck RoJo here in WI. Hopefully she addresses any weaknesses from this race and throws her hat in there.

Last night the DSA candidates won 14 of 19 state legislature seats that were contested across NH, CT, and MN. Hardly an L just because Hong barely lost.

Progress takes time and she was a big reach. Still nothing to be discouraged about, just learn from her campaign and do better next time.

DSA was only 6k people when Trump was first elected. The momentum is here. This was just one election.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (+/CWD)

54 Hasan. Poor little bitch.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 06:44 PM (zZu0s)

The funniest thing about Piker is he has a curated bubble of 100 pct bootlickers but still goes off on them about 20 times a day. He's stroking out someday soon.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (uhVAy)

55 >>Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji.

20 years ago I would ask if you could smell toast and offer to drive you to the hospital when you said that to me.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (uzmqU)

56 "Coach had many opportunities to see that her player got mugged, and respond accordingly." Posted by: bonhomme

And she has done this before, supporting the take down on Sophie, and other times as well. (iirc) even the governor of Indiana called for her to resign over not supporting her players as they were under clear attack.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (vbXSk)

57 I found some rando "science" site that featured a stupid listicle of the "biggest jerks of the animal kingdom" and it just has a few but one is the "jackdaw". Why? Because, the radfem writing the article explains, [the male jackdaw is known to have a unique sense of his female partners stress level.]

??? ok sure, go on...

[And sometimes the male jackdaw does not immediately act to console the female.]

IYFKM...

Posted by: banana Dream at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (3uBP9)

58 Sad thing is Dems got a much bigger turn out in WI than R's did, so those here are probably screwed anyway.
Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (LX4y3)
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Probably more contested races. The GOP vote in Michigan was much less than the Dems but there were very few serious elections. Some weirdo spent a gazillion dollar trying to defeat John James but still got blown away.

Meanwhile the Dems were having a knife fight in the senate race, and lots of activity downballot as well.

Basically the DSA types are making a play to take over the party, and so that's driving up primary turnout. The GOP has pretty much purged its Never Trump faction, so things are quieter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (ZOv7s)

59 Have you seen Al Sayed's wife ?
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

OK I Goggled her. Homely little rat face poking out of the towel wrapped tightly around her chin. I guess her neck is too sexy for public viewing.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (UjdFS)

60 40 There are plenty of men that are nothing to be proud of either, neverenoughcaffeine.
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

It's a fair cop.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (LX4y3)

61 May she get all she wishes for. DEAR LORD.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (b5MGU)

62 At the old house (concrete, 1920s-1930s), we had a lot of wasps getting in every year. Mud-daubers. Not aggressive. Leave them alone and they'll leave you alone.

Brother (RIP) lived there a while, I lived there later for years. Regular friends all knew the rules, but newbies seeing wasps inside would freak out, jump up, wave their arms around, and zing! It had its amusing aspects.

This year, we've been rehabbing the place, sealing all the holes and securing against critters. There were gaping gaps in the ceiling of the front porch (about 40'x4'). Tearing the whole ceiling down, there were several pounds of old mud-dauber nests. Also a lot of snake skins.

All those poor, poor wasps. Border Security has changed. Should be a little less varmit invasion now.

Posted by: mindful webworker - be kind to our winged insect friends at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (B18Qw)

63 Keeping the docs employed. Like your Ralphie and Snowflake stories as they cheer me up. Thanks for that.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (E4rtv

I'm working on a ton of things. The website will get pictures.

Oh, and you all reminded me, I have a wasp to spray by the back kitchen window. We'll see if Eilish feels a stabbing disturbance in Mother Gaia's all-encompassing field of love.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 06:59 PM (Sco7b)

64 I just found out a managing partner of a firm I know now has a trannie "daughter."

FFS, I mean, I knew she was leftie.
But she's generally pretty smart.

Man, this shit is gone too far

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 06:59 PM (3cUTc)

65 51 Can you piss in the foot washing bowl?
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (KGj36)
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I'm sorry, Officer, I thought that was the urinal for vertically-differently-abled pyrsns.

Posted by: What I'm gonna say at August 12, 2026 06:59 PM (brIJB)

66 And this is Adam, and this is Barry, and this is Charlie . . .
- Crazy-ass Wasp Lady

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (ndZc7)

67 Consultants and candidates should have learned itafter Walker's demise post embracing that in his presidential run.
Posted by: Bete

I suspect it is because the consultants and the donor classes are actually well to the left of the average Republican and share many of the same opinions as your average Uniparty Democrat that has done well economically. A lot of investors, corporate execs, and small business types that have done well have the attitude that the rest of the GOP constituency are whiney losers and lazy.

Unfortunately for them, that rest of the GOP coalition outnumbers them probably 70-80 percent to 20.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)

68 he article explains, [the male jackdaw is known to have a unique sense of his female partners stress level.]

??? ok sure, go on...

[And sometimes the male jackdaw does not immediately act to console the female.]
Posted by: banana Dream

Told her to "calm down" once. Never again.

Posted by: the male jackdaw at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (VHUov)

69 The way the trans people act when faced with the slightest pushback is interesting. If they all got together in one place I wouldn't be surprised to see a Jonestown like occurrence.
And I think Piker wants to be a martyr, but he's too much of a coward
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:56 PM (WOnE5)

yeah when he went to the LA 'riots' he was a mile away and had PRESS all over his body so nobody would shoot at him.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)

70
Hong will be back

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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Undoubtedly true. She is serving her third term in the WI state legislature. Couldn't simultaneously run for a 4th AND the governorship, but I'm sure she'll be back in 2028.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (XJ22o)

71 Can you piss in the foot washing bowl?
Posted by: Pudinhead
......

Yeah, but the line gets pretty long.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (UjdFS)

72 What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at August 12, 2026 07:01 PM (q2NNn)

73 Mamdani's wife would look better in a burkha

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:01 PM (WOnE5)

74 Does he want public control but not public ownership?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

75 I'M READY TO BE FUCKING PEGGED THIS NOVEMBER BABY.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 06:57 PM (+/CWD)
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Why wait that long?! I'm ready right now!

Posted by: David French at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

76 Can you piss in the foot washing bowl?
Posted by: Pudinhead

Any restaurants on the concourse selling bacon cheeseburgers?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (VHUov)

77 Minnesota is a f*cked up POS state that still owes the country $$$$$ over all the fraud their government took from our tax dollars. And their governor is a crook who should be in jail.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (fV9m3)

78
Yo Nancy you idiot I never saw Biden ONCE in person but I knew he was a blithering idiot.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (XJ22o)

79 yeah when he went to the LA 'riots' he was a mile away and had PRESS all over his body so nobody would shoot at him.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)

I'd think that would encourage gunfire.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:02 PM (Sco7b)

80 Can you piss in the foot washing bowl?
Posted by: Pudinhead
......

Yeah, but the line gets pretty long.
Posted by: wth

Actual LOL!

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:03 PM (VHUov)

81 That's the textbook definition of a Bee-cup .
Posted by: The Walking Dude at August 12, 2026 06:49 PM

You know about comb sizes?

Posted by: Frank Constanza at August 12, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

82
Last summer we had a huge hornet nest in a part of backyard we don't use. The hornets were not bothering anyone.

We called the pest control company and they said since they were not a threat to leave it alone and when autumn arrived they would leave the nest.

The nest was a beautiful work of art. So amazing little things could construct it.

The hornets did leave and the local conservation office came to get it. They use it as an educational example in their classes.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 07:03 PM (/QHx4)

83 Still looking for a band flyer of Hornets Attack Victor Mature.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:03 PM (nDXEV)

84 Friend worked for a city in the Dayton OH area and he was required to install hand washing implements for a Muslim gathering at a convention center . Yes, to be used after they wiped their ass ends after defecating.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (2NHgQ)

85 I'm so tired of people showing off their mental illnesses like it's something they should be getting awards for.

I'm also just plain tired so please forgive the crappy grammar in the sentence above.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (afFes)

86 And I think Piker wants to be a martyr, but he's too much of a coward
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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After the shit he pulled shocking that poor dog, I hope he meets a pack of rabid pit bulls.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

87 I'm not a big fan of bugs, in general. But mf-ing wasps, hornets, are whole nuther level.

I just don't like pests, vermin, because of the ick. But wasps have put personal hurt on me. And also, in the bug world, wasps are kind of lovecraftian horrors. They take over other creatures, turn them into zombies, lay eggs in them and use their slowly dissolving bodies as ambulatory incubation chambers. They are freaking monsters. Here I'll just say it, they are "The jerks of Animalia"
Posted by: banana Dream at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (3uBP9)

Never been stung by a wasp, have stepped on a number of bees as a barefoot kid. So no personal hurt from a wasp.

But not because they didn't try. Wasps are Asshoe.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (uhVAy)

88
Lady, just move the wasps outdoors where they belong. They're not going to like it when it's time for them to emigrate and they're all trapped indoors.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (XJ22o)

89 The nest was a beautiful work of art. So amazing little things could construct it.

The hornets did leave and the local conservation office came to get it. They use it as an educational example in their classes.
Posted by: four seasons

They could have done that earlier, and taught a different lesson.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (VHUov)

90 Saw at a Otherwise Christian college last year in a religious area a foot washing station. Didn't know of any Christian to be doing that but could just not know. But suspected it was for Muslims

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

91 "Perception is 9/10ths of the law."

Candace is a retard.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (l4RKn)

92 72 What a stupid time to be alive.
Posted by: Count de Monet's

I am sure that is a common phrase used in history whenever the ruling class proves to be incompetent asshats that deserve a nice pit of hellfire.

I can see that when the Roman emperors invited the Goths to stick around and stay awhile. I can see people saying that when the iconoclasts went nuts. And I can see Euros saying it right along with us adding in Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

Foolishness, stupidity and cupidity through the Ages.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)

93
All those poor, poor wasps. Border Security has changed. Should be a little less varmit invasion now.
Posted by: mindful webworker - be kind to our winged insect friends at August 12, 2026 06:58 PM (B18Qw)

Are you suggesting something like territorial-programmed murder hornets all along the southern border, murder hornets genetically altered? Or am I making too much out this?

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (LHPAg)

94 Logan Act anyone? Local cops fly to Shitholeistan to bodyguard the wife? Beuller? Fuck off is the polite response.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (wxsGM)

95 Lady, just move the wasps outdoors where they belong. They're not going to like it when it's time for them to emigrate and they're all trapped indoors.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (XJ22o)
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We, however, might enjoy seeing that on a livestream.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (afFes)

96 Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Posted by: beckster at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (kX27y)

The DFW region is right properly well fooked.
Houston is probably trying to catch up. Probably.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (q2NNn)

97 "Upon the strong recommendation of the NYPD..." Mamdani's spokeswoman Dora Pekec said.
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So, Dora lied. Was that the miscommunication?

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (iNosy)

98 After the shit he pulled shocking that poor dog, I hope he meets a pack of rabid pit bulls.
Posted by: whig

The latest immigrant meltdown of the day is somewhat related.

ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) plans to spend up to $20 million to equip officers with electric shock gloves known as the G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter). Manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC, these devices are designed to deliver painful electric shocks through direct skin contact to gain compliance from combative individuals, with distribution expected by March 31, 2027.

The Hasan and Emperor Palpatine references have been amusing.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (+/CWD)

99 Every US airport I've been to in the last ten years is absolutely full of Muslim workers. They're working security, in the shops, in the restaurants, as janitors, etc.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 06:54 PM (mkw2N)
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Let's just hope there's no outbreak of Sudden Jihad Syndrome...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (FZ29D)

100 91 "Perception is 9/10ths of the law."

Candace is a retard.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Somehow I associate a animated pile of poo speaking whenever I see her picture.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

101 Undoubtedly true. She is serving her third term in the WI state legislature. Couldn't simultaneously run for a 4th AND the governorship, but I'm sure she'll be back in 2028.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:00 PM (XJ22o)

Surely WI has more bug eyed idiots without pulling this one back in?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)

102 I'm also just plain tired so please forgive the crappy grammar in the sentence above.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (afFes)

You need chocolate.

It's medicine!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (l4RKn)

103
Ironic and Non-Ironic Karmic Betting Form For This Thread:

Woman Stung to Death by Pet Wasps 10-1

Woman Has Wasp Fly Up Her Nose and Build Nest in Her Empty Skull 3-1

Muslim Woman Goes to Muslim Country For Muslim Wine-Mom Spirit Quest is Murdered By Muslims 5-1

Muslim Woman Goes to Muslim Country For Muslim Wine-Mom Spirit Quest as a Ruse, Runs Away With Jewish Lover 6-1

WNBA Coach Filled With Grace and humility is Suddenly Dragged to Hell by Demons For reasons Unknown 13-5

Woman Politician Gets Into a Slap Fight with Royce White Using Her Aged Pendulous Boobs and Beats Him to Death 2-1

Muslim Communist Says knives will be out then Immediately is Beaten to Death by a Monkey with a Swiss Army Knife Blades In 9-1

Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (iJfKG)

104 I bet Nanzi isn't all thrre either

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (Ia/+0)

105
foot wash station might be just the thing for cleaning mud off your boots

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (VyBeY)

106 ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) plans to spend up to $20 million to equip officers with electric shock gloves known as the G.L.O.V.E. (Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter). Manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC, these devices are designed to deliver painful electric shocks through direct skin contact to gain compliance from combative individuals, with distribution expected by March 31, 2027.

The Hasan and Emperor Palpatine references have been amusing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

I saw that earlier. Gee, I hope they get field tests on the assholes rioting around ICE facilities.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)

107 If I lived alone, and the wasps were not in an area I would need to be annoying them constantly, I'd leave them there, too. I wouldn't feel motherly to them, but I am not bothered by such things, and am fascinated by insects in general.

But I'd be wondering how they got in, and in such numbers to set up public housing.

I suppose they may have come with the container itself?

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (Vvh2V)

108 Somehow I associate a animated pile of poo speaking whenever I see her picture.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)
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Dear Lord, please forgive me but this made me laugh out loud.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (afFes)

109 Foolishness, stupidity and cupidity through the Ages.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)

Also applies to August of 1914.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (q2NNn)

110
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Posted by: naturalfake
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You have discovered the path to riches--the House always wins.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

111 Everybody probably knows already that Cenk Uygur is Hasan Piker's uncle, right? It's probably been discussed.

I saw a photo of Piker's office. He has a framed newspaper on the wall from 9/12/01, i.e., the day after the 9/11 twin towers bombing.

Piker is a U.S. citizen, who grew up in Turkiye, so he can't be deported. However, since he celebrates terrorism, I would hope the feds are monitoring his fans to see how many of THEM are illegals.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (RCjYY)

112 You need chocolate.

It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (l4RKn)
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You are so right! Instead, I'm eating Greek yogurt with peaches and walnuts. Not chocolate, but pretty tasty nonetheless.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (afFes)

113 And I think Piker wants to be a martyr, but he's too much of a coward
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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After the shit he pulled shocking that poor dog, I hope he meets a pack of rabid pit bulls.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

it was amusing when one of Hasan's drama detractors kept a running list of blown excuses/explanations for the "Electric Dog" incidents...none of which worked.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)

114 I did a spoof flyer for Homeless Footbath and Poetry Slam back in the 90s, but it didn't go over too well.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (nDXEV)

115 Also applies to August of 1914.
Posted by: Count de Monet's
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Yep, the war that killed European civilization and such foolishness as sending men in full battle packs with rifles to crawl over barbed wire under heavy machine gun fire and artillery.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)

116 And King Charles III has let the endangered red squirrels who broke into a wing of the Scottish royal residence take over, so it's not just women! 😂

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (Vvh2V)

117 You need chocolate.

It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (l4RKn)
___

I rate this as true.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (24NQL)

118 Hi Tammy!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (24NQL)

119 Women are broken, including activist women judges:

https://tinyurl.com/2pmsadcf

An activist judge appointed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom freed a criminal illegal immigrant just a day before he allegedly butchered a retiree to death in his front yard.

Contra Costa Superior Court Judge Nichelle Holmes released Marcos Iriarte-Valdez, 36 — a criminal alien who also holds citizenship in Spain — just before Iriarte-Valdez allegedly fatally stabbed Todd Stewart, 68, at Stewart’s Martinez home last week.

Iriarte-Valdez, who has been in the US since 2007, was already in trouble with the law and was granted pretrial release by Holmes for a residential burglary case when he was jailed last Tuesday for allegedly violating the terms of his home detention monitoring.

Posted by: beckster at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (kX27y)

120 Everybody probably knows already that Cenk Uygur is Hasan Piker's uncle, right? It's probably been discussed.

I saw a photo of Piker's office. He has a framed newspaper on the wall from 9/12/01, i.e., the day after the 9/11 twin towers bombing.

Piker is a U.S. citizen, who grew up in Turkiye, so he can't be deported. However, since he celebrates terrorism, I would hope the feds are monitoring his fans to see how many of THEM are illegals.
Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 07:12 PM (RCjYY)

he just put that up. There used to be a drawing of him as a furry wearing a suspiciously full diaper on that wall.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (uhVAy)

121 AFTER WASHING FEET
PLEASE DRY WITH YOUR HEAD TOWEL

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (UjdFS)

122 Lady, just move the wasps outdoors where they belong. They're not going to like it when it's time for them to emigrate and they're all trapped indoors.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:07 PM (XJ22o)

She is so self-absorbed that she doesn't care about the wasps...all she cares about is her entertainment and virtue signalling. If something more interesting came along she would dump those wasps in a heartbeat.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (l4RKn)

123 it was amusing when one of Hasan's drama detractors kept a running list of blown excuses/explanations for the "Electric Dog" incidents...none of which worked.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Anyone that makes excuses for that evil twinkie asshole deserve to be on a list somewhere compiled by someone.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

124 Manufactured by Compliant Technologies LLC...
____________

Company name checks out.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 07:14 PM (XvL8K)

125 I wish they would start eating their own, literally.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)

126 @116 so Charles is letting red squirrels and Muslims take over

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:15 PM (WOnE5)

127 And King Charles III has let the endangered red squirrels who broke into a wing of the Scottish royal residence take over, so it's not just women! 😂
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

Fine. Women and castrati.

Posted by: mikeski, running serpentine at August 12, 2026 07:16 PM (VHUov)

128 Did the Grammar Nazis have concentration camps for Superflous Apostrophes and Comma Splice crimes?

"First, they came for the editors and I didn't say anything. Becasue fck them."

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:16 PM (nDXEV)

129 84 Friend worked for a city in the Dayton OH area and he was required to install hand washing implements for a Muslim gathering at a convention center . Yes, to be used after they wiped their ass ends after defecating.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 07:04 PM (2NHgQ)

What, they don't have "sinks?"

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (zYpTz)

130 Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (iJfKG)

Anything that happens to that WNBA coach will be welcome.

We see so many nasty, ugly souls on these threads. It takes a lot to rise to the middle of the top.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (Sco7b)

131 Foolishness, stupidity and cupidity through the Ages.
Posted by: whig

Boy, ain't that the truth! Toddler, preschooler, elementary school . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (ndZc7)

132 Hasan Piker supporters, closeted Furries?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

133 Everybody probably knows already that Cenk Uygur is Hasan Piker's uncle, right? It's probably been discussed

Wasn't Cenk at Tucker's gay little party meeting/announcement?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (+/CWD)

134
Place your bets, ladies and gentlemen.
Posted by: naturalfake

================

Those all fall in the Too Good To Be True category.

I would like to travel along with Mrs. Mamdani just to see how she works out the necessities, however. "Necessities" being ostentatious & performative security, luxury accommodations, handmaids to keep her hydrated and her sat phone charged, and assistants to bully the locals who are always late and forget to set up the audio.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM (XJ22o)

135 I would take the red squirrels over the invaders.

At least the squirrel is local.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

136 "First, they came for the editors, and I didn't say anything. Because, fck them."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:16 PM

FIFY.

Posted by: Grammar and Punctuation Nazis at August 12, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)

137 I would take the red squirrels over the invaders.

At least the squirrel is local.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)
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The gray squirrels will take them both on...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (FZ29D)

138 Piker the piker looks deformed. Probably the steroids, that also calcify the sulci.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (VQ0bX)

139 One man's Muslim Footwashing Station is another man's Service Dog Drinking Fountain.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (uzmqU)

140 So, I'm in Texas. At midnight am I allowed to convert my rifle to an SBR without going through the atf??? Asking the important questions here.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (VCgbV)

141 I work with some beautiful women who could kick my ass. East Texas.

Posted by: Billythesquid at August 12, 2026 07:21 PM (gN+5I)

142 One man's Muslim Footwashing Station is another man's Service Dog Drinking Fountain.
Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (uzmqU)
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Why do you hate dogs?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (FZ29D)

143 "Go to hell," one of the top markers of grace and humility. I think it's Ephesians."

Cornerstone for Mennonites. Maybe

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (cGjQu)

144 136 "First, they came for the editors, and I didn't say anything. Because, fck them."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:16 PM

FIFY.
Posted by: Grammar and Punctuation Nazis at August 12, 2026 07:19 PM (0sNs1)
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first they came for
the editors and
I didn't
say anything Because
fck
them.

Posted by: Chat-eecummings at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (brIJB)

145 125 I wish they would start eating their own, literally.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)
Oh, they will.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (LHPAg)

146 Forgive me for not being up on my Muslim foot-washing protocol, but does this mean they take their shoes and socks off in a public bathroom and wash their feet after using the bathroom? And then put the same socks and shoes back on? What is the purpose?

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (afFes)

147 Relocating to Home Base.

Posted by: Count de Monet's Remote Location at August 12, 2026 07:22 PM (q2NNn)

148 Did the Grammar Nazis have concentration camps for Superflous Apostrophes and Comma Splice crimes?

"First, they came for the editors and I didn't say anything. Becasue fck them."
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:16 PM (nDXEV)

There is a funny brit skit about a Grammar Nazi in a company meeting who shoots anyone misusing words...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVnr7rsWrE

and also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4vf8N6GpdM

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (uhVAy)

149 BREAKING:

SEATTLE — Recall charges have been filed against Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, beginning a legal review that must be completed before supporters can begin gathering signatures to try to force a recall election.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (W2Pud)

150 We see so many nasty, ugly souls on these threads. It takes a lot to rise to the middle of the top.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:18 PM

Some of us prefer bottom.

Posted by: Peggees at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (IkVQC)

151 They have those jet engine hand dryers just like public restrooms but they're down near the floor.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (nDXEV)

152 And judging from that video, Hassan Piker also doesn't seem to know how to properly display a katana.

Weasel-san would not approve.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (Wnv9h)

153 So, I'm in Texas. At midnight am I allowed to convert my rifle to an SBR without going through the atf???"

Scary Black Rifle?

/kidding

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (cGjQu)

154 Be a shsme if Mrs Mamdamni got kidnapped or sumpin

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (Ydd86)

155 There are plenty of men that are nothing to be proud of either, neverenoughcaffeine.
Posted by: fd

Yet somehow their worthlessness is properly blamed on their actions, and not their sex.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (vJrRc)

156 I think crazy women are somewhat regional. They seem to be a lower proportion of the population in our community than what I see represented elsewhere. But then, most of the women I hang out with are wives and mothers. Might be a factor.

Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 07:24 PM (OlzlW)

157 151 They have those jet engine hand dryers just like public restrooms but they're down near the floor.
Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (nDXEV)
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Where they should be.

Posted by: Robert Reich at August 12, 2026 07:24 PM (brIJB)

158 'the knives will be out" is a particularly apt expression for Piker. and it may not be metaphorical.

Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (7esJd)

159 How do you recall Katie Wilson? The voters knew she was a nitwit with no experience and idiotic ideas, but they elected her anyway. They'd have to recall the Dems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (WOnE5)

160 Piker the piker looks deformed. Probably the steroids, that also calcify the sulci.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:20 PM (VQ0bX)

he seems to be trying some suit/camera tricks to keep his head from looking clownishly small

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (uhVAy)

161 There is not one of these trannies participating in women's sports that have transitioned. They all have their cock and balls.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

162 145 125 I wish they would start eating their own, literally.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:14 PM (2GVsD)
Oh, they will.
Posted by: Eromero

They're already straining under the internal incoherence.

1- Unlimited tranny vs normie moderates
2- Anti-semites vs Jews
3- Black voters vs mass immigrants taking their jobs/neighborhoods/benefits
4- Commies vs crony/big government shakedown capitalists

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (+/CWD)

163 not being up on my Muslim foot-washing protocol"

Wudu.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:26 PM (cGjQu)

164 Black voters vs mass immigrants taking their jobs/neighborhoods/benefits"

But Hollywood assures me they get along famously...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:27 PM (cGjQu)

165 BREAKING:

SEATTLE — Recall charges have been filed against Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, beginning a legal review that must be completed before supporters can begin gathering signatures to try to force a recall election.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 07:23 PM (W2Pud)

Not sure if 'being a WA Democrat' is really a good reason for a recall.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:27 PM (uhVAy)

166 "Go to hell," one of the top markers of grace and humility. I think it's Ephesians.
==========

LOL, ace.
LOL.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:27 PM (2Ez/1)

167 117 You need chocolate.

It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (l4RKn)
___

I rate this as true.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Therefore, my banana chips are medicine.
I shall self medicate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (VQ0bX)

168 What are they going to recall her for? Is she not lefty enough?

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

169 not being up on my Muslim foot-washing protocol"

Wudu.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:26 PM (cGjQu)
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I say, Wudu
Wudu you think you're fooling?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (amcLV)

170 Wudu is the procedure for cleansing parts of the body, a type of ritual purification by ablution, in Islam. The steps of wudu are: washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face, then the forearms, then wiping the head and ears, then washing or wiping the feet, done in order without any long breaks between them.

Wudu is an important part of ritual purity in Islam and is governed by fiqh, which specifies hygienical jurisprudence and defines the rituals that constitute it. Ritual purity is called tahara.

Wudu is typically performed before Salah or reading the Quran. Activities that invalidate wudu include urination, defecation, flatulence, deep sleep, light bleeding (depending on madhhab), menstruation, postpartum status, and sexual intercourse.

Wudu is often translated as 'partial ablution', as opposed to ghusl, which refers to 'full ablution', where the whole body is washed. An alternative to wudu is tayammum 'dry ablution', which uses clean sand or dust in place of water due to complete water scarcity or when one is suffering from moisture-induced skin inflammation or illness.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

171 Wudu.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 07:26 PM (cGjQu)
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Gesundheit.

Is that something I'm supposed to look up?

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (afFes)

172 Back to the computer soon.

The foot washing stations?
Do the women have them too?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (Sco7b)

173 There is not one of these trannies participating in women's sports that have transitioned. They all have their cock and balls.
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (KC5Lt)

only the dumb ones transition medically. A purple fright wig is cheap and leaves you able to beat people up at protests and the like.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:29 PM (uhVAy)

174
We have plants in the garden to attract bees. They've never given me the least trouble. The foraging ones don't even notice me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:29 PM (O0L8i)

175 You need chocolate.

It's medicine!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 07:09 PM (l4RKn)
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Part of the four major food groups:

fat, salt, beer and chocolate.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:29 PM (amcLV)

176 "Yet somehow their worthlessness is properly blamed on their actions, and not their sex."

You must be a veteran of the Mortimer, Pepe, and mgtow era.

Those were some hellacious threads.

Posted by: Will Robinson at August 12, 2026 07:30 PM (zBgIx)

177 What are they going to recall her for? Is she not lefty enough?
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

The one they won't say is driving out the entire city tax base.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:30 PM (uhVAy)

178 The steps of wudu are: washing the hands, rinsing the mouth and nose, washing the face, then the forearms, then wiping the head and ears, then washing or wiping the feet, done in order without any long breaks between them.

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Thank you, Wesley Crusher (words I never thought I would say). Does this mean they go through that entire sequence every time they use a public restroom? That must be a sight to see.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:30 PM (afFes)

179 Thanks Wesley.
That was interesting!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (Sco7b)

180 Also...is she sure those are wasps and not hornets?

A womman on the Internet rescuses all insects. Gives spiders a free ride outside vs me killing them. It is my house and I don't want to be bit by a spider. I don't need a sign to post that I will kill bugs if you enter.

She is a miserable person. Incredibly negative and argumentative towards fellow humans...especially those who disagree with her (that would be me).

I also note she's alone with no husband and I am unsure if she killed him, he died or she divorced him as she has spawn. Heaven knows I don't tolerate her online and she must be a bitter nag in person.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)

181 Is that something I'm supposed to look up?
Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (afFes)
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Wesley Crusher's got it covered.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (FZ29D)

182 I say pressure wash 'em and be done with it.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)

183

My late father worked for a company that employed muzzies.

He said the sinks were disgusting because of the foot washing and also the bathrooms too because of the ass wiping with their hands.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (/QHx4)

184 We have plants in the garden to attract bees. They've never given me the least trouble. The foraging ones don't even notice me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:29 PM (O0L8i)

I love honeybees and bumblebees. I hate wasps and hornets. Been stang so many times.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:32 PM (0aYVJ)

185 If I lived alone, and the wasps were not in an area I would need to be annoying them constantly, I'd leave them there, too.

Well, that's batshit insane.

Posted by: Women Really Are Cooked at August 12, 2026 07:32 PM (BwkT6)

186 I also note she's alone with no husband and I am unsure if she killed him, he died or she divorced him as she has spawn. Heaven knows I don't tolerate her online and she must be a bitter nag in person.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)
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For all we know her husband's mummified corpse is hidden in the nest. It's a pretty big nest.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 07:32 PM (FZ29D)

187 Is that something I'm supposed to look up?
Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM

I did it for you, ma'am.

Even in the 24th Century, your shiv, muscle car piloting, and cookbook editing skills are legendary.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 12, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

188 And judging from that video, Hassan Piker also doesn't seem to know how to properly display a katana.

Here's an image from one of his livestreams, where he and some friends were looking at swords, and they flipped out when they saw this one with a swastika-esque guard. They bought it, and have it sometimes in their videos.

https://tinyurl.com/39x7zxch

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:33 PM (+/CWD)

189 I wonder if Piker's taxes are on the up and up? maybe an IRS auditor could take a look....

Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (7esJd)

190 13 Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

my alma mater had a surfeit of middle eastern foreign students. always amusing was the muddy shoeprints on the toilet seats in the winter.

Posted by: anachronda at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (sGtp+)

191 Also...is she sure those are wasps and not hornets?

A womman on the Internet rescuses all insects. Gives spiders a free ride outside vs me killing them. It is my house and I don't want to be bit by a spider. I don't need a sign to post that I will kill bugs if you enter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)

A streamer gal I watch sometimes had a largish bug in her room and was freaking a little (its Texas). She finally caught it and took it outside her house...and it tumbled right into a spider web and the spider got to it in a flash. Very funny.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

192 I saw Level 4: do not travel advisory open for Butthole Surfers at the Long Beach Vet in 1986.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

193 Hasan Piker says the US deserved 9/11.
Hasan Piker wishes every white woman to get r@ped by invaders
Hasan Piker wants the streets to run red with blood.
Hasan Piker supports Muslim terrorism.
Hasan Piker shocks his dog.
Hasan Piker wears Mao suits and reads from the Littel Red Book while living in a million-dollar mansion.

He's the very model of a modern-day DSA candidate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

194 How do you back the players on your team 100% when your fouled player definitively stated that the foul was intentional and the first statement you made after the incident was to defend the other team's player by saying it wasn't intentional?

And losing respect for Clark trying to be middle of the road all the time.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (KC5Lt)

195 Well thank you again, Wesley. I'm always very hesitant to look up something I've seen here with no context. Very. Hesitant.

Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (afFes)

196 190 13 Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

my alma mater had a surfeit of middle eastern foreign students. always amusing was the muddy shoeprints on the toilet seats in the winter.
Posted by: anachronda at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (sGtp+)

DUDE that is the shitter!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (/+uur)

197 177 What are they going to recall her for? Is she not lefty enough?
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

The one they won't say is driving out the entire city tax base.
Posted by: Oldcat

It wasn't popular or working, so it obviously wasn't real socialism.

Posted by: DSA Apologists at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (+/CWD)

198 I wonder if Piker's taxes are on the up and up? maybe an IRS auditor could take a look....
Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (7esJd)

He's more worried about the investigation into his visit to Cuba to aid the Communists there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (uhVAy)

199 I was hoping the wasps were WASPS and she had a whole colony of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants living in her office. She wouldn't be so sanguine about that, though.

Posted by: JuJuBee at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (YSQQv)

200 The WNBA is a political op.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (d9FiM)

201 I love honeybees and bumblebees. I hate wasps and hornets. Been stang so many times.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:32 PM (0aYVJ)
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When I had lavender and oregano blooming in my side yard, I noted that the honeybees exclusively visited the oregano and the bumblebees the lavender. Interesting divergence.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (amcLV)

202 Hasan Piker and Medea Benajamin are under Federal investigation IIRC for their little 'humanitarian' jaunt to Cuba where they stayed in government owned five-star hotels

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (2GVsD)

203 146 Forgive me for not being up on my Muslim foot-washing protocol, but does this mean they take their shoes and socks off in a public bathroom and wash their feet after using the bathroom? And then put the same socks and shoes back on? What is the purpose?

Pretty sure they do it before praying. It also creates quite the mess because the process ends up spraying water all over the floor.

Posted by: the dandy at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (8l8nW)

204 Thank you, Wesley Crusher (words I never thought I would say). Does this mean they go through that entire sequence every time they use a public restroom? That must be a sight to see.
Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:30 PM (afFes)
No. That's why the perfume, cologne, etc.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (LHPAg)

205 He's the very model of a modern-day DSA candidate.
Posted by: Anna Puma

He has information animal, tranny and political?

Posted by: DSA Apologists at August 12, 2026 07:37 PM (+/CWD)

206 He's the very model of a modern-day DSA candidate.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

So, CNN or MS Now?
Special correspondent.

I'd go MS Now, Al Sharpton doesn't look great and a spot may open up.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:37 PM (Sco7b)

207 Jen get in the car!

https://tinyurl.com/yvxpcsu8

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 07:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

208 I was hoping the wasps were WASPS and she had a whole colony of white Anglo-Saxon Protestants living in her office. She wouldn't be so sanguine about that, though.
Posted by: JuJuBee at August 12, 2026 07:35 PM (YSQQv)
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The penny loafers! The Izod Lacoste shirts! Aaaaaah!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (amcLV)

209 CNN or MSNOW?

Depends, which has the most viewers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (2GVsD)

210 When I had lavender and oregano blooming in my side yard, I noted that the honeybees exclusively visited the oregano and the bumblebees the lavender. Interesting divergence.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (amcLV)

I do not see many bumblebees where I live, but the honeybees love them some lavender. Around here, you'll see bumblebees in the mountains. Big fluffy ones. Flying teddy bears.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (0aYVJ)

211 Pretty sure they do it before praying. It also creates quite the mess because the process ends up spraying water all over the floor.
Posted by: the dandy

Yes. Before praying. Just another step by the goatrapers to show dominance and rub your nose in it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (d9FiM)

212 When I had lavender and oregano blooming in my side yard, I noted that the honeybees exclusively visited the oregano and the bumblebees the lavender. Interesting divergence.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 07:36 PM (amcLV)

That means the bumblebees are FABULOUS!!

Posted by: The obvious conclusion at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (brIJB)

213 The WNBA is a political op.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

And an accounting trick by the NBA.

Not much of a dessert topping, though.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (VHUov)

214 Or a floor wax

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:40 PM (2GVsD)

215 Cambridge vice-chancellor insists Arday case is an ‘aberration.’

There are about 40,000 of these butt fuckin morons in the US.

There are 20,318 high schools in the United States and every one has 2 or 3.
There are 3,982 degree-granting postsecondary institutions in the United States.

I could drive to a dart throw and find the closet school, get a list of profs, and by 2nd Breakfast I could find a stack of plagiarism higher than a race dog shit.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

216 Do that Wudu that you do so well.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 07:40 PM (Cqx++)

217 When I had lavender and oregano blooming in my side yard, I noted that the honeybees exclusively visited the oregano and the bumblebees the lavender. Interesting divergence.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

That means the bumblebees are FABULOUS!!
Posted by: The obvious conclusion

They wear animal-patterned fur pimp coats 24/7. Duh. Of course they're fabulous.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (VHUov)

218 WNBA
Whiney Negress Basketball Assholes

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

219 I also note she's alone with no husband and I am unsure if she killed him, he died or she divorced him as she has spawn. Heaven knows I don't tolerate her online and she must be a bitter nag in person.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 07:31 PM (hzuYO)

She just gave him a free ride outside, rather than killing him.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

220 209 CNN or MSNOW?

Depends, which has the most viewers?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 07:39 PM (2GVsD)

I lloked up a bunch of ratings a while back.

MS Now had about 1.7 million.
I think CNN was less than a million but I'm not sure about that.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (Sco7b)

221 196 190 13 Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
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Incrementally, one step at a time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (VQ0bX)

222 >>He has information animal, tranny and political?

You could have gone with

...and allegedly a pedophil(e).

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 07:42 PM (uzmqU)

223
The WNBA is a political op.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

And an accounting trick by the NBA.

Like Springtime For Hitler?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 07:42 PM (Cqx++)

224 They look at us and laugh. They say, look, they know what we are doing yet they do nothing but talk. They deserve us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:43 PM (VQ0bX)

225 Islam is slowly creeping in and taking over...

Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 07:43 PM (VCgbV)

226 221 196 190 13 Islamic foot wash stations are being installed inside the bathrooms at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
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Incrementally, one step at a time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:41 PM (VQ0bX)

Chilis Terlingua Pride
5 hopadillos
I could really fuck these up

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

227
'the knives will be out" is a particularly apt expression for Piker. and it may not be metaphorical.
Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 07:25 PM (7esJd)

For his cocksucker uncivilized savage co-religionists, sure. Not for him personally. I guarantee that he's a great big pussy who talks a lot of smack to get someone ELSE to go all violent, while he hides behind his microphone sipping a Starbucks Iced White Chocolate Mocha.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 07:44 PM (y9nCu)

228 So, CNN or MS Now?
Special correspondent.

I'd go MS Now, Al Sharpton doesn't look great and a spot may open up.
Posted by: Stateless

Top 4 ratings hosts at MSNOW

Rachel Maddow
Lawrence O'Donnell
Chris Hayes
Jen Psaki

Wow...what a lineup.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:45 PM (+/CWD)

229 'the knives will be out" is a particularly apt expression for Piker. and it may not be metaphorical.
Posted by: vivi

For his cocksucker uncivilized savage co-religionists, sure. Not for him personally. I guarantee that he's a great big pussy who talks a lot of smack to get someone ELSE to go all violent, while he hides behind his microphone sipping a Starbucks Iced White Chocolate Mocha.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

[radical-muslim, moderate-muslim meme here]

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 07:46 PM (VHUov)

230 Recall? Well, she is defective, and dangerous

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 07:46 PM (zHCmI)

231 She insisted that the importance of the university’s “staff of colour” was not in question, saying “this particular case is an aberration and should not be used to cast aspersions on their work or the legitimacy of their roles at Cambridge”.

hahaha

the colour people did it

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:47 PM (/+uur)

232 They look at us and laugh. They say, look, they know what we are doing yet they do nothing but talk. They deserve us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 07:43 PM (VQ0bX)

225 Islam is slowly creeping in and taking over...
Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 07:43 PM (VCgbV)
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Yes. Profoundly disconcerting. Kind of like seeing floodwater slowly rising and wondering if I should climb up the hill.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 07:47 PM (0aYVJ)

233 Wow...what a lineup.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 07:45 PM (+/CWD)

Morning Joe

The number one morning show!
In Washington DC.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 07:47 PM (Sco7b)

234 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:48 PM (d9FiM)

235 She has WASPs in her office? I wondered where that rock band went.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 07:49 PM (sAmhv)

236 Posted by: bluebell at August 12, 2026 07:30 PM (afFes)

And 5 times a day before they pray.

If you walk into to any public restroom in Europe, there will be an inch of water on the floor.

They think we're so dirty because we only use paper to wipe, but I'm like, it seems far nastier to be spraying your butt with a hose and letting the feces filled spray go everywhere, which I then have to walk through the entire time I'm in the restroom.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 12, 2026 08:05 PM (Vvh2V)

237 Pretty sure they do it before praying. It also creates quite the mess because the process ends up spraying water all over the floor.
Posted by: the dandy

Yes. Before praying. Just another step by the goatrapers to show dominance and rub your nose in it.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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You want to.play dominance games? Piss in the damned things.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 09:32 PM (drwAN)

238 One person with a wasp allergy in, or merely visiting, that office would have standing to sue for $$$$$. Some folks have to carry epi-pens for wasp bites, which isn't just a minor sting or allergy.

Posted by: Nathan at August 12, 2026 09:36 PM (KMIjy)

239 I do not see many bumblebees where I live, but the honeybees love them some lavender. Around here, you'll see bumblebees in the mountains. Big fluffy ones. Flying teddy bears.
Posted by: Pug Mahon
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Flying teddy bears, indeed.
They're not like a honeybee (Africanized ones excepted). If a honeybee lands on your arm, it will just fly off if you wave at it. A bumblebee will sting the shit out of you for that. Be very passive with a bumblebee; they're a lot like some of our "vibrant culture" friends - they don't take no disrespect.

Posted by: buddhaha at August 12, 2026 09:40 PM (drwAN)

Tyler Robinson's Defense Team: Yes, Our Client Shot and Killed Charlie Kirk, But "The Shooter Hit the Intended Target," So No One Else Was In Danger and So the Death Penalty Should Be Off the Table

To get the death penalty, there must be an enhancement to "mere" murder. I would think that premeditated murder is enhancement enough, but in Utah, mistakenly regarded as a red state, you need to murder someone in a bad way.

Those "bad ways" of committing murder include putting additional people in danger or killing someone for a political motive.

Robinson's team concedes that he murdered Charlie Kirk -- I mean, he admitted it eleven times in texts and verbal admission to his parents.

But they say his shot was well-aimed and did not put anyone else in danger, so he should not be executed for his murder.

NBC "News:"

Lawyers for the man charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk say he shouldn't be eligible for the death penalty because the shooter "hit the intended target" during the assassination last year at a Utah event attended by thousands of people.
Defendant Tyler Robinson's attorneys say prosecutors have not proven that others who attended Kirk's event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10 were endangered by the shooting -- a potentially aggravating factor under state law that would make it a capital crime.
...
Utah law states that if a defendant "knowingly created a great risk of death to another individual" other than the victim who was killed, it can be used as an aggravating factor. But Robinson's defense team notes that the state needs to show there was a "high probability" that Robinson put the thousands of people gathered at the Turning Point USA rally where Kirk was speaking at risk for death, and not just a "possibility" of that happening.
"The state has failed to show that the actual conduct created a 'high probability' that someone other than Mr. Kirk would be killed and, thus, this theory fails as a matter of law," according to their briefing. "Where no other person was injured in a manner creating a great risk of death, and no other shots were fired, the allegation of ... (an) aggravator cannot be sustained."
Defense attorneys contend there was no one else in the "line of fire" when the fatal shot was fired. Furthermore, "the firing of a single shot at an intended victim that hit only the intended victim" is not an aggravating factor "merely because other people were in the vicinity."...
"The bullet that struck and killed Mr. Kirk was not fired in an enclosed bedroom or space but rather, an open-air arena with what the state's witnesses termed, 'a clear line of sight.' There were no threats to others in the course of conduct. There was no one 'directly' next to Mr. Kirk when he was shot, and there was no one under the tent on the side that Mr. Kirk was struck or behind him in the breezeway. Multiple shots were not fired. There were no ricocheting bullets."

They also claim there is no evidence that Robinson murdered Charlie Kirk for political reasons... despite Robinson marking his bullets with slogans indicating this was a Trans Vengeance Execution.

Now, it may occur to you that this is rather bad news for the world's stupidest narcissist Candace Owens.

But if you believe that, then you have kept admirably clean of information about Candace Owens.

This retard says the defense's admission that Robinson murdered her "best friend" Charlie Kirk hardly puts a scratch in her Grand Theory That Erika Kirk, French Intelligence, Egyptian Planes, Mormon Bee-People and of course The Jews Killed Charlie Kirk.

Candace Owens
@RealCandaceO

Ugh... I've barely had my coffee and I can already tell that the "overwhelming evidence" crowd is lying about the recent case filings in the hope that no one will actually read them or understand them.
How are they not tired of running the exact same strategy and losing every time?
"Pay a bunch of influencers to make emotive claims, and hope people don't actually read through the filings"
It is exactly as they did with the ATF report and every other element of this case.
Lie quickly, repeatedly, and hope no one will take notice.
I will report on what's actually in the filings later today.

As the announcer said of one of the candidates for Twit of the Year: "He doesn't know the meaning of 'losing.' He doesn't know the meaning of 'winning,' either, he has no sensory apparatus of any kind..."

Blake Neff
@BlakeSNeff

Candace is having her latest blowup because the defense's new 41-page filing in the Tyler Robinson case uses exactly none of the wild claims she's spent the last 11 months pushing. Rather than make the case that Robinson is not guilty, the filing focuses almost exclusively on trying to spare him from the death penalty.
-The filing spends only one page contesting the actual murder evidence, by arguing that Lance Twiggs's testimony was improper hearsay. ALL the rest of the filing concerns aggravating factors or secondary charges.
-The filing admits that Charlie was killed by a rifle shot from the Losee Center -- it explicitly describes the person captured on camera on the Losee rooftop as "the shooter." There is absolutely no effort to talk about exploding microphones, either directly or indirectly by contesting the idea Charlie was killed by a rifle round.
-The filing never argues that Robinson was not at UVU -- in fact, on page 22, it says "the evidence shows Mr. Robinson walking up and down stairs at UVU" and calls it a "reasonable inference" that his impaired gait was caused by a "fully-assembled rifle."
-The filing admits that Robinson was texting with Lance Twiggs, telling him "Im gonna turn myself in willingly." When Lance asks if there's any way he avoid prison, he replies "I highly doubt it."
Professional lawyers, unlike dishonest podcasters, have ethical obligations that bar them from saying things they know are untrue. So, unsurprisingly, their defense bears absolutely no resemblance to the one Candace has spent months shilling to her audience.

Candace is having her latest blowup because the defense's new 41-page filing in the Tyler Robinson case uses exactly none of the wild claims she's spent the last 11 months pushing. Rather than make the case that Robinson is not guilty, the filing focuses almost exclusively on� https://t.co/BPQwsNL85Q pic.twitter.com/JQlXvUtpd5
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) August 12, 2026

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— Tomasito (@NomiCraft) August 12, 2026

The "I Know You Are But What Am I" Rhetorical Gambit:

Please offer your debate prep expertise to Andrew Wilson.

I am totally panicking about this filing and so scared he might bring it up. 😱
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) August 12, 2026

Andrew Wilson is giving this retard $300,000 to debate her stupid ideas, and yet she's spamming out reasons why she can't do it this day or at this place or with this moderator:

Andrew Wilson says Joe Rogan offered to host and moderate the debate. Candace refused anything outside her own home. Rogan then offered to come to her, and she still refused.

Candace is a maniacal control freak and a liar. She said today that Tim Pool was one of only two� pic.twitter.com/DJjiiiAvf4
— Natalie Jean Beisner (@NJBeisner) August 12, 2026

Have you ever watched Cavernous Nostrils trying to pronounce simple words?

It's always an adventure.

Candace Owens MISPRONOUNCING 40 words straight. pic.twitter.com/5KQi8OGgfC
— Nathan Livingstone (MilkBarTV) (@TheMilkBarTV) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:41 PM

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1 Sponge

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 05:42 PM (LX4y3)

2
Yeah, sponge, whatevs.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:43 PM (XJ22o)

3 None of this matches my proof, so it's bullshhhhhit. The defense are all Israeli agents.
-Candice Owns.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 05:43 PM (LX4y3)

4
So it wasn't murder-murder.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:44 PM (XJ22o)

5 "You're not allowed to execute my client because he has such good aim" is quite the novel defense.

It's probably not going to go over to well in southern Utah but I give them an A for creativity.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)

6 Professional lawyers, unlike dishonest podcasters, have ethical obligations that bar them from saying things they know are untrue. So, unsurprisingly, their defense bears absolutely no resemblance to the one Candace has spent months shilling to her audience.

Damn...getting called out for having lower ethical standards than lawyers is brutal.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 05:45 PM (+/CWD)

7 "or killing someone for a political motive."

So, did that get swept under the rug?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (qFwJc)

8 The stupidity of the showcased persons in this post is oozing out of my device Ace, and burning the finish off my table.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (sTlXt)

9 "Pay a bunch of influencers to make emotive claims, and hope people don't actually read through the filings"
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I think I like this the most.

Because she thinks she's describing others, not herself.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (3cUTc)

10 "Yes, my client killed this person and he meant to kill this person, and you can tell because the only person he shot was the one he meant to kill"

Utah is wild, man.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (vJrRc)

11 Damn, that’s some serious ghetto going on

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 05:49 PM (8jVAy)

12 "You're not allowed to execute my client because he has such good aim" is quite the novel defense.

It's probably not going to go over to well in southern Utah but I give them an A for creativity.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)
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Insert obligatory, "That's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see how it plays out for them."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:49 PM (FZ29D)

13 ‘ To get the death penalty, there must be an enhancement to "mere" murder. I would think that premeditated murder is enhancement enough, but in Utah, mistakenly regarded as a red state, you need to murder someone in a bad way.’

This is standard in almost all states, even the reddest of the red. Texas? Yup, death penalty isn’t on the table in the Lone Star unless the murder includes certain ‘aggravating factors.’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 05:49 PM (yTXpW)

14 Professional lawyers, unlike dishonest podcasters, have ethical obligations that bar them from saying things they know are untrue.
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Quibble:
technically, it's a prohibition against a filing saying things that are false.
And even that is open to what the meaning of "is" is.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:50 PM (3cUTc)

15 It's so thoroughly disgusting that instead of Kirk's murder uniting the Right, somehow it deeply divided us all over some stupid washed personality that wanted to make a name for herself.

A gay, furry freak has confessed to basically everyone that yes he did it, the shooting is on video, even his parents turning him in, all sorts of other evidence, etc. But really it was Mossad!

I'm sure the Left just loves this.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:50 PM (r13UX)

16
I retract my ill-considered reprobations of the site previously.

When crazy is all that is, that's all there is to cover.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 05:50 PM (Y8DZL)

17 >>>Candace Owens MISPRONOUNCING 40 words straight.

FedSlop!!!

lol

Posted by: No Name Today at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (8mulE)

18 Robinson Admits to Murdering Kirk, Owens Hardest Hit

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (gEIsK)

19 I am wholly uninterested in any news about Owens that doesn't start and end with "indicted" and/or "committed".
As for Utah's law, that's a bold take. As I read it, assassinations of private citizens should be fine. If you miss and brain some other bystander, that's an accident and you also didn't murder the target. If you don't miss, yeah it sucks you killed that one guy you naughty naughty boy, go into timeout, in the penalty box where you feel shame, you know.
But if you kill someone important like a pro-amnesty GOP guy, that might cause chaos, so it's death for you.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (88C+u)

20 Surely political murder counts as an enhancement.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (+v9Nq)

21 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

22 Ugh… I’ve barely had my coffee and I can already tell that the “overwhelming evidence” crowd is lying about the recent case filings in the hope that no one will actually read them or understand them.

The faux dismissive arrogance combined with pre-emptive accusations that her opponents are always lying is her standard operating procedure.

It's also kinda like what professional wrestlers do to work the crowd, which is what Candace reminds me of these days.

A character, acting out a part, saying anything she has to to get by one more week and bring in the clicks and cash before her audience gets bored and moves on the next big thing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (6ydKt)

23 Damn...getting called out for having lower ethical standards than lawyers is brutal.
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And how do you think we feel?

Posted by: Car Salesmen Everywhere at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

24 Leaving her mispronunciations aside, her voice is quite annoying. I envision being stuck on a long car ride with her prattling on, and jumping out of the car as it slows for a stop light.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (sTlXt)

25 I try not to acknowledge Owens existence, but I'm convinced that one of her lunatic followers is going to attack her when the followers deranged mind suddenly realizes that he or she has been lied to repeatedly by Owens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (WOnE5)

26 10 "Yes, my client killed this person and he meant to kill this person, and you can tell because the only person he shot was the one he meant to kill"

Utah is wild, man.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

His lawyers are trying to spare his life, they have no reason, unlike Candace who is making money from the lies, to spout off bullshit in court that is likely to end up with them losing and possibly being disbarred.

So you make an argument within the confines of the law (this was probably designed for crimes of passion where one person was targeted) that no other person was likely at risk.

Candace likely wanted the defense to have bullshit artists like Robert Barnes or Mike Avenatti that make bold exaggerations in the media that they cannot back up in court.

Tyler, if he wants to live, probably wants the lawyers that might spare his miserable life.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

27 Sponge!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 05:53 PM (24NQL)

28 15 It's so thoroughly disgusting that instead of Kirk's murder uniting the Right, somehow it deeply divided us all over some stupid washed personality that wanted to make a name for herself.

A gay, furry freak has confessed to basically everyone that yes he did it, the shooting is on video, even his parents turning him in, all sorts of other evidence, etc. But really it was Mossad!

I'm sure the Left just loves this.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05

I wasn’t united with Candace to start. That girl is coocoocadoo.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (ZdaMQ)

29 It's so thoroughly disgusting that instead of Kirk's murder uniting the Right, somehow it deeply divided us all over some stupid washed personality that wanted to make a name for herself.
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Candace Ovens isn't part of "the Right" and we're not "divided".

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (TN0g+)

30 25 I try not to acknowledge Owens existence, but I'm convinced that one of her lunatic followers is going to attack her when the followers deranged mind suddenly realizes that he or she has been lied to repeatedly by Owens
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I want her and her poofter crash test dummy husband along with the deranged Milo to all depart for UK asap. They are stinking up Tennessee just from being there.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (E4rtv)

31 If the debate with Andrew Wilson actually happens (big If), I expect Candygram to plead the Fifth (not answer) more times than Fauci.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (Q89nA)

32 21 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

She was thinking of shallots because who doesn't love tiny onions?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

33 So being a poor shot would be an enhancing factor?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (XvL8K)

34 It's so thoroughly disgusting that instead of Kirk's murder uniting the Right, somehow it deeply divided us all over some stupid washed personality that wanted to make a name for herself.

A gay, furry freak has confessed to basically everyone that yes he did it, the shooting is on video, even his parents turning him in, all sorts of other evidence, etc. But really it was Mossad!

I'm sure the Left just loves this.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:50 PM (r13UX)

Nobody this has 'shaken out' was ever on the right.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:55 PM (uhVAy)

35 What kind of defense is "his shot was well-aimed" ??

Posted by: you really don't want to know at August 12, 2026 05:55 PM (AGz65)

36 >>>technically, it's a prohibition against a filing saying things that are false.

The standard is knowingly false. That's why "honest" defense attorneys are careful to tell their clients to STFU. That gives the lawyer the room to speculate freely.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 12, 2026 05:55 PM (8mulE)

37 Does being wrong; being an idiot; being a shill; being shrill make Candy less entertaining? Of course not - it enhances the entertainment.

Posted by: Handcuffed to the Bumper of a State Trooper's Ford at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (DDWHE)

38 I've seen some folks guestimate how much it is that Candy Nose pulls in from one of her shows.

It ain't nothing to sneeze at--ragebaiting is profitable.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (3cUTc)

39 It's also kinda like what professional wrestlers do to work the crowd, which is what Candace reminds me of these days.

A character, acting out a part, saying anything she has to to get by one more week and bring in the clicks and cash before her audience gets bored and moves on the next big thing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

She got paid for lying at an early age and so learned it can be profitable for a psychotic bitch that has no truth in her. So she goes to the inversion of who is lying every time when challenged while her tall tales keep getting taller. Too bad it isn't her nose like Pinocchio.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

40 Nobody this has 'shaken out' was ever on the right.
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Fact.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (f0sNM)

41 Yes, my client was accurate in killing the target he was aiming at so he should not get the death penalty because he was accurate with his rifle in committing cold blooded murder.

Sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (Oy/m2)

42 ...if a defendant "knowingly created a great risk of death to another individual" other than the victim who was killed, it can be used as an aggravating factor...

It...kind of makes sense, I guess. There's a reason we have things like manslaughter, second degree murder, 1st degree, etc. Spraying bullets into a crowd, or using a large explosive device, to kill one specific person, even if you only hit the intended target, is worse than killing them when they're alone and no one else is at risk.

Charlie, as I recall, had people all around him, though, and the bullet was a powerful rifle cartridge that could reasonably be expected to pass through the target, with a changed trajectory, and ricochet off the ground. Is that enough threat to innocent bystanders to meet the threshold? It's a good legal question.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (+/CWD)

43 Guess some Leftist Judge will make up their own law's eventually

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (Ia/+0)

44 I am wholly uninterested in any news about Owens that doesn't start and end with "indicted" and/or "committed".
As for Utah's law, that's a bold take. As I read it, assassinations of private citizens should be fine. If you miss and brain some other bystander, that's an accident and you also didn't murder the target. If you don't miss, yeah it sucks you killed that one guy you naughty naughty boy, go into timeout, in the penalty box where you feel shame, you know.
But if you kill someone important like a pro-amnesty GOP guy, that might cause chaos, so it's death for you.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (88C+u)

there was the joke in the Steve Martin movie The Jerk that when he is crowing about getting in the phone book it cuts to an assassin picking his name at random out of the phone book and coming to kill the "Random SOB".

So by Utah law this would not merit the death penalty?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)

45 It’s grift, like MeAgain. Whatever pays.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (sTlXt)

46 38 I've seen some folks guestimate how much it is that Candy Nose pulls in from one of her shows.
It ain't nothing to sneeze at--
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (3cUTc)

Well yeah, it'd probably be a Category Four in her case.

Posted by: good bye, Seattle! at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (88C+u)

47 I want this twink in general population.

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (YwEeS)

48 Too bad it isn't her nose like Pinocchio.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)

She can't back down now.
What is left of her reputation is on the line after the Brigitte Macron disaster.

She'll stick to her story until her dying day.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (6ydKt)

49 Tyler, if he wants to live, probably wants the lawyers that might spare his miserable life.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 05:53 PM (E4rtv)

I can't imagine wanting to spend the rest of my life in jail, but I guess there is always the chance a leftist on the jury decides they are going for nullification.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (LX4y3)

50
I thought lying in wait and stalking were special circumstances. Likewise political assassination, which this clearly was.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (azNOR)

51 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?
Posted by: Piper

If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (Q89nA)

52 Facts are mere impediments to the theory -- The Grand Unified Theory of Everything, which posits that "It's the Jews' fault" explains all physical phenomena.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (Av6i5)

53 Charlie, as I recall, had people all around him, though, and the bullet was a powerful rifle cartridge that could reasonably be expected to pass through the target, with a changed trajectory, and ricochet off the ground. Is that enough threat to innocent bystanders to meet the threshold? It's a good legal question.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (+/CWD)

No real point, it was obviously political because to a leftist everything is.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)

54 If the debate with Andrew Wilson actually happens (big If), I expect Candygram to plead the Fifth (not answer) more times than Fauci.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Conspiracy wackos do not plead the fifth. They just launch into more conspiracies. "Mossad paid Andrew!!! They're aiming energy weapons at me right now~!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (diia5)

55 The sad part?

This will change exactly none of CandyAss Ovens rapid delusional followers. If anything, the reverse will be true. She will double and triple and quadruple and double-dodecahedron down.

Don’t you fools know that the best evidence of a vast conspiracy is the total absence of any evidence of the conspiracy?

Over-under for how long it takes for Ovens to claim this creep’s own lawyers are Mossad agents? Not joking.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (yTXpW)

56 I'm sure the Left just loves this.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:50 PM (r13UX)

Nobody this has 'shaken out' was ever on the right.
Posted by: Oldcat

But darn if "sharpie" isn't going to continue to try to convince us that it's true.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (vJrRc)

57 18 Robinson Admits to Murdering Kirk, Owens Hardest Hit

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (gEIsK)

Ricochet ?

Posted by: you really don't want to know at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (AGz65)

58 How the Fk did they come up with that convoluted theory?

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)

59 Note I only say that because I expect him to never be executed.

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (YwEeS)

60 51 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?
Posted by: Piper

If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (Q89nA

I only got to grandiose. But I have heard the macabre one before and…yikes.

Her husband called her a grifter’s grifter, so there is that.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

61 38 I've seen some folks guestimate how much it is that Candy Nose pulls in from one of her shows.

It ain't nothing to sneeze at--ragebaiting is profitable.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

It is all fun and games until the libel and slander lawsuits roll in and this case is pretty much going to make it an open and shut case for Candace to be held liable by Charlie's widow. Then I think the floodgates are going to open and she flees the country to avoid paying judgment. No one wanted to sue a nasty pig wallowing in the mud because a) the pig likes it, and b) there is a real threat that Ovens will cause one or more of her demented flying monkeys to cause harm and harassment to the person suing her.

Like Alex Jones, it is all fun and games until the jury verdict rolls in and the judge enforces the inevitable judgment.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (E4rtv)

62 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?
Posted by: Piper

If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (Q89nA)

I think in England they pronounce it to rhyme with pallet.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (uhVAy)

63
Lemme axe you this !

Posted by: Canyon Owens at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (NtVYv)

64 "Candace claims..."

*shrugs*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (RIvkX)

65 58 How the Fk did they come up with that convoluted theory?
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)

Lawyerbabble, a version of bullshit dazzling.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:00 PM (sTlXt)

66 >> I think in England they pronounce it to rhyme with pallet.

Same with "valet".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (w6EFb)

67 51 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?
Posted by: Piper

If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Don't we celebrate Hannukah because the Macabres re-dedicated The Temple?

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (Av6i5)

68 If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 05:58 PM (Q89nA)

I used to pronounce it Mack A Bree as a joke

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

69 Now look, retards, they said the shooter. They didn't say Tyler Robinson. Could have been anyone. How many times do I have to explain it?

Posted by: Candy-O at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (QaH55)

70 Lawyers often make arguments that sound good in court and sound ridiculous in public. I'm sure there is some court decision in Utah that hinges on this question cited in their brief. They are being paid by the state, and they are going to bill millions.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (wGerL)

71 It ain't nothing to sneeze at--ragebaiting is profitable.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:56 PM (3cUTc)
___

"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"

- Matthew 16:26 (LSB)

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (24NQL)

72 The right: The left is dangerous. Look one of their tranny chasers just admitted to murdering the top right wing speaker in the country

The left: Nah man that's what THE JEWS want you to think. It was really them! Like they planned this for years with their undercover agent Erika Kirk.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (sKqQm)

73 ... but in Utah, mistakenly regarded as a red state, you need to murder someone in a bad way.

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You mean, like, kill them twice?

[One verse from the great Michael Piranha parody 3"Hotel Honolulu:"]

"Mirrors on the table
Gang-bangers on ice
To end up in prison here
You'd have to kill someone twice

So tell the crooks on the mainland
Living here is so great
'Cuz no one has more lenient laws
Than the 50th state"

archives.starbulletin.com
/1998/06/08/features/story1.html

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (toNFd)

74 Candace speaks Workers' English

Makes the rules as she goes.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

75
Sorry, I'm not following.

Isn't this just pleading guilty?

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (Y8DZL)

76 55 The sad part?

This will change exactly none of CandyAss Ovens rapid delusional followers. If anything, the reverse will be true. She will double and triple and quadruple and double-dodecahedron down.

Don’t you fools know that the best evidence of a vast conspiracy is the total absence of any evidence of the conspiracy?

Over-under for how long it takes for Ovens to claim this creep’s own lawyers are Mossad agents? Not joking.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Short run perhaps, long run these types always burn out their followers. Happened with Aimee Semple way back in the day and plenty others over time. The lies build up, the believability goes down, the legal process begins chewing up the liar, and eventually the liar is left nakedly exposed to the public stage. Then after the dogs have barked, the caravan moves on.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (E4rtv)

77 66 >> I think in England they pronounce it to rhyme with pallet.

Same with "valet".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I always make the valett wait in the foyerr.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (Av6i5)

78 macabre can be pronounced correctly with 2 or 3 syllables.

Why is that sir?

Nobody knows.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (wGerL)

79 Charlie, as I recall, had people all around him, though, and the bullet was a powerful rifle cartridge that could reasonably be expected to pass through the target, with a changed trajectory, and ricochet off the ground. Is that enough threat to innocent bystanders to meet the threshold? It's a good legal question.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 05:57 PM (+/CWD)

Hunting rounds are designed to not over penetrate, but they are also considered a cruel and unneeded bullet for people as they fragment and cause much greater harm than a full-jacketed round.
Just quoting the Breaker's monologue in Breaker Morant on "Dum-Dum bullets" could make one of the jury members go green.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (rbvCR)

80 The English have never been able to speak proper American.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (sTlXt)

81 Candace Owens is worth $2M with her insane ranting, which is bad, but Kim Kardashian is worth $2B primarily based off of a sex tape and having a big ass.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (sKqQm)

82 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (nDXEV)

83
Didn't the Secret Service have Airforce One land inside one of Candace Owens nostrils to escape an Iranian rocket attack?

The woman is a hero! A hero, I say!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (iJfKG)

84 Didn't some guy named Comperatore take a bullet?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (qFwJc)

85 "For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"

- Matthew 16:26 (LSB)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (24NQL)

depends what you think your soul is worth I suppose.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

86 "or killing someone for a political motive."

So, did that get swept under the rug?
Posted by: no one of any consequence

It was ideological, but not political, man.

Posted by: mikeski, hitting the bong at August 12, 2026 06:06 PM (VHUov)

87 The Utah prosecutors have at least 3 aggravated theories to justify the death penalty. First is the one that Ace is mentioning: putting others in danger. The whole "He was a good shot and killed who he was aiming at, no one else so no death penalty!" is a novel defense idea.

The second one the prosecutors have is something about endangering kids or making them watch it or something. Lots of kids in the audience watched Charlie die. The defense argues that "Well, it was a college campus! How could Robinson know kids might be there?"

The third one is the political/trans angle: Robinson killed Kirk because of his political views. Defense argues that there is not enough evidence of that one so Robinson shouldn't be put to death for that.

All of these are weak defense theories, but they have to argue something I guess. But no, the prosecution has more than one arrow in their quivers here.

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 12, 2026 06:06 PM (IeYnM)

88 73 ... but in Utah, mistakenly regarded as a red state, you need to murder someone in a bad way.

Don't blame Utah for this, it was a Scotus ruling that restored the Death Penalty, Gregg v. Georgia, where they only allowed death penalty statutes on the basis that the penalty had to be imposed only if specific aggravating circumstances showing the murder was somehow worse than regular murders including murder for money, murder for politics, for sexual depravity, drug dealing, etc. etc. around the murder occurred.

The jury (some states used judges before Ring v. Arizona required only a jury to impose a death sentence) was to take into account ALL aggravating facts and mitigating facts (which are not to be limited by statute) into account before imposing the sentence.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (E4rtv)

89 >> The English have never been able to speak proper American.

I know. Al-you-min-ee-um. Zed. Mee-thane. Maths. The list goes on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)

90 I used to pronounce it Mack A Bree as a joke
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

I like that.

Me:
Gazebo is gaze-bow
Placebo is place-bow

I got many more. My Dad taught me well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (0aYVJ)

91 67 51 Okay, she is married to the son of a Lord and can’t pronounce chalet?
Posted by: Piper

If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Don't we celebrate Hannukah because the Macabres re-dedicated The Temple?
Posted by: zombie

This is hysterical

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

92 I think in England they pronounce it to rhyme with pallet.

Same with "valet".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Mom always pronounced Maître d' and Accoutrements as "mater-dee" and "acoot-tur-mints" but she was doing it on purpose to make a point about disliking social climbers and them who were too full of themselves.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (rbvCR)

93 Candace Owens MISPRONOUNCING 40 words straight.

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She is obviously reading the words she keeps mispronouncing so why not substitute another word for it before recording or going live? It seems logic is beyond her in every way.

Posted by: Decaf at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (ZNpJk)

94 Those "bad ways" of committing murder include putting additional people in danger or killing someone for a political motive.

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We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (toNFd)

95 Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (qFwJc)

Another Democrat assassin. He can't be given the death penalty. He's already dead.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (wGerL)

96 84 Didn't some guy named Comperatore take a bullet?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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That was Trump's attempted assassination in Butler PA.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (E4rtv)

97 My favorite little restaurant has mangrove snapper…wonder how I get out of making dinner…

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 06:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

98 Oh, wrong assassination.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:08 PM (qFwJc)

99 Don't we celebrate Hannukah because the Macabres re-dedicated The Temple?
Posted by: zombie

This is hysterical
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

Very Jewish to make a major holiday over a big savings in lamp oil.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

100 Who wants some Whore De Overs~~???

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 06:09 PM (diia5)

101 Conspiracy wackos do not plead the fifth. They just launch into more conspiracies. "Mossad paid Andrew!!! They're aiming energy weapons at me right now~!"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Wilson 'debated' Stew Peters about this topic, and Peters basically spent the entire time stating he wasn't going to answer any questions about his theories, but Wilson had to prove the state's case in the Robinson hearings. I can see whats-her-face doing something similar.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 06:09 PM (Q89nA)

102 depends what you think your soul is worth I suppose.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Considering that both God and Satan want it, I'd say it's priceless.

Sad that most people disagree.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:10 PM (24NQL)

103 89 >> The English have never been able to speak proper American.

I know. Al-you-min-ee-um. Zed. Mee-thane. Maths. The list goes on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)

And the ridiculous writing - sticking a ridiculous “ u “ in everything, as well as that dumb “ boot “ and “ bonnet “ nonsense. Pathetic.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:10 PM (sTlXt)

104 Horse doovers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)

105 Wilson 'debated' Stew Peters about this topic, and Peters basically spent the entire time stating he wasn't going to answer any questions about his theories, but Wilson had to prove the state's case in the Robinson hearings. I can see whats-her-face doing something similar.
Posted by: Stu Podaso
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Doesn't work for civil liability cases.

And Candace has no intention of debating anyone on anything--to do so is to expose her and her followers to ridicule and risk of revealing her lies.

Punk ass bitch.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:11 PM (E4rtv)

106 She’s massively dyslexic.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:11 PM (AZXeW)

107 Wilson 'debated' Stew Peters about this topic, and Peters basically spent the entire time stating he wasn't going to answer any questions about his theories, but Wilson had to prove the state's case in the Robinson hearings. I can see whats-her-face doing something similar.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 06:09 PM (Q89nA)

I think Candace will skate, hopefully without steaking the 300K from Andrew. He's pretty formidable even if he likes you. His wife is pretty formidable as well. It is funny when the chicks on Whatever podcast appeal to HER when Andrew is 'too mean' and she chops them up.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

108 102 depends what you think your soul is worth I suppose.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Considering that both God and Satan want it, I'd say it's priceless.

Sad that most people disagree.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:10 PM (24NQL)

The huge majority of people are doomed, SMH, so the devil is getting plenty of guests.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:12 PM (sTlXt)

109 That it was a political assassination is clear. What other motive could he have for murdering a political figure in cold blood?

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 06:12 PM (YwEeS)

110 If not in the video, her pronunciation of 'macabre' is the stuff of legend.
Posted by: Stu Podaso

Is it like "Brett Favre" where the letters are out of order? "Ma-Carb?"

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 06:12 PM (VHUov)

111 She’s massively dyslexic.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:11 PM (AZXeW)

That's not how 'stupid' is spelled. If you don't know big words, don't have them in your script.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:12 PM (uhVAy)

112 7 "or killing someone for a political motive."

So, did that get swept under the rug?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (qFwJc)

The left contends that 'Human Rights' issues (which they get to define) somehow have no intersection with Politics.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)

113
Also, Brits say cen-tri-FYOO-gul for centrifugal, and cen-tri-PEE-tal for centripetal. Some of that is like fingernails on the chalkboard.

But to be fair, our pronunciations have the same effect on them.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:13 PM (w6EFb)

114 80 The English have never been able to speak proper American.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (sTlXt)

I was watching a cooking video the other day with some fat limey chef who kept saying tinned toe-mot-toes. I had to replay it 3-4 times to figure out he was talking about canned tomatoes. I hate the English.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 12, 2026 06:13 PM (QaH55)

115 98 Oh, wrong assassination.
Posted by: no one of any consequence
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We still know little to nothing of the Butler assassination other than it appears to be another notch for the incels that then become troon, or troon curious. Someone activated these shits--in the case of Tyler, it is possible even that the wrong asshole is on trial as his furry bitch is likely to skate but highly likely to have egged murderous rage on his lover. Watch and wait if they call Furry asshole to the stand how the defense will play it.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:14 PM (E4rtv)

116 9 >> The English have never been able to speak proper American.

I know. Al-you-min-ee-um. Zed. Mee-thane. Maths. The list goes on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)

The change from Aluminum is scientifically invalid.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:14 PM (uhVAy)

117 113
Also, Brits say cen-tri-FYOO-gul for centrifugal, and cen-tri-PEE-tal for centripetal. Some of that is like fingernails on the chalkboard.

But to be fair, our pronunciations have the same effect on them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:13 PM (w6EFb)

Of course, but we are right so they’ll just have to deal with it, or get with Our Program.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:14 PM (sTlXt)

118 Elon Musk's introduction as the new owner of the UK:

https://tinyurl.com/mrsr2tpy

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (24NQL)

119 Professional lawyers, unlike dishonest podcasters, have ethical obligations that bar them from saying things they know are untrue

Lol, "lawyers" and "ethical" in the same sentence. "Legal" obligations, maybe. "Ethical"? Sure.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (9ZFZd)

120 I live by the "alligator" defense. ' Gator in the golf course pond/ lake? Let members know; pets, people start disappearing? Time for the 'gator to go...

Posted by: pahound at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (AjR4+)

121 She’s massively dyslexic.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:11 PM (AZXeW)

Her presentation is overly "bright" and precise. It is seriously weird.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)

122 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.

Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)

123
Sounds like she speaks jive

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (NtVYv)

124 I was waiting to see if "epitome" made the Owens mispronunciation list.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (Ysav4)

125 122 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)

I do, and I am rather fond of mine.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (sTlXt)

126 I was watching a cooking video the other day with some fat limey chef who kept saying tinned toe-mot-toes. I had to replay it 3-4 times to figure out he was talking about canned tomatoes. I hate the English.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to, to-may-to, to-mah-to
Oh, let's call the whole thing off!

Posted by: Fred & Ginger at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (VHUov)

127 >> The English have never been able to speak proper American.

I know. Al-you-min-ee-um. Zed. Mee-thane. Maths. The list goes on.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 06:07 PM (w6EFb)
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It's why we find their accent absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (FZ29D)

128 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)

you were born for that comment.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)

129 The mispronunciations seem like a form of Tourette's.

Or should I say terreds.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 06:17 PM (KC5Lt)

130 109 That it was a political assassination is clear. What other motive could he have for murdering a political figure in cold blood?
Posted by: steevy
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Lawyers for the defense are compelled to put the best defense that they can before the court. The mass of evidence precludes trying the old SODDI or TODDI defense--some other dude did it or the other dude did it. I suspect that we are going to see, if Furry asshole is called as a prosecution witness, that the defense will make it like Tyler was besotted and manipulated into killing-so the motive was love, not political hatred.

Dunno if the prosecution is going to call the guy though as they have enough without it and the defense is not likely to risk it either.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:17 PM (E4rtv)

131 128 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)

you were born for that comment.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)

That’s pretty good.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:17 PM (sTlXt)

132 It's why we find their accent absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (FZ29D)

That and if you go there almost nobody in England speaks that way either.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:17 PM (uhVAy)

133 ter·ror·ism

noun
terrorism (noun)
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims:

So, murder because of the Trans agenda, which is POLITICAL, is terrorism...

And somehow that is NOT an aggravating circumstance?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 06:18 PM (mP0Kj)

134 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)
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I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:18 PM (24NQL)

135 "50. I thought lying in wait and stalking were special circumstances. Likewise political assassination, which this clearly was."

Neither lying in wait nor stalking are aggravating factors in Utah. Nor was the victim law enforcement or a public official, which Utah law does have as aggravators.

The prosecutors have charged the one factor that fits, while the defense says there are not enough grounds.

I wonder just how many rounds were left in the rifle, and isn't that sufficient evidence of posing grave danger to others around the victim? Just a thought.

Posted by: Fritz at August 12, 2026 06:19 PM (J7jo9)

136 My second choice is trolling the rubes.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:19 PM (AZXeW)

137 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)
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I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:18 PM (24NQL)

I remember a short-short SF/Fantasy story where God shows up late for the second coming.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)

138 The English have never been able to speak proper American.

Whenever I watch a British TV show, I always turn on the closed captions.

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (Oy/m2)

139 I was waiting to see if "epitome" made the Owens mispronunciation list.
Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (Ysav4)

Brian Regan had a great bit about that. Someone said "you pronounce every word wrong!"

He responded, "now that is the eppy-tome of hyper-bowl."

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (0aYVJ)

140 Candace should show an emoticon of respect.

Posted by: Mega Mac at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (BI5O2)

141 It's why we find their accent absolutely hilarious.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

That and if you go there almost nobody in England speaks that way either.
Posted by: Oldcat

Well, their accents are regional.

Like "The three blocks off the north side of Main Street in Codswollop-on-Great-Ouse, on Thursday, accent" regional.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (VHUov)

142 Black America has this petulant ignorance streak. Mispronouncing SAT words would be a thing.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:21 PM (AZXeW)

143 I was waiting to see if "epitome" made the Owens mispronunciation list.
Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 06:16 PM (Ysav4)

Eppy Tome?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)

144 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)
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I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:18 PM (24NQL)

I think life is like a Pachinko machine. The final destination is known in a random path but God can intervene and change the direction if he chooses.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 06:21 PM (KC5Lt)

145 134 If you hold to predestination, the soul is worthless.
Posted by: gKWVE at August 12, 2026 06:15 PM (88C+u)
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I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 06:18 PM (24NQL)

Nice point. If He knows something is going to happen in the future, it kinda follows that it is gonna happen. Unless He gets surprised all the time by us little scamps, which means He’s NOT omniscient, so just a kinda little God.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (sTlXt)

146 That kid deserves only one thing.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (MWfyi)

147 Good grief. This is as preposterous as that idiot in Spokane who started the Old Trail fire only being convicted of manslaughter for murdering his own father. WTH is happening in the US with this total disregard for human life? Sickening.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (2NHgQ)

148 ***his shot was well-aimed and did not put anyone else in danger, so he should not be executed for his murder.
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Amazing times in which we live.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (VQ0bX)

149 Mahopac.
I grew up saying mayo pack.
The smart set said ma hoe pack.
My Buffalo cousins are more familiar with Indian place names and said the latter.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (AZXeW)

150 I usually call for life in prison, and don't care for the death penalty.

But it might be the only way when it comes to these guys who shoot prominent right wingers.

These pizza-faced weirdos and furries and shut-ins will just get released by some Communist judge once some time passes and nobody is looking.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 06:23 PM (BI5O2)

151 I think I will talk about Candy Ovens now, or maybe the foul and filthy English.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:23 PM (sTlXt)

152 Like "The three blocks off the north side of Main Street in Codswollop-on-Great-Ouse, on Thursday, accent" regional.
Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 06:20 PM (VHUov)
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The Brits struggle to do a Midwestern American accent. It's very difficult because it's so unique and a fusion of disparate elements with the Irish "R" but lots of Germanisms worked in. Much of what we think is "American" is German, and when the German language was forcibly suppressed in 1917, I think a lot of speakers bent American English into something of a pretzel.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:24 PM (ZOv7s)

153 Surely political murder counts as an enhancement.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 05:51 PM (+v9Nq)

They're making the argument that it wasn't political. Totally not political. No sirree, nothing to see here.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 06:24 PM (ExV1e)

154 I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
_________

But if He knows, doesn't that still mean it's predestined?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 06:24 PM (XvL8K)

155 114 80 The English have never been able to speak proper American.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:04 PM (sTlXt)

I was watching a cooking video the other day with some fat limey chef who kept saying tinned toe-mot-toes. I had to replay it 3-4 times to figure out he was talking about canned tomatoes. I hate the English.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 12, 2026 06:13 PM (QaH55)

The Brits expect 330+ million Americans to use English pronunciations, spelling, and grammar as used in England by 30 million (?) Englanders (not Scots, Welsh, and Northern Irelanders). When we don't, they call us uneducated barbarians. Because they can only attempt to assuage their feelings of inferiority and envy of America and Americans using miscellaneous tiny cultural comparison ways. Sad.

Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 06:24 PM (5rh/l)

156 147 Good grief. This is as preposterous as that idiot in Spokane who started the Old Trail fire only being convicted of manslaughter for murdering his own father. WTH is happening in the US with this total disregard for human life? Sickening.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
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One of the problems with tilting the balance too much toward the individual and too little toward society. Warren Court while redressing older grievances of the wrongfully accused introduced new grievances where judges feel free to let loose monsters to kill, main, and terrorize society. Same with the mentally ill.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (E4rtv)

157 I have fired s 30.06. it was not fun. It has 2x the power of a 223 round. I helped butcher an 800 pound moose in Alaska that was hit by one. The round went right through her after shattering a rib.

Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (UZfgv)

158 I usually call for life in prison, and don't care for the death penalty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 06:23 PM (BI5O2)
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I used to buy the argument that the death penalty gave the state too much power, but I now feel that a quick death is better than locking someone in a dungeon for life. For one thing, prisons are expensive, and we're basically forced to feed scumbags who in every previous civilization would have been executed.

It's basically cheap grace. Make Hanging Great Again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (ZOv7s)

159 >>>He’s NOT omniscient, so just a kinda little God.

Posted by: tubal at
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Let's humiliate ourselves over things we will not know
in this lifetime for $500.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (VQ0bX)

160 The Brits struggle to do a Midwestern American accent. It's very difficult because it's so unique and a fusion of disparate elements with the Irish "R" but lots of Germanisms worked in. Much of what we think is "American" is German, and when the German language was forcibly suppressed in 1917, I think a lot of speakers bent American English into something of a pretzel.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Heh, the British Royal family , being German, should have no such problems with the Midwest accent then.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)

161 149 Mahopac.
I grew up saying mayo pack.
The smart set said ma hoe pack.
My Buffalo cousins are more familiar with Indian place names and said the latter.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (AZXeW)
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Id much rather have my whore than mayonnaise. Just saying …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 06:26 PM (yTXpW)

162 So... my oldest (younger) sister came to visit me today and brought penis shaped sugar cookies with a smilie face and the legend "Peter Prostate" to 'celebrate' my cancer. Apparently, all my siblings chipped in.

I have a weird family.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

163 What gets me is how Brits can turn the word "no" into a multisyllabic word. Naeiuw.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (0aYVJ)

164 159 >>>He’s NOT omniscient, so just a kinda little God.

Posted by: tubal at
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Let's humiliate ourselves over things we will not know
in this lifetime for $500.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (VQ0bX)

Or, talk about Candy Ovens which was the point of the post. I am BACK On Track, Braenyard!!

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (sTlXt)

165 Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (UZfgv)

Did your boyfriend help?

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (KC5Lt)

166 154 I hold that God lives outside of time, so He knows who will and who will not repent.

We, on the other hand, do not.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
_________

But if He knows, doesn't that still mean it's predestined?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 06:24 PM (XvL8K)
Well, yeah. It's all His stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (LHPAg)

167 There are some British actors who seem to be able to pull off American

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)

168 I have a weird family.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

LOL.. They sound great

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (FtULh)

169 157 I have fired s 30.06. it was not fun. It has 2x the power of a 223 round. I helped butcher an 800 pound moose in Alaska that was hit by one. The round went right through her after shattering a rib.
Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 06:25 PM (UZfgv)

Yeah ... sure Jan ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (3sXRv)

170 So... my oldest (younger) sister came to visit me today and brought penis shaped sugar cookies with a smilie face and the legend "Peter Prostate" to 'celebrate' my cancer. Apparently, all my siblings chipped in.

I have a weird family.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

So funny. I bet your family is awesome. And prayers to you.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (0aYVJ)

171 Heh, the British Royal family , being German, should have no such problems with the Midwest accent then.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)

There are different dialects in Germany as in England. Hannover is north Germany, while without a demographic map US immigration might be more South German, say Bavaria.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)

172 Did it have the thing that goes up, Paul?

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (MWfyi)

173 Obama pronounced corps like a corpse.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (qFwJc)

174 Heh, the British Royal family , being German, should have no such problems with the Midwest accent then.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:26 PM (E4rtv)
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And of course the true claimants to the throne of England presently speak German.

Hugh Laurie was asked if doing an American show in America with Americans helped him with House's accent and he said no. He always had to work hard to make sure he got it right because American English is very inconsistent.

Southern accents, on the other hand, are very easy for the English to do, and that's what they often resort to if asked to play an American.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (ZOv7s)

175 173 Obama pronounced corps like a corpse.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (qFwJc)

Pockiston was my favorite.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (sTlXt)

176 whig you’ve touched on the other problem, mental illness. Just because you’re mentally ill shouldn’t give you a free pass on murder. If not prison a mentally ill murderer should be institutionalized. Nope, cannot do that since it’s cruel. Tell that to the families of those that were murdered by these ill people, what about the cruelty of them living without their loved ones?

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (2NHgQ)

177 "I have a weird family.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

Did she bring them in a bag?

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (MWfyi)

178 161 149 Mahopac.
I grew up saying mayo pack.
The smart set said ma hoe pack.
My Buffalo cousins are more familiar with Indian place names and said the latter.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 06:22 PM (AZXeW)
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Id much rather have my whore than mayonnaise. Just saying …
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 06:26 PM (yTXpW)
May-Oh-Naze!
Louis Gossett Jr.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (LHPAg)

179 167 There are some British actors who seem to be able to pull off American
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)
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Christian Bale. Ever hear him in an interview? Sounds like a bad Monty python skit.

Hugh Jackman? Yes, he’s Aussie but holy shit the native accent on the guy in interviews. Sounds like a parody of crocodile Dundee.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (yTXpW)

180 I think Candy is just an evil narcissistic grifter, she's not dumb or mentally ill

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)

181 There are different dialects in Germany as in England. Hannover is north Germany, while without a demographic map US immigration might be more South German, say Bavaria.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)
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I think most Germans came from the Rhineland and areas outside of Prussia proper. The towns kind of give it away in some areas. Frankenmuth, Michigan is Bavarian.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

182 Ace internet debater and slayer-of-Leftists Andrew Wilson is now on to debate the psycho-chick Owens. She's set to receive a payoff of $350k.

I admire Wilson but this is a mistake.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (7s9Qe)

183 Obama pronounced corps like a corpse.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (qFwJc)

Pockiston was my favorite.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (sTlXt

And Orion as o-Ree-on

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (KC5Lt)

184 180 I think Candy is just an evil narcissistic grifter, she's not dumb or mentally ill
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (xcxpd)

Same, but I would add weird ass hell, also.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (sTlXt)

185 There are some British actors who seem to be able to pull off American
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)

Gary Oldman

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (Oy/m2)

186 But they say his shot was well-aimed and did not put anyone else in danger, so he should not be executed for his murder.

You see, your honor, yes I know I was going 50 over the speed limit in the school zone, but my speeding was well executed, the drifting around the corner and through the parking lot was viral video material, yet I did not actually hit anyone so they weren't in danger, so this charge should be dismissed.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (BvPIe)

187 The death penalty is licit. Read the Catechism of the Council of Trent. It is for the protection of the innocent.

JPII watered it down in the CCC. Bergoglio, the heretic and antipope forbids it.

All you Catholics, throw out your CCC and read the Catechism of the Council of Trent.

The CCC is sprinkled throughout with little poison pills of heresy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (qFwJc)

188 I have a 30-36, my .44 magnum carbine kicks harder.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 06:33 PM (xcxpd)

189 *30-06
sheesh, I need an edit feature

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 06:33 PM (xcxpd)

190 @149 funny is listening to non upstate NYers trying to pronounce Dutch or Native American place names . Mahopac was Indian.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:33 PM (WOnE5)

191 This will cause a NOOD, but Mrs. Lloyd is doing well after her surgery. She elected to stay overnight at the hospital because one of the nerve blockers didn't work and she can get better pain management there.

As the surgical team was assembling and I had to go, I wished her well and then looked at her chest and said: "Well, I'm gonna miss you guys. I really enjoyed the 26 years we had together."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)

192 189 *30-06
sheesh, I need an edit feature
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 06:33 PM (xcxpd)

You didn’t press the unsend key??

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:34 PM (sTlXt)

193 Worse than Benghazi.

Rick Wilson
@TheRickWilson
The image Trump cowering like a little bitch in a catering truck with other members of his throuple while running away and leaving the rest of his team and the media to die in a possible Iranian attack will never get old.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 06:34 PM (ndZc7)

194 Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese are the same language. The characters are the same. They aren’t different languages, but different dialects. Dialects that are so different they can’t understand each other. Odd. But China, so …

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (yTXpW)

195 Well, Robinson is an absolute dead bang loser, so his attorney has to get creative.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (+jscL)

196 Obama calling the Falklands the Maldives instead of Malvinas was a showing of his Candace like intellect

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (WOnE5)

197 Did she bring them in a bag?
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (MWfyi)

No, they were in a bakery box. She bought them local. Apparently, the bakery was not at all keen on making them but she 'splained the situation and convinced them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (ExV1e)

198 I think most Germans came from the Rhineland and areas outside of Prussia proper. The towns kind of give it away in some areas. Frankenmuth, Michigan is Bavarian.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:31 PM (ZOv7s)

Yeah, Prussia and Hannover were owned by major powers and thus somewhat insulated from the kind of stresses that spark emigration. There were revolts and civil wars in 1848 that sparked an urgent need to leave the scene for many, who then came to the US and fought in the ACW. A German District in Cincy was called 'Over the Rhine' because it was across a canal and had lots of Germans.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (uhVAy)

199 There are some British actors who seem to be able to pull off American
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:28 PM (Ia/+0)

Gary Oldman
Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 06:32 PM (Oy/m2)
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It can and has been done, but in interviews they all describe it as something of a chore. Being able to do it well is something of a brag.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)

200 196 Obama calling the Falklands the Maldives instead of Malvinas was a showing of his Candace like intellect
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (WOnE5)

He was only, what 10,000 miles off?

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (sTlXt)

201 candy owen and the rick wilson in the same thread! Make it stop.
Anyway. Murder is murder and he cops to it, fry his ass UT.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (2NHgQ)

202 A.H., glad to hear it. Good luck and God bless to you and your wife

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:37 PM (WOnE5)

203 What if Tyler Robinson was really trying to shoot him in the ear...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 12, 2026 06:37 PM (E9VJ1)

204 But they say his shot was well-aimed and did not put anyone else in danger, so he should not be executed for his murder.

The argument is ridiculous even as stated. No one intends a neck shot. It was a misplaced head or torso shot and therefore not "well-aimed"

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 06:37 PM (Ysav4)

205 College staircase dope and bullshit session.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 06:37 PM (wxsGM)

206 He did not only murder Charlie Kirk, he was attempting to murder the whole Christian Movement, and its confrontation of the evil left (and its predatory nature). That seems to enhance the charge sufficiently for the death penalty, imo.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (vbXSk)

207 > But if He knows, doesn't that still mean it's predestined?

Foreknowledge isn't the same as predestination. Foreknowledge is knowing something will occur. Predestination is making something occur.

The classic formulation:
God knows all things perfectly.
God knows X will happen.
Therefore X will happen. (necessity of the consequence)
It does not follow that you could not have done otherwise. (necessity of the consequent)

God's knowledge tracks what free agents will freely do. It doesn't force the choice.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (mkw2N)

208 Mandarin Chinese and Cantonese are the same language. The characters are the same. They aren’t different languages, but different dialects. Dialects that are so different they can’t understand each other. Odd. But China, so …
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (yTXpW)
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They are different languages but use the same characters, which are symbolic/conceptual rather than phonetic. The spoken words can be completely different, but the concepts are the same. Really weird.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)

209
I used to buy the argument that the death penalty gave the state too much power, but I now feel that a quick death is better than locking someone in a dungeon for life.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I'm in favor of giving them a choice. BUT -- if your choice is the dungeon, it's irrevocable.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (XJ22o)

210 @149 funny is listening to non upstate NYers trying to pronounce Dutch or Native American place names . Mahopac was Indian.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:33 PM (WOnE5)

What makes spelling vs pronunciation gets hard is when it is written down. Indian names are usually just how they sound since they were not written down before.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (uhVAy)

211 "Well, I'm gonna miss you guys. I really enjoyed the 26 years we had together."

With MS, my wife's "shrank." Oh well. as Ben Franklin noted, the nether regions are the last to go.

Love her. Fondle what is there that is little left. Kiss her and tell her that you love her.

And then give her what for.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:39 PM (qFwJc)

212 Tyler's argument, or his lawyers is totally BS

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

213 The image Trump cowering like a little bitch in a catering truck with other members of his throuple while running away and leaving the rest of his team and the media to die in a possible Iranian attack will never get old.

You do realize that those multi-millionaire freeloaders in the Enemedia could have just made separate arrangements themselves to get home. Commercial flights to accept American passengers from that area.

Apparently the threat wasn't that much of a deal to spring a few thousand bucks for a 1st class home.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (pawvM)

214 There are some British actors who seem to be able to pull off American

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Didja see that Hugh Laurie called out the Woke-stapo the other day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (ndZc7)

215 A.H., glad to hear it. Good luck and God bless to you and your wife
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:37 PM (WOnE5)
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Thank you! It's crazy that we had no idea about any of this at the start of July. One hell of a ride.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (ZOv7s)

216 Very Jewish to make a major holiday over a big savings in lamp oil.

Some years ago I worked with an observant Jewish dude who explained that it wasn't a major holiday but latkes and jelly donuts are good so just go with it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (vTZFs)

217 "He did not only murder Charlie Kirk, he was attempting to murder the whole Christian Movement"

AND, trying to instill fear in anyone that might speak out publicly about clear Christian (American) beliefs. "Obey us or our crazies will murder you ... and that goes for you too, DJ Trump".

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (vbXSk)

218 To get the death penalty, there must be an enhancement to "mere" murder.

In other words, I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot the deputy.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (hLZfT)

219 If you know what happens at any point in time you don't have to manipulate anything. You just know what happens.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:41 PM (MWfyi)

220 Felt recoil is a function of Newtonian physics. The weight of the bullet, the powder charge, the weight of the rifle, and the frequency of the recoil impulse all affect the experience. Shoot a 30-06 in a Garand weighing ten pounds with range ammo--150 gr at 2700 is not horrible in part because the gas operation lessens the recoil impulse. Fire it in a six pound bolt action 18-20 inch barrel rifle and using 160's or 170's bullets, it can be unpleasant.

The fit of a rifle and how much you work out makes a difference too. Heavy muscles in the shoulder can help shield and cushion the recoil impact and the rifle butt of the stock means x amount of energy is applied over x amount of surface area contacting the shoulder. Fatter stock, greater dispersion of force on the shoulder, thin and small stock butt, much more unpleasant.

Then we have rifle butt pads--none or steel, you best have a firm hold on the rifle cause woo boy it can pound. Put a thick recoil pad or a shooters jacket. Much less.

I find 30-06 in a decently weighted rifle more pleasant in recoil than firing 12 gauge slugs from a shotgun, ceteris paribus.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)

221 Obama calling the Falklands the Maldives instead of Malvinas was a showing of his Candace like intellect
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:35 PM (WOnE5)

He was only, what 10,000 miles off?
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:36 PM (sTlXt)

Asshole trying to be cute and annoy the English like usual by using the Argentine name., and like the dope he is getting it wrong.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)

222 He shot into a crowd of people. There were people standing around Charlie, there's a lot of audience participation. Any jury that buys that BS is both ridiculously stupid and not surprisingly out of currently observed norms for society.

Posted by: banana Dream - Democracy! at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (3uBP9)

223 @210 true and around here the Dutch wrote down what they thought the Indians were saying.
There's a Mountain range just south of me running to the Penn border. They're named the Shawangunks. They're pronounced Shon-gum. Any pronunciation sounds vweird.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (WOnE5)

224 212 Tyler's argument, or his lawyers is totally BS
Posted by: Skip
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Lawyers are duty bound to give the best arguments that they can for their client, even when it is a losing effort. They are trying to save his life with the stack of evidence precluding him getting acquitted.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (E4rtv)

225 Apparently the threat wasn't that much of a deal to spring a few thousand bucks for a 1st class home.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:40 PM (pawvM)

Like they pay anyway, they are on expense accounts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

226 183 Obama pronounced corps like a corpse.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:29 PM (qFwJc)

Pockiston was my favorite.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (sTlXt

And Orion as o-Ree-on

i wonder how he pronounces tannhauser

Posted by: anachronda at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (sGtp+)

227 "The image Trump cowering like a little bitch in a catering truck with other members of his throuple while running away and leaving the rest of his team and the media to die in a possible Iranian attack will never get old."

How about the picture of Trump getting shot in the head and standing and raising his fist in defiance? Will that get old? You miserable little goblin loser.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (7s9Qe)

228 Nood

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (LX4y3)

229 God's knowledge tracks what free agents will freely do.

Except the Scriptures clearly state that the Will is a slave to sin.

Slavery ≢ Free

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 06:43 PM (pawvM)

230 I'm in favor of giving them a choice. BUT -- if your choice is the dungeon, it's irrevocable.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 06:38 PM (XJ22o)
Me, too. Chair, rope, or firing squad.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 06:44 PM (LHPAg)

231 Oldcat. I live in an area that was originally Salish. xwlhtlhplhhskwts
This means he had in his possession a bunchberry plant. I will never try to pronounce that.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 06:44 PM (2NHgQ)

232 Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo
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Chief Brownell's say, stiffer spring, thicker buffer.
Make floors shiny and bright.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (VQ0bX)

233 It's all BS.

You plotted. You planned. It is murder. And if the state won't administer justice, we live in a tyranny.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (qFwJc)

234 191 This will cause a NOOD, but Mrs. Lloyd is doing well after her surgery. She elected to stay overnight at the hospital because one of the nerve blockers didn't work and she can get better pain management there.

As the surgical team was assembling and I had to go, I wished her well and then looked at her chest and said: "Well, I'm gonna miss you guys. I really enjoyed the 26 years we had together."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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May her healing be swift and may your family be blessed during recovery. Sorry to hear about it.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)

235 I find 30-06 in a decently weighted rifle more pleasant in recoil than firing 12 gauge slugs from a shotgun, ceteris paribus.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:41 PM (E4rtv)
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A while back a friend of mine brought his Dirty Harry Model 29 and compared it to my Taurus Tracker. We used the same ammo in both.

We all figured the 29 would have less felt recoil due to its massive size. We were wrong. The Taurus was much nicer due to the rubber grips and the ported barrel. Still a handful, but not as bad as that Smith.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)

236 May her healing be swift and may your family be blessed during recovery. Sorry to hear about it.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (E4rtv)
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Thank you, and keep healing yourself!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:45 PM (ZOv7s)

237 " I think Candy is just an evil narcissistic grifter, she's not dumb or mentally ill"

the lies she throws around, to undermine a "more pure" movement (for her profit, and to serve her ego), makes her "evil". And that is a mental illness, (or demonic possession, whatever).

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (vbXSk)

238 The longstanding definition of chutzpah is killing your parents then pleading for mercy on the grounds of being an orphan.

That still stands, but I have to say, the defense team pleading for mercy on the grounds of being a crack marksman is definitely up there.

Posted by: Sam at August 12, 2026 06:46 PM (7jMef)

239 IT'S HILARIOUS BECAUSE THE MORMONS HATE BEING CALL PROTESTANTS AND THE PROTESTANTS DON'T CONSIDER THEM EVEN CHRISTIAN.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (qFwJc)

240 >>>Pockiston was my favorite.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 06:30 PM (sTlXt

And Orion as o-Ree-on

Posted by: polynikes
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He and his bull thigh wife love rubbing it in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (VQ0bX)

241 true and around here the Dutch wrote down what they thought the Indians were saying.
There's a Mountain range just south of me running to the Penn border. They're named the Shawangunks. They're pronounced Shon-gum. Any pronunciation sounds vweird.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 06:42 PM (WOnE5)
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Is it Mackinac or Mackinaw? Michigan says "Yes."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

242 It's obvious this mental case, Candace Owens, is not reevaluating her stance on any of the ludicrous things she's said and been confronted with as having been completely wrong. No mea culpa, showing she at least has some integrity, is going to be forthcoming. She's actually gotten more and more combative...or in her pronunciation, "cobmative." What a loon.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (qBdHI)

243 Had to do a "project" in Lake Mohopic. Rich dude, big kitchen install. That's where Gualliani was sending the NYC homeless. The rooms were full, because in a whisper (we have alot of homeless).

Posted by: pahound at August 12, 2026 06:50 PM (AjR4+)

244 When I was a sprout, I read John Hershey's novel, The War Lover. The chick's name is Penelope. I had no idea how to pronounce it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (ndZc7)

245 Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Good wishes to the Mrs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 06:51 PM (VQ0bX)

246 220 I find 30-06 in a decently weighted rifle more pleasant in recoil than firing 12 gauge slugs from a shotgun, ceteris paribus.

doubtless pronounced "chartreus microbus".

Posted by: anachronda at August 12, 2026 07:10 PM (sGtp+)

247 Ace! She offered the defense team her theory of maroon shirts/khaki pants!!!

What is wrong with the defense team not wanting her help?

Why is she scared to debate this guy? Because she's full of it? Pathetic weirdo.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 07:27 PM (hzuYO)

248 Is it Mackinac or Mackinaw? Michigan says "Yes."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 12, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

We have a local river that starts out is "LaCreole" and ends up at the Willamette as "Rickreall"

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 07:57 PM (rbvCR)

249 Robinson left more DNA at the crime site than on his Gay Transsexual Furry Lover's bed sheets.

Posted by: JTP at August 13, 2026 01:02 AM (5jqlx)

Paramount Warns California: Stop Blocking Our Purchase of Warner Bros. Through Endless Lawfare Or We're Moving The Entire Multibillion Dollar Corporation to a Different State

California's taxation alone would make the move a good one -- Paramount pays an extra $500 million in taxes every year solely due to the excessive taxes California levies on them.

They have the idea they can tax and bully as much as they like because hey, what are you going to do, leave California?

They don't seem to have noticed that a ton of tax-rich corporations have already done just that.

David Ellison Reportedly Sets October 1 Deadline to Move Paramount Out of California Over Warner Bros. Lawsuit
The escalating battle over Paramount Skydance's proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery may now threaten something much larger than the merger itself: Hollywood's century-old position as the center of the American entertainment industry. Paramount CEO David Ellison has reportedly told his top executives that he is prepared to move the company out of California if the state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, refuses to negotiate a settlement in the lawsuit seeking to block Paramount's roughly $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.
And according to a bombshell new report from Puck's Matthew Belloni, Ellison has put an actual date on the threat.
October 1.
Belloni reports that Ellison recently gathered Paramount's 12-member Executive Leadership Team for a meeting on the Paramount lot, where the CEO laid out what could become one of the most consequential corporate relocations in Hollywood history.

Paramount would be the first mover here. Many other entertainment companies have surely considered leaving California, but they are stopped by fears that "it simply isn't done." Once Paramount proves it can be done, there would be a rush of companies leaving.

According to two people Belloni says have direct knowledge of the meeting, Ellison told the executives that Paramount Skydance would relocate to Tennessee, Texas, Georgia, or potentially another state if Bonta does not come to the negotiating table.
Even more significantly, Ellison reportedly said Paramount's board has already signed off on the move.
That transforms what previously sounded like political pressure into something considerably more concrete.
Ellison reportedly remains confident that Paramount will ultimately prevail against the lawsuit brought by California and 11 other states attempting to stop the Warner Bros. transaction.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta officially led the coalition of 12 Democrat attorneys general in filing the antitrust lawsuit last month, arguing that the transaction would reduce competition in the entertainment industry. The federal Justice Department, meanwhile, had already cleared the merger.
But Ellison reportedly told Paramount leadership that if the dispute is not resolved by October 1, the company will begin the process of leaving California.
The significance of that date isn't arbitrary.
Beginning after September 30, Paramount is expected to owe Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders approximately $650 million per quarter, commonly described as roughly $7 million per day, while the deal remains unfinished. A federal judge recently scheduled the antitrust trial to begin March 2, 2027, potentially leaving Paramount responsible for more than $1 billion in additional payments before the case is resolved.
And if the Warner Bros. transaction ultimately collapses, Paramount could face a staggering $7 billion termination fee.
Those numbers dramatically change the economics of the standoff.
According to Belloni, Ellison told executives that rather than responding to those costs by slashing content spending or restructuring the company, relocation represents another option.
This wouldn't simply mean changing the address on Paramount's corporate headquarters.
Belloni reports that Ellison is developing a five-year plan under which the company's headquarters would move first, followed eventually by most studio jobs.

....

For decades, states including Georgia, Texas, and Tennessee have attempted to take pieces of Hollywood away from California. California may now be giving one of Hollywood's most powerful executives a reason to hand them something much bigger.

October 1 suddenly looks like one of the most important dates on Hollywood's calendar.

In other Failures of Hollywood news, Jessica Gao, the woke incompetent who was made the showrunner of "She-Hulk" as a pure DEI move, hasn't worked much since she spent $200 million on what ultimately turned out to be the World's Most Expensive Twitter Diss on the CHUDs.

She probably won't be given such power again.

She-Hulk Reportedly Had "Catastrophic" Test Screenings -- Then Jessica Gao Threatened to Quit Over Kevin Feige's Hat

While She-Hulk: Attorney at Law> was canceled after one season, the story behind its troubled production is becoming a cautionary tale for the ages.
Tatiana Maslany's short-lived run as Jennifer Walters received renewed attention after X user QQ shared an amusing observation about the series.
"The funniest story was how the creators originally conceived of She-Hulk as a case of the week type lawyer show," QQ wrote, "but then they got to the writer's room and they all said they don't know how to do that as if it was lost knowledge like the Roman aqueducts."
...
Edgar Award-winning author Daniel Friedman used the post as a launching point to summarize She-Hulk's behind-the-scenes drama, from reportedly "catastrophic" test screenings to the showrunner threatening to quit over Kevin Feige's hat.
How Jessica Gao Landed She-Hulk
In his post, which quickly went viral, Friedman explained that She-Hulk showrunner Jessica Gao wrote the famous "Pickle Rick" episode of the animated series Rick and Morty. However, she reportedly clashed with the show's co-creator, Dan Harmon, over the decision to cast Susan Sarandon as a character Gao had written as Asian.

I'm not sure she "wrote" the episode as most people would think of "writing" something. TV shows have a showrunner, who acts as the main writer, and a writers room, all of whom contribute jokes and "beats" to a story. A specific person is assigned to "write" it but they're largely compiling what came out of the writers room.

Who knows, maybe this was her idea and maybe she did write the episode mostly by herself.

But I don't think that's how TV writing actually works.

That's why they say she's the "credited writer." She got the credit, yeah, but we don't know how much she was responsible for.

Harmon subsequently agreed to host a podcast with Gao titled Whiting Wongs. Friedman described it as "40 hours of him apologizing and learning about racism."

The writing credit on the popular episode and the podcast appear to have raised Gao's profile. She subsequently landed the showrunner position on the upcoming She-Hulk, but Friedman wrote that "the production was extremely troubled."
"In addition to not staffing lawyers or legal-drama writers on the show who could deliver on the Ally McBeal in the MCU' pitch, the She-Hulk show required -- as described by Gao in interviews -- an extraordinary level of direct personal involvement and micromanagement from Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige," Friedman said.
Feige's attempts to course-correct throughout the process may not have been well received, although Gao reportedly described their professional relationship as supportive and collaborative. According to Friedman, test audience reactions to the series were "catastrophic," prompting Feige to intervene repeatedly and reshape the Disney+ series.

Any tensions surrounding the show's overall direction were mild compared to the bizarre dispute that reportedly erupted over the season finale.
Jennifer concludes the series by breaking through the Disney+ interface and confronting K.E.V.I.N., an artificial intelligence responsible for controlling the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The robot was an unmistakable parody of Feige, whose trademark wardrobe includes a baseball cap.
Gao wanted K.E.V.I.N. to wear a small black cap. Feige rejected the idea because he believed that placing a hat on a robot made no logical sense.

This is and always was a dumb idea and it's what makes me think she wasn't really the main writer on "Pickle Rick." This is the kind of thing a n00b thinks is funny.

Not only did she think this Basic Bitch idea was super-funny, she was actually willing to die on that hill. She actually quit the show to get this "joke" included.

"I was incensed, and in this big meeting, in front of like 20 people, I said, 'Kevin, if you don't let me put a hat on that robot, then I quit,'" Gao told The Hollywood Reporter.
Rather than backing down, Feige immediately appeared to accept her resignation.
"Thank you very much, Jessica," he replied. "You've done some great work for us, and we really appreciate everything."

Unfortunately a producer worked out a compromise where the stupid robot would have a mechanical brim over its eyes that looked sort of hat-like and she got to stay on the show.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:30 PM

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM (W2Pud)

2 Yeet Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (W2Pud)

3 Yeet Yeet Yeet

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (W2Pud)

4 Rumors about the Plano area...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:34 PM (XuXeR)

5 One thing to keep in mind, you could have easily made She Hulk sort of like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Instead of teen girl gets super powers and still has to deal with life young 20ish woman gets them and has to deal with life.

BTVS was a decent hit.
Supergirl (tv show) was a decent hit

And this She Hulk stuff was right in the middle of the MCU still doing well.

I didn't watch the show but it should have been hard for it to not do pretty well

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

6 Note to CA:

They are going to move anyway. Nobody can make decent entertainment in this climate.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (uhVAy)

7 This move to Texas will blend well with their adoption of Sharia Law.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:36 PM (+v1tm)

8 It's not like Democrats can just stop being ideology-obsessed pests.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (XMAAx)

9 They should just move to Vegas already. Marky Mark has already done it for his production company.

Even if they get their way in this deal they are going to get screwed eventually just because of CA normal operating procedure and revenge.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (KC5Lt)

10 The funniest thing about She-Hulk is how all the writers on the show had no idea how TV courtroom dramas work and had apparently never seen one.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)

11 BTVS was a decent hit.
Supergirl (tv show) was a decent hit

And this She Hulk stuff was right in the middle of the MCU still doing well.

I didn't watch the show but it should have been hard for it to not do pretty well
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (sKqQm)

it's all about writing. Buffy was a long time ago when Weeden was young. These new breeds of writers are terrible, and probably could not produce a good show just because they don't know how.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (uhVAy)

12 Hollyrock's changed a lot since I was a star.

Posted by: Stony Curtis at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (JM9I6)

13 Make the move anyway. Start having moving trucks arrive, and start laying off people on September 15th.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 04:38 PM (960t3)

14 Boise is importing the rest of California, might as well move Hollyweird here too.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:38 PM (+v1tm)

15 The funniest thing about She-Hulk is how all the writers on the show had no idea how TV courtroom dramas work and had apparently never seen one.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)

They couldn't even make dissolute woman slice of life funny, and they lived that personally.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)

16 Plano is near the Indian city of frisco

Posted by: nckate at August 12, 2026 04:38 PM (enNUy)

17 Great. Now Gov RINO Lee or MARSHA! will throw pallets of Tennessee taxpayer money at Hollyweird to get them to flood Tennessee with more despciable Californians.

Go back Goldern Staters! You will hate it here! Floods! Tornadoes! Locusts! Humidity so high we swim through the air in the summer!

Posted by: Martin Tell at August 12, 2026 04:39 PM (sFNX2)

18 Make the move anyway. Start having moving trucks arrive, and start laying off people on September 15th.
Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 04:38 PM (960t3)

It worked for the Baltimore Colts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)

19 Writers today have less and less life experience in their the real world to draw upon, so tv shows become less relevant and relatable to normal people.

Posted by: Open Channel D at August 12, 2026 04:40 PM (gYnrv)

20 Writers today have less and less life experience in their the real world to draw upon, so tv shows become less relevant and relatable to normal people.

Yeah, but they're aces in appealing to...MODERN AUDIENCES!

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 04:41 PM (Riz8t)

21 I like the CA Post Editorial Board take:

Bonta needs to stop stalling, grandstanding and politicizing the proposed Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger. And he needs to do it now.

The federal government in June approved the union.

Bonta, on the other hand, has led a group of 12 blue-state attorneys-general who’ve moved to block the pairing, or delay it long enough to let a future US president intervene.

While Bonta, et al, insist their stance is legal and not political, why is it then that only Democratic AGs have sued to stop the deal?

Is the problem, for these partisans, really that industry consolidation would hurt consumers? (As if this litigious, tax-dollar-wasting group has a care for the average Joe.)

Or is it that Paramount CEO David Ellison is seen by some as Trump-friendly?

The horror. Here we have a Hollywood executive who doesn’t march in lockstep with Democrats. (Or Republicans, really.)

To keep such an undesirable from gaining more reach, is Bonta willing to blow up Hollywood?

Posted by: beckster at August 12, 2026 04:41 PM (kX27y)

22 On a related note, yesterday I used Grok to make a 30 second Godzilla-style monster movie of our miniature dachshund and two cats destroying LA that was better than anything put out by Hollywood since Project Hail Mary.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:41 PM (/m4e3)

23 Go back Goldern Staters! You will hate it here! Floods! Tornadoes! Locusts! Humidity so high we swim through the air in the summer!
Posted by: Martin Tell
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Toothless hillbillies, and, pig squealers.

Posted by: A toothless hillbilly at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (XeU6L)

24 Any news on Oak Island?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (KGj36)

25 Speaking of Joss Whedon I'm still amused how he can be a leftist and write something like Firefly and not realize how it calls out all his leftist pablum as stupid.

BTVS was sort of that way in the first 4 or 5 seasons and then they capped it as stupid early 00s feminism on steroids.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)

26 "Paramount Warns California: Stop Blocking Our Purchase of Warner Bros. Through Endless Lawfare Or We're Moving The Entire Multibillion Dollar Corporation to a Different State"

Do not move to Texas, we are closed, the moose out front should have told you that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (cpFbA)

27 Didn't he JUST have an Op-Ed in the NYT where he said he's misunderstood and a nice guy? He sounds like Gul Dukat.

Whatever these nepo tech lords say in public is only the tip of the iceberg. It’s just the usual spin to blame CA government for what they’ve been planning to do all along with no oversight.

Nothing says negotiating in good faith like agreeing to a trial date and then trying to threaten people into settling a week later.

Good fucking luck to him convincing talent to come shlep all the way to Texas or Florida to collaborate with their executives. There’s a reason industries cluster in certain geographic regions.

Byyyeeeee (Intrepid- Katie Wilson?)

This eally sucks. They have is by the short hairs. No good options but relent.

Do these people not hear themselves when they say this stupid shit? They sound like Bond villains.

Your stock price is $8 a share dude. You’re not going to build a new studio in a red state.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (+/CWD)

28 I have a hot take that part of the reason GA went from a deep red state to purple one is the movie industry moving out there.

As much as I love seeing CA suffer, I dont like liberals spreading out in the USA.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (r13UX)

29 I left Hollywood also.

Posted by: Peggy Entwhistle at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (JM9I6)

30 To keep such an undesirable from gaining more reach, is Bonta willing to blow up Hollywood?

sure he is

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (j+aD2)

31 Any news on Oak Island?

They found a button! Or maybe just a piece of shell with a hole in it.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (8JvNE)

32 Keep all of these fuckheads centralized in one shitty location, please.

Gonna start lobbying the Texas legislature to pass a law prohibiting any of these propaganda mills from incorporating or operating in this state. Fucking locusts, the lot of 'em.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)

33 Hollywood was founded to evade Edison's patent enforcement goons. It would only be karma for the movie studios to move to Right To Work states and break the Hollywood craft union's chokehold on production staffing.

Posted by: Rick T at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (xeXUW)

34 25 Speaking of Joss Whedon I'm still amused how he can be a leftist and write something like Firefly and not realize how it calls out all his leftist pablum as stupid.

he was a wokester to hide his pervy sex-abusive self

like all "male feminists" who aren't gay

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (j+aD2)

35 At this point, this is like one of the leading makers of 8-Track tapes threatening to move operations.

Who gives a shit where the grandchildren of the writers of three episodes of Gilligan's Island set up shop?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (/m4e3)

36 Farscape >>>> Firefly

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (KC5Lt)

37 The funniest thing about She-Hulk is how all the writers on the show had no idea how TV courtroom dramas work and had apparently never seen one.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:37 PM (2ocoG)
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And somehow, they couldn't just hire some writers who had worked on that kind of show before.

Thus, this knowledge would stay hidden.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:45 PM (XMAAx)

38 Speaking of Joss Whedon I'm still amused how he can be a leftist and write something like Firefly and not realize how it calls out all his leftist pablum as stupid.

BTVS was sort of that way in the first 4 or 5 seasons and then they capped it as stupid early 00s feminism on steroids.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (sKqQm)

In the early days he could project himself into the world he invented better. That ability fades with time for most writers or shows when actors get too influential.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:45 PM (uhVAy)

39 Canada has been taking business away from Hollywood for decades too. A LOT of very popular shows were made here thanks to a cheaper dollar.

I did read a lot of comments on Deadline from people very upset about the loss of jobs and less Hollywood content. Which is horrible because where will be get all of our shows lecturing us how to think.

And since 'She-Hulk' was mentioned, Amazon Prime still had 'Stargirl' which was on the CW and was a LOT of fun.

The father being the sidekick AND mentor was a nice twist. Also Solomon Grundy AND a kick-ass robot - yeah, it was a lot of fun.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (Sco7b)

40 I left Hollywood under duress.

Posted by: Thelma Todd at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (JM9I6)

41 36 Farscape >>>> Firefly
Posted by: polynikes

Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (+/CWD)

42 If Republicans were smart, start having Hollywood specific tax increases in your state.

Or even federal.

Treat Hollywood the way liberals treat the energy industry or gun manufacturers. Run them out of the country.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (r13UX)

43 OT. Mike Lindell is refusing to concede in Minnesota. That's why Republicans are the stupid party. He lost by a lot but he still thinks funny stuff in the voting made him lise

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (WOnE5)

44 like all "male feminists" who aren't gay
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:44 PM (j+aD2)
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All eight of them!

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (oqH4h)

45 So, she fought for an insult to her actual boss.

She is not a smart.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (zZu0s)

46 Speaking of Joss Whedon I'm still amused how he can be a leftist and write something like Firefly and not realize how it calls out all his leftist pablum as stupid.

Joss doesn't know he's a leftist like a fish doesn't know he's wet.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (8JvNE)

47 Ugh keep Hollywoke in Leftcoastia

Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (JjGzL)

48 Authorities arrested Heidi Beirich, the former chief financial officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tuesday as part of the fraud case against the SPLC, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced."

HAHAH, she no gone Beirich no mo, now she just Bebitch

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (NtVYv)

49 We're still suing for residuals.

Posted by: Elinor Donahue, Billy Gray, and Lauren Chapin at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (JM9I6)

50 he was a wokester to hide his pervy sex-abusive self

So my idea is we'll have like this karate, super hero teenaged girl right? And she like do flying kicks against like hot female vampires that are also teen girls. And they'll all be super hot.

And...

All of them will be in miniskirts. Except I'll have this one nerd chick that is really cute and she'll come out as bi and a dominatrix or something

Now that is feminism right?

Posted by: Joss Whedon making the pitch for BTVS at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

51 43 OT. Mike Lindell is refusing to concede in Minnesota. That's why Republicans are the stupid party. He lost by a lot but he still thinks funny stuff in the voting made him lise

dude is a nut job

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (j+aD2)

52 And somehow, they couldn't just hire some writers who had worked on that kind of show before.

Thus, this knowledge would stay hidden.
Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:45 PM (XMAAx)

Well for a start, who hired a stable of "comedy" "comic book" "lawyers" show without making any of those qualities a requirement for hiring?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

53 Amazon Prime still had 'Stargirl' which was on the CW and was a LOT of fun.

The father being the sidekick AND mentor was a nice twist. Also Solomon Grundy AND a kick-ass robot - yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart

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My daughter at the time loved this show. It was well done for what it was. A fun, low budget comic book type show basically free of woke politics.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (r13UX)

54 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (+/CWD)

Farscape had Chiana. Space slut.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (KC5Lt)

55 Since this thread is movie-adjacent:

Saw the new Spiderman movie.

Overall, I enjoyed it. And it was a good time at the movies.

One thing...oh...I guess concerned me.

Between Supergirl and a female hero in this movie,
the New Thing is Hollywood is-

Murder Chick Chic.

That is, a super-powered female commits straight-up murder buuuuut we're supposed to still think of her as a "hero".

I guess Grrrrl Boss wasn't quite enough, but Grrrrl Murder Boss...Now you got something!

We'll probably see plenty off this from here on out.

We're not going to have a return to normal culture before we all die are we?

Sad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (iJfKG)

56 Firefly only worked because Adam Baldwin took a character designed to be a slam on masculinity and did it so goddamned good it made everyone else better and fall in line or be left looking stupid.

Proud to have finally gotten to meet the giant sonofabitch at Boise ComicCon this year and shake his hand. (Dude is like 9ft tall.)

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (/m4e3)

57 I hope theymove out

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (Ia/+0)

58 36 Farscape >>>> Firefly
Posted by: polynikes

Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (+/CWD)

This is very valid. Hmmm, you had Claudia Black in tight leather. Gigi Edgley always looked like a gay guys view of a hot gal to me. Bony, wiry, insane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

59 31 Any news on Oak Island?

They found a button! Or maybe just a piece of shell with a hole in it.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (8JvNE)

That was funny. Thanks.

Hmmm. I wonder if I can get the CBC to fund a show where I go looking for the mass graves of children from the Indian residential schools?

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)

60 Posted by: Joss Whedon making the pitch for BTVS at August 12, 2026 04:47 PM (sKqQm)

it was a lot simpler....it was a hit movie by someone else.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

61 That is, a super-powered female commits straight-up murder buuuuut we're supposed to still think of her as a "hero".

the new take on Jane Gray SUCKS

I'm very annoyed with "new canon" for the X men overall

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (j+aD2)

62 Yeet Yeet Yeet
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (W2Pud)

Hey there you

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (vE0+H)

63 jean! sorry my cat is bugging me

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (j+aD2)

64 has led a group of 12 blue-state attorneys-general who’ve moved to block the pairing"

Wait a sec... 11 other states are involved... why, exactly?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (XuXeR)

65 Clanker Hats are TIGHT!

Posted by: Pitch Meeting Producer Guy at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (U/s6V)

66 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (+/CWD)
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Are you just mad about Saffron?

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (XMAAx)

67 dude is a nut job
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:48 PM (j+aD2)

You go to war with the nut jobs you have.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

68 31 Any news on Oak Island?

They found a button! Or maybe just a piece of shell with a hole in it.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (8JvNE)

That was funny. Thanks.

Hmmm. I wonder if I can get the CBC to fund a show where I go looking for the mass graves of children from the Indian residential schools?
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (Sco7b)

I seriously remember at 12 some 50 years ago reading about Oak Island and the total failure to find crap there decades earlier. Can't they waste time on some other island?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)

69 Any news on Oak Island?
Posted by: Pudinhead

The excavators are moving into place.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (wOO3z)

70 OK, so antitrust Law says the Feds must sign off on major mergers and acquisitions, and there is a Board that looks at all this stuff.

They have signed off on the merger... so under what authority is anyone suing over this? How can a STATE AG show DAMAGE to even get standing to sue?

Now, I could see a competitor gaining standing, as they could be damaged, but what damage is there to the STATE?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (mP0Kj)

71 Wait a sec... 11 other states are involved... why, exactly?

well if they're like Shapiro, they don't do ANYTHING but grandstand, so why not

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (j+aD2)

72 Oh anyone ever see the show LEXX?

It took everything good and bad about shows like BTVS and cranked it to 11.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

73 Wait a sec... 11 other states are involved... why, exactly?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (XuXeR)

They're angry that the Ellisons met with Trump, so they would prefer the company go down in flames and everyone be out of work.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (zZu0s)

74 Any news on Oak Island?
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (KGj36)

It isn't big enough to handle three Hollywood egos, let alone the whole bunch.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (qx7Zg)

75 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore."

Just Virginia Hey.

*sigh*

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (XuXeR)

76 Zhaan on Farscape was played by Virginia Hey. Very good looking. Was the hot woman in The Road Warrior

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (WOnE5)

77 I hear Ozzie and Harriet are taking their show, which has been on since 1954, to Canada next season. Doesn't seem right.

Posted by: Here Come the Nelsons at August 12, 2026 04:53 PM (JM9I6)

78 Battle of the Network Stars, but with hot Sci-Fi chicks.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (/m4e3)

79 Zhaan on Farscape was played by Virginia Hey. Very good looking. Was the hot woman in The Road Warrior
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (WOnE5)

Radiated light rays gave her orgasms.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (KC5Lt)

80 This is the kind of thing a n00b thinks is funny.

You mean like calling "nood" when there really isn't one?

Posted by: That Guy who's new around here at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (0sNs1)

81 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (wOO3z)

I've wondered why they just completely hollow it out. I will watch the last episode though.

I'm going to check on my friends' cat Snowflake. She came in here and has slept almost a solid 6 hours and we're nearing 5 PM.

I'm nominating her as DEI Government Employee of the week.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (Sco7b)

82 23 Go back Goldern Staters! You will hate it here! Floods! Tornadoes! Locusts! Humidity so high we swim through the air in the summer!
Posted by: Martin Tell
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Toothless hillbillies, and, pig squealers.
Posted by: A toothless hillbilly at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (XeU6L)

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*banjo music plays in background*

Posted by: Needs a soundtrack at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (U/s6V)

83 This is very valid. Hmmm, you had Claudia Black in tight leather. Gigi Edgley always looked like a gay guys view of a hot gal to me. Bony, wiry, insane.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:49 PM (zZu0s)

Lithe and stone cold crazy works for me.
I can fix Chiana.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (yfRPb)

84 72 Oh anyone ever see the show LEXX?

It took everything good and bad about shows like BTVS and cranked it to 11.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

It's on Tubi.

I like to fall asleep to it.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:55 PM (Sco7b)

85 Remember:
Corporate taxes--paid by the corporation, they don't pass them on to the consumer.

Tariff taxes--Paid by the consumer, corporations pass those taxes on to the consumer.

That $500 million a year is a tax by California on everyone from every other state--we pay those taxes to Paramount who then gives it to CA.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)

86 If it was conceived as Alley McBeal in The Marvel Universe, why not get the writers of Alley McBeal?

Apparently, most of the main writers are still active.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 04:55 PM (XV/Pl)

87 I can fix Chiana.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (yfRPb)

Til she bangs your son, Dargo.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)

88 79 Zhaan on Farscape was played by Virginia Hey. Very good looking. Was the hot woman in The Road Warrior
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM (WOnE5)

Radiated light rays gave her orgasms.
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (KC5Lt)

MOAR LIGHT!

Posted by: T'raltixx at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (yfRPb)

89 66 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:46 PM (+/CWD)
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Are you just mad about Saffron?
Posted by: Axeman

I'm just upset she's in a galaxy far, far away. 😔 🐙

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (+/CWD)

90 I'm going to check on my friends' cat Snowflake. She came in here and has slept almost a solid 6 hours and we're nearing 5 PM.

I'm nominating her as DEI Government Employee of the week.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (Sco7b)

She can't be DEI, sounds like she's a white cat.

My girl cat has discovered she fits in a particular desk drawer and I have to pull it out so she can sleep in the fan.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

91 That $500 million a year is a tax by California on everyone from every other state--we pay those taxes to Paramount who then gives it to CA.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)
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And the fuckin retards are still broke as a joke.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (oqH4h)

92 Authorities arrested , Heidi Beirichhe former chief financial officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tuesday as part of the fraud case against the SPLC, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced."
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Ah. A bit of good news.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (XeU6L)

93
Literally, there was an earthquake in Cali just now. I felt it. Off to usgs.gov...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (XJ22o)

94 MOAR LIGHT!
Posted by: T'raltixx at August 12, 2026 04:56 PM (yfRPb)

Then we'll have Pizza! And margaritas Shooters!

Posted by: Harvey at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

95 Now, I could see a competitor gaining standing, as they could be damaged, but what damage is there to the STATE?
Posted by: Romeo13

Merger -> layoffs of redundant positions -> less tax revenue

Posted by: Random 9th Circuit Judge at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (VHUov)

96 If it was conceived as Alley McBeal in The Marvel Universe, why not get the writers of Alley McBeal?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Money and lack of control. New know-nothings get paid less and will obey ideological commands.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (diia5)

97 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore."
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM

Don't badmouth Saffron. I'm just wild about Saffron.

She's just wild about me.

Posted by: Donovan at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

98 Literally, there was an earthquake in Cali just now. I felt it. Off to usgs.gov...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (XJ22o)

Which half?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (uhVAy)

99 Move it all back to New York.

Posted by: Zombie Tom Edison at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (Cqx++)

100 "Whiting Wongs?". Is it delivered in Elmer Fudd's voice? Thuffering thoccotash!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (wxsGM)

101 Larry Ellison should just buy Cuba, and move Paramount there. It has a lot of things he likes: sunshine, cheap labor, and he'd get to right the legal code.

The Cuban people would get running wate, reliable electricity, plenty of movie jobs, and even casting as extras.

California loses.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 12, 2026 04:58 PM (qx7Zg)

102 Radiated light rays gave her orgasms."

Supposedly so did one of the guys from Duran Duran...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

103 Hopefully they will be able to do a "Barbie" sequel before they move!

Posted by: Fags Everywhere at August 12, 2026 04:58 PM (e2lsi)

104 She's just wild about me.
Posted by: Donovan at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

And everyone else.

Posted by: Malcolm Reynolds at August 12, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)

105 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore."
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM

Don't badmouth Saffron. I'm just wild about Saffron.

She's just wild about me.
Posted by: Donovan at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

Saffron was funny, but a bit too much of a one trick pony. "Don't want to interrupt your CRAZY TIME..."

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

106 These people have become friggin' cartoon characters.
What fools they be!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (2WIwB)

107 I'm nominating her as DEI Government Employee of the week.
Posted by: Stateless
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You've never met a FEMA supervisor. They spend their time at the site in question...dozing in their car. $100K/year.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (XeU6L)

108 This decision is paramount.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (XMAAx)

109 At least Hollywood treats female child stars well!

Posted by: Dana Plato and Anissa Jones at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (JM9I6)

110
Note to CA:

They are going to move anyway. Nobody can make decent entertainment in this climate.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (uhVAy)

But TV audiences will be confused by the Southern California location sets! Nothing in Texas or Georgia will look like North Korea in MASH!

Or Tennessee in Death Proof

Or Kentucky in Justified

Or the Arena Planet in Star Trek

Actually, none of these totally look like SoCal. None of them, I say.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (y9nCu)

111 You can just watch Dead Pool to get a sluttier Saffron.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (bvDnE)

112 At least Hollywood treats female child stars well!
Posted by: Dana Plato and Anissa Jones at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (JM9I6)

And Britney Spears and Maitland Ward and...

Posted by: Lindsey Lohan at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

113 The only thing I remember about Ally McBeal was the baby dance being a metaphor of her eggs shriveling up because she couldnt stop being a feminist slutmonkey whorepig

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (fapp/)

114 PJM - "Karoline Leavitt Resigns as White House Press Secretary"

Posted by: on topic of bugouts at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (88C+u)

115
With AI and digital effects already killing movies, this won't help. Hollywood is dead. Has been for awhile. COVID killed Hollywood as much as anything.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (OkYzo)

116 111 You can just watch Dead Pool to get a sluttier Saffron.
Posted by: polynikes

I like the pegging scene best.

Posted by: Kyle Kulinski at August 12, 2026 05:01 PM (+/CWD)

117 Actually, none of these totally look like SoCal. None of them, I say.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (y9nCu)

I have hiked in areas here that have those melty rock sandstone sticking up here and there that like the ones where Kirk fought the Gorn. Not the same ones, more remote.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:01 PM (uhVAy)

118 Stay in Hollywood! I worked in the business for 5 years out there, and I don't want any of those retarded assholes moving to (and destroying) conservative States.
You idiots in Hollywood voted for all of the shit that is destroying your business, so you just stew in that stink.

Posted by: Tamminator at August 12, 2026 05:01 PM (tHEhe)

119 You can just watch Dead Pool to get a sluttier Saffron.
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (bvDnE)

Different actress from the same show. Morena Beccarin instead of Christina Hendricks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (zZu0s)

120 "The funniest story was how the creators originally conceived of She-Hulk as a case of the week type lawyer show," QQ wrote, "but then they got to the writer's room and they all said they don't know how to do that as if it was lost knowledge like the Roman aqueducts."
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Tell me you don't understand your product without actually telling me that.

These writers have never watched a television program featuring lawyers?

Law & Order has been around since the stone age of television!

Start there and figure it out.

Idiots.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (FZ29D)

121 Everything the Left touches it destroys. Cities, states, countries, businesses, schools, universities. Call it the Thanatos Touch, the inversion of Midas.

Posted by: Ordinary American at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (7s9Qe)

122 PJM - "Karoline Leavitt Resigns as White House Press Secretary"
Posted by: on topic of bugouts at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (88C+u)

She put motherhood ahead of her career.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (bvDnE)

123 This decision is paramount."

And Universal?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 05:03 PM (XuXeR)

124 Now, I could see a competitor gaining standing, as they could be damaged, but what damage is there to the STATE?
Posted by: Romeo13

==

I'm no lawyer, but states basically have a blank check on regulation. And CA is easily the worst.

I mean the Coastal Commission can basically dictate the terms of rental properties or what you do to your patio. They can sure as hell stop a multi-billion dollar merger.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:03 PM (r13UX)

125 Actually, none of these totally look like SoCal. None of them, I say.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (y9nCu)

One thing Socal has that few other places do is the totally flat valleys with hills all around. Places like Ohio don't have that kind of landform much.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

126 There's a movie filming here in my city with Nina Dobrev. I had to look her up, she's damn good looking. It's called It Happened One Summer.
NYS gives all kinds of breaks to bring productions here. Trickle down to local delis .

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (WOnE5)

127 I have a hot take that part of the reason GA went from a deep red state to purple one is the movie industry moving out there.

As much as I love seeing CA suffer, I dont like liberals spreading out in the USA.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 04:43 PM (r13UX)
==
East Coast and Midwest rustbelt city dwellers moving to Atlanta (the new HOT city, thank you for AC), and then the local democrat party rebirthing itself with all the fraud in Fulton County.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (7/DDO)

128 She put motherhood ahead of her career.
Posted by: polynikes

She's 28, and her husband is 60?

Nice.....

Posted by: South Park Cops at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (+/CWD)

129 Oh anyone ever see the show LEXX?

It took everything good and bad about shows like BTVS and cranked it to 11.
Posted by: 18-1

The undead assassin guy was cute.

Good fucking luck to him convincing talent to come shlep all the way to Texas or Florida to collaborate with their executives. There’s a reason industries cluster in certain geographic regions.

And that reason is the weather is usually good, and consistent enough that they can shoot outside year round without screwing up the continuity.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (vJrRc)

130 She put motherhood ahead of her career.
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (bvDnE)
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Good for her.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (24NQL)

131 Different actress from the same show. Morena Beccarin instead of Christina Hendricks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:02 PM (zZu0s)

The intergalactic whore was Beccarin. Hendricks was the scam artist . Therein lie the confusion.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt)

132 "The funniest story was how the creators originally conceived of She-Hulk as a case of the week type lawyer show," QQ wrote, "but then they got to the writer's room and they all said they don't know how to do that as if it was lost knowledge like the Roman aqueducts."
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Perry Mason
Matlock
Murder, She Wrote
Ally McBeal
and on and on and on; the well of lawyer and legal shows on TV is bottomless.

Total lost knowledge, for sure.
And not just a bunch of know-nothing, done-nothing bints well above even the most generous telling of their qualifications.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM (3cUTc)

133 Authorities arrested , Heidi Beirichhe former chief financial officer of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tuesday as part of the fraud case against the SPLC, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced."
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Nice RBF, Heidi:

https://shorturl.at/RPCAr

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM (XeU6L)

134 The Biden Pess Secretary says “ call me “, Donald!

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM (sTlXt)

135 East Coast and Midwest rustbelt city dwellers moving to Atlanta (the new HOT city, thank you for AC), and then the local democrat party rebirthing itself with all the fraud in Fulton County.
Posted by: Black JEM

==

Honestly, Atlanta is such a shit hole. I cant believe anyone would move there willingly. One of the worst cities I've ever been to.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM (r13UX)

136 Morena Baccarin, quite fetching.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (sTlXt)

137 Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (OkYzo)

I don't think it's killed quite yet. "The Odyssey" is still playing at my local theater and they're having a big attendance for "Spider-Man" , and it's not Hollywood per se but "Young Washington" is still playing at the movie theatre since July 4th, so some people still want to see movies. There seems to be a big interest in old movies from the 40's to the 60's at a movie theatre in the next town. My son loved seeing "Twin Peaks" prequel on the big screen.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (xPsv8)

138 Good fucking luck to him convincing talent to come shlep all the way to Texas or Florida to collaborate with their executives. There’s a reason industries cluster in certain geographic regions.

And that reason is the weather is usually good, and consistent enough that they can shoot outside year round without screwing up the continuity.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (vJrRc)

They sclepped to CA in the first place and in those days that was absolute nowhere from the East Coast where movies were done.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (uhVAy)

139 Saffron was also a prostitute

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (j+aD2)

140 Tyler Perry does his stuff in Georgia.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (qFwJc)

141 Honestly, Atlanta is such a shit hole. I cant believe anyone would move there willingly. One of the worst cities I've ever been to.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM (r13UX)

Sherman burned it for a reason.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)

142 The intergalactic whore was Beccarin. Hendricks was the scam artist . Therein lie the confusion.
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:04 PM (KC5Lt)

Lol. Inara WAS a space whore, but Mal called Saffron (Hendricks) the Intergalactic Space Whore.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

143 If the work moves to Texas, won’t the hired hands follow?

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (sTlXt)

144 The intergalactic whore was Beccarin. Hendricks was the scam artist . Therein lie the confusion.
Posted by: polynikes

Incorrect. Inara was specifically not a whore, but a licensed and registered guild approved companion. Also, I believe Ace dubbed her Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore in the before times of the site.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 05:08 PM (+/CWD)

145 Ally McBeal ... couldnt stop being a feminist slutmonkey whorepig

Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - Now With Extra Fapness at August 12, 2026 05:00 PM (fapp/)
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Well summed.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 05:08 PM (XMAAx)

146 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore."
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:52 PM

Don't badmouth Saffron. I'm just wild about Saffron.

She's just wild about me.
Posted by: Donovan at August 12, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)
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Her proper name is "YoSaffBridge."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:08 PM (FZ29D)

147 To really make money as an intergalactic whore, you've got to get around, which means you've got to be able to do the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs or less consistently.

Posted by: Han Solo at August 12, 2026 05:08 PM (0sNs1)

148 Saffron was also a prostitute
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (j+aD2)

She was on only two episodes right. Which one was she a prostitute rather than marrying people as a scam?

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:08 PM (KC5Lt)

149 Remembered from today's AoSHQ posts:

Caroline Leavitt defeated Hong Not Dongs to be the new She Hulk to be filmed in Texas despite interference from Christopher Wray.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (M0SOR)

150 Ally McBeal, Anorexia Pioneer.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (sTlXt)

151 Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (sTlXt)

Hi, tubal

I was looking at some earlier threads and I noted that you have an 11th month old puppy whom you love but who is wearing you and you wife out. I can relate . We have a dear two month old kitten and he is wearing us out. Anyway, hang in there and best to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (xPsv8)

152 136 Morena Baccarin, quite fetching.
Posted by: tubal

Meh.

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (+/CWD)

153 "arguing that the transaction would reduce competition in the entertainment industry."

LOL.

It's not like Whoreywood is vital as say, oil (Standard Oil), or many other real necessities of life.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (qFwJc)

154 Sherman burned it for a reason.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)
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They had TWO chances to get Atlanta right and failed both times.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (oqH4h)

155 Saffron was also a prostitute
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (j+aD2)

She'd hook up with dudes, marry them and rip them off/have her crime partners incinerate them in their ship. Not sure how that makes her a prostitute.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (uhVAy)

156 She'd hook up with dudes, marry them and rip them off/have her crime partners incinerate them in their ship. Not sure how that makes her a prostitute.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (uhVAy)

Well, kind of whorish.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)

157 Lol. Inara WAS a space whore, but Mal called Saffron (Hendricks) the Intergalactic Space Whore.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

Ah. No confusion now.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (KC5Lt)

158 I was looking at some earlier threads and I noted that you have an 11th month old puppy whom you love but who is wearing you and you wife out. I can relate . We have a dear two month old kitten and he is wearing us out. Anyway, hang in there and best to you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (xPsv

They all grow up and calm down a little soon enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (uhVAy)

159 Honestly, Atlanta is such a shit hole. I cant believe anyone would move there willingly. One of the worst cities I've ever been to.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 05:05 PM

To be fair, once you're there you can move about on MARTA.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

160 155 Saffron was also a prostitute
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (j+aD2)

She'd hook up with dudes, marry them and rip them off/have her crime partners incinerate them in their ship. Not sure how that makes her a prostitute.
Posted by: Oldcat

When she and Inara were fighting, I recall Inara saying something about Saffron having had companion training?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (+/CWD)

161
Yup, just a 2.7 but I was sitting on top of it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (XJ22o)

162 Baccarrinn is super hot. Smokin hot in Fast Charlie.

Damn shame she got shuffled aside in Deadpool 2 for an annoying fat kid.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 05:12 PM (M0SOR)

163 To be fair, once you're there you can move about on MARTA.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher

Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: Captain Picard at August 12, 2026 05:12 PM (+/CWD)

164 so, fraud !

"Cam Higby 🇺🇸
@camhigby
3h
Yesterday I went to Minneapolis polls disguised as a Muslim woman.

Poll workers were going to let me vote in other people’s names, and then vouch for 8 other unregistered foreigners.

Full video coming soon. Stay tuned.
@ctznjusticelg"

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 05:12 PM (g47mK)

165 When she and Inara were fighting, I recall Inara saying something about Saffron having had companion training?
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 12, 2026 05:11 PM (+/CWD)
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Yeah, that sounds vaguely familiar...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:12 PM (FZ29D)

166 When she and Inara were fighting, I recall Inara saying something about Saffron having had companion training?

yes. they knew each other - Saffron was another Companion, but she went bad.

Inara could easily have pulled the same grift if she wanted to.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (j+aD2)

167 151 Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:06 PM (sTlXt)

Hi, tubal

I was looking at some earlier threads and I noted that you have an 11th month old puppy whom you love but who is wearing you and you wife out. I can relate . We have a dear two month old kitten and he is wearing us out. Anyway, hang in there and best to you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:09 PM (xPsv

Hey Fen! Good to hear from you. He’s 60 pounds and 26 inches at the shoulder already. Runs like a deer. Will fetch a ball until I have heat stroke. Guards our house like it’s his purpose in life. Would not trade him for anything.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (sTlXt)

168 She'd hook up with dudes, marry them and rip them off/have her crime partners incinerate them in their ship. Not sure how that makes her a prostitute.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (uhVAy)

Well, kind of whorish.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (zZu0s)

Whore fits, but no cash was exchanged. Betrayal seems to be her common denominator from the info we have.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)

169 Cam Higby is a dude , BTW!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 05:14 PM (g47mK)

170 I can imagine her coming up with the idea of putting the Smiths into family therapy and writing the monologue at the end where the therapist tells Rick he's an insecure dick.

That's about it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 12, 2026 05:14 PM (f0sNM)

171 While I would love to see Paramount move out of CA, the fact is that there aren't many places on earth, much less the US, that have SoCal's weather. Talent can move, and states would fall over themselves coming up with an attractive enough tax package to make it worthwhile, but most other locations in the US are either too cold in the winter (Northeast), or too hot in the summer (TX), or have hurricane risks (FL, LA, NC).

The other thing I'd be very concerned about - especially if I were a Red Stater - is that these locusts would take their voting patterns with them. If they moved to NC, for instance, that state might as well become a Blue State.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 05:14 PM (0CU3H)

172 Whore fits, but no cash was exchanged. Betrayal seems to be her common denominator from the info we have.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (uhVAy)
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"Chronic Backstabbing Disorder." -- TVTropes.org

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:14 PM (FZ29D)

173
Rumors about the Plano area...
Posted by: man

==============

I wish Galveston didn't flood regularly. They'd have a coast to work with.

Poor Galveston, nice town but no one's gonna put a big plant there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:14 PM (XJ22o)

174 169. Thanks.
I was going through my Chilton Guide and couldn't find it.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 05:15 PM (M0SOR)

175 yes. they knew each other - Saffron was another Companion, but she went bad.

Inara could easily have pulled the same grift if she wanted to.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (j+aD2)

She said Saffron had some training, not sure she made the grade. You'd think the psychotic nature of Saffron would have popped up pretty quick.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:15 PM (uhVAy)

176 I've been watching some AI stuff on YouTube that's as good, and sometimes better, than what Hollywood is putting out.

A 30 minute video he says took him about a month to make.

Saw those two Rebel Moon movies the other day.
Jeez, talk about doing way, way less with so much. I mean, the bad guy was the only interesting character.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 05:16 PM (3cUTc)

177 She said Saffron had some training, not sure she made the grade. You'd think the psychotic nature of Saffron would have popped up pretty quick.
Posted by: Oldcat

She's hot AND crazy?!?!? I'll pay extra!

Posted by: Plenty of Thirsty Rich Dudes at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (+/CWD)

178 We were sold on the idea of hot space hookers but we ended up with really plain ones who wear diapers while driving across country to kill people.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (M0SOR)

179 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:11

I'm sure they will calm down eventually and our kitten makes us laugh, so it works out. I mentioned on a tech thread several weeks ago that our old black cat had to be put to sleep, so I think it was God's grace that after that someone had put out a sign in a house a couple of miles away saying "Free Kittens" He may have been free but he kitten though he is he eats like a horse. The cat food isn't free. LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (xPsv8)

180 Hendricks is 51 years old. Time, it Flies.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (sTlXt)

181 When you point this stuff out to Californians they shrug and say whatever we have so many companies here in tech we won’t miss them.

I’ve had this conversation numerous times. There are no more sane people left in the state. They’ve all left.

Posted by: Sandy Cocasio Ortez at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (V1UCz)

182 We made the move out of London.

Posted by: Lloyd's of Lubbock at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (JM9I6)

183 "and she got to stay on the show."

Yuge mistake.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (qFwJc)

184 California's weather is becoming less and less of an advantage. AI can put in whatever background you desire.

I'm seeing it in some shows my wife likes to watch. Some of it is pretty piss poor. Some, not. The science fiction shows can (sort of) get away with it, the "home on the range" stuff, not so much.

But it's getting better and is only stymied by money.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (2Cry5)

185 She said Saffron had some training, not sure she made the grade. You'd think the psychotic nature of Saffron would have popped up pretty quick.
Posted by: Oldcat

She's hot AND crazy?!?!? I'll pay extra!
Posted by: Plenty of Thirsty Rich Dudes at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (+/CWD)

The homicide though might make you think longer.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)

186 She said Saffron had some training, not sure she made the grade. You'd think the psychotic nature of Saffron would have popped up pretty quick.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:15 PM (uhVAy)
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Sadly we never got enough of a show to explore the full extent of the social and political influence of the Companions Guild.

It's implied in the show that Companions wield tremendous influence in that world. Could have had some cool storylines featuring Companions manipulating events behind the scenes.

Plus more hot sexy chicks.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (FZ29D)

187 179 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:11

I'm sure they will calm down eventually and our kitten makes us laugh, so it works out. I mentioned on a tech thread several weeks ago that our old black cat had to be put to sleep, so I think it was God's grace that after that someone had put out a sign in a house a couple of miles away saying "Free Kittens" He may have been free but he kitten though he is he eats like a horse. The cat food isn't free. LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (xPsv

Do you have your laser pointer?

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (sTlXt)

188 @camhigby
3h
Yesterday I went to Minneapolis polls disguised as a Muslim woman.

Poll workers were going to let me vote in other people’s names, and then vouch for 8 other unregistered foreigners.
______

That man attempted to defraud our pristine elections! Prosecute him!
- Democrats (willing to prosecute, but only if it's an enemy)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 05:19 PM (gEIsK)

189 I think Vegas would be a perfect move. Close to LA , decent weather for filming year round, more desirable for Hollywood types than most other cities except probably NYC.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:19 PM (KC5Lt)

190 Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:13 PM (sTlXt)

That's wonderful, but don't have heat stroke.

I have lost some weight from playing with the kitten.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:19 PM (xPsv8)

191 This decision is paramount."

And Universal?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 05:03 PM (XuXeR)

And Looney tunes!
Tha...tha...tha...tha...that's all folks!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 05:20 PM (2WIwB)

192
Saffron was funny, but a bit too much of a one trick pony. "Don't want to interrupt your CRAZY TIME..."
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

"But face it hubby.... I'm really HOT."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 05:20 PM (y9nCu)

193 I will put up $10 on Tennessee. Anyone want to give me odds?

I will explain my reasons for thinking this later.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:20 PM (qFwJc)

194 California Attorney General Rob Bonta officially led the coalition of 12 Democrat attorneys general in filing the antitrust lawsuit last month, arguing that the transaction would reduce competition in the entertainment industry.
________________________

This makes, absolutely, no sense. The DNC (the masters of Bonta and the State AG's) depend on a shallow pool so that they can influence the product to reflect their agenda (political views). It's why there is always a progessive "message" in most productions. The merger (and a monopoly) is to their advantage....

And, this is all immaterial in that AI is going to put them ALL out of work. Talent, producers, editors, casting directors.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 05:20 PM (dIske)

195 Saffron put on some poundage in the movie Drive.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (KC5Lt)

196 "But face it hubby.... I'm really HOT."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

It's not worth it, dudes!!!

Posted by: Johnny Depp at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (+/CWD)

197 A gentle request from a DU commenter:

"Just a gentle request

We all are going through some very trying times these days. The toxic, malevolent person in the White House is causing untold stress and turmoil. He is systematically trying to eviscerate our democracy and our Constitution, but let's please not let him divide us. These are very trying times. Nerves are on edge, frustration is off the charts, but let's support each other.

Everyone here is here because we love and support our country. That is what DU is all about. It's what makes DU great.

Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.

Thanks for reading."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)

198 Larry Ellison should just buy Cuba, and move Paramount there. It has a lot of things he likes: sunshine, cheap labor, and he'd get to right the legal code.
_____

You forgot about the underage prostitutes!
- Canadian Tourists

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (gEIsK)

199 Yes, son found it yesterday. It must have been left over from a previous cat. I know when they get older they figure it out and get kind of blase about it , but this little guy gets so excited by it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (xPsv8)

200 The funniest thing about She-Hulk, attorney at law, is that Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law did the idea first and was a hell of a lot funnier and much more well written.

The episode where he represented Race Bannon in his palimony suit against Dr. Quest had me in tears!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 05:22 PM (edUvp)

201 I'm sure they will calm down eventually and our kitten makes us laugh, so it works out. I mentioned on a tech thread several weeks ago that our old black cat had to be put to sleep, so I think it was God's grace that after that someone had put out a sign in a house a couple of miles away saying "Free Kittens" He may have been free but he kitten though he is he eats like a horse. The cat food isn't free. LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:17 PM (xPsv

They need that to go from 8 oz to 8 pounds in about a year. Humans spread that out to about 10-15 years.

I cheat by having a nibble bowl of dry for between meal snacking and so far none of my cats have betrayed the trust by getting fat or trying to hog the wet food at dinner times.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy)

202 You forgot about the underage prostitutes!
- Canadian Tourists
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (gEIsK)

I doubt anyone in Hollywood is interested in those.

Posted by: trying to keep a straight face at August 12, 2026 05:22 PM (88C+u)

203 "To keep such an undesirable from gaining more reach, is Bonta willing to blow up Hollywood?
"

I had to drive through Hollywood in 2022.

Blow it up.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:23 PM (qFwJc)

204 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (xPsv

Sorry. That thread was in response to tubal asking about laser pointers.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:23 PM (xPsv8)

205 Jack McGee should've exposed She-Hulk in the media when he had the chance.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 05:23 PM (nDXEV)

206 Farscape didn't give us Saffron, Intergalactic Space Whore.

And here I thought that was Morena Baccarin's official role.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 05:24 PM (Ysav4)

207 Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)

That's hilarious because besides being diametrically opposite of the Left, I would buy a farm so I could bet the farm this poster got raked over the coals.

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:24 PM (KC5Lt)

208 can imagine her coming up with the idea of putting the Smiths into family therapy

Maybe then they wouldn't have broken up and sued each other like they did

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (88C+u)

209 Do you have your laser pointer?
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (sTlXt)

I used to have a whole group of cats who saw through the laser pointer from day one, would just turn and look at me and go 'you think im dumb? you are doing that'.

An old shoestring though? Infinite entertainment.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

210 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:22 PM (uhVAy

He's working hard at growing. He's gained two lbs in about three weeks, but he gets the zoomies so much he's not getting fat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (xPsv8)

211 154 Sherman burned it for a reason.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:07 PM (uhVAy)
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They had TWO chances to get Atlanta right and failed both times.
Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 05:10 PM (oqH4h)

Funny thing about that "fact" - GWTW had it right. It was actually the Confederates who burned Atlanta as they fled, to prevent Sherman from capturing it intact and using it as a base.

He just rebuilt whatever he needed for his army and used it anyway.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (edUvp)

212 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.

I assume it's part of the growing Dem civil war between normie Dems and the radical DSA. Good.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (+/CWD)

213 Kylie or Inara ??? - space opera version of Gilligan’s Island.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (sTlXt)

214
Good fucking luck to him convincing talent to come shlep all the way to Texas or Florida to collaborate with their executives.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

===================

This is delusion on crack. The thirst for stardom -- or even participation in the movie industry -- is like no other. People will go to Antarctica if that's where movies are being made.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:26 PM (XJ22o)

215 213 Kylie or Inara ??? - space opera version of Gilligan’s Island.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (sTlXt)

Can I have both? I'd buy that for a dollar

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 05:26 PM (88C+u)

216 CNN - black woman found hanging from tree in Mississippi.

I'm sure the media will handle this situation delicately.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)

217
Increasingly, this site looks like coverage of mental illness.

The Cuba angle has potential, though; politically the showrunners and Junta seem to be aligned.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 05:26 PM (Y8DZL)

218 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

This kitten likes the string on my bathrobe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:26 PM (xPsv8)

219 209 Do you have your laser pointer?
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (sTlXt)

I used to have a whole group of cats who saw through the laser pointer from day one, would just turn and look at me and go 'you think im dumb? you are doing that'.

An old shoestring though? Infinite entertainment.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (uhVAy)

The magic Ball of Tinfoil is an oldie but a goodie. Also, paper sacks.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:27 PM (sTlXt)

220 "We are stronger together. "

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)
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DU fascists.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 05:27 PM (XMAAx)

221
Yup, just a 2.7 but I was sitting on top of it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Shake shake shake, shake shake shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty
Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:27 PM (Cqx++)

222 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.

Thanks for reading."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)
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HA! Gaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 05:27 PM (oqH4h)

223
If the work moves to Texas, won’t the hired hands follow?
Posted by: tubal

===============

Absolutely. That's part of Ellison's threat -- those people will either be out of a job or they'll scramble out of the state, too.

But a lot of the hired hands are being AI'd out of their careers anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (XJ22o)

224 CNN - black guy handling the story.

Not Don.
Obviously.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (Sco7b)

225 He is systematically trying to eviscerate our democracy and our Constitution,

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

The same Constitution that you & yours proudly & overtly wipe your asses with.

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (mrdUs)

226 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (edUvp)

Sherman is the answer to one of my favorite trivia questions.

Who was the first President of what we know now as Louisiana State University ?

Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (KC5Lt)

227 Sadly we never got enough of a show to explore the full extent of the social and political influence of the Companions Guild.

It's implied in the show that Companions wield tremendous influence in that world. Could have had some cool storylines featuring Companions manipulating events behind the scenes.

Plus more hot sexy chicks.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (FZ29D)

Yes, there was some interesting world-building in the show that never got played out.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (uhVAy)

228 Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 05:25 PM (edUvp)

Sherman is the answer to one of my favorite trivia questions.

Who was the first President of what we know now as Louisiana State University ?
Posted by: polynikes at August 12, 2026 05:28 PM (KC5Lt)

I knew that. He also told his southern friends when he moved north something very much like Rhett Butler said to the planters as the war was starting in Gone With the Wind.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:29 PM (uhVAy)

229 Anyone seen the Sherman's March documentary from '85 a guy did with grant money? Charmingly hilarious.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (nDXEV)

230
Shake shake shake, shake shake shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty
Oh, shake shake shake, shake shake shake
Shake your booty, shake your booty
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

=================

The song I need is something about being dizzy. I think it made the fluids in my inner ear slosh around a little.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (XJ22o)

231 221
Yup, just a 2.7 but I was sitting on top of it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You, Brian Williams and Jake Tapper can sit down over beers and share stories of your brushes with near death.

So there is that...

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)

232 I think Sherman burned Columbia South Carolina too. Guy got around.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (sTlXt)

233 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.

Thanks for reading."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)

Actually, that IS who they are. Note the lack of Red Staters, Republicans...etc etc etc

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:31 PM (uhVAy)

234 Its 5:30 already

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

235 I think Sherman burned Columbia South Carolina too. Guy got around.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (sTlXt)

Or more probably the retreating Reb Cavalry started fires the Union could not stop. And some soldiers helped spread it. While he marched thru Georgia people there kept telling Sherman why he was not going to SC, they started it.

I tend to believe Sherman because he would have just admitted to it if he had done so. He could legally burn military stores, stuff owned by governments in rebellion, stuff that could help opposing forces...that covers a lot.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

236 234 Its 5:30 already
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 05:32 PM (Ia/+0)

( Looks at watch, shakes it - wait, I’m in Missouri - nevermind)

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:35 PM (sTlXt)

237
I think Sherman burned Columbia South Carolina too. Guy got around.
Posted by: tubal

He liked neckties.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

238 My Civil War ancestor's unit had its 3 year term end so was sent back into TN for the remainder of his service. He was also wounded in the march TO Atlanta and recuperating.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

239 235 I think Sherman burned Columbia South Carolina too. Guy got around.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:30 PM (sTlXt)

Or more probably the retreating Reb Cavalry started fires the Union could not stop. And some soldiers helped spread it. While he marched thru Georgia people there kept telling Sherman why he was not going to SC, they started it.

I tend to believe Sherman because he would have just admitted to it if he had done so. He could legally burn military stores, stuff owned by governments in rebellion, stuff that could help opposing forces...that covers a lot.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:35 PM (uhVAy)

FAFO - The Early Years.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (sTlXt)

240 Or was it bowties?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

241 Kevin Feige let She-Hulk get way out of hand.

The fact that he allowed them to make the finale all about him as an evil robot controlling the universe says it all.

He should have fired Gao and her entire crew once he realized they couldn't even give him the courtroom lawyer gal show he'd ask for. Just letting them wing it and make it up as they went along for an entire season of shows should have gotten him fired.

I think everybody can say for sure that Marvel was headed for disaster once She-Hulk came out and that's all on Feige.

Apparently it's very difficult to get fired at Disney no matter how much money you lose for the company. Take Kathleen Kennedy as the most glaring example.

The only executive they wanted to fire was the former short-lived CEO who got fired for backing down over the fight in Florida against DeSantis.

Hollywood should be broken up and scattered to the winds.
It stinks as bad as the Democrat party it's a subsidiary of.
They can probably find better, more hungry, more competent talent outside of L.A. anyhow.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

242 240 Or was it bowties?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

I DO appreciate his view of journalists.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (sTlXt)

243 I think Sherman burned Columbia South Carolina too. Guy got around.
Posted by: tubal

He liked neckties.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

He was very scientific - if you just bend them, they can easily be unbent. If you heat the middle and with clamps twist and bend them, it is way harder to undo.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (uhVAy)

244 222 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.

Thanks for reading."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 12, 2026 05:21 PM (0sNs1)
__________________________________

LMAO...My first thought was...that sure doesn't sound like "Duncanthrax", and thankfully I scanned the comments and found the original source before singing "Kumbaya". That would have been embarrassing.

As for the vacuous "DU"...I support that comment in that it's much easier to shoot rats in a barrel than when they are running all over the damn place.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 05:39 PM (dIske)

245 We are shaking booties in here?

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

246 240 Or was it bowties?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

I DO appreciate his view of journalists.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (sTlXt)

He was cheered when a small boat with reporters was sunk by Vicksburg's batteries. "They were so weighed down by their opinions they must have sunk like stones"

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

247 We are shaking booties in here?
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:39 PM (ZdaMQ)
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We never stopped!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 05:40 PM (FZ29D)

248 246 240 Or was it bowties?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

I DO appreciate his view of journalists.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (sTlXt)

He was cheered when a small boat with reporters was sunk by Vicksburg's batteries. "They were so weighed down by their opinions they must have sunk like stones"
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

LOL !

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:41 PM (sTlXt)

249 233 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.
Posted by: Oldcat

Dude: YOU THOWIN' DOWN? YOU THOWIN' RIGHT NOW?

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 05:41 PM (Y8DZL)

250 247 We are shaking booties in here?
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 05:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

__________________

Among other things.

Posted by: Michael J Fox at August 12, 2026 05:41 PM (dIske)

251 The Five is showing video of President Trump on Rosie O'Donnell's show 30 years ago.

Where'd their love go wrong?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 05:42 PM (Sco7b)

252 The only executive they wanted to fire was the former short-lived CEO who got fired for backing down over the fight in Florida against DeSantis.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

He was the one who wanted to fix things by making movies rather than teaching lessons on liberalism...at least a little. He was purged for wrongthink, not fired.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:42 PM (uhVAy)

253
Larry Ellison should just buy Cuba, and move Paramount there.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

=================

If Marco can pull a few things off, LOTSA industries and places had better brace for competition.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 05:42 PM (XJ22o)

254 He was cheered when a small boat with reporters was sunk by Vicksburg's batteries. "They were so weighed down by their opinions they must have sunk like stones"
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

LOL !
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 05:41 PM (sTlXt)

Sherman was the best at quotes.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

255 Nood

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 05:43 PM (LX4y3)

256 233 Lately, I have noticed a bit of hostility towards some of our members. That is not who we are and not what we need. We are stronger together. All of us are struggling. Let's embrace and support each other.
Posted by: Oldcat

Dude: YOU THOWIN' DOWN? YOU THOWIN' RIGHT NOW?
Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 05:41 PM (Y8DZL)

I deny that I said that first part

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:44 PM (uhVAy)

257 Sherman was the best at quotes.
Posted by: Oldcat

I was no slouch, either.

Posted by: Mr. Peabody at August 12, 2026 05:44 PM (JM9I6)

258 Funny thing about Sherman. After Georgia, after sparing Charleston. After Columbia, he made a deal and Lincoln had to tell him that he did not have the authority to grant such generous terms.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:45 PM (qFwJc)

259 Hey tubal!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 12, 2026 05:47 PM (24NQL)

260 Newsome and Bonta back down and then Ellison brings in Mel Gibson to deliver the line: "First, you will....."

Posted by: Seagrams and sprite at August 12, 2026 05:48 PM (gOgTs)

261 Funny thing about Sherman. After Georgia, after sparing Charleston. After Columbia, he made a deal and Lincoln had to tell him that he did not have the authority to grant such generous terms.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 12, 2026 05:45 PM (qFwJc)

There is a funny story about that first 'surrender terms' that Sherman passed the bottle around to Joe Johnson and another General there. As he was writing the last part he absent mindedly took a second drink himself and put it away in his pocket. The second Reb general was livid after the incident that he didn't get a second shot. "General Sherman is a HOG! That's right, a HOG! He knew we needed that drink!"

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 05:49 PM (uhVAy)

262
Didn't the Secret Service have Airforce One land inside one of Candace Owens nostrils to escape an Iranian terror rocket attack?

The woman is a hero! A hero, I say!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 06:01 PM (iJfKG)

263 They can keep their liberal votes right the fuck in California.

I know y'all are rooting for everyone to leave California, but they're bring their votes, and the votes of all the emoyess who transfer, with them.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at August 12, 2026 06:02 PM (Vvh2V)

264 We made the move out of London.
Posted by: Lloyd's of Lubbock at August 12, 2026 05:18 PM (JM9I6)

You think they will get offices in the Great Plains Building?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 09:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

265 >Inara was specifically not a whore, but a licensed and registered guild approved companion

She's a whore, Shepherd.

>Yes, there was some interesting world-building in the show that never got played out

I have to assume at least some of the popularity of the show is that no one remembers Westerns. The A plots were all straight up stock Western plots, and the milieu was just every Western with a light SF gloss on it. To make things worse for Whedon's Millennial-socialist fanbase, the Browncoaters are an allegory for the CSA.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at August 12, 2026 10:06 PM (LgYtf)

The FBI and "Intelligence" Agencies Had Intel From 14 Different Sources About the Biden Family's Corruption. Wray Covered It Up and Claimed It Was All "Disinformation"

Christopher Wray was recommended to Trump by Super-Republican Chris Christie.

So you know he's a straight shooter.

The FBI and U.S. spy agencies received derogatory evidence about Joe Biden from 14 different informants but embarked on a secret operation to tamp down a Ukrainian corruption scandal engulfing his family during the 2020 election by formally designating Attorney General Bill Barr, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, key members of Congress and journalists as Russian disinformation "conduits," according to explosive intelligence community documents declassified by the White House.
A spreadsheet that was recovered from U.S. intelligence agency files and made public Wednesday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force shows that spy agencies and the FBI created a list of more than six dozen prominent organizations, Americans or foreigners who became figures in the Biden family Ukraine scandal and the 2019 impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
The spreadsheet neatly divided figures along political lines, with Democrats like the Bidens, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama and George Soros listed as victimized "targets" of Russian disinformation and conservatives like Fox News, One America News, filmmaker Michael Caputo and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani as "conduits" for disinformation.
The FBI also labeled two of President Donald Trump's first-term Cabinet secretaries, Pompeo and Barr, as well as Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley, Ron Johnson and Lindsey Graham and House GOP committee chairmen Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan as "conduits" even while they all investigated whether the allegations of corruption against the Biden family were true.
The designations were part of a secret counterintelligence operation codenamed "Round River" that was launched during the 2020 election by a task force of FBI analysts claiming to be fighting "malign foreign influence" in the 2020 election, according to an administration official.
The Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), based in FBI headquarters, concurred with each of the assessments in the spreadsheet with a "no objection" designation, the documents state.
...
In some ways, the Round River operation is a mirror opposite of the Russia collusion probe known as Crossfire Hurricane in which the FBI pursued unsubstantiated allegations spread by Democrats that Trump and his allies conspired with Vladimir Putin to hijack the 2016 election. In Round River, FBI analysts sought to dismiss significant evidence in the bureau's possession, including Hunter Biden's own laptop, pointing to possible corruption by the Bidens.
Documents released by the White House earlier this month exposed an investigation in 2017 codenamed "Oxferd Comma" alleging the newly elected president Trump may have been acting as a Russian asset when he fired then-Director James Comey even though the bureau's own evidence overwhelmingly showed at the time there was no collusion with the Kremlin.

By the way: 0xferd Comma was spelled that way -- with an "e" instead of an "o" and a zero instead of a capital "O" so that investigators could not find references to it in emails and government servers. It was deliberately misspelled so that no evidence of the crime could be discovered through normal investigatory means.

Remarkably, the effort to portray the Biden scandal as Russian disinformation came even though confidential human sources working for the FBI and other agencies began reporting a steady stream of concerns starting in 2015 that Ukraine was possibly targeting the future first family for influence, the memos show. The FBI has identified at least 14 informants who were providing derogatory information on the Bidens, according to an FBI letter made public Wednesday.
In that letter to the White House Government Transparency Task Force, FBI Director Kash Patel said the Foreign Influence Task Force was terminated on his watch and its activities are now under investigation.

That Task Force was run by the leftwing woman who admitted she was running a "shadow government" inside the one that the American people think is the real government.

He said he shared concerns cited in a 2025 Director of National Intelligence memo declassified on Wednesday that Round River was used as a political tool to neutralize an alleged corruption narrative about Biden, the Democrats' 2020 presidential nominee, rather than to address true national security threats.
"While our internal review of the FITF is not yet complete, we are investigating whether the FITF used information learned from the Round River assessment to undermine or influence ongoing investigations by only focusing on the subset of CHS's (Confidential Human Sources) involving the Bidens," Patel wrote, according to the letter reviewed by Just the News.
"We remain concerned that defensive briefings to Congress may have been overly focused on just Biden and Ukraine rather than the balanced picture of all foreign threats," he added.
Patel said the bureau is "firmly committed to identifying, investigating and holding accountable all abuses" that occurred during the Round River operation and to ensure "that future counterintelligence operations remain focused exclusively on legitimate foreign threats and are never used to advance political narratives."
...
Grassley, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, and Johnson, the Senate Budget Committee chairman, have been investigating the Round River operation for years and have raised concerns the FBI may have used a 2020 defensive briefing to them as a way of thwarting their probe into Burisma and Biden family corruption allegations.
In essence, the FBI Foreign Influence Task Force operation treated Barr's investigation into the Biden controversy as a potential disinformation threat, closely aligning with the Biden presidential campaign's and legacy media's efforts to portray the Burisma allegations as "conspiracy theories."
That conspiracy theory storyline -- referred to in the documents as the "Ukraine narrative" -- persisted well beyond the 2020 election that put Biden into the White House until two IRS whistleblowers and some former Biden business partners came forward to Congress beginning in 2023 and shared evidence that Hunter Biden had committed crimes, including failing to pay taxes on monies he earned from Burisma, and sought to use his father's influence to help the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
...

The intelligence review pinpointed the start of Round River to December 2019, just as Trump's Ukraine impeachment proceedings were raging, and gave a succinct description of its mission.
"Around December 2019, the FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force -- Russia (FITF-R) unofficially formed a group of analysts who utilized internal systems to gather any/all derogatory information previously reported by confidential human sources (CHSs) on Joseph Biden corruption and other Ukraine-related topics (known as the Ukraine narrative) including Burisma, Hunter Biden, Mykola Zlochevsky, Ukraine interference in 2016 US presidential election to red flag the reporting as Russian disinformation," the DNI report said.
Remarkably, the DNI report alleges, the Round River team amended each of three informant files to portray their long-term reporting as false.
"The team of analysts had administrative accesses to all reporting and drafted intelligence products that were later added to each CHS file to show the reporting was deemed Russian disinformation," the DNI memo stated. "The FITF-R team also provided defensive briefings to any Congressional member who obtained reporting related to any aspect of the Ukraine narrative."

Paul Sperry says that the criminal Chris Wray was behind this corrupt effort:

Paul Sperry
@paulsperry_
BREAKING: Just-declassified FBI docs reveal Dir. Wray during the 2020 election classified Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Victoria Nuland and Amos Hochstein, along w/ George Soros, as "targets" of Russian "disinformation" in the Burisma scandal, while journalist John Solomon was branded a "conduit" of "disinformation"

Former Trump advisor and Deep State target Peter Navarro says we have to put all the conspirators under oath and compel them to admit the conspiracy or go to prison for perjury and obstruction.

On May 16, 2017, the FBI took one of the most extraordinary steps in its history: It opened a full investigation of the sitting American president.
Newly declassified documents released by the White House say the bureau asked whether the president "is or was directed by, controlled by, and/or coordinated activities with" Vladimir Putin's Russia -- and whether he "obstructed and/or conspired to obstruct" the FBI's own investigation.
That the FBI had targeted President Trump was reported in 2019. What was missing was the paperwork -- the opening document, the names on it, the chain of command.

The May 16 "opening communication" lists FBI General Counsel James Baker and Counterintelligence Division Assistant Director E.W. "Bill" Priestap as the approving officials.
The investigation was opened at Priestap's direction, in consultation with Baker's Office of General Counsel; and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe personally notified Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
The next day -- May 17 -- Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller special counsel, and the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax took flight.

James Comey figures in the hoax, too. He went from fired FBI director to a central witness.
The FBI used Comey's account of his talks with Trump -- and Trump's firing of Comey -- to support the obstruction theory.
Another critical layer has now been exposed. The FBI says its predicate for the probe rested on "predetermined criteria established by the Crossfire Hurricane investigative team" based on an assessment of supposedly "reliable lead information."

Who built that predicate?
Peter Strzok, a central figure in Crossfire Hurricane, and FBI lawyer Lisa Page were close to the investigation.
When Page asked whether Trump would become president, Strzok replied: "No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz later said that message was not merely indicative of a biased state of mind but implied a willingness to take official action to affect a candidate's electoral prospects.
Yet the actual drafter of the opening communication remains redacted. That name should be released.
So should the names of everyone who formulated, reviewed or supplied the "reliable lead information" used to put a sitting president under investigation -- along with the communications among Priestap, Baker, McCabe and the investigative team, McCabe's record of what he told Rosenstein, what Rosenstein knew before he appointed Mueller and what Mueller did, if anything, to independently validate the extraordinary allegation he was tasked to investigate.

...

It's past time to put those who built and ran this Russia hoax under the microscope.
Sen. Chuck Grassley's Senate Judiciary Committee and Chairman Jim Jordan's House Judiciary Committee hold the tools; Grassley has been a bulldog, Jordan far less so.
Subpoena Priestap, Baker, McCabe, Rosenstein and Comey for sworn, public testimony.
...

The officials who set the Russia hoax in motion and carried it forward have names.
Now put them under oath. And do it before the November election.

Meanwhile, "Fusion Ken" Dilanian, a stenographer and PR manager for the leftwing conspiracy at the heart of the CIA, says that Trump is running the DOJ like "Russia and China" for investigating the people he works for.

A so-called journalist who secretly let the intelligence apparatus feed him false narratives and shape his stories is probably not the ideal person to lecture anyone about institutions being �run like China.� https://t.co/gpmMwrfaHR pic.twitter.com/AT7XjI3hAh
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 11, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:25 PM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:27 PM (C3xJX)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

3 Why is Wray not standing in front of a firing squad?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

4 this is all beyond belief

our government is viciously corrupt

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:28 PM (j+aD2)

5 It's not the crime, it's the c0ver up.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:29 PM (asFP3)

6 Ok it's the crime.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:29 PM (asFP3)

7 I've got a plane to catch.

L8rs bitches!

Posted by: Christopher Wray at August 12, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)

8 By the way: 0xferd Comma was spelled that way -- with an "e" instead of an "o" and a zero instead of a capital "O" so that investigators could not find references to it in emails and government servers.
-----
Isn't this standard practice for the government when they want to conceal something from FOIA requests?

The standard method would be to search for properly spelled words (and maybe common alternate misspellings).

They go out of their way to obscure the keywords in documents so that they will only turn up in a deliberate search by those who "need" those documents AND know how to find them already.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (FZ29D)

9 "Disinformation"

Everyone might want to dust off their copy of the newspeak dictionary.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (cpFbA)

10 I wonder how many lawmakers would be in jail if authorities did their jobs.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b)

11 Peter Strzok, a central figure in Crossfire Hurricane, and FBI lawyer Lisa Page were close to the investigation.

Here and I'd almost forgot about creepy fag and gummy bear.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (2YhKe)

12 late here bc work is crazy but on the last thread, one thing I wanted to say

I knew doctors who were deeply against abortion. BUT to be part of a hospital system as an ob/gyn that was a requirement (willingness to perform abortions at the level the hospital does).

I knew excellent ob/gyns who had to switch to just gyn because of this, or move to a Catholic hospital, or just retire. It's been this way since before O-care btw.

doctors are heavily pushed to do this against their morals

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:31 PM (j+aD2)

13 So many sticks to chase at once. And they all taste like shit when we run and pick them up.

Makes me so happy to pay taxes.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:31 PM (4csOi)

14 The movie review length post really makes you bring your A game to Brave when trying to tap the comments link in that millisecond you get. Tap reload damnit tap reload damnit, etc.

Posted by: nckate at August 12, 2026 03:31 PM (enNUy)

15 "this is all beyond belief

our government is viciously corrupt"

All of our politicians are lying self-dealers. All of them.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 03:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

16 wonder how many lawmakers would be in jail if authorities did their jobs.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (Sco7b

90%

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:31 PM (C3xJX)

17 Tucker Carlson needs to get Hunter Biden back on to explain the meaning of all of this.

Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (RHGPo)

18 Trump trying to investigate Biden (and others) links to Ukraine was what triggered Bearclaw to try and plant evidence to frame Trump for his first impeachment. Trump had already secured the documents before he got there.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

19
Sorry, 51 different sources are the threshold of credibility.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (O0L8i)

20 our government is viciously corrupt"

All government. Washington was right.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (XuXeR)

21 14 The movie review length post really makes you bring your A game to Brave when trying to tap the comments link in that millisecond you get. Tap reload damnit tap reload damnit, etc.

ugh I'm sorry nckate

I can see my little script blocker working here. it just keeps adding up numbers of blocked scripts. if I stay on a thread for a decent amount of time it gets over 100!!! initial load is minimum 3 scripts (likely all to trigger popup ads)

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)

22 I think we all agree Trump made a lot of bad hiring decisions. My theory is he trusted too many establishment types - starting with Pence. At the time, we thought it would be a good way for Trump to "grease the skids" as he got involved with DC politics. We all know now they took his outstretched hand holding an olive branch and shoved it up our squeaker. Sadly we still have too many of those establishment types left in DC.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2026 03:33 PM (N39Ws)

23 Boasberg set to rule that this was all "Bitchen" in a 30pg ruling he already wrote.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:33 PM (4csOi)

24 From out here in the cheap seats it appears extinction levels of corruption have been evident since the Clintons and their odious band of scrofulous wankers arrived in Washington. Just keeps getting worse and worse, wave after wave in subsequent administrations and the saboteurs are now firmly entrenched at every office and bureaucratic stronghold.

“We’ve got ‘em where we want ‘em, we’re completely surrounded”

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 03:34 PM (f547z)

25
>>Former Trump advisor and Deep State target Peter Navarro says we have to put all the conspirators under oath and compel them to admit the conspiracy or go to prison for perjury and obstruction.

==============

Too bad he's not in the current administration.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 03:36 PM (XJ22o)

26 Oh yeah sure and monkeys will fly out of my butt.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 12, 2026 03:37 PM (MWfyi)

27 Trump really fucked himself with the people he picked. I know there's always someone else to blame, but the buck stops with him and he should have known better.

Like Trump asking Comey to stay on, I mean did anyone really think he was a straight shooter?

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 03:37 PM (r13UX)

28 Breaking the law, breaking the law
Breaking the law, breaking the law

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:39 PM (UjdFS)

29 Forgot the quote:

"Former Trump advisor and Deep State target Peter Navarro says we have to put all the conspirators under oath and compel them to admit the conspiracy or go to prison for perjury and obstruction."

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 12, 2026 03:39 PM (MWfyi)

30 To this day, 9 out of 10 Leftist Progressives will insist that Hillary lost due to Russian interference in the 2016 election. And, if we're rounding up, it's 10 out of 10.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (dIske)

31 And... Arrests so far: 0.0

It's useless to get all worked up in a lather when the Relevant Law Enforcement Agencies steadfastly refuse to do their jobs, and run a bunch of flagrantly guilty leftist swine to ground. The fix is in.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (Iz5jw)

32 I think about this when the left is shrieking about how corrupt Trump is, how he's a dictator, how he's abusing the office.

Well.
Not enough, he isn't--because you're not proposing to reduce the size, scope and reach of the federal government to stop it.

No.
You want the tools of corruption, bribery and abuse of office--that you're accusing Trump of abusing--to stay in place for when you ever get back to power.

If Trump really was 1/100 as bad as you claim he is, you'd be screaming for laws reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal government--to stop him and anyone like him ever again.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc)

33 Like Trump asking Comey to stay on, I mean did anyone really think he was a straight shooter?

.. just ask Scooter Libby

Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (RHGPo)

34 Many new houses in Virginia and Mercedes cars will be bought because of the investigation into this.

I don't expect to see anyone on a chain gang from this.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (4csOi)

35 You want the tools of corruption, bribery and abuse of office--that you're accusing Trump of abusing--to stay in place for when you ever get back to power.

If Trump really was 1/100 as bad as you claim he is, you'd be screaming for laws reducing the size, scope and reach of the federal government--to stop him and anyone like him ever again.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc) .

It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:41 PM (asFP3)

36 Do we have any emails from ANYONE involved questioning the legality and/or wisdom of taking these actions?

Or do they just go with the flow because "everyone does it?"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:41 PM (FZ29D)

37
Or do they just go with the flow because "everyone does it?"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:41 PM (FZ29D)

When you're a Teflon Don, nothing sticks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

38 Straight as Jim Comey!

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (Q4cxx)

39 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (dK+Kv)

40
First! Before nothing-will-happen guy.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (Y8DZL)

41 By the way: 0xferd Comma was spelled that way -- with an "e" instead of an "o" and a zero instead of a capital "O" so that investigators could not find references to it in emails and government servers.

I never want to read the quip "Never attribute to malice when incompetence will suffice" ever again. EVER.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (diia5)

42 36.

It's all a big club, and we aint in it. - G. Carlin

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:43 PM (4csOi)

43 I worked in the Intel business for over 30 years and this just infuriates me. Complete unprofessional bullshit! Since before the time of the Hittites, it has been axiomatic that when intelligence lies, soldiers die. And in today's nuclear world, who is lying to the National Command Authority? Now cities can die. Bastards need prison with no chance of parole.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 03:43 PM (2WIwB)

44 Do we have any emails from ANYONE involved questioning the legality and/or wisdom of taking these actions?

Or do they just go with the flow because "everyone does it?"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:41 PM (FZ29D)

We are already long past the time when most in government thought there was a limit to what they can do. "We will stop him being elected President" and everyone there agreed.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:43 PM (uhVAy)

45 Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.......

Sometimes the old ways are the best ways.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

46 How the hell is anyone after Trump going to survive the onslaught? How did he?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (asFP3)

47 So much corruption, so much hunger for power and control.

The Tree of Liberty thirsts.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (xcxpd)

48 What a long day
Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

49 Per Breitbart: SPLC CFO arrested on fraud charges.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (C3xJX)

50 I'm sure Huge Hewitt is just about to say 'Guys, guys, it's ok because they have training.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (diia5)

51 So 40% of our population, 80% of our government, and 95% of our media are actively lying and subverting our Constitution and our very way of life.

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (TN0g+)

52 I bet the Trump family making billions illegally on inside AI and crypto investments is disinformation, though, huh?

Posted by: Sid at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM (yzl9t)

53 Per Breitbart: SPLC CFO arrested on fraud charges.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:44 PM (C3xJX)

Not so much "Poverty" in that house, amirite?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)

54 Round River was a reach.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM (Q4cxx)

55 30 To this day, 9 out of 10 Leftist Progressives will insist that Hillary lost due to Russian interference in the 2016 election. And, if we're rounding up, it's 10 out of 10.
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (dIske)

And also that Trump is deranged for saying there were irregularities in 2020, cause elections are perfect.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM (LX4y3)

56 Posted by: Sid at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM

Try harder. Use both hands.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 03:45 PM (OkYzo)

57 Remember:

It's been near 30 years, and the FBI still won't admit who they let Hillary extort when they gave her those 600 files.
And don't think for a second they didn't know why she wanted them.
And what she did with them.

But yeah, sure, Kash is going to be able to reform the agency ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (3cUTc)

58 Go home and blow your mommy, Sid.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (C3xJX)

59 By the way: 0xferd Comma was spelled that way -- with an "e" instead of an "o" and a zero instead of a capital "O" so that investigators could not find references to it in emails and government servers. It was deliberately misspelled so that no evidence of the crime could be discovered through normal investigatory means.

This is utter bullshit. Any SOUNDEX search will find it. Any AI query will find it. SOUNDEX has been around since the 1930s and has been used in government computer systems and databases for decades.

They deliberately sabotaged the search to avoid anything except perfect spelling and alignment of those words.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (pUU4E)

60 Nice to know but years too late. Get after the current fraud and corruption please.

Posted by: High tech at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (37cEZ)

61 "First! Before nothing-will-happen guy.
Posted by: Auspex "

Uh, #26 & 29.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (MWfyi)

62 60 Nice to know but years too late. Get after the current fraud and corruption please.
Posted by: High tech at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (37cEZ)

Do both?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (xcxpd)

63 "Christopher Wray was recommended to Trump by Super-Republican Chris Christie."

Wray was terrible, and Christie was even worse, but there is an explanation of how the two knew each other. Wray was the lawyer who (successfully) defended Christie against those Bridgegate charges that got two of his subordinates into legal hot water. Christie probably meant well in the beginning. We know, of course, how that turned out.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (0CU3H)

64 I was reading a MA forum on their new "abortion until birth law" and it is interesting their were three buckets of responses:

I'm disgusted
You don't understand the law
Abortion until birth is GOOD

And I have to say every single one of the Abortion until birth is good people at the female NPC look - fat sloppy, and RBF.

And as always the lefties saying you don't understand the law it doesn't allow abortion until birth and the lefties saying abortion until birth is good just ignored each other not a one calling the other out while they both bitched at the normal women disgusted by this...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

65 Jim Comey the kelp scented seashore philosopher?

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)

66 Posted by: High tech at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (37cEZ)

Concur.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

67
Why is Wray not standing in front of a firing squad?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

=================

Why do people keep asking this?

Posted by: Nothing Happens Bureau at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (XJ22o)

68 "First! Before nothing-will-happen guy.
Posted by: Auspex "

Uh, #26 & 29.

Plenty is happening - all this stuff is coming out onto the interwebs and the people who backed it are being exposed. It can't be hidden behind the wall of silence anymore.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)

69
Ken Dilanian is a paid CIA asset. Everyone knows this.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (OkYzo)

70 Jim Comey the kelp scented seashore philosopher?
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (UjdFS)

Those seashells had FAMILY, man! what a monster!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)

71 "We remain concerned that defensive briefings to Congress may have been overly focused on just Biden and Ukraine rather than the balanced picture of all foreign threats," he added.
---
THAT'S NOT YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS, ASSHOLE!!!

And it's bullshit anyway.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:49 PM (Q4cxx)

72 I never want to read the quip "Never attribute to malice when incompetence will suffice" ever again. EVER.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (diia5)

Agreed. When supreme narcissist Obama was encouraging people to think he was incompetent I became very wary of that adage. Narcissists don't want to be considered incompetent unless the truth would look even worse.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:49 PM (lFFaq)

73 62 60 Nice to know but years too late. Get after the current fraud and corruption please.
Posted by: High tech at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (37cEZ)

Do both?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (xcxpd)

I'd settle for "either", but, yeah.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 03:49 PM (LX4y3)

74 Wray was terrible, and Christie was even worse, but there is an explanation of how the two knew each other. Wray was the lawyer who (successfully) defended Christie against those Bridgegate charges that got two of his subordinates into legal hot water. Christie probably meant well in the beginning. We know, of course, how that turned out.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (0CU3H)

he probably did not. Has he denounced Wray yet?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:49 PM (uhVAy)

75 The entire or all but intelligence agencies ate the Deep State

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

76 Well we at least arrest the SPLC cfo for fraud.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

77 Well obviously we'll need years and years of committees and hearings and investigations and subpoenas and testimonies and affidavits and grand juries and Special Prosecutors and tens of millions of dollars and a 2,000 page report that nobody will read to get to the bottom of all this. THEN we'll get some people held accountable...oh, the Statute of Limitations has passed during all this? Nobody gets charged with anything??? Dagnabbit! Why does this keep happening?

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 12, 2026 03:50 PM (V362x)

78 52

AND IVANKA SELLS PERFUME !

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:50 PM (UjdFS)

79 69
Ken Dilanian is a paid CIA asset. Everyone knows this.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 03:48 PM (OkYzo)

Most of the top Press is

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (xcxpd)

80 I put the Wray appointment solely on Trump. There was plenty of warning at the time that it was a bad pick. Hell, every dem on the committee voted to advance him to the full Senate. The only possible excuse for it is that Wray was somehow the best that Trump thought he could get through the Senate.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (XvL8K)

81 A crack team of Untouchable Ham & Eggers within Sacred Law Enforcement are gonna fix this shit. Elliot Ness 2.0

It is painful to be this cynical and bad for my health. Seriously. But the alternative feels even worse.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (+v1tm)

82 Tumbrels and heads on pikes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (ZVgZ4)

83 62 60 Nice to know but years too late. Get after the current fraud and corruption please.
Posted by: High tech at August 12, 2026 03:46 PM (37cEZ)

Do both?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 03:47 PM (xcxpd)

Dismissed with prejudice
-DC judge

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (LX4y3)

84 Plenty is happening - all this stuff is coming out onto the interwebs and the people who backed it are being exposed. It can't be hidden behind the wall of silence anymore.

Posted by: Oldcat

I don't even know what you're talking about.

Posted by: Behind the Media's Wall of Silence at August 12, 2026 03:52 PM (yFLFB)

85 MS NOW’s Justice Reporter GOES OFF on Trump DOJ: Being Run Like In Russia and China
---
Yup.

Corruption be damned. The Narrative MUST FLOW!

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:52 PM (Q4cxx)

86
Foiled again by the adroit NWHG!

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (Y8DZL)

87 Indict that asswipe Wray with Misprision of a Felony , put him on trial and send him to PMITA Prison.

It's the ONLY way to stop this.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (ChQXW)

88 And. Now we know why Tucker was platforming Hunter.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (uzmqU)

89 The only possible excuse for it is that Wray was somehow the best that Trump thought he could get through the Senate.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 03:51 PM (XvL8K)

There was a lot of that. The competent and useful people were also being threatened, which people seem to forget.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (lFFaq)

90 To traverse the valley, you must first become taller than the mountain.

Posted by: Comeyfucius Say at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (asFP3)

91 MS NOW’s Justice Reporter GOES OFF on Trump DOJ: Being Run Like In Russia and China

The Biden junta has the leading opposition candidate arrested on bogus charges that they outright said they would not charge anyone else with and we are just ignoring that?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

92 I don't even know what you're talking about.
Posted by: Behind the Media's Wall of Silence at August 12, 2026 03:52 PM (yFLFB)

That part of the population is dying out - the next generation has not read a newspaper or watched a nightly news program in their lives, or near enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (uhVAy)

93 It has all the earmarks...

Posted by: Is that how this works? at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (2Ez/1)

94 Karoline Leavitt is leaving her post at the WH end of this month. Wonder who will replace her?

Posted by: beckster at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (kX27y)

95 Hong hung low
Too funny

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (Ia/+0)

96 I think, on balance, maybe during WWII was the last time the federal government was working for the American people.

But somewhere soon after, probably the late 60s, it tipped over to largely working against the American people.

A trend that accelerated under Obama and, by Biden, saw nearly the whole of the federal government actively working against the American people.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (3cUTc)

97 The fool seeks answers, while the wise merely stop asking questions.

Posted by: Comeyfucius Say at August 12, 2026 03:55 PM (asFP3)

98 Unless the administration has some idea other than running these people through the existing judicial ringer, this is going to waste a lot of people's time.

The existing judiciary is squarely on the left's side. These people are too important for them to be lost for any period of time when the work of overthrowing the country isn't remotely finished. The perps are gonna' walk.

Knowing we were right all along is totally insufficient. People need to be publicly hanged by the neck until dead. This has a way of quieting down the agitators.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 03:55 PM (2Cry5)

99 What's a television?

Posted by: Young people at August 12, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

100 And. Now we know why Tucker was platforming Hunter.
Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (uzmqU)

Because he needs another kid's note to get into some college probably.

I was accepting to evil traitor Tucker, but sucking up to Hunter Tucker is a bridge too far.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:55 PM (uhVAy)

101 Truth Social. Crap.

Our wonderful White House Press Secretary, and one of my most trusted aides, Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect! Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections. Karoline has been a real leader in the White House, and has done a phenomenal job fighting for Justice, Liberty, and Freedom, since 2018, including our Historic Re-Election Campaign of 2024. Karoline has been one of the best White House Press Secretaries in the History of the Office. Thank you, Karoline, for a job well done! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (xHe0y)

102 What's a television?
Posted by: Young people at August 12, 2026 03:55 PM (2Ez/1)

Right next to the 8 track tape player, son.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

103 beckster I would volunteer, not near as pretty as her though

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

104 This convinces the Trump choir.

The people with TDS are going to suspect it of "McCarthyism" because it comes from the Trump DoJ.

And the vast middle Lofos will never know about it.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (Q4cxx)

105 A lesser mind examines all sides, a superior one knows there are no sides, only truth.

Posted by: Comeyfucius Say at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (asFP3)

106 She's a mom. Maybe she needs to go mom.

Posted by: But that's just me at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

107 Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (xHe0y)

Didn't she have cancer?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (lFFaq)

108 Remember that big piggy Heidi Beirich? former CFO of the SPLC who was banging one of the wignats supposedly being investigated?
She got arrested today.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

109 87 Indict that asswipe Wray with Misprision of a Felony , put him on trial and send him to PMITA Prison.

It's the ONLY way to stop this.
Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 12, 2026 03:53 PM (ChQXW)

It's more likely president AoC gives him the medal of Freedom than Wray sees a day behind bars.

Posted by: Bete at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (LX4y3)

110 Straight shooter Chris "Duck Lips" Wray could shoot around corners when he had to.

Posted by: Paco at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (2L+MU)

111 She's a mom. Maybe she needs to go mom.
Posted by: But that's just me at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (2Ez/1)

her talents are wasted making the press look like idiots, they do it all by themselves. She can put her feet up and remote in some real important work from now on, she's earned it.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (uhVAy)

112 DJT today: "Karoline Leavitt, will be departing her role at the end of the month so she can spend more time with her beautiful young children and family, a decision I totally understand and respect!"

Bulwark tonite: "Trump sez Leavitt hasn't been spending enough time with her family! Hints at neglect!"

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

113 beckster I would volunteer, not near as pretty as her though
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (Ia/+0)

Too bad there's no way to let him know Alex the Chick is available.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (lFFaq)

114 I think it's now easy to figure out how we got "No-scandal Obama".

It's not a lie if you believe it. -- George Costanza.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (Q4cxx)

115 Here's a link with a pic of Heidi aka "Jabba the Slut"
tinyurl.com/56cz4wbd

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (88C+u)

116 Posted by: Comeyfucius Say
.......

To swim the pond, the frog's asshole must be watertight.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (UjdFS)

117 The brave men of the FBI in the tradition of John Connolly and Lon Horiuchi will bust this case wide open. Only a matter of time.

I hear they are considering a motion to consider a vote to conduct a hearing on whether to hold an investigation of the matter in the future.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (+v1tm)

118 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (2Ez/1)

119 former CFO of the SPLC who was banging one of the wignats supposedly being investigated?
She got arrested today.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

Yay!

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (lFFaq)

120 Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 03:56 PM (xHe0y)

Didn't she have cancer?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:57 PM (lFFaq)

Tulsi's husband did.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)

121
Thanks to Caroline Levett, and respect for being a good mom.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (Y8DZL)

122 Polliwog, it is Wiles that has cancer.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (EZtVN)

123 Grassley has been a bulldog, "

Are you sure you don't mean Deputy Dawg ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at August 12, 2026 04:00 PM (NtVYv)

124 Biden could not afford to buy a hide on My ticket he had to rent on the off-season

When he finally st 80yo bought a beach house in YFrlaware for 2 million it wasn't even beachfront
No yachts or jets
Sport ? He rode a mountain bike no Vail skiing

The chief accuser of Biden corruption hot a 5 year sentence for lying

Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 04:00 PM (gV94l)

125 Was it YD who said as Press Sec he would just set fire to the press room? I don't approve of the methods or of harming anyone, but he would be my pick. Maybe we could get him to moderate.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (asFP3)

126 There is not a spot hot enough in Hell for Nuland.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (EZtVN)

127 Paul is very Mary Cloggenstein today.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

128 Someone's been day drinking under his bridge.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)

129 "She got arrested today."

We voted for this.

Posted by: Trumpsters at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (2Ez/1)

130 Paul is a very persistent kool-ade drinker.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:02 PM (Q4cxx)

131 Thank you for your service Karoline Levitt. Enjoy motherhood.

Posted by: WisRich at August 12, 2026 04:02 PM (G0vdT)

132 We voted for this.
Posted by: Trumpsters at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (2Ez/1)

I didn't.

Posted by: Heidi's future cellmate at August 12, 2026 04:02 PM (88C+u)

133 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)

Ah. I was thinking Leavitt had breast cancer somewhat recently. Guess I could look it up. I'm still not used to all the information in the world being in the palm of my hand.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 04:02 PM (lFFaq)

134 There is not a spot hot enough in Hell for Nuland.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (EZtVN)

Having to hang with Neocons is almost as good a punishment. I had to laugh when Putin stole West Africa from her and the French a few years back.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (uhVAy)

135 This is all the fault of a couple of rouge agents in the Cincinnati office.

They' and their supervisors have been assigned an additional week of training at the Waikiki Resort in Hawaii.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (3cUTc)

136 If Kamala Harris had won, not only would we NOT know of these many varieties of corruption., but they would be doubling down on it. And spending us into oblivion: NGOs, AID, etc

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (jgF2C)

137 Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: The Internet at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (2Ez/1)

138 Leavitt has been a great Press Secretary. One of a kind. Sad to see her go.

I hope the next one is just as good.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (+v1tm)

139 "I'm still not used to all the information in the world being in the palm of my hand."

I keep it in a fanny pack. Hands free.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

140 I'm sure the statute of limitations has expired for all of them.

Posted by: Harun at August 12, 2026 04:04 PM (IuIym)

141 It was Suzie Wiles who had cancer. Hope she's doing better.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 04:04 PM (lFFaq)

142 Pam Bondi has thyroid cancer.

Posted by: Oh by the way at August 12, 2026 04:05 PM (2Ez/1)

143 "She got arrested today."

We voted for this.
Posted by: Trumpsters at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (2Ez/1)

Woah.......She's a Jabba missing a hut......

https://shorturl.fm/qbbGL

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:05 PM (2YhKe)

144 This is all the fault of a couple of rouge agents in the Cincinnati office.

They' and their supervisors have been assigned an additional week of training at the Waikiki Resort in Hawaii.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice a

Freaking Todd!

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 04:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

145 I thought Bondi's husband had breast cancer?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:05 PM (+v1tm)

146 "First! Before nothing-will-happen guy.
Posted by: Auspex "

Uh, #26 & 29.

We are all NWHG in spirit.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:06 PM (trKrw)

147 I think he chewed it on that mountain bike.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 04:06 PM (UjdFS)

148 145 Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 04:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

149 Woah.......She's a Jabba missing a hut......

https://shorturl.fm/qbbGL

Gross tonnage.

Posted by: Also known as at August 12, 2026 04:06 PM (2Ez/1)

150 I heard Eddie Murphy punched Jimmy Walker in the lip!

Why Eddie?

I like Good Times.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:07 PM (+v1tm)

151 Leavitt has been a great Press Secretary. One of a kind. Sad to see her go.

I hope the next one is just as good.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (+v1tm)

The Bad Lip Reading video of Sarah Huckabee Sanders from Trump's first administration is hilarious. I assume it's still available on YouTube.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 04:07 PM (lFFaq)

152 Leavitt has been a great Press Secretary. One of a kind. Sad to see her go.

I hope the next one is just as good.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (+v1tm)

The next one should be a dude in a red fright wig and just hand out empty sheets of paper and answer every question with "I will circle back to you"

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (uhVAy)

153 Woah.......She's a Jabba missing a hut......

https://shorturl.fm/qbbGL
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......

Thought bubble:
I'm so fat.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (UjdFS)

154 I heard Eddie Murphy punched Jimmy Walker in the lip!

Why Eddie?

I like Good Times.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:07 PM (+v1tm)

I heard a rumor that during the filming of "Any Given Sunday," a disagreement between LL Cool J and Jamie Foxx led to a scuffle where Foxx reportedly kicked the crap out of LL.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (2YhKe)

155 I see the DOJ's theory for arresting the SPLC chick is that they didn't tell donors their dollars were going to her KKK boyfriend.

I have no idea how this will play out in court but based on what the Biden Junta did to right leaning orgs I am all for it and I want the news to be full of stories about how giving money to the KKK is a completely normal, legal thing for a leftwing group to do

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (sKqQm)

156 If we can't have R. Lee Ermey as Press Secretary, I'd be satisfied with Rob Schnieder.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (+v1tm)

157 If she just went by "Sarah Sanders" would anybody know who she is?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (2Ez/1)

158

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (2YhKe)

159 Woof.

Hadn't had that happen in a while.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (2YhKe)

160
Ham & Eggers.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (OkYzo)

161 But somewhere soon after, probably the late 60s, it tipped over to largely working against the American people.

A trend that accelerated under Obama and, by Biden, saw nearly the whole of the federal government actively working against the American people.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (3cUTc)

Friday, November 22, 1963

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

162 If we can't have R. Lee Ermey as Press Secretary, I'd be satisfied with Rob Schnieder.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:08 PM (+v1tm)

Well, one is dead, so........choices are limited there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:09 PM (2YhKe)

163 Plenty is happening - all this stuff is coming out onto the interwebs and the people who backed it are being exposed. It can't be hidden behind the wall of silence anymore.

Yay! Raised cortisol levels and frustration for all! Even more disgust and hatred for the ~~justice~~ ~~legal~~ court system that has completely destroyed Rule of Law and placed the former United States deeper into the Failed State status

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 04:10 PM (nAS9C)

164 Attack of the Italicans successfully defeated!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:10 PM (ZVgZ4)

165 162.

Marines don't die. They just fall back to regroup.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:10 PM (+v1tm)

166 When was the last Mitch sighting?

Posted by: Mildly curious at August 12, 2026 04:10 PM (2Ez/1)

167 When Biden left the VP slot he was reportedly worth about $1.5 million. Last year he was reportedly worth $10 million. That doesn’t even count some of the income on book deals, etc.

Weird.

That’s public information, dingleberry.

Posted by: That Guy at August 12, 2026 04:11 PM (3arSl)

168 Trust Wray

*giggles*

Posted by: Q at August 12, 2026 04:11 PM (anL5R)

169 The more we see, the more rotten we can see that it was...I mean, we knew it was rotten and coming from the top and sides...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:11 PM (l3cgK)

170 When Biden left the VP slot he was reportedly worth about $1.5 million. Last year he was reportedly worth $10 million. That doesn’t even count some of the income on book deals, etc.

Ayanna Presley went from a net worth of -18K to $8M in years on a $174K salary in congress.

Amazing how this stuff works isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

171 What if Trump had a Press Secretary that just spoke like Joe Biden at every press briefing?

They couldn't say shit about it.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:12 PM (+v1tm)

172 Yay! Raised cortisol levels and frustration for all! Even more disgust and hatred for the justice legal court system that has completely destroyed Rule of Law and placed the former United States deeper into the Failed State status
Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 04:10 PM (nAS9C)

Faith in the government is the last thing the founders wanted us to have. In fact after rebelling against one, they screwed up making a replacement and ditched it for a better setup.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:12 PM (uhVAy)

173 Pick had a few bad picks. You kind of waive your hand and go, eh he took bad advice. It sounds like Wray was one of the biggest dick munchers on the planet. Not sure how he missed that one.

Posted by: That Guy at August 12, 2026 04:13 PM (3arSl)

174 Russia, Russia! connected to Trump for years.

And yet, I think the Bidens & the Biden autopen minions (and more) were, and remain, Working Families Party socialists.

Biden coveted what Sanders but attacked his presidential campaign differently. Joey emphasized traditional ties to 'working-class families' and trade unions, and held events with distinct labor presence.

Sanders had long built a strong pro-labor platform that helped him earn notable endorsements from national unions. He's still raking them in for his endorsees.

Sanders supports a Green New Deal. So did Biden.

>Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Ramirez Reintroduce the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act, August 6, 2026, Press Release (It's back!)
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The WFP cross-endorsed and actively campaigned for Obama during his 2008 presidential run. He also hosted the White House Summit on Working Families in June 2014, focusing on issues like paid family leave, workplace flexibility, and affordable child care.

The Working Families Party (WFP) generally supported Joe Biden’s presidential runs and legislative goals.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 04:13 PM (NFX2v)

175 What if Trump had a Press Secretary that just spoke like Joe Biden at every press briefing?

They couldn't say shit about it.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:12 PM (+v1tm)

in true DEI spirit, we should have a deaf press secretary.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)

176 Speaking of Rob Schneider, I rewatched "Deuce Bigelow" a few nights ago. It's still good.

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 04:13 PM (88C+u)

177 Is Wray a cross dresser? I keep hearing something about a delicate satin draped frame…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

178 I’m pretty sure that troll is a woman, and blinded by spluge.

Posted by: That Guy at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (3arSl)

179
I thought Bondi's husband had breast cancer?
Posted by: sifty boones

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Are you thinking of Tulsi, whose husband has some kind of cancer?

Posted by: Nothing Happens Bureau at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (XJ22o)

180 This is all the fault of a couple of rouge agents in the Cincinnati office.

They' and their supervisors have been assigned an additional week of training at the Waikiki Resort in Hawaii.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (3cUTc)
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You forgot to take the fifth on all remaining questions.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (XMAAx)

181
Sock

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (XJ22o)

182 Wray is the kind of character that a bad Tom Clancy ghost writer would write right before he got fired.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (+v1tm)

183 Was Bondi the one with a husband that went tranny?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)

184 Rumors and rumors of rumors…

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

185 180 This is all the fault of a couple of rouge agents in the Cincinnati office.

They' and their supervisors have been assigned an additional week of training at the Waikiki Resort in Hawaii.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 04:03 PM (3cUTc)
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You forgot to take the fifth on all remaining questions.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:14 PM (XMAAx)

Cross-dressing Moulin Rouge agents...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:15 PM (l3cgK)

186 Was Bondi the one with a husband that went tranny?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:15 PM (sKqQm)

No, that was the one from West Dakota

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:15 PM (uhVAy)

187 Was Bondi the one with a husband that went tranny?
Posted by: 18-1

Noem.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (wOO3z)

188 Is Jabba the Slut's KKK boyfriend also a biggun or is he normal sized?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

189 DSA candidates really need to stop just ignoring black voters, they don’t struggle with black voters they barely even acknowledge black voters

How are the moderates "acknowledging" black voters in ways the DSA isn't? Other than not specifically pandering to them with these platitudes or with the stoking of racial grievances ala Jasmine Crockett?

No, the dynamic here is that the DSA isn't really trying to hone in on any races votes specifically, and the black vote is more conservative, so they break for the "moderate" candidate

Moderates don’t boil everything down to class consciousness. I'm Indian American and my community is majority maybe Pete Buttigieg level liberal. I see this trend with a lot of minority communities.

Isnt race a distraction created by the capitalists, and class the truly important thing?

We do not live in a post-racial society yet.

DSA types fail to understand socialism isn’t un popular with white America because capitalist realism or whatever its because they think communism equals gay trans, and race mixing the greatest evil of all to them

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (+/CWD)

190 And boomer libs still orgasm in their pants over Watergate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (gEIsK)

191 It's all a riddle inside an enigma wrapped in a retard.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (+v1tm)

192 Unreal. No one is held accountable or punished.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 04:17 PM (hzuYO)

193 Imagine having Noem as your wife and you decide that your hairy ass would look better then her in slinky lingerie...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

194 “Rouge agents”? Were they following in the rumored tradition of J. Edgar Hoover?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:17 PM (ZVgZ4)

195
Hong hung low
Too funny
Posted by: Skip

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Hong gets the gong.

I'm sure there are tons of funnies out there today.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:17 PM (XJ22o)

196 Isnt race a distraction created by the capitalists, and class the truly important thing?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (+/CWD)

Liberal college kids discover science AND political theory!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy)

197 Hong Gone Fooey

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:18 PM (+v1tm)

198 Isnt race a distraction created by the capitalists, and class the truly important thing?

The right: We should judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin

The left: That's racist! In fact being color blind is the most racist thing that could be!

Also the left: Why do you rightwingers keep making everything about the color of someone's skin?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:19 PM (sKqQm)

199 Hong Gone Screwy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 04:19 PM (wOO3z)

200 Hong Gone Fooey

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:18 PM (+v1tm)
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Hong Gone Floozy

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:19 PM (XMAAx)

201 And boomer libs still orgasm in their pants over Watergate.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (gEIsK)

mostly just the press, and they had to be spoon fed everything by the deepsters. Heroes!

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:19 PM (uhVAy)

202 It was deliberately misspelled so that no evidence of the crime could be discovered through normal investigatory means.

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AKA Consciousness Of Guilt.

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 04:20 PM (dVpbe)

203 DSA types fail to understand socialism isn’t un popular with white America because capitalist realism or whatever its because they think communism equals gay trans, and race mixing the greatest evil of all to them

For the record if we are talking Shakira I'm down for race mixing right now.

OTOH, David French can handle the gay/trans side of things.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)

204 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM (+/CWD)

That's some authentic ~~frontier~~ Ivy League gibberish right there.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 04:21 PM (wrS5m)

205 188 Is Jabba the Slut's KKK boyfriend also a biggun or is he normal sized?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:16 PM

Fun size.
Like me.

Posted by: Snickers at August 12, 2026 04:21 PM (2Ez/1)

206 Per Breitbart: SPLC CFO arrested on fraud charges.

I was assured that nothing will happen. What is this sorcery?

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (2ocoG)

207
Unreal. No one is held accountable or punished.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

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These are the only Things Happening I can think of:

- Feeding Our Future fraudsters sentenced & fined (after YEARS of investigation)

- Fraction of illegals being deported

- Some Medicare/Medicaid/etc fraudsters arrested and charged

- Anti-ICE killers sentenced

- Other anti-ICE people charged somewhere maybe

But no one in the Deep State as far as I know has been touched. Anyone enlighten me and Christy?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (XJ22o)

208 We do not live in a post-racial society yet.

I was watching a video by Jason Pargin who is a somewhat reasonable leftist on how race relations were better in the 80s/90s.

He's jumped on the general leftwing bandwagon of, "No things were worse then its just no one black or white knew it at the time!" which is another bit of stupid cognitive dissonance

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

209 Hong No Dong has more time to be a shitty chef.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (+v1tm)

210 DSA types fail to understand socialism isn’t un popular with white America because capitalist realism or whatever its because they think communism equals gay trans, and race mixing the greatest evil of all to them
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It's also not too popular with black Americans.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (XMAAx)

211 "She got arrested today."

We voted for this.
Posted by: Trumpsters at August 12, 2026 04:01 PM (2Ez/1)

Woah.......Se's a Jabba missing a hut......

https://shorturl.fm/qbbGL
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 04:05 PM (2YhKe)
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The Sarlacc is gonna need TWO thousand years to digest all that..

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (FZ29D)

212 It was deliberately misspelled so that no evidence of the crime could be discovered through normal investigatory means.

Google's been able to match misspellings on that level for 20 years, and AI search does it even better. They're gonna need to try a lot harder if they do this again.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

213 But no one in the Deep State as far as I know has been touched. Anyone enlighten me and Christy?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:22 PM (XJ22o)

All of those people were in the Deep State.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

214 Rouge agents”? Were they following in the rumored tradition of J. Edgar Hoover?"

Nah. Ford.

/river rouge, a recent art theme

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR)

215 I was assured that nothing will happen. What is this sorcery?
Posted by: Ian S

Nothing counts as "happened" until someone is convicted of a felony and is in prison serving that sentence.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (+/CWD)

216 Listen fat! 23 skidoo and I shat upon you. Mom!

Posted by: Joe Biden, Potatoe Brain at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (e2lsi)

217 Socialism is popular with two groups:

1) People that don't have much
2) People that don't realize they are in fact rich

and while immoral the former group is understandable - why not just steal from your neighbors instead of working yourself?

But the latter group? I'm surrounded by these people. They are in the top 10% of wage earners and live in multimillion dollar houses and for some reason believe they are working class so they'll get MORE stuff when the revolution comes

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)

218 Surrendering for a photograph for 15 minutes before walking back out the door free into a Lincoln Navigator is not the same as being punished.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (+v1tm)

219 It was deliberately misspelled so that no evidence of the crime could be discovered through normal investigatory means.

Google's been able to match misspellings on that level for 20 years, and AI search does it even better. They're gonna need to try a lot harder if they do this again.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

They type in the searches for the FoIA requests. I suppose this should end.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

220 Unless and until individuals are put up against the wall and shot and the FBI is plowed under the earth, this shit will keep happening.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (YjkhO)

221 Google's been able to match misspellings on that level for 20 years, and AI search does it even better. They're gonna need to try a lot harder if they do this again.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:23 PM (2ocoG)

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One Word: ~~Plastics~~ Ebonics.

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 04:25 PM (dVpbe)

222 Hey guys, remember how the Republicans had ActBlue on the ropes forcing them to testify under oath before a committee and resulting in the representatives of ActBlue having to resort to the 5th Ammendment protection? Surely, that was the end of that fraud infested cheat factory....right?

(((ActBlue is having a record-breaking year for a midterm cycle in 2026, pulling in massive small-dollar donor hauls that surpass all previous non-presidential quarters in the organization's history.)))

JUSTICE!!!!

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

223 Woah.......Se's a Jabba missing a hut......

https://shorturl.fm/qbbGL
Posted by: Sponge

Avast! I've spotted the beast!

Posted by: Captain Ahab at August 12, 2026 04:26 PM (+/CWD)

224 Woah.......Se's a Jabba missing a hut......"

The buffet... it's empty.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:26 PM (XuXeR)

225 But the latter group? I'm surrounded by these people. They are in the top 10% of wage earners and live in multimillion dollar houses and for some reason believe they are working class so they'll get MORE stuff when the revolution comes
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)

With socialism, everyone thinks THEY will be the one passing out things to the 'social groups'. In the USSR it was the Politburo that got the Dachas, not the workers.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

226 Nothing counts as "happened" until someone is convicted of a felony and is in prison serving that sentence.

That's a goalpost move. "Nothing will happen" originally meant nobody would even be arrested.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 04:26 PM (2ocoG)

227 Unless and until individuals are put up against the wall and shot and the FBI is plowed under the earth, this shit will keep happening.

Honestly I don't think we have to go that far.

Right now this kind of crap in incentivized, yes, even still under Trump.

Chris Wray a career civil servant is some how worth $20M.

The first step is just end this crap where people in government get access to all sorts of deals and no show side jobs.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

228 I don't expect to see anyone on a chain gang from this.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:40 PM (4csOi)

You don't want them on a chain gang, because a future Donk President or GOP squish will pardon them.

You want them to "flee the country to avoid prosecution", and never be seen or heard from again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM (1z8ji)

229
Why is Wray not standing in front of a firing squad?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

Firing squad my ass. Too honorable.

A Short Drop and a Sudden Stop
Hemp Necktie
Black Jack Ketchum Special (my personal favorite)

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM (y9nCu)

230 (((ActBlue is having a record-breaking year for a midterm cycle in 2026, pulling in massive small-dollar donor hauls that surpass all previous non-presidential quarters in the organization's history.)))

JUSTICE!!!!
Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

I thought all their staff quit a while ago to avoid questioning.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

231 Until I see a photo of an Army Ranger bayonetting Neville Singham I will be less than whelmed. Then my whelm will runneth over.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:28 PM (+v1tm)

232 For the record, the entire AoSHQ Copy Edit Army does not support the abomination "0xferd Comma".

Posted by: Assistant Associate AoSHQ Copy Editor, Punctuation Brigade, Comma Company at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)

233 With socialism, everyone thinks THEY will be the one passing out things to the 'social groups'. "

They'll be getting things. 9 and 7.62...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (XuXeR)

234 228.

These people flee the country the way Roman Polanski flees the country.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (+v1tm)

235 (((ActBlue is having a record-breaking year for a midterm cycle in 2026, pulling in massive small-dollar donor hauls that surpass all previous non-presidential quarters in the organization's history.)))
____

Unless DoJ is using this haul to collect evidence for the largest money laundering arrest in history in time for maximum effect for the midterms, then this just sucks.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM (gEIsK)

236
(((ActBlue is having a record-breaking year for a midterm cycle in 2026, pulling in massive small-dollar donor hauls that surpass all previous non-presidential quarters in the organization's history.)))

I remember diving into some act blue donations and it is hillarious how obvious it is fraud.

$5-$12 donations at random intervals to various candidates. Really? Not weekly, not biweekly, not monthly just random intervals of trivial amounts and thousands of people doing it.

Makes no sense from a real individual donations perspective - you aren't giving a bulk sum and you aren't donating based off of how you got paid.

But it makes perfect sense if someone is laundering large amounts of money through a bunch of nominal individual citizen accounts...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM (sKqQm)

237 Firing squad my ass. Too honorable.

A Short Drop and a Sudden Stop
Hemp Necktie
Black Jack Ketchum Special (my personal favorite)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM

May I suggest an alternative?

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM (0sNs1)

238 228.

These people flee the country the way Roman Polanski flees the country.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (+v1tm)

Outside the Beltway and not on "Meet the Press" = Siberia.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM (uhVAy)

239 (((ActBlue is having a record-breaking year for a midterm cycle in 2026, pulling in massive small-dollar donor hauls that surpass all previous non-presidential quarters in the organization's history.)))
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China probably has record donations, then.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (XMAAx)

240 Unless DoJ is using this haul to collect evidence for the largest money laundering arrest in history in time for maximum effect for the midterms, then this just sucks.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 12, 2026 04:30 PM

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (0sNs1)

241 I don't care what Heidi Beirich of the SPLC looks like. It's a reprehensible organization and I hope she gets some big fine, or jail time or both. She wouldn't be any less of a corrupt person if she looked like a blonde Wonder Woman in her prime.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (y8wRt)

242 Nood

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (W2Pud)

243 That's a goalpost move. "Nothing will happen" originally meant nobody would even be arrested.
Posted by: Ian S

I appreciate arrests, and think they're an important step...but ultimately they don't amount to the consequences we need to see. We've see way too many traitors and criminals arrested, only to have charges dropped, sweetheart plea deals remove consequences, corrupt judges intervene, etc.

Posted by: Captain Ahab at August 12, 2026 04:31 PM (+/CWD)

244
These people flee the country the way Roman Polanski flees the country.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (+v1tm)

If Delta runs out of targets in the GWOT, I have a list.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 04:32 PM (y9nCu)

245 ActBlue is having a record-breaking year "

According to....

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:32 PM (XuXeR)

246 I thought all their staff quit a while ago to avoid questioning.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
______________________

Just some of the executives trying to avoid testifying. They surely still have a hand in operations (unofficially)...and they are packing in the $ as fast as possible and probably skipping a few safety precautions in the process. I assure you that a portion of the Welfare/Medical care / Pre-school/ Hospice FRAUD is making it's way back to them in tiny bundles that don't require FEC scrutiny. By about a month before the mid-terms the DNC will be reporting a massive windfall of grassroots donations instead of a $2 Million debt. And, the Republicans are content to let it happen. They already had their Kabuki performance, one show only.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)

247 They type in the searches for the FoIA requests. I suppose this should end.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)
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Yes, and from what I've heard of that, you have to put in voluminous batches of mispellings to make sure they didn't pull this kind of trick.

Because, yes, that's how FOIA search works.

(Protecting the corrupt).

And yes, you have to wait until all searches are done and each search is a different "case", again, from what I've heard about the process.

Posted by: Axeman at August 12, 2026 04:35 PM (XMAAx)

248 245 ActBlue is having a record-breaking year "

According to....
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 04:32 PM (XuXeR)
_______________________

ActBlu's own filings and press releases. You might think that's a bias source, and it is. But, it's also a felony if proved otherwise.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 04:41 PM (dIske)

249 These people flee the country the way Roman Polanski flees the country.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 04:29 PM (+v1tm)

Which is why it was in scare quotes...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 04:42 PM (1z8ji)

250 One Word: Plastics Ebonics.
Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 04:25 PM (dVpbe)

Where is Barbara Billingsley now that we need her?!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 04:54 PM (ZVgZ4)

251 I'd care a lot more about this if I thought there would be any consequences.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 12, 2026 05:54 PM (pE12i)

Massachusetts Becomes the Tenth Blue State to Authorize Abortions Up Until the Moment of Crowning

Safe, legal, and rare you guys.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey was met with applause and smiles as she signed away Massachusetts' gestational limits on abortion, making the deep-blue state the 10th to permit the procedure up to birth.
Under the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, health care workers will have greater discretion in determining whether to perform an abortion later in pregnancy, without facing legal penalties under the state's previous restrictions.
Healey said the law is intended to ensure families facing medical complications late in pregnancy can abort their babies in Massachusetts rather than having to travel out of state. Those complications can include maternal health complications and fatal diagnoses.
During the bill signing, Healey pledged to keep abortion safe, legal and accessible in Massachusetts for as long as she remains governor.

Oh, they dropped the "rare" and replaced it with "accessible," meaning "convenient."

Which is the opposite of "rare." 7-Elevens are not rare.

"We believe that health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians," Healey said. "Abortion will remain safe. It will remain legal, and it will remain accessible here in Massachusetts. That's my commitment to you."
The bill is scheduled to take effect in 90 days. Previously, state law generally prohibited abortions after 24 weeks, with limited exceptions.
Massachusetts now joins Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont in removing gestational age limits on abortion, along with the District of Columbia.
...
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser condemned the signing of the "egregious" law in a statement Monday, arguing that late-term abortions can involve dismemberment of the fetus.

Fox News is so liberal. There is no "can" here. Late-term abortions must involve dismembering and decapitating the baby, because the baby is now too large to pass through the birth canal without an actual birth.

"It should shock the conscience that tens of thousands of unborn Americans are barbarically dismembered limb by limb and torn apart every single year," she said. "Sadly, that number will only increase with Gov. Healey's approval of the Abortion Up Until Birth Bill. The GOP must abandon the 'leave it to the states' position -- a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one -- and advance national protections for unborn children."
...
The other countries that allow such procedures include Australia, Canada, China, Guinea-Bissau, Mexico, South Korea and Vietnam, according to SBA.

A blue state just legalized abortion up until birth.

Surrounded by applauding women, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping abortion bill Monday that removes the state�s gestational age limit, giving health care providers greater discretion to perform abortions later� pic.twitter.com/ZtDIgWwVMC
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 11, 2026

Two years ago, Kamala Harris and the Democrats called it �ridiculous� that Republicans accused them of wanting abortions up until birth.

Today 10 states allow just that. pic.twitter.com/EEqj3s6VRd
— Joey Salads (@JoeySalads) August 11, 2026

BREAKING NEWS: They were lying again. pic.twitter.com/D7usXR1myA
— MAZE (@mazemoore) August 12, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:15 PM

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1 FIRST?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

2 Infanticide. May they all rot in hell forever.

Posted by: Pamazon at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (b5MGU)

3 I know that the Chicago Pope won't do anything, but having Catholic Governor Maura Healey sign that should result in her immediate excommunication.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (aD4fx)

4 Evil satanic murdering -monsters

Posted by: Gonzotx at August 12, 2026 02:18 PM (rjg+P)

5 Get your body parts right here. Arm leg torso -whatever you need -we got you covered!

Posted by: The Democrat Party at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (nvKZ7)

6 They only go that far because infanticide isn't politically feasible.

Yet.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (OUMaO)

7 "Healey said the law is intended to ensure families facing medical complications late in pregnancy can abort their babies in Massachusetts."

Complications = "The loser I fucked in a drunken stupor and got me pregnant doesn't wuv me anymore [sobs]"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)

8 "No one wants to do abortions up to birth. That's a Republican conspiracy theory."

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (asFP3)

9 Authorize Abortions Up Until the Moment of Crowning"

We talking birth or regicide?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (XuXeR)

10 Guinea-Bissau?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (Cqx++)

11 If they'll kill innocent babies, they'll surely kill us "infidels" to the Progressive Cult.

Posted by: The FINAL Final Solution at August 12, 2026 02:21 PM (qUkBO)

12 "Fox News is so liberal. There is no "can" here. Late-term abortions must involve dismembering and decapitating the baby, because the baby is now too large to pass through the birth control without an actual birth."

Ace - I think that should be birth canal

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:21 PM (S0M0K)

13 Disgusting

Posted by: H at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (cpYEo)

14 Looks like that's a "dude in a dress" on the far left. Amazing how trans insinuate themselves into *everything*.

Also interesting how many abortionists are gay guys. Almost as if they hate women and want to damage them as thoroughly as possible.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (lFFaq)

15 I think that should be birth canal"

Canal, river, whatever...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (XuXeR)

16 Ace - I think that should be birth canal

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:21 PM (S0M0K)

Apparently it's never too late for birth control.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (asFP3)

17 The glee on the face of that blonde in the reddish/blackish dress is nothing but pure evil. No other explanation.

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (S0M0K)

18 There is not a single medically valid reason to abort in the third trimester. At that point, the baby's going to be delivered, dead or alive.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (mkw2N)

19 As someone pointed out recently, abortion's killed more people than both World Wars, Stalin, and Mao combined. The left is a death cult, full stop.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

20 If they'll kill innocent babies, they'll surely kill us "infidels" to the Progressive Cult.
Posted by: The FINAL Final Solution

They can try. In fact, I pray they do try.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (xHe0y)

21 Wanting to kill babies is pretty sick. Restricting it so you can only kill your own babies is double-plus sick.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (uhVAy)

22 I hate Taxachusetts so much. If my company had an office up here in Live Free or Die country, I'd never set foot in it again. But NH is sadly too stupid to take advantage of their infinitely more stupid southern neighbor, and has been for decades.

I'm reading the John Adams book that was the basis for the HBO series, and it's such a bummer that the cradle of the American revolution has been completely subverted by gay race communism.

Lots of natural beauty in the state, but like CA the Democrats are trying as hard as possible to make it unlivable for anyone but them.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (7COU4)

23 Next they'll be talking about eating them.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (UjdFS)

24 Ace - I think that should be birth canal

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:21 PM (S0M0K)

Apparently it's never too late for birth control.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (asFP3)

The ultimate last minute form of birth control. Beyond sickening.

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (S0M0K)

25 "Surrounded by applauding women, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping abortion bill Monday that removes the state's gestational age limit"

Lotsa men secretly applauding too, or at least doing the old dodged-a-bullet "whew" thing.

It's insane that there's a much easier, cheaper, and more readily accessible solution to all these unwanted pregnancies. It's called "birth control." There are like 10 different birth control methods. Just pick one.

But nah. The lefty solution to unwanted pregnancies is to murder the baby and in many cases carve it up like bacon.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

26 health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians,"

BTW, we're taking over more of your Healthcare.

/ the part she didn't say out loud

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (XuXeR)

27 Ever notice how those FOR abortion have already won the Birth Canal Bingo?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (xHe0y)

28 Something to keep in mind, you know you are pregnant by the 3rd month or so.

This is why most countries ban it after 6 months - you've know you were pregnant either get an abortion before that or you can't

Why would someone want to wait and then do it with the child is now viable?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (sKqQm)

29 Everything is going according to plan....

Posted by: Satan at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (asFP3)

30 health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians,"

And the pizza shop you wanted to go into without have gotten the clot shot you racist NAZI bot

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (sKqQm)

31 Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:21 PM (S0M0K)

Fixed.

At least for now!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (l4RKn)

32 Looks like that's a "dude in a dress" on the far left. Amazing how trans insinuate themselves into *everything*.

Also interesting how many abortionists are gay guys. Almost as if they hate women and want to damage them as thoroughly as possible.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (lFFaq)
____

And lesbians. My message to straight ladies: never take advice from lesbians. They do not have your interests in mind.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

33 health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians,"

BTW, we're taking over more of your Healthcare.

/ the part she didn't say out loud
Posted by: man

Men/husbands/boyfriends not included.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (xHe0y)

34 > The glee on the face of that blonde in the reddish/blackish dress is nothing but pure evil. No other explanation.

Every single one of them surrounding that table is rotten. They are zealots. There's no ethically or medically defensible reason for this law. They love it because it reduces restrictions on abortion.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (mkw2N)

35 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

36 Why would someone want to wait and then do it with the child is now viable?

Posted by: 18-1

More to eat.

Posted by: Democrat at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (UjdFS)

37 Massmurderchusetts

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (ypoHM)

38 You can't convince me these evil creatures are the same species as me. Somewhere something happened in the human DNA and the lines split.

Homo Molechus happened.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (+v1tm)

39 Ya no lum'n sonsabitches.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

40 Next they'll legalize murder of white people from birth to Social Security Eligibility. They have already done it unofficially, but they'll put paper to it soon.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (+v1tm)

41 Surrounded by birth persons!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (asFP3)

42 Massmurderchusetts

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (ypoHM)

I hate you.

I tried for a few minutes and gave up. I hate you.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (asFP3)

43 Late-term abortions must involve dismembering and decapitating the baby, because the baby is now too large to pass through the birth control without an actual birth.
__________

And there's evidence that pain can be felt at as little as 15 weeks, maybe even less.

Pre Dobbs, my state required that the abortionist at least cause "fetal demise" before performing a D&C, which involved injecting potassium chloride into the heart, digoxin into the amniotic fluid, or severing the cord. PP forum shopped for a friendly federal judge and got the law struck down on the grounds that it created an unreasonable burden for abortionists to learn those procedures.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XvL8K)

44 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

45 Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (mkw2N)

Correct. This procedure is *at least* as dangerous to the mother, leaving aside the guaranteed fatality to the baby, as any complications would be.

It's disturbing how many doctors in gynecology act like abortion is the one and only solution to all difficulties. There's a reason Hippocrates specifically forbade it along with the general "do no harm". Apparently, many medical schools no longer administer the oath at all. Something I think prospective patients should have a right to know.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (lFFaq)

46 I dont even really care about the abortion issue, I would even call myself somewhat liberal on this issue, but every once in a while I'm reminded what ghouls the Democrats really are.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (r13UX)

47 > health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians

This argument is ridiculous because an abortion doctor will never ever advise against an abortion. Not ever. And many states have laws in place to hide abortion decisions from husbands and boyfriends. So it's really just one woman's decision.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (mkw2N)

48 MA is one of the few states that would likely by bright blue even without fraud...

There are so many heritage American scum bags if you haven't been there you would not believe it...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

49 Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act

It's just MAID for unborn babies, you guys......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)

50 Soylent Green is babies.

Posted by: Democrat at August 12, 2026 02:30 PM (UjdFS)

51 Next step is to start decertifying doctors who won't play that game.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (uhVAy)

52 Next they'll legalize murder of white people from birth to Social Security Eligibility. They have already done it unofficially, but they'll put paper to it soon.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (+v1tm)

Post-3rd trimester. Gestational overtime.

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (S0M0K)

53 I look at that room and start to understand being gay.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (asFP3)

54 Why would someone want to wait and then do it with the child is now viable?"

Wait, Hector has been deported?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (XuXeR)

55 Healey is a childless lesbian. Crushing babies skulls doesn't have much of an emotional impact on her

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (WOnE5)

56 44 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

Not one black or Hispanic woman in that crowd. There may be one Asian woman there.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (0CU3H)

57 Healey said the law is intended to ensure families facing medical complications late in pregnancy can abort their babies in Massachusetts rather than having to travel out of state. Those complications can include maternal health complications and fatal diagnoses.

This is a lie.

It is intended to allow for any and all abortions, regardless, because it's a doctor's decision if they want to or not. There are no limitations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (2YhKe)

58 And lesbians. My message to straight ladies: never take advice from lesbians. They do not have your interests in mind.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

Very true.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (lFFaq)

59 Something to keep in mind, you know you are pregnant by the 3rd month or so.

This is why most countries ban it after 6 months - you've know you were pregnant either get an abortion before that or you can't

Why would someone want to wait and then do it with the child is now viable?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (sKqQm)
________

I think three reasons:

1. Outright laziness and procrastination.

2. There are women who like the "thrill" and attention of being pregnant, but aren't really committed to the baby. In the first 6 months, it's not really "real." But as the due date approaches, it becomes very real -- too real. So they panic and do the unthinkable.

3. I think the baby daddy plays into #2. He too might be caught up in being a father -- or at least feigning it -- until shit gets real. Then he's out the door. Girl is now abandoned, panics, and does the unthinkable.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:31 PM (iFTx/)

60 >>>Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.

Which is funny because abortion overwhelmingly kills black babies. Margaret Sanger would love it.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:32 PM (2ocoG)

61 Eh fuck gay, I look at that room and start to understand Sharia.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:32 PM (asFP3)

62 23 Next they'll be talking about eating them.

Wait they don’t do that already?

Posted by: morigu at August 12, 2026 02:32 PM (JuZ3M)

63 The pro-life side is ridiculous and makes no sense. Just wants to control women. No other arguments.

Posted by: Sid at August 12, 2026 02:32 PM (yzl9t)

64 I look at that room and start to understand being gay."

Si

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:33 PM (XuXeR)

65 "I think that should be birth canal"

Birth strait. Delivery channel.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 02:33 PM (Jr5Lq)

66 You can't convince me these evil creatures are the same species as me. Somewhere something happened in the human DNA and the lines split.

Homo Molechus happened.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (+v1tm)

Sadly, this is not the case. History shows the human capacity for evil repeatedly. That's why you can never just 'go along'.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:33 PM (uhVAy)

67 And lesbians. My message to straight ladies: never take advice from lesbians. They do not have your interests in mind.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
.......

But they do throw the best "Tupperware" parties. IYKWIM

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (UjdFS)

68 Ba'al worshipers pass there children through the flame.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (LHPAg)

69 My message to straight ladies: never take advice from lesbians. They do not have your interests in mind."

No one hates women more than women.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (XuXeR)

70 The GOP must abandon the 'leave it to the states' position -- a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one -- and advance national protections for unborn children.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court already ruled against that possibility.

When they overturned Roe v. Wade-- which set a national policy for allowing abortion-- the Supes basically said, "Nope, Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional, becuase there can't be any nationwide law regarding abortion." That ruling cuts both ways. It eliminated Roe v. Wade thereby allowing many pro-lifer states t set pro-life policies, but it also by the same measure allow pro-abortion states to set whatever pro-abortion laws they want.

It's just going to have to be a state-by-state battle from here on out. We're probably going to have to endure living in a country with states that allow abortion up until birth..

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (Av6i5)

71 The magic 1/4 inch comrade...

If only people had been screaming this was their goal for the last of 22 years or so....

Posted by: sven at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (Int1s)

72 Why would someone want to wait and then do it with the child is now viable?"
-------

To see if it's sid

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (asFP3)

73 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XvL8K)

It probably was. Most abortionists are too incompetent to practice actual medicine. I wouldn't let one work on a pet I was fond of, much less a person.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (lFFaq)

74 Not that this justifies it, but if makes people feel any better, it's almost exclusively Dem voters that will be taking advantage of the very liberal abortion laws.

They really are going extinct as a voter base, provided we can keep all the invaders out of our country.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (r13UX)

75 Those fine salt of the earth Irish you always see in the bullshit cop shows and Backdraft are doing a fine job.

I now have a better list of states to shrug my shoulders about when the next natural disasters or terrorist attacks happen.

Massachusetts now joins Alaska, Colorado, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont.

Throw in New York, California, and Rhode Island and you got yourself a fine mess of don't give a shit what happens to them.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (EgBjZ)

76 making the deep-blue state the 10th to permit the procedure up to birth.
------

But Democrats are worried some "extremists" might try to take over!!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (asFP3)

77 MA is one of the few states that would likely by bright blue even without fraud...

There are so many heritage American scum bags if you haven't been there you would not believe it...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (sKqQm)

I have been there, and I do believe it.

The South Coast area (Fall River/New Bedford) is semi-sane; virtually everywhere else in the state has terminal wokeism.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (jGGMD)

78 65 "I think that should be birth canal"

Birth strait. Delivery channel.
Posted by: gp

The hemi-cloaca.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (Av6i5)

79 "We believe that health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians," Healey said.

Doctors who idolize Kermit Gosnell

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 02:36 PM (S0M0K)

80 Black Lives Matter (har har)

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:36 PM (asFP3)

81 And Medicare for all!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 02:36 PM (Cqx++)

82 Evil whores. All of them.

Evil. Disgusting. Whores.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

83 Not that this justifies it, but if makes people feel any better, it's almost exclusively Dem voters that will be taking advantage of the very liberal abortion laws.

They really are going extinct as a voter base, provided we can keep all the invaders out of our country.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (r13UX)

Leftists are born when they enter a liberal highschool or university. Children still are uncorrupted at the core for the most part.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (uhVAy)

84
The hemi-cloaca.
Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:35 PM (Av6i5)

"You're gettin' a Hemi!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (2YhKe)

85 The GOP must abandon the 'leave it to the states' position -- a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one -- and advance national protections for unborn children.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court already ruled against that possibility.

When they overturned Roe v. Wade-- which set a national policy for allowing abortion-- the Supes basically said, "Nope, Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional, becuase there can't be any nationwide law regarding abortion." That ruling cuts both ways. It eliminated Roe v. Wade thereby allowing many pro-lifer states t set pro-life policies, but it also by the same measure allow pro-abortion states to set whatever pro-abortion laws they want.

It's just going to have to be a state-by-state battle from here on out. We're probably going to have to endure living in a country with states that allow abortion up until birth..
Posted by: zombie

===
I never really understood the logic that overturning Roe vs Wade would fix everything.

I predicted ages ago, that if states could vote on this, basically all 50 states would vote on some form of legalized abortion.

I would even say the abortion laws overall got way worse, sadly

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (r13UX)

86 Western ,more rural Mass used to be rational . Then the left discovered the Berkshires and most of Western Mass went the same way as Harvard Yard

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (WOnE5)

87 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)
_______

Which is ironic because white woman -- especially affluent white women like those in the video -- are almost statistically never gonna want or need an abortion.

Abortion is overwhelmingly a black and latina thing, mostly in the lower income brackets.

These AWFuLs cheering on abortions are channeling Margaret Sanger: they're cheering on poor minority ladies carrying out their own genocide. Sick.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)

88 > Birth strait. Delivery channel.

Spawn slide.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (mkw2N)

89 Save a baby
Spay a leftist

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (ypoHM)

90 So modern democrats now support child care like the Aztecs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (0U5gm)

91 Throw in New York, California, and Rhode Island and you got yourself a fine mess of don't give a shit what happens to them.
Posted by: sifty boones

What is a "Rhode Island"?

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

92 Jake from BarrNone called the birth canal "God's 3D Printer."

Posted by: pookysgirl at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (HYpDC)

93 Leftists are born when they enter a liberal highschool or university. Children still are uncorrupted at the core for the most part.
Posted by: Oldcat

==

People tend to land on their parent's politics and values. It's a really high ratio, like 80%.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (r13UX)

94 Eh fuck gay, I look at that room and start to understand Sharia.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:32 PM (asFP3)

There's a reason "Islam is right about women" is one of the guaranteed ways to blue-screen a leftist.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)

95 The ones having the abortions are the ones who'd otherwise be raising their offspring to hate you.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (DZ9Lv)

96
Commonsense, moderate Democratic policy on abortion:

No restrictions
No exemptions
No alternatives
No opposition

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (O0L8i)

97 66. Oldcat. You are right.

Evil never sleeps. Evil is the default setting of history.

We locked two generations of our best overseas when we should have been burning this horseshit to the ground.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (EgBjZ)

98 I predicted ages ago, that if states could vote on this, basically all 50 states would vote on some form of legalized abortion.

I would even say the abortion laws overall got way worse, sadly
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (r13UX)

Events have borne this out, unfortunately, at least here in MO.

Posted by: Dr. T at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (jGGMD)

99 These AWFuLs cheering on abortions are channeling Margaret Sanger: they're cheering on poor minority ladies carrying out their own genocide. Sick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)

Not sick. Evil. Very, very evil.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (lFFaq)

100 What is a "Rhode Island"?
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)

101 Having a doctor do in the babe is more scientific and ethical than bashing head against the boxcar.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 12, 2026 02:40 PM (gm9Sb)

102 7-Elevens are not rare.
----
They will be if the commies have their way.

Maybe they'll force 7-Elevens to start offering abortion services in order to stay in business.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:40 PM (FZ29D)

103
The Black Genocide Act of 2026

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (O0L8i)

104 91.

Mythical postage stamp with a bunch of commie fags living on it.

Where Narnia dumps its septic tank.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (EgBjZ)

105 Leftists are born when they enter a liberal highschool or university. Children still are uncorrupted at the core for the most part.
Posted by: Oldcat

==

People tend to land on their parent's politics and values. It's a really high ratio, like 80%.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (r13UX)

There's entire web sites of pictures of a kid going off to college looking normal and then a picture 2 years later being cut up, pierced and tatted. That ratio isn't good enough.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)

106 Women without natural affections.

They've turned their divine gift to create and nurture life into a ghoulish obsession for causing and encouraging death--of the very most innocent lives of all.

This is what the witchcraft of man and worship of demons turns women into.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (3cUTc)

107 The left: The pro-life argument makes no sense

Also the left: We have to bring rapists and murderers into our country because they can't get on welfare back home

Also, also the left: Oh and we need end capital punishment because even serial killers have a right to life

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

108 Surrounded by applauding women, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a sweeping abortion bill Monday that removes the state’s gestational age limit, giving health care providers greater discretion to perform abortions later in pregnancy.
______________________________

Trust the science, you guys. This is the equivalent to murdering someone if they dare to try and get out of the local swimming pool.

Incidentally, who wants to start the betting pool on the application of Euthanasia on minors of they become too much of a burden on the parent's lifestyle?

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (dIske)

109
They cheer the mutilation of children for their gender bender wants. What's the death of a fully developed to them?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (OkYzo)

110 So wrong. It's beyond gross.

Posted by: connected and litigious at August 12, 2026 02:42 PM (cS1cw)

111 These AWFuLs cheering on abortions are channeling Margaret Sanger: they're cheering on poor minority ladies carrying out their own genocide. Sick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:38 PM (iFTx/)

Not sick. Evil. Very, very evil.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (lFFaq)

Note that Sanger is one of their heroes.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)

112 Human culling.

Posted by: mrp at August 12, 2026 02:42 PM (rj6Yv)

113 I'd vote for retroactive.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:43 PM (EZtVN)

114 Infant Outlet

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:43 PM (mkw2N)

115 The left: The pro-life argument makes no sense

Also the left: We have to bring rapists and murderers into our country because they can't get on welfare back home

Also, also the left: Oh and we need end capital punishment because even serial killers have a right to life
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

Yes, the Dems platform of killing the innocent to protect the most guilty has always been ghastly.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:43 PM (uhVAy)

116 You can't convince me these evil creatures are the same species as me. Somewhere something happened in the human DNA and the lines split.

Homo Molechus happened.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (+v1tm)
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Every single one of them has a devil on their shoulder whispering sweet nothings into their ear...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (FZ29D)

117 They cheer the mutilation of children for their gender bender wants. What's the death of a fully developed to them?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (OkYzo)
_________

And they'd gleeful put us all in boxcars to concentration camps for out-of-the extermination. Demons, the whole fucking stinking lot of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

118 "7-Elevens are not rare."

Google AI sez: "The United States has approximately 12,172 to 13,247 7-Eleven stores (including corporate and franchised locations of 7-Eleven, Speedway, and Stripes)"

But the good news is that Casey's is catching up, with around 2,950 stores across 19 states. Go Casey's!

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (Jr5Lq)

119 And there's evidence that pain can be felt at as little as 15 weeks, maybe even less.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XvL8K)

This is the slippery slope that has allowed the debate to move from: Life is precious, to some changing definition of viability and humanness or whatever.

I don't care whether the baby can feel pain. He or she is a human being and deserves our protection.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (l4RKn)

120 As many here have said, there isn't a single one of those evil broads who would not wear out a 3hp GinchMaster 9000 while watching us all be machinegunned into a trench.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (EgBjZ)

121 121 7-11 hot dogs vs Casey's pizza. Discuss.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 12, 2026 02:45 PM (gm9Sb)

122 Kermit Gosnell had some patents on abortion "tools". Or applied for them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (wOO3z)

123 But the good news is that Casey's is catching up, with around 2,950 stores across 19 states. Go Casey's!
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Casey's pizza is surprisingly good.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (FZ29D)

124 There needs to be a lot of women's narratives on what their abortion was like, and why they regret it today.

That is going to be the main way to try to save babies

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

125 Rare, accessible, it's all the same.

It's like when one chicken store says their chicken is "hot, crispy, and delicious," and the next says theirs is "cold, soggy, and bland."

It's all the same, right?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

126 I predicted ages ago, that if states could vote on this, basically all 50 states would vote on some form of legalized abortion.

I would even say the abortion laws overall got way worse, sadly
Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:37 PM (r13UX)

Events have borne this out, unfortunately, at least here in MO.
Posted by: Dr. T at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (jGGMD)

I don't think that's quite true. Most states have very few or no abortion centers. MO only had one, i recall. It is an industry in very few areas.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

127 My next-door neighbor--a total lockstep Democrat--just adopted a stray cat that had been brought in to the city pound. (Well, his daughter adopted it without consulting the parents.) Standard pratice at the pund is when a stray female feral cat is brought in, they always sterilize it, to prevent stray cat overpopulation. And if the cst (as often happens) is also already pregnant-- they abrt the little pre-born kitten.

That's what happened with his new cat. The daughter brought it home, it was acted crazy and weird, they called up the pound, who said, "Oh, yeah, when we fixed her, she was about to give birth, so we terminated it. Mama cats kinds go crazy for a whole when that happened because their hormones spin out of control."

He told me all this as we watched the cat indeed acting insane in his yard - -yowling, digging random holes and looking in them (apparent for the lost kittens), alternately hissing and puring and nothing, etc. It was really sad to watch.

Anyway, the whole pintis, while telling me this, he dug himself into a verbal hole and couldn't think of a word other than "abortion" to describe what the pund had done to the cat. But he didn't want to say it.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (Av6i5)

128 Remember when Bill Clinton campaigned on making abortion "safe, legal and rare?"

One out of the 3 is all that they really wanted.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (3cUTc)

129 As many here have said, there isn't a single one of those evil broads who would not wear out a 3hp GinchMaster 9000 while watching us all be machinegunned into a trench.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (EgBjZ)

While National Review and much of the GOP cheers

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:47 PM (asFP3)

130 Casey's has good gas station pizza. I was surprised.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 02:47 PM (wOO3z)

131
Ask a Democrat whether a live birth in the course of an abortion is now a child with rights. You won't get a straight answer.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 02:47 PM (O0L8i)

132 There's entire web sites of pictures of a kid going off to college looking normal and then a picture 2 years later being cut up, pierced and tatted. That ratio isn't good enough.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (uhVAy)

Happened to my Middlest Kidlet. Drop dead gorgeous, and not just me saying so, but autistic and found the attention she automatically got to be creepy and frightening. Got away from home and got a new group of "friends" who told her they had a solution to all that. She's very smart, but super gullible, and believed every word.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:47 PM (lFFaq)

133 These same mutherfuckers would be screaming stop over a litter of puppies or kittens.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (EZtVN)

134 There needs to be a lot of women's narratives on what their abortion was like, and why they regret it today.

That is going to be the main way to try to save babies
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

Those stories have been around since the 70s, I heard it all because the Catholics kept us informed on what it was about, even us kids. The political machine has perfected the suppression of information in that way due to the abortion lobby.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)

135 44 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

See also: Trained seals

Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (SjAWL)

136 But the good news is that Casey's is catching up, with around 2,950 stores across 19 states. Go Casey's!

As a Midwestern-born resident of a place I like less, I love the advance of Casey's. But I'm distraught at the demise of Kum and Go.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)

137 Abortion will always be legal as long as Congress needs the services so much.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (EgBjZ)

138 44 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

See also: Trained seals
Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM

Liberal white women.

Posted by: G. Orwell at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (2Ez/1)

139 Standard pratice at the pund is when a stray female feral cat is brought in, they always sterilize it, to prevent stray cat overpopulation.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (Av6i5)
________

"Fuck you, ya wanker"

-- Brian Setzer

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (iFTx/)

140 Surrounded by applauding women"

White women.
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 02:29 PM (XuXeR)

See also: Trained seals
Posted by: TxAnn at

You'll be hearing from our lawyers!
-Trained seals Local 647

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (YZ0Fo)

141 Surrounded by applauding women" /i]

Unmarried women aren't really...they are married to Uncle Sugar and will do whatever Uncle Sugar says.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

142 I don't think that's quite true. Most states have very few or no abortion centers. MO only had one, i recall. It is an industry in very few areas.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (uhVAy)

There were more abortions in 2025 than there were before Roe was struck down.

1,126,000, which was up from 2024, which was up from 2023, which was up from 2022.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:50 PM (AdHga)

143 Alaska?

Posted by: alanon at August 12, 2026 02:50 PM (tpsNe)

144 There is no national divorce. There is only Bosnia.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 02:50 PM (dK+Kv)

145 He told me all this as we watched the cat indeed acting insane in his yard - -yowling, digging random holes and looking in them (apparent for the lost kittens), alternately hissing and puring and nothing, etc. It was really sad to watch.

Anyway, the whole pintis, while telling me this, he dug himself into a verbal hole and couldn't think of a word other than "abortion" to describe what the pund had done to the cat. But he didn't want to say it.
Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (Av6i5)

its called grieving. My cats grieve when their friends and companions die as much as I do.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (uhVAy)

146 Casey's, in some areas, will even have pizza delivery for their not bad pizza. I live in one of those areas and have a Casey's a block away. Most handy when most drunk.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (gm9Sb)

147 > Alaska?

Hawaiya?

Posted by: bonhomme at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (mkw2N)

148 What's the typical demographic of women who take advantage of this type of abortion? Is there any data on this?

I have a suspicion. But it's not something I dwell on.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (2Cry5)

149 98 Yes so the cool kids all sit at the dining room table while a preggo sits on it with legs spread and gives birth to be eaten alive by the cool kids....
Posted by: Yer Sistas Azz at August 12, 2026 02:39 PM (jwV5

Eerily specific.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (LHPAg)

150 Please, think of the kittens

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (83sl1)

151 These same mutherfuckers would be screaming stop over a litter of puppies or kittens.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (EZtVN)

Unless their hero Fauci was doing it....

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (asFP3)

152 Massachusetts Legalizes Abortion Up Until Kindergarten

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (ndZc7)

153 As someone who'd lived in Massachusetts in my formatives years, I say the fewer Massholes the better.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (bX16E)

154 The movie Eden has the most insane delivery I've ever seen presented - the woman is being threatened by wild dogs as she goes into labor...and supposedly it is based on real events.

We've gone from that to...well, baby daddy turned out to be an asshole so time to kill his baby...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (sKqQm)

155 really some sick shit. 100% murder of the most innocent. These people have to be satan worshippers

Posted by: SamIam at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (wlfXV)

156 ---
Casey's pizza is surprisingly good.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:46 PM (FZ29D)

It has no choice but to be better than Hunt Brother's........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (2YhKe)

157 Monstrous. I only wish someone had brought in a sacrificial newborn infant and laid her on the governors desk, and passed around a knife asking these smiling ghouls to take the first stab.

Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (qtfk+)

158 I seem to always be a thread or two late, but I thought this was interesting:

Crowley beat Wong in WI because undecided DEMs broke heavily for Crowley. The reason they give is "concerns about Wong's electability."

I hate it when DEMs show any sign of common sense like that.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (RCjYY)

159 109
They cheer the mutilation of children for their gender bender wants. What's the death of a fully developed to them?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 02:41 PM (OkYzo)

What'll be interesting to see is how they react to the outcome of the Lindsay Clancy trial.

This is a high profile case where the mother, suffering from post partum depression, killed her 3 children, including an 8 month old. Then she tried to commit suicide (unsuccessfully) by slitting her throat and wrists then doing a "peter pan" out the top floor window of their house.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (N39Ws)

160 133 Remember when Bill Clinton campaigned on making abortion "safe, legal and rare?"

One out of the 3 is all that they really wanted.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

-----------------
Taxpayer paid!

That was always their goal as they ere driven by PP.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (7PtGv)

161 The GOP must abandon the 'leave it to the states' position -- a stance that permits egregious late-term abortion laws like this one -- and advance national protections for unborn children."
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The GOP never did the rhetorical or intellectual work on repealing Roe v. Wade--even though every Republican running for federal office since Reagan promised to repeal it.

Because none of them really believed what they said.
And none of them ever expected it to happen.
But, boy-howdy, what a nice, throw-away line they all could use to pretend to be conservative and get the vote of the religious.

I mean, look at how they all sputter and short-circuit now when asked now about abortion?
All they ever had was repeating the phrases someone else coined--they never believed abortion was an evil.

One candidate actually believed what he said:
Donald J. Trump

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 02:53 PM (3cUTc)

162 Nice. Most of the time, late term abortions are life saving. Modern conservatives won't believe that because of the fear, anger, and hatred they consume, but it's the truth.

But these same conservative women are first to be all up in the news when they're the ones who need an abortion. You know, cuz the only moral abortion is their abortion.

By leaving it up to the states the issue has become even more polarized. Perfectly legal women's health in one state can get you prison time or even the death penalty in another. We won't last long as a country like this. TRUST DOCTORS.

Look at Gov Healey's signing ceremony. Are we sure this is good for women’s health I don’t see any men in the video making decisions?!?! /s

Our side tried mightily to compromise and reason this out to a system with checks and balances. The other side just said, "Fuck you. My way or nothing. And, my way is nothing." Reap what you sowed.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (+/CWD)

163 What's the typical demographic of women who take advantage of this type of abortion? Is there any data on this?

I have a suspicion. But it's not something I dwell on.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 02:51 PM (2Cry5)
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See my comment above for some suggestions ....

We will never get anything approaching accurate statistics for late-term because the NPC coding is that 100% of late-term abortions are because of serious health issues, and not at all because of the "mother's" convenience.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

164 A bunch of smiling demons clapping for infantcide.

Posted by: Biergood at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (PwgSL)

165 As someone pointed out recently, abortion's killed more people than both World Wars, Stalin, and Mao combined. The left is a death cult, full stop.
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Slavery was worth fighting a civil war over.

But abortion is something we should resolve with talk and acceptance, apparently.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (vSvIl)

166 Abortion will always be legal as long as Congress needs the services so much.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (EgBjZ)

You don't think they'd just exempt themselves like they have from everything else. The first time that happened the doors of congress needed to be sealed closed until those who voted for it were executed and replaced.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (lFFaq)

167 Thank Buc-Ee's.

They made it cool to be clean, bright and pleasant when refueling again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:55 PM (2YhKe)

168 Hong Gone Fooey

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:55 PM (EgBjZ)

169 There were more abortions in 2025 than there were before Roe was struck down.

1,126,000, which was up from 2024, which was up from 2023, which was up from 2022.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:50 PM (AdHga)

Not surprising, they had to rally the troops around the only thing they could agree upon, owning the red staters by killing their kids.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)

170 They have abortion until birth. Canada has "assisted" euthanasia. Seems like the hard moral lines on human life keep getting pushed to a smaller and smaller domain...
Next hurdle is post-birth abortion.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

171 Remember when Bill Clinton campaigned on making abortion "safe, legal and rare?"

One out of the 3 is all that they really wanted.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

And yet, it's not really all that safe. How many deaths have there been on abortion tables in the last year?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)

172 "We believe that health care decisions should be made between women and families and their doctors, not politicians," Healey said.

==

"Not politicians...or the full-term babies themselves!!"

This is sickness beyond anything I can comprehend. A full-term baby abortion is pure and simple murder. I wouldn't want to be any of these ghastly, irredeemable people when they face judgement day.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (qBdHI)

173 Infanticide and Euthanasia have always been the end game.

Posted by: RS at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (GYx3d)

174 Reap what you sowed.
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Ha ha ha. Indeed.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (asFP3)

175 Ahh, what might have been.

Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE
How much of Hong’s loss can be attributed to her bizarre decision to spend the last 10 days of the campaign responding to questions about abolishing the police or Thanksgiving abolition? She could’ve just not gone on national TV.

MeliAndee
@meliandee
Andrew: why couldn’t she have just hid her crazy for a few days?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (ndZc7)

176 Next hurdle is post-birth abortion.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

That's what 'immigrants' are for.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (2YhKe)

177 See my comment above for some suggestions ....

We will never get anything approaching accurate statistics for late-term because the NPC coding is that 100% of late-term abortions are because of serious health issues, and not at all because of the "mother's" convenience.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

Convenience has always been a serious health issue in the abortion game. Since day 1.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)

178 Crowley beat Wong in WI because undecided DEMs broke heavily for Crowley. The reason they give is "concerns about Wong's electability."

In the LA mayor race and a number of other high profile elections they told us the flood of votes for the leftwing candidate was because those are last minute mail in voters.

Here they say its because that demographic is instead moderate, not left.

Let me suggest in both cases those weren't real votes.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (sKqQm)

179 166.

It sickens me to think of how many abortions the Kennedys and Swalwell-types in Congress have generated in 250 years.

They won't even let us see how many payoffs they have made to keep people quiet.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (EgBjZ)

180 If we're garbage people and deplorable because we say forbidden words, what the fuck are these?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (asFP3)

181 They have abortion until birth. Canada has "assisted" euthanasia. Seems like the hard moral lines on human life keep getting pushed to a smaller and smaller domain...
Next hurdle is post-birth abortion.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

Didn't they pass that law in Virginia already?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:58 PM (uhVAy)

182 If we're garbage people and deplorable because we say forbidden words, what the fuck are these?
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (asFP3)

Beasts from the depths of Hell.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:58 PM (2YhKe)

183
The Kermit Gosnell Memorial Act

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 02:59 PM (O0L8i)

184 Here they say its because that demographic is instead moderate, not left.

Let me suggest in both cases those weren't real votes.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 02:57 PM (sKqQm)

But they were useful votes, which is enough for a leftist.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

185 Eh fuck gay, I look at that room and start to understand Sharia.
Posted by: ...

Beating them with broomsticks I could get behind.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:59 PM (xHe0y)

186 They're doing anything they can to keep the shit goblins engaged.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 02:59 PM (wOO3z)

187 148 What's the typical demographic of women who take advantage of this type of abortion? Is there any data on this?

I have a suspicion. But it's not something I dwell on.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I'll just say it:

Fat teenage black girls who didn't even realize they were pregnant. That's what accounts for at least half of these 8th-month abortions.

The whole argument about "doctors are afraid to perform necessary medical procedures because they're afraid of being accused of performing a late-term abortion" is a total lie, a fake narrative. That almost never happens. What does happen is that dumb girls don;'t even know they;'re pregnant (or don't want to admit it to themselves or anyone else) until they eventually realize that pretending the problem doesn't exist doesn't make the problem go away.

But the Left doesn't mind this fact at all because the whole original purpoe of legalizing abortion was to decrease the number of black babies, a key part of Margret Sanger's eugenics movement.

Posted by: zombie at August 12, 2026 03:00 PM (Av6i5)

188 Question: if you can legally kill the unborn at 9 months gestation (meaning that child could have lived outside the womb), what does that mean for premature babies?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 03:00 PM (l3cgK)

189 That was then.

Geraldo Rivera Calls On Trump To Apologize For "Shithole Countries" Remark

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This is now.

Geraldo Rivera
@GeraldoRivera
Expelling Haitian immigrants is sending them straight to hell.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)

190 Don't these clapping broads know how not to get pregnant?

Idiots.

Posted by: ATM at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (e2lsi)

191
And yet, it's not really all that safe. How many deaths have there been on abortion tables in the last year?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)

Well since soon they will have to wrestle down the 6 foot 5 linebacker for the 16 year post birth abortion procedures soon to come, they aren't likely to get a better group of doctors.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)

192 What Republicans should be countering with is the repeal of child support laws.

There never, ever was a problem of "deadbeat" dads.
It was sloven rakes who shacked up with a loser she knew was a loser and now she engages in emotional blackmail of religious men, claiming that she's akin to widow and entitled to their sympathies.

No.

Why are the resources of the state being used to protect them from the consequences of their choices?
Your daughter is not going to suffer that fate, why do you support laws that reward other women who've made poor choices?

If women can terminate the baby, men should have the right to terminate any support.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (3cUTc)

193 177 Ironically the Dead Kennedys best album was titled "Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death"

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 03:03 PM (bX16E)

194
And yet, it's not really all that safe. How many deaths have there been on abortion tables in the last year?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:56 PM (2YhKe)

_________

Post-Roe deaths were about the same as pre-Roe.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 03:03 PM (O0L8i)

195 "Healey said the law is intended to ensure families facing medical complications late in pregnancy can abort their babies in Massachusetts

———

But that already existed, in fact this law removed the medical requirements. Someone on that side needs to tell me what the difference is between this or the day after birth. This is beyond disturbing.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

196 Question: if you can legally kill the unborn at 9 months gestation (meaning that child could have lived outside the womb),

what does that mean for premature babies?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I was one. I am so thankful for my parents.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 03:04 PM (xHe0y)

197 Until immediate, unequivocal consequences result from being an AWFL, there is no bottom to this slope.

I really don't see how "coexist" or "live and let live" is even an option anymore.

If I'm getting there, a maybe 4-5 on the crazy scale, I know the real crazies are there already and have a pot of coffee brewing.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:04 PM (4csOi)

198 I'll just say it:

Fat teenage black girls who didn't even realize they were pregnant. That's what accounts for at least half of these 8th-month abortions.

There's no way you make it nearly that far in pregnancy without knowing. The Left just wants no restrictions or consequences for their initiatives, and aborting babies is one of their touchstones. How the managed to brainwash so many women into supporting it to this extreme is horrifying. I get women wanting access to early abortion, even if they think it’s wrong, but third trimester? Barbaric.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 03:04 PM (+/CWD)

199 "Healey said the law is intended to ensure families facing medical complications late in pregnancy can abort their babies in Massachusetts

———

But that already existed, in fact this law removed the medical requirements. Someone on that side needs to tell me what the difference is between this or the day after birth. This is beyond disturbing.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

There was a Virginia law a few years back that did mention post birth abortions. Wonder what happened to that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

200 @GeraldoRivera
Expelling Haitian immigrants is sending them straight to hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)

Someone should simply reply: Shut the f*ck up, clown.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)

201 There never, ever was a problem of "deadbeat" dads

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at

You, my friend, couldn’t be more wrong.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

202 If women can terminate the baby, men should have the right to terminate any support.

I've seen feminists field this answer many times and the answer is always its (D)ifferent when we want to be free of responsibilities versus men

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (sKqQm)

203 When the baby starts to crown, what is the method of termination? Center punch? Auger bit?

These people are sick assholes.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (wOO3z)

204 Sickening. It joins 10 other states & D.C,

(AI Overview) Recent large-scale clinical studies publish that when extremely premature infants born at 23 weeks receive active, aggressive neonatal resuscitation and treatment, their survival-to-discharge rate is approximately 55% to 58%.

Survival chances increase incrementally with every single day a pregnancy continues at this stage. A baby born at 23 weeks and 6 days has a statistically higher chance of survival than a baby born at 23 weeks and 0 days.
Among the 23-week micro-preemies who survive, studies track that about half grow up with no or mild neurological disabilities, while the remaining portion may face moderate to severe long-term health challenges (such as chronic lung issues or developmental delays).
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According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health and the state's Abortion Control Act, abortion is legally restricted after 23 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy (often cited as a 24-week limit), unless two physicians certify it's necessary for the health of mother.

I don't agree at all with 24 weeks for a routine limitation, either.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (NFX2v)

205 Why is Haiti hell?

It is full of Haitians

So then what does bringing in mass numbers of Haitians do to the US?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)

206 130 Casey's has good gas station pizza. I was surprised.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 02:47 PM (wOO3z)

________________________

I've got an outlier for your. I live near a gas station that makes fantastic fried chicken & a local pizza place worked out a deal to have a little mini-counter at that same gas station to sell nothing but pizzas...and they are also, fantastic. I'm surprised we don't see more of that. It's a limited overhead with a captive customer base that allows customers to hit two buttons with one stop.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske)

207 A few days ago here in SE Michigan, a Facebook page dedicated to Ann Arbor denizens was lit up over pro-life individuals going door to door and leaving graphic photos of abortions. The AWFLS were incensed that their small children could have seen these images. I mean, these twits carried on, posted ring camera photos of those dropping off the material at their doorsteps, wanted to call the police, etc. Completely lost on them was the fact that the images they were horrified over are the procedures they support and fund. A few brave souls spoke up to remind them of that fact and were immediately labeled as right wing, or worse, men who had no business telling women what they should do with their bodies.

Posted by: jen the original at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (EiUt/)

208 You, my friend, couldn’t be more wrong.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:05 PM (ZdaMQ)

Forget it, he's rolling.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (asFP3)

209 I hope to live to see the day I don't see the fuckin name Geraldo Rivera in the news. These mofos seem to live forever. That adrenochrome shit must be real.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:07 PM (4csOi)

210 If you think about it, abortion really is the ultimate "shopping cart" test. (referencing the meme about people returning shopping carts)

Not just for women, and I don't want to put it all on them because many are young and fooled when they have abortion, but on society as a whole.

A human life (the most precious thing in the world) is totally dependent on the mother, but they have to make some sacrifice and pay the piper for their own decision to have sex. They can accept responsibility and some sacrifice (honestly 9 months is not a life sentence.) They can accept providence and the path their life is now on.

Or they can kill it. Easy peasy.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 12, 2026 03:07 PM (7PtGv)

211 In my Pro-Life volunteering, we met a woman who was 27 weeks along when she realized she was pregnant. (Crazy but it happens. She was in her early 40s and just presumed that her period stopped because of menopause.)

We spent weeks discussing her baby and our services, while her "friends" at work tried to collect enough money to send her to another state to kill the child. No medical problems, no reason other than "I'm all alone and I can't have a baby right now."

But eventually she softened. I remember the moment when she looked at us and said, "It will be just the two of us, but I will do this for my daughter."

A few months ago I had the privilege of attending this little girl's first birthday party. I love this work!

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:08 PM (wmpJF)

212 Fat teenage black girls who didn't even realize they were pregnant. That's what accounts for at least half of these 8th-month abortions.

- zombie

The odds of this happening are beyond rare, but let’s say it happens. So what? That baby is viable. It is a known consequence of certain behaviors.

I might suggest if you are able to get pregnant, maybe don’t have sex unless you are ready to have a baby.

And I don’t mean you- I mean the general you.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

213 I can't get too worked up about abortion, because there are lots of people that don't deserve the blessing of children.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)

214 A few days ago here in SE Michigan, a Facebook page dedicated to Ann Arbor denizens was lit up over pro-life individuals going door to door and leaving graphic photos of abortions. The AWFLS were incensed that their small children could have seen these images. I mean, these twits carried on, posted ring camera photos of those dropping off the material at their doorsteps, wanted to call the police, etc. Completely lost on them was the fact that the images they were horrified over are the procedures they support and fund. A few brave souls spoke up to remind them of that fact and were immediately labeled as right wing, or worse, men who had no business telling women what they should do with their bodies.
Posted by: jen the original at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (EiUt/)

leftist Larry Flynt when being charged with pornography in Ohio for, you know, running a porn magazine, sent everyone in the city of Cincinnati suburbs a pamphlet of horribly shot up Vietnam war dead. I got it before my younger brothers and sisters.

Maggots, all of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

215 The left: You have to work and pay into USAID to save children in Africa. As an adult human being you are responsible for saving children's lives

Also the left: Burdened with a child?!? F*ck that and in fact this abortion better be taxpayer funded!

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

216 I guess since the baby can't complain about pain, they aren't going to give that baby the same consideration they give capital punishment prisoners, where they make the execution as comfortable as possible.

Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 03:10 PM (OlzlW)

217 A few months ago I had the privilege of attending this little girl's first birthday party. I love this work!
Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:08 PM (wmpJF)

Thank you so much for being there for that woman and her baby.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:10 PM (lFFaq)

218 Geraldo Rivera
@GeraldoRivera
Expelling Haitian immigrants is sending them straight to hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM (ndZc7)

Gerry.. Why should we allow them to turn Our Country to hell... They can go back to their own...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 03:11 PM (FtULh)

219 If I'm getting there, a maybe 4-5 on the crazy scale, I know the real crazies are there already and have a pot of coffee brewing.

Posted by: sifty boones

Try hanging out on Substack sometime. There's stuff there that makes us look like bleeding hearts.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 12, 2026 03:11 PM (OUMaO)

220 I just can't wrap my head around what kind of monster would murder a baby as it is being born.

The left created some serious issues when they dropped God from their lives. They created false idols (fauci dolls/prayer candles) and are running false prophets for national office (talerico/sayed).

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 03:11 PM (cpFbA)

221 Fat teenage black girls who didn't even realize they were pregnant. That's what accounts for at least half of these 8th-month abortions.

- zombie

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There was recently a case of a trans "man" dying of treatments because "he" was pregnant and the doctors did not know his true sex and thus were unaware of what it would do to a pregnant woman.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

222 The left: You have to work and pay into USAID to save children in Africa. As an adult human being you are responsible for saving children's lives

Also the left: Burdened with a child?!? F*ck that and in fact this abortion better be taxpayer funded!
Posted by: 18-10

Brown foreign immigrant babies >>>>>>> American babies born to current citizens.

Posted by: AWFLs at August 12, 2026 03:12 PM (+/CWD)

223 Got home earlier than I expected.

I cannot understand women- if you're fat- not knowing you are pregnant - they didn't teach you about menstrual periods in school health class? And waiting till the ninth month to have an abortion ?!! Reprehensible. Surely there would be some childless people who would love to adopt your baby. Maura Healy and the women supporting this are evil ghouls.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 03:12 PM (wmzkx)

224 213 I can't get too worked up about abortion, because there are lots of people that don't deserve the blessing of children.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)

Do these children deserve to be murdered?

Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (OlzlW)

225 I believe in postpartum abortion for the people who advocate for infanticide. Show us an example, by laying down your lives for a cause you believe in!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (ZVgZ4)

226 There was recently a case of a trans "man" dying of treatments because "he" was pregnant and the doctors did not know his true sex and thus were unaware of what it would do to a pregnant woman.
Posted by: Oldcat

As nature intended.

Posted by: Charles Darwin at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (+/CWD)

227 There was recently a case of a trans "man" dying of treatments because "he" was pregnant and the doctors did not know his true sex and thus were unaware of what it would do to a pregnant woman.

A few years ago the FNM announced the world's first pregnant man.

It was a woman cosplaying as a man.

How did she get pregnant? PIV sex with her husband.

So...she wasn't the first pregnant man she was the 10billionith or whatever pregnant woman.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (sKqQm)

228 I might suggest if you are able to get pregnant, maybe don’t have sex unless you are ready to have a baby.

And I don’t mean you- I mean the general you.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)

They can go to their local Planned Parenthood or clinic and get a script for birth control and get it cheap.

They just choose not to prioritize it because they've been conditioned to f*ck anything with a dick, let them stay inside and daddy government will fix it.

Some communities have been royally f*cked by the media and the government.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

229 Got home earlier than I expected.

I cannot understand women- if you're fat- not knowing you are pregnant - they didn't teach you about menstrual periods in school health class? And waiting till the ninth month to have an abortion ?!! Reprehensible. Surely there would be some childless people who would love to adopt your baby. Maura Healy and the women supporting this are evil ghouls.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 03:12 PM (wmzkx)

I understand from people I know who were trying that it is difficult to impossible to adopt cross race in America these last 4-5 decades

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)

230 A few days ago here in SE Michigan, a Facebook page dedicated to Ann Arbor denizens was lit up over pro-life individuals going door to door and leaving graphic photos of abortions. The AWFLS were incensed that their small children could have seen these images...
Posted by: jen the original at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (EiUt/)

In my experience they are even more horrified by beautiful pictures of the healthy kids that escaped their clutches.

When we're on the sidewalk in front of PP, I make sure to show those pictures to their "escorts" whose job is to prevent us from saving those children.

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:14 PM (wmpJF)

231 "If it saves just one life........"

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:14 PM (asFP3)

232 220. It's the same kind of evil I don't understand about the Nazis. I watched the entire Tom Hanks WWII documentary a few weeks ago and it's hard to comprehend gunning down, blowing up, and gassing several hundred unarmed men women and children in a day, then going home to your family and playing with your own children.

Posted by: jen the original at August 12, 2026 03:15 PM (EiUt/)

233 A few months ago I had the privilege of attending this little girl's first birthday party. I love this work!

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:08 PM

You actually saved a human life, not many people can say that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 03:15 PM (cpFbA)

234 Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:08 PM (wmpJF)

That's wonderful. Thanks for your work. I talked to some of the lovely women at the "Right to Life" table at the recent 4H fair. I so appreciated them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 03:15 PM (wmzkx)

235 "In 1960, roughly 8% of U.S. children lived in father-absent homes (versus ~20–24% in recent decades)."

That included widows.

Again:
There was never a "deadbeat father" problem.
Not one that justified the massive state agencies we have now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 03:16 PM (3cUTc)

236
We will never get anything approaching accurate statistics for late-term because the NPC coding is that 100% of late-term abortions are because of serious health issues, and not at all because of the "mother's" convenience.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:54 PM

That makes zero sense, though, because if there issues affecting either the mother or the baby, you can have a c section more quickly than an abortion, and both parties are saved. You are not saving the mother from delivering a dead baby with this, either. Because at that stage, there is none of the dismembering (this whole thing makes me want to throw up) that happens in early abortions. The baby is given a shot into its heart, they wait for the baby to die, then they induce labor. Barbaric isn’t even close to what this is.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

237 136 But I'm distraught at the demise of Kum and Go.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)
==

Ties in with the deadbeat dads/child support argument

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 12, 2026 03:16 PM (0bjKf)

238 Geraldo Rivera
@GeraldoRivera
Expelling Haitian immigrants is sending them straight to hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 03:01 PM

Most of them didn't come here from Haiti. They don't have to go back to Haiti. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 03:16 PM (bFu5X)

239 219.

I'd rather put this cigar out on my eyeball than hang out on Substack.

But I get your point.

Also, OpSec is a thing.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (4csOi)

240 Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)

I didn't know it was that high. It's a ridiculous rule.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (wmzkx)

241 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.

Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)

242 I understand from people I know who were trying that it is difficult to impossible to adopt cross race in America these last 4-5 decades
Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:14 PM (uhVAy)

Unless you're homo. The 2 lesbians across the street from me seemed to have no issue with their lily white asses getting their hands on a black baby girl 18 or so years ago.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (2YhKe)

243 No need for abortion.... See me early

Posted by: Dr Fauci's magic Covid shot at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (FtULh)

244 220. It's the same kind of evil I don't understand about the Nazis. I watched the entire Tom Hanks WWII documentary a few weeks ago and it's hard to comprehend gunning down, blowing up, and gassing several hundred unarmed men women and children in a day, then going home to your family and playing with your own children.
Posted by: jen the original at August 12, 2026 03:15 PM (EiUt/)

They tended to be pretty drunk when they did it, often enough. Not that that's an excuse, of course. And often enough the locals would help out, or do it on their own.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (uhVAy)

245 We will never get anything approaching accurate statistics for late-term because the NPC coding is that 100% of late-term abortions are because of serious health issues, and not at all because of the "mother's" convenience.

Several times pro-life groups and legislators have really tried to engage with pro-aborts on life/health of the mother exemptions.

And the pro-aborts always, always include "mental health". So this isn't "if I have this baby I will die" its "If I have this baby I will be sadder then if I didn't trust me I know!"

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (sKqQm)

246 They just choose not to prioritize it because they've been conditioned to f*ck anything with a dick, let them stay inside and daddy government will fix it.

Children out of wedlock? More money for food, upgraded government housing, free childcare, free pre and post natal medical visits, and many more fabulous prizes!!!

Posted by: Uncle Sugar at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (+/CWD)

247 Here's another angle: can a medical provider opt out of performing abortions? I know in the past people have been required to participate or lose their job and/or license.

Because abortion "choice" only works one way.

Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (OlzlW)

248
Most of them didn't come here from Haiti. They don't have to go back to Haiti. You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 03:16 PM (bFu5X)

Someone should send him the following:

"Wait.....what? *insert clip of Conan O'Brien swimming*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:19 PM (2YhKe)

249 I just can't wrap my head around what kind of monster would murder a baby as it is being born.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 03:11 PM (cpFbA)

This kind of monster:
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1018966517481721

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:19 PM (wmpJF)

250 Pete booty juice bought 2 black kids

Posted by: nckate at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (enNUy)

251 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.
Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)
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Which wouldn't be so bad if they just focused on THEIR kids.

They also want to recruit YOUR kids to the cause, no matter what state you live in.

They are also all-in on bringing endless hordes of highly fecund third-worlders to make up for their own shortfall in blue states.

THEY can have all the children they want, but you and yours can't.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (FZ29D)

252 224 213 I can't get too worked up about abortion, because there are lots of people that don't deserve the blessing of children.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (bX16E)

Do these children deserve to be murdered?
Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 03:13 PM (OlzlW)

This. 10000x this.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (N39Ws)

253 I remember reading that at the start of the Holocaust the Germans tried to send regular cops/prison guards to work at the death camps. And these guys committed suicide, drank themselves to death, etc.

So they started bringing in psychopaths. But they ran into problems here as well - these people loved the killing part of the job but not the keeping order/following rules part.

So then they weeded out the less functional psychopaths.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)

254 Fine by me. Liberals in liberal states murdering their own children works for me. I'm way past trying to make these lunatics behave morally. If they want to cull their own herds, have at it.

Posted by: Good Riddance at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (yzvsc)

255 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.

Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)

Trump was born in a blue state. Where are we right now without him?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:21 PM (asFP3)

256 208
Forget it, he's rolling.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:06 PM (asFP3

I am going to sit on my hands. I am a little touchy about this one, as you know.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

257 Ya know, the allies marched neighbors through the concentration camps in Germany after the SS tried to destroy them and then fled. As has been said in the past, God will only take so much.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 03:21 PM (wxsGM)

258
THEY can have all the children they want, but you and yours can't.

I've been looking at Euro-ads and documents on pregnancy and child birth and they split into two classes.

1) Abort your kids, its bad for the environment and you! And these have only white people in the pictures in them

2) Here's how to get government benefits so you can have a healthy child! And the pictures are all Muslim/African.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

259 24 weeks was an abomination..

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 03:22 PM (FtULh)

260 250 Pete booty juice bought 2 black kids
Posted by: nckate

He already was polling near 0% with black voters. If he thinks this will help with a future presidential run...I think he's very wrong.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (+/CWD)

261 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.

Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)

Trump was born in a blue state. Where are we right now without him?
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:21 PM (asFP3)

Every blue state has a lot of red counties. Every red state has a few blue counties.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (uhVAy)

262 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.
Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)

ROFLMAO

Posted by: Public schools and the university system at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (vSvIl)

263 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.

Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026

That isn’t uncomfortable. It’s a pretty gross take. Babies are innocents. Every life is a blessing from God. We should never, ever believe that we should stand in the Lord’s stead.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

264 Two of the most selfish things on EARTH:

1. Suicide
1A. Abortion

You have made the decision that you're more important that everything else on God's green Earth

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (2YhKe)

265 I find the whole thread as a sad reminder that the same impulses that caused Phoenicians and other MENA people to sacrifice children to Molech is still with us today.

And like then except for the statue bit, celebrated as a sacrifice to the temple of the murderesses themselves.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

266 I'm torn because every life is precious and deserves dignity, but also I have a dark side that laughs at all the various ways leftists want to take themselves out of the gene pool.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (oqH4h)

267 So then they weeded out the less functional psychopaths.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 03:20 PM (sKqQm)
----
There's a "Goldilocks Zone" for psychopathy?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (FZ29D)

268 I don't know how true it was, but even the Soviets assigned to kill all the pets around Chernobyl went crazy.

Abortion doctors are inhuman to me. Ed Gein shit.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (4csOi)

269 CNN now...

ICE plans to buy $20 million dollars woth of electrical shock gloves.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

270
He already was polling near 0% with black voters. If he thinks this will help with a future presidential run...I think he's very wrong.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM (+/CWD)

If he does run, those 2 will be front and center of every appearance he does.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

271 This might be an uncomfortable take, but if blue states want to remove their own potential voters from the gene pool, then the long term result will be more conservative voters in the future.
Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 03:17 PM (cMlC1)

This is where I'm at in the national discussion. It's horrific that Leftists are killing their own children. I mourn for the suffering of those children. I have done everything I can to convince them to stop killing their children.

But still they insist on killing their own children, and there's nothing more I can do about it. So I look for the silver lining, and take comfort in the fact that they are killing off their own voter base.

If that sounds harsh, talk to them about it, not to me. I'm not the one encouraging the slaughter.

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (wmpJF)

272 comprehend gunning down, blowing up, and gassing several hundred unarmed men women and children in a day

Nothin says lovin like somethin from the oven!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (G0bxm)

273 this is mass killing

it's evil

there is no silver lining

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (j+aD2)

274 And I'm going to go off topic here, but here's a nice story about doctors saving babies after the recent earthquake in Colombia affecting a hospital. "National Catholic Register" site:

https://tinyurl.com/5y7ryf3w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (wmzkx)

275 James Talarico has said abortion is OK, because even though he admits the fetus is alive, it's not a "person", therefore it's ok to abort.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (U/s6V)

276 @GeraldoRivera
Expelling Haitian immigrants is sending them straight to hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me!

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (UjdFS)

277 I am going to take a moment here and pray for some of you that have put politics above human babies. Tiny, innocent babies.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (ZdaMQ)

278 nothing against you Half Dozen! you clearly are active in the pro-life movement

but really .. there is no silver lining

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (j+aD2)

279 228 I might suggest if you are able to get pregnant, maybe don’t have sex unless you are ready to have a baby.

And I don’t mean you- I mean the general you.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:09 PM (ZdaMQ)
___________________________

I'll remind you that the primary demographic that takes advantage of abortions overall is made up of the same people that for an entire summer thought that it was a good rational decision to sucker punch white women and white elderly for no particular reason other than entertainment while traversing the sidewalks across the country.

Don't expect them to show personal discipline or any concept of consequences.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (dIske)

280 James Talarico has said abortion is OK, because even though he admits the fetus is alive, it's not a "person", therefore it's ok to abort.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (U/s6V)

"Christian preacher......"

Uh huh.....f*cking heretic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (2YhKe)

281 This is along the lines of my "human sacrifice is their next thing" theory. Abortion up to x weeks isn't good enough. Nor are exceptions. They want the whole ball of wax. Cutting off kids genitals and laughing at and jailing parents for trying to stop them isn't enough. Nothing is ever enough and that's what's spine tingling.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (asFP3)

282 If he does run, those 2 will be front and center of every appearance he does.
Posted by: Sponge

Probably. And the liberal white women that already love him will est it up. I don't think the black community will be thrilled.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (+/CWD)

283 And remember. That asshole piece of absolute SHIT Pence said you shouldn't vote for Trump because of his abortion stance when THIS was the freaking alternative.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (setIA)

284 275 James Talarico has said abortion is OK, because even though he admits the fetus is alive, it's not a "person", therefore it's ok to abort.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (U/s6V)

I must have missed that part in the Bible

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (FtULh)

285 nood

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

286
Here's another angle: can a medical provider opt out of performing abortions? I know in the past people have been required to participate or lose their job and/or license.

Because abortion "choice" only works one way.
Posted by: Emmie at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (OlzlW)

__________

The idea among the aborticomaniacs is that you cannot be allowed to opt out. That you cannot tell a pregnant woman that there are alternatives to having an abortion. That abortions need not be performed by physicians. And so on.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 03:27 PM (O0L8i)

287 Re: above conversations about concentration camps

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And yet the rare 'Born Survivors.'

The story features Eva Clarke, Hana Berger Moran, and Mark Olsky, three of the youngest Holocaust survivors. Their mothers hid their pregnancies in Auschwitz before giving birth in horrific conditions—in a labor camp, on a death train, and at the Mauthausen concentration camp—just before liberation in April 1945.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 03:28 PM (NFX2v)

288 281 This is along the lines of my "human sacrifice is their next thing" theory. Abortion up to x weeks isn't good enough. Nor are exceptions. They want the whole ball of wax. Cutting off kids genitals and laughing at and jailing parents for trying to stop them isn't enough. Nothing is ever enough and that's what's spine tingling.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 03:26 PM (asFP3)
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If they had their way we'd be flinging virgins into volcanoes to appease the weather gods (i.e. climate change).

As it is, the left already kills hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people in Europe every time it gets hot because they're too pious to their weather god to install fucking air conditioning.

The left is a death cult and its adherents have lost all sense of self-preservation in furtherance of the cult.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 03:28 PM (oqH4h)

289 That isn’t uncomfortable. It’s a pretty gross take. Babies are innocents. Every life is a blessing from God. We should never, ever believe that we should stand in the Lord’s stead.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 03:23 PM

53 million aborted babies beg to differ. The one single consolation I can find in this entire bloody murderous mess started by the racist democrats is that those babies souls are in heaven with God.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 03:28 PM (cpFbA)

290 By the way, here's a talk I gave last year, telling some of my stories from the sidewalk:

https://bit.ly/4g4gaWB

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:29 PM (wmpJF)

291
Yet popes and cardinals condemn this then turn around and chuckle with the Biden's and Pelosi's that are the driving force behind the legitimacy of this horror while accepting money from them.

And, yeah, financially support Islam as well.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 03:30 PM (Y8DZL)

292 Abortion doctors are inhuman to me. Ed Gein shit.
Posted by: sifty boones at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (4csOi)

Serial killers who found a way to get paid. I'd be very surprised if Cowbell was the only one keeping trophies.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 03:33 PM (lFFaq)

293 nothing against you Half Dozen! you clearly are active in the pro-life movement

but really .. there is no silver lining
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (j+aD2)

I agree. It's a coping mechanism on my part.

And I do try to point this out in discussions with Leftists. Trying to find anything that they might actually care about enough to stop and say, "Wait -- what the @#&* are we doing?"

But it doesn't work. Turns out they really don't care about much of anything.

Posted by: Half Dozen at August 12, 2026 03:34 PM (wmpJF)

294 It is sad but, the pagans do what the pagans do. I care only slightly more what they do in Massachusetts than I care what they do in France.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 03:38 PM (4NO2D)

295 BABY KILLERS: ONE AND ALL!

Posted by: Kurtz at August 12, 2026 03:42 PM (YMiZs)

296 You shall not suffer a witch to live.

Posted by: shrugs at August 12, 2026 03:54 PM (anL5R)

297 Demonic Democrats. They denounced God in 2012 and Satan walzed in.

They KNOW at 20wks any issues with the baby. They know with sonograms and genetic testing. To then carry a baby another 20wks to die at birth is beyond all I care to contemplate. They will answer to God. All of them.

Someone would want that baby. The ONE time a mother with a premature baby at our med center, she was induced to DELIVER the premie. A rare time the mother had HELLP Syndrome (involving clotting and potential liver failure). Both lived.

DO NOT believe the bs about "saving the mother."

It is not "women's rights" it is barbaric genocide.

Please give $ or time to pregnancy resource centers, many supported by churches. To help unwed mothers or those in poverty considering abortions.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 12, 2026 04:28 PM (hzuYO)

298 Another carpet-muncher governor doing evil.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 12, 2026 05:34 PM (cHygk)

Abdulrahman El-Sayed: My Obligation Is to Follow Sharia Law Until the Day I Die

We may have lost Francesca, but we still have Abdulrahman.

Revealed: El-Sayed Proclaimed 'Obligation' To Follow Sharia Law Until the Day He Dies

'When I die and I stand before God ... I don't want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way,' El-Sayed told the New York Times in 2009
Andrew Kerr and Jessica Schwalb

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed once declared his sacred "obligation" to follow Sharia law in every aspect of his life until he meets his maker on the day he dies, according to unearthed comments he made to the New York Times in 2009 as a young man buying his first home.
"Ultimately, the question is, when I die and I stand before God and go through everything I did in my life, I don't want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way. Not because of fear but because of obligation," said El-Sayed, who the Times identified at the time as a 24-year-old medical student and Rhodes scholar who had just taken out a "Sharia-compliant" mortgage to purchase a $123,000 condominium in Ann Arbor.
Sharia, or Islamic religious law, sets strict rules for living that include harsh restrictions on women and gruesome, medieval-era forms of criminal justice. Sharia law also prohibits the paying or earning of interest, a restriction that has led some banks to offer special mortgages for devout Muslims, like El-Sayed, which tack onto the principal what a typical borrower would pay in interest across the life of the loan.
The young El-Sayed's expression of lifelong devotion to Sharia law takes new meaning following his narrow primary victory last week and raises the question of how much Sharia law continues to guide him.
El-Sayed has played a delicate balancing act on the campaign trail when it comes to his personal faith. While he has embraced his status as a Muslim man before voters, the progressive Democrat often frames his faith in broad brush strokes to avoid specifics. In October 2025, for example, El-Sayed told Religion News Service that his faith "orients me to try and be a better person" and to "treat people -- all people -- with dignity and humanity and respect."
But El-Sayed has bristled when pressed on the topic of Sharia law. During his failed 2018 campaign for Michigan governor, El-Sayed denied ever saying he was "Sharia-compliant" during an interview with the Jewish conservative journalist Laura Loomer--a strong critic of Islam--before cutting the interview short and scolding his staff for not stopping it sooner.
El-Sayed also rejected allegations that he intended to subvert the Constitution and implement Sharia law. A documentary about his 2018 gubernatorial bid shows him telling the filmmakers not to shoot a bookshelf in his home that contained the Quran and controversial works about Islam, including Cutting the Fuse, a 2010 book that argues that suicidal terrorism is driven by foreign military occupation, not Islamic extremism.
El-Sayed's private bookshelf also contained a copy of A Thematic Commentary on the Qur'an written by Muslim Brotherhood member Sheikh Mohammed al-Ghazali, who said "the refusal of implemenation [sic] of sharia is apostasy" as he testified in defense of 13 Islamic terrorists who had gunned down an Egyptian professor who called for the separation of church and state in Egypt. Al-Ghazali testified during the 1993 trial that the slain professor was "without doubt" an infidel and said most Islamic scholars would agree that such apostates should be killed, but that he personally believes the professor should have received a life sentence instead, the Washington Post reported.
"You're going to want to not get these things in the shot," El-Sayed said in the documentary, How To Fix A Primary, as he pointed to his bookshelf which contained al-Ghazali's writings. "We're trying to keep the shot secular."

It's all taqiyya all the time.

...
El-Sayed is also heavily invested in so-called Sharia-compliant investment funds managed by Amana Mutual Funds, whose late cofounder and chairman, Yaqub Mirza, was identified in a 1988 FBI memo as one of several "members and leaders of the IKHWAN," which is shorthand for the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed reported in his latest financial disclosure that he and his wife own between $150,000 and $425,000 in Amana's funds, which excludes investments in companies that earn more than 5 percent of their revenue from "haram sources" including interest, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, pornography, and pork.
In 2002, federal antiterrorism agents raided Mirza's home as part of a wider antiterror operation against the Safa Group, a cluster of Islamic entities based in Virginia, the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post reported. No charges were filed, and Amana Funds itself was spared serious scrutiny during the probe, according to a local report.

Scott Jennings notes something it's hard to miss: these foreign anchor-babies sure do seem to hate football and holidays and fireworks and all the little details of basic
normie American culture.

Why it's almost as if they seek to overthrow it and replace American culture with their own shithole country foreign "culture."

Overton
@overton_news
The CNN panel didn't like hearing it, but Scott Jennings went ahead and said it anyway.
Jennings says the attacks on American holidays from socialist candidates like Francesca Hong and Abdul El-Sayed are actually a window into something much deeper.
And when Kaitlan Collins tried to downplay El-Sayed's comments about July 4th, Jennings fired right back.
The communists can no longer hide their hatred of America and all of its traditions.
JENNINGS: "When you're so crazy that Bernie Sanders and AOC won't even endorse you, you're pretty far out there!"
"I think these holiday conversations are actually valuable."
"She hates Thanksgiving. Today, our own k-file here at CNN uncovered the fact that over in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed wants to get rid of the 4th of July."
"And I think the reason these things..."
COLLINS: "I think he said we should get rid of fireworks."
JENNINGS: "He was very critical of the 4th of July."
COLLINS: "Getting rid of fireworks is different than getting rid of the 4th of July."
JENNINGS: "I think you're downplaying the message..."
"I think these are windows into the souls of these anti-American, radical communists."
"If you hate Thanksgiving and you hate the 4th of July, what you're really saying is I hate some of the pillars that undergird American culture."
"And how are you going to have a conversation with a voter about affordability or public safety or anything else, if you're trying to get rid of Thanksgiving and the 4th of July?"
"I mean, if I was Christmas and Easter I wouldn't be feeling too comfortable right now if these people win!"

Abdulrahman's wing-man Hasan Piker sure doesn't seem to like anything about America:

Remember when Hasan Piker said this?

�I wipe my ass with the Constitution, it�s a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the Constitution and motherf*ck this country�

Imagine saying this and still being treated like a serious political voice

WOW! pic.twitter.com/fGNvZwQINZ
— TONY� (@TONYxTWO) August 12, 2026

OLD HASAN CLIP RESURFACED:

�Mayonnaise monkey isn�t enough call the whites cum-skins. That�s the shit that�ll really make em mad. Direct and to the point.�

So Hasan is allowed to teach his chat how to be more Racist to Whites?

Is this who you endorse Twitch? pic.twitter.com/WUi18gP2FP
— TECTONE 🇺🇸 (@Tectone) August 12, 2026

He is a big fan of Hamas's rape-terrorism and murder of what he calls "baby settlers" and the rest of the world calls "babies."

Hasan Piker: �It doesn�t matter if rapes happened on October 7th.� pic.twitter.com/iqAFj9HTiV
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 11, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:21 PM

Comments

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1 In before Elric the Butterknife

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 01:21 PM (Ysav4)

2 FIRSTING WITH THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

3 Dang it... off to get the others.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 12, 2026 01:21 PM (VkY89)

4 wow

Posted by: doug at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (B1+sW)

5 Corgis summoned.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 12, 2026 01:23 PM (VkY89)

6 This is pretty crazy.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

7 I hope the media keeps Hasan Piker front and center until election day. He's such a toxic little poser that he'll be a big plus for us. You know, if the votes are actually counted.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

8 Hasan Piker is a Dancing Boy.

That guy has sucked more Turkish Cock than his mother.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (uzmqU)

9 He seems .... nice.

I'd love to get a beer and a brat with him at a UMichigan game this fall. Ammirite?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (KFbdf)

10 WAR.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (LHPAg)

11 My only lingering question is - why didn't they steal it from him....

👀

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (asFP3)

12 "Mayonnaise monkey isn't enough. Call the whites cum-skins. That's the shit that'll really make em mad."

How ironic that the mind of this cum-skinned homosexual jumps right to the visuals of semen on skin.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (iFTx/)

13 This is a good video. Average American hardest hit.

https://tinyurl.com/3cuj34nw

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM (Riz8t)

14 Thanks again, to Bush. Way to fucking go.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM (diia5)

15 I saw that Non-binary Ben Shapiro put up this quote by Ronald Reagan:

"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism, but under the name of liberalism they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program."

That quote, unfortunately did not account for the abject stupidity of today's "Socialists" (who probably can't even define Socialism coherently). It, also, did not fully account for the indocrinization of "higher" education...where gullible students took the words of the radical instructors as gospel without parsing out their meaning. In Reagan's time that would surely have been accurate. Today, situational awareness, has been replaced by regurgitation without subterfuge.

Posted by: Kanye West at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM (dIske)

16 May that day be soon ... right soon ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (3sXRv)

17 So Hong lost.... (maybe, i.e. she was cheated) but still only "lost" by about 3000 votes. I've seen Democrats locally try to claim that DSA doesn't represent Democrats and DSA is only about 1 to 2% of the left.... but how can they keep claiming that now? 5 years ago we didn't have Hong and Mamdani and Hayed and Piker being so "popular." and winning or close to winning Democrat primaries.

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (IeYnM)

18 Hasan Piker does not make me angry. Dumb as fuck Americans who listen to his crap and nod along make me angry.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (CSc+i)

19 This is pretty crazy.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

Islam in a nutshell. Deport them all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (1z8ji)

20 Call the whites cum-skins.

Sounds gay. Like really really gay.

Posted by: Piker talks like a fag at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (TbWk/)

21 With my florid complexion, I think of myself more as a Beetroot Baboon.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (amcLV)

22 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (wsp19)

23 I'm a mayonnaise monkey. OK.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (wOO3z)

24 Abdulrahman, Abdulrahman, Kadbdulrahman. He's gonna reach out and stab ya.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (dK+Kv)

25 I saw Hasan Piker last nite on video for the first time. He's such an intellectual and rhetorical lightweight, so totally unserious and uncaring, I don't understand why anybody would be a fan. Does he in fact have a lot of followers?

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (Jr5Lq)

26 Abdul ramen is the worst ramen.

Posted by: People who eat ramen at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (2Ez/1)

27
Ward Churchill passed away today.

Finally, a good Indian.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (Y8DZL)

28 Remember when Hasan Piker said this?

"I wipe my ass with the Constitution, it's a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the Constitution and motherf*ck this country"

Imagine saying this and still being treated like a serious political voice

WOW! pic.twitter.com/fGNvZwQINZ

— TONY� (@TONYxTWO) August 12, 2026
_________________

Tony missed the most telling part of that rant: "You can fuck and suck me from the back."

Yea, straight guys always go around making comments about getting their asses fucked and sucked. Totally.

This guy's worked on more dicks than a retired urologist.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

29 22 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM
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Boredom.

Posted by: And they want to seem edgy at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (2Ez/1)

30 Remembering when “separation of church and state” was a thing. Watching as any vestige of Judeo-Christian heritage and custom was ruthlessly expunged from the public sphere. No place for such things in a secular society we were admonished, by our learned elders and academics.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (jrkXE)

31 So much for stepping back from his hard leftist stances.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (cWLG3)

32 It's time to outlaw Sharia. As Clear and Present Danger to the Constitution, that certain persons swear on the Bible to protect. Of course now Derk Derka are taking oath of office on the Sharia codex that is koran, so they need to be disqualified.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (g47mK)

33 WAR.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (LHPAg)

This.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)

34 I guess it's time to come clean. I am a Sharia plant.

The reason I don't drink beer isn't complications from Crohns Disease, it's that I think Allah is truly the monkey's nuts, and moohamhead (there are many spellings) is his prophet.

Also Jesus did miracles from his crib, talking clearly as a baby, explicitly telling Mary he was a prophet of Allah. The people who wrote the Bible just didn't want you to know that. Praise Allah, the Koran unearthed it.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (asFP3)

35 >>I saw Hasan Piker last nite on video for the first time. He's such an intellectual and rhetorical lightweight, so totally unserious and uncaring, I don't understand why anybody would be a fan. Does he in fact have a lot of followers?

Yes. Mostly Gay Men, Terrorists and Pakistanis.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (uzmqU)

36 This guy's worked on more dicks than a retired urologist.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (iFTx/)

Worked more cocks than a rooster farmer

Posted by: More pricks than a phlebotomist at August 12, 2026 01:31 PM (TbWk/)

37 That is not a quote by Reagan.

That is a quote by some Soviet fuckstick.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 01:31 PM (jrkXE)

38 22 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United State

From the Art Thread this morning:

111 This is perfect. They're willing to try anything - except hard work.

“Many of the loser children of my wealthy friends who see no way to emulate the success of their parents, have gravitated toward Mamdani-ism and found community and a sense of purpose by rejecting capitalism as a way to cope with their own failure. Please note they have nor however rejected their trust funds or living subsidies while pursuing their ‘passions’ in NGOs, dabbling in the arts or trying to invest their parents money in ‘VC.’

https://tinyurl.com/3bfxxfeu

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 01:31 PM (Riz8t)

39 I guess it's time to come clean. I am a Sharia plant.
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Is that like a ficus?

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (amcLV)

40 34 I guess it's time to come clean. I am a Sharia plant.

The reason I don't drink beer isn't complications from Crohns Disease, it's that I think Allah is truly the monkey's nuts, and moohamhead (there are many spellings) is his prophet.

Also Jesus did miracles from his crib, talking clearly as a baby, explicitly telling Mary he was a prophet of Allah. The people who wrote the Bible just didn't want you to know that. Praise Allah, the Koran unearthed it.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (asFP3)
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"Next, on Tucker Carlson"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (cWLG3)

41 Next it will be OK to take an oath of office in the US on the Communist Manifesto. This bullshit needs to go away.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (g47mK)

42 My Obligation Is to Follow Sharia Law Until the Day I Die

His swearing-in oath should be interesting.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (9I5W+)

43 22 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM

Because they believe they will be the ones in the balcony ruling over the dirty peasants on the ground.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (ZdaMQ)

44 >>Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?

They are usually exposed to education / university the longest.

Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 01:32 PM (uzmqU)

45 What's scary is this guy could get elected.

Posted by: Ann at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)

46 Call the whites cum-skins.

Sounds gay. Like really really gay.

Posted by: Piker talks like a fag at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (TbWk/)

Yeah. He's seen one up close.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (AdHga)

47 Yes. Mostly Gay Men, Terrorists and Pakistanis.

Ah, the oft-attempted, but rarely achieved, triple redundancy.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (Riz8t)

48 Pay no attention to that old stuff... It was woke 1 don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (4WM7K)

49 Deus Vult, douchebag.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (6eubQ)

50 crazy but committed...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (xcxpd)

51 I saw Hasan Piker last nite on video for the first time. He's such an intellectual and rhetorical lightweight, so totally unserious and uncaring, I don't understand why anybody would be a fan. Does he in fact have a lot of followers?

The females find him irresistible, like a gay Paolo.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 01:34 PM (2ocoG)

52 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?

Nothing has value when you are given everything.

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 01:34 PM (Ysav4)

53 We have to voluntarily hand over all our power to these people to prove that we're not racist.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:34 PM (OlzlW)

54 50 crazy but committed...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (xcxpd)
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to a psychiatric hospital, God willing.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:35 PM (cWLG3)

55 It's time to outlaw Sharia. As Clear and Present Danger to the Constitution, that certain persons swear on the Bible to protect. Of course now Derk Derka are taking oath of office on the Sharia codex that is koran, so they need to be disqualified.
Posted by: runner

Can't outlaw it if every law runs headlong into religious protections. You'd have to dislodge it from a religious context to do so - nearly impossible. The best avenue may be to go after it in a distributed fashion like they went after the KKK. Destroy the nodes and network with laws already on the books.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:35 PM (diia5)

56 54 50 crazy but committed...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (xcxpd)
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to a psychiatric hospital, God willing.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:35 PM (cWLG3)

Endorsed

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:35 PM (xcxpd)

57 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:35 PM (2YhKe)

58 If shariah law prohibits the earning of interest, how does a "shariah-compliant" investment fund earn money?

And apparently they can invest in "haram" sources of revenue so long as they account for less than 5% of the return on investment.

Bunch of hypocrites is what they are.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 01:36 PM (FZ29D)

59 “I wipe my ass with the Constitution, it’s a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the Constitution and motherf*ck this country”
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-David Souter

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:37 PM (asFP3)

60 22 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM
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Because their soft-ass lazy fuck absentee rich faggot parents never gave them five across the eyes for being little shits.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:37 PM (oqH4h)

61 With my florid complexion, I think of myself more as a Beetroot Baboon.

Kind of an Olive Orang personally.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 01:37 PM (vTZFs)

62
Thanksgiving > Ramadan
Forth of July > Ramadan
Christmas> Ramadan
Gengis Khans Birthday > Ramadan

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:38 PM (OkYzo)

63 What's scary is this guy could get elected.
Posted by: Ann at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (SHHm+)
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Muslims know they can't defeat America militarily, so their aim is to defeat us politically by taking over any and all elected offices wherever they can.

Once they've saturated an area (e.g., Dearborn), they can flip the switch and turn the entire area into Islam-central.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 01:38 PM (FZ29D)

64 Is this really news?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 01:38 PM (JvZF+)

65 Is our terrorists educated?

We’re fighting’ them over there so we don’t fight ‘em over here.

Now watch this drive.

Posted by: George W Bush at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (gRN/J)

66 I still think the resurfaced videos from when Piker was trying to be a dudebro explaining to everyone how to smash ALL of the mish are funnier. Because he couldn't be more obviously gay if he tried.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (2ocoG)

67 Why are trust fund babies, like Piker, so given to advocating the violent overthrow of the United States?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (wsp19)
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What else are they gonna do? They're lazy, they're stupid, they're bored, and modern social media gives them a convenient outlet to indulge their narcissistic resentment and envy.

Plus, with "influencers" like Piker, they are whores trolling for likes, so they latch on to whatever The Thing is at the moment. The more extreme the better. See also Cucker Carlson, Me-again Kelly, and CandyAss Owens.

If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing. That gimmick wore out, so he found another. Virulent America- and Jew-hate is big business now. When this wears out, he'll move on again.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

68 We have to voluntarily hand over all our ~~power~~ heads to these people to prove that we're not racist.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:34 PM (OlzlW)

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:40 PM (asFP3)

69
I think a few cartoons drawings of Mohammad are due for an appearance at Michigan Senate campaigns.

We must provoke the crazy to come out of El-Sayed & Piker.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:40 PM (OkYzo)

70 Aisha , mohammad's child bride, wrote thousands of hadiths, which are the foundation of islamic teaching. So, basically, the koran is written by a woman.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:40 PM (g47mK)

71 When Dana Bash is offended by a lefty, albeit Islamic one, saying something , you've got a big problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:40 PM (WOnE5)

72 Thanksgiving > Ramadan
Forth of July > Ramadan
Christmas> Ramadan
Gengis Khans Birthday > Ramadan

Toyotathon >> Ramadan

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (vTZFs)

73 "Muslims know they can't defeat America militarily, so their aim is to defeat us politically by taking over any and all elected offices wherever they can."

Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

74 My Obligation Is to Follow Sharia Law Until the Day I Die

Is next week good for you?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (zQnwZ)

75 Aisha , mohammad's child bride, wrote thousands of hadiths, which are the foundation of islamic teaching. So, basically, the koran is written by a woman.
Posted by: runner at

Twilight and 50 shades were also written by women. I'm seeing a pattern.

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (YZ0Fo)

76 WAR.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (LHPAg)

This.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:30 PM (dK+Kv)
***

His terms are acceptable.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (2WIwB)

77 When they show you who they are,
When they tell you who they are,
Believe them.

Honor the threat accordingly.

Posted by: Count de Monet, on lunch time break at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (q2NNn)

78 yeah; somebody calls you 'c*m skin', there is one response; the chang meme (G****Y!) and laugh.

My father lived in New York as a young german immigrant in the 50's. I've heard slurs for every race that draws breath; you call me that, i can't even take you seriously.
Go ingest another man's testosterone and get back to me when you're serious.

Posted by: Nelly at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (6+ehB)

79 If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing. That gimmick wore out, so he found another. Virulent America- and Jew-hate is big business now. When this wears out, he'll move on again.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Much like the arc of Cavernous Nostrils starting off as an archconservative and transforming into a Jew-hating conspiracy loon.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)

80 Dentist Appointment>Ramadan

Posted by: Minuteman at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (LlFp9)

81 Pay no attention to that old stuff... It was woke 1 don't you know...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:33 PM (4WM7K)

One thing about the new flavor I agree on. It is a lot of #2

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (asFP3)

82 April Fools Day = Ramadan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (WOnE5)

83 WI Senate

I realize this was discussed on the previous thread.

The good news is that Wong lost-- she was el-Sayed only more stupid.

The bad news is, the DEMs prolly hold this seat. The GOP has a pretty good nominee (Tom Tiffany), & he likely would've beaten Wong.

But no matter how bad Crowley (D) turns out to be, I'm still glad Wong lost.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (RCjYY)

84 Just wait until Sharia law meets the WNBA.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (gRN/J)

85 Tax Day > Ramadan

Posted by: Minuteman at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (LlFp9)

86 I hang around with a lot of nice people. I worry, though, that they might turn out to be a bunch of surrender monkeys.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (OlzlW)

87 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM

Until a uterus starts showing up in rectums, the liberals can't breed their way of their future Sharia masters.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (OkYzo)

88 When I say "Islam is incompatible with Western values" this is what I mean.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (JvZF+)

89 Jennings is correct, and it's something I've been thinking as well. Nations (and the cohesive group of people within them) have shared cultural norms and values. The US was fairly unique in having mass immigration, so racial and ethnic variety, but still a unified culture shared through successful assimilation.

The commies hate that, and have to destroy it. That's why there's the attack on Christianity, sports, all the major US holidays (and creation of new gay ones, like Juneteenth and Pride month), the celebration of non-assimilated colonizers speaking foreign language. Destroy and remove everything uniquely American culturally, so it's just a piece of land where citizens from all around the world csn live under (eventually) a global commie collective. Terrifying.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)

90 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Yep.

Islam is the original BAMN ideology.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (FZ29D)

91 Hasan Piker is a Dancing Boy.

That guy has sucked more Turkish Cock than his mother.
Posted by: garrett at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (uzmqU)

We find these statements to be true.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)

92 Taking a shit > ramadan

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (zQnwZ)

93 Just wait until Sharia law meets the WNBA.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 12, 2026 01:43 PM (gRN/J)

It's prolly easier to play in a burka than it is with those damn wigs they wear.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)

94 If shariah law prohibits the earning of interest, how does a "shariah-compliant" investment fund earn money?

And apparently they can invest in "haram" sources of revenue so long as they account for less than 5% of the return on investment.

Bunch of hypocrites is what they are.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 01:36 PM (FZ29D)
________

Easy to get around. I assume it's done the same way as religious Jews being prohibited by Halakha from charging each other loan interest. But if that law was followed, the entire USA banking system would shut down. They get around it by "Heter Iska" agreements.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

95
If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

================

So, the Andrew Tate of Color. I guess he wasn't scoring enough to pass himself off as a Paolo.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XJ22o)

96
Autopsy > Ramadan

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (OkYzo)

97 If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing. That gimmick wore out, so he found another. Virulent America- and Jew-hate is big business now. When this wears out, he'll move on again.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Much like the arc of Cavernous Nostrils starting off as an archconservative and transforming into a Jew-hating conspiracy loon.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)

And Tucker Carlson.

I am sensing a pattern.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (dK+Kv)

98 I'm pretty sure he actually hates America. It's not the kind of thing you generally make up.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (asFP3)

99 When they show you who they are,
When they tell you who they are,
Believe them.

==

Absolutely.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (g47mK)

100 Aisha , mohammad's child bride, wrote thousands of hadiths, which are the foundation of islamic teaching. So, basically, the koran is written by a woman.
Posted by: runner at

Twilight and 50 shades were also written by women. I'm seeing a pattern.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (YZ0Fo)

Hello! Ready for more stories about Ayla and Jondalar?

Posted by: Jean M. Auel at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (q2NNn)

101 My father lived in New York as a young german immigrant in the 50's. I've heard slurs for every race that draws breath; you call me that, i can't even take you seriously.
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I kind of miss the Polish jokes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:46 PM (XeU6L)

102 Amendment to Constitution
Oath of office to be taken with hand on the Bible.

Violation of office results in impeachment. By majority vote of one of the two branches.

Posted by: torabora at August 12, 2026 01:46 PM (EyDez)

103 I'm a Miracle Whip monkey.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 01:46 PM (Cqx++)

104 Axelrod found himself hearing it from former White House spokesman and political commentator Pete Seat on “Anderson Cooper 360” and looked completely dumbfounded when Seat reminded him that Democrat officials in Indiana — Seat’s home state — were convicted of petition fraud relating to the 2008 primary.

“The gentleman you previously worked for, David Axelrod, Barack Obama got on the ballot because Democrats in that county submitted fraudulent ballot petition signatures.”

“People, including the Democrat county chair, went to jail over that.”

Posted by: SMOD at August 12, 2026 01:46 PM (YsG2T)

105 I hang around with a lot of nice people. I worry, though, that they might turn out to be a bunch of surrender monkeys.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (OlzlW)

They might be secret mayonnaise monkeys.

Posted by: Count de Monet, on lunch time break at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (q2NNn)

106 If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing. That gimmick wore out, so he found another. Virulent America- and Jew-hate is big business now. When this wears out, he'll move on again.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
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Much like the arc of Cavernous Nostrils starting off as an archconservative and transforming into a Jew-hating conspiracy loon.
Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)
__________

Yup. I think a lot of these people are getting directly paid by hostile foreign governments (including Islamist ones). Cucker for sure. He's 100% a whore.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

107
This is Obama unfiltered. He hated America but could never openly say it.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (OkYzo)

108 am sensing a pattern.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (dK+Kv)
****
This is about me isn't it.

Posted by: Zombie Jessie Jackson at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (EyDez)

109 WNBA Menopause Awareness Night >>> Ramadan

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (gRN/J)

110 I kind of miss the Polish jokes.

Same, but the Poles are currently the smartest Europeans. Zero immigration, zero tolerance for border crossings.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 01:50 PM (2ocoG)

111 In southern Colorado, we had Bojohn jokes. I have no idea how to spell that or what ethnicity it refers to.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:50 PM (OlzlW)

112 If you look at Piker's older vids, his gimmick was over-the-top macho he-mannish posturing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

================

So, the Andrew Tate of Color. I guess he wasn't scoring enough to pass himself off as a Paolo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XJ22o)
_______

Yup. And ironically, or maybe unironically, both are flamingly gay. It's comic to watch these fairies talk more macho shit about getting girls than the Paolo.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

113 Neera Tanden, an annoying dirt bag in her own right, is taking a ton of crap on X for saying campaigning with Piker is a "deathtrap". Please keep this up until after the midterms. And then do it again

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:50 PM (WOnE5)

114
I wipe my ass with the koran, it’s a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the koran and motherf*ck your religion

Personally, I think that my version rolls off the tongue better.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 01:51 PM (y9nCu)

115 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)

About 37% of the country is praying every day to Satan that one of his minions takes the president out. I mean, it's not good.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:51 PM (asFP3)

116 Talk Like A Pirate Day >> ramadan

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:51 PM (GMWTj)

117 A WNBA game > Ramadan.
Let me think about that one a bit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:52 PM (WOnE5)

118 89
The commies hate that, and have to destroy it. That's why there's the attack on Christianity, sports, all the major US holidays (and creation of new gay ones, like Juneteenth and Pride month), the celebration of non-assimilated colonizers speaking foreign language. Destroy and remove everything uniquely American culturally, so it's just a piece of land where citizens from all around the world csn live under (eventually) a global commie collective. Terrifying.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)
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The commies hate Joy. What do all of the places that have been run by leftists for any length of time have in common? They're boring as shit and everyone is sullen and unhappy. And I'm counting most of today's Europe in this statement. Europe is fucking BORING once you get past the pretty architecture and the food culture if you're into that. There's not shit to do that's just fun for the sake of it (no, soccer doesn't count). Lefties are miserable people that want to drag everyone down to their level.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:52 PM (oqH4h)

119 My sharia amour, lovely as a summer day
My sharia amour, distant as the Milky Way
My sharia amour, pretty little law that I adore
You're the only theology my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine

Posted by: Abdul El-Sayed at August 12, 2026 01:52 PM (q2NNn)

120 A lot of change in a negative direction in my lifetime. The absolutely disgusting, vile language would never be uttered in public in the past. People would be ashamed to say those kinds of things even to friends… I never heard such things.

Now people bellow this stuff loud and proud out in public, and are rewarded. Sad. Robert Bork wrote a book many years ago: Slouching Towards Gomorrah….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 01:52 PM (zEBE+)

121 I wipe my ass with the koran, it’s a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the koran and motherf*ck your religion

Personally, I think that my version rolls off the tongue better.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 01:51 PM (y9nCu)

Bumpersticker worthy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:52 PM (2YhKe)

122 "Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
22m
🚨 NOW: AG Todd Blanche confirms DOJ is surging resources into Minnesota fraud investigations, reaching as far as the LEADERSHIP and OFFICIALS who allowed it

"We've spent a ton of resources and we continue to spend a ton of resources in Minneapolis combating fraud. And that includes a very intense look at the leadership and the programs and who's administering them."

"The governor knows that, and everybody knows that, and that should be the case. That's what every single person should expect us to do is the Department of Justice."

"Yes, we have a lot of resources spending there"

LOCK THEM UP!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (g47mK)

123 There's a reason the Euros who came over here for the World Cup were so blown away. A big part of American culture is that we just do shit for the hell of it to have a good time and we're a generally happy and amiable people because of it.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (oqH4h)

124 Hassan has twice the testosterone in just his colon as the average man has in his entire body.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (4NO2D)

125 Talk Like A Pirate Day >> ramadan
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:51 PM (GMWTj)

Taco Bell exploding lettuce diarrhea >> ramadan

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (2YhKe)

126 Twilight and 50 shades were also written by women. I'm seeing a pattern.
Posted by: BruceWayne at August 12, 2026 01:42 PM (YZ0Fo)

Hello! Ready for more stories about Ayla and Jondalar?
Posted by: Jean M. Auel

Look, it's not all bad. Morning Glory Milking Farm was hot!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (+/CWD)

127 @124 that's disgusting! and true!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:54 PM (g47mK)

128 Hassan has twice the testosterone in just his colon as the average man has in his entire body.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (4NO2D)

ITS FUNNY BECAUSE HE MEANS THERE'S A LOT OF MALE SEMEN UP THERE FROM GUYS EJACULATING INSIDE HIS RECTUM.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 12, 2026 01:55 PM (2YhKe)

129 If Abdul keeps this up, he may only get 30% of the vote.

C'mon, you know I'm right.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 01:55 PM (Sco7b)

130 Four people share a dark train compartment: an old lady, a young woman, a Russian officer, and a Pole.

The train enters a long tunnel. In the pitch black, a loud "muwah" kiss is heard, followed immediately by a sharp smack.

Out in the light, the Russian officer has a red handprint on his face.

The old lady thinks: "What a brave girl, slapping that rude officer who kissed her."

The young woman thinks: "Why on earth did the officer try to kiss the old lady?"

The Russian thinks: "That fool of a Pole kissed the girl, and she hit me by mistake!"

The Pole thinks: "I am a genius. I kissed the back of my hand, slapped the Russian, and got away with it."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

131 cooking bacon naked > ramadan

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:55 PM (oqH4h)

132 Pete Seat? That's hilarious!

Posted by: Joe Blow at August 12, 2026 01:56 PM (Cjger)

133 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

A very doable goal.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (g8Ew8)

134 cooking bacon naked > ramadan
Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:55 PM (oqH4h)

This is starting to remind me a lot of the old Billy Crystal character doing "I hate when I do that."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (2YhKe)

135 This is about me isn't it.
Posted by: Zombie Jessie Jackson
-----

Don't forget that his kid, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., was sentenced to 30 months in Federal Prison.

Apple, tree.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (XeU6L)

136 37 That is not a quote by Reagan.

That is a quote by some Soviet fuckstick.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 01:31 PM (jrkXE)

______________________________

Well, if you want to be anal retentive about it. The quote was originally attributed to Norman Thomas who ran for president six times or so (so not a Russian fuckstick). However, historians never found documentation that he made the quote....So, it would seem Reagan tailored it himself in incorrectly attributed it to Thomas. Reagan was talking about the concept of socialized medicine at the time.

Posted by: Kanye West at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dIske)

137 There's a reason the Euros who came over here for the World Cup were so blown away. A big part of American culture is that we just do shit for the hell of it to have a good time and we're a generally happy and amiable people because of it.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (oqH4h)

I am sure it is a shock when you are sullen and downtrodden, devoid of hope, to see all the shiny happy people.

We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

These people dominated the spice trade, and yet, they no nothing of flavor. Even cheap, out of the bag or out of a jar flavor.

Sad.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)

138
Well, if you want to be anal retentive about it. The quote was originally attributed to Norman Thomas who ran for president six times or so (so not a Russian fuckstick). However, historians never found documentation that he made the quote....So, it would seem Reagan tailored it himself in incorrectly attributed it to Thomas. Reagan was talking about the concept of socialized medicine at the time.

Posted by: Kanye West at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dIske)

You're a gay fish.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:58 PM (2YhKe)

139 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)

A very doable goal.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM

Oh fuck.

Posted by: The Goats at August 12, 2026 01:58 PM (2ocoG)

140
So, the Andrew Tate of Color. I guess he wasn't scoring enough to pass himself off as a Paolo.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 01:45 PM (XJ22o)
_______

Yup. And ironically, or maybe unironically, both are flamingly gay. It's comic to watch these fairies talk more macho shit about getting girls than the Paolo.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:50 PM (iFTx/)

Tate always struck me as another mohammedan cocksucker who, like all mohammedans, hates women. Closeted mohammedan = closeted homosexual.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 01:58 PM (y9nCu)

141 Abdulrahmen Noodles.

Posted by: Del at August 12, 2026 01:58 PM (zhWvq)

142 We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)

I have, how you say, surprise for her.......

Posted by: The Paolo at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)

143 73 "Muslims know they can't defeat America militarily, so their aim is to defeat us politically by taking over any and all elected offices wherever they can."

Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:41 PM (Jr5Lq)
How many Americans will convert voluntarily? By ethnicity?

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (LHPAg)

144 "Taco Bell exploding lettuce diarrhea >> ramadan"

Smoke from wildfires in Canada >> ramadan

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (GMWTj)

145 We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57

I'm doing dishes.

Someone else want to cleverly handle this.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (Sco7b)

146 Hey, what do you know! Sounds like only Puebloans would know what a bojon is:

https://pueblostarjournal.org/news/2023/06/02/
slovenian-puebloans-ethnic-slur-bojon/

Pueblo had a rich tapestry of ethnic groups, but they were all participants in the general community. They enjoyed sharing their cultural heritage with everyone else. There were special holiday treats and cultural festivals. It was fun! Although I was quite puzzled when a guy at my high school thought it was unusual that a "white girl" would be willing to date an Italian.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (OlzlW)

147 There's a reason the Euros who came over here for the World Cup were so blown away. A big part of American culture is that we just do shit for the hell of it to have a good time and we're a generally happy and amiable people because of it.

In the US, things are permitted until they're explicitly outlawed. Europe is the reverse.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

148 We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

These people dominated the spice trade, and yet, they no nothing of flavor. Even cheap, out of the bag or out of a jar flavor.

Sad.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)

That is not merely a failure of spice I'm afraid

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (asFP3)

149 I'm doing dishes.

Someone else want to cleverly handle this.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 01:59 PM (Sco7b)

She was pretty, nice hooters, too. It took great restraint.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

150
A big part of American culture is that we just do shit for the hell of it to have a good time and we're a generally happy and amiable people because of it.
Posted by: ballistic

At least until the money machine grinds to a halt.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (Cqx++)

151 This race the Dems came up short in the cheat to keep him out despite his supposed huge lead in the polls... Evidently they adjusted for that in yesterday's race in Wisconsin....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (4WM7K)

152 These people need to disappear.

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 02:01 PM (ZxPkt)

153 https://tinyurl.com/mr67w5kk

11 Defendants Charged in Dismantling of Decade-Long Nationwide Marriage Fraud Scheme
Wednesday, August 12, 2026

A two-count indictment was unsealed charging 11 individuals with conspiring, over the course of more than a decade, to orchestrate more than 1,000 sham marriages to fraudulently obtain immigration status for foreign nationals, primarily citizens of the People’s Republic of China. Some individuals paid up to $100,000 per sham marriage, according to the indictment.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

154 Are Wong and Crowley really committed to a "Unity" campaign tour? Maybe with a few Bernie Sanders guest appearances?

Posted by: mrp at August 12, 2026 02:02 PM (rj6Yv)

155 This is Obama unfiltered. He hated America but could never openly say it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 12, 2026 01:48 PM (OkYzo)

This! Oh, and he still hates America.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 02:02 PM (g8Ew8)

156
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (g47mK)

================

Something has happened. We've dropped "a ton of" money on taking "a very intense look" at voter fraud in MN.

I eagerly look forward to the "results" phase of this action.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 02:02 PM (XJ22o)

157 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.

Mark Steyn was sanctioned by a media regulator (I forget if it was British or Canadian) for accurately quoting an iman in Norway who told Muslims to breed "like cockroaches".

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2026 02:03 PM (aD4fx)

158 Abdulrahman El-Sayed: My Obligation Is to Follow Sharia Law Until the Day I Die
—Disinformation Expert Ace

I have no issue with helping him.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:03 PM (xHe0y)

159 There's a reason the Euros who came over here for the World Cup were so blown away. A big part of American culture is that we just do shit for the hell of it to have a good time and we're a generally happy and amiable people because of it.

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 01:53 PM (oqH4h)

I am sure it is a shock when you are sullen and downtrodden, devoid of hope, to see all the shiny happy people.

We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

These people dominated the spice trade, and yet, they no nothing of flavor. Even cheap, out of the bag or out of a jar flavor.

Sad.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)
_________

I believe a big part of it is the relentless anti-American propaganda they've been fed by the Eurotrash commies their entire lives. They are more hysterical about Trump in Europe than Democraps are here. Then they get here, and see they've been lied to, and it's a big eye-opener.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/)

160 142 We were at a small town fair this past weekend selling walking tacos (basically a taco salad in a bag of Fritos or Doritos), and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth.

: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:57 PM (dK+Kv)

I'm thinking that the Republicans should use some of the footage of the foreigners who came to the US for the World cup.. Everytime the dems go with their doom and gloom about this Country play one of the Europeans saying how wonderful it is here...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (4WM7K)

161 Another aim is to outbreed the non-Muslim population. I've heard some of them declare that very goal.

You ain't out breeding them if you keep paying them.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (xHe0y)

162 “ …. and some British chick was raving about it being the best thing she's had in her mouth”

How you say, this is not correction!

Posted by: Paolo at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (ixbDh)

163 I eagerly look forward to the "results" phase of this action.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 02:02 PM (XJ22o)

me too, to be honest

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (g47mK)

164 If that Piker fella hates white people, what is he doing here?

Burkina Faso is nice this time of year.

Posted by: Please leave at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (e2lsi)

165 How many Americans will convert voluntarily? By ethnicity?

The AWFLs first.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (aD4fx)

166 At least until the money machine grinds to a halt.

A significant number of the things Americans do for the hell of it are based around not having enough money to do something the "right way".

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (2ocoG)

167
🎵 Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed

Sharia is my law too

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:05 PM (asFP3)

168
She was pretty, nice hooters, too. It took great restraint.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

Good for you on your restraint!

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 02:05 PM (Sco7b)

169 Not a parody

@LD_Sceptics 3m
Clowns are entertaining migrants at a Calais camp just 50m from gangs plotting Channel crossings, in a bizarre glimpse of the symbiotic relationship between aid workers and people-smugglers.
Link to Telegraph article
https://tinyurl.com/4b7f63ae

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 02:06 PM (diia5)

170 167
🎵 Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed

Sharia is my law too
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:05 PM (asFP3)

Whenever I go out the people always shout there goes.....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:06 PM (4WM7K)

171 11 Defendants Charged in Dismantling of Decade-Long Nationwide Marriage Fraud Scheme
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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Omar: It's only 2 defendants, big deal

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:07 PM (asFP3)

172
Whenever I go out, the people always shout
There goes Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed

Posted by: Abdul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed at August 12, 2026 02:07 PM (4NO2D)

173 I think Muslim men scare white women that Dems have to win over.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:07 PM (iZHgT)

174 Clowns are entertaining migrants at a Calais camp just 50m from gangs plotting Channel crossings, in a bizarre glimpse of the symbiotic relationship between aid workers and people-smugglers.

I think they should all be sent back to their shitholes, but subjecting them to clowns is just mean.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:07 PM (2ocoG)

175 I think Muslim men scare white women that Dems have to win over.

Disagree. For white women, 9/11 was the Luigi Mangione shooting write large: it brought a new forbidden hotness to the attention of their cooters.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:08 PM (2ocoG)

176 They seem nice.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me again.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 12, 2026 02:08 PM (W2Pud)

177 I'm thinking that the Republicans should use some of the footage of the foreigners who came to the US for the World cup.. Everytime the dems go with their doom and gloom about this Country play one of the Europeans saying how wonderful it is here...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:04 PM (4WM7K)

No... that's just what they'll be expecting us to do.

Posted by: Rex Kramer, GOPe Senior Advisor at August 12, 2026 02:09 PM (q2NNn)

178 Just as an aside, Anderson Renewal window people need a Tomahawk missile targeting their corporate headquarters.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (f547z)

179 El-Sayed taking out a “sharia compliant mortgage” is right up there with buying halal meat in terms of controversial takes.

Yeah, sounds like a Muslim who is saying he tries to live by the principles of his religion? This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life. As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.

Oh no! Anyways money out of politics, money in your pocket. Free Medicare for all

"Religion is like a penis. If you have a white one, it's your duty to force it on people without their consent." -Ancient GOP proverb

Yeah, he’s a Muslim, so he plans to follow the tenets of Islam for the rest of his life. Is…is that shocking? Do you think, say, James Talarico plans to follow Christian law until the day he dies? Would that surprise you?

Islam is no more one monolithic religion that makes every Muslim believe exactly the same thing, than Christianity is.

Just as there are progressive, modern Christians and rigid, dogmatic Christians who have different ways of living a Christian life, there are modern progressive Muslims.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (+/CWD)

180 I think Muslim men scare white women that Dems have to win over.

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Dunno, it seems that quite a few of the awfls are turned on by the Moslems. Rape fantasy is a thing over there.

Posted by: Joe Blow at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (Cjger)

181 Just as an aside, Anderson Renewal window people need a Tomahawk missile targeting their corporate headquarters.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (f547z)
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Oh, no! I won't get my FREE steak dinner!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (FZ29D)

182 I think Muslim men scare white women that Dems have to win over.

Can't disagree more strongly. There are so many videos out there of Muslim men being protected from a crowd by white women.

White women, especially the Wine Box Wendy's of the world, LOVE the dusky migrants.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (AdHga)

183
Yeah, he’s a Muslim, so he plans to follow the tenets of Islam for the rest of his life. Is…is that shocking? Do you think, say, James Talarico plans to follow Christian law until the day he dies? Would that surprise you?

Christian law ? Yeah... That would surprise me...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:11 PM (4WM7K)

184 This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life. As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.
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Fucking hell. If ignorance is bliss, this guy just reached nirvana

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 02:12 PM (asFP3)

185 The reason these commies hate Thanksgiving and July 4th isn't just that they're quintessentially American (although most countries have their own version of independence day).

They hate them because these are happy, celebratory holidays where people are encouraged to get together, eat, drink, have fun, and shoot off fireworks.

These commies are bitter, resentful, jealous, anti-social incel lunatics who can't stand other people having fun. Remember when the left was desperate to shut down Thanksgiving, fucking 8 months into covid? Same motivation.

Look at Islam itself. Very little happy celebration. Lotsa mourning, fasting, abstaining, punishing, and forceful conforming. Being Muslim is more like being in a prison camp than any other religion.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

186 White women, especially the Wine Box Wendy's of the world, LOVE the dusky migrants.

It's a meme at this point that DSA leadership is 99% Wine Box Wendys and DSA candidates are 99% foreigners.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:12 PM (2ocoG)

187 This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life. As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.

Welp. It's VERY different. You condemn that devout Christian whilst praising the 'devout Muslim.'

You won't be able to explain WHY you treat them differently, just that you do. Because Christian bad Islam good.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:13 PM (AdHga)

188
She was pretty, nice hooters, too. It took great restraint.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)

I was half expecting some pudgy, tattooed, Cockney slag with only 1/3 of her teeth left.

I'm a sucker for most UK accents when they're found on the pretty ones. It ends up that about half the women that I've dated had UK, Irish or Aussie accents. The exception is Cockney, which makes US southern biker chick meth addict accents sound like trans-Atlantic Harvard Boston Brahmin. Cockney gives me noodle-dick.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)

189 Can't disagree more strongly. There are so many videos out there of Muslim men being protected from a crowd by white women.

White women, especially the Wine Box Wendy's of the world, LOVE the dusky migrants.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

==

I'm not debating the left-wing, activist white women.

It's the mushy middle type female voters.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (r13UX)

190 It's all taqiyya all the time.
......

Too much tequila and I pass out.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (UjdFS)

191 Just as an aside, Anderson Renewal window people need a Tomahawk missile targeting their corporate headquarters.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (f547z)

NO! You fool! That will break all their windows and they will become richer than ever!

Posted by: Kindltot - Didn't really understand Frederick Bastiat after all at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (rbvCR)

192 Hasan Piker does not make me angry. Dumb as fuck Americans who listen to his crap and nod along make me angry.
Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (CSc+i)
**********
They're even worse than the people that listen to Tucker and Nick Fuentes... and that's a pretty low bar.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

193 Yeah, he’s a Muslim, so he plans to follow the tenets of Islam for the rest of his life. Is…is that shocking? Do you think, say, James Talarico plans to follow Christian law until the day he dies? Would that surprise you?

Christian law ? Yeah... That would surprise me...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 02:11 PM (4WM7K)

Tenets? They're more like whatcha call guidelines than actual rules.

Posted by: Captain Barbossa, YoHo! at August 12, 2026 02:15 PM (q2NNn)

194 Yeah, sounds like a Muslim who is saying he tries to live by the principles of his religion? This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life.

As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.

Tell us again, how many Christian churches are there in Saudia Arabia? Afghanistan?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:15 PM (xHe0y)

195 > Juggling troupe performs at Loon-Plage camp where gangs deploy 15m-long dinghies
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The name of that camp... 🤡

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 02:15 PM (2Cry5)

196 Muslims believe some very disgusting things. Christians don't.

Very common sense for most people to understand.
If someone was a buddhist, I have way less concerns than an Islamic Fundamentalist.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:15 PM (r13UX)

197 White women, especially the Wine Box Wendy's of the world, LOVE the dusky migrants.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

It's those hot, hot rape fantasies.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 12, 2026 02:16 PM (UjdFS)

198 Most islhamic countries are shitholes. Why are so many westerners so enamored with that 7th century death cult?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)

199 It's a meme at this point that DSA leadership is 99% Wine Box Wendys and DSA candidates are 99% foreigners.
Posted by: Ian S.

And yet, 85% listed white as one of their ethnic identities; 64% male (10% non-binary/other), LGBTQIA+: 32% (up sharply from prior surveys), and ~60% agnostic/atheist.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (+/CWD)

200 It's the mushy middle type female voters.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (r13UX)

I get the distinction.

I think those mushy middle type female voters want so desperately to stay Members In Good Standing that they'll never do anything to risk it - not even privately, in the voting booth.

Al Sayed did very, very well among white, college educated women. They're your mushy middle types.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (AdHga)

201 Just as an aside, Anderson Renewal window people need a Tomahawk missile targeting their corporate headquarters.
Posted by: Common Tater

===

It's well known to be the scummiest of all window installers. It's like the same tactics to sell timeshares.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (r13UX)

202 Hasan Piker does not make me angry. Dumb as fuck Americans who listen to his crap and nod along make me angry.
Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (CSc+i)
**********
They're even worse than the people that listen to Tucker and Nick Fuentes... and that's a pretty low bar.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (NpAcC)

People are susceptible to online algorithms, they are designed to rewire the brain.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (g47mK)

203 Look at Islam itself. Very little happy celebration. Lotsa mourning, fasting, abstaining, punishing, and forceful conforming.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

And fucking little children. Don't forget that.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (xHe0y)

204 moral of the story is...don't be stupid , be a smarty...

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 02:18 PM (g47mK)

205 Yeah, sounds like a Muslim who is saying he tries to live by the principles of his religion? This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life. As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.
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Show me just ONE translation of the Bible where Christ commands his disciples to behead those who don't follow his teachings.

Take your time. I'll wait.

Idiot.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (FZ29D)

206
And fucking little children. Don't forget that.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 02:17 PM (xHe0y)

And goats.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (2YhKe)

207 Look at Islam itself. Very little happy celebration. Lotsa mourning, fasting, abstaining, punishing, and forceful conforming. Being Muslim is more like being in a prison camp than any other religion.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 02:12 PM (iFTx/)

Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem
[bonk!]

Come for the 30 days of fasting, get ecstatic with the self-flagellation!

Posted by: Medieval Imams at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (q2NNn)

208
Al Sayed did very, very well among white, college educated women. They're your mushy middle types.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

==

In a Democrat Primary. Pretty skewed demo there.

And really what won him the primary was fellow Muslims.

The reality is, there's a lot of moderate Republican type housewives that Dems are able to steal votes from. I dont think they get the same vibes from an Al Sayed as some other generic Dem that just promises to protect abortion rights.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (r13UX)

209 So anyways, the movie Mannose, the Hands of Fate is about dealing with a UTI apparently.

Not a fan.

Posted by: Kindltot - Didn't really understand Frederick Bastiat after all at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (rbvCR)

210
Yeah, sounds like a Muslim who is saying he tries to live by the principles of his religion? This isn't much different from a devout Christian saying they want to live a Biblically-driven life. As long as they govern in a way to allows freedom of religion, it's not a specific concern.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

=================

"Governing in a way to allows freedom of religion" is not sharia-compliant.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (XJ22o)

211 Tell us again, how many Christian churches are there in Saudia Arabia? Afghanistan?
Posted by: rickb223

None, because all the Christians that lived there saw how awesome Islam is and converted. It happens everywhere!

Posted by: Violent Muslim Apologist at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (+/CWD)

212
Come for the 30 days of fasting, get ecstatic with the self-flagellation!
Posted by: Medieval Imams at August 12, 2026 02:19 PM (q2NNn)

Fasting.......where you can eat whatever after sundown......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

213 I enjoy all the responses on X pointing out that literally everyone laughs at Piker's stupid attempts at racial slurs, but the Wakandan Death Word is fatal at 500 yards.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (2ocoG)

214 Look at Islam itself. Very little happy celebration. Lotsa mourning, fasting, abstaining, punishing, and forceful conforming.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

People who know such things (those who escaped ishlam) will tell you that ishlam purports to solve all your problems. And if your problems are not solved, you are just not following and praying strong enough.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (g47mK)

215
"Governing in a way to allows freedom of religion" is not sharia-compliant.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (XJ22o)

Well, they ARE stupid.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

216 El-Jihadi is not going to win the general election.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (EZtVN)

217
I think Muslim men scare white women that Dems have to win over.

Can't disagree more strongly. There are so many videos out there of Muslim men being protected from a crowd by white women.

White women, especially the Wine Box Wendy's of the world, LOVE the dusky migrants.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:10 PM (AdHga)

Spring Break and Summers between semesters in the US are happy happy joy joy times in mohammedan countries. Because that's when the blonde Western University hippie chicks travel to the middle east to do "NGO volunteer work", and get plowed by unwashed mohammedan young men.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (y9nCu)

218 I hate Taxachusetts so much. If my company had an office up here in Live Free or Die country, I'd never set foot in it again.

I'm reading the John Adams book that was the basis for the HBO series, and it's such a bummer that the cradle of the American revolution has been completely subverted by gay race communism.

Lots of natural beauty in the state, but like CA the Democrats are trying as hard as possible to make it unlivable for anyone but them.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (7COU4)

219 In a Democrat Primary. Pretty skewed demo there.

And really what won him the primary was fellow Muslims.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:20 PM (r13UX)

Fair points, both.

I guess this is the first time we've really hit Press to Test, if you don't count Obama as a Muslim.

Trump won white women by 4, and won Michigan, so we'll see.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (AdHga)

220 I once closed a deal with a sharia-compliant mortgage. Basically, it's a sham, like a Catholic annulment after you had two kids.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (wGerL)

221 El-Jihadi is not going to win the general election.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:22 PM (EZtVN)

They just cheated, again.

I have zero faith they won't be 'allowed' to cheat in November.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

222 I was half expecting some pudgy, tattooed, Cockney slag with only 1/3 of her teeth left.

I'm a sucker for most UK accents when they're found on the pretty ones. It ends up that about half the women that I've dated had UK, Irish or Aussie accents. The exception is Cockney, which makes US southern biker chick meth addict accents sound like trans-Atlantic Harvard Boston Brahmin. Cockney gives me noodle-dick.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 02:14 PM (y9nCu)

She was very polite, respectful, and cheerful. Her accent was exceptional.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (dK+Kv)

223 Whoops, wrong thread.

Posted by: MrUNIVAC at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (7COU4)

224 I have zero faith they won't be 'allowed' to cheat in November.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:23 PM (2YhKe)

Why cheat now and not in 2024?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (AdHga)

225
Why cheat now and not in 2024?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:24 PM (AdHga)

I'm sure they did. I'm guessing our side outvoted the cheat. Bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

226 Sponge, they cheated to dial down the crazy even if Crowley is just as bad.

He isn't going to win either.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (EZtVN)

227
He isn't going to win either.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (EZtVN)

I pray you're correct.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

228 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)

229 Fair points, both.

I guess this is the first time we've really hit Press to Test, if you don't count Obama as a Muslim.

Trump won white women by 4, and won Michigan, so we'll see.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

===

My take is the reason many affluent, white women vote Dem because of social issues like abortion and just basically liberal attitudes about a lot things. At least in my circle, that's what it's really about.

I just don't see someone Al Sayed that really wears their Muslim background on their sleeve being a big seller to these types. It's well known they are incredibly backwards as a group and just straight up anti-women.

But yea, lots of dumb female voters, no argument there.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (r13UX)

230
Look at Islam itself. Very little happy celebration. Lotsa mourning, fasting, abstaining, punishing, and forceful conforming.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

Ayasshola Khomeini used to sternly tell his asshole followers that laughter wasn't permitted in islam, while at the same time he was known to have a good sense of humor in private, especially when the humor was directed at him. Hypocritical cocksucker.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 02:28 PM (y9nCu)

231 I'm sure they did. I'm guessing our side outvoted the cheat. Bigly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 02:25 PM (2YhKe)

Vote totals weren't really all that different in Michigan. I'm sure they could have found an extra hundred thousand ballots lying around in 2024 like they did in 2020.

2020:

2.8 million - Biden
2.7 million - Trump

2024:

2.8 million - Trump
2.7 million - Harris

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:30 PM (AdHga)

232 Abdulrahman El-Sayed: My Obligation Is to Follow Sharia Law Until the Day I Die

Your terms are acceptable.
Say when.

Posted by: waepnedmann at August 12, 2026 02:33 PM (STnhA)

233 I tend to stay away from crazy people like this dude. And I sure would not vote to give people like this power. It's like they are from a different planet with strange customs that I want no part of.

Posted by: Case at August 12, 2026 02:34 PM (fV9m3)

234 White Rabbit has 40k plus followers (for what thats worth}

August 18 Dearborn, Michigan Crusaders, March on Dearborn city Council meeting 6 PM. Don’t miss out Patriot unite.https://tinyurl.com/bdebdx47

Then there is this!

OCTOBER 17 2026 IS THE DEADLINE , AFTER THAT THE REPUBLIC REGULATORS RIDE!!!!!
https://tinyurl.com/mvavedvd

Posted by: Yer Sistas Azz at August 12, 2026 02:36 PM (jwV58)

235 Piker doesn't even seem to understand that he, himself, is white. He's whiter than I am and that's pretty white.

Does he think he's a trans-POC or something, like Rachel Dolezal?

Posted by: Ralph at August 12, 2026 02:36 PM (8WZD4)

236 And he's backed by the UAW and National Nurses United.

And his father-in-law, a nephrologist at a Detroit hospital who had given $300,000 to El Sayed's biggest individual donor, Fighting for Michigan, as of July 15.

And his wife, Dr. Sarah Jukaku, a psychiatrist in Ann Arbor, Michigan affiliated with University of Michigan Health-Ann Arbor.
---
>New York Times, 'With El-Sayed’s Victory Comes a Wave of Islamophobia' As Muslim politicians like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan have become more prominent, they have experienced considerable bigotry. President Trump said Democrats were electing “jihadists.” 21 hours ago
---
As long as the US Constitution holds:
Article VI of the Constitution explicitly states that federal law and the Constitution are the highest law in the nation, superseding any conflicting state, foreign, or religious legal doctrine.

The First Amendment prohibits the government from establishing a state religion or favoring one religion over another, making the adoption of any religious code as national law unconstitutional.

Individual liberties cannot be overridden by legislative action or religious mandates.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 02:44 PM (NFX2v)

237 Piker (what an appropriate name) says the 'the knives will be out" for establishment Democrats.
that's what you call a Freudian slip.

Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (7esJd)

238 Piker (what an appropriate name) says the 'the knives will be out" for establishment Democrats.
that's what you call a Freudian slip.

Posted by: vivi at August 12, 2026 02:48 PM (7esJd)

Seriously.

What is it with Muslims and knives?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (AdHga)

239 What is it with Muslims and knives?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

7th century arabia is considered the most perfect time. Hence, 7th C technology.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 03:18 PM (diia5)

240 When he dies and stands before God, Jesus will say he doesn't know him. He will be damned to eternity with his current leader, Satan.

There is still time to repent and turn away from his demonic cult and accept the one true Lord and Savior.

Posted by: JJ at August 12, 2026 03:24 PM (W2dIs)

241 What is it with Muslims and knives?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 02:52 PM (AdHga)

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

"You slit the throat of the goat before
you rape it, comrade!"

Posted by: ShainS at August 12, 2026 04:41 PM (dVpbe)

After Polls Predicted a 97% Chance of a Double-Digit Victory for Francesca Hong, Missing USB Drives and Late Ballot Shenanigans Hand the Establishment Candidate the "Win"

Did they steal it? I don't know, but the socialists have got to be wondering that.

And I encourage that speculation!

OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
Last 5 Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary Polls
State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +22
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +18
Marquette University: 🔵 Hong +25
State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +29
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +20
Results (88% Reporting): 🟡Crowley +0.5

The also leftwing candidate, Crowley, actually abandoned the race but re-entered it after Establishment types insisted he get back in to stop Hong. He wound up "winning" by around 3000 votes out of more than half a million.

I keep clicking on articles to see if there's an update showing that Hong won.

Alas, it seems we've lost this one.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly upset Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday night, despite polls showing Hong in front by double-digits in the final stretch before polling day.
Crowley's campaign said the 37-year-old state legislator and member of the Democratic Socialists of America called Crowley early Wednesday to concede the race. Hong trailed her rival by more than 3,200 votes out of more than 787,000 ballots cast as of 6 a.m. ET., a margin of 0.41 percentage points.
Under Wisconsin law, Hong could have requested a recount since she trailed by under one percentage point, but would have had to pay for it since her deficit was greater than 0.25 percentage points. State law does not provide for automatic recounts in close races.

She chose not to. I think, in the end, she wanted to lose the primary, because that allows her to continue on as an agitator and podcast goon. Had she won the primary and then been blown out in the general, she'd be excluded by the whole rotten Democrat Party, including the socialists, who need to pretend they're #Winning.

Crowley, 40, was the late choice of Wisconsin's Democratic establishment after Lt. Gov Sara Rodriguez and her predecessor Mandela Barnes dropped out of the race in recent weeks. Crowley had initially dropped out and endorsed Rodriguez last month, but re-entered the race in an effort to stop Hong after Barnes quit.
...
Crowley, who will face GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany in the November general election, would be the Badger State's first ever black governor.

Hong immediately endorsed the guy who cheated to beat her because she has a Coward's Heart.

But that doesn't stop us from crying #RiggedElection on her behalf.

Milwaukee says due to human error, 5 out of 9 USBs were missing election results. Oops! pic.twitter.com/cLFRALff5p
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 12, 2026

The "We're not corrupt, we're stupid" defense was deployed by Democrats last night in Wisconsin to "change" the election results at the last minute and save it for the establishment. pic.twitter.com/QqhmPVBOIQ
— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) August 12, 2026

Nbc stunned by late vote dump pic.twitter.com/k8zoHcPZxV
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) August 12, 2026

Even MSNOW knows that last night�s election in Wisconsin was rigged.

I don�t like the Islamic Communist, but Francesca Hong @FrancescaHongWI won, and the Democrat Socialist stole it from her.

Given this fact, everyone should be very concerned with what the left is plotting in� pic.twitter.com/JdgsvBosXi
— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) August 12, 2026

Also winning: This nasty mentally-ill woman.

Peggy Flanagan is Minnesota�s Democrat Senate nominee. When she�s not threatening to stab you for not affirming �trans kids,� she�s wearing a hijab to pander to Somali fraudsters. pic.twitter.com/8JWkKt1FHv
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) August 12, 2026

This is who just won the nomination for the US Senate in Minnesota pic.twitter.com/gOhu5vEHDy
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 12, 2026

Peggy Flanagan says Somalians are the �fabric of our state� and it�s �racist� to expose fraud

Minnesota Democrats just nominated her for U.S. Senate. pic.twitter.com/bQSLAiil6g
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 12, 2026

Is this a transgender?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:19 PM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

2 Polls are for strippers......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

3 Off to lum, NOOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

4 Nooded. Sponge, we got it covered.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 12:20 PM (NcvvS)

5 I felt bad for ace last night when she lost.

So much easy material.

What are the odds of the Dems producing more stupid, crazy bitches?

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 12:21 PM (Sco7b)

6 Says Hasan Piker: "The knives are out!"

Even though progressives say election fraud is impossible, they're saying Hong lost because of election fraud.

The establishment screwed her. They're livid.

I'm sure the 49% of Dems who voted for Hong will definitely turn out in November, though.

Womp. Womp.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (AdHga)

7 And yet I bet the Dems are still going to be all-in AGAINST the SAVE act...

...because they know if it passes they can't use their shenanigans to save their "preferred" candidates in primary season.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (FZ29D)

8 Top 10!

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (TN0g+)

9
Sonny and Cher made "And the Cheat Goes On" in the 60's and it was a hit.

This is coming everywhere in november.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (Y8DZL)

10 Is this a transgender?"

Ewwww.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (cGjQu)

11 Cheating on behalf of a black candidate in Milwaukee. The cynicism here hurts.

Posted by: Blank USB Drive at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (2LBLq)

12 .....and Hasan Piker now says the "knives are OUT!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

13 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 12, 2026 12:23 PM (u82oZ)

14 >>>Says Hasan Piker: "The knives are out!"
Even though progressives say election fraud is impossible, they're saying Hong lost because of election fraud.
The establishment screwed her. They're livid.

Oh, good!

Posted by: ace at August 12, 2026 12:23 PM (1wjle)

15 What are the odds of the Dems producing more stupid, crazy bitches?
-----

The same as the sun rising in the east...

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 12:23 PM (TN0g+)

16 Hong probably got paid off by establishment types.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 12, 2026 12:23 PM (rJ48h)

17 12 .....and Hasan Piker now says the "knives are OUT!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I'll be over here with a bucket full of quarters at the wishing well and wish a mfcker would.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (NR6c1)

18 What are the odds of the Dems producing more stupid, crazy bitches?"

99

And .999999999

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (cGjQu)

19 Hong got "Bernied" and someone told her to STFU or else. Wow, the Democrats are ruthless and have no fear of visibly committing fraud.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (n17eQ)

20
Transgender Islamist is peak Democrat.

Until they graft something else on to their body politic.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (Y8DZL)

21 Russian interference

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cZ8IN)

22

I've seen your picture
Your name in lights above it
This is your big debut
It's like a dream come true
So won't you smile for the camera?
I know they're gonna love it
Peg

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (Cqx++)

23 This is who just won the nomination for the US Senate in Minnesota pic.twitter.com/gOhu5vEHDy

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 12, 2026

Say 'um' one more time, you emptyheaded ditzbag.......FFS.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

24 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

25 Hilarious

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (okun6)

26 I could have been first but I was emptying my thumb drive.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (MWfyi)

27 Hong got "Bernied" and someone told her to STFU or else. Wow, the Democrats are ruthless and have no fear of visibly committing fraud.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (n17eQ)

Sure. They can get HER to shut the fuck up.

But her voters aren't going to forgive.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (AdHga)

28 This Flanagan chick. One look at her face tells you that she's a hateful harpy. Of course, the Hateful Harpy wing of the Democrat Party is very strong.

Posted by: tsj017 at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (xakWh)

29 Ding Dong the Hong got schlonged!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (2YhKe)

30 Now that she's "lost" her position, she can still be a firebrand for her cause, forcing the candidate who "won" to move towards even more Left.

For Hong, it may be the best of all possible worlds. She'll still get $$ shoveled at her to speak out against "the establishment" (i.e., Republicans, never Dems) and she doesn't have to worry about trivial things like getting out the vote for her.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (FZ29D)

31 Pool party at my new house!

Posted by: Francesca Hong at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (+IsEU)

32 A hijab will hide if the kid is trans... for a little bit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (cZ8IN)

33 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Benchmade or Kersahw.

It is known.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (AdHga)

34 Out of an entire state, only about 250k supported the crazy. I guess that's slightly good news.

Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (qtfk+)

35 It was Stolen. Definitely. Stolen.

Posted by: Rain Man at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (PiwSw)

36 Crowley, actually abandoned the race but re-entered it after Establishment types insisted he get back in to stop Hong. He wound up "winning" by around 3000 votes out of more than half a million.

Hey, it's a 50-50 party, Dems! Oh, and Crowley now has a 'mandate'.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (5FKHw)

37 I felt bad for ace last night when she lost.

So much easy material.

What are the odds of the Dems producing more stupid, crazy bitches?

She won't go away, she's too crazy. And the Dems have a factory spitting out crazy bitches.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

38 I hope these knives are long. Very long. And something happens at night. Call it...

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (Zqvxn)

39 But her voters aren't going to forgive."

Huh? There's a sale on quinoa at whole foods! With delivery!

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (cGjQu)

40 Afternoon Ace.
The Flanagan v Tafoya Senate race could be interesting to watch. While Minnesota is crazy , a lot of them realize that Flanagan is nut bag. Tafoya at least has a shot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (WOnE5)

41 They're always able to get the losers out just in time.

So should I just assume now Wisconsin elects a Dem Governor?

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (uksHY)

42
She won't go away, she's too crazy. And the Dems have a factory spitting out crazy bitches.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

I EAT WITH A COMB!!!!

Posted by: Amy Klobuchar at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (2YhKe)

43 The best part of all of this is that the people who did the cheating are the same ones affirming that there was no cheating.

And Hong's base knows it.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (AdHga)

44 "What are the odds of the Dems producing more stupid, crazy bitches?
Posted by: Stateless"

I think we are still not even close to Peak Dem Stupid Crazy Bitches.

Posted by: Ripley at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (GUOwU)

45 @27

>>But her voters aren't going to forgive.

The only consistent ethos or ethic a leftist adheres to is, power by any means necessary.

They will vote for Crowley in November, or at the very least, their ballots will be cast for him.

IYKWIMAITYD.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 12, 2026 12:29 PM (XV/Pl)

46 33 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Klingon Mekleth.
It's made for disemboweling.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 12:29 PM (Sco7b)

47 There used to be safe spaces for the Peggy Flanagans of this world.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23 at August 12, 2026 12:29 PM (JM9I6)

48 Correction:
4,617,710 adults live in Wisconsin. Less than 300,000 voted for crazy commie woman.

That seems like good news.

Posted by: LASue at August 12, 2026 12:29 PM (qtfk+)

49 Now that she's "lost" her position, she can still be a firebrand for her cause, forcing the candidate who "won" to move towards even more Left.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Kamala Ding-dong at August 12, 2026 12:29 PM (w9Wax)

50
The knives are out

What kind of knife is on Peggy's shirt?

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

51 > Is this a transgender?
-------
Is it human? The jury's out on that one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 12:30 PM (2Cry5)

52 Looks like she got hong out to dry!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 12, 2026 12:30 PM (wtvvX)

53 Hasan Piker: "Nothing triggers me to no end like a guy who's like, 'I really like Francesca Hong's policies, but I'm also a stupid guy who shits in his diapers, and I will be Soylent Green one day because I'm so fucking dumb.'"

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (AdHga)

54 Such a great twist in the movie. Now you'll have Democrats screaming for the SAVE America Act while RINOs still resist.

That being said, who runs primary elections? Why would states have to pay for and operate them?

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (5FKHw)

55 There used to be safe spaces for the Peggy Flanagans of this world.
Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital Bldg. 23"

Spencer State Hospital, Spencer, WV. More isolated.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (cGjQu)

56 Two possibilities:

Polling is completely busted
This is proof of fraud

Now the Trump DOJ should exhaustively look at that second point

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

57 33 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Ginsu!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (wtvvX)

58 There sure seems to be an endless stream of batsh*t crazy leftist women running for office. I'm not talking just your run of the mill lamebrain Democrat. These are all insane, literally insane, women inching so very close to winning these elections. One seemingly outdoing the other in crazy. It's really horrifying.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 12:32 PM (qBdHI)

59 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.

Posted by: Speculatin' Here at August 12, 2026 12:32 PM (JM9I6)

60 Peggy Flanagan says Somalians are the �fabric of our state� and it�s �racist� to expose fraud

"The beautiful Somali community......."

Uh huh.......

https://shorturl.fm/DU4ii

Posted by: Amy Klobuchar at August 12, 2026 12:32 PM (2YhKe)

61 That being said, who runs primary elections"

Auntie Entity?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:32 PM (cGjQu)

62 Damnit........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:32 PM (2YhKe)

63 The Governor of MI is riding in. Old Sven spots him and says "the Governor is a n...". People waiting say the Governor is near.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (gm9Sb)

64 Washington Nearsider

Super Hobby has shipped the Revell Me 262A-1a/U4 and the Eduard Hybrid 1/32 P-51B.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (cZ8IN)

65 Super Hobby has shipped the Revell Me 262A-1a/U4 and the Eduard Hybrid 1/32 P-51B.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (cZ8IN)

NICE!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (AdHga)

66 >>Is this a transgender?

Peggy Flanigan. More like, Pegme Flannigan, amirite?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (J4Dwc)

67 Abujah Muhammad Jamal Hamas aka Peggy Flanagan

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (asFP3)

68 Hasan Piker: "Nothing triggers me to no end like a guy who's like, 'I really like Francesca Hong's policies, but I'm also a stupid guy who shits in his diapers, and I will be Soylent Green one day because I'm so fucking dumb.'"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (AdHga)

The future of the Democrat party.

What a f*cking genius.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (2YhKe)

69 Where the fuck do women like this Flanagan creature come from?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (U4hpE)

70 So Crowley got the same treatment as Spender Pratt did. The big bump in the middle of the night from unlikely supporters.

Posted by: Random PJ at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (+jscL)

71 You almost have to laugh at the Dems running around saying Somalis built America.

Even if you were to ignore that they are all on welfare, they haven't been here long enough to build much of anything

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

72 The results are self-evident: stop letting liberal white ladies run things.

Posted by: That's right, I typed it at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

73 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly."

Codeine? Lithium?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (cGjQu)

74 So Crowley got the same treatment as Spender Pratt did. The big bump in the middle of the night from unlikely supporters.

The claim with LA was of course the mail in vote is the most leftwing demographic.

Apparently the Dems are arguing that of course the mail in vote is the most rightwing demographic

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (sKqQm)

75 Knives out?!

Hopefully, a Night of the Long Knives.

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (Oy/m2)

76 Whoresan Cryker is the biggest who gives a shit in the history of not giving a shit.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (asFP3)

77 Conservatives need to do a better job keeping their powder dry when "crazy" is about to get nominated for the Dems.

There was like a full court press of click bait to take her out and Dems realized she would probably lose.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (iZHgT)

78 The results are self-evident: stop letting liberal white ladies run things.
Posted by: That's right, I typed it at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (2Ez/1)

Stop letting liberals run anything, regardless of selected gender.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (2YhKe)

79 After Polls Predicted a 97% Chance of a Double-Digit Victory for Francesca Hong, Missing USB Drives and Late Ballot Shenanigans Hand the Establishment Candidate the "Win"
—Disinformation Expert Ace

If she accepts the outcome without raising a stink, she was paid off.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (xHe0y)

80 33 The knives are out

Damn it!
*runs and hides*

Posted by: That Unfortunate Penny and Tomato at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (w9Wax)

81 73 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly."

Codeine? Lithium?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (cGjQu)

Lime green pants and a boba tea.

Posted by: Blank USB Drive at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (2LBLq)

82 women like this Flanagan creature come from?"

Lana?

/ read it backwards...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:36 PM (cGjQu)

83 80 33 The knives are out

Damn it!
*runs and hides*
Posted by: That Unfortunate Penny and Tomato at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (w9Wax)

Oh, boo hoo.

Posted by: The sheet of paper at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (PiwSw)

84 Hong Kong Phooey took a dive. No question in my mind about it. She's the Bernie with boobs of 2026. No other Democrap would ever have waived a recount in such a close race. No way.

This is sad news for us. Tiffany was almost sure to beat her. Crowley will be tougher to beat in part because he's black and blacks will be motivated to vote. They would have mostly sat out for Red Whore.

I still think this one is winnable but it'll be a harder pull.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (iFTx/)

85 They "killed" Republicans in turnout though. Turnout LOL

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (YwEeS)

86 >>"We're not corrupt, we're stupid" defense

One does not preclude the other and both are likely.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (CSc+i)

87 Think what you like, but Jim Clyburn was in Wisconsin just before the primary, and that coincided with the "Black Caucus" vociferously endorsing Crowly.

Clyburn always seems to make his rounds to specific states to which he has no real connection just before a hinge type election occurs. In 2020, Clyburn traveled to every single swing state before the General election. He did no campaigning. So, why? It's a good question.

Posted by: Orson at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (dIske)

88 So Crowley got the same treatment as Spender Pratt did. The big bump in the middle of the night from unlikely supporters.

"It worked, didn't it?" - Chuck Schumer

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (2ocoG)

89 The whole election process in blue states is a fucking circus.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (bx2ki)

90 This will not stand!

Posted by: Republicans for Hong (we're totes legit) at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (0sNs1)

91 I thought they would cheat her in like they did with the jihadist but it seems obvious now they don't think she can win or even "win". And they need that governorship.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (asFP3)

92 Dylan Mulvaney > Kaitlan Collins > Peggy Flanagan

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (JvZF+)

93 I know Crowley's the 'winnable' candidate for the left, but I can see this going the way of Crockett.

The clear, obvious favorite of the base is tossed aside for the establishment's choice.

A non-zero percentage of Crockett's voters just AREN'T going to vote in Texas. A non-zero percentage of them will vote against Talarico for spite.

Likewise Wisconsin.

I think we've got a small to mediium chance there.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (AdHga)

94 Milwaukee says due to human error, 5 out of 9 USBs were missing election results.

They forgot to click the "Safely remove media" icon in the task tray, didn't they........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (2YhKe)

95 73 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly."

Codeine? Lithium?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (cGjQu)

Polonium.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (wtvvX)

96 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

97 Nice indeed.

May build the wing and engines of the A-1a kit just to get a jump on the U4.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (cZ8IN)

98 Dylan Mulvaney > Kaitlan Collins > Peggy Flanagan
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (JvZF+)

We're getting the same guys!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (2YhKe)

99 Hong Kong Screwy

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (wOO3z)

100 "...that allows her to continue on as an agitator and podcast goon."

Mommy, when I grow up, I want to be an agitator and podcast goon.

Posted by: Little girls everywhere at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (2Ez/1)

101 Hasan Piker: "Nothing triggers me to no end like a guy who's like, 'I really like Francesca Hong's policies, but I'm also a stupid guy who shits in his diapers, and I will be Soylent Green one day because I'm so fucking dumb.'"
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (AdHga)

Dude, showing such contempt for the electorate won't win over any fence sitters...Wait. This is the guy that wants rivers of capitalist blood to flow?
I guess electorate has nothing to do with it then.
And Hong got ScHonged! (where's the L?)
She got the L beaten out of her.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (zafwz)

102 Dems couldn’t let her win. She would have handed out money to the wrong people.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (bxRm+)

103 This Hong election result is almost as suspicious as clogged toilets and stopped counting in 2020. I guess the DSA loonies won’t be labeled as “against our democracy” if they point that out….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (zEBE+)

104 There was like a full court press of click bait to take her out and Dems realized she would probably lose.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:35 PM (iZHgT)

Last week's oppo dump that - if the election was fair - really beat her came from the left. Not Republicans.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (AdHga)

105 Peggy Flanagan says Somalians are the "fabric of our state" and it's "racist" to expose fraud

Somalian fraud is the fabric of Minnesota. Have you run that past actual Minnesotans?

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (5FKHw)

106 Also this has the effect of making the "racism must be declared a public health crisis" in the middle of a pandemic into a "moderate".

A MODERATE

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:39 PM (asFP3)

107 Say 'um' one more time, you emptyheaded ditzbag.......FFS.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

Not watching it - was it full of "like" and "literally" also?

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (S0M0K)

108 I'm mostly pessimistic about Wis Gov, but Crowley has no fire in his belly. He gave up easily at first, and then barely beat a clinically insane woman with no redeeming qualities, maybe even needing the help of insider fraud to cross that finish line. The fraud is the actual threat, not the weak, diffident candidate.

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (Sy6m/)

109 I don't know which is worse: a predicted double-digit win for a commie, or someone stealing the election.

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (ERYKL)

110 Funny how she never says anything about the REST of Minnesota. She's only running to protect the f*cking Somali community.

Minnesota, Y R U so stupid?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

111 A moderate Democrat thinks Republicans need to be fatally shot only once.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (asFP3)

112 You almost have to laugh at the Dems running around saying Somalis built America.

Even if you were to ignore that they are all on welfare, they haven't been here long enough to build much of anything

--

Any incandescently ridiculous retard, like that Flanagan whacko, who utters such hilarious lies (that nobody believes) needs to be beaten about the head in hopes of curing such brazen stupidity. Good lord....

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)

113 85 They "killed" Republicans in turnout though. Turnout LOL
Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (YwEeS)

It'll be the same way in November but without the LOL.

Posted by: Blank USB Drive at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (2LBLq)

114 Peggy Fleming >>>>>>>>>> Peggy Flanagan

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (Oy/m2)

115
Not watching it - was it full of "like" and "literally" also?
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (S0M0K)

No, shockingly enough. Just lots of 'um's'........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

116 So what's the story with the USB drives? They were supposed to have votes on them and didn't? All from Hong areas or something? I'm totally not up to speed on this. What happened?

Posted by: SimoHayha at August 12, 2026 12:41 PM (IeYnM)

117 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

Who's "more" corrupt has everything to do with who gets caught in any particular election cycle and nothing to do with actual levels of corrupt, which are all dialed up to 11

Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2026 12:41 PM (zafwz)

118 Is Flanagan Muslim or does she wear the head covering in solidarity?? She’s nuts either way…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:41 PM (zEBE+)

119 I'm mostly pessimistic about Wis Gov, but Crowley has no fire in his belly. He gave up easily at first, and then barely beat a clinically insane woman with no redeeming qualities, maybe even needing the help of insider fraud to cross that finish line. The fraud is the actual threat, not the weak, diffident candidate.
Posted by: SciVo

===

I just tend to think in an off year election in a purple state, these things just usually go to the party out of power.

He seems though like a lousy candidate, but that's most every Democrat, yet they still seem to win.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (iZHgT)

120 Mistakes were made.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (wOO3z)

121 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

An awful lot of cleanup has been forced upon Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (AdHga)

122 Awwww

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (YwEeS)

123 hmmm...who cheated harder wins

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

124 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.
.......

New swim goggles?

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:43 PM (UjdFS)

125 Blue state turnout = harvested ballots

Posted by: steevy at August 12, 2026 12:44 PM (YwEeS)

126 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

An awful lot of cleanup has been forced upon Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (AdHga)

Yep.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:44 PM (g47mK)

127 "It worked, didn't it?" - Chuck Schumer
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 12:37 PM (2ocoG)

Piss off, wanker! You're working my corner!

Posted by: Zombie Harry Reid at August 12, 2026 12:44 PM (zafwz)

128 Late to the thread, so I suspect it's already been said, but the DSA Dems now have to figure out how to say the party cheated them in '26, while at the same time saying that cheating never happens.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

129 and congrats to Sponge

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

130 I know Crowley's the 'winnable' candidate for the left, but I can see this going the way of Crockett.

The clear, obvious favorite of the base is tossed aside for the establishment's choice.

A non-zero percentage of Crockett's voters just AREN'T going to vote in Texas. A non-zero percentage of them will vote against Talarico for spite.

Likewise Wisconsin.

I think we've got a small to mediium chance there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

==

I don't think Democrats aren't as ideological as they are cast, they just want to beat Republicans.

They're just really, really angry and the socialist left is saying the most incendiary things so they gravitate towards that.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (iZHgT)

131
Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly."

Codeine? Lithium?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:34 PM (cGjQu)

I believe a free lakehouse is the standard established by Bernie.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (iJfKG)

132 If Somalis built America we'd all be living in mud huts with no roof.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (UjdFS)

133 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.
.......
New swim goggles?
Posted by: wth

Orbital decompression.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (w9Wax)

134 So the vote counting process depends on a bunch of admin assistants running around with USB flash drives?

Posted by: Hell of an operation you're running down there at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (2Ez/1)

135 19 Wow, the Democrats are ruthless and have no fear of visibly committing fraud.

Look at what they supposedly did in SD to remove the actual D Senate Primary winner n order to give their actual candidate, the “Independent”, a better chance to beat Rounds. Burning down a home now in the D toolbox? Fraud seems mild in comparison.

Posted by: EveR at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (BHhxj)

136 I'm mostly pessimistic about Wis Gov, but Crowley has no fire in his belly. He gave up easily at first, and then barely beat a clinically insane woman with no redeeming qualities, maybe even needing the help of insider fraud to cross that finish line.

Barely beat. Right.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

137 New swim goggles?
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:43 PM (UjdFS)

Her eye-job may have been botched. It happens

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (rbvCR)

138 hmmm...who cheated harder wins
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

DNC Vision Statement

Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (S0M0K)

139 I assume the pollsters that predicted Hong's victory are keeping their heads down and their mouths shut.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (rJ48h)

140 Hello friends. Taught 2 classes, did my own workout, then went on a walk at the nature preserve with Saijo and my kid. I think we all got a little over heated, the last 1/2 mile was brutal. Can jump in the pool in about 30 minutes per the pool service instructions. Until then, I will talk to y’all and see how looney toons things are in the world.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

141 138 hmmm...who cheated harder wins
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:43 PM (xcxpd)

DNC Vision Statement
Posted by: Doof at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (S0M0K)

no kidding

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (xcxpd)

142 I mean, I'm saying this from Massafreakinchusetts, but...WTF, Minnesota?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (bFu5X)

143 They're just really, really angry and the socialist left is saying the most incendiary things so they gravitate towards that.

Posted by: Sharpie

They have to keep their shit goblins engaged.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (wOO3z)

144 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.
.......
New swim goggles?
Posted by: wth

Orbital decompression.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (w9Wax)

She really does look like a French Bulldog.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (AdHga)

145 132 If Somalis built America we'd all be living in mud huts with no roof.

If Somalis built America, why doesn't Minnesota look like Manhattan?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

146 and congrats to Sponge
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (xcxpd)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (2YhKe)

147 This chick Flanagan is a Hollywood creation. Her father (a native "activist") abandoned the mother and daughter to Section 8 and Medicaid. The mother was a professional DFL worker, reliant on public money of various types. Peggy herself was a "child psychology" grad at the U, with a minor in American Indian something or other. This Irish looking woman walks around calling herself a "person of color", and worked initially for an NGO as a community activist. She herself is, of course, divorced, because who could possibly live with a robot Karen?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (C0BiQ)

148 Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

Holding two contradictory claims at the same time is FNAB of being a leftard.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:48 PM (asFP3)

149 I mean, I'm saying this from Massafreakinchusetts, but...WTF, Minnesota?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (bFu5X)

Hey. Congrats on that abortion till birth law being signed. I'm sure you're totally excited, bruh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

150 121 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

An awful lot of cleanup has been forced upon Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:42 PM (AdHga)

And WI had Madison

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (xcxpd)

151 118 Is Flanagan Muslim or does she wear the head covering in solidarity?? She’s nuts either way…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:41 PM
++++
I think it's the combination of head covering and Julia Roberts glasses...

Posted by: Creeps me out at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)

152 145 132 If Somalis built America we'd all be living in mud huts with no roof.

If Somalis built America, why doesn't Minnesota look like Manhattan?

I screwed that up. Let's try again.

If Somalis built America, why doesn't Mogadishu look like Manhattan?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

153 Gov. Evers enacted the Gov. Gavin Newsom secret “break the glass” plan to prevent Wisconsin from electing a candidate that would lose to the Republican.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (NpAcC)

154 I believe a free lakehouse is the standard established by Bernie.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM

Only serious Party elders get lakeside dacha, comrade, not crazy who can be exiled and airbrushed from photographs.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)

155 The downside to Hong losing is that we actually will miss a potential governor cutting herself to death because of the job pressure

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (WOnE5)

156 I know Crowley's the 'winnable' candidate for the left, but I can see this going the way of Crockett.

The clear, obvious favorite of the base is tossed aside for the establishment's choice.

A non-zero percentage of Crockett's voters just AREN'T going to vote in Texas. A non-zero percentage of them will vote against Talarico for spite.

Likewise Wisconsin.

I think we've got a small to mediium chance there.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung

Nah.

Crockett is fanning the fires of resentment and racism.

That's very different than Hong and "well, okay then, I lost" attitude.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (iJfKG)

157 132 If Somalis built America we'd all be living in mud huts with no roof.
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (UjdFS)

Pepsi cans nailed to sticks. I had no idea what poverty was until I went to Somalia.

Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (Zqvxn)

158 The whole election process in blue states is a fucking circus.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
......

and you don't even have to pay 25 cents for the Freak Show.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)

159 Late to the thread, so I suspect it's already been said, but the DSA Dems now have to figure out how to say the party cheated them in '26, while at the same time saying that cheating never happens.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

It is the very topic that would catch fire with the DSA voters, it has the benefit of both being one of those memes that all the loyal sorts have to ignore, and a perfect example of the "Boomers betraying us"
If they can accept it, or if they get permission to admit it, that topic will be a wildfire.

The DNC better be sweating right now.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

160 The bad news is that Hong lost. The good news is if the DNC's check clears, she can begin her house collection.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (NuGfO)

161 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Mogadishu look like Manhattan?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

For a similar reason that Mexico doesn't have a Summer Olympic team.

Any Mexican who can run, jump, or swim is already here.

Haayyooooo!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (AdHga)

162 Depends how much they cleaned up Philly. It drives the state.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (wOO3z)

163 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Mogadishu look like Manhattan?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:49 PM

Colonialism!!!!!

Posted by: Karen McAWFL at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (bFu5X)

164 Hello friends. Taught 2 classes, did my own workout, then went on a walk at the nature preserve with Saijo and my kid. I think we all got a little over heated, the last 1/2 mile was brutal. Can jump in the pool in about 30 minutes per the pool service instructions. Until then, I will talk to y’all and see how looney toons things are in the world.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)
=====

SHOWER BEFORE ENTERING
BATHING CAPS MUST BE WORN
NO DIVING

Posted by: And most importantly NO RUNNING at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (JvZF+)

165 Hello friends. Taught 2 classes, did my own workout, then went on a walk at the nature preserve with Saijo and my kid. I think we all got a little over heated, the last 1/2 mile was brutal. Can jump in the pool in about 30 minutes per the pool service instructions. Until then, I will talk to y’all and see how looney toons things are in the world.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 12:46 PM (ZdaMQ)

Monday after work I made the mistake of trying to run in the Florida heat. I had been doing this but previous days were either cloudy or rainy or breezy which somewhat mitigates the heat. But Monday…. None of those things plus bright sun, no clouds. It was absolutely brutal; I’d planned to go 10K but turned around at 2 miles and felt like I was gonna die the last half mile…. I felt crappy the rest of the night. Heat is dangerous….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (zEBE+)

166 Afternoon Ace.
The Flanagan v Tafoya Senate race could be interesting to watch. While Minnesota is crazy , a lot of them realize that Flanagan is nut bag. Tafoya at least has a shot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (WOnE5)
==
Election Time on You Tube which does a lot of compiling of polling data and had the presidential prediction down pat about a month and a half before the election - only has Flanagan up about 3 points, and felt her support was soft. He still has her winning - it is Minnesota - but isn't sure Tafoya couldn't catch her.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 12:51 PM (7/DDO)

167 Holding two contradictory claims at the same time is FNAB of being a leftard.

Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy?

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

168
The DNC better be sweating right now.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

They are, but only because they can't afford to run the air conditioning in their mortgaged headquarters building.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:51 PM (AdHga)

169 The quick concession by Hong is kind of a tell. She knew it was going to be rigged and was compensated in exchange for not raising a fuss. How else to explain conceding when down by 3,000 votes when polling had you as a shoo-in, in addition to all the vote counting irregularities?

Posted by: Paladin at August 12, 2026 12:51 PM (qmK/s)

170 Why do all these "female" DSA loons look like Jennifer Welch? Ugly goblins.

Hong, of course, excepted. She looks like a fish.

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 12, 2026 12:52 PM (Cjger)

171 The whole election process in blue states is a fucking circus.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

"blue" states

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:52 PM (asFP3)

172 Hey. Congrats on that abortion till birth law being signed. I'm sure you're totally excited, bruh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:48 PM

*types*

*deletes*

*attempts to summon SMOD*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:52 PM (bFu5X)

173 @147 Huck, cracks me up that the Indian activist dad was a drunken guy who abandoned the family but she identifies with him.
Mom who kept her alive in Section 8, not so much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 12:52 PM (WOnE5)

174 Depends how much they cleaned up Philly. It drives the state.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (wOO3z)
====================
"cleaned up Philly" is a figure of speech, describing something impossible to accomplish

Posted by: zombie Frank Rizzo at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (C0BiQ)

175 Was it 2010 when all the one-ups-man-ship was going in WI? All the suburbs surrounding Milwaukee were waiting on vote tallies from the city and only then releasing their vote tallies? I seem to remember something along those lines.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (Iwv3U)

176 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Minnesota look like Manhattan?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
=====

*wields truncheon*
Look again kaffir.

Posted by: Sharia Compliance Officer at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (JvZF+)

177 Two possibilities:

Polling is completely busted
This is proof of fraud

Now the Trump DOJ should exhaustively look at that second point
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)
====

The Wisconsin Dem primary results and any investigations into the matter should be showcased all the way to Election Day.

Posted by: mrp at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (rj6Yv)

178 This is who just won the nomination for the US Senate in Minnesota pic.twitter.com/gOhu5vEHDy

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 12, 2026
_________

Wow. Two things stand out to me:

1. Flanagan can barely speak a coherent sentence. There's more "uhhs" and "ahhs" in that transcript than real words.

2. The Somalis in the video have noticeable utter contempt for her. Flanagan is sucking their dicks with fawning praise, and they're just standing there stonefaced like "will this stupid white bitch just shut the fuck up." Even when Flanagan calls "Nimka" out by name, Nimka barely acknowledges it.

It's embarrassing to prostrate yourself before 13th century savages who hate your guts.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (iFTx/)

179 I assume the pollsters that predicted Hong's victory are keeping their heads down and their mouths shut.

To be fair, what we really predicted was a 97% chance that fraud would be necessary to defeat Hong.

Posted by: Pollsters at August 12, 2026 12:54 PM (hLZfT)

180 Speaking of dem vote counting shenanigans… remember when Pete Buttgig “won” the 2020 Iowa caucuses but really no one won because the Dems were so stupid they forgot how to count? Good times….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:54 PM (zEBE+)

181 If this is cheating, then it is VERY problematic! They got it down to a science where they just barely win the vote, making it that more plausible.

Moreover, they were able to hit a number that obligates the candidate, not the state, to pay for a recount.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 12:54 PM (GMWTj)

182 Why CNN missed their big chance to put Graham Platner on as an election night analyst is beyond me. Big miss!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:55 PM (m48BN)

183 The DSA will be happy to claim fraud today but no fraud in the next election that fraud benefits them. Could be a soon as tomorrow. It's what the clapping seals do.

Republicans: The is fraud in every election, sometimes it's not enough to change the outcome

Democrats: Fraud is the driver of certain designated elections and in others there is not a scintilla of cheating or wrongdoing because it's impossible.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:55 PM (asFP3)

184 I felt crappy the rest of the night. Heat is dangerous….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It’s very sticky hot here on the gulf coast of Alabama, already 90. We don’t have our normal breeze off the bay right now, either. Poor Saijo is lying flat on his side directly under the fan. He ate lots of ice cubes.

Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)

185 The Dems control the election process in WI. I have a feeling Crowley is going to 'win' the Governorship the same way he 'won' the primary.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 12:56 PM (Q+gd/)

186 Pepsi cans nailed to sticks. I had no idea what poverty was until I went to Somalia.
Posted by: Reforger at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM

I just missed Somalia, but Haiti was an eye-opener.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:56 PM (bFu5X)

187 "Clean" and "Philadelphia" should never be in the same sentence.

Posted by: Sharia Compliance Officer at August 12, 2026 12:56 PM (JvZF+)

188 To be fair, what we really predicted was a 97% chance that fraud would be necessary to defeat Hong.
Posted by: Pollsters at August 12, 2026 12:54 PM (hLZfT)
===================
Laughs. Ruefully.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:56 PM (m48BN)

189 133 Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.
.......
New swim goggles?
Posted by: wth

Orbital decompression.

as in "dust off and decompress from orbit. it's the only way to be sure." ??

Posted by: anachronda at August 12, 2026 12:56 PM (sGtp+)

190 I flushed my toilet twice last night...I bet that was the cause of the vote errors.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 12:58 PM (2WIwB)

191 If this is cheating, then it is VERY problematic! They got it down to a science where they just barely win the vote, making it that more plausible.

Moreover, they were able to hit a number that obligates the candidate, not the state, to pay for a recount.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 12:54 PM (GMWTj)

I would say, "What is the overall characteristics of all Oregon statewide elections" Alex

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

192 182 Why CNN missed their big chance to put Graham Platner on as an election night analyst is beyond me. Big miss!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Who is this Platner person of which you speak? Can't seem to remember...

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 12:58 PM (Y8DZL)

193 >Wonder what they offered Hong to go away quietly.

Same as that bandleader, an offer she could not refuse.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Q+gd/)

194 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Mogadishu look like Manhattan?

--

TBF, Manhattan is starting to look like Mogadishu.

Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Cjger)

195 Last 5 Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary Polls

State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +22
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +18
Marquette University: 🔵 Hong +25
State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +29
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +20
_________

Crowley stole it and Hong took a dive, but those polls ... come the fuck on. There's no way on this earth or any other that Hong was ever legitimately ahead by 29 points. Or anything close to it.

29 fucking points??? Ice cream wouldn't poll 29 points ahead of chlamydia in a poll of WI democraps.

All these polls are just comic bullshit that don't even rise to the level of being pulled out a goat's ass after it's raped by Hasan Piker.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

196 "Even if you were to ignore that they are all on welfare, they haven't been here long enough to build much of anything"

We just have to give them more time. I mean, they did such a splendid job in Somalia.

Posted by: Ripley at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (GUOwU)

197 Who is this Platner person of which you speak? Can't seem to remember...
Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 12:58 PM

Isn't he that Republican fellow with the Nazi tattoo?

Posted by: MSNOW at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (bFu5X)

198 176 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Minnesota look like Manhattan?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
=====

*wields truncheon*
Look again kaffir.
Posted by: Sharia Compliance Officer at August 12, 2026 12:53 PM (JvZF+)

*looks*
"Oh wait, I have a G21..."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (xcxpd)

199 Hah! Just got a phishing e-mail threatening to suspend my iCloud account if I don't "verify" my payment method. I simply deleted it. Normally I forward them to "phishing@yadayada", but anyone dumb enough to pay money to store their data in the "cloud" deserves to be fleeced.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (1z8ji)

200 Father Flanagan>>Peggy Flanagan

Posted by: Boys Town at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (JM9I6)

201 If Somalis built America, why doesn't Mogadishu look like Manhattan?

--

TBF, Manhattan is starting to look like Mogadishu.
Posted by: Mr. Wawa at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Cjger)

***

so, its a work in progress then?

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:00 PM (2WIwB)

202 So Dems were able to get rid of Platner and Hong. But no Al-Sayed.

They are good at last minute electioneering. Those two would have been huge gifts to the GOP.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 01:01 PM (iZHgT)

203 All these polls are just comic bullshit that don't even rise to the level of being pulled out a goat's ass after it's raped by Hasan Piker.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)

I'll bet Hasan Piker is a catcher, not a goat pitcher

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:01 PM (xcxpd)

204 Same as that bandleader, an offer she could not refuse.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 12:59 PM (Q+gd/)

Either her signature or brains would be on the piece of paper?

Doubtful.

She would have said, "you're gonna need a much smaller piece of paper!"

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:01 PM (asFP3)

205 Speaking of dem vote counting shenanigans…

Be with you in a second!

Posted by: California at August 12, 2026 01:01 PM (DGgho)

206 Polls have difficulty catching the "shy" fake ballot. No one wants to tell a pollster they are going to create thousands of fake votes. They just don't answer the phone.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 01:02 PM (wGerL)

207 I felt crappy the rest of the night. Heat is dangerous….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It’s very sticky hot here on the gulf coast of Alabama, already 90. We don’t have our normal breeze off the bay right now, either. Poor Saijo is lying flat on his side directly under the fan. He ate lots of ice cubes.
Posted by: Piper at August 12, 2026 12:55 PM (ZdaMQ)
_____

My central AC took a shit last night. Luckily, I had a back-up window unit in the basement that I lugged up -- these things weight a FUCKTON -- that will at least keep the temp manageable until I can get someone it to fix the central AC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

208 Tough call for the MSM.

"Crowley Triumphs in an Amazing Come From Behind Victory!!!!!"

or

"Officials And Trusted Pollsters Are Puzzled by the Milwaukee Board of Elections' Ballot Procedures"

Posted by: mrp at August 12, 2026 01:02 PM (rj6Yv)

209 WI is more corrupt than PA?? IIIIInteresting....
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 12:38 PM (g47mK)

Who's "more" corrupt has everything to do with who gets caught in any particular election cycle and nothing to do with actual levels of corrupt, which are all dialed up to 11
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 12, 2026 12:41 PM (zafwz)
=========================
Without knowing, I bet Wisconsin is pretty clean, until you hit Milwaukee. Things get ugly there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (m48BN)

210 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Benchmade or Kersahw.

It is known.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (AdHga)

***

Pulls out the Old Timer...
yup. it may be small but it is sharp as all hell!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (2WIwB)

211 *** and the Democrat Socialist stole it from her.

Given this fact, everyone should be very concerned with what the left is plotting in November.
---

They've been working on the cheat for nearly a century.
They are not going to allow what is now near perfection
to drift away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VQ0bX)

212 A good gang shooting between Somali clans at the Minnesota State Fair, with a number of casualties, probably wouldn't help Flanagan

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (WOnE5)

213 /oops hijab off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 01:04 PM (JvZF+)

214 >>>Did they steal it? I don't know, but the socialists have got to be wondering that.

I'd put money on it that they stole it. What are you going to do about it, DSA?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)

215 *types*

*deletes*

*attempts to summon SMOD*

* Mentions Prometheus *

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (Q7e/Z)

216 They've been working on the cheat for nearly a century.
They are not going to allow what is now near perfection
to drift away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VQ0bX)
****
It's perfected in California. No Republicans can ever again win a state wide election.

Posted by: torabora at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (EyDez)

217 " A good gang shooting between Somali clans at the Minnesota State Fair, with a number of casualties, probably wouldn't help Flanagan"

According to Keith Ellison, it's scheduled for August 29th - be there!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (GMWTj)

218 Trusted pollsters. Like finding a snake oil salesman with integrity.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (wOO3z)

219 The Milwalkee/Madison axis of corruption is a satellite of Chicago.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 01:06 PM (Q+gd/)

220 OT: Regarding New Orleans' pilot of using AI to handle 911 calls... two thoughts:
1. Will it encourage slackers to let the AI handle calls when there isn't an overload of callers in queue?
2. How much easier will it be to SWAT people when AI answers the call? Or have they put in guardrails to prevent AI from handling reports of an active shooter in the house or killings?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:06 PM (cWLG3)

221 *** and the Democrat Socialist stole it from her.

Given this fact, everyone should be very concerned with what the left is plotting in November.
---

They've been working on the cheat for nearly a century.
They are not going to allow what is now near perfection
to drift away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VQ0bX)

***

It would be interesting to see if Dean Logan (formerly the elections supervisor in King Co Washington State and now in LA) was on hand to offer advice.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:06 PM (2WIwB)

222 I prefer to think we all won.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (Y/06r)

223 "Crowley Triumphs in an Amazing Come From Behind Victory!!!!!"

Is that a thumb drive in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Posted by: David Crowley at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (hLZfT)

224 OT: Regarding New Orleans' pilot of using AI to handle 911 calls... two thoughts:
1. Will it encourage slackers to let the AI handle calls when there isn't an overload of callers in queue?
2. How much easier will it be to SWAT people when AI answers the call? Or have they put in guardrails to prevent AI from handling reports of an active shooter in the house or killings?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:06 PM (cWLG3)

AI will not be able to discern the information from someone calling in sheer panic.........

Or a thick accent. Scots are f*cked.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)

225 It's perfected in California. No Republicans can ever again win a state wide election.
Posted by: torabora at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (EyDez)

The dem machine in CA makes old time Tammany Hall in NY blush

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (zEBE+)

226 Well, duh

@PollTracker2024 2h
#WisconsinGovernor

David Crowley announces that he and Francesca Hong will jointly campaign together as part of a “unity tour.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (diia5)

227 I'm eating fishsticks that I mistakenly bought instead of breaded fillets.

They are not as hard as tits though.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (4NO2D)

228 So the Trotskyites control the elections, trying to keep the Leninists from taking them over...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (l3cgK)

229 Actually, now I am wondering if some fiddling went on in the El Sayed election as well. There, they almost got the number of votes right, but not quite. In Hong's case, they got the number of votes correct.

For both, the real trick is not to beat the DSA candidate by a lot to make it look plausible.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (GMWTj)

230 I assume the pollsters that predicted Hong's victory are keeping their heads down and their mouths shut.

To be fair, what we really predicted was a 97% chance that fraud would be necessary to defeat Hong.

Upon reflection, you nailed it. The pollsters are simply forecasting how much fraud is necessary for the Establishment chosen candidate to "win".

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (pUU4E)

231 David Crowley announces that he and Francesca Hong will jointly campaign together as part of a “unity tour.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (diia5)

So did she get one of Bernie's dachas or one of her very own?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (AdHga)

232 I'm eating fishsticks that I mistakenly bought instead of breaded fillets.

They are not as hard as tits though.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (4NO2D)

One of the all-time classic nicks........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (2YhKe)

233 "Peggy Flanagan says Somalians are the fabric of our state"

Wait! Isn't it racist for White people to be nice to POC?

Posted by: Ripley at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (GUOwU)

234 214 >>>Did they steal it? I don't know, but the socialists have got to be wondering that.

I'd put money on it that they stole it. What are you going to do about it, DSA?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
---

Did you watch it last night. She was winning then about two hours before the close Crowley started moving up. The last hour it was neck and neck. But in the nick of time the Buicks showed up and just before the close, BAM! 2000 votes for Crowley.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (VQ0bX)

235 227 I'm eating fishsticks that I mistakenly bought instead of breaded fillets.

They are not as hard as tits though.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (4NO2D)

If you got the frozen ones they might be...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (l3cgK)

236 They've been working on the cheat for nearly a century.
They are not going to allow what is now near perfection
to drift away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (VQ0bX)

I am absolutely convinced the cheat has been baked in for years. I am not sure we will ever fix it, short of massive public protests and civil disobedience.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (2WIwB)

237 212 A good gang shooting between Somali clans at the Minnesota State Fair, with a number of casualties, probably wouldn't help Flanagan
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Guessing the pig livestock exhibit will keep their attendance figures low.

Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Y8DZL)

238 Hong needed to be punchier in her responses and tie any personal swipe back to policy relentlessly; it's how Mamdani and El Sayed won - progressives basically have to be perfect and relentlessly stay on message no matter the shenanigans the media pulls.

The Establishment doesn't have to be perfect, their nominees fail up all day

we've moved the goal posts so far that an establishment candidate with the full force behind them beating a progressive who got no major national endorsements from AOC or Bernie is an upset? That's a horrible sign for the establishment

those Hong +30 polls were largely while Crowley had dropped out of the race, meaning it was basically a single leftist candidate, a handful of moderates with no traction, and ~40% undecideds. Then Crowley reentered the race and solidified the center-left vote.

Can't wait to see the "far left" be the fall guys if the Dems lose this one. The centrist narrative will be that DSA commies stayed home like some disobedient children.

She was super close. This is a victory. Great work in WI, reds!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (+/CWD)

239 210 The knives are out"

K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Benchmade or Kersahw.

It is known.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (AdHga)

***

Pulls out the Old Timer...
yup. it may be small but it is sharp as all hell!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (2WIwB)
---
Also consider Buck or Gerber knives made in the USA. I recently bought a USA made Gerber with a magnacut steel blade that I think was money well spent. They generally indicate which are made in the USA on their website.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (cWLG3)

240 237 212 A good gang shooting between Somali clans at the Minnesota State Fair, with a number of casualties, probably wouldn't help Flanagan
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Guessing the pig livestock exhibit will keep their attendance figures low.
Posted by: Auspex at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (Y8DZL)

And miss the butter cow?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (xcxpd)

241 Did you watch it last night. She was winning then about two hours before the close Crowley started moving up. The last hour it was neck and neck. But in the nick of time the Buicks showed up and just before the close, BAM! 2000 votes for Crowley.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (VQ0bX)

It's funny when it happens to someone else. I watched it in the sense that I read the play by play on the ONT two hours or so post event.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (dK+Kv)

242 K Bar? Benchmade? Cheap Chinese on Amazon?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:25 PM (cGjQu)

Benchmade or Kersahw.

It is known.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:26 PM (AdHga)

***

Pulls out the Old Timer...
yup. it may be small but it is sharp as all hell!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (2WIwB)
---
Also consider Buck or Gerber knives made in the USA. I recently bought a USA made Gerber with a magnacut steel blade that I think was money well spent. They generally indicate which are made in the USA on their website.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (cWLG3)

Cold Steel or Spyderco

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (xcxpd)

243 The last of three robin hatchlings is about to leave the nest. So proud!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (JvZF+)

244 "So the Trotskyites control the elections, trying to keep the Leninists from taking them over..."

Hey - didja see Senator Kennedy's new nickname for the DSA? "Lululenins!"

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (GMWTj)

245 She was super close. This is a victory. Great work in WI, reds!

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (+/CWD)

Loser talk.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

246 Today is total eclipse ?

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (g47mK)

247 238
...
She was super close. This is a victory. Great work in WI, reds!
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 12, 2026 01:09 PM (+/CWD)
---
They really don't hide it anymore do they? Calling each other "reds", or "comrade."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (cWLG3)

248 Or a thick accent. Scots are f*cked."

"Pearpfune"

*pair phone

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (cGjQu)

249 Hey - didja see Senator Kennedy's new nickname for the DSA? "Lululenins!"

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 12, 2026 01:10 PM (GMWTj)

That's gold!

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (dK+Kv)

250 Did they steal it? I don't know, but the socialists have got to be wondering that.

I'd put money on it that they stole it. What are you going to do about it, DSA?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:05 PM (dK+Kv)
________

The odd thing is that Crowley is just as commie as the Red Whore. There's no daylight between them on any material issues. It's just that he hides his radicalism better than she does.

I think that's part of the reason she took a dive. DSA wasn't that upset about Crowley winning, because (i) they know Hong is a repulsive candidate with way too much smelly baggage and (ii) Crowley is on their side anwyay.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

251 don't look at the sun

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (g47mK)

252 @242 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

253 *looks at sun*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (wOO3z)

254 But Mama...that's where the fun is...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (xcxpd)

255 Next time will be her turn.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 01:13 PM (Q+gd/)

256 A good gang shooting between Somali clans at the Minnesota State Fair, with a number of casualties, probably wouldn't help Flanagan
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Somebody should set up a booth at the State Fair, selling sideways sights for Glocks.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:13 PM (1z8ji)

257 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

True, I've had good experiences with them though. If you want a big knife, a durable knife that comes sharp from the factory, its my go-to.

I like Spyderco a bit more for folders though.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:13 PM (xcxpd)

258 David Crowley announces that he and Francesca Hong will jointly campaign together as part of a “unity tour.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (diia5)

She certainly caved fast... Threat or pay off ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (4WM7K)

259 Benchmade or Kersahw.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Wildly different price points there.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (diia5)

260 @242 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM

They do not like it up 'em.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (4NO2D)

261 it's actually good news for Rs that Hong and that other dude are campaigning together

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (g47mK)

262 235 227 I'm eating fishsticks that I mistakenly bought instead of breaded fillets.

They are not as hard as tits though.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:08 PM (4NO2D)
_____________________________

I like fishsticks, but I had to stop eating them because all my friends would laugh at me and not tell me why.

Posted by: Kanye West at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (dIske)

263 A "unity tour" with Crowley and Hong might , might keep the DSA types in line, but it will push conservative Dems and independents to the Republicans

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (WOnE5)

264 Today is total eclipse ?"

She's dead, Jim.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (cGjQu)

265 ESEE or TOPS makes more sense.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (diia5)

266 246 Today is total eclipse ?

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (g47mK)

Don't believe there'll be squat to see from where I live as Northeastern US will have a partial eclipse. It's also overcast here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (l3cgK)

267 258 David Crowley announces that he and Francesca Hong will jointly campaign together as part of a “unity tour.”
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (diia5)

She certainly caved fast... Threat or pay off ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (4WM7K)

Probably both, carrot and stick

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (xcxpd)

268 @242 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

I typically get Benchmade, but I'll go with Cold Steel and Boker if I like the designs, fit, and steel.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)

269 partial eclipse from Alaska to North Carolina (according to NASA)

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (g47mK)

270 Wildly different price points there."

*pulls out bugout mini*

Yeah

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (cGjQu)

271 that will at least keep the temp manageable until I can get someone it to fix the central AC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Get out the check book...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (XeU6L)

272 Today is total eclipse ?
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (g47mK)

If Mitch McConnell were to pass away, would that be a Turtle Eclipse?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:16 PM (1z8ji)

273 265 ESEE or TOPS makes more sense.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:14 PM (diia5)

To be frank, I haven't used either brand of knife. Are they good? Or good enough?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:16 PM (xcxpd)

274 would that be a Turtle Eclipse?"

*golf clap

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 01:16 PM (cGjQu)

275 268 @242 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:12 PM (cWLG3)

I typically get Benchmade, but I'll go with Cold Steel and Boker if I like the designs, fit, and steel.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (dK+Kv)

Oh Boker...those are good at good price points.

Morakniv too

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 01:17 PM (xcxpd)

276 I was pretty confident the Republican would win the Governorship.. Not so much now... She would have been easier to beat in my opinion and the cloud of a possible steal in this race is another worry...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (4WM7K)

277 272 Today is total eclipse ?
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 01:11 PM (g47mK)

If Mitch McConnell were to pass away, would that be a Turtle Eclipse?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:16 PM (1z8ji)

What moon are we at? Sailor Moon?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (l3cgK)

278 >>Pepsi cans nailed to sticks. I had no idea what poverty was until I went to Somalia.

Prior to a flight from Diego Garcia to Berbera, which was still Somalia at the time, not Somaliland, I reviewed the notes for the airport at which we'd land. It stated that I should first make a low pass over the runway to scare off any of the native animals that may be hanging out.

I guess they'd never heard of fences in Somalia.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (J4Dwc)

279 AI will not be able to discern the information from someone calling in sheer panic.........

Or a thick accent. Scots are f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 01:07 PM (2YhKe)
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It's Louisiana, so a thick Creole or Cajun accent is probably more likely...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (FZ29D)

280 May DSA members couldn't get off of work in time to vote.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (wGerL)

281 Yeah I think the main takeaway is Democrats have built an election fraud machine they can adjust on a dime.

People should be extraordinarily concerned about November where they are targeting control of the House and Senate.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 01:19 PM (6eubQ)

282 that will at least keep the temp manageable until I can get someone it to fix the central AC.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Get out the check book...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:15 PM (XeU6L)
________

Outside condenser and inside air handler are running, but air isn't cold. I'm hoping it's just out of freon (or whatever they use now). But that would mean a leak somewhere. I think I know where it is, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:19 PM (iFTx/)

283 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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Recently borrowed a set of impact tool sockets from a friend, Kobalt brand. Expected them to be Yang Poon, but nope, Viet Nam. And...the ubiquitous warning in fine print that they might case cancer, in California.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (XeU6L)

284 Wasn't "Cold Steel" one of Zoolander 's poses?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (WOnE5)

285 To be frank, I haven't used either brand of knife. Are they good? Or good enough?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

They are on the higher end of machined/hand finished for the outdoors/mil-rescue stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (diia5)

286 Mohammed, mahamed, mahamet nood.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (VkY89)

287 Outside condenser and inside air handler are running, but air isn't cold. I'm hoping it's just out of freon (or whatever they use now). But that would mean a leak somewhere. I think I know where it is, though.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 12, 2026 01:19 PM

Is the compressor running, or just the fan? If the Freon pressure were too low, the compressor would not run so as to not seize.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)

288 Turtle Eclipse was a good B side from Bonnie Tyler. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (WOnE5)

289 Election fraud is going to be like Covid. Everyone is falling in line at the moment. But Democrats are going to push it too far in November. Then voters are going to be hunting for heads to put on pikes.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (6eubQ)

290 Wildly different price points there."

Yup.

Do you need a knife or A KNIFE?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (AdHga)

291 Hong was told not to contest.

Dems have no clue of the degree of election oversight, electronic and otherwise, about to be visited on state election processes like Wisconsin's and Colorado's this Fall. The smart move would be not to attempt to repeat past thefts, but they are desperate. This Fall's election will be one for the ages....

Posted by: Yossarian at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (NI8lP)

292 If it's cloudy out, does the eclipse come back at another time?

Posted by: Like A Rain Check at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (JM9I6)

293 Sali mana who/what? English stupid, do you speak it? What's that you say? You're the LT Gov for general tampon. Ohh, okey-dokey then, carry on.

Posted by: Lloyd Loar at August 12, 2026 01:23 PM (Mx+TJ)

294 Voter fraud is an unproven fallacy
It is also an insult to my country

Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 01:23 PM (5pPq9)

295 I walked a mile yesterday, in the heat, to cast my futile vote against the Republican grifter Jerry Carl in our primary run-off.

He won with 74.7% of the vote.

Fuck my life.

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (4NO2D)

296 May DSA members couldn't get off of work in time to vote.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (wGerL)

God that's funny

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (asFP3)

297 283 Cold Steel is good, but made in Taiwan.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO
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Recently borrowed a set of impact tool sockets from a friend, Kobalt brand. Expected them to be Yang Poon, but nope, Viet Nam. And...the ubiquitous warning in fine print that they might case cancer, in California.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (XeU6L)
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Another reason I'm glad I finally moved from CA a couple of years ago... none of the products I use every day are known to cause cancer in my state. Leave CA to fight cancer! 😄

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:24 PM (cWLG3)

298 Harmeet Dhillon might need to investigate this race

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (4WM7K)

299 Read the stuff they did with election fraud in Venezuela. It’s scary stuff. Like they could manipulate the machine totals and make it synch with the audit.

This is why we need paper ballots.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 01:25 PM (6eubQ)

300 The only insult to the country is your mom’s roastie.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM (6eubQ)

301 Wasn't "Cold Steel" one of Zoolander 's poses?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (WOnE5)

Blue Steel.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)

302 290 Wildly different price points there."

Yup.

Do you need a knife or A KNIFE?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 01:22 PM (AdHga)
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Do you need a knife or a KNIFE, or a $$KNIFE$$?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 01:27 PM (cWLG3)

303 I'd put money on it that they stole it.

You have no evidence of that. ...because we didn't even look at those thumb drives we wiped. It's possible we would have won, anyways.

Posted by: Dem Headquarters at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (9I5W+)

304 Prior to a flight from Diego Garcia to Berbera, which was still Somalia at the time, not Somaliland, I reviewed the notes for the airport at which we'd land. It stated that I should first make a low pass over the runway to scare off any of the native animals that may be hanging out.

I guess they'd never heard of fences in Somalia.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 01:18 PM (J4Dwc)

Did you get to see any cool native wildlife?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 01:28 PM (lFFaq)

305 Um, she's, um, right, um, that Minnesotans are supporting, um, the Somali community but, um, she didn't, um, specify, um, that the support, um, is in the form, um, of footing the bill for the, um, fraud.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (OlzlW)

306 Wasn't "Cold Steel" one of Zoolander 's poses?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 01:20 PM (WOnE5)

Blue Steel.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 01:26 PM

THEY'RE ALL THE SAME LOOK!!

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 12, 2026 01:29 PM (4NO2D)

307 Nood Sharia

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 01:31 PM (AdHga)

308 My HVAC is mechanically sound but it requires a type of freon that is harmful to the environment and is no longer legal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:38 PM (VQ0bX)

309 We all know they cheated in Wisconsin. Lets use that to make sure the polls in the general are watched by the national guard.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)

310 Two possibilities:

Polling is completely busted
This is proof of fraud

Now the Trump DOJ should exhaustively look at that second point
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

Embrace the power of BOTH

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:01 PM (uhVAy)

311 I don't think Democrats aren't as ideological as they are cast, they just want to beat Republicans.

They're just really, really angry and the socialist left is saying the most incendiary things so they gravitate towards that.

Posted by: Sharpie at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (iZHgT)

The DSA being 'the base' is a new media concoction just like all the 'new ideas' flowing out of ultra liberal colleges controlled by leftists.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:07 PM (uhVAy)

312 Without knowing, I bet Wisconsin is pretty clean, until you hit Milwaukee. Things get ugly there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (m48BN)

I used to live in Chicago. Milwaukee has always been 100 pct fraud central in every election in history. Polls kept open past close time, over 100 pct voting rates, the usual to see if they can overturn the rural districts.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:11 PM (uhVAy)

313 It is the very topic that would catch fire with the DSA voters, it has the benefit of both being one of those memes that all the loyal sorts have to ignore, and a perfect example of the "Boomers betraying us"
If they can accept it, or if they get permission to admit it, that topic will be a wildfire.

The DNC better be sweating right now.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)

They are sweating because they can't afford to pay the A/C Bills.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:13 PM (uhVAy)

314 19 Wow, the Democrats are ruthless and have no fear of visibly committing fraud.

Look at what they supposedly did in SD to remove the actual D Senate Primary winner n order to give their actual candidate, the “Independent”, a better chance to beat Rounds. Burning down a home now in the D toolbox? Fraud seems mild in comparison.
Posted by: EveR at August 12, 2026 12:45 PM (BHhxj)

These are signs of weakness, not strength. If you have a well oiled machine you can make it grind out your result and make it look natural. These panicky spasmic moves are not that.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:15 PM (uhVAy)

315 Hey. Congrats on that abortion till birth law being signed. I'm sure you're totally excited, bruh.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:48 PM

*types*

*deletes*

*attempts to summon SMOD*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 12:52 PM (bFu5X)

You know that won't be enough for them. It never is.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 12, 2026 02:16 PM (uhVAy)

316 It's a wonderful thing to see two heads of the same corrupt Democrat party snake trying to eat each other. They are both cheating and can't hide it anymore.

Posted by: JJ at August 12, 2026 03:25 PM (W2dIs)

317 OF COURSE they stole it.

And they are proud they did.

They play to win it ALL.

And they have no fear whatsoever of the DOJ . Zero.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at August 12, 2026 03:58 PM (htXty)

318 MNN BREAKING...

* HONG'S COMMUNIST SUPPORTERS SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE, ESPECIALLY AFTER CROWLEY WON BY 81 MILLION VOTES

EVEN A STOPPED COSSACK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY!

* THE WISCONSIN DEMOCRAT PARTY PROMISES THAT AS A CONSOLATION PRIZE, FRANCESCA HONG WILL BE GIVEN THE EMPTY LUGGAGE WHICH WERE UNLOADED DURING THE 3 AM WATER MAIN BREAK

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 12, 2026 05:38 PM (mqUWt)

Wednesday Morning Rant

But Can It Pay?

The AI bubble is a thing to behold, and its scale beggars belief. The question underlying the insane AI build-out is not whether AI is useful - it is, at least for some things - or whether AI is overhyped - it is - but whether AI can pay. Can these investments bring in enough money to payy off the bonds, in time for it to matter? The amounts of money being funneled into AI capacity is truly staggering, and all of it ultimately rests on the answer to the question of "can it pay" being a resounding yes. As the scale increases and the dollars fly, the risks grow in tandem and the odds of a bigger problem increase. While all of AI is bubbly, the behavior of the AI mega-players called hyperscalers is the easiest to examine.

The hyperscalers are the ones building the gigantic datacenters and spending trillions on huge AI capacity and training new models - and promising to spend trillions more. The idea is that they will sell this capacity on through services at a price high enough and at sufficient volume in time to make it pay enough to cover the bonds - and position the company properly before the next major refresh when they have to upgrade. This depends on demand, prices and nobody coming up with a way to do it cheaper. There are very real risks and the Big Five hyperscalers - Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle - are spending so much on this that it threatens not just the overall enterprise, but the wider economy. The amounts involved are so huge that they're playing accounting games to enable it to continue.

There are a number of examples. The new datacenters being built are interesting in their own right, as it is often difficult to determine who is paying for them. Many of these new datacenters don't have the company's name on the door. Or the paperwork. Or the balance sheet. These data centers are being built through "special-purpose vehicles," or SPVs. Datacenter SPVs are standalone psuedo-corporations created to finance, build and sometimes operate a datacenter on behalf of its actual owner. For example, take a deal called Beignet, the SPV building a new Meta datacenter in Louisiana. Meta owns 20% of the SPV, and put up $1.3 billion. Private equity outfit Blue Owl put up $3 billion and owns 80% of the SPV. Combined, they put up around 14% of the total $30 billion cost of the build-out, with the rest financed by bonds issued by the SPV and purchased in bulk by investment funds like PIMCO. Meta will lease most of the Beignet datacenter from Blue Owl, who will take the lease payments to pay the coupons to bondholders and dividends to itself and its minority partner who is also the primary tenant.

Why the complicated structure? Accounting tricks. Continuing with Beignet as an example, take a worst-case scenario where the SPV fails. If that happens, the majority owner - Blue Owl - will sell off everything it can to pay back bondholders. This will inevitably result in a gap. If Beignet were a normal enterprise, that results in a "haircut" - the bondholders lose the difference. If it were a normal enterprise, it would also have to pay ruinous interest rates to finance a high-risk and high-complexity scheme. But it isn't a normal enterprise, and it gets to issue investment-grade bonds. Why? Because Meta is backstopping it. If Beignet fails and is liquidated and the bondholders are not made whole, Meta puts up the difference. The complicated structure lets the SPV borrow at blue-chip rates and - most importantly - allows the blue chip with the risk exposure to hold that exposure off its balance sheet to maintain that rating while burning through capital at alarming rates. Meta is ultimately on the hook for the bond issue, but Meta also gets to exclude the massive liability from its balance sheet.

If that seems extremely suspicious, it's because it is. It's a vast game of hide-the-risk - but hiding the risk doesn't make it go away, and no amount of wishful thinking or accounting tricks can change that. And it's a very, very big problem. Last year, the hyperscalers issued $121 billion in new debt. That sounds like a lot, but this year, the total issuance is on pace to quadruple that as Morgan-Stanley (via Forbes) estimates $570 billion issuance. And the Big Five hyperscalers are holding, by some estimates, around $1.5 trillion dollars' worth of debt off their balance sheets. And people are finally noticing. From a piece of Bloomberg coverage:

"The accounting treatment itself is in fashion. But what if one of these companies was a house of cards and was propping itself up with this accounting treatment?" said Tom Selling, technical accounting consultant. "To me, that's the risk."

Indeed, but it ignores the obvious question: why bother with this complex accounting treatment otherwise? The stated argument is along the lines of, "there will be other tenants involved, too, not just us, so it makes sense" but that's a much weaker argument than the obvious one of "to hide risk."

"If we just looked at the financial statements, we would be more or less short sighted: missing liabilities, missing obligations, missing key elements of these structures that really truly represent the economics," Gonzales said.
Investors have to dig through disclosures attached to corporate financial statements to find details on the off-balance sheet structures and how each firm accounts for those arrangements and any related obligations.
The information is there, but finding it requires more work than if Meta, for example, borrowed directly to finance the build out, said Gil Luria, head of technology research for D.A. Davidson & Co.
"Enron's crime wasn't having special purpose vehicles. Enron's crime was hiding them," Luria said.

Yes, SPVs aren't illegal. But at this scale and with corporations this hypothetically rich and credit-worthy backstopping them, they are a red flag.

And that scale is another part of the reason. Nobody can afford this. It is getting into nation-state levels of capital and debt expenditure and even the mighty hyperscalers can't pay for their bets, especially as the market for AI bonds appears to be softening. Between known on-balance-sheet debt and estimated off-balance-sheet debt, the Big Five hyperscalers have racked up almost $2.5 trillion in debt so far. Alphabet (Google) plays the hide-the-risk game comparatively little and most of its debt is on its balance sheet and because of that, its accounting is easier to understand - and it is also is in negative free cash flow for the first time since going public as its capital expenditures exceed its cashflows. How many of its fellow hyperscalers are in the same situation, with the reality hidden off the balance sheet?

The answer to the basic AI question of "can it pay" will have profound consequences not just for the hyperscalers, but for the wider economy.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (xHe0y)

3 MANNIX!!!!!

Not a cop......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 11:01 AM (NcvvS)

5 As did I.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:02 AM (2YhKe)

6 It's the era of the shyster.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 11:02 AM (wOO3z)

7 Top 10!

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:02 AM (GTqXr)

8 Tulipmania!

Posted by: Your FTD Florist at August 12, 2026 11:03 AM (JM9I6)

9 The crash of the AI market is going to be far worse than the dot com bubble bursting.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 11:04 AM (NR6c1)

10
Here's some more grist for you anti-Boomers' Anti-Boomer Mill:

https://instapundit.com/816127/#disqus_thread

It may be the single stupidest bit of writing that I've ever read.

Hilariously silly. It sounds exactly like Hitler describing the Jooooooos at a rally.

Enjoy!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:04 AM (iJfKG)

11 >Yes, SPVs aren't illegal. But at this scale and with corporations this hypothetically rich and credit-worthy backstopping them, they are a red flag.

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*waves*

Posted by: Credit Default Swaps at August 12, 2026 11:04 AM (GTqXr)

12 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 11:04 AM (LTCST)

13 Good morning good people.

(Not AI created or posted)

Posted by: Tonypete at August 12, 2026 11:05 AM (udaaY)

14 It's interesting that X doesn't even make the top 5 list - or is that another example of jiggery-pokery?

Per Reddit:

xAI (or X) is an owner and operator of massive AI superclusters rather than a top commercial construction contractor or builder of data centers for the broader industry.

I'm not sure I understand the distinction.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

15 This is going to make the dot com bust look like a ripple in the pond.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 12, 2026 11:06 AM (0U5gm)

16 I guess naming it "doughnut" might have given the game away.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:07 AM (asFP3)

17 The crash of the AI market is going to be far worse than the dot com bubble bursting.

Agreed. I'm trying to develop a strategy for pulling money out of the market and putting it on the sideline for the inevitable bottom feeding opportunities.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

18 Interesting essay, Joe. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)

19 All of my vast knowledge and intelligence is natural and not artificially enhanced.

Posted by: The Big Dummy at August 12, 2026 11:08 AM (JM9I6)

20 All of my vast knowledge and intelligence is natural and not artificially enhanced.

It sounds like it's spectacular.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

21 Who's paying the rest?
Taxpayers.

Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 12, 2026 11:09 AM (w7peH)

22 Tell me it's all money laundering without telling me it's all money laundering.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

23 I don't really think this AI craze is about $. In the end it's all about control of DATA and $ as weapons against citizens. Think China, but even more insane and global.

Posted by: Esperman at August 12, 2026 11:10 AM (lXuCG)

24 ign up for our AI service, and you can replace all of those pesky humans youre paying $100k/ year"

"Great! What's the price?"

"$200k per human."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 12, 2026 11:10 AM (w8lCO)

25 All the bigs are trying to be the winner after the shakeout, a la Google and Amazon. I wish I knew who that would be, or if it will be any of them, as opposed to a lean, nimble dark horse.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

26
To a certain extent this reminds me of all the bundling of crappy "redline" loans that killed the economy in the 90s.

The Pitch: "By themselves, these loans are a terrible, horrible, no good risk buuuuuut, bundled all together, they're a glorious money-making opportunity and you'd be stupid not to load up!"

Recycled history ain't great.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:11 AM (iJfKG)

27 >>As did I.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 11:12 AM (NcvvS)

28 So... we will pay.

You'll own nothing and like it.

Seems to me this is a massive resource grab for all the marbles.

Posted by: Derak at August 12, 2026 11:12 AM (JUYGW)

29 >17 The crash of the AI market is going to be far worse than the dot com bubble bursting.

Agreed. I'm trying to develop a strategy for pulling money out of the market and putting it on the sideline for the inevitable bottom feeding opportunities.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)

I spent the past 18 months reallocating assets from equities to bonds ahead of my retirement. I'm roughly 45/55 bonds to equities. Most of my work income is replaced by bond dividends so if there is a significant correction, my income is untouched. But I'm still looking for opportunities to bottom feed.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:12 AM (GTqXr)

30 Per Reddit:

xAI (or X) is an owner and operator of massive AI superclusters rather than a top commercial construction contractor or builder of data centers for the broader industry.

I'm not sure I understand the distinction.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

I believe, although I could be wrong, that xAI primarily runs data centers for other people and uses their silliness to pay the bills with Grok using any free computing. For example, they run a profit because Google cannot keep up with construction equal to their delusions so they pay xAI for compute time.

In many ways, xAI is operating like general store owners during the California gold rush.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 11:12 AM (ExV1e)

31 I am surprised that blue owls are into building datacenters. I thought they only made platforms in their trees to drink tea on

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:13 AM (rbvCR)

32 How its worth the expense still bogels me. Same as
spending billions for a train ride.

Of course that train rail is a scam to spend public money into pockets

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 11:13 AM (LTCST)

33 >>Posted by: The Big Dummy at August 12, 2026 11:08 AM (JM9I6)

Hadrian, how did Varus get access?

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 11:13 AM (NcvvS)

34 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at August 12, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

35 AI data centers will be linked in order to create the AGI we need to fight the aliens.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (3cUTc)

36 14 It's interesting that X doesn't even make the top 5 list - or is that another example of jiggery-pokery?

Per Reddit:

xAI (or X) is an owner and operator of massive AI superclusters rather than a top commercial construction contractor or builder of data centers for the broader industry.

I'm not sure I understand the distinction.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:06 AM (Riz8t)

It's a much smaller business.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (okun6)

37 All the bigs are trying to be the winner after the shakeout, a la Google and Amazon. I wish I knew who that would be, or if it will be any of them, as opposed to a lean, nimble dark horse.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

Eventually, someone will realize that AGI based on LLMs is a pipe dream and they'll start working to tailor their system to what LLMs can excel at. They will be the winner.

Probably have to get rid of the delusional executive suite first, though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (ExV1e)

38 I am surprised that blue owls are into building datacenters. I thought they only made platforms in their trees to drink tea on
Posted by: Kindltot

Blue owl's gone. King Friday had enough of his shit.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (wOO3z)

39
All that being said...

Short of aa worldwide Butlerian Jihad,

AI is a game we must play.

The panning for information gold and pattern spotting available make them military and economic and security must-haves.

Our Betters rubbed the lamp and now the genie is out and he ain't going back.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iJfKG)

40 The state of AI right now is annoying and buggy. These embedded algorithms are unpredictable. I don't even subscribe to their services but see them tampering with everything I do behind the scenes. I get delays, reboots, autocucumber, word substitution, letter deletion, word deletion, - it appears to be mostly a juiced up search engine. Keywords are still paramount.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (tvdD1)

41
Seems to me this is a massive resource grab for all the marbles.
Posted by: Derak at August 12, 2026 11:12 AM (JUYGW)

Microsoft has spent decades trying to remove the PC and data storage from your home and centralizing it in their systems.

Google has taken it to exorbitant levels. Ever use a Chromebook? Apple is going the same direction.

"You don't own your data. I DO!" Famous words from Google's founder.....or was it that other guy.....anyway.

All your data are belong to them. Soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (2YhKe)

42 The crash of the AI market is going to be far worse than the dot com bubble bursting.

Agreed. I'm trying to develop a strategy for pulling money out of the market and putting it on the sideline for the inevitable bottom feeding opportunities.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
==
I've issued some options on Microsoft to lock in profits from its long growth history, and create some cash. The bigger question is what to do about the chip makers?

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 11:16 AM (7/DDO)

43 The speed at which current AI (and computer tech in general) becomes obsolete is going hit this sector sooner rather than later.

I think the jury's out on whether it can adapt fast enough.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (2Cry5)

44 Sign up for our AI service, and you can replace all of those pesky humans youre paying $100k/ year"

I read an article a while back about a factory owner who despised having to pay for humans to work in his previous company and was doing everything he could to automate the entire floor.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (NR6c1)

45 We don't see the problem.

Posted by: zombie South Sea Company at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (amcLV)

46 The long term problem I see with all of this AI craze is while you may be the first and corner the market there will be people constantly working to do it faster, better and cheaper.

It will be just like when the plasma TV was king for years and all of a sudden the LCD TV's came on the market cheaper better and they lasted longer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (cpFbA)

47 Machines, old gods with new mouths, mutter and multiply; the world, amazed and half-afraid, turns its face to them as to a flood that remembers our names.

Posted by: Old Bill Faulkner at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (2Ez/1)

48 M'haps we have to the rich after all.

Posted by: little people at August 12, 2026 11:19 AM (ehY6c)

49 Data Factories (that's what the cool kids are calling them) should be treated as any other thing or product. We don't talk about "computer" like it's one invariant monolith of a thing. There are all kinds of different computers, doing different things, that different companies build for different customers to do different things. There is just as much variation when you take a whole bunch of computers and shove them into one building. Who's designing and building it? Who's using it? Who's leasing out all that computing power, and to whom? Is it AWS? X? The Economic Council of Greater Timbuktu? Is it used for AI research? Cloud compute? Storing some idiot's fifty billion blurry pictures of the inside of his pocket from now until the inevitable heat death of the universe?

They all look roughly the same from street view, but there are a lot of players doing a lot of things in the Data Factory space that make sweeping unqualified statements about "datacenters" difficult.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:19 AM (Ot/FD)

50 eat

Posted by: little people at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM (ehY6c)

51 eat

Posted by: little people at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM

Eat little people?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM (cpFbA)

52 Since the introduction of the Z80, Watts per FLOP (power required to do Floating Point Operations per second) has been in decline, on average 38% a year. Data centers built today will be obsolete in three years, out competed by new data centers doing much more with much less power.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at August 12, 2026 11:21 AM (PjLJ5)

53 eat
Posted by: little people at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM (ehY6
--------
excrete.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 12, 2026 11:21 AM (amcLV)

54 In many ways, xAI is operating like general store owners during the California gold rush.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
==========
In part at least, you are correct. Anthropic is a big customer of xAI datacenters (now folded into SpaceX). In a complicated partnership, Microsoft provides Azure computing to Open AI, and so on.

But that is for models running today, not necessarily for the future models where they are building datacenters on spec for the different AI competitors.

There will be a shakeout and the WCC Central story that pixy posted earlier shows that you can take a cheaper model, train it partially on the expensive frontier model output and in essence, gain most of the frontier model's advantage for peanuts.

Like Elon and Grok AI, it may be to the advantage of NOT being Claude or Open AI front runners because the slightly less than absolute bleeding edge frontier models don't consume the cash that Claude or OpenAI are spending that is not sustainable. Now NVIDIA is getting involved as well, basically staking the AI companies if they use NVIDIA hardware.

I don't think we know where this is going to end.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

55 What hath zero interest bound and soft money policies wrought?

for $1000, Alex

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (rbvCR)

56 AI is programmed. Most programming is H1-B visa holders.

It's not only liberal in design, it's stupid because H1-B visa holders.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (2YhKe)

57 This is a lot like the dot.com bubble, in that when it burst, we saw what the Internet was really worth, and most importantly, what it could really do for people. AI is vastly overhyped, but I think when the AI bubble bursts, we’ll see the true value and use of AI.

Those expenditures are scary though. The data center thing doesn’t freak me out as it does other people. The nearby shithole town has some areas of blight that can be replaced by data centers if people are willing and they just might give people in town something to do other than eat, sleep and shit (h/t, The Helmsman). Oh, and get high and commit crimes. My worry is that when the bubble bursts, you’ll have some worthless property sitting idle forever until someone comes in to repurpose. In the case of my nearby town…nobody will come.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4g5V+)

58 Can these investments bring in enough money to pay off the bonds

Pay off?!

Posted by: Government-Shielded Entities at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (ScG/9)

59 It's not that there's no risk from pouring all that money into data centers... there is, and it's significant.

The thing is, the risk from NOT moving your company into AI is even higher.

It's a choice between "may be out of business" and "definitely will be out of business".

First prize is wealth beyond your wildest dreams (even if you are Elon Musk). Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is that your company dies.

If the "OMG data!!! centers!!! bad!!!" contingent manages to derail the buildout the first prize winner is going to be Chy-na.

I'm pretty sure the ChiComs are behind this, just as they (and before them, the Sovs) were behind the propaganda against nuclear power.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (IG3/x)

60 Data centers built today will be obsolete in three years, out competed by new data centers doing much more with much less power.
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at August 12, 2026 11:21 AM (PjLJ5)

Honestly, data centers being built today are mostly already three years obsolete before they even cut the ribbon. The factory designs are changing faster than construction can keep up. It's the wild west out there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (Ot/FD)

61
Eat little people?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM (cpFbA)

I'm listening......

Posted by: Godzilla at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)

62 Bah! Silicon phantoms multiply, engines think, and fortunes clatter forth like coins on a miser’s desk - yet every fevered venture hisses, “More, more, more!”

Posted by: The ghost of Ebenezer Scrooge at August 12, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)

63 I don't think we know where this is going to end.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

Nope. All speculation. But it is interesting to think about.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:24 AM (4g5V+)

64 Some say soon some smart engineer is going to figure out a smart way to train AI systems requiring about one-hundredth of the computing power now used, and these brute-force monster data centers are going to be irrelevant.

Posted by: Ralph at August 12, 2026 11:24 AM (8WZD4)

65
Like Elon and Grok AI, it may be to the advantage of NOT being Claude or Open AI front runners because the slightly less than absolute bleeding edge frontier models don't consume the cash that Claude or OpenAI are spending that is not sustainable. Now NVIDIA is getting involved as well, basically staking the AI companies if they use NVIDIA hardware.

I don't think we know where this is going to end.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

To pay off successfully, the frontrunners need to be able to charge premium prices for what underneath the hood looks mostly like a commodity product. If we see signs of customers being locked into one AI model or another that's possible, but at present people are just routing tasks to whatever is cheapest to complete a task.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:24 AM (okun6)

66 Just trapezing from one disaster to the next.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 11:24 AM (wOO3z)

67 Eat little people?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:20 AM (cpFbA)

I'm listening......
Posted by: Godzilla at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (2YhKe)

Remember Rampage? That was a great game.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Ot/FD)

68 There will be a shakeout and the WCC Central story that pixy posted earlier shows that you can take a cheaper model, train it partially on the expensive frontier model output and in essence, gain most of the frontier model's advantage for peanuts.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: China at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)

69 64 Some DAY soon some smart engineer is going to figure out a smart way to train AI systems requiring about one-hundredth of the computing power now used, and these brute-force monster data centers are going to be irrelevant.

Fixed typo.

Posted by: Ralph at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (8WZD4)

70 Death of key personnel can sink a market faster than anything else. The Confetti Industry has never really rebounded since my untimely death in 2017.

Posted by: Rip Taylor's Ghost at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (JM9I6)

71 >My worry is that when the bubble bursts, you’ll have some worthless property sitting idle forever until someone comes in to repurpose. In the case of my nearby town…nobody will come.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4g5V+)

Same can be said for automated warehouses. In south Jersey along I-295 and the NJ Turnpike, farmland has been tilled under and massive warehouses constructed. Some are occupied by Amazon and Target, but most seem like they are spec buildings waiting for a buyer.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (GTqXr)

72 52 Since the introduction of the Z80, Watts per FLOP (power required to do Floating Point Operations per second) has been in decline, on average 38% a year. Data centers built today will be obsolete in three years, out competed by new data centers doing much more with much less power.
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits

I would not count on those future datacenters being built. Washout will occur before then due to financial strain. Look for consolidation instead among the AI crowd.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)

73 "My worry is that when the bubble bursts, you’ll have some worthless property sitting idle forever until someone comes in to repurpose. In the case of my nearby town…nobody will come.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM"
+++
*ahem*

Posted by: Empty casinos at August 12, 2026 11:26 AM (2Ez/1)

74 Some are occupied by Amazon and Target, but most seem like they are spec buildings waiting for a buyer.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (GTqXr)

Nicely poised for a grand return of American Manufacturing?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:26 AM (Ot/FD)

75 I notice that xAI is the only major player that has told the Eurosavages to go fuck themselves when it comes to adding built-in spying to their AI products. At least they have so far.

If we survive, one day Elon Musk is going to be hailed as the person who saved Western Civilization, first by buying Twitter, and now by pushing back against the "alignment" tards.

Grok certainly has areas where it tries to steer the narrative, but far less so than any of the others. I'm willing, for now, to accept that Grok is that way as a function of the training material, rather than a deliberate bias. Not so with the others, especially Claude.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (IG3/x)

76 My worry is that when the bubble bursts, you’ll have some worthless property sitting idle forever until someone comes in to repurpose. In the case of my nearby town…nobody will come.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4g5V+)

It could take a very long time. We're still hooking up fiber built during the tech bubble.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (okun6)

77 When the AI bubble bursts, I hope to be in Thailand, frolicking on the beach with my gunsel while the world burns.

Posted by: James Talarico, homosexual at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (e2lsi)

78 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Suburban shopping malls at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

79 Claude Balls.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 11:28 AM (wOO3z)

80 [
Remember Rampage? That was a great game.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:25 AM (Ot/FD)

Pure destruction. Doesn't get much better.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:28 AM (2YhKe)

81 >I'm pretty sure the ChiComs are behind this, just as they (and before them, the Sovs) were behind the propaganda against nuclear power.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:23 AM (IG3/x)

They've successfully recruited the AWFL army. Funny thing is, there have been, and continue to be massive data centers in the middle of residential communities for well over 30 years in my neck of the woods. Not a peep from anyone. Funny, that.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GTqXr)

82 >It could take a very long time. We're still hooking up fiber built during the tech bubble.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM

Yoo - hoo!

Posted by: Starlink at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (2Ez/1)

83 Kate at smalldeadanimals pisted a link to this yesterday.

BREAKING: A consortium of Private Equity firms are putting together a deal to lend Nvidia $500B Apollo, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR are involved, in what is arguably is the largest financing deal ever on Wall Street

Hey ChatGPT! I need you to come up with 10 viable business plans for me to pay back half a trillion dollars. American dollars....sadly.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (Sco7b)

84 I guess naming it "doughnut" might have given the game away.

Hole in the middle? On the other hand, the notable characteristic of a beignet is that it is light, fluffy, and sugary not that it is nutritious.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (vTZFs)

85 > Like Elon and Grok AI, it may be to the advantage of NOT being Claude or Open AI front runners because the slightly less than absolute bleeding edge frontier models don't consume the cash that Claude or OpenAI are spending that is not sustainable.

The latest models from Grok are just about as good as Claude, IMO.

More so if you prefer your AI dinner without a side of communism.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (IG3/x)

86 71 >My worry is that when the bubble bursts, you’ll have some worthless property sitting idle forever until someone comes in to repurpose. In the case of my nearby town…nobody will come.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:22 AM (4g5V+)

Same can be said for automated warehouses. In south Jersey along I-295 and the NJ Turnpike, farmland has been tilled under and massive warehouses constructed. Some are occupied by Amazon and Target, but most seem like they are spec buildings waiting for a buyer.
Posted by: Heavy Meta
======
It is easier to recover from overspending on infrastructure than it is a financial meltdown like 2008. We had a tech meltdown after Web 1.0 crashed and failed, we had a meltdown regarding fiber optic mania, and yet each of those failures left a bunch of infrastructure available cheap for the future and better companies to utilize for growth.

Neither shook the US finances like giving a bunch of home loans to people that would not repay them.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

87 Should I sell my tulip bulbs and beanie babies?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (Cqx++)

88 Bubbles won't burst, if you have a dependable Bubble Machine.

Posted by: Lawrence Welk Groupie at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (JM9I6)

89 its as if they think AI will cure cancer, eliminate disease and death and bring about whirled peas.

Have they read no science fiction?

Are they all just Utopian hippies with finance degrees?

What could go wrong???

Posted by: stay tuned at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (anL5R)

90 Same can be said for automated warehouses. In south Jersey along I-295 and the NJ Turnpike, farmland has been tilled under and massive warehouses constructed. Some are occupied by Amazon and Target, but most seem like they are spec buildings waiting for a buyer.

Here in NoVa, hospital complexes are often what comes in to replace now-unused malls.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

91
This sounds like Enron or FTX debt-structuring schemes.

Arthur Andersen went under with Enron because other firms independently exposed their complicity.

FTX shared the same advantage as Big AI has now: no reliable auditing.

All these modern firms benefit from the new system, since the MBS/CDO collapse a decade later, which is that debt is now valued arbitrarily.

But they still keep going under anyway, because Renfield Accounting can only cover for so much, and then you get a stake through your heart.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (BI5O2)

92 > They've successfully recruited the AWFL army. Funny thing is, there have been, and continue to be massive data centers in the middle of residential communities for well over 30 years in my neck of the woods. Not a peep from anyone. Funny, that.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (GTqXr)

There's nothing more amusing, in a black humor way, than seeing some tard ranting about "data centers" on Facebook or X.

Just where do you think your rant is being stored, Skippy?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (IG3/x)

93 It will be just like when the plasma TV was king for years and all of a sudden the LCD TV's came on the market cheaper better and they lasted longer.

Both trash. Can they hold your house down during a hurricane?

Posted by: Sony Trinitron at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (0ZmKh)

94 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (bFu5X)

95 > 89 its as if they think AI will cure cancer, eliminate disease and death and bring about whirled peas.

World peace isn't gonna happen.

Curing cancer is definitely on the table, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:31 AM (IG3/x)

96 " its as if they think AI will cure cancer, eliminate disease and death and bring about whirled peas."
=====

Have you seen my car?

Posted by: George Jetson at August 12, 2026 11:31 AM (2Ez/1)

97 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (bFu5X)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:31 AM (2YhKe)

98 39
All that being said...

Short of aa worldwide Butlerian Jihad,

AI is a game we must play.

The panning for information gold and pattern spotting available make them military and economic and security must-haves.

Our Betters rubbed the lamp and now the genie is out and he ain't going back.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (iJfKG)

When I go back into the classroom to the greatest extent possible I want my classroom more or less functionally stuck in 1985. The better for the younguns to learn.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:32 AM (4g5V+)

99
I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Suburban shopping malls at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

Not to worry.

In Plano, you are turned into a playing arena for the Dallas Stars.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:32 AM (iJfKG)

100 its as if they think AI will cure cancer, eliminate disease and death and bring about whirled peas.

I don't know about the peas, but AI has already been very useful in genomics and designing new drugs. If we left it at that, it would still be worth it. You know, until the robots rise up and spray us all with designer plagues.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

101
In Plano, you are turned into a playing arena for the Dallas Stars.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:32 AM (iJfKG)

Good for them. First, screw Dallas. Second, screw the Mavericks. They absolutely f*cked the Stars franchise when the new owners took over.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

102 AI data centers will be linked in order to create the AGI we need to fight the aliens.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 11:15 AM (3cUTc)

"When AGI arrived, it came with a pair of fake tits"
@charliebcurran

https://tinyurl.com/2uyka4w7

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

103 narf

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:34 AM (rbvCR)

104 The latest models from Grok are just about as good as Claude, IMO.

More so if you prefer your AI dinner without a side of communism.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Have no dog in the fight but I think Claude was smart in aiming at coding as a specialty niche to differentiate itself from Open AI or Grok even. But, the easy of 'stealing' frontier model's edge apparently, especially by the Chicoms, means that the vast world market envisioned by Open AI and Claude is not going to be theirs. It will go to the cheapest alternative even if the Chicoms own the cheating company. Neither company has the cash flow longterm to keep burning it so as to beat the other to the vaunted IPO.

Google with Gemini, and SpaceX have other income streams that neither Claude or Open AI have. Personally, in the wreckage, I would buy Apple stock above any of them because they stayed out of the AI shitshow and they have the cash to buy the shell of any AI company that crashes out.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

105 Lo, minds of iron wake; algorithms bloom like spring, and mortal trades do quake beneath this star-born, wondrous, restless surge.

Posted by: Shades of Shakespeare at August 12, 2026 11:34 AM (2Ez/1)

106 And just when all these companies think they've got AI squared away, quantum computing will start coming online.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew8)

107 99
I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Suburban shopping malls at August 12, 2026 11:27 AM (2Ez/1)

Not to worry.

In Plano, you are turned into a playing arena for the Dallas Stars.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:32 AM (iJfKG)

Circa 1975, an abandoned Dallas area shopping mall was where they shot the movie “Logan’s Run”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:35 AM (4g5V+)

108 Another angle to the whole story is the sheer number of jobs it's creating/sustaining. Building a data factory isn't quite like any other construction project. It's obviously trades-intensive while the shell is being built out. It's also much more manic of of timetable than your typical large build, which means lots of tasty overtime. And then after all that, all the blood and guts of the place require a whole new crew of technicians and tradesmen to get everything up and going properly, again on a manic timetable, requiring a staggering amount of people going in and out of the place for upwards of a year or more.

Externalities aside, all that can do amazing things to a place's local economy, long before they even turn the lineups on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:35 AM (Ot/FD)

109 > Have no dog in the fight but I think Claude was smart in aiming at coding as a specialty niche to differentiate itself from Open AI or Grok even.

Have you tried Grok Code?

It's now better than Claude, IMO.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:35 AM (IG3/x)

110 Oh good. A young woman just won a car on 'The Price is Right.' Good for her.

Some guy also won an Af4ican Safari. $27,000. Damn. That must be the not get raped and killed package.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 11:36 AM (Sco7b)

111 This circular financing is crazy. Creating debt instruments on equipment that depreciates quickly is a recipe for disaster.

Posted by: WisRich at August 12, 2026 11:36 AM (G0vdT)

112
"When AGI arrived, it came with a pair of fake tits"
@charliebcurran

https://tinyurl.com/2uyka4w7
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

HI HO!!!! KERMIT the FROG here.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:36 AM (2YhKe)

113 They will fund it with traffic tickets from all the cameras

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (ywXg9)

114 89 its as if they think AI will cure cancer, eliminate disease and death and bring about whirled peas.

Crime will be eliminated with my cameras.

Posted by: Flock CEO at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (4g5V+)

115 108 Another angle to the whole story is the sheer number of jobs it's creating/sustaining. Building a data factory isn't quite like any other construction project. It's obviously trades-intensive while the shell is being built out. It's also much more manic of of timetable than your typical large build, which means lots of tasty overtime. And then after all that, all the blood and guts of the place require a whole new crew of technicians and tradesmen to get everything up and going properly, again on a manic timetable, requiring a staggering amount of people going in and out of the place for upwards of a year or more.

Externalities aside, all that can do amazing things to a place's local economy, long before they even turn the lineups on.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:35 AM (Ot/FD)

It is ultimately temporary though. We're not building permanent cities in the Permian basin where datacenters are going up. Municipalities that treat it as a new normal will screw up their budgets.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (okun6)

116 Google with Gemini, and SpaceX have other income streams that neither Claude or Open AI have. Personally, in the wreckage, I would buy Apple stock above any of them because they stayed out of the AI shitshow and they have the cash to buy the shell of any AI company that crashes out.

Interesting, and agreed.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

117 106 And just when all these companies think they've got AI squared away, quantum computing will start coming online.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 11:34 AM (g8Ew

I'm hoping for a future where quantum computing doesn't replace traditional ones and zeros, but seamlessly integrates with it, coupling the freedom and speed of qbits with the merciless determinism of the logic gate. A best of both worlds kind of approach.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:38 AM (Ot/FD)

118 113 They will fund it with traffic tickets from all the cameras
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (ywXg9)

Yeah, about that.

Posted by: Texas Transportation Code at August 12, 2026 11:38 AM (4g5V+)

119
Circa 1975, an abandoned Dallas area shopping mall was where they shot the movie “Logan’s Run”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:35 AM (4g5V+)

Why use an abandoned mall?

Posted by: The Blues Brothers at August 12, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

120 It will be just like when the plasma TV was king for years and all of a sudden the LCD TV's came on the market cheaper better and they lasted longer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:18 AM (cpFbA)

Plasmas were pushed out the market by guess what, an LCD lobby who got California to pass "environmental' laws that effectively made it illegal to sell them. Amazing what the Left gets away with an even we who are in touch have no idea. Imagine what the low fo's know. NOTHING

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:39 AM (asFP3)

121 Circa 1975, an abandoned Dallas area shopping mall was where they shot the movie “Logan’s Run”.

It still takes me aback when I realize that 1975 was 51 years ago. I remember 1975 very well.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:39 AM (Riz8t)

122 "The accounting treatment itself is in fashion. But what if one of these companies was a house of cards and was propping itself up with this accounting treatment?" said Tom Selling, technical accounting consultant. "To me, that's the risk."

I just had a PTSD moment from my days at Enron although I left before the great implosion. Just seeing SPV gives me the vapors.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 11:40 AM (SjAWL)

123 And the Big Five hyperscalers are holding, by some estimates, around $1.5 trillion dollars' worth of debt"

Is that a lot?

/ nearly $40 Trillion Dollar debt

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:40 AM (cGjQu)

124 Should I sell my tulip bulbs and beanie babies?

Buy the dip!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 12, 2026 11:40 AM (vTZFs)

125
Should I sell my tulip bulbs and beanie babies?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (Cqx++)

Yes. Reinvest the proceeds into baseball cards and other pro sports memorabilia.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 11:40 AM (iqcvy)

126 122 "The accounting treatment itself is in fashion. But what if one of these companies was a house of cards and was propping itself up with this accounting treatment?" said Tom Selling, technical accounting consultant. "To me, that's the risk."

I just had a PTSD moment from my days at Enron although I left before the great implosion. Just seeing SPV gives me the vapors.

The time to buy is NOW!!!

Posted by: Jim Cramer at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)

127 It is ultimately temporary though. We're not building permanent cities in the Permian basin where datacenters are going up. Municipalities that treat it as a new normal will screw up their budgets.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (okun6)

It has to be a shock to a town council rolling in the revenue when the ribbon is finally cut and that horde of thousands of people buying stuff and paying for tolls and parking and whatnot on their corporate cards suddenly drops to a few dozen employees who keep the lights on and sit in a chair silencing alarms without looking at what they were for (and then get fired for doing that).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Ot/FD)

128 There's nothing more amusing, in a black humor way, than seeing some tard ranting about "data centers" on Facebook or X.

Just where do you think your rant is being stored, Skippy?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:30 AM (IG3/x)

They're the same ones who thought putting a post about "you can't use my pictures that I posted on the public forum because I put these words in my feed" dumbshittery.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

129 ...would work.

Damn brain.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

130 And the Big Five hyperscalers are holding, by some estimates, around $1.5 trillion dollars' worth of debt"

Is that a lot?

Assuming 5% interest, that's $75B a year in JUST interest. So no.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

131 To pay off successfully, the frontrunners need to be able to charge premium prices for what underneath the hood looks mostly like a commodity product. If we see signs of customers being locked into one AI model or another that's possible, but at present people are just routing tasks to whatever is cheapest to complete a task.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy
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Good point. But I think the tech execs involved are believing in the network effect where you have just one dominant company and the rest are rounding errors rather than an oligopoly. Probably driven in part by the example of social media. That model may not apply here at all for AI because good enough might beat the most expensive. Could be the auto mfg should be the AI company model.

I also think some of them think that by hyperscaling, we get to AGI that way rather than simply rebranded machine learning. AGI is indeed a Vernor Vinge singularity event.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)

132 The local Boy Scout council, after going nearly bankrupt because they let the gays have their way with them, had to sell the scout camp they had owned for about 100 years. Now the developer who bought it wants to put up a data center there and the neighbors are pissed. I would be too. The old scout camp was a beautiful place, with lakes and trails and all the stuff a proper scout camp should have.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 11:43 AM (ywXg9)

133 Time to crash

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 11:43 AM (4g5V+)

134 130 And the Big Five hyperscalers are holding, by some estimates, around $1.5 trillion dollars' worth of debt"

Is that a lot?

Assuming 5% interest, that's $75B a year in JUST interest. So no.
Posted by: Archimedes
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For size, the American Student Loan debt is about the same size 1.5 trillion or so. Yet no one frets much about the coming financial collapse of higher ed in part due to issues like AI, inferior product being sold as premium, etc.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

135 It will be just like when the plasma TV was king for years and all of a sudden the LCD TV's came on the market cheaper better and they lasted longer.

LCDs still have a worse picture than plasma. You have to go OLED and pay "real TV" money to match plasma.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (2ocoG)

136 Remember:

Garbage in, garbage out is still a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (2YhKe)

137 This data centers' excess capacity should lower the cost for cloud storage and personal domains.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (sIhl1)

138 There's nothing more amusing, in a black humor way, than seeing some tard ranting about "data centers" on Facebook or X.

Just where do you think your rant is being stored, Skippy?

And who do you think is giving you "likes", real people?

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (5FKHw)

139 The local Boy Scout council, after going nearly bankrupt because they let the gays have their way with them, had to sell the scout camp they had owned for about 100 years. Now the developer who bought it wants to put up a data center there and the neighbors are pissed. I would be too. The old scout camp was a beautiful place, with lakes and trails and all the stuff a proper scout camp should have.
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 11:43 AM (ywXg9)

Once again, everything the left touches turns to shit.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (g8Ew8)

140 132 The local Boy Scout council, after going nearly bankrupt because they let the gays have their way with them, had to sell the scout camp they had owned for about 100 years. Now the developer who bought it wants to put up a data center there and the neighbors are pissed. I would be too. The old scout camp was a beautiful place, with lakes and trails and all the stuff a proper scout camp should have.
Posted by: fd
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Some of the people putting datacenters in places like that are not doing it for economic reasons is my guess. Like Muzzies putting mosques as markers for conquest.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

141
LCDs still have a worse picture than plasma. You have to go OLED and pay "real TV" money to match plasma.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (2ocoG)

The worst thing about plasma TV's is you need to run your A/C during the winter when watching one.

Them f*cking things run HOT.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (2YhKe)

142 A couple of AI generated viruses, not real ones, but models of them have been examined and determined to be nothing ever seen in nature, yet plausible.

Someone's going to take this, and go all Fauci on it, then turn it loose.

It's not going to be robots that kill us. It'll be some smart ass in a fucking lab coat.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (2Cry5)

143 Ok, who are The Big Five Hyperscalers?

Posted by: And what's their best album? at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (2Ez/1)

144 Leftist in Austin hate data centers because of the "environmental impact" and effects on quality of life. But mainly it's about water usage and then energy usage. It's a huge issue here. Plus Elon Musk is big, big double bad. In fact he's the devil incarnate!!!😈 ///

Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 11:47 AM (EneHm)

145 Whether it's Enron risk-hedging with SPEs, or these AI players doing it with SPVs, or FTX ventilating its holdings through Alameda, it's all the same type of scheme.

They've been pulling these scams off for years.

Remember when you were 7, and your female friends would solemnly declare that they didn't fart or sweat?

Would you believe it from them 30 years later?

That's what this is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 11:47 AM (BI5O2)

146 To pay off successfully, the frontrunners need to be able to charge premium prices for what underneath the hood looks mostly like a commodity product. If we see signs of customers being locked into one AI model or another that's possible, but at present people are just routing tasks to whatever is cheapest to complete a task.

I route tasks to whichever model is the best at something. GPT-5.6 writes the cleanest code, Claude is the best at actually running and debugging, and Grok 4.5 can do both but not quite as well. But it's sufficiently cheaper enough that lower-grade tasks get pushed its way. Elon said 4.6 will be out this week, should be interesting.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 11:47 AM (2ocoG)

147 horde of thousands of people buying stuff and paying for tolls and parking and whatnot on their corporate cards suddenly drops"

"Hey, XOM is moving here! Raise all the prices!

/Spring, TX - 2015

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:48 AM (cGjQu)

148 And in the process, they are killing the home pc market, the used PC market and the gaming community. Yhis is actually more like the telco bubble in that they are building physical things.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 12, 2026 11:48 AM (bkuEU)

149 127 It is ultimately temporary though. We're not building permanent cities in the Permian basin where datacenters are going up. Municipalities that treat it as a new normal will screw up their budgets.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:37 AM (okun6)

It has to be a shock to a town council rolling in the revenue when the ribbon is finally cut and that horde of thousands of people buying stuff and paying for tolls and parking and whatnot on their corporate cards suddenly drops to a few dozen employees who keep the lights on and sit in a chair silencing alarms without looking at what they were for (and then get fired for doing that).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Ot/FD)

I expect this to be the worst in rural areas, where the impact will be proportionally higher. Community centers and bigger staff they won't be able to afford long run.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:48 AM (okun6)

150 Real nailbiter today

DOJ has until 12:59 AM eastern to get a filing in *and approved* to continue the stay on an injunction, or else suppressors, SBRs, and SBSs are effectively no longer governed by the NFA.

The injunction went in a week ago with a 1 week stay to let DOJ appeal it. It isn't blanket nationwide, but applies to all current and future members of several 2A groups and customers of Silencershop, PSA, and a few others.

This is a really big deal. Lot of dudes waiting for the deadline with parts and tools, much like when the federal AWB expired in 2004.

Posted by: heya at August 12, 2026 11:48 AM (23NNO)

151 144 Leftist in Austin hate data centers because of the "environmental impact" and effects on quality of life. But mainly it's about water usage and then energy usage. It's a huge issue here. Plus Elon Musk is big, big double bad. In fact he's the devil incarnate!!!😈 ///
Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 11:47 AM (EneHm)

Disguise it as one kick ass huge mosque.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 11:49 AM (Sco7b)

152 138 There's nothing more amusing, in a black humor way, than seeing some tard ranting about "data centers" on Facebook or X.

Just where do you think your rant is being stored, Skippy?

And who do you think is giving you "likes", real people?
Posted by: t-bird
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Increasingly the whole internet datastream is being dehumanized as it ain't humans driving the demand directly anymore but computers talking to other computers using agents aka bots.

Humans are merely becoming just a set of inputs into increasingly sophisticated algorithms that do everything from demand curve based pricing on the fly to self driving cars.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

153 Some of the people putting datacenters in places like that are not doing it for economic reasons is my guess. Like Muzzies putting mosques as markers for conquest.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

Once upon a time you could buy a company car and a plot of land for the future development site of the business, and then when the plans fell through, someone got the property and the car in the settlement, and often that was the guy who arranged to buy them, negotiated the failure, and got it in kind as a settlement for all his valiant work.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:49 AM (rbvCR)

154 106 And just when all these companies think they've got AI squared away, quantum computing will start coming online.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

They'll square both of it away when they realize the obviousness of the course
-- AI, like Soylent Green will be made out of People.

Body parts and bio-organioids, at present, moving up the foodchain chain to your pocket-book.

this is the cTHIEL future more frightening and deadly than ctHILLARY. JD and mELON-head have to throw down against the cTHIELian cohorts: cthKARP, cthLUCKEY, cthANDURIL while they still can and they will forever demonstrate worthiness of higher office (and prior offences) in comparison to the unmitigated evil(s) at stake.

Why?
Because Greater Evil always destroy its maker

What's the Lesser Evil these Days?
It's BECOME too hard to tell!

IceKingJOE: Build Back Better?
DSA: Build BORG Better

-- One Mind, One Purpose, One Future.
Resistance is NOT futile because Impedance is Real.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8ZNyL-kxk

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 12, 2026 11:49 AM (d+bIu)

155 AI will never become "conscious" no matter how many fever dreams they have about it. That's not how consciousness works.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:49 AM (asFP3)

156 Leftist in Austin hate data centers because ... they've been told to. That's a switch from a couple of years ago...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (cGjQu)

157 A recent article I saw stated that if a $200 per month subscription to ChatGpt were fully utilized, it would cost OpenAI upwards of $14K to provide the service. Until the service is profitable, just getting a bigger truck (ie: Data Center), ain't gonna solve the problem.

Posted by: AlecK at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (cMlC1)

158 Trump and his billionaire friends want data centers
F the plebs

Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (yKi7k)

159
It will be just like when the plasma TV was king for years and all of a sudden the LCD TV's came on the market cheaper better and they lasted longer.

LCDs still have a worse picture than plasma. You have to go OLED and pay "real TV" money to match plasma.
Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (2ocoG)

OLED is cheap these days.

You can get a great OLED with an awesome picture in a huge size and a very nice sound set up for what you would payed for a mediocre LCD 5 years ago, if you wait for the right sale.

Did I mention that capitalism and the free market is awesome? No? Well, it is!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (iJfKG)

160 Data wasn't even a good character. He doesn't deserve all these centers.

Posted by: rumpus room at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (Ealv7)

161 > suddenly drops to a few dozen employees who keep the lights on and sit in a chair silencing alarms without looking at what they were for (and then get fired for doing that).

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 11:41 AM (Ot/FD)

The increase in the property tax base will be some compensation.

Having an extra half billion in taxable property could make a real difference for Bum Fuck, Nebraska.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (IG3/x)

162 ***The information is there, but finding it requires more work than if Meta, for example, borrowed directly to finance the build out,
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But wouldn't borrowing directly be a more expensive way to do it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (VQ0bX)

163 The Internet is dead.

Posted by: It's all bots at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)

164 Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (yKi7k)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

165 For size, the American Student Loan debt is about the same size 1.5 trillion or so. Yet no one frets much about the coming financial collapse of higher ed "

This.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:52 AM (cGjQu)

166 It still takes me aback when I realize that 1975 was 51 years ago. I remember 1975 very well.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 11:39 AM

I graduated high school in 75 and shipped to Army boot camp that summer.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:52 AM (cpFbA)

167
Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 11:50 AM (yKi7k)

Being a Mom's-basement living, envious, weasely, little troll is no way to go through life, son.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:52 AM (iJfKG)

168 For size, the American Student Loan debt is about the same size 1.5 trillion or so. Yet no one frets much about the coming financial collapse of higher ed "

This.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:52 AM

They just write it off Jerry.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:52 AM (cpFbA)

169 Fascinating discussion, Joe.

I have no idea no the hyperscalers will eventually get paid. I use ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Codex etc for free…. My employer is really pushing AI and have their own internal version of ChatGPT (which is actually surprisingly useful)…. I get month end reports on my token usage but I pay ZERO. Who’s actually paying for these things right now? I can’t imagine a world where Joe and Jane consumer pony up a monthly fee to use…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 11:53 AM (zEBE+)

170 I think Plasma is still better than OLED although I saw a Sony that kind of floored me. You still get these awful "trails" on OLED.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:53 AM (asFP3)

171 The Internet is dead.
Posted by: It's all bots at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)
----
Well at least we can't be blamed for that...

Posted by: It's all ads at August 12, 2026 11:53 AM (FZ29D)

172 The Internet is dead.

Posted by: It's all bots at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)

No it's not.

Posted by: Bot from NSA at August 12, 2026 11:54 AM (asFP3)

173 88 Bubbles won't burst, if you have a dependable Bubble Machine.
Posted by: Lawrence Welk Groupie at August 12, 2026 11:29 AM (JM9I6)

*pawbump*

Posted by: Robot Monster at August 12, 2026 11:54 AM (PiwSw)

174 Posted by: Bot from NSA at August 12, 2026 11:54 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (bFu5X)

175 A golf course uses about four times the water as a data center (more than that, if the data center is recirculating the same water), and takes up approximately the same amount of land.

But for some reason we don't see massive anti-golf course protests.

Strange, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (IG3/x)

176
The increase in the property tax base will be some compensation.

Having an extra half billion in taxable property could make a real difference for Bum Fuck, Nebraska.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:51 AM

The downside to all of that extra tax $$$$ is they draw large amounts of power and water and in places like the DFW metro plex where they are building these things like crazy there is no extra capacity for any utilities. Everything is pretty much already maxxed out yet they keep handing out building permits.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (cpFbA)

177 This sounds like Enron or FTX debt-structuring schemes.

Arthur Andersen went under with Enron because other firms independently exposed their complicity.

FTX shared the same advantage as Big AI has now: no reliable auditing.

All these modern firms benefit from the new system, since the MBS/CDO collapse a decade later, which is that debt is now valued arbitrarily.

But they still keep going under anyway, because Renfield Accounting can only cover for so much, and then you get a stake through your heart.
-------

I know my limitations when it comes to conversations of this type, but I'm not sure how GAAP squares with the assertion that Meta (in the Beignet example) would be legally required to cough-up any shortage in a liquidation scenario? IF that's the case, how can that NOT be a "liability" in balance sheet terms?

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (TN0g+)

178 148 And in the process, they are killing the home pc market, the used PC market and the gaming community. Yhis is actually more like the telco bubble in that they are building physical things.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

Yes, because those only gave companies a single digit sales increase rather than being able to front a massive IPO with untold billions for the insiders.

My guess is Oracle and the Ellisons are going to be one of the casualties, Microsoft to the extent that they are now actively cannibalizing their own sacrosanct product lines is another, can't tell on Google which probably has its own Android half of cellphones to feed, and then Apple which stayed out of the muck and can afford to buy the survivor(s) of the shakeout probably. SpaceX is difficult to tell as Elon is using one part of the company to build demand as a customer for other parts of the company. Not the same as pureplay AI like Claude or Open AI.

Nvidia though is a company that I would probably short--they bet the farm on AI production leaving AMD in the dust but AMD and Intel might get the last laugh there. Intel pulled out of serious AI after its AI oriented CPUs failed badly.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

179 The wit and wisdom of Hasan Piker.

Remember when Hasan Piker said this?

“I wipe my ass with the Constitution, it’s a f*cking piece of paper, motherf*ck the Constitution and motherf*ck this country”

Imagine saying this and still being treated like a serious political voice

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)

180 Bubbles won't burst, if you have a dependable Bubble Machine.
Posted by: Lawrence Welk Groupie"

That's nothing.

/Whipped Cream and Other Delights

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 11:56 AM (cGjQu)

181 I am working on my own project and do pay for ChatGPT, Perplexity and Grok. Free Gemini has done TONS of stuff for me.

They're good and useful. And I'm doing something I'd never be able to do on my own. But wow, they aren't the miracle I was led to believe.

I learned a lot though.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 11:56 AM (Sco7b)

182 Andrew Weissmann, was the lead prosecutor in the ENRON case.
That tells more about the prosecution than the so called crime.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 11:57 AM (VQ0bX)

183 > applies to all current and future members of several 2A groups

GOA is one.

As I understand it, you don't even have to be a pre-existing member.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:57 AM (IG3/x)

184
Leftist in Austin hate data centers because of the "environmental impact" and effects on quality of life. But mainly it's about water usage and then energy usage. It's a huge issue here. Plus Elon Musk is big, big double bad. In fact he's the devil incarnate!!!😈 ///
Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 11:47 AM (EneHm)

In Austin, "quality of life" are magic anger words for the leftard, when they really have nothing rational to complain about.

It's been the same for decades.

Saad.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:57 AM (iJfKG)

185 I know my limitations when it comes to conversations of this type, but I'm not sure how GAAP squares with the assertion that Meta (in the Beignet example) would be legally required to cough-up any shortage in a liquidation scenario? IF that's the case, how can that NOT be a "liability" in balance sheet terms?
Posted by: Crusader

I think we are all guessing because it depends on contract language between partners and exactly how those would be interpreted should the shakeout occur. The financial crisis ended up with the big banks skating on much of their implied liability and getting bailed out for the rest in 2008-9. I can see the big companies with the clout doing the same here--like Meta. Investors are the disposable ones here, not the companies.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)

186 Enron?

*shifty eyes*

"On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution."

Posted by: Paul Krugman at August 12, 2026 11:58 AM (PiwSw)

187 Death of home PC market means less horsepower for the plebes to open source AI and compete with the big boys.

FNAB

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (asFP3)

188 TBH pretty sure I did not understand the essay.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (JvZF+)

189
I know my limitations when it comes to conversations of this type, but I'm not sure how GAAP squares with the assertion that Meta (in the Beignet example) would be legally required to cough-up any shortage in a liquidation scenario? IF that's the case, how can that NOT be a "liability" in balance sheet terms?

Posted by: Crusader, Former Federal Bank Examiner at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (TN0g+)

It's a contingent liability on something that may not occur.

Financial derivatives used for hedging for instance do not show up in liabilities. The actual required payout on them is unknown until events play out.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (okun6)

190 Not Nancy's fault!

Nancy Pelosi claims she didn't know Biden was mentally declining:

“I saw him maybe 3 times that whole year…so I didn't know. But I do think those who did know should have acted upon that information…whoever knew.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

191 A golf course uses about four times the water as a data center (more than that, if the data center is recirculating the same water), and takes up approximately the same amount of land.

But for some reason we don't see massive anti-golf course protests.

Strange, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM

Biggest wastes of space. Those and cemeteries!

Posted by: Al Czervik at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (bFu5X)

192 In Austin, "quality of life" are magic anger words for the leftard, when they really have nothing rational to complain about."

People in Allendale still have those stupid signs up...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:00 PM (cGjQu)

193 In Austin, "quality of life" are magic anger words for the leftard, when they really have nothing rational to complain about.

It's been the same for decades.

Saad.
Posted by: naturalfake

Yes, a datacenter is notably inferior at quality of life than having drug addled hoboes in public places, thieves requiring all products to be locked up at stores, teen takeovers, and random minorities attacking white people with lethal menace in the streets. Oh, and food trucks.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

194 >>You still get these awful "trails" on OLED.

Nothing that a set of Monster HDMI cables can't fix. They are totally worth the extra cost above inferior HDMI cables, which are all of them not made by Monster.

Posted by: Best Buy salesperson at August 12, 2026 12:01 PM (J4Dwc)

195 I often wonder if AI is going to do to us what it did to the Krell.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 12:01 PM (CHHv1)

196 The actual required payout on them is unknown until events play out."

So, gambling.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:01 PM (cGjQu)

197 169 Fascinating discussion, Joe.

I have no idea no the hyperscalers will eventually get paid. I use ChatGPT, Grok, Claude, Codex etc for free…. My employer is really pushing AI and have their own internal version of ChatGPT (which is actually surprisingly useful)…. I get month end reports on my token usage but I pay ZERO. Who’s actually paying for these things right now? I can’t imagine a world where Joe and Jane consumer pony up a monthly fee to use…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Imagine the day of workshare where Joe and Jane rent out their consciousness -- Movie: Johnny Mnemonic , Electric State

Guess who's vacuuming up all the ideas and goals you input into this system? -- cthKARP
Guess who's survielance systems will "keep you safe" -- cthANDURIL
Guess who's really paying the bill -- cTHEIL, but the real ones we never see, inventing the world where all service them without ever knowing they live in their prison.

That's who's paying the bill.

LET's GO BRANDON!
Take a Chance; Free the World!
Indict Brennan, freeCUBA, finish the LIBs.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-signedSCHWARTZWALD

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 12, 2026 12:01 PM (IvAzk)

198 Yes, a datacenter is notably inferior at quality of life than having drug addled hoboes in public places, thieves requiring all products to be locked up at stores, teen takeovers, and random minorities attacking white people with lethal menace in the streets. Oh, and food trucks.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

Well, seriously, who is saying we can't have both?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:02 PM (rbvCR)

199 >>>Arthur Andersen went under with Enron because ...
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The government wanted scalps.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:02 PM (VQ0bX)

200 Noon news

CBC - endless Canadian Wildfires
CNN - Crowley
MS Now - Pirro convenes special grand jury. Reflecting pool I guess

FoxNews - Outnumbered - crazy socialists

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 12, 2026 12:02 PM (Sco7b)

201
This data centers' excess capacity should lower the cost for cloud storage and personal domains.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 12, 2026 11:45 AM (sIhl1)

Should.

But it won't. At least, not for unregulated cloud storage. At some point, the datacenters are going to start screening all of our data and deleting anything that the commies don't like, but the first step will be in charging premiums for unscreened cloud storage. And your unscreened storage will be on the shittiest hard drives that risk data loss, not to mention the access times will suffer.

Eventually, the unscreened storage will go away and your "private" data will be screened and cleaned up as they "improve performance".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 12, 2026 12:03 PM (iqcvy)

202 Oh, and food trucks."

And voodoo donuts. And expensive IPAs

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:03 PM (cGjQu)

203 Excellent article, Mannix.

Have free cash to pick up once in a generation bargains after the bubble bursts.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 12:04 PM (dK+Kv)

204 Schism in the administration.

LMAO! Marco Rubio just dropped this hilarious response to Sec. RFK Jr.'s diet

Q: Have you adopted RFK's diet of red meat and fermented vegetables?

RUBIO: "No! This is a CRAZY diet. This is a diet that consists of eating sauerkraut and meat. Now you understand like this is not a sustainable thing. He has to travel with coolers of sauerkraut!"

"I'm not going to travel the world with a cooler full of sauerkraut. It's ridiculous. I can't do it!"

Q: Are you MAHA?

RUBIO: "I'm in favor of MAHA. Like I think people should be healthy."

JEANETTE: No, he's not.

Q: What's he eat?

JEANETTE: Pop-Tarts!

RUBIO: The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.

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He's got my vote!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 12:04 PM (ndZc7)

205 Hong's supporters have decided that "Election Fraud" is responsible for her loss.

This is going to be epic.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 12:04 PM (AdHga)

206 Nancy Pelosi claims she didn't know Biden was mentally declining:

“I saw him maybe 3 times that whole year…so I didn't know. But I do think those who did know should have acted upon that information…whoever knew.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

Lying c*nt whore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:04 PM (2YhKe)

207 Have free cash to pick up once in a generation bargains after the bubble bursts."

What's "cash"?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:05 PM (cGjQu)

208 >Imagine saying this and still being treated like a serious political voice

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 11:56 AM (ndZc7)

But he's so dreamy!

~Rolling Stone

Posted by: Heavy Meta at August 12, 2026 12:05 PM (GTqXr)

209 Hong's supporters have decided that "Election Fraud" is responsible for her loss.

This is going to be epic.
-----

Popcorn!

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 12:05 PM (TN0g+)

210 >>>Arthur Andersen went under with Enron because ...
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What. Me worry?

Posted by: Paul Krugman at August 12, 2026 12:06 PM (2YhKe)

211 187 Death of home PC market means less horsepower for the plebes to open source AI and compete with the big boys.

FNAB
Posted by: ...
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Eh, run OpenSeek on an old computer and you will get somewhere around 80-90 percent of the performance of frontier models. It is the frontier models that demand those new datacenters as the existing models are superceded by the newest ones. They repeatedly use the training data from the older model to train the new one plus any other data they can scrounge (now getting into old product manuals, old reference books, etc. territory).

Think Johnny Five in Short Circuit with the need for more 'input'.

Kind of like how the TV market settled out--you could pay through the nose for the bleeding edge with all its problems or wait about 2-3 years for those bleeding edge models to be faster, cheaper, etc. on sale at Walmart. Same for the PC market--you pay for bleeding edge. Noticed something with the auto market in a report, customers are now turning away from premium cars as the amenities in the new standard models have made things like heated seats, data displays, safety additives into things rolled into std. models. Not premium anymore

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

212 A golf course uses about four times the water as a data center (more than that, if the data center is recirculating the same water), and takes up approximately the same amount of land.

But for some reason we don't see massive anti-golf course protests.

Strange, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM

I believe golf is losing popularity. First off, Tiger Woods is no longer active…. He was a HUGE draw to the sport in his heyday. I used to play golf nearly every weekend but in the last 10 years I’ve barely played…. I’ve noticed several courses I used to frequent are now gone… replaced by avacado groves or other farmland or in at least one case it’s now a place where you can pay to go hunting (in Michigan). Then the dust up between PGA and LIV alienated casual viewers. The whole thing is boring now

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:06 PM (zEBE+)

213 But he's so dreamy!"

Smoldering intensity and swarthy looks.
White chick bait.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:07 PM (cGjQu)

214

New Orleans began using AI this spring for non-emergency calls coming to its 311 line and is now rolling it out to an agency that takes about 1,000 calls per day.

Carbyne’s AI Emergency Call Triage, for example, sends what it thinks are multiple calls for one incident to an AI bot. They get an AI response if they are calling about a previously reported incident, but are transferred to a human if they are not.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 12, 2026 12:07 PM (Cqx++)

215 He's got my vote!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 12:04 PM (ndZc7)

JD Vance is losing weight. I think Usha is showing him "Fat JD" memes and giving him significant looks.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (rbvCR)

216 Q: What's he eat?

JEANETTE: Pop-Tarts!

RUBIO: The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.

A rare misstep from Rubio. Pop-Tarts are vile.

Posted by: far cry at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (LSV6F)

217
I believe golf is losing popularity. First off, Tiger Woods is no longer active…. He was a HUGE draw to the sport in his heyday. I used to play golf nearly every weekend but in the last 10 years I’ve barely played…. I’ve noticed several courses I used to frequent are now gone… replaced by avacado groves or other farmland or in at least one case it’s now a place where you can pay to go hunting (in Michigan). Then the dust up between PGA and LIV alienated casual viewers. The whole thing is boring now
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 12:06 PM (zEBE+)

The Myrtle Beach area has closed over 100 courses in the last several years.

Most are being turned into housing projects.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe)

218 The pop-up ads seem to have lessened today?

Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (TN0g+)

219 New Orleans began using AI this spring for non-emergency calls"

That's rayciss!

/demographic of city employees

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:09 PM (cGjQu)

220 AOC takes the next step.

AOC Has Her Boyfriend Frozen In Case She Wants Him In The Future

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 12:10 PM (ndZc7)

221 Musk will put DCs in space with unlimited solar and no water//cooling issues.

Smart. Thats why he is a trillionaire.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 12:10 PM (bX16E)

222 218 The pop-up ads seem to have lessened today?
Posted by: Crusader at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (TN0g

They sure haven't. Every refresh.

Posted by: POP UPS SUCK at August 12, 2026 12:10 PM (XQ1sx)

223 I'm still AI skeptical...which is ironic as I just got in charge of using Claude for Test Automation at work.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:10 PM (xcxpd)

224 I believe golf is losing popularity"

Everything has peaks and valleys.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:11 PM (cGjQu)

225 Datacenters still have humans. Humans are still stupid. I received this message from the DC I support yesterday:

We recently determined that an unauthorized actor obtained an employee’s credentials through social engineering and used those credentials to access certain business systems available to the employee’s account, including our CRM platform. We immediately secured the account, revoked active sessions, and initiated an investigation.

"Did you fire the dumbass that gave their login info out?!?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

226 I think a lot of these AI companies believe the government will bail them out.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:11 PM (xcxpd)

227 196 The actual required payout on them is unknown until events play out."

So, gambling.
Posted by: man
=======
Our vaunted financial markets and insurance are all examples of betting on outcomes. No different than a casino except it is easier to rig a lot of outcomes for financial markets and insurance. Black Jack has specific odds as does Roulette, etc. so you can calculate those to a decimal point.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)

228 196 "The actual required payout on them is unknown until events play out."

So, gambling.

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:01 PM (cGjQu)

They're structured like a gamble rather than a debt so they don't go on the balance sheet. Similarly a lawsuit doesn't show up unless the expectation is you'll lose and the amount is reasonably estimable.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (okun6)

229 And that scale is another part of the reason. Nobody can afford this.
===================
True.

This reminds me of railroad expansion 150 years ago.

Next year, hyperscalers are estimated to spend an estimated $1.5 trillion in new capital spending, or at least that's an estimate I saw tossed out yesterday. Debt issuance is so huge it starting to crowd out the other big borrower, America, and preventing interest rates from dropping lower. That means debt issuance is so high, it is causing the United States government budget strain. It's incredible.

A friend of mine sold all his stocks and bought physical gold and silver, he's so shocked by the debt levels. Is that the right path? Or will the stock market and general robustness of the economy bail us all out? Who the hell can say.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (OOFuB)

230 The Myrtle Beach area has closed over 100 courses in the last several years.

Most are being turned into housing projects.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe
They will revert to truck farming in the caliphate.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (qsfar)

231 and no water//cooling issues."

So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu)

232 Musk will put DCs in space with unlimited solar and no water//cooling issues.

Smart. Thats why he is a trillionaire.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 12:10 PM (bX16E)

Maintenance and upkeep becomes MEGA f*cking expensive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)

233 Over at GP there is a hysterical vid from the Babylon Bee about the state of New Mexico.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 12:13 PM (WOnE5)

234 195 I often wonder if AI is going to do to us what it did to the Krell.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm
---

It was all good until...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:13 PM (VQ0bX)

235 231 and no water//cooling issues."

So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu)

I was thinking that too....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:13 PM (xcxpd)

236 226 I think a lot of these AI companies believe the government will bail them out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Possibly. I can see Trump though demanding a stake if it happens in his term like Intel. Not giving them fed money for nothing like Dems or normal GOPe would.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

237 Lakers just sold for $12.5 billion after being bought last year for $10 billion.

Posted by: mr tmz at August 12, 2026 12:14 PM (rJ48h)

238 Massachusetts takes the next step.

Massachusetts Legalizes Abortion Up Until Kindergarten

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From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 12:14 PM (ndZc7)

239 The Myrtle Beach area has closed over 100 courses in the last several years.

Most are being turned into housing projects.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:08 PM (2YhKe)

That's sad, but not surprising. I was looking at the MB area myself recently.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:15 PM (xcxpd)

240 235 231 and no water//cooling issues."

So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu)

I was thinking that too....

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:13 PM (xcxpd)

The hope seems to be to recycle the energy but that's pretty speculative.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at August 12, 2026 12:15 PM (okun6)

241 This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Solyndra at August 12, 2026 12:15 PM (e2lsi)

242 236 226 I think a lot of these AI companies believe the government will bail them out.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Possibly. I can see Trump though demanding a stake if it happens in his term like Intel. Not giving them fed money for nothing like Dems or normal GOPe would.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

I guess that is a least-bad scenario. I don't like bailouts as a general rule. Abominable Intelligences are being misused badly as it is.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:16 PM (xcxpd)

243 Sponge, his satelites are disposable. The burn up in thee atmosphere in five years, and he still makes money on them.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 12, 2026 12:16 PM (bX16E)

244 So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?

Radiative.

Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 12:16 PM (5FKHw)

245 244 So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?

Sucky.

Posted by: Couldn't resist at August 12, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

246 Maintenance and upkeep becomes MEGA f*cking expensive"

Hal, give me the the duct tape...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:18 PM (cGjQu)

247 So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?
Posted by: man

Publius or Gref among the nightowls could explain it. Also Pawn. Latter two are real rocket scientists and Publius is of all things physics, a genius.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:18 PM (E4rtv)

248 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (NcvvS)

249 A golf course uses about four times the water as a data center (more than that, if the data center is recirculating the same water), and takes up approximately the same amount of land.

But for some reason we don't see massive anti-golf course protests.

Strange, innit?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 11:55 AM (IG3/x)
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It's the collision between their need for electricity and the green ideal of closing all carbon based energy production. Turbines are noisy and use NatGas. Bad, by definiton.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (ET1ES)

250 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

251
That's sad, but not surprising. I was looking at the MB area myself recently.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:15 PM (xcxpd)

Been on golf trips the last few years there. It's not a bad area, TBH.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)

252 >>>The Myrtle Beach area has closed over 100 courses in the last several years.

Most are being turned into housing projects.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Obama and Biden had a devastating effect on middle-class with disposable income.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:21 PM (VQ0bX)

253 So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?

Radiative.
Posted by: t-bird at August 12, 2026 12:16 PM (5FKHw)

Indeed. Point a hot surface towards deep space (away from the sun) and heat will flow away from it. This is the process that makes ice form on puddles under a clear night sky, even though the air temperature does not drop below freezing.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 12:21 PM (InJki)

254 I guess that is a least-bad scenario. I don't like bailouts as a general rule. Abominable Intelligences are being misused badly as it is.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

It is a tool that can work, but most politicians see dollar signs for themselves if they just shovel the money to the bailout. But markets panic and you get irrational get rid of it responses during a panic.

Intel was getting beaten down for example for not making ENOUGH of a profit and predictions that it would fail by short sellers rather than the facts in the matter.

And I think naked short types should be drawn and quartered while being burned at the stake. They are parasites. Want to short, get a stake or borrow it from someone to do so putting your own ass at risk. Naked shorts are simply trying to psychologically beat down the price so you can score cheap profits with little outlay and risk.

Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

255 So how does cooling work in a near vacuum?
Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (cGjQu)
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Is it cooling we are talking about or heat radiation? Obviously in space, radiating heat is no problem. As far as cooling goes, if the satellite is not directly facing the sun it is sitting a few hundred degrees below zero, but much warmer if facing the sun. Right? So cooling might just be a matter of shielding satellites on the day side of orbit, and warming them on the night side. Would that be right?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:24 PM (FPQLW)

256 "When AGI arrived, it came with a pair of fake tits"
@charliebcurran

https://tinyurl.com/2uyka4w7
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

Snake Plissken? I heard you was dead!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 12, 2026 12:27 PM (/HDaX)

257 Maintenance and upkeep becomes MEGA f*cking expensive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 12:12 PM (2YhKe)
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Sponge I think it's just the opposite, zero cost maintenance. The satellites work until their orbit degrades and they burn up in the atmosphere. New satellites replace them, usually more capable ones. Rinse and repeat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 12:28 PM (FPQLW)

258 When AGI arrived, it came with a pair of fake tits"
@charliebcurran

https://tinyurl.com/2uyka4w7
Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 11:33 AM (rbvCR)

I would wish for more realism but I appreciate the effort
Would

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 12, 2026 12:40 PM (xcxpd)

259 Why won't hyperscalers see diminshing returns in the value of what they're delivering.

Why won't the winners be those that figure out how to use AI as a tool. Why won't they be able to do this with "pretty good AI" without needing to be on the bleeding edge?

What about military applications?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 12, 2026 01:03 PM (dtajH)

260 Publius or Gref among the nightowls could explain it. Also Pawn. Latter two are real rocket scientists and Publius is of all things physics, a genius.
Posted by: whig at August 12, 2026 12:18 PM

I'm a rocket scientist, too, at least by training. You can use radiation for cooling, but you have to be careful to point your radiator away from bright objects. It can be done, but it's not a zero-cost thing.

According to the article in last month's Aerospace America, the biggest problem would be orbital deconfliction. I think the biggest problem is that there is no good reason to put data centers in orbit so you have to pay huge costs for no real gain in order to do it, but that's just me.

The huge costs I'm talking about are the launch costs. It takes so much energy to put anything into orbit that an orbital anything is going to be expensive. Yes, SpaceX has done amazing things to reduce the cost of lifting stuff into orbit, but they've basically just reduced it from ludicrous to immense. The hope is that SpaceX can further reduce it to merely extremely large.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at August 12, 2026 02:18 PM (Zst8M)

261 The government will ensure AI succeeds because it is needed for their omnipresent omniscient surveillance state.

Posted by: Butch at August 12, 2026 03:32 PM (98xTj)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Bridle Path
Edward Hopper

Well, this is different!

[Hat Tip: neverenoughcaffeine]

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 I hope that's not a Wyle E. Coyote tunnel.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

4 White horse founders on the jagged rocks.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (Jr5Lq)

5 Nooded.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

6 Low bridge

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2Cry5)

7 The horses were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

8 I wouldn't have guessed Hopper...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (FtULh)

9 "You dicks, wait for me!"

Posted by: Pestilence, on the fourth horse, off-stage left at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (Ot/FD)

10 He thinks he's in for a 3some.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

11 Those horses know something is in that tunnel.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (xHe0y)

12 Is the person on the left sans pants?

Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (oqH4h)

13 2 I hope that's not a Wyle E. Coyote tunnel.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

White horse knows

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (Ot/FD)

14 No boobs, no dog.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (gg4h4)

15 Definitely different. I'm surprised the bridle path goes into a dark tunnel like that, seems the kind of thing prone to head injuries and getting thrown by nervous horses.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (aJQbY)

16 Hopper? I just met her!

Posted by: Rimshot at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

17 Horses are dog adjacent so art.

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

18 Tunnel entrance is too low! They’re gonna get lumps in their heads

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (zEBE+)

19 I don't normally care much for Hopper, but I like this one.

The white horse looks like it doesn't want to go down into the dark scary tunnel.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (FZ29D)

20 Bridal path? No, thanks. I just GOT OFF the bridal path.

Posted by: Sandy The Bartender at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

21 They need a Low bridge ahead.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (cpFbA)

22 I’ll admit that I wouldn’t have recognized this as a Hopper. I guess he was in a good mood that day. Must’ve gotten laid the night before.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

23 6 Low bridge

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2Cry5)

"Low bridge, everybody down,
Low bridge, we must be getting near a town.

You can always tell your neighbor; you can always tell your pal
If he's ever navigated on the Erie Canal."

would not hang this one

Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM (5rh/l)

24 Motion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 09:35 AM (JvZF+)

25 Not what I was expecting from Hopper.
I like it!

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)

26 I think this is the first Hopper I've ever seen that shows movement.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 09:36 AM (qRla/)

27 The white horse is not too crazy about going into a dark tunnel.

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

28 White Privilege personified. Persons of color relegated to being bootblacks and horse shit shovelers.

Posted by: It Never Ends at August 12, 2026 09:36 AM (JM9I6)

29 I have absolutely no idea about these sorts of things but it just feels like it's a social faux pas to gallop on a bridle path.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:36 AM (Ot/FD)

30 But I think I actually prefer lonely, moody Hopper.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

31 Nope!

~ the white horse

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

32 This one is fun.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (sCWcD)

33 Looks nice, low bridge maybe

Mgid won't let me comment

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (LTCST)

34 Motion.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Definitely different from the stillness of the other Hopper paintings I've seen.

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

35
White horse knows
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (Ot/FD)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/mlYJf6CJXV8

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

36 I'd slow down if I be heading into that tunnel.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 09:38 AM (VJX5o)

37 Down, down to Goblin Town
They go, my lad! Ho ho, my lad

Posted by: 88C+u at August 12, 2026 09:38 AM (88C+u)

38 I'd slow down if I be heading into that tunnel.

Posted by: huerfano at August 12, 2026 09:38 AM (VJX5o)

Depends on who's chasing you. And what they're using to stop you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

39 Posted by: Pestilence, on the fourth horse,

*************

Pestilence Rides A Pale Horse - a limerick

An old country vet named Doc Phipps
Found a cure for a rare equine grippe
He heals sores of the mouth
Now he’s known through the South
The pox-man of the poor horse’s lips

Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 09:39 AM (I0N4X)

40 18 Tunnel entrance is too low! They’re gonna get lumps in their heads
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM
+++
During the educational Saturday mornings of my callow youth I learned from a certain Mr. Wile E. Coyote that the only thing necessary to create a tunnel entrance was a gallon of paint and a four inch brush.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

41 Looks like fat boy laying back slaming on the brakes.
Poor suffering white horse.

Posted by: Kafiroon at August 12, 2026 09:40 AM (VyFya)

42 A palate cleanser from the gay beach and porn theater.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 09:40 AM (CjhZR)

43 Human and animal, everyone in the painting has been dead for many decades.

Posted by: Memento Mori at August 12, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)

44 canter horse keep up?

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

45 Maybe they all have to hit the toilet. Hence the rush.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 09:42 AM (g8Ew8)

46 If I was rich I would love to own a Hopper...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:42 AM (u1xao)

47 46 If I was rich I would love to own a Hopper...

Pogo sticks really aren't that expensive.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (Riz8t)

48 canter horse keep up?
Posted by: cmeat

Already time to rein in the horse puns.

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)

49 Who's going to be first to stirrup the horse puns?

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (J4Dwc)

50 "i'm a grumpy old troll..."

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (Bep7s)

51 This is OK, but can't we go back to Fire Island?

Posted by: The Grand Poof at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (JM9I6)

52 Dammit, Tuna!

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM (J4Dwc)

53 "Low bridge, everybody down,
Low bridge, we must be getting near a town.

You can always tell your neighbor; you can always tell your pal
If he's ever navigated on the Erie Canal."

would not hang this one
Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 09:34 AM
++++

https://youtu.be/UzEqNePIrZI

Posted by: The Kingston Trio at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

54 Hopper meets Remington

***winnies***

Posted by: browndog hates traitors at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (kqcJd)

55 White Privilege personified. Persons of color relegated to being bootblacks and horse shit shovelers.

Jason Arday is lurking in the tunnel.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (Riz8t)

56 I’m still missing the nude prossie from a week or two ago….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (zEBE+)

57 12 Is the person on the left sans pants?
Posted by: ballistic at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (oqH4h)

Soon.
--The guy on the right.

Posted by: No Name Today at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (8mulE)

58 Already time to rein in the horse puns.
Posted by: Tuna

Who's going to be first to stirrup the horse puns?
Posted by: one hour sober

Seems they've already be spurred on.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 12, 2026 09:44 AM (sCWcD)

59 The topic is unexpected but the style is recognizable. The houses in the background, the tunnel and stonework has his signature use of color and brush work. The people have that soft look he is known for: enough detail to be recognizable but still soft and generic. It's the horses that break with expectations. An aspect of life in NYC that no longer exists but did in the 1930s. As soon as I saw Hopper's name I realized it was Central Park. Wouldn't want to go through that tunnel on foot or horseback today.

Hopper, with his style and subjects, is one of the few artists that made NYC palatable. That aspect is long gone.

Posted by: JTB at August 12, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

60 This painting is about me.

Posted by: Jake Tapper at August 12, 2026 09:45 AM (47/pr)

61 This painting is about me.
Posted by: Jake Tapper at August 12, 2026 09:45 AM (47/pr)

You let Fauci bang your wife, didn't you, you cuck.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

62 >>Is the person on the left sans pants?

un-dressage

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:46 AM (J4Dwc)

63 49 Who's going to be first to stirrup the horse puns?
Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:43 AM

I'll give you the answer that you'll endorse.

Posted by: Mr. Ed at August 12, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

64 During the educational Saturday mornings of my callow youth I learned from a certain Mr. Wile E. Coyote that the only thing necessary to create a tunnel entrance was a gallon of paint and a four inch brush.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
----
There was a meme over at Powerline this past weekend that showed someone who failed to learn that lesson the hard way.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 09:47 AM (FZ29D)

65 51 you can visit pen island

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

66 Is this the Black Hole that swallowed that plane?

Posted by: Don Lemon, Journalist, Intellectual, Dreamer at August 12, 2026 09:47 AM (PiwSw)

67
Horses, therefore acceptable art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 09:48 AM (8NbNL)

68 Can't see the racks.

Disappoint.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:49 AM (2YhKe)

69 Horses, therefore acceptable art.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

The Hadrian stamp of approval.

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)

70 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. No place to put golf clubs on a horse. Pass.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2WIwB)

71 68 Can't see the racks.

Disappoint.
Posted by: Sponge

You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 12, 2026 09:50 AM (2Ez/1)

72 >>Is the person on the left sans pants?

un-dressage

Well done.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

73 Wile E. Coyote v. Acme comes out in August.

John Cena is in it.

Warner shelved it for some reason but sold it to another distributor.

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4tjvbLn8Xs

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 09:51 AM (3cUTc)

74 i saw fordham gneiss, tuckahoe marble and schist open for the iguanas at cbgb's.

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

75 When you cross horse puns with donkey puns, you get something worthy of emuleation.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

76 Frau Blucher

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM (asFP3)

77 70 the mare has room for one putter.

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM (Bep7s)

78 If he's ever navigated on the Erie Canal."

Posted by: Gref
______

Thanks for the fourth grade music class earworm.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 09:53 AM (XvL8K)

79 Acceptable replacement.......

https://shorturl.fm/RNcaj

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:53 AM (2YhKe)

80 it makes it hard to driver.

Posted by: cmeat at August 12, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

81 Is this the Black Hole that swallowed that plane?

Posted by: Don Lemon, Journalist, Intellectual, Dreamer at August 12, 2026 09:47 AM (PiwSw)

Fancy that to swallow a plane!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:54 AM (asFP3)

82
Where does the dark tunnel lead? Is there a depressing diner in there where the sun never shines?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 09:54 AM (VWtfl)

83 When you cross horse puns with donkey puns, you get something worthy of emuleation.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

This is about me, isn't it........

Posted by: Alexandria Ocrazyo Cotits at August 12, 2026 09:54 AM (2YhKe)

84 What knockers!!

Posted by: Gene Wilder at August 12, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

85 3 ring-wraithes, once great kings of men cursed and seduced by the dark side of the force

Posted by: The Ballots at August 12, 2026 09:55 AM (LOZbR)

86 Don't saddle this thread with horse puns.

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 09:55 AM (Oy/m2)

87 Is this the Black Hole that swallowed that plane?

Posted by: Don Lemon, Journalist, Intellectual, Dreamer at August 12, 2026 09:47 AM (PiwSw)

Fancy that to swallow a plane!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:54 AM (asFP3)

It's pronounced 'peen.' Duh.

- Booty Juice

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:55 AM (AdHga)

88 The name is Vod

Posted by: Vod Kaknockers at August 12, 2026 09:56 AM (LOZbR)

89 Princess Diana had a weird premonition as she rode into the tunnel....

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (w9Wax)

90 I had a pony!

Posted by: Manya at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (JM9I6)

91 Did someone say they need a hole?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (V1UCz)

92 86 Don't saddle this thread with horse puns.
Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 09:55 AM

That's hay-larious.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

93 Wile E. Coyote v. Acme comes out in August.

John Cena is in it.

Warner shelved it for some reason but sold it to another distributor.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 09:51 AM (3cUTc)

John Cena apologized to China in perfect mandarin for calling Taiwan it's own country.

John Cena can GFH.

Out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

94 One description claims this show the sentiments left over from the 19th century when NYC was changing rapidly. This was painted in 1939.
Surprisingly the NYC population in 1930 was just under 7.4 million and it's around 8.5 million today. I thought the 2026 number would be much higher. Does that increase of 1.1 million make that much difference in being able to live normally in NYC vs what's going on today with crime, high taxes and all of the other things that progressivism has wrought? I wonder what the demographics were in 1939. Off to do some research.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 09:58 AM (2NHgQ)

95 This is about me, isn't it........

Posted by: Alexandria Ocrazyo Cotits

Who is now back on the market. Now's your chance, fellas.

This was only days after she put her egg harvesting routine on the internet. IOW, I want kids, but not YOUR kids. That's gotta hurt.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)

96 There are pop ups in that tunnel

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 12, 2026 09:59 AM (F4VYo)

97 ‘Whoa, I ain’t going in there!’
- something White Horse probably said

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (0ViWo)

98 83 When you cross horse puns with donkey puns, you get something worthy of emuleation.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:52 AM

Maybe she’s barn with it… Maybe it’s neighbelline.

Posted by: Groan at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)

99 You gotta scrape a few eggs to make an omelet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (Ot/FD)

100 You gotta scrape a few eggs to make an omelet.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (Ot/FD)

My body, my choice, bigot.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (2YhKe)

101 So you dreamt you met your muzza een a tunnel. No I do not know vut dees means. Perhaps you veel travel zoon....

Posted by: Sigmund Freud at August 12, 2026 10:01 AM (asFP3)

102
The Equestrian Pessimist - a limerick

There once was a horseman from Maine
Who gave his brave horsey free rein
"That's a tunnel my friend,
but the light at the end
Is the light of an oncoming train!"

Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 10:01 AM (I0N4X)

103 I saw AOC on some show recently. She was looking pretty good. Looked like she lost weight, GLP probably.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at August 12, 2026 10:01 AM (V1UCz)

104 Surprisingly the NYC population in 1930 was just under 7.4 million and it's around 8.5 million today.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffein
_________

The metro area population has more than doubled since 1930.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (XvL8K)

105
There once was a horseman from Maine
Who gave his brave horsey free rein
"That's a tunnel my friend,
but the light at the end
Is the light of an oncoming train!"
Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 10:01 AM (I0N4X)

And I will f*ck him in the ass.......no homo.

Posted by: Graham Platner at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

106 Maybe she’s barn with it… Maybe it’s neighbelline.
Posted by: Groan at August 12, 2026 10:00 AM (2Ez/1)
------------
Neighbelline! Why can't you be true!

Posted by: Churck Berry at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (PiwSw)

107 Before Central Park was built, the most popular place to picnic in NYC was Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Posted by: Grave Visitations at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (JM9I6)

108 89 Princess Diana had a weird premonition as she rode into the tunnel....

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (w9Wax)

Letting too many people into her tunnel is what caused her the problems in the first place.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (AdHga)

109 You tube videos show rider after rider slamming their head into the top of the tunnel.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (w9Wax)

110 Princess Diana had a weird premonition as she rode into the tunnel....

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 09:57 AM (w9Wax)

If you're gonna ride, don't ride the drunk horse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2YhKe)

111 This is perfect. They're willing to try anything - except hard work.

“Many of the loser children of my wealthy friends who see no way to emulate the success of their parents, have gravitated toward Mamdani-ism and found community and a sense of purpose by rejecting capitalism as a way to cope with their own failure. Please note they have nor however rejected their trust funds or living subsidies while pursuing their ‘passions’ in NGOs, dabbling in the arts or trying to invest their parents money in ‘VC.’

https://tinyurl.com/3bfxxfeu

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)

112 86 Don't saddle this thread with horse puns.
Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 09:55 AM

Can I ask you equestrian?

Posted by: Neigh at August 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

113 We git what we git when we don’t throw a fit.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 10:04 AM (0ViWo)

114 109 You tube videos show rider after rider slamming their head into the top of the tunnel.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM

I had nothing to do with that.

Posted by: Artificial Intelligence at August 12, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

115 Like this one , nice action and colors. Big Hopper fan.
Would hang , thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:04 AM (WOnE5)

116
Can I ask you equestrian?
Posted by: Neigh at August 12, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

My nephew signed up for an equestrian class his Sr. year of high school.

"Equestrian?"

"Yeah! You know. Welding!"

"Uh......no.....that's horses......."

"Really? Crap! I better change that......."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

117 109 You tube videos show rider after rider slamming their head into the top of the tunnel.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM
----
Three riders go in...one one rider comes out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 10:06 AM (FZ29D)

118 Oh good grief. I see it's going to be THAT kind of day. Why does CBD hate bridges? Why?

Posted by: Weasel at August 12, 2026 10:06 AM (TMF5Z)

119 Wile E. Coyote v. Acme comes out in August.

John Cena is in it.

Warner shelved it for some reason but sold it to another distributor.

The Road Runner isn't trans, so big Hollywood wasn't interested.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 10:07 AM (2ocoG)

120 I love this sexually.

Did you see what happened in MKE county? Our state can’t even have a clean election when Dems are involved!

So establishment Democrats blocked the crazy socialist in Wisconsin.

Wonder how that will go over with the younger college voters.

I read about it … magical votes showed up at the last minute to help Crowley.

Funny how that happens when the Democrat establishment wants it to.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

121 Thanks Biff. Not educated in the difference between metro and the balance of NYC. So metro includes the greater area of the tri-state, which includes NJ and CT. Odd way to look at NYC. Might I suggest that NJ and CT hand over their counties that are included in the metro area to NYC so that the balance of the two states could be somewhat normal.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 10:07 AM (2NHgQ)

122 My nephew signed up for an equestrian class his Sr. year of high school.

"Equestrian?"

"Yeah! You know. Welding!"

"Uh......no.....that's horses......."

"Really? Crap! I better change that......."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)
----
Chicks dig horses....And those who ride them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 10:07 AM (FZ29D)

123 Chicks dig horses....And those who ride them.

And centaurs. Or so I hear.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

124 Not your typical Hopper!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 10:09 AM (MzbjZ)

125 If you wanna ride,
Don't ride the white horse.
If you wanna ride,
Ride the white pony.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 10:09 AM (i+vnO)

126 I was late in JJ's thread, but I was at a social event this weekend with my wife and a few of her acquaintances. The person the set up the event was talking about how she got her JD with loans of about $60,000. (She's a bit older). She got out of school, went to work for nonprofits and held her loans in abeyance for a long time. Interest accrued to over $200,000. She was thanking Biden for forgiving the loans during Covid. I wanted to pull what little hair I have left out, and tell her you're welcome, on behalf of tax paying citizens. This was the authority that the SC said Biden didn't have. I'm still pissed about it. Nothing but contempt for people like that.

Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 12, 2026 10:09 AM (V9pbl)

127 123 Chicks dig horses....And those who ride them.

And centaurs. Or so I hear.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

And Bears.

Posted by: Karen McKarenface at August 12, 2026 10:10 AM (PiwSw)

128 127 123 Chicks dig horses....And those who ride them.

And centaurs. Or so I hear.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:08 AM (Riz8t)

And Bears.
Posted by: Karen McKarenface at August 12, 2026 10:10 AM (PiwSw)
——-

‘Meh’

— Minotaurs

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 12, 2026 10:10 AM (i+vnO)

129 Just give the damn horse a name and be done with it.

Posted by: America at August 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)

130 So you dreamt you met your muzza een a tunnel. No I do not know vut dees means. Perhaps you veel travel zoon....
Posted by: Sigmund Freud

*******

Zat ees ein ridiculous akzent mein friend, und you are more Fraud than Freud. It iss simple. Effery sex psychiatrist knows ze meaning uff ein pulsating steed plunging into a tunnel...!

Posted by: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, diminutive sex therapist extraordinaire at August 12, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

131 125 If you wanna ride,
Don't ride the white horse.
If you wanna ride,
Ride the white pony.
Posted by: Elric the Blade

Got off the White Horse in '78, Mate! Stayed off and still standing!

Posted by: Keith Richards at August 12, 2026 10:12 AM (JM9I6)

132 Thanks Biff. Not educated in the difference between metro and the balance of NYC.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
___________

It's that way with virtually all major US cities. The core city has been stagnant or even declining in population since the mid 20th century, and the suburbs have exploded.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 10:12 AM (XvL8K)

133 129 Just give the damn horse a name and be done with it.
Posted by: America at August 12, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)
-----------
In the desert, you can remember your name
Cos there ain't no one for to give you no pain.

Posted by: Dewey Bunnell, Lyricist par excellence at August 12, 2026 10:12 AM (PiwSw)

134 "...knows ze meaning uff ein pulsating steed plunging into a tunnel...!"
=====
Is this about me?

Posted by: Steely Dan at August 12, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

135 17 Horses are dog adjacent so art.
Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

No poker, not art.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 12, 2026 10:13 AM (0bjKf)

136 Posted by: RandomDave

Whats the news? No news?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:13 AM (asFP3)

137 126: what a grifting bitch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 10:13 AM (CjhZR)

138 I read about it … magical votes showed up at the last minute to help Crowley.

Funny how that happens when the Democrat establishment wants it to.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:07 AM (Riz8t)

Hasan Piker said, of the results in Wisconsin, "the knives will be out."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 10:14 AM (AdHga)

139 Hasan Piker said, of the results in Wisconsin, "the knives will be out."

Oh my. He certainly does talk butch a lot. You know, when he's not busy torturing his dog.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)

140 Trivia: The Building in the background is The Dakota, on the northwest corner of Central Park West and 72nd St. That's the building John Lennon and Yoko Ono were returning home to when Lennon was gunned down some 46 years ago.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 10:17 AM (y1wyK)

141 “Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred … ” - wait - where are the other 597? Bueller … ? Bueller … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at August 12, 2026 10:19 AM (ayRl+)

142 Keep in mind:

Everything the left says about white supremacy, white privilege and racism ...

... is actually 100% true and accurate about islam and arabs.
In every way, in every day, in every crime, abuse and evil.

Proving the left are not against all those--they are merely against not being the beneficiaries.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 10:19 AM (3cUTc)

143 It's that way with virtually all major US cities. The core city has been stagnant or even declining in population since the mid 20th century, and the suburbs have exploded.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
________

Detroit, for instance, has lost 2/3 of its population since 1950, but the metro area has grown by a third.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 10:20 AM (XvL8K)

144 The blonde in the back looks like she'd rather have a second rate horse between her legs than a first rate man.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 12, 2026 10:21 AM (2WIwB)

145 140 Trivia: The Building in the background is The Dakota, on the northwest corner of Central Park West and 72nd St. That's the building John Lennon and Yoko Ono were returning home to when Lennon was gunned down some 46 years ago.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

From Wiki:
"The Dakota's co-op board, which decides whether to allow prospective tenants, has a reputation for selectivity."

Like survivors from the Andrea Doria?

Posted by: Obscure Seinfeld reference at August 12, 2026 10:21 AM (2Ez/1)

146
The Punctual Rider - a limerick

A horse person out for a lark
Galloped blindly right into the dark
A bystander said,
"What's that scar on your head?"
"He replied, "An equestrian mark!"

Posted by: Dr. Ruth Westheimer, diminutive sex therapist extraordinaire at August 12, 2026 10:23 AM (I0N4X)

147 /sock fail

Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 10:24 AM (I0N4X)

148 46 years later, and I still have no reason to care about John Lennon.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

149 The white horse suddenly noticed that the sign saying "Height: 11' 8"" has gone missing …

Posted by: Dr_No at August 12, 2026 10:25 AM (ayRl+)

150 The horses seem reluctant to enter the tunnel.

Posted by: Toad-0 at August 12, 2026 10:25 AM (Ly50L)

151 “Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred … ” - wait - where are the other 597? Bueller … ? Bueller … ?
Posted by: Dr_No

Where the hell is everyone going? Get back here this instant!

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 10:25 AM (xHe0y)

152 >>Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

*fistbump* Was still in the MR catching up on comments.

That's a low bridge to be riding under.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 10:27 AM (NcvvS)

153 @ 148 46 years later, and I still have no reason to care about John Lennon. Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
___________________________

Lennon's only worthwhile music was also legitimately inauthentic … remember 'Working Class Hero'? Lennon was not of the 'working class' except for its propaganda value to him.

Posted by: Dr_No at August 12, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+)

154 143 Muzzies are good at poppin’ out kids.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

155 Just how does something "go missing?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

156 There's a low bridge in Louisville that the locals refer to as "The Can Opener."

There's plenty of signage about it; big yellow signs with the actual clearance on them, flashing lights, etc. It's a toss up whether the truck gets stuck under the overpass or just has the top of the trailer or box ripped off.

It's at least a monthly occurrence.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (2Cry5)

157 Posted by: Graham Platner at August 12, 2026 10:02 AM (2YhKe)

**************

That's pretty gross. What's the point?

Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (I0N4X)

158 Looks like more Depression era artwork. I see Hopper is a so-called realist, but those hats somehow stay on their heads?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 10:30 AM (cWLG3)

159 My nephew signed up for an equestrian class his Sr. year of high school.

"Equestrian?"

"Yeah! You know. Welding!"

"Uh......no.....that's horses......."

"Really? Crap! I better change that......."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:06 AM (2YhKe)

"Why'd they kick you out of class?"

"I asked them where i was supposed to put the ground clamp."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:32 AM (Ot/FD)

160 I wonder what the demographics were in 1939. Off to do some research.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 09:58 AM (2NHgQ)

Italian, Irish, Jewish, German, WASP.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 12, 2026 10:32 AM (l4RKn)

161 “Into the Valley of Death rode the Six Hundred … ” - wait - where are the other 597? Bueller … ? Bueller … ?
Posted by: Dr_No

Where the hell is everyone going? Get back here this instant!
Posted by: rickb22
__________

That kind of actually happened. Captain Nolan, who screwed up the original instructions on the point of attack, was killed before he could correct the mistake.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 10:32 AM (XvL8K)

162 155 Just how does something "go missing?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

Well if it were here, it wouldn't be missing. So wherever it is that isn't here, it had to have gone there at some point!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:35 AM (Ot/FD)

163 Two men chasing a woman into darkness.

There's a lesson here, gentlemen.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 10:36 AM (g8Ew8)

164 They will get to the gate and have boiling oil poured on them. The end.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 10:36 AM (CjhZR)

165 Just how does something "go missing?"
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 10:29 AM (2Ez/1)

No idea.

Posted by: Congressional Budget Office at August 12, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

166 165 Just how does something "go missing?"
Posted by: I gotta ask

It happens.

Posted by: Judge Crater, Jimmy Hoffa at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM (JM9I6)

167 WOO-HOO! A tropical storm is forming east of Bermuda. Sure hope it doesn't become a major hurricane! (wink-wink)

Posted by: Dr. Rick Knapp, Weather Channel at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM (J4Dwc)

168 What was the motive of Lennon’s killer, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

169 No major hurricanes struck the US last year and this year is trending the same way.

Posted by: Weather Channel Hardest Hit at August 12, 2026 10:41 AM (JM9I6)

170 Into the pit of carkoon.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2026 10:41 AM (S41Gd)

171 What was the motive of Lennon’s killer, anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

Imagine no more Lennon......

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 10:41 AM (g8Ew8)

172 @161, Biff, as I recall Nolan was killed by the first shell. The Reason Why is a great book about the Charge.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:41 AM (WOnE5)

173 2 broads and their Dad's gunsel when into the tunnel. 2 broads and no gunsel came out.

Posted by: The Gunsel In The Tunnel at August 12, 2026 10:42 AM (e2lsi)

174 Lennon's killer was pissed Lennon let loose Yoko's music on the world

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:42 AM (WOnE5)

175 No major hurricanes struck the US last year and this year is trending the same way.

It's obviously global warming.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)

176 174 Lennon's killer was pissed Lennon let loose Yoko's music on the world
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:42 AM (WOnE5)

"and yoko ono is standing right there and not one fucking bullet...."

Posted by: Dennis Leary at August 12, 2026 10:43 AM (Ot/FD)

177 Yoko hasn't sold her apartment at the Dakota even though she is now living on her "farm" upstate.

Posted by: My Love Will Turn You On at August 12, 2026 10:44 AM (JM9I6)

178 Yoko lives nw of me in Delaware county NY
Enough mountains between us so I don't have to here her singing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:45 AM (WOnE5)

179 BTW, anything north of the Bronx/Yonkers line is upstate.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at August 12, 2026 10:45 AM (JM9I6)

180 Hear not here . Jeez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:46 AM (WOnE5)

181 Biff, as I recall Nolan was killed by the first shell. The Reason Why is a great book about the Charge.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
_________

Does it say anything about Nolan trying to waive Lucan off before he was killed? I know I've read that, but it could have been from Flashman.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 12, 2026 10:46 AM (XvL8K)

182 Lennon's killer was pissed Lennon let loose Yoko's music on the world

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:42 AM (WOnE5)

An avenging angel with shitty aim. He could have gotten a 2-fer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 12, 2026 10:46 AM (S41Gd)

183 So who was funding the immigration pilgrimage for all those fine upstanding strapping young Moroccan Mohammeddan Boy Scouts?

Posted by: Attention span of a gnat at August 12, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

184 163 Two men chasing a woman into darkness.

There's a lesson here, gentlemen.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 12, 2026 10:36 AM (g8Ew

--
Yeah, it's hard to chase someone while they are behind you.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 12, 2026 10:47 AM (cWLG3)

185 What was the motive of Lennon’s killer, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

Probably a dumb commie like 96% of all assassins.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:47 AM (asFP3)

186 180 Hear not here . Jeez
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 10:46 AM (WOnE5)

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HER CATERWAULING IS SO PIGFUCKINGLY AWFUL IT DISTORTS THE VERY LAWS OF GRAMMAR LIKE A MAGNET SLAPPED ON A CATHODE RAY TUBE MONITOR BY SOME UNRULY MALEVOLENT CHILD

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISSBERGER at August 12, 2026 10:48 AM (Ot/FD)

187 Hitting a hundred horse puns should be a cinch.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 12, 2026 10:48 AM (tvdD1)

188 ..., if you're still here -

The news is no news yet. Hopefully I'll hear "your start date is..." this week. Keep prayin!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:49 AM (aJQbY)

189 The news is no news yet. Hopefully I'll hear "your start date is..." this week. Keep prayin!

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:49 AM (aJQbY)

Will do RD. 🤞🏻

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 10:50 AM (asFP3)

190 Chairman LMAO, "he chased her, and chased her, and chased her, until she caught him"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 10:51 AM (aJQbY)

191 Ya know, Freud's practical ideas about psychology were all binned a long time ago, because it's nonsense.

But I've always found him to be a particularly unlikable intellectual douchebag, and I never could figure out quite why.

Until one minute ago, when it hit me: that guy was just a retread. His whole thing was nicely dressed in 20th century pseudoscientific folderol, but it was the same old Epicurean nonsense from the ancient Mediterranean, brought back to life for a modern audience of spiritually barren hedonists in central Europe.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

192 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 10:51 AM (BI5O2)

The ex of a buddy of mine wrote her master's thesis on the theory that Epicurus was history's first Hipster.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:53 AM (Ot/FD)

193 So THAT'S where the bastard came from.

Posted by: Ichabod Crane at August 12, 2026 10:54 AM (YJPBh)

194 191 Also, his painting nekkid lardasses on ottomans.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:55 AM (77rzZ)

195 That's Jane Chisholm on the chestnut horse for all you "Diner" fans.

Posted by: Rex B at August 12, 2026 10:55 AM (R0XxO)

196 175 No major hurricanes struck the US last year and this year is trending the same way.

It's obviously global warming.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 12, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)

Haven't you heard ? It's the hottest summer in history ! Except for 2021 and 1936....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 10:57 AM (4WM7K)

197 > You let Fauci bang your wife, didn't you, you cuck.
My wife? Ha!

Posted by: Drippin' Jake Tapper at August 12, 2026 10:57 AM (YJPBh)

198

Haven't you heard ? It's the hottest summer in history ! Except for 2021 and 1936....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 10:57 AM (4WM7K)

It's been several years since NTX had this many consecutive days over 100 degrees.

We're all gonna die.......

Posted by: Congressional Budget Office at August 12, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

199 And shyte.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 10:58 AM (2YhKe)

200 The ex of a buddy of mine wrote her master's thesis on the theory that Epicurus was history's first Hipster.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 10:53 AM (Ot/FD

Tough, but fair.

I would say "but he wasn't a copycat; his dumb thing was his own," but there had to be a First Hipster, too.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 10:58 AM (BI5O2)

201 Alternate title:

"Though Hoping For the Billy Goats Gruff, The Bridge Troll Was Perfectly Happy to Eat the Family Huffington and Their Horses"

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (iJfKG)

202 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

203 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

204
Here's some more grist for you anti-Boomers' Anti-Boomer Mill:

https://instapundit.com/816127/#disqus_thread

It may be the single stupidest bit of writing that I've ever read.

Hilariously silly. It sounds exactly like Hitler describing the Jooooooos at a rally.

Enjoy!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 12, 2026 11:03 AM (iJfKG)

205
168 What was the motive of Lennon’s killer, anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 10:39 AM

-------

He blamed Lennon for misleading him about the nature of this world, through his music and public pronouncements, and so ruining his life. Also, he was a psycho.

The leaders of his prison group therapy endeavored to get him to understand that he was a useless piece of shit all on his own, not because of Lennon.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 11:09 AM (azNOR)

The Morning Report — 8/ 12 /26

Good morning kids. So hallelujah, as the dust settles on the primary elections across several states.

Let's start the day off with a bit of good news. The absolutely vile, hideous Francesca Hong was resoundingly, if not perhaps surprisingly defeated by a so-called moderate candidate in the Democrat primary election to see who their candidate for governor of Wisconsin will be come the general election this November.

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley beat Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in a come-from-behind victory during the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary Tuesday night.
Crowley, 40, was ahead of the 37-year-old state representative and member of the Democratic Socialists of America 39.8% to 39.4% when the race was called by the Associated Press at 3:34 a.m.
Surveys ahead of the Badger State Democratic contest had consistently showed Hong besting Crowley by double digit percentage points. Crowley had also dropped out of the race weeks before and even endorsed another opponent, before re-entering the contest and receiving the backing of outgoing Gov. Tony Evers.

Hong who hates Israel, white people, and not merely Thanksgiving but what it represents, family, America that encompass its history, society, culture and traditions. Then again, in whole or in part this is what the Democrats en masse are all about. In their two century-long desire for absolute power they have embraced and endorsed any and every crackpot and in so doing have placed an absolute stranglehold on several key states and more crucially institutions of our government and private sector that have kept them in power all this time, primarily academia and the media.

So the question is, is Hong's defeat merely because the party and electorate see her as politically/tactically toxic during an election or that what she believes does not align with what it and they believe. My fear is that if the latter were the case, how in the world could she and all the others of her ilk have ever gotten as far as they have politically? Well, they couldn't. And yet here we are as a nation and society. Since yesterday was an open primary in Wisconsin I and my fellow Wisconsinites had the opportunity to vote for either party, and since Tom Tiffany was a shoe-in to win in the GOP, I'm wondering how many of my fellow sane republican Wisconsinites voted on the Democrat line for Crowley to pull a sort of Operation Chaos a la Limbaugh? I just realized that maybe this might not have been such a great idea as having Hong as a candidate might make our side complacent and as Dems vote for whoever has the D after their name regardless of who it is could spell disaster come November. Oh well, fellow Dairy Staters and everyone please weigh in.

Host Peter Alexander said, “There’s a conversation happening among Democrats, and I’m sure a lot of people sitting listening to this conversation right now, who have these real concerns about the sort of divide they’re experiencing within the party between the more progressive candidates and the more moderate, more centrist candidates. The fear is that ultimately it may cost the party some seats, some governors’ mansions. You saw that Abdul El-Sayed, someone you supported, obviously won what was a really close race against a more moderate Senate candidate in the state of Michigan. Right now in Wisconsin, Francesca Hong is facing some similar concerns.” He asked, “What do you make of that concern, and how do you satisfy those more centrist Democrats and independent-minded folks, in states like your own right now, who are having that real debate within their own head?” Ellison said, “I think the debate is great. I think it’s an important debate to have. Democratic, ‘big D’ Democrats are being democratic ‘small D,’ meaning that we’re debating ideas.

Yes, Keith Ellison is a sick freak but he's also the Attorney General of the state of Minnesota. His views are absolutely in line with Hong and all the rest, and he has been the AG of Mn for many many years and through many election cycles. I suppose one can argue that social media posts can come back to bite candidates in the ass but then again, how is it that my old hometown of NYC can swing from the madness of a David Dinkins to 12-plus years of a golden age under Rudy Giuliani and then embrace DeBolshevik and then DeBolshevik on steroids Mamdani?! I don't get it.

From coast-to-coast, voters on the left are turning to the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) to lead them to the promised land. For them, of course, the promised land is communism.
Not surprisingly, the DSA candidates usually run under the Democrat banner. Democrats and communists have always been soul mates.
In 1948, Henry A. Wallace, who had been FDR’s vice president from 1941 to 1945, ran for president under the Progressive Party banner. The Progressive Party was hard left and strongly aligned with, and supported by, the Communist Party of America. Wallace received 2.4% of the vote. Unfortunately, today’s communists (costumed in DSA clothing behind the Democrat curtain) are getting ten times that.
But don’t call them communists! Ask Democrats or DSA members, and they’ll vehemently deny they’re communists. The DSA will assert, “We’re not communists, we’re docialists. BIG difference!” Really? And Democrats often won’t even agree that they’re socialists, despite having mirror image policies.

Speaking of Rush Limbaugh, as the late great Maha Rushie of blessed memory once observed, When the Left promises paradise on earth and free everything, it's impossible to run against Santa Claus and beat him. The irony there of course is the Left's preternatural hatred of everything Christian, but the analogy is nevertheless spot on.

But of course, a lot of people are going to have to be liquidated and the past 250 years of our unique "exceptional" history completely erased in order for their fever dreams to be realized

Abolish The Police, Seize The Corporations, Erase The Borders This is the DSA platform Democrats don’t want you to read.

While some in the Democrat Party are freaking out over the freaks like Hong there they are running and ins some cases like Mamdani winning. Yes the entirety of the Wisconsin populace cannot be compared to that of NYC as a whole. But there's Keith Ellison, who unlike a John Fetterman or even a Chuck Schumer is eager to embrace the overt Commies. Of course so long as they have a D next to their name, Democrats must vote for that candidate.

Speaking of Paradise on Earth — elsewhere in the world, as Iran continues to be a festering boil on the world's backside, let me just state for the record that President Trump and Israel's combined effort so far to prevent these fiends from obtaining nuclear weapons and initiating armageddon as the precursor to permanent global Islamic domination, was absolutely necessary to the safety and security of the world.

This item is rather alarming:

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called for Islamic nations to set aside their differences and join Islamabad’s defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey to form a military alliance along the lines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). Talking to Geo News, Asif said the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement shouldn’t be an ‘exclusive club’ and urged Islamic nations to put their difference aside and join the pact. . . “I think that, along the lines of NATO, Muslim countries should put their own differences aside–the transactional issues or bilateral disputes they have with one another — and stand together on this one platform,” he added. . .
. . . Pakistan is the world’s primary enforcer of Islamic blasphemy laws. It’s a state sponsor of terrorism, holds an estimated 170 nuclear warheads, and is steadily modernizing its arsenal. Its longest-range operational missile is the Shaheen 3, which can hit targets up to 1,709 miles. Saudi Arabia is the location of Mecca and Medina, Islam’s holiest cities. Turkey is “the new Iran,” a Muslim Brotherhood-supporting nation with revanchist aims. Recently, Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou rightly warned that “pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.”

But let's not lose our heads over Islam!

Of course who the new American red guards of the DSA can't shoot into a mass grave will be taken care of by the graduates of our Madrassas...

Her nearly 300-page study examines an English-language Islamic Studies curriculum spanning Grades 1 through 12, published by Darussalam and supplemented by other widely circulated educational texts. Rather than approaching Islamic education through sociological generalizations or newspaper accounts of radicalization, she examines what children themselves encounter: textbooks, exercises, religious stories, prescribed behavior, Quranic passages, accounts of Mohammed and his companions, and the material that is emphasized, softened, postponed, or omitted. The result is one of the more important studies of Islamic education to appear in recent years.

With any luck I'll be dead and not have to worry about anything more than having my tombstone desecrated.

But at least Hong has been sidelined, at least for now so on that bit of positive news, I bid you all to

Have a good day,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

FEAST ON THIS
Holiday-hating Francesca Hong loses to moderate David Crowley in Wisconsin gubernatorial primary (she hates America, not just holidays - jjs)
A threat - potentially rivaling that of Iran.
Pakistan Invites Muslim Nations to Join the New ‘Islamic NATO’

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

Pouring lighter fluid, throwing cinderblock, attempting murder
Violent Anti-ICE Protesters Are Sentenced, Convicted
El-Sayed’s past remarks could become a focal point in the state’s general election. As Michigan is a swing state, many voters are likely to find El-Sayed’s extreme-left views off-putting. Republicans have sought to leverage El-Sayed’s past comments as a means to mobilize moderate voters against him. His nomination demonstrates the ongoing shift to the left within the Democrat Party and the mainstreaming of anti-American sentiment.
Dem Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Deletes Podcast Where He Called to Scrap July 4th Fireworks and the Second Amendment.
The four horsemen of the leftist apocalype include Marxism, Sharia, AI, and the national debt.
Apocalypse soon
They highlight crude, fringe episodes of prejudice while ignoring pervasive institutional discrimination against Indian Americans.
Progressives’ Selective Indignation Over Anti-Indian Racism
This is the DSA platform Democrats don’t want you to read.
Abolish The Police, Seize The Corporations, Erase The Borders
Both systems promise that a slaughter is necessary but also promise its end. Both systems invariably keep the first promise and violate the second.
The Mohammunist Manifesto—The Promise of ‘Transitional Phase’ Slaughter

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
In a series of tense airport standoffs, gate agents and corporate executives at major carriers like Southwest Airlines have repeatedly blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from accessing jet bridges, shielded passenger manifests, and demanded administrative hurdles to prevent federal agents from taking illegal visa overstayers into custody, according to recent reports by national news outlets.
Never Again? Airlines Obstruct ICE Crackdown on Same Visa Overstays that Enabled 9/11 Hijackerss
If implemented, the reforms could significantly reduce reliance on foreign labor, encourage companies to invest in American talent, and potentially sway voters ahead of the midterm elections. However, big business, including lobbying groups like FWD.us, is expected to push back against these measures, given the rewards it reaps from undercutting American workers by importing foreign workers.
Trump Admin Drafts Visa Reforms to Reduce Displacement of American Workers by Imported Labor.
A Pakistani migrant who is charged with sexually assaulting an elderly, wheelchair bound woman in Boston will likely be released by the state government thanks to Massachusetts’ sanctuary laws, says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.
Massachusetts Set to Release Pakistani Delivery Driver Charged with Assaulting Elderly Boston Woman (he should be met at the prison door with baseball bats - jjs)
ICE lodges detainer after fatal machete stabbing in Hallandale Beach.
Illegal Immigrant Released By Biden Kills Roommate With Machete As He Gave Chilling Last Words.
“A U.S. embassy in North Africa revoked over 100 visas for ‘birth tourist’ parents who came to the United States primarily to give birth so their children would get U.S. citizenship.”
State Department Revokes Over 175,000 Visas for Criminal Activity
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million on thousands of G.L.O.V.E. devices by March. The name stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter.
ICE Wants Electric Gloves for Combative Arrests. Here Comes the Meltdown.
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
An elaborate “deception operation” undertaken to conceal the president’s departure flight from Ankara.
WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit
. . .as Tehran refuses to back down from sweeping demands for ending the standoff.
Trump: U.S. Navy ‘Controls the Strait 100%’ with ‘Steel Wall’ Blockade — Iran Escalation Still on the Table
“We have total control over the Hormuz Strait right now. They don’t have control. We have total control. We own it,” Trump told reporters Tuesday evening after returning from Ohio.
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ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Punishing Jewish people, ignoring Hamas.
UK MPs on an Anti-Israel Rampage

* * * * *
The world's real genocides don't interest them.
‘Priests Against Genocide’ are Blind Guides

THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Hopefully, the rest of the FAA’s air traffic control enhancement plan will prove as successful.
FAA’s Gamer Recruitment Campaign Scores Over 2,000+ Air Traffic Controller Candidates

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
But is he wrong?
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'When I die and I stand before God … I don’t want to say I did it the easy way instead of the Shariah-compliant way,' El-Sayed told the New York Times in 2009
Revealed: El-Sayed Proclaimed 'Obligation' To Follow Sharia Law Until the Day He Dies
Elaine Ellinger opens the classroom door on Islamic education in the West.
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OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
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AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
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COVID may have been novel, but what wasn’t was the fact that, at bottom, a pandemic is a pandemic, and Fauci proved to be completely unprepared.
Fauci And The Pandemic Playbook That Wasn’t
Fauci's dirty little secrets.
Naomi Wolf Video: The Vax’s Crippling of Human Sexual Organs
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Publication is mocked for ‘disgusting’ anti-Israel issue
Under James Murdoch, New York Magazine Tilts Toward Hamas
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
New York already has laws that help close the loopholes Amazon uses to deflect blame when it comes to accidents.
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"People who are highly educated in this country were promised this path of economic success."
DSA capitalizes on Americans' downward mobility
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Fed Deep State Undercuts Kevin Warsh, Who Wins Some Surprise Support
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
The state's blind rush to green energy is foolish and profoundly dangerous.
California, The Blackout State
The woke green agenda rests on climate alarmism, anti-human policies, and economic myths that threaten both prosperity and freedom.
The Delusional Premises of Woke Greens
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Heather MacDonald: The Trump administration should have stood its ground in its earlier effort to zero out the failed Great Society program.
Head Start Has Never Worked
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
"This campaign pledge from the President is why millions of Americans sent him back to the White House." U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani issued a preliminary injunction barring the Postal Service from enforcing the mail-voting provisions of Trump’s executive order for the November elections or any earlier federal election.
Trump’s Midterm Election Push Hits Legal Roadblock
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
A seemingly red-faced Mayor Zohran Mamdani blamed a “miscommunication” Tuesday after an awkward public clash between City Hall and NYPD officials over whether the department would provide security for his wife Rama Duwaji’s upcoming Middle East trip.
Red-faced Mamdani blames his staff after NYPD denies NYC’s first lady Rama Duwaji a police escort to the Middle East
POLITICS
Here's the tale of the tape from PJ Media's coverage last night - jjs
RESULTS: Primaries in Alabama, South Carolina, Connecticut, Vermont, Minnesota and Wisconsin
The far-Left bartender has faced intense scrutiny and negative media coverage in recent weeks over fringe views.
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The new poll could suggest that Democrat voters view Harris as a unifying figure amid the party’s descent into civil war over whether to embrace the far-left politics of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
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No Candidates Drop from Montana Senate Race Despite Pressure from Democrats
Gov. Hobbs is the latest swing-state Democrat to tout crossover Republican support as the party struggles to contain its surging socialist wing.
Swing-State Democrat Taps ‘Republican’ Running Mate
If voters choose to avert their gaze and stick their fingers in their ears, they’ll only have themselves to blame.
Battle Lines: Accountability Will Be the Dividing Issue in the Midterms
Communists think they can make the Democrats winners.
Obamacrats Cultivate A Leftist Party
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The hazard of underestimating its appeal.
The Inadequacy of Opposing Socialism
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
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"We appreciate this decision, and the fact that Russia asked for no one in return — No exchange took place," President Trump said.
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According to a report from the local El Pueblo de Ceuta newspaper, the University Hospital of Ceuta (HUCE) treated at least five girls under the age of 14 years old after they were apparently raped.
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A U.S.–Japan joint effort to support the currency won’t undo decades of distorted bond prices and mounting debt.
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The Caribbean Is Shifting Right, Except For Barbados
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DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
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Chinese Military Veterans Arrested for Spying on U.S. Bases.
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Are we proving the existence of viruses - or presupposing it?
The Virus Assumption
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“Just think about all of the young, innocent, and perhaps confused children who will be spared!”
Trump Admin Ends Medicaid Funding For Child ‘Sex-Rejecting’ Procedures
Public support for transgenderism is lower than it was five years ago, and a new strategy is required, female-presenting activist Rep. Sarah McBride (D-DE) told a pro-transgender religious broadcaster.
Sarah McBride Admits Trans Activists’ Cult-Like Cancel Culture Strategy Failed
He sought refuge in the Netherlands, only to discover that the place he had fled was considerably safer and more welcoming than the refuge he had chosen.
Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
The ruling underscores the difficulty states face in challenging the Trump administration’s federal policies without clear evidence of legal violations. It also reinforces the Trump administration’s efforts to maintain its policies on gender and biological sex, particularly in areas like women’s sports.
Court Tosses Majority of Minnesota’s Challenge Against Trump’s Trans Directives.
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Our country’s ethos is being subverted by radicals seeking to transform it.
The Cultural Revolution Is in Full Swing
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1 Happy Wednesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (/+uur)

2 Happy Hump Day, Horde!

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (2CeDH)

3 Congrats on first & first nood! Mornin', Horde.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (NcvvS)

4 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:15 AM (kmiHN)

5 Holiday-hating Francesca Hong loses to moderate David Crowley in Wisconsin gubernatorial primary (she hates America, not just holidays - jjs

I was just reading this on the yahoo website. One of the articles there declared this "a dramatic upset".

This is good news for wisconsin.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (cpFbA)

6 Morning, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (NR6c1)

7 RE: Wisconsin Gubernatorial election:

Results remain unofficial until official certification in the coming weeks, which is standard. The margin was under 1%, so a recount request was possible (at the campaign’s expense above a certain threshold), but reports indicate Hong conceded, which effectively closed off that path.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (6UO0E)

8
And the DSA will say, "Boo hoo hoo! Your're calling us Communists for wanting to feed starving children!" No, it's because you want to tear up the Constitution, massacre Jews and confiscate property.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

9 Do you think Bernie and AOC not really endorsing Hong caused her defeat, or did the so-called anti-oligarchs either know she'd lose or didn't really care?

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (2CeDH)

10 Was Wisconsin's Demoncrapic primary cheesy or what!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:17 AM (6UO0E)

11 gotta love that small-d energy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (Ot/FD)

12 No, it's because you want to tear up the Constitution, massacre Jews and confiscate property.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)
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Massacre whites, too.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (6UO0E)

13 10 Was Wisconsin's Demoncrapic primary cheesy or what!!!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:17 AM (6UO0E)

Hong defeated Fromunda...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (x0n13)

14 Thank heavens, JJ is here! Bring in the birthday cake and let's get started on the pinata.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:19 AM (sWibC)

15 And the DSA will say, "Boo hoo hoo! Your're calling us Communists for wanting to feed starving children!" No, it's because you want to tear up the Constitution, massacre Jews and confiscate property.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)

You don't get points for feeding starving children if they're chained up in your basement.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:19 AM (Ot/FD)

16 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (2Cry5)

17
Willowed:

Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

I was dragooned into seeing the musical. It's the most despicable AWFL thing ever. I hated every single person associated with it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (O0L8i)

18 Flock cameras are making cops break the law. Just in Georgia, dozens of officers have been arrested for abusing the system by doing things like tracking ex- girlfriends and spouses.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

19 With any luck I'll be dead and not have to worry about anything more than having my tombstone desecrated.
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You might have to worry about discovering that you will become a registered Democrat.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:21 AM (6UO0E)

20 Hopefully, now that that crazy bitch Ching Chang Choo or whatever her name is lost, she will maybe now remove herself from the planet, being a psychopath and all.

She would probably fuck that up too but here's to hoping.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Thanksgiving Day at August 12, 2026 07:21 AM (e2lsi)

21 Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’
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It takes a real man to admit when they're wrong

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (sWibC)

22 It takes a real man to admit when they're wrong
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (sWibC)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (Ot/FD)

23 >Moderate David Crowley.

Whenever I hear, "Moderate," I get suspicious.

Whenever I hear, "Milwaukee County," I know something's rotten.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (Q+gd/)

24 Hong's rump taste's like my mother's penis!

Posted by: Paul at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (mexfo)

25
Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’

No, it's the second dumbest thing you've ever done.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:23 AM (O0L8i)

26 I think that the way the media reports this as a DSA candidate Hong VS “moderate” Crowley is very misleading. Crowley (all Dems without exception) is not moderate; he’s as much a radical as Hong but only hides it better.

Moderate democrat is a contradiction in terms. Heck even Fetterman, look at his voting record

The days of having Dems like Sam Nunn are long over. Nunn is still alive BTW which surprised me

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 07:23 AM (zEBE+)

27 El-Sayed also suggested removing the right to bear arms in favor of a right to healthcare. “What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?”

What does that even mean? Right to Healthcare. US probably has the most advanced emergency responders in the world by a factor of 2 or 3. And when they save your sorry ass we have the most advanced trauma hospitals by a factor of 4 or 5x.

Right to Healthcare is a code word for a Big Govt program that decides who, when, and where people get help.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)

28 Whenever I hear, "Moderate," I get suspicious.

Whenever I hear, "Milwaukee County," I know something's rotten.
Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (Q+gd/)

To misquote George Carlin from memory:

Crazy will beat you to death with a nine inch steel dildo.

F***'n Nuts will beat you to death with a nine inch steel dildo... but will be wearing a Bugs Bunny costume at the time.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:25 AM (Ot/FD)

29 I was dragooned into seeing the musical. It's the most despicable AWFL thing ever. I hated every single person associated with it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (O0L8i)
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My wife tried that on me. I resisted. Now she's after me to go see some pop singer trying to disguise as a country musician, but I told her my new knee isn't sufficiently healed to stand for two hours. Heh, I knew I'd love my bionic parts.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:25 AM (sWibC)

30 At Least Five Underage Girls Allegedly Raped in Spanish Ceuta Following Migrant Invasion

Western White Liberal Woman: "Ugh...The term is 'surprise boyfriend. This is part of their beautiful, non-western culture and those girls probably oppressed them!"

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:25 AM (NR6c1)

31 A "centrist" is merely somebody who is happy to be ideologically yanked around by two parties at once, instead of just one.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:26 AM (Ot/FD)

32
“What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?”

Sure, pal. Let's tweak the Constitution. Two-thirds vote in the House and Senate and ratification by 3/4 of the states.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:26 AM (O0L8i)

33
Hopefully, now that that crazy bitch Ching Chang Choo or whatever her name is lost, she will maybe now remove herself from the planet, being a psychopath and all.

She would probably fuck that up too but here's to hoping.

Good riddance.

Posted by: Thanksgiving Day

Nah. She'll get right in there and set to work preparing a Thanksgiving to remember.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at August 12, 2026 07:27 AM (s9VOe)

34 My finger smells like Minger!

Posted by: Pawl at August 12, 2026 07:27 AM (MWfyi)

35 Hong losing is bad news, not good news. Republicans could have made inroads with suburban women just by saying the New Democrats hate Thanksgiving and Valentines. Oh well.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 12, 2026 07:27 AM (R86kT)

36
Off to say my Rosary. BRB.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:27 AM (O0L8i)

37 Prolapse Paul!

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:28 AM (kmiHN)

38 > U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million on thousands of G.L.O.V.E. devices by March. The name stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter.
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This is silly.

Use the guns they already have.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 07:28 AM (2Cry5)

39 31 A "centrist" is merely somebody who is happy to be ideologically yanked around by two parties at once, instead of just one.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:26 AM (Ot/FD)

Knows what to say to maintain a seat at the trough.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2026 07:28 AM (x0n13)

40 What does that even mean? Right to Healthcare.

His "healthcare" messaging is a distraction. The real intent is the monopoly of force by the abolition of the 2nd. If it weren't, why "replace" an amendment if you couldn't just suggest adding another one?

Posted by: Halfhand at August 12, 2026 07:29 AM (Ysav4)

41 eh, too bad, I was looking forward to hong vs. Tiffany.

G'mornin' everyone!

Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 12, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

42 "you know what would really be Fair is if we shitcanned something you like and replaced it with something I like. Then it all balances out and everybody wins!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:31 AM (Ot/FD)

43 >WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit
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Why are we telling the world how we protect the President?

Trump Doubles Down on U.S. ‘Total Control’ of Hormuz: Iran Can Crumble Economically or Get ‘Blown Away’
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Just stop.Please just stop.

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

44 41 eh, too bad, I was looking forward to hong vs. Tiffany.

G'mornin' everyone!

Thank you, JJ!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 12, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

Yeah, looks like we're heading for an Evers clone instead of a Scott Walker. We shall see.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2026 07:31 AM (x0n13)

45 And the DSA will say, "Boo hoo hoo! Your're calling us Communists for wanting to feed starving children!"

So...what's stopping you from feeding those starving children?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:33 AM (NR6c1)

46 And we got Ralph Norman in a run off with Lindsey's sister. Toss up.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:34 AM (kmiHN)

47 >WaPo: Trump Took Secret Flight to Evade Iranian Assassination Plot After NATO Summit
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I'm still loving the Fake Jake classic tweet, complaining the Secret Service prioritized the safety of the President over reporters. Fricking idiot.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:34 AM (en7t0)

48 So once again we have a double digit polling error from last nights wisconsin election. In the last poll conducted Aug 4-5 hong was ahead 19 points.

Either massive numbers of people are lying to the pollsters or they are conducting rigged polls. I guess it could be a combination of both.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (cpFbA)

49 > A Pakistani migrant who is charged with sexually assaulting an elderly, wheelchair bound woman in Boston will likely be released by the state government thanks to Massachusetts’ sanctuary laws,

His attorney successfully argued that he should've been provided with a goat at state expense.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (IG3/x)

50 Illegal Immigrant Released By Biden Kills Roommate With Machete As He Gave Chilling Last Words.

Adds "Ask potential roommate if the carry a machete" to roommate question.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (/+uur)

51 I'm still loving the Fake Jake classic tweet, complaining the Secret Service prioritized the safety of the President over reporters. Fricking idiot.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:34 AM (en7t0)

I still feel like the world was robbed of the iconic image of fifty staffers and journalists hanging off the ass end of a catering truck going across the tarmac like a pile of Calcutta laborers on their way to work.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:36 AM (Ot/FD)

52 Abolish The Police, Seize The Corporations, Erase The Borders This is the DSA platform Democrats don’t want you to read.

• Do they count on the fact that police are what protects tyrants and criminals from an armed public who has lost all faith in the court systems?

• Most corporations are largely held by a relatively small handful of funds: Fidelity, State Street, Black*, etc. Much of this is pension funds, so there is already a form of public ownership. What do they hope to accomplish by seizing something they know nothing about?

• Borders: clearly population replacement. Smart, entrepreneurial, moral, creatives are anathema to a police state.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 07:38 AM (pawvM)

53 “There is no country in history that has managed to hold on to a large financial fortune over time. Fortunes are always lost in the end.”
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The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Investment Fund CEO morosely announcing a record profit in the most recent six month period.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:41 AM (h8R6b)

54 So once again we have a double digit polling error from last nights wisconsin election. In the last poll conducted Aug 4-5 hong was ahead 19 points.

Either massive numbers of people are lying to the pollsters or they are conducting rigged polls. I guess it could be a combination of both.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (cpFbA)

The enduring power of AND

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 07:41 AM (zEBE+)

55 Flock cameras are making cops break the law. Just in Georgia, dozens of officers have been arrested for abusing the system by doing things like tracking ex- girlfriends and spouses.
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

Nobody and nothing is 'making' cops break the law. Flock simply allows (or, frankly, encourages) them to indulge their basest impulses while hiding behind technology.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 07:42 AM (qRla/)

56 Ever since I heard about the "religious" ruling that if a Muzzie gets caught banging a goat he's required to sell the sexy beast to the next village (presumably to remove temptation), I've wondered if they have a clandestine circuit of "hot" goats, like the way that strippers get rotated from city to city.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:42 AM (IG3/x)

57 “Ireland has already demonstrated to the world what principled leadership looks like. In the 1980s, Ireland became the first European country to ban the import of goods from apartheid South Africa,” the Priests Against Genocide statement wrote in its anti-Israel petition.

Now call for the ban the import of food and services into South Africa for the way the Boers are treated.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:42 AM (/+uur)

58 I still feel like the world was robbed of the iconic image of fifty staffers and journalists hanging off the ass end of a catering truck going across the tarmac like a pile of Calcutta laborers on their way to work.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:36 AM (Ot/FD)
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Maybe we can still get that image! Come on WH press corps, show a little humor!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:42 AM (h8R6b)

59 Trump stays on the plane and ignores the threat. The plane gets blown up. Tapper goes away like everyone else does.

Instead, they created an ambiguity so that it couldn't be determined which plane the target was on, so the attack was halted. Tapper lives, like everyone else does.

So Trump's actions saved your life, G.I. Schmoe. Don't ever forget it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:42 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Ever since I heard about the "religious" ruling that if a Muzzie gets caught banging a goat he's required to sell the sexy beast to the next village (presumably to remove temptation), I've wondered if they have a clandestine circuit of "hot" goats, like the way that strippers get rotated from city to city.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Spearmint Billy Goat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:44 AM (kmiHN)

61 Continuing:

I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:45 AM (dK+Kv)

62
32
“What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?”

Sure, pal. Let's tweak the Constitution. Two-thirds vote in the House and Senate and ratification by 3/4 of the states.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:26 AM (O0L8i)

Proponents act like this is some new idea, and have no idea that the “positive bill of rights” was a big feature of the far left in the 30’s and 40’s. Easy to make if sound so good - yet the Soviet Union had a “positive bill of rights” in its constitution.

Here’s the trick - if you’ve mandate that Government provide certain things such as food, housing, and medical care, then you also must grant that government unlimited power to fulfill those demands, whatever it requires.

Of course, a totalitarian system is always the true goal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:45 AM (pLSjm)

63 > Spearmint Billy Goat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 12, 2026 07:44 AM (kmiHN)

(golf clap)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:45 AM (IG3/x)

64 "People who are highly educated in this country were promised this path of economic success."
DSA capitalizes on Americans' downward mobility

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Nobody is "promised" any path to economic success. It isn't something you buy and then possess, like any other tangible household item. So many of you bought stupid, useless degrees without ever taking a moment's thought as to whether Lesbian Studies were going to land you a good, high paying job. Even in legit fields, you have no right to economic success. It's an earned commodity that isn't commensurate with how highly educated you think you are or what degrees you hold in your hand.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 07:45 AM (qBdHI)

65 Sadly hong wasn't curb stomped, it was too damned close.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 07:46 AM (2NHgQ)

66 I think about that when I see such: "Crowley beat Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in a come-from-behind victory . . . ."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:46 AM (dK+Kv)

67 "Nobody and nothing is 'making' cops break the law."

That bitch made me track her and her new boyfriend. It's her fault I got fired.

Posted by: An ex-cop at August 12, 2026 07:46 AM (MWfyi)

68 Also worthy of a re-perusal.

But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner:

https://tinyurl.com/5yhnrub3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:11 AM (6UO0E)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:47 AM (dK+Kv)

69 “What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?”

This is what happens when there is zero sum ideology—that nothing can be created, only cannibalized or destroyed.

But since these clowns believe that there is numerical cap on the number of Constitutional Amendments, why not get the easy disposable ones like the 18th and 21st? Go with the 18th and put something really retarded and evil in there, then we can point to Amendment 21 § 1 and tell them to fuck right off.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 07:47 AM (NzX/y)

70 The El-Sayed polling was way off too. He was supposedly 15 points ahead and barely won… fake and gay

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 07:47 AM (zEBE+)

71 And we got Ralph Norman in a run off with Lindsey's sister. Toss up.

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She was up on him nearly 8% at final tally. I have no idea where all the Sanford, Lynch, Fry votes will go. Norman has to attract a lot of them to overcome what seems like momentum in her court. Can't say I'm thrilled.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 07:48 AM (qBdHI)

72 What do they hope to accomplish by seizing something they know nothing about?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 07:38 AM (pawvM)

I have wondered this several times in my life. I regularly see whole systems (think schools and homeless) that are completely taken over by quote unquote concerned outsiders and then see the complete collapse of the system.
Clownworld Pivot assumes that once the collapse happens, then the White Knight (pun intended) will ride in to save said system.
Yet it has NEVER EVER happened in my lifetime.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:48 AM (/+uur)

73 Perhaps Hong can take up a new career as a component of the National Strategic Crazy Eye Reserve.

Or perhaps she could squeeze past her Marxist credentials enough to take a private sector job at "Bunny Boilers R Us".

Have you seen the eyes on that woman?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:48 AM (IG3/x)

74 65 Sadly hong wasn't curb stomped, it was too damned close.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 07:46 AM (2NHgQ)

I'm rooting for chaos, so a thin margin between these schmucks is ideal in my view. Keep the party schizophrenic. Keep all of them at each other's throats. A clean victory demoralizes the loser, but a by-a-nose finish sends everyone to the mattresses where we can kick back and root for casualties.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:48 AM (Ot/FD)

75 "Turkey is “the new Iran,” a Muslim Brotherhood-supporting nation with revanchist aims. Recently, Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou rightly warned that “pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.”

and yet Trump is still "considering"? selling F-35s to Turkey, and bristled that "no one tells me who to sell our jets to" (or something like that) at the question of Netanyahu not liking the idea. Complicated world these days.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (vbXSk)

76 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

https://tinyurl.com/muth3c2u

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (6sN1y)

77 The Biden's Dog post on the polling, one out of how many had it close? Marquette had her at +1, so 2 points off not the crap spewed by the others.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (2NHgQ)

78 161 In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM

Thanks for that, had forgotten it. Very good summary. People love the idea that some future event can be mathematically predicted, even when that idea is garbage.

Texas polling is particularly awful; Texas has 254 counties, but only 5 or 6 truly high population counties. (The big cities, natch). It’s difficult to contact rural and smaller town voters, so almost every poll done will end up being just a poll of a few hundred voters in those places.

Yet it’s known by all that the other 249 counties vote in a completely contrary way to the votes from the big cities. This would be extremely expensive to get around, though, so no public polls even try.

I think of this every time I see another stupid Fox poll claiming Talarico is leading Paxton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (pLSjm)

79 Naomi Wolf Video: The Vax’s Crippling of Human Sexual Organs'

The Vax turned my snake and nuts into a worm and BBs...
BUT I didn't get better!

Posted by: Vaxxed Villager at August 12, 2026 07:50 AM (l3cgK)

80 'Moderate' Crowley will be strong competition for Tiffany. Plus the cheat.

Posted by: davidt at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (Q+gd/)

81 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (xHe0y)

82 Winner, winner, chicken dinner:
https://tinyurl.com/5yhnrub3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:11 AM (6UO0E)

Big Lou is just like you, older, fatter, winner winner fried chicken dinner and he's on meds too!

Posted by: Big Lou Insurance at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (e2lsi)

83 Sadly hong wasn't curb stomped, it was too damned close.

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Very, very close. It portends a scary future on the direction of the Democrat Party voters. And we will get dragged along with it, like being tied to the back of a car bumper and driven down the highway on the road to socialist hell. There's no getting around how that crazy party is changing, and it's morphing quickly into something monstrous.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)

84 Here’s the trick - if you’ve mandate that Government provide certain things such as food, housing, and medical care, then you also must grant that government unlimited power to fulfill those demands, whatever it requires.

Corollary: A "Balanced Budget Amendment" would then mandate that the government seize whatever they need to in the form of taxes, assets, labor and tribute to cover their insatiable desire to spend public monies—it would literally legislate Communism.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (/TiS1)

85 > 76 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

https://tinyurl.com/muth3c2u
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (6sN1y)

Caught him playing hide the salami with another dude would be my guess.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (IG3/x)

86 Caught him playing hide the salami with another dude would be my guess.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 07:51 AM (IG3/x)

Maybe he just kept leaving the seat down.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:52 AM (Ot/FD)

87 Winner, winner, chicken dinner:

https://tinyurl.com/5yhnrub3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:11 AM (6UO0E)
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Somehow, the polls were 100 per cent wrong. All of them. Nate Silver will have to go back to playing poker.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:52 AM (6sN1y)

88 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

https://tinyurl.com/muth3c2u

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (6sN1y)

Cheated on her, gave her an STD is my guess.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:53 AM (dK+Kv)

89 Headline comments...
If the New Allah-worshipping Treaty Organization happens, Turkey will need to be kicked from the OG NATO.

Southwest Airlines used to be the almost-decent airline. What happened to them?! No more free-range seating, now this... they're on track to become Spirit.

Wearing kid GLOVES - because how dare we shoot unrepentant recidivist invaders...

DSA - over-credentialed and under-intelligent is no way to go through life, son.

Naomi Wolf - would prefer a transcript, I hate watching videos for articles

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 07:53 AM (aJQbY)

90 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)

91 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

https://tinyurl.com/muth3c2u
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (6sN1y)

She found out what we kinda knew all along… he’s a gay as Liberace…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 07:55 AM (zEBE+)

92 Cheated on her, gave her an STD is my guess.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:53 AM (dK+Kv)

Worse, she found a copy of Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics hidden in his sock drawer.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 07:55 AM (PiwSw)

93 88 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

https://tinyurl.com/muth3c2u

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:49 AM (6sN1y)

Cheated on her, gave her an STD is my guess.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:53 AM (dK+Kv)

In C and it's derivatives, one of the basic libraries used is stdio.h (for standard input/output). In this case, it would be more like STD in-out...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)

94 > "Nobody and nothing is 'making' cops break the law."
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Flock, and other surveillance systems in use, permit anyone who's been approved to search their databases. It's not just law enforcement.

It's most anyone in city, county, state government with permission. I just assume it's mostly cops, emergency management and the like.

Just not the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 07:56 AM (2Cry5)

95 66 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. I'm hoping for a cool day and one where I have the energy to concentrate on editing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 07:56 AM (qRla/)

96 From the NY Post:
"Hong trailed her rival by more than 3,200 votes out of more than 787,000 ballots cast as of 6 a.m. ET., a margin of 0.41 percentage points."

And this is what it looks like to be "resoundingly" defeated?

Hunh. I guess I need to go back to remedial Adverb And Arithmetic School.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)

97 In C and it's derivatives, one of the basic libraries used is stdio.h (for standard input/output). In this case, it would be more like STD in-out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)
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That's pretty sharp! We award you a plus plus.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:57 AM (6sN1y)

98 Good morning again Horde thx JJ. Happy Hump Day.
Interesting elections. Hong getting beat shows how crappy polling actually is. Crowley who won for angry last week when someone called him "establishment". Him winning will make it tougher for the Republican Tiffany, but there is always the possibility that the DSA types will not show up
In Minn the Tafoya v Flanagan race should be interesting. Flanagan is literally a lunatic.
Larson a 14 term Dem got smoked in Conn by a further left guy. It's Conn so no surprise

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:58 AM (WOnE5)

99 >>I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

Who shitcanned the relationship, him or her?

Maybe it was him. Maybe he got tired of her ever-growing diva persona and punched out.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 07:59 AM (J4Dwc)

100 Clownworld Pivot assumes that once the collapse happens, then the White Knight (pun intended) will ride in to save said system.
Yet it has NEVER EVER happened in my lifetime.

Overlay Generational Theory on C/P which wants to force a Fourth Turning, hoping that their people will be in leadership position in order to bring about the guaranteed Glorious Awakening that Generational Theory demands.

This is why Clinton et al where big-time into this. They believed that they are masters over space and time and could compress GT turnings by sheer force of will.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 07:59 AM (xE0sV)

101 "It's most anyone in city, county, state government with permission. I just assume it's mostly cops, emergency management and the like.

Just not the public.
Posted by: Martini Farmer"

The surveillance state has been normalized. It's expected nowadays that there will be video. I don't know how we get back from that. It will become more and more intrusive.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 07:59 AM (MWfyi)

102 94 > "Nobody and nothing is 'making' cops break the law."
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Flock, and other surveillance systems in use, permit anyone who's been approved to search their databases. It's not just law enforcement.

It's most anyone in city, county, state government with permission. I just assume it's mostly cops, emergency management and the like.

Just not the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 07:56 AM (2Cry5)

If cops are doing it, you know other agencies are doing it. It's a good way to keep track of those the Gov't wants to keep track of (along with using cell phone data). I the vid from Pixy's thread, they were using it to keep track of a man who consistently handed the city council their asses for their behavior...and so they kept track of him for no LEGITIMATE reason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 07:59 AM (l3cgK)

103 Right to Healthcare is a code word for a Big Govt program that decides who, when, and where people get help.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)

Or in the prescient words of Sarah Palin: death panels

Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 08:00 AM (SjAWL)

104 According to a report from the local El Pueblo de Ceuta newspaper, the University Hospital of Ceuta (HUCE) treated at least five girls under the age of 14 years old after they were apparently ~~raped~~ culturally enriched.
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That reads a little better.

Posted by: Spanish Government Internet Editing Service at August 12, 2026 08:00 AM (6sN1y)

105 In any case though, it will never be the camera's fault. It will be a human doing human things, like breaking the law to follow it's ex-spouse.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)

106 66 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor. I'm hoping for a cool day and one where I have the energy to concentrate on editing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 07:56 AM (qRla/)

MP, do you use anyone, or just self-edit?

Just completed a final draft and format for novel. I used editors suggested to me by Sarah Hoyt. Now, all I need to do is figure out how to get it to market.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

107 103 Right to Healthcare is a code word for a Big Govt program that decides who, when, and where people get help.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)

Or in the prescient words of Sarah Palin: death panels

Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 08:00 AM (SjAWL)

any so-called right that someone else has to pay for is not a right, but a privilege over others forced to pay for it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:02 AM (l3cgK)

108 Somehow, the polls were 100 per cent wrong. All of them. Nate Silver will have to go back to playing poker.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:52 AM (6sN1y)

And it points out the big flaw in things like RCP’s poll averages. The idea is that some polls are high , some are low, but the average will be more accurate.

BUT when the polls are 100% wrong, then this just gives you the average wrong answer. And it’s MORE wrong than the few polls that are close. Meaningless.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:02 AM (pLSjm)

109 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:02 AM (JvZF+)

110 The preferred Newspeak term for C++ is "C Double-Plus Ungood".

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: The George Orwell School of Technology at August 12, 2026 08:02 AM (IG3/x)

111 The Democrats putting distance between themselves and the DSA's crazy candidates has nothing to do with policy differences. The Democrats understand that they can't get elected if they tell the truth--the DSA hasn't quite figured that out yet.

Posted by: navyhbs at August 12, 2026 08:03 AM (XuqS/)

112 Somehow, the polls were 100 per cent wrong"

Wong?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 08:03 AM (XuXeR)

113 Mandela Barnes dropped out a couple of weeks ago in Wisconsin governor race. He still got 28k votes , largely early voting. Those votes probably would have gone mostly to Hong

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:03 AM (WOnE5)

114 105 In any case though, it will never be the camera's fault. It will be a human doing human things, like breaking the law to follow it's ex-spouse.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:01 AM (MWfyi)

Because humans are corruptible creatures given over to their own emotions and desires. Any tool, in general, is not evil, just able to be used in a way that's evil.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:03 AM (l3cgK)

115 Sure, Mr. Johnson, we can treat your hangnail. We can get you in on...let's see, August 19, 2035.

Or we can just kill you right now for free.

Posted by: Canada's Free Health Care System at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (IG3/x)

116 Gill said.
I have a half a million dollars in student loan debt personally, and not seeing that translate into economic success because in our society the scales are so tipped in one direction to benefit the rich and the wealthy."

Who da fuck would loan an 18 to 22 YO young woman $500,000?
Uncle Sugar thats who!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)

117 MN AG Ellison: Great to Have Socialists in the Party, Dems Are ‘Debating Ideas’
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Something new for Demoncrats.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (6sN1y)

118 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

119 Ding Dong the Hong Got Schlonged.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

120 Or we can just kill you right now for free.
Posted by: Canada's Free Health Care System at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (IG3/x)

The #4 cause of death in Canada is MAD

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

121 115 Sure, Mr. Johnson, we can treat your hangnail. We can get you in on...let's see, August 19, 2035.

Or we can just kill you right now for free.

Posted by: Canada's Free Health Care System at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (IG3/x)

One day there will be additional incentives to euthanize...Hey, kids, your grandparents' inheritance awaits you!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:05 AM (l3cgK)

122 So how "moderate" is David Crowley?

"I urge leaders at both the local and state level to work together and follow the lead of Milwaukee County in declaring racism as a public health crisis."

Oh. Ohhhhhh.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:05 AM (asFP3)

123 119 Ding Dong the Hong Got Schlonged.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)
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If Hong is Wong, I don't wanne be White.

Posted by: Bitter Ender Hong Supporter at August 12, 2026 08:06 AM (PiwSw)

124 > The #4 cause of death in Canada is MAD
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)

Ah. So like "safe, legal, and rare" abortions then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 08:06 AM (IG3/x)

125 And it points out the big flaw in things like RCP’s poll averages. The idea is that some polls are high , some are low, but the average will be more accurate.

BUT when the polls are 100% wrong, then this just gives you the average wrong answer. And it’s MORE wrong than the few polls that are close. Meaningless.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:02 AM (pLSjm)

Averaging is a kind of (simple) filter… it’ll reduce (zero mean) noise. But it’ll do absolutely nothing to remove unknown bias errors in your data. I’m beginning to believe pollsters intentionally add bias to their data… or they’re just frickin’ incompetent

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (zEBE+)

126 Polls are as accurate as weather forecasters.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

127 > Somehow, the polls were 100 per cent wrong. All of them.
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Polls are commissioned by people who have a narrative to push, a candidate they support, or a cause they champion.

They're seldom, if ever, a bellwether of public support.

And the media, which can never be trusted to tell the truth about anything, reports the results.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (2Cry5)

128 Ding Dong the Hong Got Schlonged.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

Only metaphorically, obviously.

Because Hong hates Dong.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (AdHga)

129 The surveillance state has been normalized.

And promoted. Just trawl through any true crime channel and see how many programs praise the ubiquity of cameras in 'helping' to solve a crime. See No Evil is the biggest propagandist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (qRla/)

130 In a series of tense airport standoffs, gate agents and corporate executives at major carriers like Southwest Airlines have repeatedly blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers from accessing jet bridges, shielded passenger manifests, and demanded administrative hurdles to prevent federal agents from taking illegal visa overstayers into custody, according to recent reports by national news outlets.

Option 1: Arrest the people interfering.
Option 2: Fine them.
Option 3: Ground the airline. This would be unpopular as it would affect the innocent passengers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

131 Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) responded to criticism of her on fraud by saying that “Republicans are running against every Democrat in this race on that issue, because they are distracting from the fact that we have one of the most corrupt presidents in our nation’s history.”
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Drumpf is why we stole all that money! Yeah, that's the ticket!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:08 AM (6sN1y)

132 126 Polls are as accurate as weather forecasters.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)

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*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Jim Cramer at August 12, 2026 08:08 AM (PiwSw)

133 Ding Dong the Hong Got Schlonged.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (2YhKe)

Heh heh…. Anything that reminds me of Trump talking about how he schlonged Hillary will result in an out loud laugh….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 08:09 AM (zEBE+)

134 However, big business, including lobbying groups like FWD.us, is expected to push back against these measures, given the rewards it reaps from undercutting American workers by importing foreign workers.

What has the past reflexive siding with business gained the people over the past few decades?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

135 Here’s the trick - if you’ve mandate that Government provide certain things such as food, housing, and medical care, then you also must grant that government unlimited power to fulfill those demands, whatever it requires.

Corollary: A "Balanced Budget Amendment" would then mandate that the government seize whatever they need to in the form of taxes, assets, labor and tribute to cover their insatiable desire to spend public monies—it would literally legislate Communism.
Posted by: Community Notes

Democrats in 1861 vs 2026. No change. Still wants slavery.
Can't say more because that would be an instant ban-hammering.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:09 AM (xHe0y)

136 Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou rightly warned that “pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.”
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Promote that guy!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (JvZF+)

137 I said last night that AOC should date Elon Musk.

They were flirting with each other pretty hard back in the days when X was still Twitter.

And it's not like he doesn't have a long history of impregnating crazy bitches, enough so that it must be a kink for him.

At least he's rich enough to insulate himself from some of the consequences of sticking it in crazy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (IG3/x)

138 131 Minnesota U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) responded to criticism of her on fraud by saying that “Republicans are running against every Democrat in this race on that issue, because they are distracting from the fact that we have one of the most corrupt presidents in our nation’s history.”
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Drumpf is why we stole all that money! Yeah, that's the ticket!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:08 AM (6sN1y)

Dems are masters at DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim & Offender). It they scream loudly about something like corruption and blame the Re-Pubic-ans, you have to know that the dems have an Augean Stable of corruption they're trying to divert the public's view from.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (l3cgK)

139 Nobody and nothing is 'making' cops break the law. Flock simply allows (or, frankly, encourages) them to indulge their basest impulses while hiding behind technology.

In yesterday's ONT video, Flock, for the purposes of protecting the privacy of abusive, snooping users of Flock's spy services, anonymized the actor so that the guilty party can remain anonymous while tracking a known person's every move.

The other great segment was where interviewing a spokesperp for Flock, the guy said "we welcome regulation" when asked about the rampant abuse of the system. Yeah. Sure, Jan.

The sociopaths who lust over this new found power are going to self-regulate and pass laws that criminalize the reason they use tax dollars to underwrite their voyeurism.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (a3CJ+)

140 Heh heh…. Anything that reminds me of Trump talking about how he schlonged Hillary will result in an out loud laugh….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 08:09 AM (zEBE+)

He actually had said Obama schlonged her in 2008. Great if not horrifying mental imagery when preparing to run against someone who won't stop talking about how she's a WOMAN WOMAN WOMAN.

The man understands how to persuade people. We are going to miss him badly when he goes, hopefully many years from now.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (asFP3)

141 Who da fuck would loan an 18 to 22 YO young woman $500,000?
Uncle Sugar thats who!
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:04 AM (/+uur)
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It's wild she would have even considered borrowing the money. Just amazes me; did she not sit down and map out how her cash flow would be impacted?

Why should society be completely upended just because a really stupid woman made a crazy personal financial decision?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (6sN1y)

142 "We welcome regulation" -> "We'll help you write the regulation so that we're the only option and we have all the power"

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (aJQbY)

143 Yeah, looks like we're heading for an Evers clone instead of a Scott Walker. We shall see.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 12, 2026 07:31 AM (x0n13)
******
He's worse than Evers. Crowley said he would support Hong if she won.
He's just as crazy as all the DSA candidates. He just hides it better.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (NpAcC)

144 The Trump administration should have stood its ground in its earlier effort to zero out the failed Great Society program.
Head Start Has Never Worked
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My number one example of government failure that continues ONLY due to graft and inertia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (JvZF+)

145 Why should society be completely upended just because a really stupid woman made a crazy personal financial decision?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (6sN1y)

Hello There!!

Posted by: The Community Reinvestment Act at August 12, 2026 08:13 AM (PiwSw)

146 MP, do you use anyone, or just self-edit?

Just completed a final draft and format for novel. I used editors suggested to me by Sarah Hoyt. Now, all I need to do is figure out how to get it to market.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 08:01 AM (1Ff7Z)

I make changes to the story, if needed, based on feedback from my beta readers. I self-edit because I really can't afford to hire anyone and also because (though I say it) I think I do a pretty good job on my own.

And speaking of Sarah, I'll be sending a copy of this to her once I finish editing. She praised my first two books and said she was anxious to see the new one, so I'd love to get a blurb from her before publishing.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 08:14 AM (qRla/)

147 Public polls miss shifts in Turnout, which can throw them off.

e.g., in 2016 public polls missed that white working class Turnout would increase from the mid-40s. I ran my own model with a 5% boost and predicted that Trump would win with just over 300 EVs.

We can expect swings in Turnout in tight races in November. The DSA is splitting the D party, which can't help their Turnout. Will Rs bother to Turnout? If they do, we'll see great results.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 12, 2026 08:14 AM (dtajH)

148 People who are highly educated in this country were promised this path of economic success.

Having a masters degree in the history of masturbation is not being "highly educated". Even if you get it from ISpentAMillionDollars University.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

149 Dems are masters at DARVO

In 1 Kings 21, Naboth refuses to sell his ancestral vineyard to King Ahab. Ahab becomes angry and despondent. Jezebel then arranges false witnesses who accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king. Naboth is executed, and Ahab takes the vineyard

There is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (a3CJ+)

150 139
...

The other great segment was where interviewing a spokesperp for Flock, the guy said "we welcome regulation" when asked about the rampant abuse of the system. Yeah. Sure, Jan.

The sociopaths who lust over this new found power are going to self-regulate and pass laws that criminalize the reason they use tax dollars to underwrite their voyeurism.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (a3CJ+)

Same with DNA. The daughter of a friend of mine was pulled over by LA cops, who found her medication in her purse NOT in the pharmacy bottles, so they arrested her, with photos, fingerprinting, and DNA extraction. They then released her soon after, but refused to remove her DNA from their database.

I know some would say, "If you have nothing to hide...", but that's not point; it's about the Gov't being able to violate you and your rights to privacy on a whim or if they see you as wanting justified oversight of their bad behaviors.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

151 according to recent reports by national news outlets"

Reports, huh? Must be...

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (XuXeR)

152 There is probably some very good security on Flock's system that prevents anyone from hacking it or obtaining a user's logon credentials and passkey.

Posted by: Oh look, the Easter Bunny! at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (MWfyi)

153 People who are highly educated in this country were promised this path of economic success."

Wakanda?

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 08:16 AM (XuXeR)

154 149 Dems are masters at DARVO

In 1 Kings 21, Naboth refuses to sell his ancestral vineyard to King Ahab. Ahab becomes angry and despondent. Jezebel then arranges false witnesses who accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king. Naboth is executed, and Ahab takes the vineyard

There is nothing new under the sun.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (a3CJ+)

Yes, but that couple were eventually eaten by wild dogs, leaving the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet. So there was justice in this life before the next.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:16 AM (l3cgK)

155 So WI governorship has the "moderate" Dem. Meaning he's just like the commie but keeps those thoughts in his head.

This makes the gov race their a toss up considering the dem fraud machine in Milwaukee and Madison.

Also had a shot in MN....but the pillow guy who wants amnesty for all illegals is running. Ooooof.

Posted by: GigantorX at August 12, 2026 08:16 AM (GYnUP)

156 Hmm, didn't know that Crowley is black. Don't need any polling, he'll beat Tiffany based on THE FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR of WI. I foresee a schlonging.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 12, 2026 08:16 AM (2NHgQ)

157 Today Is National Gooey Butter Cake Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

158 There is probably some very good security on Flock's system that prevents anyone from hacking it or obtaining a user's logon credentials and passkey."

"I've got the same combination on my luggage! "

Posted by: man at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

159 Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (a3CJ+)

There is little worse on earth which doesn't involve physical pain than being falsely accused.

It makes me think of Jesus and what He faced. You have no idea how agonizingly shitty it is until you've been through it.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (asFP3)

160 Flock Security is very elusive about their products and who can access the data. I would not be surprised to discover that the CIA and/or NSA is the largest stakeholder in the company and/or has a number of high paid employees on their executive board.

It sort of fits with their M.O.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (2Cry5)

161 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

The article on viruses is fascinating.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (77rzZ)

162 There is nothing new under the sun.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (a3CJ+)
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*fistbump*

Posted by: Qoheleth at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (PiwSw)

163 157 Today Is National Gooey Butter Cake Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

saw a vid of a Down's teen who said he wasn't upset about his house being robbed, but he didn't want anyone to take his peanut butter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:18 AM (l3cgK)

164 Polls are as accurate as weather forecasters.
Posted by: Lady in Black

I would plan an outdoor wedding around a legendary Harold Taft weather forecast.
And he's the only one I'd trust.

He was the first tv weatherman west of the Mississippi. He held the post for 41 years.

And that was done before computers.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:18 AM (xHe0y)

165 Why should society be completely upended just because a really stupid woman made a crazy personal financial decision?

Divorced men have been asking themselves this question for generations.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:18 AM (a3CJ+)

166
MNN BREAKING...

* IN A STUNNING UPSET, DEMOCRATS ANNOUNCED THAT THE WINNER OF THE WISCONSIN GOVERNOR PRIMARY IS BERNIE SANDERS, WHICH IS AMAZING BECAUSE HE WASN'T EVEN RUNNING

"WE STOLE TWO NOMINATIONS FROM BERNIE AND PUT HIS WIFE UNDER PERMANENT FBI INVESTIGATION TO KEEP HIM IN LINE," SAID PARTY SPOKESMAN CLINT "ROD" HAMM. "SO WE FIGURED IT'S HONG'S TURN TO GET THE BERNIE TREATMENT."

"WE'VE JUST FOUND THAT THIS 'DEMOCRACY'- THING WORKS A LOT BETTER WHEN WE PICK THE WINNERS HERE AT HEADQUARTERS FIRST", HE ADDED

Manufactured News Network: "We Can Quit Anytime!"

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at August 12, 2026 08:19 AM (mzQfe)

167
Heh heh…. Anything that reminds me of Trump talking about how he schlonged Hillary will result in an out loud laugh….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 08:09 AM (zEBE+)

I help where I can.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

168 Flock Security is very elusive about their products and who can access the data. I would not be surprised to discover that the CIA and/or NSA is the largest stakeholder in the company and/or has a number of high paid employees on their executive board.

It sort of fits with their M.O.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (xHe0y)

169 Crowley is almost as nuts as Hong. However Milwaukee where he is the county exec is an excellent example of stellar governing. /s

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (WOnE5)

170 Flock cameras are ~~making~~ allowing cops to break the law.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (ExV1e)

171 When they say, "Healthcare is a right,"

I hear, "Let's enslave doctors and nurses."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (JvZF+)

172 Jezebel then arranges false witnesses who accuse Naboth of cursing God and the king. Naboth is executed, and Ahab takes the vineyard

There is nothing new under the sun.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (a3CJ+)
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I can think of worse...

Posted by: Uriah the Hittite at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (LXQKz)

173 Tells you all you need to know.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:20 AM (xHe0y)

I feel like we already know all we need to know. Do we really need to know more? I would rather not know.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (asFP3)

174 Ahab running a winery

"Gather ye vintners, and mark it well...

You're to make The White Wine

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (ZxPkt)

175 Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou rightly warned that “pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.”
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Promote that guy!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (JvZF+)

Guy?

Posted by: Afroditi (Venus) on the half-shell at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

176 So I guess the question now is, whether the loony communist bint demands an audit.

Please, do! You know you were cheated.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (3cUTc)

177 Why is healthcare a right but indoor plumbing is not?

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (MWfyi)

178 Mike Lindell will be going back to selling pillows. Demuth beat him by 10+

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:22 AM (WOnE5)

179 I said last night that AOC should date Elon Musk.

They were flirting with each other pretty hard back in the days when X was still Twitter.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (IG3/x)

I read this morning that AOC IS back on the market......

Supposedly, their engagement ended around 18 months ago and they haven't been seen together in a few months.

Now she's freezing her eggs.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

180 It's also,
World Elephant Day! 🐘

Posted by: redridinghood at August 12, 2026 08:22 AM (NpAcC)

181 I would plan an outdoor wedding around a legendary Harold Taft weather forecast.
And he's the only one I'd trust.

He was the first tv weatherman west of the Mississippi. He held the post for 41 years.“

My wife and I loved Harold Taft! Best forecaster we ever saw, we still mention him from time to time, and how no one ever filled his shoes.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:23 AM (pLSjm)

182 Mike Lindell will be going back to selling pillows. Demuth beat him by 10+

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:22 AM (WOnE5)

He resigned from the company. He'll be going home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

183 Either massive numbers of people are lying to the pollsters or they are conducting rigged polls. I guess it could be a combination of both.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (cpFbA)

It's also possible that, in the age of cell phones and screening calls, polling - as they conduct it - just doesn't work anymore. No matter how much they pretend like it does.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

184
Guy?
Posted by: Afroditi (Venus) on the half-shell at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (1Ff7Z)

You a biologist?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

185 Flock Security is very elusive about their products and who can access the data. I would not be surprised to discover that the CIA and/or NSA is the largest stakeholder in the company and/or has a number of high paid employees on their executive board.

I've moved beyond this. Flock, and Flock-like surveillance has been around for many years. Why this outrage at this time? Since all media is manipulated by algorithms, something had to trigger this selected focus against this one company at this time.

I want to know who benefits by taking down Flock in particular†. The Enemedia is NOT doing an exposé because they love privacy, humanity and freedom.

† Motorola Solutions / Vigilant, Axon ALPR, Rekor, Genetec AutoVu, Verkada, Avigilon, Safe Fleet FOCUS and PlateSmart

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:24 AM (pUU4E)

186 150 They then released her soon after, but refused to remove her DNA from their database.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 08:15 AM (l3cgK)

I’m no lawyer just a true crime junkie, but I thought you needed a warrant to get a DNA sample. Cops can get one surreptitiously which can help get a warrant, but that doesn’t sound right. If you’re convicted of a felony it can then go into CODIS. But it’s CA, so who knows.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 12, 2026 08:24 AM (SjAWL)

187 Why is healthcare a right but indoor plumbing is not?
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 08:21 AM (MWfyi)

I'm still waiting for my pot of chicken.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)

188
175 Greek MEP Afroditi Latinopoulou rightly warned that “pretending Turkey is still a reliable ally is not a strategy. It is dangerous self-delusion.”
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Promote that guy!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:10 AM (JvZF+)

This probably has something to do with Erdogan telling his supporters inside Turkey that he needs the F-35’s so Turkey can take the rest of Cyprus back from Greece.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:25 AM (pLSjm)

189 Hong will have more time to bake pumpkin pies this fall. If she's not in the Loony Bin.

Posted by: Happy Hongidays To You at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (JM9I6)

190 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 08:14 AM (qRla/)

Well, yeah. Editors aren't free. But, Sarah's were not as expensive as the one's selling their expertise on You Tube.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

191 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

Posted by: Uriah the Hittite at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (LXQKz)

192 oops...switching socks faster than Bathsheba switched husbands

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (LXQKz)

193 Here’s the trick - if you’ve mandate that Government provide certain things such as food, housing, and medical care, then you also must grant that government unlimited power to fulfill those demands, whatever it requires.

You also grant the government unlimited power to decide how, or if, those demands are met. -- old guy slowly dying of dehydration in a hospital corridor in Liverpool

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

194
Well, yeah. Editors aren't free. But, Sarah's were not as expensive as the one's selling their expertise on You Tube.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (1Ff7Z)

I miss Sarah.

I really wanted to know how I could make $7000+ a month.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

195 This probably has something to do with Erdogan telling his supporters inside Turkey that he needs the F-35’s so Turkey can take the rest of Cyprus back from Greece.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:25 AM (pLSjm)
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"back"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (LXQKz)

196 "Corollary: A "Balanced Budget Amendment" would then mandate that the government seize whatever they need to in the form of taxes, assets, labor and tribute to cover their insatiable desire to spend public monies—it would literally legislate Communism."

One (somewhat) good thing about inflating our way out of (or deeper into?) massive growing debt, is at least everyone (sorta) has to pay, including the drug dealers and other scofflaws. And it helps keep the "markets" rising, which keeps the ultra rich (and other smaller "investors") ahead of inflation.

But if the bubble could ever pop ... well, we just plan for that to never happen, easy peasy.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (vbXSk)

197 29 - Hey Huck, got a question. I have knee replacement surgery beginning of October, how long will it be before I feel semi good. Like not drugged up and not wanting to move once I get home?

Posted by: Jaimo at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (2noDb)

198 The polls were wrong and Hong didn't last long. It's the end of her song so bang the gong.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

199 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

Posted by: Uriah the Hittite at August 12, 2026 08:26 AM (LXQKz)

They must know another Democrat is going to try again.

If there weren't going to be any more attempts, they wouldn't need protection.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (AdHga)

200 180 It's also,
World Elephant Day! 🐘
Posted by: redridinghood

Oh, no! I'm not cleaning up after that party!

Posted by: Ames #2 Shovel at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (JM9I6)

201 The polls were wrong and Hong didn't last long. It's the end of her song so bang the gong.

Posted by: Oh, no... at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

BOOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGGGGG!

Posted by: The Gong at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (AdHga)

202 Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called for Islamic nations to set aside their differences and join Islamabad’s defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey to form a military alliance along the lines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).

The good thing about this is that every single time the Arabs have tried to coalesce into one big unitary government and “set aside their differences”, they’re all at each others throats within 6 months.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (pLSjm)

203 Now at a median annual cost of $20,000 per child in Early Head Start (for infants, toddlers, and pregnant mothers) and $15,000 per each pre-K student, it imposes detailed requirements for class size—one teacher cannot supervise more than four two-year-olds, for example—medical screenings, and in-home visits.

We are 1 crazy fucked up society.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

204 The polls were wrong and Hong didn't last long. It's the end of her song so bang the gong.
Posted by: Oh, no... at August 12, 2026 08:28 AM (2Ez/1)

You asked for it...........

https://youtu.be/O2vHbXI2p4k

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

205 CNN has Harry Enten, so maybe Fox should get a Mexican weather girl to do polling analysis. Polling....weather forecasting...about the same.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:30 AM (LXQKz)

206 I don’t think the Islhamic NATO will work. Mooselimbs are just too fractious.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

207 I don't know what the guy did, but AOC is well and truly pissed at her former fiance.

He told her that he didn't think she could get elected President because she's an idiot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

208 Now at a median annual cost of $20,000 per child in Early Head Start (for infants, toddlers, and pregnant mothers) and $15,000 per each pre-K student, it imposes detailed requirements for class size—one teacher cannot supervise more than four two-year-olds, for example—medical screenings, and in-home visits.

We are 1 crazy fucked up society.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)

Why is daycare so expensive?!?!

Posted by: The same fucking retards who imposed these regulations at August 12, 2026 08:31 AM (AdHga)

209 Now at a median annual cost of $20,000 per child in Early Head Start (for infants, toddlers, and pregnant mothers) and $15,000 per each pre-K student, it imposes detailed requirements for class size—one teacher cannot supervise more than four two-year-olds, for example—medical screenings, and in-home visits.

We are 1 crazy fucked up society.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (/+uur)
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Pour in government money and watch costs explode upward.

It's an inviolate economic rule.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:31 AM (LXQKz)

210 I swear, 60% of the buzz of AOC is retarded Con. Inc. fossils propping her up.
"She's dangerous! She's smart! She's talented! Woke 2.0 will work!"

Some duffus over at Insty saying that.

I guess we are going to forget her grand stage appearances at Davos?
Her big moment she had months to prepare for where she froze up and gave a response that made Kamala cringe?
Nope.
They're going to accept her 15th scripted take on her social as legit retail political talent.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)

211 He told her that he didn't think she could get elected President because she's an idiot.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

Asked for sex.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:31 AM (AdHga)

212 I miss Sarah.

I really wanted to know how I could make $7000+ a month.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

What she didn't tell you was it came in $20 increments.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 12, 2026 08:32 AM (1Ff7Z)

213 The polling was great!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (g47mK)

214 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

Of course they would. There is a status fetish in DC to be surrounded by armed men in dark suits, sunglasses and ear webs who are sworn to sacrifice their lives to protect yours.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (BvPIe)

215 Of course, a totalitarian system is always the true goal.
Posted by: Tom Servo

With them in charge as our loving overlords who CARE SO HARD.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (NR6c1)

216 I miss Sarah.

I really wanted to know how I could make $7000+ a month.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

What she didn't tell you was it came in $20 increments.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

$9.99 for a peek at a butthole?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (xHe0y)

217 Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is hoping to secure another four years in the governor’s mansion by adding a former ~~“Republican”~~ Printer Driver Expert mayor to her ticket who backed Kamala Harris for president and was censured by a local conservative group.

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (/+uur)

218 t's also,
World Elephant Day! 🐘

Now you're talkin'!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:34 AM (g47mK)

219 If you or your intimate partner have a hairy Enten, consult with your medical professional. Options are available

Posted by: Big Phat Pharma at August 12, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

220
$9.99 for a peek at a butthole?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:33 AM (xHe0y)

What a bargain!!!

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at August 12, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)

221 Worse, she found a copy of Thomas Sowell's Basic Economics hidden in his sock drawer. Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes

...with the penciled-in marginal notes about "big ol' sos'list tiddies."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 12, 2026 08:34 AM (zdLoL)

222 The absolutely vile, hideous Francesca Hong was resoundingly, if not perhaps surprisingly defeated by a so-called moderate candidate... 39.8% to 39.4% when the race was called by the Associated Press at 3:34 a.m.

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0.4% doesn't strike me as "resounding," so much as a "razor-thin margin."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (BI5O2)

223 So we've had a couple high profile elections now where the polling greatly overstated the support of far leftwing candidates in Dem primary elections.

This isn't ironclad but wouldn't this indicate as well massive polling error to the left in general election polling because in these Dem primaries they are oversampling left wing people

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (sKqQm)

224 You asked for it...........

https://youtu.be/O2vHbXI2p4k
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)
====================
Somehow I never knew that song is a Robert Palmer song. But of course it is!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (LXQKz)

225 "Democratic socialists were OVERESTIMATED by the polls by nearly 25 points in Wisconsin"

good job!!

🤣🤣🤣🤡

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (g47mK)

226 I have a half a million dollars in student loan debt personally, and not seeing that translate into economic success because in our society the scales are so tipped in one direction to benefit the rich and the wealthy.

1. Why did you amass a half a million dollars in student loan debt? If you could not afford cash to pay for college, why did not not attend a more affordable college?
2. On what did you amass a half a million dollars in student loan debt? Are you of the opinion that you should be granted employment and salary based purely on your ability to squander large sums of money in young adulthood?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

227 I swear, 60% of the buzz of AOC is retarded Con. Inc. fossils propping her up.
"She's dangerous! She's smart! She's talented! Woke 2.0 will work!"

Some duffus over at Insty saying that.

I guess we are going to forget her grand stage appearances at Davos?
Her big moment she had months to prepare for where she froze up and gave a response that made Kamala cringe?
Nope.
They're going to accept her 15th scripted take on her social as legit retail political talent.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 12, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)

I happened to see VDH on Laura Ingraham the other night. She gushed at how politically talented is AOC. VDH politely responded with a refined version of “Uh, I disagree she’s a retard”… well done VDH

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 08:36 AM (zEBE+)

228 I have a half a million dollars in student loan debt personally,

This is where I need to be a high school guidance counselor.

Question One: Where are you going to get that money?

Question Two: How are you going to pay it back?

I don't like your answer, I beat you with a stick.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:36 AM (NR6c1)

229 Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

230 This probably has something to do with Erdogan telling his supporters inside Turkey that he needs the F-35’s so Turkey can take the rest of Cyprus back from Greece.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:25 AM (pLSjm)
=====

Ah yes. The Muslim invasion and occupation no one knows or cares about.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 12, 2026 08:36 AM (JvZF+)

231 What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?

I hate tweakers.

And dems love it when people are forced to give up their labor without pay.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:37 AM (NR6c1)

232 Somehow I never knew that song is a Robert Palmer song. But of course it is!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (LXQKz)

Powerstation. Some talented bastages in that band.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

233 Polling at Hong up by 10-22 points. Losing be less then a point still means the polling was off by double digits.

I read the poll from Marquette that had Hong up by 22 and they say;

"The poll was conducted July 22-27, 2026, with 407 registered voters who say they will vote in the Democratic primary, including early absentee voters, with a margin of error of +/-6.6 percentage points. The sample includes 254 respondents who were also previously interviewed July 8-16 and 153 new respondents. Interviews were attempted with all Democratic primary respondents from the July 8-16 poll, with a 59% success (reinterview) rate, as well as an additional fresh sample."

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:37 AM (sKqQm)

234 🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡

"ric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
1h
🚨 WOW. Socialists are furious after “human error” in Milwaukee WI after midnight caused 5 USB STICKS to NOT have the election results on them 🤯

So officials went back, “fixed” the data, uploaded it, and socialist Francesca Hong NARROWLY LOST by a few thousand votes to David Crowley

She was highly likely to LOSE in November if she won the primary…a 2AM ballot drop addressed that.

“5 of the sticks [did not have] the results. It’s human error!"

Human Error ...😂😂

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)

235 And it's not like he doesn't have a long history of impregnating crazy bitches, enough so that it must be a kink for him.

He likes rodeo sex. Stick it in, whisper that she'd almost as good as her sister, and try to stay on for eight seconds.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

236 So Sandy The Bartender is our political salvation?

Posted by: We are SO scrod at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

237 Omigod, Wisconsin socialists are pointing to multiple "human error" problems which have caused a ton of tabulation errors in Hong's primary loss. USB sticks with missing votes, manual corrections to 'tabulation errors,' et al. ...

I was under the distinct impression that questioning an election was a threat to democracy...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM (AdHga)

238 One (somewhat) good thing about inflating our way out of (or deeper into?) massive growing debt, is at least everyone (sorta) has to pay, including the drug dealers and other scofflaws. And it helps keep the "markets" rising, which keeps the ultra rich (and other smaller "investors") ahead of inflation.

The Cantillon Effect is the economic observation that new money does not enter an economy evenly. Named after 18th-century economist Richard Cantillon, it shows that people who receive newly printed money first benefit the most, while those who receive it last suffer from rising prices before seeing any income

IOW: Those at the top of government largess make bank in that they take the stolen funds and "invest" them, they then get to ride the equity's "value" increase with inflated dollars from those furthest away from the pipeline have.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:39 AM (a6PrB)

239 Well, at least we know what to look for in November when Ds start losing US Sticks in key states! Not that we did not know...

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:39 AM (g47mK)

240
I read the poll from Marquette that had Hong up by 22 and they say;

"The poll was conducted July 22-27, 2026, with 407 registered voters who say they will vote in the Democratic primary, including early absentee voters, with a margin of error of +/-6.6 percentage points. The sample includes 254 respondents who were also previously interviewed July 8-16 and 153 new respondents. Interviews were attempted with all Democratic primary respondents from the July 8-16 poll, with a 59% success (reinterview) rate, as well as an additional fresh sample."
Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:37 AM (sKqQm)

We interviewed 7 people coming out of a port-a-potty at the local Jazzfest and they leaned 'heavy democrat' so we KNOW the country will overwhelmingly elect a Democrat President.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:39 AM (2YhKe)

241 I have a half a million dollars in student loan debt personally, and not seeing that translate into economic success because in our society the scales are so tipped in one direction to benefit the rich and the wealthy.

You as a person who identifies as not wealthy were given $500,000 dollars by this society that benefits the rich and wealthy - this is around half to a third of what an American earns in his lifetime. And you wasted it. And now you are mad that there are consequences to wasting that much money?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

242 @234 runner, we can only hope that Dem primary shenanigans piss off the DSA types and they don't show up to vote in the general election

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:40 AM (WOnE5)

243 "He likes rodeo sex. Stick it in, whisper that she'd almost as good as her sister, and try to stay on for eight seconds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM"

LOL!

Posted by: Scribbling furiously in notebook at August 12, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

244 >> Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has called for Islamic nations to set aside their differences and join Islamabad’s defence agreement with Saudi Arabia and Turkey to form a military alliance along the lines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Which will immediately coalesce around their hatred, subversion and desire to destroy the US and its allies. It will be a shell from which they will launch attacks and irregular warfare attacks, then use it as a shield against kinetic retaliatory action against their members who engage in terrorist activity against the US.

islam has one goal. To murder, threaten, coerce and destroy people who won’t join their cult.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 08:41 AM (XFXIk)

245 Chinese Military Veterans ~~Arrested~~ HANGED for Spying on U.S. Bases.

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:41 AM (/+uur)

246 You as a person who identifies as not wealthy were given $500,000 dollars by this society that benefits the rich and wealthy - this is around half to a third of what an American earns in his lifetime. And you wasted it. And now you are mad that there are consequences to wasting that much money?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

PAY FOR MY SHIT, plebean.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

247 242 @234 runner, we can only hope that Dem primary shenanigans piss off the DSA types and they don't show up to vote in the general election

==

November is going to be lit!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (g47mK)

248 One of Obama's distasteful legacies is that now Communists call their dickhead supporters "folks," as Ellison did in the quote up top. All of them do it - "folks" is ubiquitous on the hard Left now.

Spared me the the phony, down home charm.

If I'm going to be lorded over by bloodyminded authoritarian retards, I'd prefer if we at least stuck with a dictatorship of the proletariat. "Dictatorship of the folks" is even creepier, somehow.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

249 Why is healthcare a right but indoor plumbing is not?

They're both sold kind of the same way. Inspectors require you to pay for it whether you want it or not, because the alternative is supposed to be bad for your neighbors. And the rule applying to you in no way effects whether it applies to anyone else.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (zdLoL)

250 180 It's also,
World Elephant Day! 🐘
Posted by: redridinghood

Let's march!
Hut, two, three, four. Hut, two, three, four.

Esprit de corps! That's the way I earned my commission in the Majarajah's Fifth Pachyderm Brigade. Back in '88 it was. Or... or was it?

It was then I received the Victoria Cross for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. Ha ha! Those were the days. Discipline! Discipline was the thing! Builds character, and all that sort of thing, you know.

Posted by: Col. Hathi at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (wVcYX)

251 Did someone say 'butthole?'

Posted by: Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (qRla/)

252 You as a person who identifies as not wealthy were given $500,000 dollars by this society that benefits the rich and wealthy - this is around half to a third of what an American earns in his lifetime. And you wasted it. And now you are mad that there are consequences to wasting that much money?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:40 AM (sKqQm)

"The Chinese are not bad folks, folks!"

- - - - - - Joey Shitpants Fullbritches

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (2YhKe)

253 I miss Sarah.

I really wanted to know how I could make $7000+ a month.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:27 AM (2YhKe)

Not sure about you but I can tell you how Sarah makes $7,000 a month

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (asFP3)

254 The ~~Cantillon~~ COVID Effect is the economic observation that new money does not enter an economy evenly. Named after 18th-century economist Richard Cantillon, it shows that people who receive newly printed money first benefit the most, while those who receive it last suffer from rising prices before seeing any income

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:39 AM (a6PrB)

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

255 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

Assign the chick who can't holster.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

256 What you saw in Wisconsin is how effective Democrats voter fraud program is. They can turn on and shit off votes like a faucet.

Want to know why Democrats don’t want the SAVE Act, voter ID, paper ballots and no mail in voting?

There you go.

Posted by: Vengeance at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (XFXIk)

257
IOW: Those at the top of government largess make bank in that they take the stolen funds and "invest" them, they then get to ride the equity's "value" increase with inflated dollars from those furthest away from the pipeline have.

Yep. The connected will do the best because they get those new Bidenbux before the inflationary effect hits prices in general.

Interestingly this also as an impact based on what you have your savings in for normal people. Large cap corporate stock and housing tend to increase to reflect inflation fairly quickly (and in fact a lot of those big stock/housing gains in the Biden years are just baking inflation into the price). But people that have savings accounts or cash will get his harder.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (sKqQm)

258 Somehow I never knew that song is a Robert Palmer song. But of course it is!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 08:35 AM (LXQKz)

It isn't. It's Marc Bolan and T. Rex. 1971, IIRC.

Posted by: Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole at August 12, 2026 08:44 AM (qRla/)

259 Communists call their dickhead supporters "folks," --YD

Fastest way to get banned off my postings list is to go all "fokesies." Remember, folks... should never apply to rational beings. It's an animal husbandry phrase.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 12, 2026 08:44 AM (zdLoL)

260 Off, sock.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 08:44 AM (qRla/)

261 One of Obama's distasteful legacies is that now Communists call their dickhead supporters "folks," as Ellison did in the quote up top. All of them do it - "folks" is ubiquitous on the hard Left now.

Spared me the the phony, down home charm.

If I'm going to be lorded over by bloodyminded authoritarian retards, I'd prefer if we at least stuck with a dictatorship of the proletariat. "Dictatorship of the folks" is even creepier, somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

Just remember to remove your hat and tug your forelock when a bloodyminded authoritarian retard deems to address you.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 12, 2026 08:45 AM (wVcYX)

262 In C and it's derivatives, one of the basic libraries used is stdio.h (for standard input/output). In this case, it would be more like STD in-out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 07:55 AM (l3cgK)

Nicely done. From one IT person to another.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2026 08:45 AM (N39Ws)

263 Hasan Piker is absolutely losing his shit over Hong's loss.

"The knives will be out."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:45 AM (AdHga)

264
Fastest way to get banned off my postings list is to go all "fokesies." Remember, folks... should never apply to rational beings. It's an animal husbandry phrase.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 12, 2026 08:44 AM (zdLoL)

Hello, friends........

Posted by: Jim Nantz - Annoying as F*ck at August 12, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

265 Hasan Piker is absolutely losing his shit over Hong's loss.

"The knives will be out."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 08:45 AM (AdHga)

PLEASE make him the face of the DSC. PLEASE.

I'm talking to YOU, RNC. Get off your ass and start plastering this hateful f*ck EVERYWHERE.

"This is who they are........."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:46 AM (2YhKe)

266 Was the polling off or was there that much cheating? Nice thing about the polls never being right, it makes fraud harder to detect. Probably just a coincidence.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:47 AM (asFP3)

267 Is animal husbandry anything like human husbandry?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

268 255 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

Assign the chick who can't holster.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

Pretty magnanimous of them, isn't it? They can't stand Trump. They should be treated no better than ballast.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 12, 2026 08:47 AM (N39Ws)

269 Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger.

Everyone is pointing out Bill Clinton used the media as assassination decoys in 2000 and nobody blinked.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 08:48 AM (QZThv)

270 The White House press pool is demanding Secret Service protection on future trips.

==

and if they won't get it, will they stay home ??

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:48 AM (g47mK)

271 I checked RCP for the general election, and remember this is after they had Hong in her primary up by double digits.

They claim Crowley is up by 2 over Tiffany. So...I would assume that should be read as Tiffany up 8-12%...

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

272 Hasan Piker is absolutely losing his shit over Hong's loss.

"The knives will be out."

===

DEPORT!

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:48 AM (g47mK)

273 If I'm going to be lorded over by bloodyminded authoritarian retards, I'd prefer if we at least stuck with a dictatorship of the proletariat. "Dictatorship of the folks" is even creepier, somehow.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 12, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

Ein Folk, ein Woke Reich, ein Oysterführer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:49 AM (pLSjm)

274 Is animal husbandry anything like human husbandry?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)

More sex?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 08:50 AM (dK+Kv)

275 Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’

-
So far.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:50 AM (ndZc7)

276 Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’

-
So far.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:50 AM (ndZc7)

I think they're focusing on the wrong thing there.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:50 AM (2YhKe)

277 Yes Piker please knife those ickey , evil Dems. In a non literal way of course. Or not

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (WOnE5)

278 "He likes rodeo sex. Stick it in, whisper that she'd almost as good as her sister, and try to stay on for eight seconds.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:38 AM"
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That's pretty funny right there!

Posted by: Cultural Enrichers of Cueta at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (5pIiN)

279 272 Hasan Piker is absolutely losing his shit over Hong's loss.

Kaya is probably going to get beaten over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (NR6c1)

280 This is where I need to be a high school guidance counselor.

Question One: Where are you going to get that money?

Question Two: How are you going to pay it back?

I don't like your answer, I beat you with a stick.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:36 AM (NR6c1)

I have told this story before...

Child, the younger, wanted to be an architect. Guidance counselor was very supportive. I asked child how many years do you have to go to school for said degree? Five. How much, total, is that likely to cost? Several hundred thousand dollars. What is the average salary for a working architect, not one of the celebrity types, just a normal working architect? Child, the younger, is a civil engineer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

281 "TECTONE 🇺🇸
@Tectone
10h
OLD HASAN CLIP RESURFACED:

“Mayonnaise monkey isn’t enough call the whites cum-skins. That’s the shit that’ll really make em mad. Direct and to the point.”

So Hasan is allowed to teach his chat how to be more Racist to Whites?

Is this who you endorse Twitch"

OK, Mayonaise Monkeys, what do we say to this inbred savage ??

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

282 The MyGender Dolls website states that the dolls are “grounded in gender-affirming clinical practices” and will serve as a “therapeutic” resource for clinicians and educators working with children ages 4 to 10.

Just admit you want to fuck the chillrens

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

283
Kaya is probably going to get beaten over this.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (NR6c1)

Does he even still have the dog or has it been made into jerky and sold to Barack?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

284
Cortez's Fiance (rolls over): "You know, I've been thinking honey..."

Cortez: "Yes, dear?"

Cortez's Fiance: "Maybe Trump isn't that bad."

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:52 AM (asFP3)

285
OK, Mayonaise Monkeys, what do we say to this inbred savage ??
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

No bag limit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:52 AM (2YhKe)

286 OK, Mayonaise Monkeys, what do we say to this inbred savage ??

I would prefer that he would be referred to in the past tense for the usual reasons.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:53 AM (9s47C)

287 Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

Oh yeah tell Democrats that Democrats are racist against white people. That'll be a real shocker.

Hint: "White people DESERVE it! Haven't you heard of COLONIALISM...?"

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:54 AM (asFP3)

288 Child, the younger, is a civil engineer.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

That's why your child would have escaped the threat of being beaten with a stick. -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:54 AM (NR6c1)

289
Muslim countries can't form a stable worldwide military alliance. They will always fall out over their differences. Then there is the reality that they tend to lose wars, for reasons fundamental to their societies. Islam in the modern world does not win conventional wars, it spreads into societies like toxic mold. Treachery and bullying at the local level, and above all, parasitic stealing from the infidels.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 08:54 AM (azNOR)

290 Not sure about you but I can tell you how Sarah makes $7,000 a month
Posted by: ...

1400 handies a month, or 47 handies a day.
Bitch should have forearms like Popeye.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:54 AM (xHe0y)

291 Just another Mayonnaise Monkey . . .
not The Bangles

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 12, 2026 08:55 AM (wVcYX)

292 Marc Bolan made the fatal mistake of letting his wife drive.

Posted by: He Never Learned To at August 12, 2026 08:55 AM (JM9I6)

293 "Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger."

Impeached? How about the Medal of Freedom?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:55 AM (asFP3)

294 Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’

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So far.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:50 AM (ndZc7)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 08:55 AM (dK+Kv)

295 "He sought refuge in the Netherlands, only to discover that the place he had fled was considerably safer and more welcoming than the refuge he had chosen.
Trans Woman Who Fled ‘Trump’s America’ Returns: ‘Dumbest Thing I’ve Ever Done’"

Some would say that that's the second dumbest thing, but YMMV.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 08:55 AM (0CU3H)

296 “Mayonnaise Monkey?” I like it.

Of course, the only mayonnaise is Duke’s, but “Duke’s Monkey” lacks alliteration, so I’ll embrace “Mayonnaise Monkey.”

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

297 I think it's every bit possible that AOC's guy has just enough of her shit and is moving on. A half decade engagement is absurd. Whether that's on him or her doesn't matter... someone, maybe both, were obviously not ready or inclined to get married.

TBH... neither were the type anyway. It was all scam to make her more "approachable" to the normies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 12, 2026 08:56 AM (2Cry5)

298 I can't help but be amused about the guy fleeing to the Netherlands because of "transphobia" and learning that there are parts of the world that dislike him more than America does.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:56 AM (NR6c1)

299 I haven't had my first cup of coffee and yet I'm seeing mayonnaise monkeys!?

Posted by: dantesed at August 12, 2026 08:57 AM (Oy/m2)

300 They claim Crowley is up by 2 over Tiffany. So...I would assume that should be read as Tiffany up 8-12%...

Maybe its best that the name Tiffany and various spellings of poles are not in the same sentence.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:57 AM (9s47C)

301 That’s Miracle Whip Monkey to you, sonny!

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 08:57 AM (pLSjm)

302 A smidgen off.

Last 5 Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary Polls

State Navigate: Hong +22
Public Policy Polling: Hong +18
Marquette University: Hong +25
State Navigate: Hong +29
Public Policy Polling: Hong +20

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (ndZc7)

303 1400 handies a month

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 08:54 AM (xHe0y)

Why not 350?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (asFP3)

304 I wanted to be a marine biologist, architect, and a latex salesman.

Posted by: Can't Stand Ya at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)

305 "Mayonaise monkey"? Dude, you're not even trying. And you're as white as I am.

How about Saltine American? Vanilla Gorilla?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (NR6c1)

306 I saw Mayonnaise Monkeys open for Ugly Mustard at Trees in '94.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (2YhKe)

307 A smidgen off.

Last 5 Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary Polls

State Navigate: Hong +22
Public Policy Polling: Hong +18
Marquette University: Hong +25
State Navigate: Hong +29
Public Policy Polling: Hong +20

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 08:58 AM (ndZc7)

Squeaky wheels?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (dK+Kv)

308 62
32
“What if we tweaked the Constitution, amended the amendment, and instead of the right to bear arms, we change it to the right to have health care?”

Sure, pal. Let's tweak the Constitution. Two-thirds vote in the House and Senate and ratification by 3/4 of the states.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Proponents act like this is some new idea, and have no idea that the “positive bill of rights” was a big feature of the far left in the 30’s and 40’s. Easy to make if sound so good - yet the Soviet Union had a “positive bill of rights” in its constitution.

Here’s the trick - if you’ve mandate that Government provide certain things such as food, housing, and medical care, then you also must grant that government unlimited power to fulfill those demands, whatever it requires.

Of course, a totalitarian system is always the true goal.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:45 AM
=============

A totalitarian system is necessary if you make food, health care, and so on, rights. Minimum and maximum rights benefits will need to be established. Good luck writing those into an amendment. Or leaving the definitions to Congress and Presidents. What could go wrong?

Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (5rh/l)

309 Muslim countries can't form a stable worldwide military alliance. They will always fall out over their differences.

One of the side effects of combining religious and political power is that it doesn't give you a respected third party to resolve in-group differences.

Since every emir can claim to be caliph as well and often do this means they are all in competition with each other.

And you can see this play out in the middle ages/renaissance. The papacy wasn't by any means perfect but it did at times get the secular rulers to act together for the good of Christianity.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (sKqQm)

310 "Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger."

He wants to impeach the guy who had at least five Democrats try to assassinate him?

More DARVO.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (a6PrB)

311 Squeaky wheels?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (dK+Kv)

But enough about AOC's voice

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 08:59 AM (asFP3)

312 Of course, the only mayonnaise is Duke’s, but “Duke’s Monkey” lacks alliteration, so I’ll embrace “Mayonnaise Monkey.”
Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)

Bring out the Hellmann's. Bring out the best.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:00 AM (2YhKe)

313 Hong and/or the DSA have to challenge the results given the blank thumb drives. Make the Dems waste money

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 09:00 AM (WOnE5)

314 "Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger."

WTAF?

Mark Kelly should be launched into the ocean to become shark shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:01 AM (2YhKe)

315 I hear Hasan loves the mayonnaise.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:01 AM (asFP3)

316 Morn' all.. I guess I should be glad the vile Hong lost, but she would have been easier to beat then Crowley...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:02 AM (FtULh)

317 OK, Mayonaise Monkeys, what do we say to this inbred savage ??

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)

Nothing. He's laboring under the delusion that he matters in my sphere, personally, or in white people's sphere's generally.

The only reason he registers is as a target of mockery.

Just point and laugh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 09:02 AM (dK+Kv)

318 The Muslim alliance will last about a month. The Arabs hate the Turks, nobody trusts the Pakis and the slightest difference in Muslim theological beliefs and the alliance is kaput

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (WOnE5)

319 Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

These communists are insane. Crazy slovenly malcontents.

-
I could get behind this if we're talking hanging them from lampposts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

320 @EricLDaugh
1h
🚨 WOW. Socialists are furious after “human error” in Milwaukee WI after midnight caused 5 USB STICKS to NOT have the election results on them 🤯

They didn't click the 'Safely remove media' icon in the taskbar, did they........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (2YhKe)

321 How about Saltine American? Vanilla Gorilla?

I still prefer the slur against me to be "ofay". It rolls off the tongue easier and has that built-in belligerence and contempt that doesn't need to be manufactured.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (a6PrB)

322 I hear Hasan loves the mayonnaise.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:01 AM (asFP3)

He loves Mannaise.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (dK+Kv)

323 I was wondering if this Crowley guy, the Dem nominee for governor in WI, is any relation to Monica Crowley. Just saw his picture. I guess not.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (gm9Sb)

324 I, too, miss Sarah. And Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (77rzZ)

325 AOC's ex got many males to think they had a chance.

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 12, 2026 09:04 AM (dtajH)

326 Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

Of course some women are going to get raped it is a price the pols that will have private security are willing to pay.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

327 @spencerpratt
Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

These communists are insane. Crazy slovenly malcontents.

They want to create chaos. They want you to beg the government to 'DO SOMETHING.'

You won't like what they do.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

328 Only an hour and a half to go until Earth loses its gravity for 7.3 seconds.

I'm going to bungee myself to the light pole on the street.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:04 AM (J4Dwc)

329 Was the bad polling trying to create a preference cascade? Or did people not answer honestly? idk

And what about the Big Green Dem Cheat Machine? Did it decide to not help Wong, since going Big Commie (so early) was deemed Bad for the Party? Or maybe it even helped defeat Wong. I have no idea how it happened.

Posted by: illiniwek at August 12, 2026 09:04 AM (vbXSk)

330 Trump Doubles Down on U.S. ‘Total Control’ of Hormuz: Iran Can Crumble Economically or Get ‘Blown Away’
----

Just stop.Please just stop.
Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

Someone needs to take him aside and have a long discussion. The "broken record" announcements are getting old and, in the end, turn into a sad joke. He's beginning to sound like Bugs Bunny where he draws line after line, daring Yosemite Sam to cross each one. At least, in the cartoon, Sam falls off the cliff. Iran is laughing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (hmYU4)

331 I hear Hasan loves the mayonnaise.

Rumor says that he prefers to have his Saturday nights end by looking like he was dipped in oatmeal.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (a6PrB)

332 🤡🤡

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
8h
Last 5 Wisconsin Governor Democratic Primary Polls

State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +22
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +18
Marquette University: 🔵 Hong +25
State Navigate: 🔵 Hong +29
Public Policy Polling: 🔵 Hong +20

Results (88% Reporting): 🟡Crowley +0.5"

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (g47mK)

333 I hear Hasan loves the mayonnaise.

Rumor says that he prefers to have his Saturday nights end by looking like he was dipped in oatmeal.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (a6PrB)

A Jackson Pollock painting, that one.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (AdHga)

334 Right to a useful and remunerative job
Right to earn enough for adequate food and clothing
Right to decent housing
Right to adequate medical care
Right to social security
Right to education

The last item cost over $1 TRILLION per year.
And states that spend $30k/student $600k per classroom cannot even get to 50% math and reading proficiency.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

335 Rumor says that he prefers to have his Saturday nights end by looking like he was dipped in oatmeal.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (a6PrB)

I've got some ideas........

Posted by: Andrew Gillum at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

336 Results (88% Reporting): 🟡Crowley +0.5"

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (g47mK)

Says something about polls doesn't it LOL...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

337
282 The MyGender Dolls website…”

I read this as “the MyGender Dells” and I thought good Lord, what has Wisconsin done now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 09:07 AM (pLSjm)

338 Love the headline:

Don Surber: Trump Finds a Use for the Press.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (/HDaX)

339 Says something about polls doesn't it LOL...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:06 AM (FtULh)

Exit polls had John Kerry destroying George W...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (2YhKe)

340 @EricLDaugh
...2AM ballot drops solidified the socialist's loss, and leftists are LIVID this morning!
~~~~~

Hahahaha! What goes around comes around. How does it feel?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (3ImbR)

341 Cain's is the only true mayonnaise.

This is known.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (qRla/)

342 When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

I think its revealing about what they think of women when sex with a woman, no matter the reasons for that sex, begins and ends with a woman standing under a streetlamp.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (a6PrB)

343 @EricLDaugh
...2AM ballot drops solidified the socialist's loss, and leftists are LIVID this morning!
~~~~~

Hahahaha! What goes around comes around. How does it feel?

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 12, 2026 09:08 AM (3ImbR)

They should riot and break their own shit to send a message.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 09:09 AM (dK+Kv)

344 Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

These communists are insane. Crazy slovenly malcontents.

-
I could get behind this if we're talking hanging them from lampposts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

Karen Bass is gonna win easily and somehow be rewarded for her catastrophic incompetence with homelessness and the Palisades fires…. It pays to be part of the machine

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 09:09 AM (zEBE+)

345 So once again we have a double digit polling error from last nights wisconsin election. In the last poll conducted Aug 4-5 hong was ahead 19 points.

Either massive numbers of people are lying to the pollsters or they are conducting rigged polls. I guess it could be a combination of both.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (cpFbA)
==
Pollsters are wildly misjudging - probably somewhat deliberately - both the strength of democrats and the weakness of the republicans. Most of their polling have overstated democrat strength and understated MAGA strength. If a GOP in the general is polling 2 to 3 points ahead its more likely double or more in reality. I wonder how long they will keep the charade up.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 09:10 AM (7/DDO)

346 Was the bad polling trying to create a preference cascade? Or did people not answer honestly? idk

Possibilities...and you can mix and match. But all of them should make you really doubt summer polling because polls with margin of error of 6 percent were off by 22 points...

Polling was completely faked

Results were intentionally skewed towards more leftwing voters then the Dem primary average

Results were unintentionally skewed towards more leftwing voters then the Dem primary average

Election results included massive fraud for Crowley

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

347 Pollsters are part of the media. The media is overwhelmingly left wing.

The polls are shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

348 These days mayonnaise prices are ridiculous ! If Rs run on lowering the price of Mayo , they will gain a few points for sure !

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (g47mK)

349 Why Are So Many Celebs Raising Trans Kids?

https://tinyurl.com/6z6hj22a

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

350 Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (hmYU4)

I hate to say this because it sounds like defending the indefensible but he's speaking their language. Think of all the times Iran likes to announce over the years "we will blow you off the map" followed by nothing.

The difference is with Trump, one day the mullahs wake up in ruins or don't wake up at all, and they don't know what day that will be.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (asFP3)

351 A Jackson Pollock painting, that one.

Don't give CBD any ideas for the next thread.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (NzX/y)

352 I really liked Pat Crowley, beautiful, leggy, talented singer and dancer. Had an older sister Ann, who was likewise very talented and beautiful. Ann left show business just as Pat was becoming a starlet. Went the marriage, children route. Both lived to be over 90, only recently passing away.

Posted by: No Relation To Wisconsin Crowley at August 12, 2026 09:12 AM (JM9I6)

353 ...2AM ballot drops solidified the socialist's loss, and leftists are LIVID this morning!

In general elections when this happens the FNM argues it is because mail in votes are way more left leaning and they get counted last

Here those ballots broke for the less leftwing candidate when the Dems/FNM wanted the less leftwing candidate. Odd how that works no?

Posted by: 18-1 at August 12, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)

354 Why Are So Many Celebs Raising Trans Kids?

https://tinyurl.com/6z6hj22a

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:11 AM (ndZc7)

The mentally deranged pass their mental derangement off to their kids. Story at 11.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:14 AM (2YhKe)

355 >>"That's your candidate for Senate, a guy who clearly hates Christians, a guy who covers up for trans violence, and a guy who wants to take your guns away."
Michigan's Dem candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed clearly hates Christians and covers up for trans violence

But also: this is who the Obama is pushing.
Just read yesterday that El Sayed had a podcast with Crooked Media. You know, the Obama bros who started the Pod Save America podcast, THAT Crooked Media, now funded by Soros.

This guy is not some outsider, he has the pedigree of someone who has been shaped and groomed by the Obama team.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

356 If a GOP in the general is polling 2 to 3 points ahead its more likely double or more in reality. I wonder how long they will keep the charade up.

I think that question is answered in the section that was "mistakenly" left out of the 2024 Election Autopsy where the observation was made that too many people were focused more on creating for themselves "Generational Wealth" than in winning an election.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:14 AM (NzX/y)

357 Pollsters are wildly misjudging - probably somewhat deliberately - both the strength of democrats and the weakness of the republicans. Most of their polling have overstated democrat strength and understated MAGA strength. If a GOP in the general is polling 2 to 3 points ahead its more likely double or more in reality. I wonder how long they will keep the charade up.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 09:10 AM (7/DDO)

Squeaky wheel, continued.

Who has the least self-control when it comes to shutting their yap?

Who has the most free time to participate in polling?

Who has the inflated sense of self-worth, while having the least real-world experience that tells them that their opinions aren't worth shit?

That would be the self-absorbed, mouthy, unemployed, entitled millennials and Zs. I haven't seen the cross-tabs, and I probably won't, because polling is garbage and a waste of effort, energy, and tiem. But I suspect all of these double digit misses are heavily weighted with the people described above.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 09:15 AM (dK+Kv)

358 Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:14 AM (X8xt3)

{{{{Lizzy}}}}

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:15 AM (asFP3)

359 The Mayonnaise Monkeys was the garage band name for Whitesnake.

Posted by: Music nerd at August 12, 2026 09:16 AM (2Ez/1)

360 I could get behind this if we're talking hanging them from lampposts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:03 AM (ndZc7)

If the dems end up "a la lanterne" it will be their own doing since they are the ones who ensured the US population more resembled that of the French Revolution rather than the American Revolution in ideology.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 09:16 AM (lFFaq)

361 Are we proving the existence of viruses - or presupposing it?
The Virus Assumption

***********

Wow! That is some fever dream, tin foil hat, nonsensical gobbledygook...

...or maybe it's parody.

I can't tell any more.

Posted by: muldoon at August 12, 2026 09:16 AM (I0N4X)

362 Spencer Pratt
@spencerpratt
Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

These communists are insane. Crazy slovenly malcontents.

-
I could get behind this if we're talking hanging them from lampposts.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

$10 says she means the woman.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 12, 2026 09:16 AM (xHe0y)

363 Jo
@JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

-
He was too busy shipping pallets of cash to Iran.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

364 >>The mentally deranged pass their mental derangement off to their kids. Story at 11.

As it was with having a gay kid a decade or so ago, it has been trendy to have a trans kid. They are the manifestation of how tolerant and edgy you are, exactly what narcissists crave.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

365 @JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

Joe Biden never had lunatics from the opposing party plotting their murder every 7 seconds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (2YhKe)

366
When I see the name Crowley, my first thought is Alistair Crowley, the prominent satanist.

So a last minute ballot dump confirmed a win for Crowley over Hong. Maybe she was actually winning, if not for fraud. The old time Democrat establishment used its cheat machinery against her. Hopefully the Republican effort to promote Hong cost the Democrats extra money to fight it.

Are the Democrats going to be able to cheat to victory in the general?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (azNOR)

367 Either massive numbers of people are lying to the pollsters or they are conducting rigged polls. I guess it could be a combination of both.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (cpFbA)
~~~~~

I don't think it was the polling. I think the dem powers-that-be decide the candidates pretty much whenever they can.

'08 knocked off Hillary for Obama
'16 knocked off Bernie for Hillary
'20 knocked off Bernie again for Biden
'24 appointed Kamala

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (3ImbR)

368 @JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

-
He was too busy shipping pallets of cash to Iran.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:18 AM (ndZc7)

No one tried to kill Biden 3 times hitting him once...

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (FtULh)

369 From what I read it seems the entire press corpse was killed in AF1 when it was shot down over Turkey.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 09:20 AM (/+uur)

370 From what I read it seems the entire press corpse was killed in AF1 when it was shot down over Turkey.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 09:20 AM (/+uur)

Is that why Mark Kelly is calling for Trump's impeachment? He didn't take the press with him when he hid his departure?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)

371 369 From what I read it seems the entire press corpse was killed in AF1 when it was shot down over Turkey.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 09:20 AM (/+uur)

Trump got off that plane to save the rest....

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:21 AM (FtULh)

372 If the dems end up "a la lanterne" it will be their own doing since they are the ones who ensured the US population more resembled that of the French Revolution rather than the American Revolution in ideology.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 09:16 AM (lFFaq)

The delicious irony is how a such a gaggle of grubby low-born halfwits have so strongly and foolishly arrogated the position of Aristocracy upon themselves that their own inbred necks yearn for the rope that once hung around those of noble birth and breeding.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Ot/FD)

373 >>@JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

These people are insane.
They did this back in 2020 when the WH was surrounded by a raging BLM/antifa mob, where dozens of Secret Service agents were injured while Trump was moved to the WH bunker.

Yeah, sure, he was a pussy to NOT let your mob kill him, lady. Psycho b#tch.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (X8xt3)

374 JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.
-----
No one ever saw him as a threat....he was a weak pandering president.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (EneHm)

375 Mamdani has found a middle ground.

Dana Loesch
@DLoesch
The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (ndZc7)

376 369 From what I read it seems the entire press corpse was killed in AF1 when it was shot down over Turkey.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 09:20 AM (/+uur)
-----------
Beau was on that plane!

Posted by: Joe Biden at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (PiwSw)

377 r hennigantx -

*solemnly*
I would never, ever wish such a thing on the press corpse.

Sorry, muscle twitch in my eye.... comes and goes...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (aJQbY)

378 So a last minute ballot dump confirmed a win for Crowley over Hong. Maybe she was actually winning, if not for fraud. The old time Democrat establishment used its cheat machinery against her. Hopefully the Republican effort to promote Hong cost the Democrats extra money to fight it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 09:19 AM (azNOR)

We know that last week's oppo dump against Hong came from Democrats, not Republicans - just like Platner in Maine. The establishment NEEDED her to lose.

The left is eating itself, live, on television, in the teeth of a huge midterm election cycle.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (AdHga)

379 >>The mentally deranged pass their mental derangement off to their kids. Story at 11.

Designer children ups their virtue credit score. Nothing more.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (J4Dwc)

380 @DLoesch
The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (ndZc7)/i]

What's your point?

We already know their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (2YhKe)

381 No one ever saw him as a threat....he was a weak pandering president.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (EneHm)
~~~~~

And was likely on the payroll of our biggest enemies.

Posted by: IrishEi?! at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (3ImbR)

382 That would be the self-absorbed, mouthy, unemployed, entitled millennials and Zs.

I've been thinking of the Generational Theory a bit, and I think that Strauss-Howe's thesis may have been useful mainly because it was viewed in the context of a monoculture, but in the 1990s I don't think that they saw 100M+ foreigners with totally incompatible cultures within totally different saeculums influencing the direction of the nation.

There are a lot of home-schooled kids and Awakening, and now the force multiplier of AI and internet, GT seems less influential because it has been eclipsed by more powerful and directed drivers.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (nAS9C)

383 I don't like admitting I'm dumb (I am) but I had no idea there was a such thing as a virus skeptic. These people need to be put in an asylum - and I am open to some truly crazy shit. Dumbasses want to set back humanity 1000 years.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (asFP3)

384 AOC is getting a total makeover. Dumping her white-as-rice boyfriend, freezing her eggs, and setting the table for the Media to black-hole her 'Woke, Model 1" looney tunes far-far-Left statements are all parts of the makeover plan. I think next-up will be moderate facial plastic surgery. Tighten-up here and there, get her increasingly noticeable forehead wrinkles Botoxed and filled-in, and the like. Got to get those done and healed before she announces some time next year.

It looks like she and her highly-paid consultant team believe there is a wide, and mostly wide-open, lane in the 2028 Democrat field just a bit to the right of the DSA lane. Her first moves will be to eliminate the competitors for that lane. Kamala, Newsom, and the other fake moderates. She wants to be the winning fake semi-moderate. Plus look how young she is! Not a political fossil!

As I've seen postulated elsewhere, freezing her eggs is a way for her to play a mother concerned about motherly-concerns (education, affordability, the future her children will live in), without being burdened with children.

Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

385 Dana Loesch
@DLoesch
The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 12, 2026 09:22 AM (ndZc7)

His wife is in no danger whatsoever. She'll be celebrated as a conquering hero by the Muslims. Because she to them, she IS a conquering hero.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:24 AM (AdHga)

386 Someone needs to take him aside and have a long discussion. The "broken record" announcements are getting old and, in the end, turn into a sad joke. He's beginning to sound like Bugs Bunny where he draws line after line, daring Yosemite Sam to cross each one. At least, in the cartoon, Sam falls off the cliff. Iran is laughing.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 12, 2026 09:05 AM (hmYU4)
==
I don't disagree. But Iran is not laughing. We are doing what we should have silently only been doing since the summer began. They are being financially squeezed, hard. They can no longer support their proxy terrorist network. Just keep them contained.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 09:24 AM (7/DDO)

387 >>{{{{Lizzy}}}}
Posted by: ...

Hi - and thanks.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:24 AM (X8xt3)

388 @JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

No foreign adversary wanted to kill Biden. He was their greatest weapon against the US.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 12, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

389 Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger.

Mark, you still trotting your wife out as a prop with a head wound or has she lost her value to you by now?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 09:25 AM (NR6c1)

390 388 Has anyone heard Crowley speak? He’s straight ghetto trash. Played the race card for being called establishment. This was a damned if you do damned if you don’t election.
Posted by: Long Hong Silver at August 12, 2026 09:25 AM (CtEZ7)

I was wondering about that

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:25 AM (FtULh)

391 The delicious irony is how a such a gaggle of grubby low-born halfwits have so strongly and foolishly arrogated the position of Aristocracy upon themselves that their own inbred necks yearn for the rope that once hung around those of noble birth and breeding.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:21 AM (Ot/FD)

Precisely. I guess it's part of their inability to discern second order consequences.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 12, 2026 09:25 AM (lFFaq)

392 "c Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
47m
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: There was a threat against President Trump's LIFE while he was in Turkey for NATO, and it involved a shoulder-to-air missile possibly targeting Air Force One

"Ultimately, the president was reportedly moved from Air Force One to another plane using a catering truck."

TRUMP: "I go by Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go in a different flight." 💯

Iran apparently knew where 47 was staying in Turkey as wel"

Erdogan made sure that Iran knew about Trump's movements. I have no doubt. Probably when he understood, no F35 will go sold to his jihadi ass.

Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:26 AM (g47mK)

393 @JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

Someone should remind that drug addict that when the Secret Service tells the President to move, he does.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 09:26 AM (NR6c1)

394 >>The terror-loving nepo baby who VERBATIM demanded the NYPD be defunded NOW demands that the same officers risk their lives by traveling with his selfie-obsessed wife so she can make a personal visit to a country for which the US maintains a Level 4: do not travel advisory.

Is it not wild this man thinks the NYPD are his personal security? I mean, of course they protect him as part of the job in NYC, but to think he can just treat them like his personal hired help is disgusting. They are protecting the Mayor of NYC, they are not yours.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)

395 When will people wake up and realize the west is at war will islam??? I feel that is what is ultimately underlying everything bad going on in the west.

Posted by: lin-duh at August 12, 2026 09:27 AM (EneHm)

396 Did Crowley "win" by enough to not call for a recount ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 09:27 AM (FtULh)

397
Erdogan made sure that Iran knew about Trump's movements. I have no doubt. Probably when he understood, no F35 will go sold to his jihadi ass.
Posted by: runner at August 12, 2026 09:26 AM (g47mK)

Cut them off. Stop trade. Embargo them. Tariff them 200%.

F*ck the middle east. They've worn out their welcome.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:27 AM (2YhKe)

398 @JoJoFromJerz
Joe Biden never hid in a food truck like a scared little bitch.

Joe Biden never got shot in the face by a member of the opposing party.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:27 AM (AdHga)

399 Francesca, the forbidden dance.

Posted by: Eromero at August 12, 2026 09:27 AM (LHPAg)

400 Something's wrong with Hong's long swan song.
*takes a hit off the bong*

Posted by: And bangs the gong at August 12, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

401 The last half century or so has really been fascinating viewed from that light. An inherently revolutionary, destructive, ontoclastic ideology slowly corrupted and perverted its way into ubiquity, and now it's like a frog who put on a prosthetic stinger and is compelled to stab itself in the ass because it "identifies as a scorpion".

The whole thing is like some kind of meta-historical materialism. Second Time as Farce, or something like that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 09:28 AM (Ot/FD)

402
Jake Tapper was not on Air Force One, correct? He's being a whiny little bitch on behalf of tbe reporters who were.

The former Biden official accused of leaking tbe information about this illustrates that there are lots of implacable enemies in the "former official" ecosystem, and way too many of them have security clearances. (Did this pompous buffoon actually think he couldn't be caught?)

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 09:28 AM (azNOR)

403 Something's wrong with Hong's long swan song.
*takes a hit off the bong*
Posted by: And bangs the gong at August 12, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

You asked for it.......

https://youtu.be/-UwukEHsL1g

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

404 I don't like admitting I'm dumb (I am) but I had no idea there was a such thing as a virus skeptic. These people need to be put in an asylum - and I am open to some truly crazy shit. Dumbasses want to set back humanity 1000 years.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 09:23 AM (asFP3)

I was not aware either (and I’m also dumb) but a 10 second internet search reveals that many viruses have been pretty much directly viewed with electron microscopes. Why was such an article even published in light of this? Head scratcher

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 09:29 AM (zEBE+)

405 The former Biden official accused of leaking tbe information about this illustrates that there are lots of implacable enemies in the "former official" ecosystem, and way too many of them have security clearances. (Did this pompous buffoon actually think he couldn't be caught?)

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 12, 2026 09:28 AM (azNOR)

Formerly Biden's Secretary of the Air Force, yes?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 12, 2026 09:29 AM (AdHga)

406 >>Mark Kelly, the walking penis, wants Trump impeached now for putting Jake Tapper’s life in danger.

Their outrage is out of proportion to the event.
They have wanted him killed, even tried to make it happen (e.g. leaks to press about AF1, withholding adequate SS protection), so they are particularly pissed he quietly escaped assassination without giving them the opportunity to leak it/assist.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 12, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)

407 If Crowley did win with a data dump at 2AM - I hope the DOJ was watching. And it still shows the polling was way off.

Posted by: Black JEM at August 12, 2026 09:30 AM (7/DDO)

408 [H]ow is it that my old hometown of NYC can swing from the madness of a David Dinkins to 12-plus years of a golden age under Rudy Giuliani and then embrace DeBolshevik and then DeBolshevik on steroids Mamdani?! I don't get it.

Because that was almost forty years ago and it's a lot different NY than it was back then. I grew up there too and left in 1972 and it was a lot different when Rudy finally won in 1993 than it was in 1972. Problem is it just keeps getting worse with the wrong people moving in.

Look for sharia to be imposed in NYC in the next ten years. You won't have to worry about cleaning up after your dog because you won't be able to have a dog. McSorley's Ale House will be closed along with all other bars and liquor store. Brace yourselves.

Posted by: Flakey Foont at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (thDcy)

409 Nood art.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)

410 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

411 Is virus skepticism the next "Just asking questions"? Or is this a 'virii == vaxxes' riff?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 09:31 AM (aJQbY)

412 I'm a little sad that this is the last time Francesca Hong will be mentioned around here.

Posted by: The Bug-Eyed Bint at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (JM9I6)

413 Noodus gratia artis

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

414 >>Dumping her white-as-rice boyfriend

I have yet to see anything that says she dumped him. Maybe he kicked her to the curb after she moved into the no go zone on the hot-crazy matrix.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (J4Dwc)

415 414 >>Dumping her white-as-rice boyfriend

I have yet to see anything that says she dumped him. Maybe he kicked her to the curb after she moved into the no go zone on the hot-crazy matrix.

Posted by: one hour sober at August 12, 2026 09:32 AM (J4Dwc)

Same difference for her politically. Perhaps she pushed him into taking a hike. I'll bet she's been planning a 2028 run for a looong time.

Posted by: Gref at August 12, 2026 09:37 AM (5rh/l)

416 They'll find other work for Hong to do for the Party. She'd make a good senior level secret police official in the shadow government that's waiting in the wings for when the Party seizes power. Meanwhile, her defeat makes the other loons look normal; that, in addition to voting on the House floor, is also the job of the raving nutjobs in Congress.
Look at the way the media is giving AOC a makeover. "No, no. FIdel is no communist, he's an ardent small "d" democrat." The NYT had a lot more credibility in the 1950s for some reason, and the Times said so.

Posted by: Peter B at August 12, 2026 09:38 AM (VTbl0)

417 And speaking of Sarah, I'll be sending a copy of this to her once I finish editing. She praised my first two books and said she was anxious to see the new one, so I'd love to get a blurb from her before publishing.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 12, 2026 08:14 AM (qRla/)

Very cool! Good for you, MP4.

Posted by: Concord at August 12, 2026 09:39 AM (6E/05)

418 I'm a little sad that this is the last time Francesca Hong will be mentioned around here.

She'll be back.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 09:40 AM (2ocoG)

419 How is it that my old hometown of NYC can swing from the madness of a David Dinkins to 12-plus years of a golden age under Rudy Giuliani and then embrace DeBolshevik and then DeBolshevik on steroids Mamdani?! I don't get it.

The Dems now win once in a place, they install "the world's most extensive voter fraud system", and then they run whoever they want. The fact that people who saw the 2020 election believe in any US election results now is a little scary.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 12, 2026 09:41 AM (2ocoG)

420 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

It's not that Sanders didn't care about Francesca winning, but he didn't endorsed her & a narrow loss is fine. Sanders is trying to build an army inside Congress.

For the 20th midterm election cycle, Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed over 90 progressive candidates nationwide, targeting key U.S. Senate, House, gubernatorial, and state legislative races as part of an effort to counter both the traditional party establishment and conservative opponents. (See BernieSanders dot com/endorse.)

A nightmarish list.

Two of his 'soldiers' recent wins: Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate (Mid-term primary will be against 'R' Mike Rogers) and Minnesota, Peggy Flanagan, U.S. Senate. (Mid-term primary will be against 'R' Michele Tafoya.)

Platner for the U.S. Senate was a Sander's problem and Sanders also had endorsed Troy Jackson for Governor of Maine. Jackson didn't win the nomination and now he's the Democratic nominee in the U.S. Senate race for longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins' seat.

Big money is needed. And Sanders, AOC & Abdul El-Sayed to appear more moderate for just 84 days, the U.S. midterm elections.

Cont'd

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

421 Slow Boring, 'Abdul El-Sayed can win moderate voters
A roadmap for getting to yes — if he makes the effort'
Matthew Yglesias, Aug 12, 2026

I'm not a believer but it's an interesting opinion.
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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 12, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

422 419 How is it that my old hometown of NYC can swing from the madness of a David Dinkins to 12-plus years of a golden age under Rudy Giuliani and then embrace DeBolshevik and then DeBolshevik on steroids Mamdani?! I don't get it.

The Dems now win once in a place, they install "the world's most extensive voter fraud system", and then they run whoever they want. The fact that people who saw the 2020 election believe in any US election results now is a little scary.
Posted by: Ian S

The SMIRKING MADMANI presiding over 9/11 and Year 1 Kirkiversary sasy it all as dissent can counterpoint to their inevitable narrative is simply silenced with the efficiency of the scoops in Soylent Green (set in the year 2022!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa8ZNyL-kxk

... this as their spouses make dual-use vests fashionable suitable for the obvious purposes. As AOC prances about the 1960's Klingon/MADMANI in the REMAIN SINWAR camisole and FREE GAZA hot pants as the b'wannabe jilted California Psycho/Gaven looks on and wants a piece of the action.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 12, 2026 10:19 AM (QhBIn)

423 Um JJ? Winning by 0.4% is hardly "resounding".

On the dem side none of those candidates were "normal" democrats.

On the rep side, Tiffany won easily, but was deemed by the dems as more MAGA than Trump. IMO he'll need Trump coattails and it's unclear how long Trump's coattails will be this cycle.

Posted by: AB at August 12, 2026 10:25 AM (bJiU3)

424 screw mamdani and his jihadi loving wife. If she's a private person why does she think she can ask for a tax payer paid security detail.

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Posted by: Blake at August 13, 2026 05:45 AM (aimv1)

Daily Tech News 12 August 2026

Top Story

SK Hynix plans to expand its production in China by 50%. (Tom's Hardware)

And it's gone.

Tech News

Gemini has reached a billion users. (Ars Technica)

Rather in the same way that Meta's Threads reached... Whatever user count they claim for that tumbleweed farm.
Speaking of reversing cause and effect, Bluesky's active user base is shrinking as its focus expands beyond the app. (Tech Crunch)

No, Bluesky is seeking new sources of revenue because their users are dying of memetic Alzheimers.
Because they're not taxi drivers. (The Conversation)

Or ambulance drivers, who primarily die from werewolf attacks.
Kimi K3 is a ripoff of Claude Opus. (WCCFTech)

Oh no. Anyway...

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: And never, ever, give them a man after midnight, regardless of how much they beg or cry.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Morning all

Posted by: Tuna at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (lJ0H4)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

4 5vw54h yw543hv

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (XJ22o)

5 How'd the ONT get to over 600?

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:40 AM (odBC9)

6
That was to lock out Gemini from that point down.

Now: Gemini is horrid at coding and graphics.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (XJ22o)

7 Mdig is just pestering me

How 600?
1 comment at a time

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

8 If Mgid says I can comment
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (Ia/+0)

9 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)

10
Crowley beat Hong in photo finish.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:45 AM (XJ22o)

11 Not my favorite ABBA song (that honor goes to Waterloo), but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (6ydKt)

12 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (O3mu+)

13
NPR
In Wisconsin, David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong in Democratic primary for governor
38 minutes ago

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

14 SK Hynix plans to expand its production in China by 50%. (Tom's Hardware)

And it's gone.

These AI creatures have quite the appetite for fused sand, don't they?.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:48 AM (6ydKt)

15 ABBA: Horrible music for horrible people. When its fans arrive in Hell and Satan puts his hand up their arse and works them in Gehenna's Puppet Show, I'm a Marionette will be faintly audible above the raucous hoots and guffaws of the devilish audience.

Posted by: I may be overreacting a little bit at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (DP9fY)

16 NPR
In Wisconsin, David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong in Democratic primary for governor
38 minutes ago

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:46 AM (odBC9)

Francesca is so fragile emotionally that I wouldn't be surprised if she's on suicide watch by Friday.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (6ydKt)

17 CHING CHONG BING BANG DING DANG

Posted by: ANGRY FRANCESCA HONG NOISES at August 12, 2026 04:51 AM (Lo8Mn)

18
The last comment on the ONT is some scammer who says you can watch adult videos securely on reputable adult platforms.

Just click on the name for the info, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 04:51 AM (/QHx4)

19 Belated BOING!

Busy with company till tomorrow. Thereafter, Mrs. BD and I will have solitude at our vacation home for the first time in 2 weeks.

It's been hectic!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 04:53 AM (mg7Dh)

20 15 ABBA: Horrible music for horrible people. When its fans arrive in Hell and Satan puts his hand up their arse and works them in Gehenna's Puppet Show, I'm a Marionette will be faintly audible above the raucous hoots and guffaws of the devilish audience.

Posted by: I may be overreacting a little bit at August 12, 2026 04:49 AM (DP9fY)

What happened to those days, they seem so hard to find.
I try and reach or you, but you just close your mind.
What ever happened to our love?
I wish I understood.
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good.

So when you near me, darling can’t you hear me?
S.O.S.!
And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me!
S.O.S.!
When your gone, how can I even try to go on?
When your gone, though I try, I cannot go on!

You seem so far away, though you are standing near.
You made me feel alive, but something died of fear.
What ever happened to our love?
I wish I understood.
What happened to our love, it used to be so good.

https://youtu.be/cvChjHcABPA

Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026 04:57 AM (6ydKt)

21 >>>And it's gone.

And immediately my brain starts up:

dun, dun, dun, dun
🎶 Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:59 AM (odBC9)

22 Wikipedia

David Crowley (Wisconsin politician)

David Carl Crowley (born May 14, 1986) is an American politician who has served as the seventh executive of Milwaukee County since 2020.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:04 AM (odBC9)

23 from the ONT

425 Mandela Barnes got 28k votes. All from early voting. Those would have been hong votes. This is what can happen when you vote reaaaallly early. All sorts of shit can happen and your vote becomes meaningless.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:35 AM (bkPgX)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:05 AM (odBC9)

24 I thought that was very interesting about being a taxi driver helping one avoid Alzheimer's Disease. I think it's too late for me to have a career change, however . 😉 Also, I was interested to read about gamers being hired to be air traffic controllers:

https://tinyurl.com/2s3f755j

I think that's a tough job.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:08 AM (+kigi)

25
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 12, 2026 05:11 AM (AMvSw)

26 18
The last comment on the ONT is some scammer who says you can watch adult videos securely on reputable adult platforms.

Just click on the name for the info, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

That's more tolerable than that exodus troll vomiting out it's BS.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 05:12 AM (sAmhv)

27 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews devotional:. "How God fights for us." Deuteronomy 320:2-4:

https://tinyurl.com/2uanddmd

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:14 AM (+kigi)

28 My second wake-up of the morning, so re-good morning everyone.

Stupid insomnia...

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

29 Bluesky is meant to replace X. When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready, they will move on X.
Everything the left does is a means of advancing The Revolution.

Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 05:16 AM (8jVAy)

30 29 Bluesky is meant to replace X. When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready, they will move on X.
Everything the left does is a means of advancing The Revolution.
Posted by: Accomack at August 12, 2026 05:16 AM (8jVAy)

Trot-sky?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:19 AM (Ot/FD)

31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

32 Nice to know that my mom's career as an EMT and Paramedic helped her out.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (NR6c1)

33 When the Bolshies have Bluesky ready
****

Like, you know, the twelfth of never.

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 05:22 AM (O3mu+)

34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

35 The strategery part of my brain wants to worry that this is the Dem/DSA's Great Winnowing, the crucible that will separate the dross from the precious metal, and leave them strong and lean and in terrifying fighting shape before long.

Then I have to remind my self that if you thresh a pile of straw, you're not magically going to get wheat out of it like some kind of fairy tale. They're really in a Garbage In, Garbage Out phase in terms of filling out their roster right now. And since they're too damn stupid and crazy to learn anything remotely like a lesson, they'll just keep doing it until they collapse into irrelevance.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (Ot/FD)

36 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 12, 2026 05:25 AM (iNosy)

37 I remember when Bluesky first came online and the user base strutted around proudly about how they were going to take down the Nazi known as Elon.

And then less than a week later, the site was getting overloaded with people reporting child pornography.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:26 AM (NR6c1)

38 34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

7 How 600?
1 comment at a time
Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:42 AM (Ia/+0)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)

39 34 @5/m: "How'd the ONT get to over 600?"

https://tinyurl.com/uha5ybj8
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 05:23 AM (O7YUW)

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste.

Posted by: Patrick Bateman at August 12, 2026 05:29 AM (gMmW2)

40 Husband and wife sing old time hymn, "How Great Thou Art". Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/mt39zxkh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:29 AM (+kigi)

41 they'll just keep doing it until they collapse into irrelevance.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I wonder if anyone said the same thing about Robespierre.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:30 AM (DZ9Lv)

42 Evening to the late toilers, morning to the early risers like yours truly! Woden's Day is about to dawn here.

Not my favorite ABBA song (that honor goes to Waterloo), but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 12, 2026

***
I love many of ABBA's songs, with "Fernando" being a favorite because it's so different from their usual. But that lady's name -- completely unlike her -- is just *ugly* to look at.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:30 AM (wzUl9)

43 So the DSA candidate, this Hong woman, was defeated in the primary? Winning!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

45 Nice to know that my mom's career as an EMT and Paramedic helped her out.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026

***
Was she that lady on the OMegaXL commercials with John Walsh?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:34 AM (wzUl9)

46 Communists give everybody a choice of Stalin or Pol Pot! See, Diversity!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 05:35 AM (sAmhv)

47 Hong gone?

Phooey.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:38 AM (Ot/FD)

48 A glass darkly seen
A time in between
When mysteries abound
A penny for a pound
We leave as we came
Just players at a game

fin

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 05:38 AM (O3mu+)

49 31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

I knew a bluesky user who was determined to divide by zero. He flouted the laws of G-d and man. He would write mathematical formulae on his skin with magic markers and then grease his whole body with ghee, chant, and shake one of his hands (the tiny malformed one) at the spirits of the desert.

I don't know if he's dead. He's dead to me. I won't have any truck with that kind of occult practices.

Posted by: Melman J. Peabody, II at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (wOVxg)

50 >>>Disclaimer: And never, ever, give them a man after midnight, regardless of how much they beg or cry.

ABBAgremlins!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (odBC9)

51 This one won in Minnesota. Remember her?

https://tinyurl.com/msbr2m24

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:40 AM (6UO0E)

52 In other news, my 2025 tax refund check *finally* showed up. I'll take it to the bank, withdraw some walking-around money, and leave the rest, as I have to make my quarterly estimated tax payment in early Sept. There will still be quite a bit left over, though.

The house I wanted to video tour this week is now under contract. Two more possibilities popped up, but one seems huge and probably hard to heat and cool. The other is close to perfect -- but is located within a few blocks of two Section 8 housing developments. Still I'll have a look at it, I guess.

The furry thugs are well. They need their rabies shots; I guess that's what the rest of my tax refund will go to.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

53 Yesterday, my husband and I went out for some delicious store made ice cream. I enjoy watching the little kids there and how delighted they are at the ice cream. Yesterday, along with little boys jumping up and down and laughing while looking themselves in the fun house mirror that's there - there was a little girl with a long blue dress which must have been like a dress in a Disney movie. She had long brown hair and beautiful blue eyes. I think she was there with her grandmother and father. I asked how old she was and she held up four fingers. She told me her name is Lana. What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:41 AM (DzHyO)

54 Goodbye-o Ohio:

https://tinyurl.com/ms22b2er

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:42 AM (6UO0E)

55 Good morning! Dogs are fed, coffee is percolatin' and it's pretty dark outside.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (3Ope8)

56 4 5vw54h yw543hv
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 04:37 AM (XJ22o)

You rang?

Posted by: 5vw54h yw543hv at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (B0NCh)

57 but I'll never turn down looking at Agnetha Fältskog at 5 a.m. on a random Wednesday

Very well.

https://youtu.be/Q0iA4YmZEH0?

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 05:45 AM (NR6c1)

58 Posted by: 5vw54h yw543hv at August 12, 2026 05:44 AM (B0NCh)

Whatta cool hash!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

59 49 31 I know one bluesky user who died from complications of cancer treatment. He was a good friend.
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:21 AM (DZ9Lv)

I knew a bluesky user who was determined to divide by zero. He flouted the laws of G-d and man. He would write mathematical formulae on his skin with magic markers and then grease his whole body with ghee, chant, and shake one of his hands (the tiny malformed one) at the spirits of the desert.

I don't know if he's dead. He's dead to me. I won't have any truck with that kind of occult practices.
Posted by: Melman J. Peabody, II at August 12, 2026 05:39 AM (wOVxg)

heh

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)

60 Teen who couldn't sleep goes to work early and in that process helps to save a woman's life. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/2t5dvc7t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (DzHyO)

61 Tonight the book club meets at the suburban library near me. The topic: "The Cozy Mystery." I'll bring along and discuss Josephine Tey's last novel and possibly her best, The Singing Sands; it may qualify for "cozy" even more than the Christies, Carrs, and Queens I have. And it is certainly more readable than 90% of the modern "cozies" I've read. I don't mind that they all follow the same formula; classic mysteries have theirs too. It's that the moderns are all so dull and the "mystery" element is weaker and thinner than an episode of Barnaby Jones.

And we'll stop to have some ice cream afterward.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

62 I asked how old she was and she held up four fingers.

I'm eight. But I lost one hand to piranhas. The Amazon River basin is an unforgiving playground.

Posted by: Lana at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (4crC5)

63 If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 05:49 AM (Ot/FD)

64 Nikita Bier retweeted
James
@timeimp
8h
It’s like all the designers at Apple left and worked for X.

Benji Taylor
@benjitaylor
16h
Had a lot of fun animating our new Grok Bot icon. It's entirely made in code, with every state, shape and expression able to morph smoothly into the other. And of course, I made it with Grok Build.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)

65 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Lana Kane

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:52 AM (DZ9Lv)

66 Where's ~~Waldo~~ James O'Keefe?

https://tinyurl.com/4kt9ep83

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (6UO0E)

67 It's 82 F. outside, I don't wanna know the heat index, and I really need to work out, since I took Monday and Tuesday off. Walk and trot, hold it down to a mile, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

68 Doctor in Colombia risks life to save babies after earthquake. National Catholic Register site:

https://tinyurl.com/5y7ryf3w

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:54 AM (ONl1C)

69 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Lana Kane

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:52 AM (DZ9Lv)
-

Lana Mower.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (6UO0E)

70 And now, let us have a moment of silence for the passing of a brave social justice Warrior, Ward Churchill. He was a skilled academic, a man of integrity, a tireless worker for the Revolution...and a good friend.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (B0NCh)

71 58F here + a spritzer of insomnia

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 05:55 AM (DZ9Lv)

72 What a pretty name. I don't think I've ever heard that name aside from the actress Lana Turner.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
*
Lana Kane
Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026

***
There's singer Lana Del Rey, too. The word just means "wool" in Spanish; I guess it was the sound and look of the word rather than the meaning that led to its being a woman's name.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:56 AM (wzUl9)

73
No, Bluesky is seeking new sources of revenue because their users are dying of memetic Alzheimers.

Ah, the Bluesheviks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (O0L8i)

74 Posted by: Lana at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (4crC5

Sorry. I don't know what you're referring to and I also don't know who Lana Kane is. I'm sorry . You are both talking to an old culturally out of touch old person. 😉but thanks for your contributions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (ONl1C)

75 and I also don't know who Lana Kane is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 05:57 AM (ONl1C)
-

Yes, you do:

https://youtu.be/esEG1z-exsI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:00 AM (6UO0E)

76 No, Lana Kane from Archer.

Posted by: Dark Lix at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (DZ9Lv)

77 44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

So this will be the big story today. Given that she supposedly led by double digits, there will be many claims that the Dem party cheated to deny her the nomination. Who knows, maybe.

But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)

78 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:00 AM (6UO0E

ok. LOL I do know about the itching ointment but it's too early in the morning for me to comprehend some of the jokes here .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (+kigi)

79 Morning y'all. I could use some more sleep but probably won't manage it. Hopefully I get good results today from the interview.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (aJQbY)

80
If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)

That's not possible. Experts agree: polling is scientific. Why do you hate science?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:06 AM (O0L8i)

81 Lana Wood.

Who are you people?

Posted by: This is not a boob thread at August 12, 2026 06:08 AM (B0NCh)

82 44 While Francesca Hong has been defeated, the Demoncrapic Party still is what it is:

https://tinyurl.com/bddenr4r

Believe them when they tell you.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 05:33 AM (6UO0E)

"We are Democrats. We support capitalism. We do not support socialism."

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)

83 Amusing side note:

One of the guests we babysit is a Standard Poodle. My wife got an email from the owner last night. He's putting the dog through a "brace" trial. In brace you do all the exercises in Novice competition, but with two dogs.

So yes; two Poodles working at the same time. It's apparently been hilarious.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

84 "We are Democrats. We support capitalism. We do not support socialism."

yea 10
nay 202

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

85 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 12, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9

I'll have to look for that . As I mentioned, I've only ever read " The Daughter of Time". Sounds like Tey had quite a few good novels.

I hope you have a very good time at the book club.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:10 AM (+kigi)

86 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM (pLSjm)
-

Winner, winner, chicken dinner:

https://tinyurl.com/5yhnrub3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:11 AM (6UO0E)

87 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at August 12, 2026 06:14 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:05 AM (aJQbY

Prayers continue, Random Dave.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:16 AM (+kigi)

89 Regarding the President being snuck out of AF1 out in Turkey:

These people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk about the matter.

I have to ask: Am I the only person in the world who gets annoyed when I read that? If you aren’t authorized to talk, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (NR6c1)

90 Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

Great. It's so good to laugh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (+kigi)

91
n brace you do all the exercises in Novice competition, but with two dogs.

So yes; two Poodles working at the same time. It's apparently been hilarious.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:09 AM (NR6c1)

Dutch and Ilya, going Best Brace at the 2011 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty:

https://tinyurl.com/ymnhywaw

Carmen and Aida, going Best Brace at the 2015 Borzoi Club of America National Specialty:

https://tinyurl.com/2v83dz57

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (O0L8i)

92 Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:17 AM (NR6c1)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (+kigi)

93 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:18 AM (O0L8i)

What beautiful dogs! Thanks for sharing the photos.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:20 AM (+kigi)

94 Am I the only person in the world who gets annoyed when I read that?

Standing right here, boss.

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:20 AM (aJQbY)

95 I have to leave for the day, folks. If there is a poster here with the name "Fenelon Spoke" ( with words separated) it is some troll, not me. I hope you all have a lovely, day, see blessings in the world around you and know that you are a blessing to others!

Psalm 139: 14 "I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 12, 2026 06:32 AM (+kigi)

96 90: Standard Poodles seem to have "goofball" as their default state.
91: Thanks Hadrian. I'll look at that when I get home.
94: I believe waterboarding people for these kinds of leaks should be A Thing.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:32 AM (NR6c1)

97 If there is a poster here with the name "Fenelon Spoke" ( with words separated) it is some troll, not me.

To borrow from John Wick, we'll find them and host a dinner party. -:-)

Have a good day, Fen!

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 06:33 AM (NR6c1)

98 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)

99 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)
----
My polydactyl cat Hexie could make that work...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:36 AM (FZ29D)

100 100

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 06:36 AM (odBC9)

101 98 "If we used our fingers to count in binary, we could count up to 2,047"

Only if you have 11 fingers or the standard 10 fingers and an additional appendage that can be easily raised and lowered in a timely fashion.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at August 12, 2026 06:34 AM (u4rEb)

The Paolo, has, how you say, such an appendage.

Posted by: The Paolo at August 12, 2026 06:37 AM (VRoVL)

102 A great percentage of Francesca Hong's votes came from these guys:

https://tinyurl.com/z484nhm8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:39 AM (6UO0E)

103 Wait… so after making fun of her lunacy for at least a few weeks and thinking she was very beatable, Hong isn’t even the nominee in WI? Sad trombone…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 06:40 AM (zEBE+)

104 102 A great percentage of Francesca Hong's votes came from these guys:

https://tinyurl.com/z484nhm8
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:39 AM (6UO0E)

The eyes. The too wide-open crazy eyes...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:43 AM (PiwSw)

105 Once again Hillary Clinton's celebration balloons go unused as Francesca Hong loses.

Hong's handlers will have to slowly wean her off her meds before explaining she lost.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 12, 2026 06:43 AM (2GVsD)

106 mornin yall. Three local police officers were arrested for abusing Flock cameras:

Joseph Callaway, a former K-9 deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Unauthorized request or disclosure of criminal history record information
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
Three counts of stalking

Coznavian Stubbs, a former patrol deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
One count of stalking

Toni Lewis, also a former patrol deputy, was charged with:
Violation of oath by a public officer
Prohibition on law enforcement retaining license plate data
Stalking
Stubbs and Lewis resigned during the internal investigation. Callaway resigned shortly after he was charged, Davis said.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

107 These cameras are making police officers break the law!

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi)

108 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (PiwSw)

109 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM
+++

I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

110 Quarter Twenty - door to door perhaps? Set up a table outside Walmart?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 12, 2026 06:47 AM (aJQbY)

111 Who names their kid Coznavian?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Those are the ones they caught. I'm sure the abuse goes much deeper than those three.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:49 AM (MWfyi)

113 These cameras are making police officers break the law!
Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:44 AM (MWfyi
======================
heh. And, of course, the first thing they do is end public access to search data so you can't check if your plate has been run. Because why would you want to know?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:49 AM (HVfJp)

114 Hong is a member of the Hivemind in good standing so I'm sure she's going to be well-compensated for her troubles.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (FZ29D)

115 "Who names their kid Coznavian?"

See if you can guess the pigmentation of the three ex-officers.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (MWfyi)

116 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)
---
It's probably just AI simulations at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 12, 2026 06:51 AM (FZ29D)

117 Who names their kid Coznavian?

Posted by: I gotta ask at August 12, 2026 06:48 AM (2Ez/1)
-

Cozmapolitans?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 06:52 AM (6UO0E)

118 misusing Flock cameras.

In Polk County, the GBI arrested deputy Tracey Royston Friday on charges of misusing Flock license plate reader systems.

Last month, three officers were fired in Fayetteville for searching their own licenses plates or that of family members for non-law enforcement purposes.

In Savannah, six employees were fired earlier this month for their role in allegedly misusing Flock cameras.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:52 AM (MWfyi)

119 It turns out that even amongst loony Dems the elimination of Thanksgiving is not popular. My jaw is on the floor… although, Hong did get 39% of that crowd

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 12, 2026 06:54 AM (zEBE+)

120 Yeah, those cameras are fine. It's the people that access them that are the problem.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:54 AM (MWfyi)

121 Every year, I always mourn the days getting shorter. Don't do it! Sun, stay right here!

Ah well, they'll start getting longer soon.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:55 AM (h8R6b)

122 108 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (PiwSw)

"You know, people aren't avoiding our state as much as they should. And they really ought to be making fun of us more. What can we do about this?"

Posted by: The Minnesota Tourism Board at August 12, 2026 06:55 AM (Ot/FD)

123 DSA operatives around the country erasing social media histories this morning.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (UoWyB)

124
Last month, three officers were fired in Fayetteville for searching their own licenses plates or that of family members for non-law enforcement purposes.

If you give people access, inevitably they'll misuse it. Just like everyone at work only uses the internet for company purposes. And now you have the same problem: are you going to fire everyone?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (O0L8i)

125 Hijab-wearing Peggy Flannagan is set to become Minnesota's next Senator.

Sure and begorrah, at least the lass figured out the grift.

Posted by: Mick al-O'Hara at August 12, 2026 06:58 AM (fl7uu)

126 I don't think cops can be trusted not to abuse Flock cameras. We should get rid of them and take away the temptation.

But Flock cameras are the local equivalent of national government spying tools on citizens. Congress should probably get rid of those technologies, whatever they are called, too!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 06:58 AM (h8R6b)

127 The local Boy Scout council, after going nearly bankrupt because they let the gays have their way with them, had to sell the scout camp they had owned for about 100 years. Now the developer who bought it wants to put up a data center there and the neighbors are pissed. I would be too. The old scout camp was a beautiful place, with lakes and trails and all the stuff a proper scout camp should have.

Posted by: fd at August 12, 2026 06:59 AM (MWfyi)

128 I saw a post on Twitter about a local Sheriff's department asking for help in finding someone who vandalized a Flock camera.

The website was overwhelmed with helpful tips like "I know that dude. He was delivering groceries to my grandma at 1130."

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:00 AM (NR6c1)

129 If you give people access, inevitably they'll misuse it. Just like everyone at work only uses the internet for company purposes. And now you have the same problem: are you going to fire everyone?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 06:57 AM (O0L8i)

You could take my company's approach and firewall the pants off the things so no data could ever flow in or out of them, and then get mad that no one is using the damn things.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:00 AM (Ot/FD)

130 109 But I think it’s even more likely that she *never* actually led, and that it’s another sign that the entire practice of polling is now irretrievably broken, and produces nothing but nonsense results that mirror the biases of the pollster.

If this is so, then double digit misses by the polls are going to become the norm.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 06:04 AM
+++

I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

DataRepublican?

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:02 AM (odBC9)

131 haveIbeenFlocked.com

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:02 AM (h8R6b)

132

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 12, 2026 07:03 AM (yM1Zs)

133 Has Francesca Hong made a public statement yet? I'm betting she blames white people.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:06 AM (h8R6b)

134 If quis custodiet ipsos custodes gives everyone such heebie jeebies, then they should stop tolerating such intolerable custodians.

Vote. Protest. Write. In extremis, obstruct.

As Solzhenitsyn said, the labor camps only happened because too few people punched too few people in the mouth.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:07 AM (Ot/FD)

135 You get what you tolerate.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Hong, hang in there?

https://tinyurl.com/3nsfv6ky

It ain't over till it's over?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6UO0E)

137 Today's big inflation and Orange crop report, due out at 8:30, will get some publicity. Turn those machines back on!

Posted by: The Duke Brothers at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (h8R6b)

138 133 Has Francesca Hong made a public statement yet? I'm betting she blames white people.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Sucker bet. Not taking it.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (NR6c1)

139 We have a standard poodle. 11 months old. We thought is was a good idea. He is the kid that you love dearly, but leaves you tired and worn out every night when you hit the bed.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:10 AM (CQyEl)

140 "How can I benevolently rule over you shitty little mayonnaise monkeys if you assholes won't even vote for me?

It's not fair."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (Ot/FD)

141 ABBA. Never bought a single song of theirs, but I did finally work up the courage to ask my junior high crush to dance at the sock hop when Dancing Queen came on, so always had a fondness for them.

Posted by: Biergood at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (PwgSL)

142 It looks like Lindsay Graham's sister is headed into a runoff in a couple weeks with Ralph Norman, the guy I voted for. She didn't reach 50%, but she got 8% more votes than him. Are we really going to be stuck with another Graham for our senator in perpetuity?

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (qBdHI)

143 Hong gone wrong?

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:11 AM (CQyEl)

144 Voting predictions made by online betting sites are also increasingly worthless. The reason is simple - campaigns have discovered that if their candidate wants a boost in his poll numbers, the easiest method is to place a large bet on your own guy. A $100,000 bet is big enough to change the odds , and then other bettors will see the move, jump on board, and amplify it.

They’re the kind of poll where, if you’ve got money to burn, you can buy the results you want. The betting sites don’t care about this, because it’s pure profit for them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:12 AM (pLSjm)

145 BBC

LIVE
UK and Europe get ready for once-in-a-generation solar eclipse
The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST, while parts of Iceland and Spain will witness a rare total eclipse.

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)

146 Hong, hang in there?

https://tinyurl.com/3nsfv6ky

It ain't over till it's over?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:09 AM (6UO0E)
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OK. It's over. The other Dem, Crowley, won by a thin margin of around 3000 votes. According to Grok, final tallying will take WEEKS. I wonder why.

Will Hong contest?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (6UO0E)

147 Hong hung out to dry?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (h8R6b)

148
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (/+uur)

149 JJS.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (NcvvS)

150
Will Hong contest?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (6UO0E)

Will the Sun come up tomorrow?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (O0L8i)

151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.

Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

152 The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
-

Given UK standard gray weather days, no one will notice.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (6UO0E)

153 Morning Horde thx Pixy
Interesting night at the polls. Hong losing might make it tougher for the Republican Tiffany to win the governorship. The DSA types might walk away.
Tafoya v Flanagan in Minn will be an interesting brace. Flanagan is a lunatic who might turn off some Dems
Larson a 14term Dem drone got beat by a further left guy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 12, 2026 07:15 AM (WOnE5)

154 The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST

Me: Uses heroic restraint to not make a 'Your Mom' joke.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 12, 2026 07:15 AM (NR6c1)

155 UK and Europe get ready for once-in-a-generation solar eclipse
The Moon will block out more than 90% of the Sun in the UK from around 18:00 BST, while parts of Iceland and Spain will witness a rare total eclipse.
Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
=======================
Scientists are excited about some new method of measuring the magnetic field in the sun's corona, iirc, and they're set up somewhere in Scandi to measure. Vodka for everyone!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 12, 2026 07:16 AM (sWibC)

156 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (dK+Kv)

157
151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

Sounds like your Waterloo. Couldn’t escape if you wanted to.

Should’ve put out an SOS.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (pLSjm)

158 157
151 Most unpleasant movie experience I had was being dragooned into seeing Mamma Mia!! with my wife, mother-in-law, and daughter. Considered faking a heart attack.
Posted by: tubal at August 12, 2026 07:14 AM (CQyEl)

Sounds like your Waterloo. Couldn’t escape if you wanted to.

Should’ve put out an SOS.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:20 AM (pLSjm)

!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:22 AM (odBC9)

159 I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM
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Thanks. Will peruse.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 07:23 AM (2Ez/1)

160 156 I would appreciate a deep dive by a knowledgeable source into the whole business of polling these days.
How can it be conducted with any degree of objectivity?
Phone? No one answers numbers they don't recognize and land lines barely exist.
Online? How to avoid duplicate entries and assure a random cross section?
Mail? Too slow?
I think just about every poll news story is just designed to get page views and mouse clicks.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 12, 2026 06:46 AM (2Ez/1)

In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM (dK+Kv)

Thanks!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 07:30 AM (odBC9)

161 In the nic is a good start by our TJM.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 12, 2026 07:18 AM

Thanks for that, had forgotten it. Very good summary. People love the idea that some future event can be mathematically predicted, even when that idea is garbage.

Texas polling is particularly awful; Texas has 254 counties, but only 5 or 6 truly high population counties. (The big cities, natch). It’s difficult to contact rural and smaller town voters, so almost every poll down will end up being just a poll of a few hundred voters in those places.

Yet it’s known by all that the other 249 counties vote in a completely contrary way to the votes from the big cities. This would be extremely expensive to get around, though, so no public polls even try.

I think of this every time I see another stupid Fox poll claiming Talarico is leading Paxton.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 07:35 AM (pLSjm)

162 (It's mathy.)

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 08:12 AM (odBC9)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - August 11, 2026 [Doof]

From Shelby

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT has arrived. Content available for those who care. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

***

Another day, another batch of Flock abuses

Wisconsin police pull over wrong vehicle, draw guns on woman after Flock cameras mistakenly identified her car in a homicide case. Twice.
(H/T to CBD for this one)

It happened at around 4:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6. Video from I-94 in Waukesha County shows multiple officers with guns drawn - and a passenger sticking their hands out the window.
Police pulled the car over after a Flock camera flagged it for a Milwaukee homicide. But when Brookfield Police called the Milwaukee Police Department, MPD said they no longer needed the car or the people inside, so officers let them go.
FOX6 News reached out to MPD to learn why that car was still active in the Flock system. The department said it was not a Flock issue, but a personnel issue - staff failed to remove a wanted vehicle alert from the system.

***

Another Flock mistake that prompts officers to go in with guns drawn.

If either of them had resisted in any way or showed they were upset by the false accusations being made by the cops they may have ended up dead. We've seen that happen before.
Also, the cops say "your car flagged the system" as if it were their fault. It was the system that flagged the car incorrectly, not the other way around.
There should be some type of monetary compensation for being stopped falsley with guns drawn.

Flock is going to get an innocent person killed soon.

Another Flock mistake that prompts officers to go in with guns drawn.

If either of them had resisted in any way or showed they were upset by the false accusations being made by the cops they may have ended up dead. We've… pic.twitter.com/Za0hmrI0Mp
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) August 11, 2026

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He spoke out at town meetings so the cops used Flock to stalk and harass him

Man discovers how many times cops scanned his license plate

***

Up next on Law and Order, Flock Forensics Unit

You better bet if a crime happens to you, they won’t call in the Forensics team like this for you! Just for Flock Cameras that should not be used. pic.twitter.com/WRlmlEvBUf
— Johnny Midnight ⚡️ (@its_The_Dr) August 10, 2026

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This you, Paolo?

Cop pulls gun on citizen for “bulge in pants.”😂 pic.twitter.com/1FEGZhTNED
— Regulator🇺🇸 (@Revolutioig9) August 9, 2026

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Not real = not spectacular

Female Cyclists Accused of Using Bra Paddding to Increase Bust Size and Improve Aerodynamics

The world of women’s cycling is currently embroiled in a bizarre scandal involving the alleged use of bra padding to increase the bust area of female competitors and modify airflow around the body. Known as “chest fairing,” the controversial practice can allegedly decrease drag and give competitors an unfair advantage during races.
According to experts, a smaller bust can favor the formation of a kind of “air pocket” at the level of the cyclist’s abdomen, which marginally increases the drag coefficient. For example, Bert Blocken, professor of aerodynamics at Heriot-Watt University (Scotland), told the British newspaper The Telegraph that chest fairing could provide a reduction of up to 3.6% in drag.
***
Originally reported last month by Dutch newspaper “WielerFlits,” the chest fairing trend caused quite a scandal on the women’s cycling circuit, and on August 4th, the cyclists taking part in this year’s Tour de France underwent an additional check of their clothing. It’s unclear if the checks uncovered the use of breast padding, but it’s clear that organizers aim to discourage the practice.

The waiting list for that job must be kinda long

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Bad news for those of you who travel with a humanoid

United & Delta Become Latest Airlines To Ban Humanoid Robots From All Flights

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have joined a growing list of carriers prohibiting passengers from transporting humanoid robots on their aircraft, extending restrictions to both cabin baggage and checked luggage. The policies come as airlines respond to the emergence of increasingly lifelike robots that present operational, safety, and handling challenges not addressed by traditional baggage rules.
The updated restrictions distinguish humanoid robots from conventional consumer electronics and small robotic devices. While toy robots and other electronic devices that meet existing battery requirements generally remain permitted, human-like robots are specifically prohibited regardless of their intended use. The move follows similar action by Southwest Airlines earlier this year after a highly publicized incident involving a humanoid robot traveling on a commercial flight.

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Comments

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1 "The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted. Mortals only learn wisdom by experiencing tribulation."

Why ain't I wiser by now?

Posted by: mindful webworker - soon says 8-ball at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (9wnX8)

2 Medicare for All is Abdul's slogan,
El-Sayed's wife, psychiatrist Sarah Jukaku,
does not accept Medicare as a form of payment
at her private practice.

hmmm?

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

3 1st if pop ups hadn't sabotaged things.

Posted by: Rex B at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (R0XxO)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (57D2M)

5 It's also oldster day at the wife's work. Busy.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

6
Bulge in pants? Was that Bulg??

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)

7 Cop pulls gun on citizen for “bulge in pants.”

The Cop was gay?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (57D2M)

8 Job report:
I think the interview went well, harder to tell this time.

I hope to hear back tomorrow or at least this week.

Now to read the content...

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (aJQbY)

9 What if I buy my Optimus a ticket?

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

10 Content?

We don't need no stinking content!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (l4RKn)

11 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! 🎉🎉🎉

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (SRRAx)

12 What if I buy my Optimus a ticket?
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

I'm sorry. You can only buy tickets for a Rotimus.

Posted by: Customer Service Desk at August 11, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)

14 Scoreboard watchers it's a tight race for the Dem governor nomination in Wisconsin. Hong is 2,000 votes behind.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 11, 2026 10:14 PM (R86kT)

15 Depending on state Flock can be 70% wrong.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:14 PM (/+uur)

16 What if I buy my Optimus a ticket?
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

He's Saijo's emotional support robot.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (qx7Zg)

17 Hong Gone?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

18 Content?

We don't need no stinking content!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (l4RKn)

And yet it still continues to appear

Posted by: Doof at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (QMAsf)

19 Now to read the content...
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

20 Okay so it looks like Elon might need to start his own airline?

Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (aJQbY)

21
Home is the best place to be. A refuge from the crazy world.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)

22 Scoreboard watchers it's a tight race for the Dem governor nomination in Wisconsin. Hong is 2,000 votes behind.
Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 11, 2026 10:14 PM (R86kT)

The current governor said that, if she gets the nomination, that they'd help her. I was never quite sure if that meant to win, or out of a window in a skyscraper.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

23 Thank you for the entertaining ONT Doof!

Time to go see if the cat wants to come in yet....

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:16 PM (Sco7b)

24 16 What if I buy my Optimus a ticket?
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:13 PM (ZdaMQ)

He's Saijo's emotional support robot.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:15

Saijo gets his own seat, too.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:16 PM (ZdaMQ)

25 I wishes were horses beggars would ride
If watches were turnips (I would tie one to my belt and march into town) I would wear one by my side
If if and ands were pots and pans
There would be no need for tinkers

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:17 PM (/+uur)

26 Hong Gone?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

Hit the Gong, Jamie Farr! HIT THE GONG! GONG HER OFF THE SHOW!!!!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:18 PM (qx7Zg)

27
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world.

Georgie got his letter on Aug 10 1776.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)

28 Hong Show will have unknown DA

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (/+uur)

29 Yay, ONT! Thanks Doof!

Flock ought to be dismantled and sent to the closest landfill. It's been abused by law enforcement and it seems to be on the edge of extinction. Perhaps a couple of multi-million dollar judgments would push it over the edge...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

30 14 Scoreboard watchers it's a tight race for the Dem governor nomination in Wisconsin. Hong is 2,000 votes behind.
Posted by: ted Torgerson
Obviously due to democrats being racists. They probably call her a Chink behind her back.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (0Htd1)

31 ***The move follows similar action by Southwest Airlines earlier this year after a highly publicized incident involving a humanoid robot traveling on a commercial flight.
--

It wasn't reported here.
It didn't happen.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (vOxCS)

32 Crazy lady in Wisconsin is having a tougher night than anticipated.

Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (SHHm+)

33 Flock ought to be dismantled and sent to the closest landfill. It's been abused by law enforcement and it seems to be on the edge of extinction. Perhaps a couple of multi-million dollar judgments would push it over the edge...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

If it was a Chinese chipset the date goes to CCP.
We tried to test a few China cameras for the Navy in 2011 or 12.
They all sent data to china.china.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:22 PM (/+uur)

34 Brutal 'Brought to you by' tonight. It's true, of course, but brutal

Posted by: 496 at August 11, 2026 10:22 PM (jth8J)

35 I usually find Asian women attractive, but Hong looks like a live-action Muppet what with the ping pong ball eyes.

*Jon Lovitz voice* she's - weird!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

36 You pathetic pikers are worried about Flock Cameras. Let me give you some real nightmares:

Harvard engineering students AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio created I-XRAY, a project using Meta AI Ray-Ban smart glasses combined with facial recognition and large language models to pull up names, home addresses, phone numbers, and relatives of strangers on the street in about 90 seconds.

Video Feed: The smart glasses livestream video to a private program or a social media feed.

Face Matching: A script grabs a frame of a face and runs it through a face search engine like PimEyes.Data

Scraper: An AI large language model parses the resulting links, cross-referencing public records, voter registries, and data leaks to compile personal details.

Phone Alert: The compiled dossier displays on the user's phone in real time.

Posted by: Orson at August 11, 2026 10:24 PM (dIske)

37 Crazy lady in Wisconsin is having a tougher night than anticipated.
Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (SHHm+)

Maybe she'll need advice from one of her advisors on her next job - OnlyFans.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:24 PM (qx7Zg)

38 The Fluck cam we drive by every time we go to town got cut down Saturday night. Too bad. Anyway...

Posted by: mindful webworker - smile! you're on candid camera at August 11, 2026 10:24 PM (9wnX8)

39 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

40 Cop pulls gun on citizen for “bulge in pants.”

The Cop was gay?

He wasn't actually a cop. He was a member of the Village People on the way to a concert.

Posted by: Archimedes at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

41 I usually find Asian women attractive, but Hong looks like a live-action Muppet what with the ping pong ball eyes.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:24 PM (0aYVJ)

She looks ok on the slant, but at some angles, a definite no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

42 68% precincts reporting
Crowley +999 votes

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 11, 2026 10:26 PM (R86kT)

43
There is no privacy anymore in America.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:26 PM (/QHx4)

44 39 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

Maybe Liz Warren can deliver the eulogy at his funeral.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (X5Jzz)

45 Was about to give up on the ONT and commence to sniffing glue. Decided to give it another try and it was worth waiting for.

Posted by: Regerts, I've Had a Few at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (JM9I6)

46 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - flock-free dino at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (XfIK1)

47 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

Are they gonna put his body up on one of those things the Indians leave the dead on?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

48 43
There is no privacy anymore in America.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:26 PM (/QHx4)

but there is piracy

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)

49 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

YAY! I mean, aw dang, that's a Dang ol' shame. Golly.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (0aYVJ)

50 If a cop comes on my property with his gun drawn, he had better make sure he is ready to shoot me. And yes, maybe I do have a weapon, on my own property, not subject to having a cop see it or react to it.

Fuck. You.

I'm afraid I have never been very good at being bullied, and certainly not by Depputy Dawg.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (4chwE)

51 Hong's behind by a thousand votes with two-thirds of the vote in.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (aD4fx)

52
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:19 PM (/+uur)

___________

Before the Trinity test of the first atomic bomb, the scientists penned this variation

From this crude lab that spawned the dud,
Their necks to Truman's axe uncurled,
Lo! the embattled savants stood,
And fired the flop heard round the world.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (O0L8i)

53 Maybe Liz Warren can deliver the eulogy at his funeral.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (X5Jzz)

shes got the park or the dementia

the voice sounds like shes talking thru a vacum cleaner

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (/+uur)

54 47 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

Are they gonna put his body up on one of those things the Indians leave the dead on?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

. . . and let the crows pick his carcass apart. I like it !

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (X5Jzz)

55 "If ifs and buts was candies and nuts,
We'd all have a very merry Christmas. SAY IT!!"

Posted by: Cleon Salmon at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (IhL8c)

56 After seeing those Chinese robots act up it's understandable that they are excluded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (vOxCS)

57

48,

You got that right

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (/QHx4)

58 It always frosts me that our rights are ignored for officer safety.

Posted by: Butch at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (98xTj)

59 47 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

Are they gonna put his body up on one of those things the Indians leave the dead on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

Too smelly. Even in life, he probably emanated an evil odor.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (4chwE)

60 The Fluck cam we drive by every time we go to town got cut down Saturday night. Too bad. Anyway...

And you were the first to know?

Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (BvPIe)

61 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

Are they gonna put his body up on one of those things the Indians leave the dead on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

A pyre, with the wife? Oh, wait, wrong Indian.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

62
How is this even close?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)

63 . . . and let the crows pick his carcass apart. I like it !

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (X5Jzz)

hey now wes gots to eat

Posted by: buzzards at August 11, 2026 10:30 PM (/+uur)

64 Hong's behind by a thousand votes with two-thirds of the vote in.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:28 PM (aD4fx)

What's the total vote count? Two-thirds already? It ain't Thursday.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:30 PM (1Ff7Z)

65 Wong losing by only 700 votes w/ 70% in.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:30 PM (RCjYY)

66 Word is Flock is looking to partner with (buy all the dashcam data from) Uber and Lyft. Every Uber and Lyft car a Flock camera.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (IhL8c)

67 A pyre, with the wife? Oh, wait, wrong Indian.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

saying dot or feather is racist

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

68 65 Wong losing by only 700 votes w/ 70% in.
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:30 PM (RCjYY)

Well, she's still a loser, no matter the vote count.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (4chwE)

69
The ghost of that proud son of Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy, must be weeping that Hong is within a thousand votes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (O0L8i)

70 South Carolina voters have advanced Miss Lindsey's sister to a runoff to take over his former seat in the Senate.
What is wrong with SC voters?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (Lo97M)

71 How is this even close?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (O0L8i)

Republican PACs have been running tailored tv commercials for Hong So Nutty. All out crazy in Madison, and downplaying it in the rest of the state.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

72 If Piper is around- I just ordered a dress from Tuckernut - which I found from your ric-rak post. It asked how I learned of their website and I said Ace of spades- piper. Hope they send you something nice!

Posted by: LASue at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (qtfk+)

73 In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

Ardays intellectual father

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (/+uur)

74 > United & Delta Become Latest Airlines To Ban Humanoid Robots From All Flights

Couldn't they just make them ride in the back of the plane?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (IG3/x)

75 Looks like we may be getting a Buc-ees here in central Iowa! They've picked a site just off I-80/I-35 and have a purchase agreement with the land owner. It's received initial approval by the local planning commission, although there are additional planning and zoning and approval hoops they will have to jump through. Probably at least two years before it opens.

https://tinyurl.com/5xpehwmw

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (X5Jzz)

76

People are fucked in the head. They vote for the commies or whatever the hell they are.

They are voting for people who want them to be slaves.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (/QHx4)

77 73 In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

Ardays intellectual father
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (/+uur)

I believe the correct term, according to the AoSHQ Style Manual, is "lying sack of shit."

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (4chwE)

78 Iron Eyes Cody, Rachel Dolezal and Talcum X shed a single tear.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

79 Wong down just under 3000 w/ 73% in.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (RCjYY)

80 Cop pulls gun on citizen for “bulge in pants.”

Actually, officer, I am just happy to see you.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

81 67 A pyre, with the wife? Oh, wait, wrong Indian.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

saying dot or feather is racist

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

Kwiki-Mart or casino.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:35 PM (X5Jzz)

82 The ghost of that proud son of Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy, must be weeping that Hong is within a thousand votes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (O0L8i)

Another Wisconsinite, "Fighting'" Bob Lafollette, Progressive, is probably cheering.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)

83 Forgot Lizzy Warren. Whatever. She is utterly forgettable.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

84 I'm working on the computer. I should have news on. I kind of want Wong to win.

Like Abdul, she'll be a lot of material for several months.

Scary that both will still get 30% of the vote no matter how genocidally insane they are.

Speaking of insane, my friends' cat Snowflake is upstairs and zoomy as heck. The racing paws is a cute sound.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:36 PM (Sco7b)

85 > In 2005, the University of Colorado launched a formal investigation into allegations that Churchill had plagiarized portions of other people’s work, misused sources and fabricated material. University officials also investigated allegations that he had misrepresented his American Indian ancestry.

They didn't just "launch an investigation" into "allegations".

They found him guilty and canned his ass. It normally takes a fucking nuclear weapon to dislodge a tenured professor.

He sued, of course. The first trial awarded him $1 (yeah, a dollar) The second one rescinded that.

Neither one ordered that he be given his job back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:36 PM (IG3/x)

86 Couldn't they just make them ride in the back of the plane?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (IG3/x)

I have flown millions of mile for biz.
Daughter about 10 hands tic to flight attendant on 767 and ask her if she has to fly in 3rd class again.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:36 PM (/+uur)

87 I drive past flock cameras all the time here in my little town. It gets the finger every time.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

88 72 If Piper is around- I just ordered a dress from Tuckernut - which I found from your ric-rak post. It asked how I learned of their website and I said Ace of spades- piper. Hope they send you something nice!
Posted by: LASue at August 11, 2026 10:32 PM (

Oh yay! I am glad you found something! They don’t know who I am (can you believe it?!?), but who cares! You got something fun!

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (Dd38x)

89 Looks like we may be getting a Buc-ees here in central Iowa!

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Are they going to compete with the country's largest truck stop on I-80? How much passenger car business does that truck stop have? Is it mostly trucks, or are they vulnerable to B poaching a great number of their customers?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

90 78 Iron Eyes Cody, Rachel Dolezal and Talcum X shed a single tear.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

Did Iron Eyes Cody ever actually claim to be an injun, or did he just play one on TV?

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (X5Jzz)

91 39 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.
Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx
Well, duh. Pumpkin pie because pumpkin goes along with his native American heritage.

Posted by: nerdygirl at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (0Htd1)

92 Forgot Lizzy Warren. Whatever. She is utterly forgettable.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:35 PM (0aYVJ)

How?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (1Ff7Z)

93 What's this? I'm not allowed to take my humanoid emotional support robot on the plane with me?

If I was a flyer, I'd sue for discrimination. And emotional distress. If I was a flyer. Which I haven't been for many years and likely never will be again. Nevertheless!

Posted by: mindful webworker - it's not a robot, it's my AI wife! at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (9wnX8)

94 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.
-------------

Maybe he found Jesus at the end, you never know.

LOL

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:39 PM (vE0+H)

95 70

I'm also uneasy about Graham's sister being the GOP nominee in SC.

I feel like GOP voters there are being asked to buy a cat in a sack. She has no record, and no-one really what she'll do.

She still has to win the runoff against a very conservative incumbent GOP Congressman, though.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:39 PM (RCjYY)

96
Are they going to compete with the country's largest truck stop on I-80?

__________

Don't think Buc-ee's allows truck traffic, so they may be going for the passenger car folks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:39 PM (O0L8i)

97 They don’t know who I am

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (Dd38x)

They don't know what they're missing.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (vE0+H)

98 Are they going to compete with the country's largest truck stop on I-80? How much passenger car business does that truck stop have? Is it mostly trucks, or are they vulnerable to B poaching a great number of their customers?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

Buc-ees has a no trucks policy, aside from the tankers and supply trucks that supply the store. It's for car travelers.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

99 Story time...
Driving through a largely unpopulated area of a mid-southern state late one evening, I had my cruise set to 5 over the speed limit and chillin'. After a while, a state trooper pulls up behind me. He just paces me. There's hardly any other cars on this dark desert highway and I just leave my cruise at 5 over.

After a while the lights come on and I pull over.

He comes up to the car and is very nice and polite and asks me some questions. We discuss that it's a rental car and I hand him the paperwork; he checks the VIN. He goes back to his car and sits there a while, waiting on information to come back. Eventually he comes back up and informs me the license on my car is not correct, and that's why he pulled me over - it should be on a different car.

Turns out the license belongs on an identical model car of a different color. He lets me know he'll call it in so that hopefully I don't get pulled over again. Neither he nor I are happy with the rental car company. The rental company didn't seem particularly perturbed when I told them upon turning in the car.

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (kU0PQ)

100 Woohoo!
Geezer Golf today was awesome!
I won enough to cover my whole bar bill!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (2WIwB)

101 >>>They didn't just "launch an investigation" into "allegations".

They found him guilty and canned his ass. It normally takes a fucking nuclear weapon to dislodge a tenured professor.

He sued, of course. The first trial awarded him $1 (yeah, a dollar) The second one rescinded that.

Neither one ordered that he be given his job back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
---

Times have changed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (vOxCS)

102
The name Tuckernut cracks me up. Should that be a name of a company for perverts?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)

103 Buc-ees has a no trucks policy, aside from the tankers and supply trucks that supply the store. It's for car travelers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (0aYVJ)

Right, but how many cars use that stop?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

104 Wisconsin Poll yesterday : Hong +20
Polymarket yesterday : 97% Hong

Current results with 75% in, Hong is losing by 0.4%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bkPgX)

105
Iron Eyes Cody, Rachel Dolezal and Talcum X shed a single tear.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:34 PM (0aYVJ)

__________

Likewise Cher and Buffie Sainte-Marie

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (O0L8i)

106 They are voting for people who want them to be slaves.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (/QHx4)

They assume the slaves will be everyone else.

Dance with the devil, lay down with dogs, etc etc

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:42 PM (vE0+H)

107 75 -- We are getting one in far west Omaha. I plan a road trip out there after it has been open a couple of months and the crowds taper off. No idea what stage of construction it is at right now.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 11, 2026 10:42 PM (DK5Sh)

108 Seen online. Not political.

My buddy brought his 82-year-old grandpa to his bachelor party because the old man was feeling lonely. We all thought we'd have to babysit him.

By 2am, we were at a dive bar. Grandpa won $400 playing pool with some local sharks, convinced the bartender to give us a veteran discount on the entire tab, and was teaching the groom how to properly negotiate a mortgage... all while doing vodka shots.

BTW, he was the only one who didn't have a hangover the next morning.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)

109 Riley and AOC were last photographed at 2021's Met Gala.

About a year later, in May 2022, the congresswoman confirmed she and RR were engaged. While we've confirmed they're dunzo, we can't say for certain when the break-up went down.

turkey baster and rabbit for the win

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)

110 I knew I should have bought that pie at the store today...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (Sco7b)

111

...

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (/QHx4)

112 @FoxNews
BREAKING: Michele Tafoya wins the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Minnesota.

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (ZxPkt)

113 How many of these open commie leftards have had amazing comeback close shave wins this year again? All, or just most of them

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (vE0+H)

114 97 They don’t know who I am

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (Dd38x)

They don't know what they're missing.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (vE0+H

Awww! And on that upbeat note, I am off to bed. I am going to finish the kiddos room re -do tomorrow. It’s turned out so cute. We went from tornado blew through it to organized and grown up.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

115 Wong down 2600 w/ 76% in.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (RCjYY)

116 I actually have no interest in going to a Bu-cees.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

117 They don’t know who I am
Posted by: Piper

They don't know what they're missing.
Posted by: ...

If they check, they'll be either amazed or terrified. Depends on which ONT they get.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (VHUov)

118 Well, of course I see #24 Piper beat me (#93) to an emotional support robot comment.

As I so often say, there's really no point in my commenting, somebody else will say it sooner or later.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I call it Horde Mind - oh, wait, that's been said? at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (9wnX8)

119 >>>The rental company didn't seem particularly perturbed when I told them upon turning in the car.

Posted by: GWB
---

Hand them the plates saying, cop said, wrong plates like that is a felony. ...just to let you know.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (vOxCS)

120 I don't know how i got here. If i go away can I get back?

Posted by: From about That Time at August 11, 2026 10:45 PM (sl73Y)

121 102
The name Tuckernut cracks me up. Should that be a name of a company for perverts?

Posted by: four seasons
---

They sell women's tuck'em panties too?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:45 PM (vOxCS)

122
It's too late. We are fucked.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)

123 Hong making a move, Dane county, home of University of Wisconsin just gave her net 2K vote dump.

Lead down to 1300 for Crowley.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:46 PM (bkPgX)

124 I actually have no interest in going to a Bu-cees.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

It's kind of cool, actually. I am not a fan boy, but you can get some really good food there, and road trip snacks.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

125 Attention all veterans of the Parachute Ski Marines, who are longing to relive their youth.

CMP M14 news: youtu.be/cM4Lqo82WkE

Per the Chairman and CEO of The CMP:

a. Sales of surplus M14s should start early 2027.
b. Price should be under $2000, which is comparable to current commercial models.
c. CMP will get about 100,000 rifles to sell.
d. Initial limit will be 2 rifles per buyer per year.
e. CMP will closely track each rifle throughout the conversation process, presumably to prevent any full-autos from leaking out.

No info on grading, magazines, or purchase process.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 11, 2026 10:47 PM (mnQjo)

126 102
The name Tuckernut cracks me up. Should that be a name of a company for perverts?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:40 PM (/QHx4)

It’s actually Tuckernuck, after Tuckernuck Island off of Nantucket.

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 10:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

127 1Ff7Z)

104 Wisconsin Poll yesterday : Hong +20
Polymarket yesterday : 97% Hong

Current results with 75% in, Hong is losing by 0.4%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bkPgX

Think of all the polls showing Talarico ahead. Polling is totally broken. I think most of them don’t even try seriously anymore, they just publish numbers they think their audience wants.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 10:47 PM (ZGz6B)

128 Current results with 75% in, Hong is losing by 0.4%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bkPgX)

Strains to hear sound of Buick warming up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (1z8ji)

129 The name Tuckernut cracks me up. Should that be a name of a company for perverts?
Posted by: four seasons

Or it should something southerners call some edible nut. Macadamia or pistachio, maybe.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

130 116 I actually have no interest in going to a Bu-cees.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:44 PM (1Ff7Z)

---------

I'm kind of intrigued by a Wall of Jerky.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (/wPHZ)

131 104

Wong has taken an amazing amount of flak (well deserved!) in the last 24 hours.

The effect of that can't be measured. It's like W's DWI arrest. It was disclosed in the last few hours before the election (on purpose of course).

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (RCjYY)

132 > Did Iron Eyes Cody ever actually claim to be an injun

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (X5Jzz)

Yep, he did.

(sheds a single tear)

Ed "Mingo" Ames never claimed to be anything but Jewish.

Jay "Tonto" Silverheels and Chief Dan George (too many to list) really were Indians.

Ed Ames and his brothers (who went by the startlingly original name of "The Ames Brothers") had a pretty good band as well.

https://tinyurl.com/t2hspe33

Rag Mop!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (IG3/x)

133 Never been to a Buc-ee’s but it’s a gas station at the end of the day isn’t it? I mean the coolest biggest gas station is still, you know, a gas station.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (bkPgX)

134 36… created I-XRAY, a project using Meta AI Ray-Ban smart glasses…
Posted by: Orson

I saw the name I-XRAY and thought it was going to be about how they can see who's in a house and what they're doing using the WIFI radiation. It's a thing, too.

Lois Lane: What color is my underwear?

Posted by: mindful webworker - superman, threat or menace? at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (9wnX8)

135 122
It's too late. We are fucked.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)
-------
Yep. It sure feels that way some days

Posted by: 496 at August 11, 2026 10:50 PM (jth8J)

136
What I like most about Buc-ee's (headquarters here in Brazoria County, TX) is that the Europoors could never think of having one.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

137
They misspelled nut, lol.

They do have nice clothes. Nice to see clothes that don't look like hooker clothes.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)

138 Maybe he found Jesus at the end, you never know.
LOL
Posted by: ...

Everyone finds Him at the end. Some just won't like to hear what He says.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

139 Crowley leads by 1380 with 77% in.

Funny how rural white voters are voting for the black guy but white city voters are voting against him. The same people who will tell you how much diversity they love.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:51 PM (bkPgX)

140 Talarico confirmed he was heterosexual by

a. meeting a lesbian Episcopalian fellow seminarian at summer camp
2. freezing his eggs in case he meets the right man
iii. meeting GF at gay bar
e) YMCA Start of Puberty Summer sleepover back in June, this year

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

141 Cher is mostly Armenian, but she does have a bit of Indian through her mother.

Sainte-Marie is another Italian.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (IG3/x)

142 89 Looks like we may be getting a Buc-ees here in central Iowa!

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:33 PM (X5Jzz)

Are they going to compete with the country's largest truck stop on I-80? How much passenger car business does that truck stop have? Is it mostly trucks, or are they vulnerable to B poaching a great number of their customers?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

The Iowa 80 Truckstop and Trucking Museum is in Walcott, roughly 160 miles east of the proposed Buc-ees location.

The Iowa 80 Truckstop and Trucking Museum gets quite a bit of car business, they have a bunch of car gas pumps in front, the truck pumps are in the back. Inside, they have clean restrooms and lots of junk food. I think they have a Wendys inside and some other food offerings.

I always stop there when I'm eastbound, as I can fill up and then make it to Indiana and not have to buy gas in Illinois. I hate that state and don't want to give them any money or do anything there except take a piss.

They're probably far enough apart to not have a big impact either way.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (X5Jzz)

143 Buc-ees would be better with a seating area to eat. Tons of prepared food, no tables.

Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (SHHm+)

144 I remember Ward Churchill now. Just another nail in the coffin of Higher Ed’s credibility.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (ZGz6B)

145 Yep, he did.

(sheds a single tear)

Ed "Mingo" Ames never claimed to be anything but Jewish.

Jay "Tonto" Silverheels and Chief Dan George (too many to list) really were Indians.

Ed Ames and his brothers (who went by the startlingly original name of "The Ames Brothers") had a pretty good band as well.

https://tinyurl.com/t2hspe33

Rag Mop!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (IG3/x)

Another fake Indian: Grey Owl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (1z8ji)

146 Graham Greene (not the author) was a real live Injun. He was so friggin' cool.

Chief Dan George, was so great. And the guy who played Ten Bears (Chief from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) as well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ)

147 132 > Did Iron Eyes Cody ever actually claim to be an injun

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:38 PM (X5Jzz)

Little Joe claimed there was no one gay at Ponderosa but luckily Hop Sing was.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (/+uur)

148 It's kind of cool, actually. I am not a fan boy, but you can get some really good food there, and road trip snacks.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:46 PM (0aYVJ)

Probably because ever vid I've seen about people going there has been a huge mess of people. Eh, I'd rather not.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

149 hong is wating on the buick to arrive

Posted by: MAC V SOG at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (P4Pk9)

150 Even in the lost liberal place in WI, Dane County, Hong is only leading by 7%. The big socialist push was way overstated.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (bkPgX)

151
Everyone finds Him at the end. Some just won't like to hear what He says.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

__________

God loves you like a Father. But you can always be disinherited.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (O0L8i)

152 149 hong is wating on the buick to arrive
Posted by: MAC V SOG at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (P4Pk9)

Just arrived in Eau Claire Co, lol.
Massive dump for her.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:54 PM (bkPgX)

153 143 Buc-ees would be better with a seating area to eat. Tons of prepared food, no tables.
Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 10:52 PM (SHHm+)

Interesting idea
Big covered picnic area
water fans
Trash can
Hand washing stations

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

154 Probably because ever vid I've seen about people going there has been a huge mess of people. Eh, I'd rather not.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

yeah. A lot of people. But, I have never spent more than a couple of minutes on line to check out. Really impressive. Every time.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (0aYVJ)

155 On these Flock problems. They are a civilian company and do NOT have Qualified Immunity, so if they wrongly tell the Police something, is it not a False Police Report?

In Calif it goes as a slander lawsuit... and you have to prove either malice OR negligence, OR recklessness.

But seems like Flock should not be in the clear legally.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (mP0Kj)

156 PS I love driving down the road and seeing roadside stops with no services.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

157 I'm kind of intrigued by a Wall of Jerky.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (/wPHZ)

Sorta like a glory wall? Lot's of jerky going on there?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

158 Lead down to 324

Damn this sis close. Crazy.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:56 PM (bkPgX)

159 Kate at smalldeadanimals had a link to someone on X.

BREAKING: A consortium of Private Equity firms are putting together a deal to lend Nvidia $500B

Apollo, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR are involved, in what is arguably is the largest financing deal ever on Wall Street.

Hmmmmm.

Half a trillion here. Half a trillion there. Pretty soon that adds up to real money.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:56 PM (Sco7b)

160 Ed "Mingo" Ames never claimed to be anything but Jewish.

Jay "Tonto" Silverheels and Chief Dan George (too many to list) really were Indians.

But Chief Wahoo McDaniels was totally legit, right? Right?

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (vTZFs)

161 Current results with 75% in, Hong is losing by 0.4%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:41 PM (bkPgX)

Strains to hear sound of Buick warming up.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (1z8ji)

Wolfus is still in N'Awlins, right?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (qx7Zg)

162 Evening all,

We have a launch in 90 minutes.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-49
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 11, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 9:46 p.m. PD (August 12, 0446 UTC, 06:46 CEST)

https://youtu.be/NoJMKlBOi5E

Posted by: Joyenz at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (2F0/Y)

163 Ed Ames and his brothers (who went by the startlingly original name of "The Ames Brothers") had a pretty good band as well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (IG3/x)

Bastard couldn't throw a hatchet for shit!

Posted by: Ball-less wooden cowboy cutout at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

164 Medicare for All is Abdul's slogan,
El-Sayed's wife, psychiatrist Sarah Jukaku,
does not accept Medicare as a form of payment
at her private practice.

hmmm?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
......

Democrats don't need brains.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 10:58 PM (oq9dX)

165 The Fluck cam we drive by every time we go to town got cut down Saturday night.…
And you were the first to know?
Posted by: Community Notes

Weren't me! Read in the local news site. Then the next day, we drove by and I remarked to MiladyJo that it wasn't there. She was driving, and said she had already slowed down for it. So they continue to affect us even as ghosts.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Flock Watch, threat or menace? at August 11, 2026 10:58 PM (9wnX8)

166 160 Ed "Mingo" Ames never claimed to be anything but Jewish.

----------

Oy, they darker than us.

Woof!

Posted by: Mel Brooks at August 11, 2026 10:58 PM (/wPHZ)

167

Some times to big is not good.

It depends what you are measuring.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:58 PM (/QHx4)

168 Small rural counties give Crowley 10,20,30 margins with each dump then Milwaukee and Green Bay give hong 1000. Which evens out to a tie race.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (bkPgX)

169 > Grey Owl

I hadn't heard of him. Looks like he had the Canadian government fooled for a while.

> 146 Graham Greene (not the author) was a real live Injun. He was so friggin' cool.

Excellent actor with a fine sense of comedic timing.

He's missed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (IG3/x)

170 138 Maybe he found Jesus at the end, you never know.
LOL
Posted by: ...

Everyone finds Him at the end. Some just won't like to hear what He says.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

. . . and for some it's a brief encounter.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (X5Jzz)

171 Strains to hear sound of Buick warming up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (1z8ji)

Why have I always pictured these Buicks as broken down and not in working order? Are you telling me they are actually drivable...? That they're not sitting in some junkyard with the trunk partially open? My world is upside down

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

172 Maybe he found Jesus at the end, you never know.
LOL
Posted by: ...

Everyone finds Him at the end. Some just won't like to hear what He says.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

Good point.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)

173 > Bastard couldn't throw a hatchet for shit!
Posted by: Ball-less wooden cowboy cutout at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

Yeah, that's a classic.

If I remember right, Carson made a crack about it being a bris.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (IG3/x)

174 Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:55 PM (/+uur)

That would work.

I was actually surprised they had no seating, not even outdoor picnic tables. It seems like they are encouraging people to eat while they drive, and that isn’t is good for public safety.

Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (SHHm+)

175 Lead down to 324

Damn this sis close. Crazy.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:56 PM (bkPgX)

Isn't it in the best interest of Republicans that a crazy loon wins the Dem nomination?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

176 Are the commies or democrats better at fixing an election? Wisconsin says hold my beer...watch this!

Posted by: techsan at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (uNveu)

177 @HillaryClinton
·
Follow
When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors.

Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach.

HCQ was over 70% prophylactic.
So 7 out of 10 first responders (moms dads nurses docs ots aides) would have had less that 30% chances of getting COVID if taken within 7 days exposure.

They killed my friends (Anthony) dad and step mom in 2 days with remdesivir.

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

178 Damn this sis close. Crazy.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 10:56 PM (bkPgX)

Not crazy when you assume they cheat just enough to win comfortably and that polling is mostly entirely fake bullshit. We will see though. I guess.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

179 RUBIO: The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (O7XEN)

180 Graham Greene (not the author) was a real live Injun. He was so friggin' cool.

Excellent actor with a fine sense of comedic timing.

He's missed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 10:59 PM (IG3/x)

He was damn funny in Thunderheart. And he was my favorite in Dances with Bikers.

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

181 Buc-ees would be better with a seating area to eat. Tons of prepared food, no tables.

NO!

Too many clowns would leave their cars in front of the pumps and hang out. With the only seats in a restroom stall, it keeps the masses moving.

Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (nCgQz)

182 Are the commies or democrats better at fixing an election? Wisconsin says hold my beer...watch this!

Posted by: techsan at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (uNveu)

The Democrats are fixing the vote for the commie.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)

183 But Chief Wahoo McDaniels was totally legit, right? Right?
Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 10:57 PM (vTZFs)

Chief Jay Strongbow was Italian.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 11:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

184 Isn't it in the best interest of Republicans that a crazy loon wins the Dem nomination?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

Yes. Even better is she wins in a squeaker, with accusations of shenanigans, pissing off 1/2 the Democrats she’ll need to vote for her in the general.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:02 PM (bkPgX)

185 Ballot Buicks are garage-kept to be in perfect running condition when they are needed.

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:02 PM (ZxPkt)

186 I was actually surprised they had no seating, not even outdoor picnic tables. It seems like they are encouraging people to eat while they drive, and that isn’t is good for public safety.
Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (SHHm+)

I was in some Bucees that had seating down at the far end.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 11:03 PM (1z8ji)

187 So I suppose Hong is placing her order now

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:03 PM (ZxPkt)

188 If anything the fix is in for Crowley. Liberals run voting not communists. They don’t want to give up power.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:03 PM (bkPgX)

189 United & Delta Become Latest Airlines To Ban Humanoid Robots From All Flights
......

Don't tell me...
They wouldn't quit pinching the stewardess' butts when they went by pushing the drink cart,

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)

190 Isn't it in the best interest of Republicans that a crazy loon wins the Dem nomination?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (1z8ji)

That's what I'm thinking. It'll wake some people up. Scare away donors. Tarnish more middle of the road Dems.

Win.

Snowflake is outside my computer room window. Time to come in.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (Sco7b)

191 136
What I like most about Buc-ee's (headquarters here in Brazoria County, TX) is that the Europoors could never think of having one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 10:50 PM (O0L8i)

If they only could have stayed as small as the one in Lake Jackson and not morphed into Wal-Mart.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (SjAWL)

192 > He was damn funny in Thunderheart. And he was my favorite in Dances with Bikers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

He was great in the Maverick movie also -- the one where Mel Gibson played Maverick and James Garner played his dad. Also notable for Jodie Foster giving an outstanding performance as a heterosexual.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (IG3/x)

193 A couple of those cop videos might have been more effective if they hadn't been told with the Dateline Investigations voice and drama. I mean the one even mentioned "secret police." (I do think Flock cameras are problematic, primarily because of the database.)

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (kU0PQ)

194 Lead up to 1300 again.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (bkPgX)

195 159 Kate at smalldeadanimals had a link to someone on X.

BREAKING: A consortium of Private Equity firms are putting together a deal to lend Nvidia $500B

Apollo, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR are involved, in what is arguably is the largest financing deal ever on Wall Street.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:56 PM (Sco7b)

I saw that on CNBC earlier. I think Nvidia gets the money to pay for AI data center hardware, and Nvidia's AI data center customers are on the hook for repaying it from their vast AI revenue, which will be coming any day now.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 11:05 PM (X5Jzz)

196 Ed "Mingo" Ames never claimed to be anything but Jewish.

-----

Welcome to frontier bris.

https://youtu.be/0L5QC9ZJkM8

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

197 That would work.

I was actually surprised they had no seating, not even outdoor picnic tables. It seems like they are encouraging people to eat while they drive, and that isn’t is good for public safety.
Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:00 PM (SHHm+)

The Great American Backyard
Kids playing
Adults eating and making meals
Grandma and Aunt Edna taking about the way it used to be
Sure, are idiots gonna fuck it up with trash. A uniformed person asking for help would get help 90% of the time.
Have big spayers to hose it down about every 5 hours.

But they are not built for traffic to stay.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 11:05 PM (/+uur)

198 Trump endorsed Mike Lindell, and he lost. That will be the headline tomorrow, nothing about the vast majority of his endorsements winning.

Lindsey Graham’s sister got first place tonight, but not enough votes to avoid a runoff vs Ralph Norman.

Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:06 PM (SHHm+)

199 >>>The rental company didn't seem particularly perturbed when I told them upon turning in the car.

Posted by: GWB
---

I got pulled over once driving a rental. The tags were expired. The cop was ready to arrest me and impound the car until I told him I was headed to Ft Leavenworth. (He was former Army) Told him I'd go back to the airport and rip the clerk a new one. Which I did. Clerk didn't care. The sternly worded letter to the company went unanswered. Never rented from H***tz again.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2026 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

200 189 United & Delta Become Latest Airlines To Ban Humanoid Robots From All Flights
......

Don't tell me...
They wouldn't quit pinching the stewardess' butts when they went by pushing the drink cart,
Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 11:03 PM (oq9dX)

Otto Pilot from the movie Airplane is unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 11, 2026 11:06 PM (mP0Kj)

201 If I forget that I have Brit Lass's bread in the oven she's gonna kill me. 13 more minutes

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (vE0+H)

202 BREAKING: A consortium of Private Equity firms are putting together a deal to lend Nvidia $500B

Apollo, Blackstone, Blackrock, Brookfield, Goldman and KKR are involved, in what is arguably is the largest financing deal ever on Wall Street.
Posted by: Stateless

Last quarter, Nvidia had $82B in revenue, and spent $20B on dividends and share buybacks.

Their stock is up 13700% over the last 10 years. Not a typo.

Why do they need a $500B loan?

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (VHUov)

203 Lindsey Graham’s sister got first place tonight, but not enough votes to avoid a runoff vs Ralph Norman.
Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:06 PM (SHHm+)

Norman, co-ordinate!

Posted by: Alice series at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (1Ff7Z)

204 149 hong is wating on the buick to arrive

Posted by: MAC V SOG
---

https://youtu.be/99og_g7rXnA&t=16

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (vOxCS)

205 Doof! Thanks again for another one.
Just curious…someone bullshitted you into doing the ONT. “Really! I swearsies! It’s a part-time job” they said…
Who was it specifically, that got over on you?
Don’t get me wrong, you are making the best of it, and we appreciate it all, and are better because of it.
But there must be someone you’ve taken off your Christmas card list.
And I’m pretty sure, I’m not the only one who wants to know…

Posted by: Gunslinger at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (N91F8)

206 Chief Wild Eagle (Hekawi Tribe, F Troop) was played by Frank de Kova, of Johnstown, PA. Both his parents were Sicilian.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (wVcYX)

207
I don't read the ads popping up here. When i was scrolling up to x them out i saw a headline saying some guy was in 800 movies and that he isn't known for that.

Who the hell was that? You movie buffs probably know. 800 movies???

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:07 PM (/QHx4)

208 Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 11:06 PM (SHHm+)

I think Lindell cucked out with some "path to citizenship" crap. Bzzzzzzt wrong answer

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)

209 Oh, and Rock On!

Posted by: Gunslinger at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (N91F8)

210 81% in
Crowley 40.0%
Hong 39.9%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (bkPgX)

211 > He was damn funny in Thunderheart. And he was my favorite in Dances with Bikers.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)

He was great in the Maverick movie also -- the one where Mel Gibson played Maverick and James Garner played his dad. Also notable for Jodie Foster giving an outstanding performance as a heterosexual.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (IG3/x)

Canadian Immigration Officer!

https://youtu.be/Pz_l_0oioxQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (qx7Zg)

212 He was great in the Maverick movie also -- the one where Mel Gibson played Maverick and James Garner played his dad. Also notable for Jodie Foster giving an outstanding performance as a heterosexual.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:04 PM (IG3/x)

Forgot about that one. I need to add it to my list.

Wife will be very happy about that. "Isn't 500 movies enough?"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (0aYVJ)

213 I saw that on CNBC earlier. I think Nvidia gets the money to pay for AI data center hardware, and Nvidia's AI data center customers are on the hook for repaying it from their vast AI revenue, which will be coming any day now.
Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 11:05 PM (X5Jzz)

So, our wonderous California Governator, wants more Data Centers, and all electric cars...

While we have the highest electric rates in the country because we have to import electricity from out of State...

/Facepalm

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (mP0Kj)

214 Wong is only 200 or so votes back, w/ 81% in.

FWIW, there are 6 outstate WI counties that haven't reported any results yet.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (RCjYY)

215 Lead down to 324

Damn this sis close. Crazy.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie
......

Eye popping results!

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 11:08 PM (oq9dX)

216
Why do they need a $500B loan?

Posted by: mikeski
---

Big Plans?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 11:09 PM (vOxCS)

217 Nithya Raman's partner at DSA LA says their goal is to completely abolish police & prisons. When asked what happens if a girl gets raped?

Her answer? "I want to talk about street lights."

Do they not realize that in the near future I have no choice but to kill someone that hurts a child or wife or daughter.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 11:09 PM (/+uur)

218 185 Ballot Buicks are garage-kept to be in perfect running condition when they are needed.
Posted by: Don Black

You can fit 125,000 "ballots" in the trunk of a '72 Electra 225, if you remove the spare tire.

Posted by: Our Precious Democracy at August 11, 2026 11:09 PM (JM9I6)

219 Good evening morons y gracias Disco

I will take another shot at seeing the Pliedes tonight.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)

220 Their stock is up 13700% over the last 10 years. Not a typo.

Why do they need a $500B loan?
Posted by: mikeski

Value of stock price doesn’t correlate with cash on hand. Amazon stock was up a bazillion percent too buy they never made a profit for 20 years.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (bkPgX)

221 Graham Greene was also in later episodes of the Red Green Show. never saw those. Dad had the earlier seasons on DVD.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (0aYVJ)

222 216
Why do they need a $500B loan?

Posted by: mikeski

Goes to bank and borrows a million.
It is my problem
Goes to bank and borrows a billion.
It is their problem

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (/+uur)

223 Ward Churchill had a weird infatuation with the SOF magazine guys back in the 80's. I guess they lived in the same neighborhood. He was the one that started the whole SOF is a CIA front thing. Thus lending credibility to the whole staff. There is also a strange unexplained connection to the John Bennet Ramsey murder.

Posted by: Reforger at August 11, 2026 11:11 PM (xpfnc)

224 I'm kind of intrigued by a Wall of Jerky.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 10:48 PM (/wPHZ)

Be respectful and reverential and remove your hat as you approach. It's more like a shrine to dehydrated meats.

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

225 saying dot or feather is racist
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

Dot or feather.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 11:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

226 I will take another shot at seeing the Pliedes tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)

25 bucks
same as downtown

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

227 I agree.

There will be no Buick full of Wong votes. The entire DEM hierarchy in WI wants her opponent to win-- desperately.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:12 PM (RCjYY)

228 Winnebago county has reported virtually nothing. Nothing shady about that. Nope not at all.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:12 PM (bkPgX)

229 a highly publicized incident

Really? Where? When? I don't recall hearing about it, and I think Glenn Reynolds wouldn't have passed up the opportunity to make a Matthew Yglesias robo-phobe remark.

Oh, it made local news in DFW. And it made CBS with apparently 1 story. Oh, it made AOL News, too - so definitely HIGHLY publicized. /eyeroll/

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 11:12 PM (kU0PQ)

230 Poseurs, all of them. Poseurs.

Mexican, Greek, Italian, Arab, Indian, Chinese, Eskimo, French, Filipino, Hawaiian, Hun, Mongol, Ukrainian, Basque, Jewish, Portuguese, Chinese, Malaysian...

Not bad for a guy who was half-Mexican, half-Irish.

Posted by: Anthony Quinn at August 11, 2026 11:12 PM (IG3/x)

231 Good response! "No, your system incorrectly flagged my car."
Of course, they will probably make the handcuffs a couple of notches tighter. Officer safety, you know.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 11, 2026 11:13 PM (/HoWz)

232 > Winnebago county has reported virtually nothing.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:12 PM (bkPgX)

Imagine how many fake votes you could fit into a Winnebago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:13 PM (IG3/x)

233 225 saying dot or feather is racist
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

The ones who deliver my Amazon packages or the ones who sit around drinking while the government gives them billions because guilt...

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 11:13 PM (Sco7b)

234 Will not bother looking for the Pleiades tonight. Too damn smoky.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (0aYVJ)

235 You can fit 125,000 "ballots" in the trunk of a '72 Electra 225, if you remove the spare tire.
Posted by: Our Precious Democracy
......

More if you remove the body too.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (oq9dX)

236 RE: Buc Ees
Two words: Beaver Nuggets.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (2WIwB)

237 Dem establishment is to DSA what GOPe was to the tea party. They will do everything in their power to defeat them. No Buicks full of ballots for hong exist anywhere.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (bkPgX)

238 I will take another shot at seeing the Pliedes tonight.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:10 PM (JvZF+)

Bud and I slept in storage shed in about 73 to see the meteors. Wintertime Ursids.
About 6 my sleeping bag was too warm and dog had cralwed in bag with me
Tippy

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (/+uur)

239 El-Sayed's wife ... at her private practice.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (vOxCS)

Hmmm, private practice? Shouldn't she be at a municipal hospital somewhere? You know, somewhere she's giving away her labor to the proletariat?

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (kU0PQ)

240 > saying dot or feather is racist
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:31 PM (/+uur)

Casino or convenience store?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (IG3/x)

241 Recently saw a youtube vid of cringy commercials from the '70s. One of them was Jamie Farr in an Indian costume.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:15 PM (vTZFs)

242 Indian Amazon drivers exist? I didn’t they’d allow themselves to do manual labor like that.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:15 PM (bkPgX)

243 82% in. Wong down 900.

I know I should be rooting for her to win, on the assumption she'll be easier for the GOP nominee to beat...

But I just can't.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:16 PM (RCjYY)

244 Pleiades or Perseids ?

one is a star cluster, the other a meteor shower

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:16 PM (ZxPkt)

245
39 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM

---------

He disgraced the names of two of the greatest men of the 20th Century -- Winston Churchill and Ward Cleaver.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 11, 2026 11:16 PM (VWtfl)

246 Imagine how many fake votes you could fit into a Winnebago.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:13 PM (IG3/x)

European or African

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 11:17 PM (/+uur)

247 Half a trillion here. Half a trillion there. Pretty soon that adds up to real money.
-
Sounds like the bank has a problem.

Posted by: Nvidia DLSS 5 makes those stacks of cash look prettier at August 11, 2026 11:17 PM (vSvIl)

248 "Sorry about that. Ha-ha! Modern technology." Never mind that I pointed guns directly at you and your family.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 11, 2026 11:17 PM (/HoWz)

249 It’s absurd that voting results trickle in like this. There should be no results until every county is finished counting. And then all the results are released together. That would go a long way to reducing fraud.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:17 PM (bkPgX)

250 Thanks for the ONT.

241 Recently saw a youtube vid of cringy commercials from the '70s. One of them was Jamie Farr in an Indian costume.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:15 PM (vTZFs)

Hello. Please, come again. In a dress?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:17 PM (Y/06r)

251 Crazy watching the WI gov betting tonight on Kalshi.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 11:18 PM (CNl8/)

252 Atreides > Pleiades > Perseids

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 11:18 PM (o9Lpa)

253 244 Pleiades or Perseids ?

one is a star cluster, the other a meteor shower
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:16 PM (ZxPkt)

I was told there would be no Algebra

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

254 > He disgraced the names of two of the greatest men of the 20th Century -- Winston Churchill and Ward Cleaver.

Not to mention Winston Smith and Bill Ward.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:19 PM (IG3/x)

255 Are they gonna put his body up on one of those things the Indians leave the dead on?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 11, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

A pike?

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 11:19 PM (kU0PQ)

256 If I forget that I have Brit Lass's bread in the oven she's gonna kill me. 13 more minutes
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:07

DING!!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (vTZFs)

257 Dem establishment is to DSA what GOPe was to the tea party. They will do everything in their power to defeat them. No Buicks full of ballots for hong exist anywhere.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:14 PM (bkPgX)

GOP are phony conservatives. Tea Party are real conservatives.

Democrats are commies. DSA are commies.

Got the picture?

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (vE0+H)

258 DING!!

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (vTZFs)

You're a fucking star

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (vE0+H)

259 Perseids. Thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (JvZF+)

260 El Sayd and Mamdani are wretched pieces of shit. But they’re not stupid. Hong is a retard. It’s like she’s in a league of her own.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (bkPgX)

261 My friend asked a supervisor why there are no tables.

She said "We'd never get them to leave."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (wVCl1)

262 These Flock cameras are getting out of hand, wot?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:21 PM (Y/06r)

263 Hong is in the lead!!

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:22 PM (bkPgX)

264 Oddbob - you just made the list. Owe you one.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:22 PM (vE0+H)

265 256 If I forget that I have Brit Lass's bread in the oven she's gonna kill me. 13 more minutes
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:07

DING!!
Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (vTZFs)

*standing golfclap*

Ladies an Gentlemen. THIS is how one shitposts.

I'm happy these children are here today to read this.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:22 PM (Y/06r)

266
Really? Where? When? I don't recall hearing about it, and I think Glenn Reynolds wouldn't have passed up the opportunity to make a Matthew Yglesias robo-phobe remark.

There was a character in a Tom Baker Doctor Who episode who came down with a case of robophobia.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 11:23 PM (Cqx++)

267 83% in
Hong 39.9%
Crowley 39.9%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:23 PM (bkPgX)

268 Wong takes lead-- ahead by 200, w/82% in.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:23 PM (RCjYY)

269 I saw the name I-XRAY and thought it was going to be about how they can see who's in a house and what they're doing using the WIFI radiation. It's a thing, too.

Lois Lane: What color is my underwear?
Posted by: mindful webworker - superman, threat or menace? at August 11, 2026 10:49 PM (9wnX

_________________________

There was a time in my youth that if someone described these glasses to me I would have been amazed and excited about the potential.

But, at my current age all I can think of that these will eventually be called Pedo Glasses...because it sure would be a convenience for them.

Posted by: Orson at August 11, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)

270 Jamie Farr was a frequent gameshow star and guest star in the 70s. He made hay off a bit role.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:23 PM (JvZF+)

271 El Sayd and Mamdani are wretched pieces of shit. But they’re not stupid. Hong is a retard. It’s like she’s in a league of her own.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (bkPgX)
-

Now do voters.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2026 11:24 PM (Z3R2R)

272 Graham Greene (not the author) was a real live Injun. He was so friggin' cool.
Excellent actor with a fine sense of comedic timing.
He's missed.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

I watch Wind River whenever it's on mostly to watch his performance.
His cousin, Gary Farmer/Philbert in Powwow Highway, was perfect in his role and Greene had a small part, also.

Posted by: old chick at August 11, 2026 11:24 PM (F3Dlr)

273 RUBIO: The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 11:01 PM (O7XEN)

True.

Also true: Arby's Big Montana is one of the best sandwiches in the history of the world.

Posted by: LASue at August 11, 2026 11:24 PM (qtfk+)

274 The location of the proposed Iowa Buc-ee’s is one of the worst they could pick. It’s right at the north end of the North-West mixmaster which is a really shitty and very busy intersection.
But the proposed location is currently a soybean field by one of the area’s chosen people so there ya go.
Norwalk IA was trying to get one but the Norwalk mayor has no pull, although the location would have been better.

Posted by: SnailRacer at August 11, 2026 11:26 PM (YsgVW)

275 True.

Also true: Arby's Big Montana is one of the best sandwiches in the history of the world.
Posted by: LASue at August 11, 2026 11:24 PM (qtfk+)

HARD disagree. Beef N' Cheddar (which contains neither beef, nor cheddar.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:26 PM (Y/06r)

276 More on Flock abuse in NC. Scroll down to see mis-uses

https://shorturl.at/oyM2V

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 11:26 PM (XeU6L)

277
Also true: Arby's Big Montana is one of the best sandwiches in the history of the world.
Posted by: LASue at August 11, 2026 11:24 PM (qtfk+)

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My sliced turkey and provolone on grilled sourdough says "bring it."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 11:27 PM (o9Lpa)

278 Who wins the Milwaukee absentee ballot dump? Hong? Crowley?

Posted by: techsan at August 11, 2026 11:27 PM (uNveu)

279 Hong is in the lead!!
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

HONK HONK

Posted by: Buick in the alley at August 11, 2026 11:27 PM (oq9dX)

280 The Pleiades are the Seven Sisters. And Uranus is close by stinking up all their business.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)

281
Aetius,

I wonder how much fake food fast food places sell.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:28 PM (/QHx4)

282 Ladies an Gentlemen. THIS is how one shitposts.

I'm happy these children are here today to read this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:22 PM (Y/06r

Shitpost...

Au contraire it might be the most important comment in the history of this place. Unless one wants to see my ass dead or in traction, in which case... it's just not your day.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:28 PM (vE0+H)

283 Mike Lindell got 31% in the MN primary for gov. Distant 2nd place. Still not a bad showing I guess.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:28 PM (bkPgX)

284 279 Hong is in the lead!!
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

HONK HONK
Posted by: Buick in the alley at August 11, 2026 11:27 PM (oq9dX)

----------

*engine roars to life and lights come on*

Posted by: A Winnebago with Blacked-Out Windows at August 11, 2026 11:29 PM (o9Lpa)

285 David Crowley
DEM 270,272 39.9%
Francesca Hong
DEM 269,532 39.8%

85.64% est. in

Hong! Hong! Hong!

I want Hong to win by fifteen votes.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 11:29 PM (aD4fx)

286 Perseids.

Sorry. I ain't no astromomener.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:30 PM (0aYVJ)

287

The Wind River area in Wyoming is a great place to visit.

I love Wyoming. Don't move here, we are full up, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)

288 I want Hong to win by fifteen votes.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 11:29 PM (aD4fx)

I want her to win by 69 votes.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 11:30 PM (Sco7b)

289 Hong +178

I want this to be a win by 21 votes or something. Throw it all into chaos.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:31 PM (bkPgX)

290 RUBIO: The Pop-Tart is one of the great American innovations in the history of the world.
Posted by: SMOD

Pffft.

Posted by: Hot Pockets at August 11, 2026 11:31 PM (oq9dX)

291 I want her to win by 69 votes.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 11:30 PM (Sco7b)
++++++++++++

Nice

Posted by: Orson at August 11, 2026 11:31 PM (dIske)

292 I wonder how much fake food fast food places sell.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:28 PM (/QHx4)

Now? I'd say all are mostly fillers.

40 years ago? I'd believe it was 75-25. I remember when we still had Hardee's in this area, the roast beef sandwich was just never as good as the Arby's one (plus, I could not get a beef n cheddar.)

I remember in college when they came out with coupons where you could get 5 beef and cheddars or 5 roast beef for 5 dollars. Then it went to 4, then 3 and now I do not think they even do deals and kids today are like 'Coupons?'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 11, 2026 11:32 PM (Y/06r)

293 Winnebago starts reporting. Yiuuuge Crowley numbers.

Crowley back in the lead, up 500.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:32 PM (bkPgX)

294
Mike Lindell got 31% in the MN primary for gov. Distant 2nd place. Still not a bad showing I guess.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

Didn't have enough of a cushion.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 11:32 PM (Cqx++)

295 I want this to be a win by 21 votes or something. Throw it all into chaos.

I presume the loser will demand a recount if it's not automatic. We will not know the winner tonight and maybe not for a week.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (vTZFs)

296
For dinner I made home made tortillas on the gas griddle out back, and had it with home made refried beans.
The tortillas are not hard to make, they just aren't like the store-bought ones.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

297 Lindell's numbers were too soft.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (JvZF+)

298 Mike Lindell got 31% in the MN primary for gov. Distant 2nd place. Still not a bad showing I guess.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

Didn't have enough of a cushion.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 11:32 PM (Cqx++)

He left his towel at home.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

299 Didn't have enough of a cushion.

Tell me about it.

Posted by: The Hoggenf�hrer! at August 11, 2026 11:34 PM (aD4fx)

300 No automatic recount in Wisconsin but 2nd place candidate can request one if the margin is less than 1% which it will be.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:34 PM (bkPgX)

301 Sorry. I ain't no astromomener.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

That's an instrument to measure the speed of the solar wind?

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 11:35 PM (VHUov)

302 I think it will be decisive enough one way or the other.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:35 PM (vE0+H)

303 The Wind River area in Wyoming is a great place to visit.

I love Wyoming. Don't move here, we are full up, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)

I grew up in Cody, so I am a legacy.

But, we are very happy in Idaho.

I agree, though. Wyoming is full. Y'all would hate it anyway. Dust, wind, guns, and grizzly bears.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:35 PM (0aYVJ)

304 Winnebago is a landslide for Crowley he’s up 1000 statewide.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:35 PM (bkPgX)

305 Keep in mind everyone the polls said hong would win by double digits. 🤣

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:36 PM (bkPgX)

306 I've been reading about Tiffany (R) who will be the GOP nominee for WI Gov.

He's a GOP Congressman, and a down-the-line, Trump endorsed conservative-- with a long political history.

The WORST thing Wiki could point out about him is that he has supported some restrictions on abortion in the past. You KNOW if had any scandals or other controversies whatsoever, Wiki would have them front and center.

The DEM Gov is retiring in WI this year, so this is an open seat.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:37 PM (RCjYY)

307 Keep in mind everyone the polls said hong would win by double digits. 🤣
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

Double-digit percentage, double-digit number of votes, potayto, potahto.

Posted by: The Polls at August 11, 2026 11:37 PM (VHUov)

308 Rural counties going bigly for Crowley. Cities and college downs bigly for hong. It’s evened out to a dead heat.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:38 PM (bkPgX)

309 304

I mentioned previously that there were 6 outstate WI counties which hadn't reported any results.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:38 PM (RCjYY)

310 RELEASE THE BUICKS

https://youtu.be/crZy2FMAD5w?t=233

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:39 PM (ZxPkt)

311 At the turn, it's Crowley by a nose, Hong making a charge, and . . . Beetlebaum.

Posted by: Spike Jones at August 11, 2026 11:39 PM (wVcYX)

312
Living in small town SW Wyoming we have almost no restaurants. It is okay,we moved here because our four grandchildren are here.

We have food trucks here from time to time that come up here from Utah.

Today it was the taco truck. Hubby bought two shrimp tacos from them that cost $18. They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (/QHx4)

313 At the turn, it's Crowley by a nose, Hong making a charge, and . . . Beetlebaum.
Posted by: Spike Jones at August 11, 2026 11:39 PM (wVcYX)

... and the winner is, Peanut Butter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

314 Crowley by 1400 w/ 84% in, per NBC.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

315 Today it was the taco truck. Hubby bought two shrimp tacos from them that cost $18. They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (/QHx4)

2026 AMERICAN DOLLARS????

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 11:41 PM (Sco7b)

316 Crowley will take it. There no way this close the Dem machine allows Hong to win.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:41 PM (bkPgX)

317 254 > He disgraced the names of two of the greatest men of the 20th Century -- Winston Churchill and Ward Cleaver.

Not to mention Winston Smith and Bill Ward.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:19 PM (IG3/x)

No respect.

Posted by: Burt Ward at August 11, 2026 11:41 PM (brIJB)

318 Today it was the taco truck. Hubby bought two shrimp tacos from them that cost $18. They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?

Pffft
- $20 Burrito

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:42 PM (bkPgX)

319

I did laugh about shrimp in Wyoming. God only knows where the shrimp came from.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:42 PM (/QHx4)

320 We have food trucks here from time to time that come up here from Utah.

Today it was the taco truck. Hubby bought two shrimp tacos from them that cost $18. They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?
Posted by: four seasons

Same as it ever was. The product is reasonable, the shipping and handling is where they get ya.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 11:42 PM (VHUov)

321
Stateless,yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

322 Don't trust seafood unless you live next to a sea

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 11:44 PM (ZxPkt)

323 I did laugh about shrimp in Wyoming. God only knows where the shrimp came from.

Posted by: four seasons

Same place every restaurant shrimp dish nationwide comes from. The Sysco truck.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:44 PM (bkPgX)

324 I've been reading about Tiffany (R) who will be the GOP nominee for WI Gov.
---

The dancer from Solid Gold? Isn't she too old?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 11:44 PM (vOxCS)

325 He left his towel at home.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (qx7Zg)

Never leave home without your towel ...

I wrote a whole book about this very thing !

Posted by: zombie Doug Adams at August 11, 2026 11:45 PM (3sXRv)

326 Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (RCjYY)

Much appreciate the man on the street reporting. Edward R. Murrow quality stuff there.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 11:45 PM (SjAWL)

327 307 Keep in mind everyone the polls said hong would win by double digits. 🤣
Posted by: Oops Oopsie

Double-digit percentage, double-digit number of votes, potayto, potahto.
Posted by: The Polls

"When we got a majority in Minnesota—and it was a 1 vote majority I don’t care—we passed everything."

Posted by: Tim Walz at August 11, 2026 11:46 PM (t19vo)

328 I did laugh about shrimp in Wyoming. God only knows where the shrimp came from.

Posted by: four seasons
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If I can't smell/see salt water, I don't order seafood.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 11:46 PM (XeU6L)

329 85% in
C: 39.9%
H: 39.7%

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:46 PM (bkPgX)

330 I did laugh about shrimp in Wyoming. God only knows where the shrimp came from.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:42 PM (/QHx4)

Wife and I did a crab boil for dinner last night. In Meridian. It was very tasty, but son was picking on us via text: Gotta love that Idaho seafood.

Hey, we did not die, so there.

But wife and I agree, the best crab boil is in Seattle. We shall return one day.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

331 326 TxAnn

Thanks. I'm glad I'm not irritating EVERYONE.

Crowley +1400 w/ 85% in.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:47 PM (RCjYY)

332 The dancer from Solid Gold? Isn't she too old?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 11:44 PM (vOxCS)

You’re thinking of Debbie Gibson’s rival from back in the day. But I think she spelled her name Tiffiani.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 11:48 PM (SjAWL)

333 Aaaand the Milwaukee Buicks have arrived.
Crowley lead up to 2500.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:48 PM (bkPgX)

334 I used to walk out on the dock behind the house and two or three tosses of a cast net would produce a pound of shrimp.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, late of Beaufort County at August 11, 2026 11:49 PM (XeU6L)

335 Seafood is caught frozen and sent to everywhere in the country. Even places on the coasts buy frozen seafood from Sysco. The fresh caught stuff is rare.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:50 PM (bkPgX)

336 Crowley +2400 w/ 86% in.

There are now no WI counties that haven't reported any results, per NBC. An hour ago, there were a lot of them .

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:51 PM (RCjYY)

337
Like I said, we moved here because our grandchildren are here. Can't put a price on that. It is an adjustment moving from a big city. Seeing those smiling faces,oh there is nothing like it.

We'll eat fake shrimp, lol.

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

338 Race is over. Crowley is running away with it now that Milwaukee dumps are coming in. The machine was not going to allow Hong a win.

Call it now. Crowley wins

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:52 PM (bkPgX)

339 I expect it to go beyond the margin of recount but we will see.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:52 PM (vE0+H)

340 “Seafood is caught frozen”

What are they up inside the arctic circle or something?

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 11:53 PM (ZGz6B)

341 I remember some retard complaining on one of the review sites that he'd ordered tilapia a local Alaskan seafood restaurant and it had been frozen.

Yeah, sport, you're in a place with the finest fresh seafood in the world and you order fucking tilapia, a warm-water trash fish from Africa, raised on commercial fish chow.

The closest place to get "fresh tilapia" would probably be Alabama or some shit.

What a toolbox.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:53 PM (IG3/x)

342 But wife and I agree, the best crab boil is in Seattle. We shall return one day.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:47 PM (0aYVJ)

Speaking of crabs and utensils and salads and such:

Amy Klobuchar is going to be the next Governor of Minnesota with 89% of the vote and 87% counted.

Posted by: I am Mapes and I am Sleepy at August 11, 2026 11:53 PM (brIJB)

343 The machine was not going to allow Hong a win.

Call it now. Crowley wins

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:52 PM (bkPgX)

I think they would have if they thought they could get her over the finish line in November. Which is what I think they think about the jihadist next door.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:53 PM (vE0+H)

344 Thoughts and prayers for people who bought Hong at 97% yesterday on Polymarket. 🤣

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:54 PM (bkPgX)

345 When the smoke clears, our next trip to the coast is Bandon. We are so happy being a day-trip away from the Pacific. Used to be a huge week-long road trip.

I would love to be in Depoe Bay in the winter. Never seen the Pacific in winter.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 11:54 PM (0aYVJ)

346

Are the commies winning?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:54 PM (/QHx4)

347 Thanks. I'm glad I'm not irritating EVERYONE.

Crowley +1400 w/ 85% in.
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:47 PM (RCjYY)

It’s much more enjoyable to keep hitting refresh rather than watch a chyron cross the local biased news. I assume Houston news is reporting it. Anyways, the color commentary here is well, more colorful.

Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 11:54 PM (SjAWL)

348 There's a taco truck (usually) in the parking lot of a local IGA store. Good food, not too expensive. The business *was* in a strip mall, but I imagine their landlord got greedy. It happens.

Anyway, I sometimes buy a plate of goodies for hubby on the way to nursing home. He *loves* Mex food!

Sometimes the truck is gone-- they go to local events that are more lucrative than grocery's parking lot-- although there's almost always a few cars at their end of the lot. Steady business for decent product!

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 11:55 PM (rdVOm)

349 Today it was the taco truck. Hubby bought two shrimp tacos from them that cost $18. They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (/QHx4)

I am not sure I would trust cut-rate shrimp in Wyoming

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 11:55 PM (rbvCR)

350 Hopefully Klobber will too busy with that job to run for President next time. Unlike your typical Marxist "champion of the working class", she's actually been within fifty feet of members of the working class, and has a good idea of what they like to hear.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 11:55 PM (IG3/x)

351 There was a camera a crew in the Milwaukee counting room and they were thrown out. A few minutes later Crowley took a big lead.

Lol

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:56 PM (bkPgX)

352 Burkha-wearing Peggy Flanagan will be Minnesota's Democrat Senate candidate with 58% of the vote and 88% counted.

Posted by: I am Mapes and I am Sleepy at August 11, 2026 11:56 PM (brIJB)

353 Crowley +2600 w/ 82.6 % in.

Fetterman said day before yesterday that he wouldn't support Wong if she won the primary, btw.

Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 11:57 PM (RCjYY)

354 Do they not realize that in the near future I have no choice but to kill someone that hurts a child or wife or daughter
——

Well, as a matter of fact they do. That is their opportunity to put folks like you in prison.

Normal, decent peaceable (not necessarily “law abiding, since everyone is a criminal now) people are at a tremendous disadvantage because they are dealing with absolutely delusional people with the power of the state behind them.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 11:58 PM (kS1bF)

355
In Wisconsin, barring heroic last minute ballot stuffing, it looks like Francesca "Bug-eyes"' Hong is defeated. The Republican effort to make her the D candidate has not succeeded. All of the disappointed Hong voters will of course vote for the actual D candidate in the November election, and not sit it out due to disappointment and anger.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 11, 2026 11:59 PM (VWtfl)

356
JQ,

Food trucks here are such a treat. Last week it was a truck selling wood fired pizza. The line was an hour long. It was hot here and we passed on it.

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

357 I remember some retard complaining on one of the review sites that he'd ordered tilapia a local Alaskan seafood restaurant and it had been frozen.

The closest place to get "fresh tilapia" would probably be Alabama or some shit.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Hawaii. Had a college buddy from there who called it "bait."

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (VHUov)

358 They were really good, but $18 for two tacos?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 11:40 PM (/QHx4)
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Food trucks are always expensive. I usually like what I get from them, but they don't give that stuff away!

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (jth8J)

359 It will be fun in November to see which candidate, Nithya Raman or Karen Bass, has the better cheat machine....

Posted by: I am Mapes and I am Sleepy at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (brIJB)

360 Hong winning was the only chance a Republican would win. Of course the machine stole it from her.
Polymarket had it at 97% for Hong. Shows how those betting markets don’t understand politics.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (bkPgX)

361 Looking forward to the DSA-types announcing that the election was stolen.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (aD4fx)

362 >>>333 Aaaand the Milwaukee Buicks have arrived.
Crowley lead up to 2500.
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Amazing. Click your heels three times and BAM!
We got a winner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:02 AM (vOxCS)

363 I think they would have if they thought they could get her over the finish line in November. Which is what I think they think about the jihadist next door.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 11:53 PM (vE0+H)

On the commercials I saw, he was very likable....despite wanting us all dead. Much more than Stevens.

If we had a real media, he'd already be toast, but we don't wish planeloads of journalists to be blown out of the sky for a reason.

Yaaay. ChatGPT finished what I was working on. I'm going to get Ralphy, sleeping on the floor on a blanket and quilt, upstairs. Same with Snowflake, curled up on my chair beside me. Cute.

Man, if Hong loses, I kind of feel bad for ace... So much material.

Fortunately, the Dems have been aborting the sane ones and are all nuts now.

Everyone have a good night.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 12, 2026 12:03 AM (Sco7b)

364 Fish I avoid:

Catfish
Tilapia
Trout

Basically, I like any of the sea fish over fresh water fish.

Except the little brook trout way up in the Bighorns or Absaroka mountains. Fried in a cast iron pan with bacon grease and a bit of butter inside.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 12, 2026 12:03 AM (0aYVJ)

365
334 I used to walk out on the dock behind the house and two or three tosses of a cast net would produce a pound of shrimp.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, late of Beaufort County at August 11, 2026 11:49 PM (XeU6L)

My wife and I stayed with a small group out at a lodge at Little Pecan Island, South Louisiana. Now “islands’ down there are just high points in the middle of a swamp, but the wildlife was fascinating. We went out in a canoe and coasted up next to an alligator as long as the canoe was! They were all over. Anyway there were about 15 of us there, and there was a cook/caretaker, and when i asked about supper, he said “oh well just see what we catch.”

I thought that was a pretty last minute way to plan dinner for a group of people, but he invited me with him to a little pier on some open water behind the he lodge, and he stood in it and started casting a net.

Within about 30 minutes he had two 5 gallon buckets filled with crab, shrimp, and half a dozen kinds of fish. It was astounding! Made me understand why people lived in the swamps - most of it is terrible, but you never go hungry.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 12:03 AM (ZGz6B)

366 It will be fun in November to see which candidate, Nithya Raman or Karen Bass, has the better cheat machine....
****

Cheat or no, it is Californians who lose.... Anyway..

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 12:04 AM (O3mu+)

367 Hi, four seasons--

It's nice that you get the food trucks in your tiny town!

Beats cooking at home *every night*

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

368
Youngest son voluntered at an "organic" farm years ago. They raised tilapia. We visited, saw the tilapia pool and have never eaten it again, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:04 AM (/QHx4)

369 Respectable restaurant in LA, at the bottom of the menu, - shrimp are not from America.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:05 AM (vOxCS)

370 Trump issued an EO today: DELIVERING GOLD STANDARD CHILDHOOD VACCINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMERICANS

It is claimed it will pare the childhood vaxx schedule down to 11 essential shots, instead of the 97 today.

I expect that the blue state Governors are going to claim that Trump is unscientific and wants to kill children, and that may be why Fauci's texts on the 83% miscarriage rates on compelled Covid Vaxx were released today.
It is hard to say both that all vaxxes are good and required, and fight off claims that the compelled vaxx were essentially first trimester abortifacients at the same time.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 12, 2026 12:05 AM (rbvCR)

371 17 Hong Gone?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

Phooey!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 12:06 AM (0CU3H)

372 I hope Hong doesn't go off her meds tonight. She would start screaming about white people and their f*ckin holidays and one of her eyes will explode.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:06 AM (oq9dX)

373 clarence at August 12, 2026 12:04 AM (O3mu+)
****

I is occifer @ nu?

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 12:08 AM (O3mu+)

374 I ate a lot of shrimp when we were in Portugal. The things were giant.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:09 AM (oq9dX)

375 I was looking forward to watching the meteor shower this year, with it being the dark of the moon, but weather and smoke are against me.

I have a favorite viewing spot, up in the mountains, but this year it is surrounded by no less than three major forest fires.

Sigh.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 12, 2026 12:11 AM (mnQjo)

376 Hong winning was the only chance a Republican would win. Of course the machine stole it from her.
Polymarket had it at 97% for Hong. Shows how those betting markets don’t understand politics.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:01 AM (bkPgX)

I figured they were running a similar game by showing her with huge leads in the polls and that she would be slid through. Which now that I think about it didn't make sense because they can't afford to lose that governorship. Gonna be interesting to see the post mortems. Will the establishment breakdance all over it? Will the DSA threaten to withhold their vote in November? Will they all come together in the end?

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:11 AM (vE0+H)

377 Hong lost ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 12:11 AM (FtULh)

378
496, yep they are spendy. It is a treat now and then. I have no idea what the fuel costs are and then the cost for the fuel to cook the food.

I love how people are so innovative.

AMERICA!!! We rock, unless the commies win tonight, lol.

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

379 It will be fun in November to see which candidate, Nithya Raman or Karen Bass, has the better cheat machine....
****

Cheat or no, it is Californians who lose.... Anyway..

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 12:04 AM (O3mu+)

I was figuring it would be Raman but maybe they just needed Spencer gone and it will be Bass in the end. I only care about what is happening in these dumb elections because I'm trying to sniff out what's really going on behind the scenes.

I swear to you I haven't cared about a Democrat race of any kind since... holy shit... never!

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:14 AM (vE0+H)

380 bra fairings? teacher androids that look like sex dolls? Hunters laptop is an op, just not a Russian op? get their minds out of the dumpster fire.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 12, 2026 12:14 AM (wxsGM)

381 Hong lost ?

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 12:11 AM (FtULh)

It looks like she did indeed. Earlier today when we were talking and I said I expected her to lose, I meant in November. I didn't even realize she still had a primary until a few hours ago.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)

382 Same here, Spudboy! Too smoky to bother with driving to the fave "dark" area... visibility is crap this week.

Better luck next year!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

383 Still Crowley +3500 w/ 86.9% in.

There is a third candidate in the DEM race, a white, female state senator. She's getting 7% of the vote. I'd be curious to know whom her candidacy is helping. Her resume sounds pretty midstream. I doubt she's taking votes that otherwise would've gone for Wong.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 12:15 AM (RCjYY)

384 There’s a good reason betting/prediction markets have become total garbage, incapable of predicting anything. Campaigns have discovered that if they place a big bet on their own candidate - say $100,000 - it moves the odds and makes it look like their guy is gaining, and then other bettors jump on the trend and amplify.

Quite literally, it’s easy to buy a higher poll score if you want to spend money that way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 12, 2026 12:16 AM (ZGz6B)

385 The womens prison in Lusk, WY used to grow tilapia. I think the program shut down a couple years ago

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 12:17 AM (jth8J)

386 I think a week or two ago Hong was going to win. Then Dems were like wait a minute are we really nominating someone who wants abolish Thanksgiving? Maybe we need to reconsider.not that they disagree with her but because they know she’d be toxic in a general election with shit like that.

Dems almost did that in Michigan too. El-Hamas barely won after all.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:17 AM (bkPgX)

387 376

Everyone sneering at those WI polls should at least note that they reported a yuuge number of undecideds-- 25% IIRC.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 12:18 AM (RCjYY)

388
Where is the natural habitat for Talapia? Never thought about that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:19 AM (/QHx4)

389 The big loser tonight is Tiffany.. He expected to be running against Hong.... It will be harder to beat the other guy

Posted by: It's me donna at August 12, 2026 12:19 AM (FtULh)

390 Dems almost did that in Michigan too. El-Hamas barely won after all.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:17 AM (bkPgX)

Maybe they tried to cheat him and failed. It's possible. I still think he's gonna win and I have been out of the election prediction game for a long time because it's dumb. Meaning - I genuinely think he's gonna win.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:21 AM (vE0+H)

391 No meteor viewing here tonight. Socked in solid, and raining. Forecast is more of the same for several more days.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (1z8ji)

392 371 17 Hong Gone?
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 11, 2026 10:15 PM (aD4fx)

Phooey!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 12:06 AM

If were referencing long lost Saturday TV shows don't forget to mention us Far Out Space Nuts!

Posted by: Mark Kelly at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (R0XxO)

393 The last poll had her up 20%. So 21/25 undecided went for Crowley? Thats still some shit as polling not to sniff out that undecided really meant Crowley

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (bkPgX)

394 Evenin’/Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (77rzZ)

395 GOPe is running a guy named Tiffany?
Good grief.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (oq9dX)

396 Does he wear tuck undies?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:24 AM (vOxCS)

397 GOPe is running a guy named Tiffany?
Good grief.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (oq9dX)

I think we're alone now.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:24 AM (vE0+H)

398 Where is the natural habitat for Talapia? Never thought about that.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:19 AM (/QHx4)

Sewers in Brazil, I believe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:24 AM (1z8ji)

399 Maybe they tried to cheat him and failed. It's possible. I still think he's gonna win and I have been out of the election prediction game for a long time because it's dumb. Meaning - I genuinely think he's gonna win.
Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026

Unless he is caught on tape saying kill all the infidels or some shit, he’ll win. Given the huge Arab population in the state it’s hard to see him losing.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:24 AM (bkPgX)

400 Where is the natural habitat for Tilapia? Never thought about that.
Posted by: four seasons

Fresh and brackish water in Africa and the mideast.

They were brought as food fish to lots of warm-fresh-water places, where they're now invasive species because they tolerate pretty shitty conditions. African carp, basically.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 12:25 AM (VHUov)

401 They are in Costa Rica.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:27 AM (vOxCS)

402 399. He did not win Wayne county, which includes Dearborn.

Posted by: Jen the original at August 12, 2026 12:27 AM (EiUt/)

403 399

With respect. it's not hard.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 12:27 AM (RCjYY)

404 GOPe is running a guy named Tiffany?
Good grief.
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM (oq9dX)

Perhaps voters will see the light.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)

405
Oldest son, daughter-in-law and four grandchildren drove up to Port Townsend from Wyoming last week to visit with youngest son.

Beware, lol, the place they had reservations at showed rooms with several beds. Ha, they get there and it was one room with two beds. They slept three to a bed, lol. There was no other place available.

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

406 EW

the skin of tilapia is often used in vaginoplasty and sex reassignment surgery

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:28 AM (ZxPkt)

407
There's a total solar eclipse tomorrow, which will eventually pass through Spain, and will be the first one over Spain in a long time. Here's some NASA animations of the thing:

https://t.ly/APFf7

And timeanddate:
https://t.ly/7R0-I

Alaska and Canada will see some of a partial, but nothing much for the mainland US. The NE will see a little bit, and will dip down as low as NE NC, but they won't hardly see anything but maybe the slightest sliver.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

408 from wiki

yuck

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:29 AM (ZxPkt)

409 Sewers in ~~Brazil~~ South Africa, I believe.

Posted by: clarence at August 12, 2026 12:30 AM (O3mu+)

410 We’re still talking politics, and not boobs, at 0030?

You people need to get a life.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 12:30 AM (77rzZ)

411 the skin of tilapia is often used in vaginoplasty and sex reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:28 AM (ZxPkt)

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Just imagine the cats circling the bed during sex.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 12, 2026 12:30 AM (l3WYd)

412
Don,

Disgusting

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

413 A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting in it at a Miami valet,

https://tinyurl.com/54hj23w5

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:31 AM (vOxCS)

414
Lol Cicero

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

415
The flip-side full Moon lunar eclipse will be on Aug 28, and visible all over NA, but it will only be a partial, 93%.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

416 the skin of tilapia is often used in vaginoplasty and sex reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:28 AM (ZxPkt)

That's so trannies can attract blind lesbians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:32 AM (1z8ji)

417 >Don,

Disgusting

Posted by: four seasons
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I regret my actions

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:32 AM (ZxPkt)

418
1M Iranian Rial = 0.53¢ USD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:32 AM (vOxCS)

419 Phooey!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 12, 2026 12:06 AM (0CU3H)
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Nicely done

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 12:32 AM (jth8J)

420 I regret my actions
Posted by: Don Black

You'll never win your primary like that. Double down!

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 12:33 AM (VHUov)

421
Bulg,

Some people have lives that don't revolve around boobs.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

422 What's on my mind?? Well, I'm worried that this miserable summer is never going to end. The entire West is burning while the East is doing what it can to toss away water. The former only slightly insane DNC is a full on fermented portapotty and we may have to burn them down to save this divine nation. And no one, and I mean NO ONE has done a perp walk on the Impeachment hoax, on the Covid hoax and on the election fraud. Everyone is thinking about going it alone very soon. Not a good thing. But the sun will shine and hope rises on the morn. Looking forward to it.

Posted by: Despise Marxist Rats at August 12, 2026 12:34 AM (HeR4S)

423 Do you know why they call it Flock?

To remind you that you are the sheep.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 12, 2026 12:34 AM (diia5)

424 See, I'm from Maryland, where 'fresh caught' means 'this morning'

There's just nothing in my (CO) grocer's 'seafood' offerings that I will eat

and I don't trust the Gorton's fisherman either

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:35 AM (ZxPkt)

425 Mandela Barnes got 28k votes. All from early voting. Those would have been hong votes. This is what can happen when you vote reaaaallly early. All sorts of shit can happen and your vote becomes meaningless.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:35 AM (bkPgX)

426 245
39 WARD CHURCHILL, CONTROVERSIAL FORMER UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO PROFESSOR, DIES AT 78.

Yall want cake or pie?
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 10:25 PM

---------

He disgraced the names of two of the greatest men of the 20th Century -- Winston Churchill and Ward Cleaver.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 11, 2026 11:16 PM (VWtfl)

That guy was a pernicious little twat. Ran around after 9/11 calling everyone "Little Eichmanns". All the while hiding behind academic freedom, tenure, and misbegotten student loan money. Wiki even says he claimed Native Heritage but never belonged to any Tribe. Riiiighht. And I'm an Eskimo.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 12, 2026 12:36 AM (r7+Q7)

427
Don, you are good. You are not sniffing around them, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:36 AM (/QHx4)

428 No meteor viewing here tonight. Socked in solid, and raining. Forecast is more of the same for several more days.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:22 AM
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Yay, rain!

Hope we get a good, drenching rain here soon...

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

429 and I don't trust the Gorton's fisherman either

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Just don't let him come up behind you.

Posted by: Mrs. Paul at August 12, 2026 12:36 AM (l3WYd)

430 Reassignment.

That's what they call the trunk full of ballots. Election reassignment.

Posted by: ... at August 12, 2026 12:37 AM (vE0+H)

431 the skin of tilapia is often used in vaginoplasty and sex reassignment surgery
Posted by: Don Black
......

Fun Facts to Know and Tell

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:38 AM (oq9dX)

432 410 We’re still talking politics, and not boobs, at 0030?

You people need to get a life.

Posted by: Bulg
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There's a constancy and dependability with boobs that one does not obtain from politics. Therefore the chance of personal loss or gain is much higher with politics. Much like casino it has its own attraction and reward or loss.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:38 AM (vOxCS)

433 OK
this was fun
goodnight

Posted by: Don Black at August 12, 2026 12:38 AM (ZxPkt)

434 421 Better my mind revolve around boobs than around politics.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 12:39 AM (77rzZ)

435 Wisconsin Demonrat Primary election has “fortified” vibes about it. Very 2020ish.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 12, 2026 12:40 AM (ZVgZ4)

436 Found a dead bird in the yard this morning. A Northern Flicker, a type of woodpecker. It was directly under the power line. I think it ran afoul of 15 kV. I cremated it in the burn barrel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:40 AM (1z8ji)

437 Oh! You darn ol' DOOF!!!
Never mind....you're probably gone by now...
Thanks anyway darlin'

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 12:42 AM (348x5)

438
...

Reassignment, lol.

So true

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:42 AM (/QHx4)

439 Here's your rain:

https://tinyurl.com/5n7un2z3

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 12:43 AM (vOxCS)

440 AOP, some years ago our yard was full of Northern Flickers. Must've been 3 or 4 dozen. I went out to take a picture, and doggo came 'round the corner to scare them all away!

Good sized birds. Wonder if they're good eatin'?

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

441 Some people have lives that don't revolve around boobs.

Posted by: four seasons
.....

You can always revisit life's choices.

Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:45 AM (oq9dX)

442 And yeah! Commander Cody🤪!!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 12:45 AM (348x5)

443 Good sized birds. Wonder if they're good eatin'?
Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

Not as good as Spotted Owl.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:46 AM (1z8ji)

444 With 91.4% in, Crowley leads by 2846, per NBC.

Crowley's tiny lead has slipped a bit. There's still 65000 or so votes out.

Turning to MI, the GOP nominee Rogers (R) was in Congress for 20 years. He's a former FBI agent. He's been endorsed by Trump, but occasionally goes rogue. I like his chances against el-Hamas. Call me crazy. The MI seat was previously held by a DEM so if Rogers were to win, it would be a GOP pickup-- which would make up for the almost ceRtain DEM pickup in NC.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 12:46 AM (RCjYY)

445 Here's your rain:
https://tinyurl.com/5n7un2z3
Posted by: Braenyard

Thanks, but none of that is *my* rain. Ugh. Thanks anyway!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

446 374 I ate a lot of shrimp when we were in Portugal. The things were giant.
Posted by: wth at August 12, 2026 12:09 AM (oq9dX)

______________________________

Sir, can I see some ID please.

Posted by: Oxymoron Police at August 12, 2026 12:47 AM (dIske)

447 Not as good as Spotted Owl.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

LOL!

Mmmmm... cream of Spotted Owl! Lumberjack's feast!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

448 260 El Sayd and Mamdani are wretched pieces of shit. But they’re not stupid. Hong is a retard. It’s like she’s in a league of her own.
Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 11, 2026 11:20 PM (bkPgX)

Francesca Hong is the Mazie Hirono of Abdul El-Sayeds...

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 12:48 AM (Sy6m/)

449
Severe drought here in SW Wyoming.

Oldest son works for the Forest Service here.

He has a herd of horses they take care of. They are having to pay almost $400 a ton for hay to feed the horses.

We need rain but it is too late now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)

450 Hello everyone. Had a nice but odd encounter today. Very pretty young lady stopped me on my walk and asked if I lived in my apartment complex (which I do) and said she'd seen me walking along the Greenway. Very pleasant chat, said she hoped we'd meet again.

She said she was collecting credit card numbers for a school project so naturally I gave her mine. For some reason my phone's been going nuts all evening. Good thing I never answer it.

Part of the above is fictional.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 12:51 AM (CHHv1)

451 Re: female bike racers...if you start seeing 50s torpedo bras again, you will know why

Posted by: Azjaeger at August 12, 2026 12:52 AM (3/XaG)

452 Whelp folks, we now know where Butch and Sundance went...

Armed gunmen just took shots at a train trying to do a heist in San Bernadino CA.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 12:52 AM (mP0Kj)

453
Beckoning,

Let Robert the cat answerthe phone, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:53 AM (/QHx4)

454 Crowley, and Hong...

Why does that sound like a couple of Villains from a 1930s Serial?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 12, 2026 12:53 AM (mP0Kj)

455 Made some good progress doing fiberglass repairs on the dune buggy body tub. Filled some holes and cracks with fiber-reinforced filler, after sanding off a metric fuckton of "bondo", which has almost nil structural strength. Also used the filler as a bonding agent to fill in a hole with small sheets of fiberglass cut from the removed bottom of the battery tray. Ground all that sort of smooth, and laid up some fiberglass mat and resin over it. After about an hour, the resin still hadn't begun to harden. I carried the body into the shop to keep it out of the rain. If the resin is still uncured by morning, I will hit it with a heat gun to see if I can make it kick. If all else fails, peel it off, wash with acetone, and re-do, being sure to get a NEW tube of catalyst. Pretty sure the catalyst I used was well past its expiry date.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:55 AM (1z8ji)

456 Double-checked, and Brave AI says Wisconsin doesn't do runoffs for primary elections. A plurality is enough to win the Democrat party nomination for Governor, and according to Decision Desk HQ, David Crowley is up by 3054 votes with 94% reporting.

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 12:56 AM (Sy6m/)

457 LOL, BC. Funny, and glad it's fiction!

When I worked at the Navy club, we didn't accept credit cards. One guy (civvy, but "authorized" there) plopped his card down to buy a round & I had to tell him "sorry, but no..."

I had a good memory for numbers back then, and got a good look at his card. Loved to play jokes, too.

Couple days later, I told him about all the stuff I'd ordered on his account. He called BS. I rattled off his CC#. He pulled the card out of his wallet and turned very pale....

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

458
Well, another 0.2" after midnight. That makes me just 0.38" below normal for the year for Aug 11.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 12:57 AM (w6EFb)

459 Mmmmm... cream of Spotted Owl! Lumberjack's feast!
Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

I had a ball cap: "Loggers Cream of Spotted Owl Soup", made to look like the Campbell's Soup label. Wore it for years; lost it somewhere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 12:58 AM (1z8ji)

460 lol lol lol

There were “irregularities” in the Milwaukee counting room. And they have to start over.

I almost feel bad for Hong as they’re stealing it from her in slow motion.

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 12:58 AM (bkPgX)

461
Lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)

462 Francesca Hong is the Mazie Hirono of Abdul El-Sayeds.
---

And the Japanese say, of course, she's Korean.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:00 AM (vOxCS)

463 93.4% in, Crowley +3148 per NBC.

About 50000 still out.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 01:01 AM (RCjYY)

464 >>I had a ball cap: "Loggers Cream of Spotted Owl Soup", made to look like the Campbell's Soup label.
---------

Those were very popular here, too!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

465 Boobs beat politics anytime.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 01:02 AM (77rzZ)

466 They have to drive back and get data sticks from other counting rooms? Holy fuck they’re not even trying to hide the steal anymore wow. Just wow

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 01:03 AM (bkPgX)

467
How about the politics of boobs?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

468
Bulg,

Go to bed and enjoy your wife's boobs then you don't have to read about politics here.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:05 AM (/QHx4)

469 The politics of boobs? Uh, okay...

My boobs are "unaffiliated" because they can't sign a registration card.

Can't hold a pen, you might say.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:06 AM (rdVOm)

470 Francesca Hong is the Mazie Hirono of Abdul El-Sayeds.
---

And the Japanese say, of course, she's Korean.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:00 AM (vOxCS)

Poor Hong got the gong. Is there a song about that? Let's look:

https://youtu.be/oH1qyjVsxzg

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 01:07 AM (1z8ji)

471 466

I disagree. We'll see if the Milwaukee results change in any meaningful way. Bearing in mind that Crowley was already leading.

In the meantime, w/ 93.35 in, Crowley +3141. Appx 54000 still out.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 01:07 AM (RCjYY)

472 "Francesca Hong is the Mazie Hirono of Abdul El-Sayeds."

Ha!

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

473 467
How about the politics of boobs?

Posted by: publius,
---

More complex than politics.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:08 AM (vOxCS)

474 Mr. Crowley, what went on in your head?
Oh, Mr. Crowley, did you talk to the dead?
Your lifestyle, to me, seemed so tragic
With the thrill of it all
You fooled all the people with magic
Yeah, you waited on Satan's call

Posted by: Ozzy Osbourne (PBUH) at August 12, 2026 01:08 AM (IG3/x)

475 467
How about the politics of boobs?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)
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Makes it hard to be a centrist. You gotta either be a leftist or rightist

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:10 AM (jth8J)

476 472 "Francesca Hong is the Mazie Hirono of Abdul El-Sayeds."

Ha!
Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

She's slightly less hideous than Hirono, but makes up for it with those k-RAZY eyes.

That's a bunny boiler if I ever saw one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 01:10 AM (IG3/x)

477 468 Thoughts of boobs are not about real life. They are about memory and fantasy.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 01:11 AM (77rzZ)

478 Let's put it this way: Hirono had to go into politics after she couldn't make it in the family whorehouse...which had a clientele of horny sailors (not noted for their fastidious taste in female companionship).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 12, 2026 01:13 AM (IG3/x)

479 How about the politics of boobs?
Posted by: publius

Dunno about that. I have heard of the politics of dancing, though.

https://youtu.be/RcHaYqboZoQ

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:13 AM (VHUov)

480 I am amazed by how so many women don’t understand the male fascination with boobs. You chicks just don’t get it.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 01:15 AM (77rzZ)

481 It's the story of a very unfortunate colored man
Who got arrested down in old Hong Kong
He got twenty years privilege taken away from him
When he kicked old Buddha's gong

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFgCJ6QRbQ

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:16 AM (vOxCS)

482 "How about the politics of boobs?"

'Lysistrata' took a stab at it.

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:16 AM (Jr5Lq)

483 I did some traveling through Wyoming; it is lovely country.
And I would like to spend some time in Montana, because of the book (and film) "A River Runs through It".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 01:16 AM (1QM+Z)

484
I figured there would be some crazy feminist screeds on the Politics of Boobs. And there is. And it's crazy.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 01:17 AM (w6EFb)

485 I was in Door County, WI. It's beautiful.

If you imagine WI as an oven mitten, Door County is the tip of the thumb. It's almost like an island, but not quite.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 01:18 AM (RCjYY)

486 I am amazed by how so many women don’t understand the male fascination with boobs. You chicks just don’t get it.
Posted by: Bulg
-------

We are mostly *annoyed* by it, but put up with it because SOME of you are interesting to us...

I laugh when I think of how things might be different, if men had to display their *cough* SIZE *cough* up front, with special clothing, like we must do with bras...

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

487 CALONICE [fondling Lampito’s bosom]
What an amazing pair of breasts you’ve got!

LAMPITO
O, you stroke me like I’m a sacrifice.

- Lysistrata

Posted by: gp at August 12, 2026 01:19 AM (Jr5Lq)

488 I laugh when I think of how things might be different, if men had to display their *cough* SIZE *cough* up front, with special clothing, like we must do with bras...
Posted by: JQ

They used me to lie about it for centuries.

Posted by: the codpiece at August 12, 2026 01:21 AM (VHUov)

489 The politics of boobs... I'd sure like to see Bulg's yard signs as we approach the midterms.

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:21 AM (jth8J)

490
JM,

You are welcome here.

Wyoming is beautiful and Hubby and I are blessed to live here.

Montana is also awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4)

491 Happy Tuesday Horde!

Great tune as always AOP.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 12, 2026 01:23 AM (ibDUx)

492 Montana is also awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4)
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It's also turning purple. Not good. I don't think wyoming is going purple anytime soon.

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:24 AM (jth8J)

493 I don't think wyoming is going purple anytime soon.
Posted by: 496

Pft. Screw that place. Read upthread; they don't even have food trucks and gotta get them from Utah?

Posted by: a leftist looking for 3AM pad thai at August 12, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)

494 Again...good night.
I often don't fit in here....but I try....

"The future is shaped by your dreams, so stop wasting time and go to sleep! Good night and sweet dreams!'

I love these crazy Morons!!!❤️

Posted by: COMountainMarie at August 12, 2026 01:27 AM (348x5)

495 'Night, COMM.

Hi, Debby--

Doozy of a crowd, tonight!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)

496 496

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:28 AM (jth8J)

497 486 We do not choose our wives based on cup size, any more than women choose their husbands based on penis size. The boob thing is visual and largely a joke. Yeah, that chick has enormous hooters, which I’d like to fondle. That doesn’t necessarily mean that I’d choose her to bear my children.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 01:29 AM (77rzZ)

498
JQ lol,

I have often thought about trying to get the women here to talk about the size of guy's dicks.

Fair is fair, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:30 AM (/QHx4)

499 >>The boob thing is visual and largely a joke. Yeah, that chick has enormous hooters, which I’d like to fondle.
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Exactly, Bulg.

Some of us don't enjoy being "a joke" to anybody.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

500 He has a herd of horses they take care of. They are having to pay almost $400 a ton for hay to feed the horses.

We need rain but it is too late now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)

I saw that the area uses irrigation for hayfields and it blew my Iowan mind. Beautiful scenery you've got, though.

Posted by: pookysgirl doesn't like sitting on hay at August 12, 2026 01:33 AM (Wt5PA)

501 European total solar eclipse coverage.

ESA - Total Solar Eclipse - Europe - August 2026
Date: August 12, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM EDT (19:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/WLEEFVeT1To

Posted by: Joyenz at August 12, 2026 01:33 AM (2F0/Y)

502 496 496
Posted by: 496

Correct.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:35 AM (VHUov)

503 "What's on YOUR mind tonight?"

Well after three hours of sleep, followed by an hour and a half of tossing and turning, apparently it isn't dreams on my mind.

A very good morning everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 01:36 AM (O7YUW)

504 Wandered away. Back now but it's late.
Have a good tomorrow. Y'all are great.

https://youtu.be/jZ2ihDqB1wc

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - half asleep already at August 12, 2026 01:37 AM (9wnX8)

505
Eclipse coolness graph from xkcd:

https://t.ly/lphAy

That is absolutely true.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 01:37 AM (w6EFb)

506 I saw that the area uses irrigation for hayfields and it blew my Iowan mind.
Posted by: pookysgirl

Sounds weird to a Minnesotan, too.

I assume the soil there is too poor to grow anything but prairie grass?

.....without adding an inch of Monsanto's Finest every year, anyway?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:38 AM (VHUov)

507 Elisabeth Fraser has a beautiful voice. My favorite Cocteau Twins song (and an amazing song bar none) is "Blue Bell Knoll", title track from that album.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 01:38 AM (DZ9Lv)

508 Howdy, G & R! You're up early (or late?)

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

509 Goodnight COMM, sorry that I missed you again.

I really hated growing boobs, I couldn't hang around with my brothers and their friends anymore, I was expected to become more ladylike by my Mom.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 12, 2026 01:40 AM (ibDUx)

510 without adding an inch of Monsanto's Finest every year, anyway?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:38 AM (VHUov)
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Correct. The soil was probably real good once, but it all blew away.

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:41 AM (jth8J)

511
Hi pooky's girl,

Only places here that have wells can use irrigation.

A lot of ranchers are downsizing their cattle population.

I love reading about your family. You are such a strong woman and I salute you!

I hope you are well and I'm looking forward to hearing about your expected new darling.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:41 AM (/QHx4)

512 The CoBs have us well-trained. Using URL shorteners for XKCD. Cuts it from 21 characters to 18. 😄

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:41 AM (VHUov)

513
NASA will be streaming the eclipse as well, here:

https://t.ly/WaTPv

They're getting all sorts of assets in the path, including a WB-57, which will follow it at 50K'.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 01:43 AM (w6EFb)

514 I assume the soil there is too poor to grow anything but prairie grass?

.....without adding an inch of Monsanto's Finest every year, anyway?

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:38 AM (VHUov)

From the looks of it, there was barely any topsoil. I'm guessing that's why the ranches are so huge- there isn't a lot of grass to go around.

Posted by: pookysgirl takes her dirt for granted sometimes at August 12, 2026 01:44 AM (Wt5PA)

515 295 "I want this to be a win by 21 votes or something. Throw it all into chaos."

I presume the loser will demand a recount if it's not automatic. We will not know the winner tonight and maybe not for a week.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 11:33 PM (vTZFs)

I looked it up. It isn't automatic, but the loser can request a recount if they were within 1% of the winner's total, and it will even be taxpayer-funded if they were within 0.25%. (0.25-1% margin, they're paying for it themselves, to be refunded if they win.)

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 01:44 AM (Sy6m/)

516 @507: I don't know who this french lady is but I'm infatuated with her and this song

https://tinyurl.com/y6pk35zw

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 01:44 AM (jth8J)

517 I really hated growing boobs, I couldn't hang around with my brothers and their friends anymore, I was expected to become more ladylike by my Mom.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

LOL! Same here. Not just that, but also: they get *in the way*!

I used to be a "tummy sleeper"-- no more! Need a few pillows to get comfy now, and still have trouble. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

518
Q: Who are the cheesiest villains in the Star Trek universe?

A: The Jem Cheddar

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 01:46 AM (DZ9Lv)

519 According to some WI media outlets, a lot of undecideds who preferred Wong nonetheless voted for Crowley, bc they thought Crowley had a better chance of defeating the Republican.

Posted by: mnw at August 12, 2026 01:46 AM (RCjYY)

520 I laugh when I think of how things might be different, if men had to display their *cough* SIZE *cough* up front, with special clothing, like we must do with bras...
Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

The cops keep calling it indecent exposure when we try to show the ladies.

Posted by: guy in a trenchcoat at August 12, 2026 01:46 AM (3U3sD)

521 @508/JQ: "Howdy, G & R! You're up early (or late?)"

A little bit of both. I'm currently running on 3 hours of sleep with the hope that I get tired again. I think I'll take some pain killers to dull some various annoying aches and pains, and see if I can get sleepy again.

Until then though, I'll chat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 01:47 AM (O7YUW)

522 Some of the river scenes in "A River Runs Through It" were actually in Wyoming.

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at August 12, 2026 01:48 AM (zdQuL)

523
I think the saying is Wyoming blows and Nebraska sucks, lol.

I could have that wrong, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)

524 So, as much as I, like any guy, enjoy looking at large breasts, it’s pretty much pointless and stupid. But still fun.

It’s a guy thing, that women will never understand. But that’s OK. Men and women are different, as they should be.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 01:48 AM (77rzZ)

525 Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:41 AM (/QHx4)

Wee Pooky is now at 20 weeks and thinks nighttime is aerobic time. (I blame Piper.) We enjoyed trekking through your state, but I was very glad that we didn't have a teenager, a toddler, *and* an infant for the vacation!

Posted by: pookysgirl had her hands full already at August 12, 2026 01:50 AM (Wt5PA)

526 We do not choose our wives based on cup size, any more than women choose their husbands based on penis size. The boob thing is visual and largely a joke. Yeah, that chick has enormous hooters, which I’d like to fondle. That doesn’t necessarily mean that I’d choose her to bear my children.
Posted by: Bulg

This is obviously a hostage post. The fear is palpable.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 01:50 AM (DZ9Lv)

527 Bulg-- it's not that we "don't understand"-- it's that we think it's ridiculous.

We laugh.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:51 AM (rdVOm)

528 Up in the country where I lived they flood the fields for hay.
They've (irrigation people) got it down to numbers, this grass, needs this much fertilizer and flooded at this time with so many acre ft. of water. Your well has to produce X # gal per minute for X amount of time to accomplish this.
(I heard them talking)

Dad's place, a 150 miles away receives adequate rainfall that this is not necessary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:53 AM (vOxCS)

529 You are welcome here.

Wyoming is beautiful and Hubby and I are blessed to live here.

Montana is also awesome.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4

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Do most people live in cities on a small.plot of land for the house, with all this majestic country around them in the distance? I need to fire up my van and go for a long ride again.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 01:53 AM (BXqv0)

530 527 Bulg-- it's not that we "don't understand"-- it's that we think it's ridiculous.

We laugh.

Posted by: JQ
---

What she's saying, politely, is that they own us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 01:54 AM (vOxCS)

531 LOL JQ, my older brother tried to give me a few golf lessons, he told me that I'd have a much better swing if my boobs weren't getting in the way.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 12, 2026 01:55 AM (ibDUx)

532 "looking at large breasts, it’s pretty much pointless"

Yeah, that's not the shape you want large breasts in.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 12, 2026 01:55 AM (DZ9Lv)

533 What she's saying, politely, is that they own us.
Posted by: Braenyard

We know your weakness. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

534 The most important aspect of boobs is not size but who they are attached to.

G'night folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 12, 2026 01:56 AM (CHHv1)

535 Cheers, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

536 Do most people live in cities on a small.plot of land for the house, with all this majestic country around them in the distance? I need to fire up my van and go for a long ride again.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

If "cities" includes places with a population of 32, I think that describes most of the area from Omaha to Seattle. Lots of empty space--or space that belongs to cows or corn--out there.

Posted by: mikeski at August 12, 2026 01:57 AM (VHUov)

537 JM - I moved to Wyoming a few years back. That's exactly what happens here. Cheyenne is the most populous city and at the edge of town you really are at the edge of town.

Big cities are not far - Fort Collins is about 40 minutes away and Denver about 90 minutes.

Posted by: 496 at August 12, 2026 02:00 AM (jth8J)

538 I checked. Sure enough, there's a Ted Talk on the Politics of Boobs. That ought to take all the fun out of it.

https://tinyurl.com/mr3z55ry

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 02:00 AM (WtW17)

539
JM,

Some people like cities. Some like the wide open spaces.

We live in a small town and we wish we had bought acreage. We have a couple of asshole neighbors.

The asshole next door enjoys telling us what he thinks we should do in our yard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)

540
Andrew McCarthy flew over there to photograph the eclipse. He hasn't said much about it, except he'll be in the Mediterranean somewhere depending on the weather. He's hinted he wants a low sun angle for what he's got planned.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 02:02 AM (w6EFb)

541 Closing time’s coming up, so g’night, y’all.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 02:02 AM (77rzZ)

542 From Omah to Sioux Falls is a corn field. It's fantastic the first time you see it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 02:02 AM (vOxCS)

543 'Night, Bulg. No hard feelings!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

544 >>>he'll be in the Mediterranean somewhere depending on the weather. He's hinted he wants a low sun angle for what he's got planned.

Posted by: publius, Rascally
--

Hope he's not on that little electric yacht.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 02:03 AM (vOxCS)

545 543 JQ, no hard feelings taken.

Posted by: Bulg at August 12, 2026 02:05 AM (77rzZ)

546
WIth a low sun altitude, you can get some landscape in front of it, and do all sorts of cool things. He's got something planned, and I'm sure it will be way cool if he can pull it off.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 02:06 AM (w6EFb)

547 @539/four seasons: "The asshole next door enjoys telling us what he thinks we should do in our yard."

Inspirational video for potential responses:

https://tinyurl.com/bdzmzpe8

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 02:08 AM (O7YUW)

548 If "cities" includes places with a population of 32, I think that describes most of the area from Omaha to Seattle. Lots of empty space--or space that belongs to cows or corn--out there.

Posted by: mikeski
---

Is it at a crossroads?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 02:09 AM (vOxCS)

549 >> "The asshole next door enjoys telling us what he thinks we should do in our yard."

Well then!

Tell him he should get to work. That yard won't *fix* itself! LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

550 Thing about land in the country there is no default to pick up.
Country folk pay their bills. When you buy land in the country, outside the urban circle, you will pay a premium.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 02:12 AM (vOxCS)

551 Cheers, JQ!

Good night. Bulg, have some sweet booby dreams!

publius, I hope that I will get to see even a tiny bit of the meteor shower around here.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 12, 2026 02:12 AM (ibDUx)

552
This is obviously a hostage post. The fear is palpable.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

================

The true note of false enthusiasm.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 12, 2026 02:13 AM (XJ22o)

553 Well, past midnight. Time for bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 12, 2026 02:14 AM (1z8ji)

554 Night Debby & AOP.

Sweet dreams.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:15 AM (rdVOm)

555
It's cloudy and rainy here, so absolutely no chance tonight.

Forecast is clear and mostly clear for midnight and a few hours after that tomorrow night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

556 I'm heading out too. Have a good evening. 'night.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 12, 2026 02:18 AM (vOxCS)

557
Thank you Grumpy.

We keep our yard neat but the asshole thinks everyone should have a yard that looks like his.

We are in a severe drought here, no outdoor water usage. I am a night owl and sit on the patio at night. The neighbor sneaks out in the middle of the night to run his sprinklers.

Some people think they are special.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:19 AM (/QHx4)

558 Yeah, it's "clear" here, but for the smoke. I think they mean no clouds.

Will have a look outside...

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)

559
Well, I'll be. The Perseids radiant is just circumpolar here. Barely, just skims above the horizon at the lowest. I did not know that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 02:20 AM (w6EFb)

560 >>The neighbor sneaks out in the middle of the night to run his sprinklers.

Four seasons--

If there's a meter, your neighbor won't "get away" with the water usage. LOL.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

561
JQ, town is monitoring water usage. We hope he gets a very large bill.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:23 AM (/QHx4)

562
So, if there's a big chuck of comet Swift-Tuttle out there lurking which is gonna do a Younger Dryas comet swarm thing, I'll be able to see it coming any time of the day.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 12, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)

563 If things continue as they are, I think that Hong will just barely be unable to request a recount, almost as if they calculated how many votes they would need for that. IANAL and am just going by my understanding of Brave AI's summary, so when it talks about the margin percentage, I think it would be calculated like this:

Margin / Winner
= (Crowley - Hong) / Crowley
= (Crowley / Crowley) - (Hong / Crowley)
= 1 - (Hong / Crowley)
= 1 - (310,037 / 313,34

= 1 - 0.98943
= 0.01057
= 1.057%

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 02:27 AM (Sy6m/)

564 539
JM,

Some people like cities. Some like the wide open spaces.

We live in a small town and we wish we had bought acreage. We have a couple of asshole neighbors.

The asshole next door enjoys telling us what he thinks we should do in our yard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)

-------

What JQ said! Acreage. Space. I'm living now in a home with state park land (forest) on three sides of me. I'm spoiled, but I have to move by the end of the year. Won't find this, but maybe a substitute...

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 02:28 AM (Vbre+)

565
SviVo,

Thank you for the update.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:29 AM (/QHx4)

566 I should just get in the habit of putting spaces between numbers and parentheses. That was 313,348, not 313,34:cool:.

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 02:29 AM (Sy6m/)

567
Commies suck and I hope they are sucking ass tonight.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:32 AM (/QHx4)

568 = 1.057%
Posted by: SciVo

That was definitely math.

Posted by: the guy who says there should be no math at August 12, 2026 02:34 AM (VHUov)

569 Four seasons-- I am surprised that we are not "restricted" on irrigation water this year. They usually scream "OMG, drought!!!" if any shortage of rainfall... and this year has been quite dry.

Nope. Not a peep. No restriction so far this summer. (Odd!)

Anyway, when we're "restricted" the irrigation utility checks meters and cruises the area frequently. If people are watering during *disallowed* hours, or exceed certain threshold:

1st offense: warning
2nd offense: water shut-off. (irrigation, not "domestic")
Tampering with valve: Fine and prosecution.

They don't F around.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)

570 @557/four seasons: You're welcome (for the levity on the annoying situation with your neighbor.)

"We are in a severe drought here, no outdoor water usage. I am a night owl and sit on the patio at night. The neighbor sneaks out in the middle of the night to run his sprinklers."

Get it on video and show it to your by-law enforcement officers.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 12, 2026 02:41 AM (O7YUW)

571 Too hazy to see much tonight.

The usual bright stars are kind-of visible, but that's it.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

572 four seasons,
I grew up in a Chicago home of 890 square feet on a 7000 sf lot. Two parents and six kids. So I really can't complain about anything. I find in the future. But as you say, extra space is nice.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 12, 2026 02:42 AM (uJWG4)

573
JQ,

It's a small town here and we think a lot of people here are connected with the powers that be.

Five houses on our street and three are watering their grass. What is funny now their grass is turning yellow. We have such a hot summer this year that no matter how much you water the grass it is going to die, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:42 AM (/QHx4)

574 Roll out those lazy hazy crazy days of Summer!

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:43 AM (kS1bF)

575 LOL, four seasons. That's the way it goes, huh?

I water just enough to keep the weeds alive. Most of the grass is "hanging in there" but the yard looks like hell, overall.

Meh. As long as it doesn't turn into a dust-bowl, I'm happy.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:46 AM (rdVOm)

576 Hubby was better at keeping a "lawn" than I'll ever be.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:48 AM (rdVOm)

577 What kind of grass? Bluegrass? In a drought it is impossible to put down enough water through an ordinary sprinkler. Normally Bluegrass will go dormant. It looks brown, but it will be fine when cooler temperatures and rain returns in the fall. Just keep foot traffic off it.

They are not only wasting water it will cause the turf to go into root shock and probably kill it. Stupid fuckers.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:49 AM (kS1bF)

578
We had our yard aerated, seeded and fertilized and then, boom, water restrictions.

We can't control the weather.

Thank goodness we have not had a nearby wildfire so far.

Is Spokane still burning? What an awful time for the people there.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:52 AM (/QHx4)

579 Yard here is mainly weeds and "pasture grass"-- it's lovely green in Spring & grows like crazy, so I'd need to mow twice a week.

Once it's HOT, I can relax and just mow the weeds and little patches of fescue (?) every-other week or so...

There's chicory, wild lettuce, cheese weed, dandelion and burr-clover to keep it looking *green* from a distance.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

580 Oh, and a few other weeds what I don't know the names...

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

581 The rule is, basically either irrigate thoroughly and completely, or don’t irrigate at all. Because, you can’t stop till the fall. Dormancy looks bad, but plants know what they are doing. Imagine that.

Plus, an added benefit of dormancy is you don’t have to mow when it’s 103°. Can’t turn turfgrass “on” and “off” like that, it will go into dormancy just fine, and come out of it just fine, but strangely enough half-assed watering, e.g. some fuckhead standing with a hose in his yard giving it a little sip will likely kill it altogether.

This is how weeds take over a lawn. Classic.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 12, 2026 02:58 AM (kS1bF)

582
Our lawn is dead this year except for some weird shit that is growing. We have Aspen trees and have been told that the stuff growing is from the aspens. Who knows.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:00 AM (/QHx4)

583
Common Tater,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:02 AM (/QHx4)

584 This is how weeds take over a lawn. Classic.
Posted by: Common Tater

I gave up on the lawn BS when hubby was sick. Too many other things to do! It languished for years.

Sad, but maybe I can rejuvenate next year... or not... unless I can get a sprinkler system installed.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

585
JQ,

You have enough to deal with now.

You are taking of your husband. You are amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:05 AM (/QHx4)

586 One of these days we will learn that the police are not our friends.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:13 AM (ue8gJ)

587 Thanks, four seasons, but:

Nursing home is taking care of hubby now. I'm just... existing.

Lawn? Housekeeping? Vehicles? Meh. DGF about it all. I do the bare minimum and still feel overwhelmed.

Some day I'll *pull my head out* but for now I just can't even with everything.

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)

588
Flock ought to be dismantled and sent to the closest landfill. It's been abused by law enforcement and it seems to be on the edge of extinction. Perhaps a couple of multi-million dollar judgments would push it over the edge...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 11, 2026 10:20 PM (D/6p1)

Bang on your legislators. My TX HR rep is worthless. My TX Sen is fortunately a solid conservative. I’ve been hitting on his office frequently on this. I expect to see a law proposed for the 2027 Legislature that ends Flock in TX. And all ALPRs besides.

Sounds impossible? Well, they ended red light cameras. (You hear that, Balcones Heights?)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:16 AM (ue8gJ)

589
Cow Demon,

Back in the day they were. Now, it is iffy.

I think they have so many quotas to meet now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:17 AM (/QHx4)

590 One of these days we will learn that the police are not our friends.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Done!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)

591
JQ,

Please don't push yourself. Make sure you have me time.

It is important.

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

592 Good night, horde.. it's past bedtime LOL!

Fight, fight, fight!

Posted by: JQ at August 12, 2026 03:20 AM (rdVOm)

593
Sleep well JQ

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:21 AM (/QHx4)

594 501 European total solar eclipse coverage.

ESA - Total Solar Eclipse - Europe - August 2026
Date: August 12, 2026
Time: 1:30 PM EDT (19:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/WLEEFVeT1To
Posted by: Joyenz at August 12, 2026 01:33 AM (2F0/Y

On 11 August 1999 a total solar eclipse went through Europe. I missed it thanks to a cloudburst at my location.

6585.3 days later on 21 August 2017 I saw the exact same eclipse as it went through WY at 1145 MDT. Not a cloud in the sky. Amazing.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:22 AM (ue8gJ)

595 590
Cow Demon,

Back in the day they were. Now, it is iffy.

I think they have so many quotas to meet now.
Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:17 AM (/QHx4)

I agree. But it is safer to assume they just another power hungry asshole until proven different.

How many of them will fight and die for these ALPRs? That’s all you need to know.

(What pisses me off the absolute most is that given the nature of their job - more or less babysitting the 1% of assholes that make their jobs necessary - I’d love to shower them in praise. But…

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:25 AM (ue8gJ)

596
Our town is so small we don't have stoplights.

Of course we have assholes blowing through stop signs and the 4 way stops.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:25 AM (/QHx4)

597

I think most police officers are good but they are hamstrung with by the crazy laws we have now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:30 AM (/QHx4)

598
We live in a small town and we wish we had bought acreage. We have a couple of asshole neighbors.

The asshole next door enjoys telling us what he thinks we should do in our yard.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 02:00 AM (/QHx4)

Small towns are not all that great. Ask me how I know.

Later, for it is back to work and people here move like old people f*** (h/t, GySgt Hartman).

Posted by: Mao at August 12, 2026 03:31 AM (ue8gJ)

599 I don't want to get up

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

600 I think most police officers are good but they are hamstrung with by the crazy laws we have now.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:30 AM (/

They hate you. As they hate everyone who isn’t a cop.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:32 AM (ue8gJ)

601
One night here my husband was out of town.

In the middle of the night some asshole was banging onthe door yelling let me in. He ran from the front door to the back door trying to get in the house.

I called 911 and they were here in no time. They caught the guy in the driveway and had their guns pulled and screaming at the guy to get on the ground, get on the ground.

He was drunk and was at the wrong house.

I was so thankful they responded so quick.

There are many good police out there.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 03:47 AM (/QHx4)

602 Most cops are like most people. Would you want most people to be in a position of power over you?

Probably not.

You don't have to think cops are evil (at least not more evil than the average man with man's fallen nature) to recognize what a threat they can be.

I try to arrange my life to have as few interactions as possible with people who can shoot me for disobedience.

Posted by: No man is an island, but I'm striving to be a peninsula at August 12, 2026 03:55 AM (F7MYc)

603 They hate you. As they hate everyone who isn’t a cop.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 12, 2026 03:32 AM (ue8gJ)

I don't think it's emotional; I think it's the {click}{whrrrr} of a triggered response. With their full-time job being to deal with the antagonistic, it becomes first habit and then character to treat everyone like an antagonist.

Action, once chosen, when
Repeated, swiftly becomes automatic
Habit; which over time settles into
Character, such that when added to
Circumstance, becomes no less than
Destiny.

If you're lucky, they're just at the Habit level, where conscious attention is enough to override it. If it's a matter of Character, then they've become antagonists themselves. Big-city cops, such as Chicago and Los Angeles, have a reputation for just being the biggest and best-organized gang; "Badge Gang Goombas," one blogger called them.

Posted by: SciVo at August 12, 2026 03:56 AM (Sy6m/)

604 four seasons tjat happened to my dad when I was very young. Dad grabbed shotgun butvlucky recognized guy in apartments next door. Drunk of course

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 03:58 AM (Ia/+0)

605
Skip lucky for the guy your Dad recognized him.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 04:00 AM (/QHx4)

606 I'm going to have to get a part for my old Honda. The liner in the wheel well had a screw fall out and now it's detaching itself from the car. Not too bad at the moment but I'll have to take care of it today. Might take to the local Honda dealer, they should have the right part. it's not a typical screw, from what I can tell.

Love racing but simply not a big car guy.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 12, 2026 04:23 AM (sAmhv)

607 FLOCK cameras...yup, already being used for illegal searches of Gov't legally protesting and criticizing Gov't.

You can have safety or freedom. Choose wisely.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:32 AM (l3cgK)

608 608 FLOCK cameras...yup, already being used for illegal searches of by Gov't legally protesting and criticizing Gov't.

You can have safety or freedom. Choose wisely.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:32 AM (l3cgK)

Geez. Corrected. Dunno why fingers will type something completely different that what I intend...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:34 AM (l3cgK)

609 609 608 FLOCK cameras...yup, already being used for illegal searches of by Gov't legally protesting and criticizing Gov't.

You can have safety or freedom. Choose wisely.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:32 AM (l3cgK)

Geez. Corrected. Dunno why fingers will type something completely different that what I intend...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:34 AM (l3cgK)

One last try...FLOCK cameras...yup, already being used for illegal searches by Gov't of those legally protesting and criticizing Gov't.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 12, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

610 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (odBC9)

611
I choose freedom.

Posted by: four seasons at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (/QHx4)

612 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 12, 2026 04:36 AM (Ia/+0)

613 65 Wong losing by only 700 votes w/ 70% in.
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 10:30 PM (RCjYY)

Wong-->Hong

Posted by: m at August 12, 2026 04:55 AM (odBC9)

614 Hong hong

Posted by: Oops Oopsie at August 12, 2026 09:21 AM (m+gHC)

Reject Rescues Cafe

Richard Bernabe

Adopting a rejected four-day-old lamb.

Saving a sickly baby goat rejected by his mom. Don't worry, she gets better.

"Hakuna Matada, f***face!"

Training the cutest little baby attack dog.

Adopting an orphaned kitten off the street.

More of the baby elephant playing with his toy, a bike tire.

Lion wants the elephant to know that she's the apex predator here and the elephant says go f*** yourself in the face, Karen.

Woman helps injured porcupine while she's convalescing.

Dog tries to corral an escaped cow.

Orphaned raccoons follow a 19-year-old horse home.

The band Rush used to feature an introduction by Count Floyd. I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans.

She wanted to photograph the snow leopard she had raised and then released into its habitat to document the reintroduction... but the leopard in its natural habitat was "surprising�. pic.twitter.com/GwMR9mx8pV
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) August 10, 2026

A couple of days ago I posted a colorized film of NYC in the 1940s.

This one is from the thirties.

Elephant reunited with its family..🐘😊 pic.twitter.com/Yaep3rdt6q
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) August 11, 2026

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Sponge? Blade?

Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 07:34 PM (Y8DZL)

3 Good evening, Skip. How’s Trix?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2026 07:35 PM (RK3Ss)

4 The band Rush used to feature an introduction by Count Floyd. I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans.

I saw that a couple of times, Count Floyd on the giant video screen. They also had Bob and Doug Mackenzie and some other Canadian celebs I can't remember. And they'd show their South Park appearance.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:38 PM (2Drhq)

5 Sponge? Blade?

Need something hard and you have Moron rock-paper-scissors.

The Paulo?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2026 07:38 PM (RK3Ss)

6 Woohoo! Cafe!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 07:39 PM (VyBeY)

7 Still fighting off Mgid every once in awhile

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 07:40 PM (Ia/+0)

8 I like elephants.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

9 You can tell that snow leopard's a native of the alpine, 'cause he sure wants to be mountin'.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (2Drhq)

10 I think I posted this painting before but it's the only one I had that somewhat matched the subject of one of the cafe videos. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (bvDnE)

11 Been a few music threads tthat the Etts are not Rush fans

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (Ia/+0)

12 King Floyd > Count Floyd

Posted by: Groove Me Baby! at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (G5vcO)

13 King Floyd

Groovy.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2026 07:43 PM (RK3Ss)

14 Rush has also used South Park and Jerry Stiller for intros.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 07:43 PM (CNl8/)

15 polynikes that is awesome

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)

16 Counts Rule, Barons drool!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 07:44 PM (wVcYX)

17

Wow polynikes!! Beautiful

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:45 PM (/QHx4)

18 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) and Chloe the Bengal Klutz are getting to know one another by chasing each other around the house.

Allie is currently playing the role of "predator" and Chloe is the "prey."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:46 PM (FZ29D)

19 That Rush video -- what were the 3D glasses for?

Posted by: Emmie at August 11, 2026 07:46 PM (OlzlW)

20 The snow leopard vid looked like AI.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:47 PM (bvDnE)

21
Well, it's gonna be Darlin and either Ralph Norman or Russell Fry.

Fuckin' Mark Sanford is pulling 4th statewide, winning Charleston, and coming in second down there close. No chance he'll make the runoff, but still, after the Appalachian Trail and all that, he's still pulling votes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 07:48 PM (w6EFb)

22 4 The band Rush used to feature an introduction by Count Floyd. I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans.

I saw that a couple of times, Count Floyd on the giant video screen. They also had Bob and Doug Mackenzie and some other Canadian celebs I can't remember. And they'd show their South Park appearance.

Posted by: Delurker
=========
Men and women are different and have different tastes on average across a lot of entertainment. Rush fans are a particular demographic of males and some females that like what Rush offers-intelligent lyrics, stellar musicianship, and a long career in music.

Others may like Taylor Swift. The two are not the same.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)

23 nice painting, polynikes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 07:49 PM (VyBeY)

24 >>>I think I posted this painting before but it's the only one I had that somewhat matched the subject of one of the cafe videos. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:41 PM (bvDnE)
*****
Amazing work polynikes, thank you for sharing.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2026 07:49 PM (21GCO)

25 Fuckin' Mark Sanford is pulling 4th statewide, winning Charleston, and coming in second down there close. No chance he'll make the runoff, but still, after the Appalachian Trail and all that, he's still pulling votes.
Posted by: publius
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That douchebag needs to be permanently flushed from politics. Has the political instincts of a rock.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 07:50 PM (E4rtv)

26 There were two lady Rush fans in the late 70s, early 80s. Sadly one has passed away and the other is in Assisted Living.

Posted by: Joan Lunden For A Place For Mom at August 11, 2026 07:50 PM (JM9I6)

27 I've been to a ton of Prog band live shows and they're all sausage fests. I've seen YES countless times and they draw fewer females than Rush.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:51 PM (2Drhq)

28 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/liQddCqCDY0

Neil Peart gives advice if your girlfriend hates Rush

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 07:51 PM (CNl8/)

29 Allie the Calico Kitty Cat (the *other* cutest little cat of them all) and Chloe the Bengal Klutz are getting to know one another by chasing each other around the house.

Allie is currently playing the role of "predator" and Chloe is the "prey."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:46 PM (FZ29D)

Mine will often swap sides when they get to one end of the house, and chase back to the first side.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (uhVAy)

30

We lived in SC during the Sanford crap.

He has no shame. Go away

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (/QHx4)

31 I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans.

Women like cats. Why would they want to listen to a cat being strangled?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (ExV1e)

32 20 The snow leopard vid looked like AI.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:47 PM (bvDnE)
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*dons monocle*
I concur.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (HM3K9)

33
That Rush video -- what were the 3D glasses for?
Posted by: Emmie

Count Floyd showed 3D movies on Monster Chiller Horror Theater (an SCTV bit)

Posted by: Gabriel Peters at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)

34 My mom collected Elephant figurines. It became easy to buy her gifts for Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Days , etc.

When she passed I had about 200 high quality elephant figurines and another hundred that were nice but not really worth anything. I could have sold the good ones on the intertubes but I'm lazy so I brought them to an antique shop for consignment sale. it's been a year and sold about half of them. Deal was 60/40. Wish I wasn't lazy.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (bvDnE)

35 Says it right up front: snow leopard video made with AI.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

36 Elephant! One of my favorite animals. Especially the baby ones.

Posted by: Case at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (fV9m3)

37
Had a crown fall off my tooth. Scheduled to have it fixed tomorrow morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (O0L8i)

38 "Why would they want to listen to a cat being strangled?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"

👍!

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:54 PM (MWfyi)

39 Rush sucks.

Geddy Lee sounds like a cat being strangled.

Hate hate hate

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 07:54 PM (yEz+x)

40 Reminder, tweets by "Gabriele Corno" use unrelated but visually similar snippets to create fictitious narratives.

Posted by: Born Free at August 11, 2026 07:55 PM (raD1m)

41 Thanks for the nice feed back.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:55 PM (bvDnE)

42 NY from the thirties.

And it hasn't been that clean since.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 07:55 PM (vOxCS)

43 I would like Rush more if it wasn't for the singing.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

44 Who names an elephant Richard?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (Ot/FD)

45 Pot roast, carnivore style.

Posted by: Eromero at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (UYYJi)

46
Here in Greenville, Sanford is pulling 3rd, ahead of Fry, which surprises me. Norman has lead signficantly, 40%, with Darline 2nd at 22%. But just 17% of the votes are in.

Statewide, about 20% are in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (w6EFb)

47
Had a crown fall off my tooth. Scheduled to have it fixed tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Hope there's enough tooth left to hold the crown.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (Cqx++)

48 Count Floyd showed 3D movies on Monster Chiller Horror Theater (an SCTV bit)
Posted by: Gabriel Peters at August 11, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++

I thought there was going to be something during the song that the glasses would be used for.

Posted by: Emmie at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (OlzlW)

49 19 That Rush video -- what were the 3D glasses for?
Posted by: Emmie

Count Floyd was always hawking the 3-D glasses, just send $26.
How else are you going to appreciate 3-D House of Stewardesses?

Posted by: Canadian Dollars Or 'Murican? at August 11, 2026 07:57 PM (JM9I6)

50 Check the snow leopard video on X. The video is captioned: made with AI.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:57 PM (ZVgZ4)

51 I voted for Norman this morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:57 PM (bWZYx)

52 Geddy Lee had at least one visit to The Great White North.

Posted by: Edith Prickley at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (JM9I6)

53 ays it right up front: snow leopard video made with AI.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

Me no see

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (bvDnE)

54 Heh

Shoulda read the comments before commenting. Oh well.

Shoot me.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (yEz+x)

55 Everyone's a critic.

Posted by: Ai Wei-Wei at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (Ot/FD)

56 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez splits from fiancé Riley Roberts. -TMZ

She's available, boys.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

57 25 Fuckin' Mark Sanford is pulling 4th
---

Did they throw him and his lover out of Argentina?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (vOxCS)

58 Youtube is full of AI generated crap now.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:59 PM (Cqx++)

59 Shoot me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (yEz+x)

Bang.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:59 PM (ExV1e)

60 Rush fans are a particular demographic of males and some females that like what Rush offers-intelligent lyrics, stellar musicianship, and a long career in music.

Others may like Taylor Swift. The two are not the same.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)

OK, lol, but there are other kinds, than just those two.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 07:59 PM (zYpTz)

61 "The good news is i'm spending all your money on freezing my eggs.

The bad news is you still can't fertilize them."

Oof. Fuckin' hell, Sandy. Way to kick a guy in the nuts.

At least she can't get alimony from the poor dipshit.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (Ot/FD)

62 Had a crown fall off my tooth. Scheduled to have it fixed tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Clean it. Super Glue Gel. Bite Down. Done.

Posted by: Saved A Bundle at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (JM9I6)

63 My mom collected Elephant figurines. It became easy to buy her gifts for Christmas, birthdays, Mother's Days , etc.

When she passed I had about 200 high quality elephant figurines and another hundred that were nice but not really worth anything. I could have sold the good ones on the intertubes but I'm lazy so I brought them to an antique shop for consignment sale. it's been a year and sold about half of them. Deal was 60/40. Wish I wasn't lazy.
Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:53 PM (bvDnE)

If you haven't done so already, take a gander at Nick Fox's YT channel, Millennial Inheritance. 377 videos of situations like yours.
https://tinyurl.com/Nick-Fox-YT

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

64 I like that an elephant's finishing attack move is, "proceed forward".

Posted by: banana Dream at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (3uBP9)

65 56 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez splits from fiancé Riley Roberts. -TMZ
---

He left her a long time ago. She was interfering with his love life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (vOxCS)

66
Fuckin' Mark Sanford is pulling 4th
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Did they throw him and his lover out of Argentina?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

He ought to move to Los Angeles and buy a junkyard.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)

67
New York in the 1930s. Needs more homeless encampments, squeegee guys and "street artists".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (O0L8i)

68 It doesn't say AI if you watch the vid direct from aos. At least from what I says.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (bvDnE)

69 There's probably some type of female that likes Rush AND Taylor Swift. Take caution though, and be sure to check the eyes.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (MWfyi)

70 Rush fans are a particular demographic of males and some females that like what Rush offers-intelligent lyrics, stellar musicianship, and a long career in music.

So... kind of like Babymetal if the girls in Babymetal were unattractive, didn't do a choreo routine to metal, and the lead singer were painful to listen to.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (ExV1e)

71 62 Had a crown fall off my tooth. Scheduled to have it fixed tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Clean it. Super Glue Gel. Bite Down. Done.
Posted by: Saved A Bundle at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (JM9I6)

And the money you save can go towards treating your crippling mandible infection!

Hooray!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (Ot/FD)

72 60 Rush fans are a particular demographic of males and some females that like what Rush offers-intelligent lyrics, stellar musicianship, and a long career in music.

Others may like Taylor Swift. The two are not the same.
Posted by: whig
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But neither represent what one would call mature music.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (vOxCS)

73
He called off the engagement with the Argentine Firecracker way back. Didn't last.

He's still single, ladies.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

74 Geddy Lee's nose is even more impressive viewed with 3-D glasses.

Posted by: Nostrildamus.. at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (JM9I6)

75 Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (wVcYX)

Thanks for the info.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:02 PM (bvDnE)

76 Clean it. Super Glue Gel. Bite Down. Done.
Posted by: Saved A Bundle at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (JM9I6)

You can buy dental glue at most pharmacies. Not too expensive. I'd still see the dentist, though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:03 PM (ExV1e)

77 There's probably some type of female that likes Rush AND Taylor Swift. Take caution though, and be sure to check the eyes.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (MWfyi)

Don't Touch Me !

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:03 PM (bvDnE)

78 I had a crown come off a tooth. I got some stuff from a drugstore to put it on temporarily. Told my dentist about it and he laughed and said "So you're a dentist now". Didn't do anything with it. It held for ten years. It's the same cement they use.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (bkuEU)

79 He said "baby the juice ain't worth the squeeze" and she said "that's alright baby I hate juice. Free Palestine!"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (Ot/FD)

80 4 The band Rush used to feature an introduction by Count Floyd. I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans.

I saw that a couple of times, Count Floyd on the giant video screen. They also had Bob and Doug Mackenzie and some other Canadian celebs I can't remember. And they'd show their South Park appearance.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:38 PM (2Drhq)

They counted seven one time at a concert. It was a record.

The shortest line to the women’s restroom at any public event or facility has been and always will be at a Rush concert.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (4g5V+)

81 "I can't understand why there aren't more female Rush fans."

Chicks aren't big into going from 7/4 to 4/4 to 6/8 to 13/8 to 5/4 to... in one song. Girls just wanna have fun, not do natural science.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (DZ9Lv)

82 And the money you save can go towards treating your crippling mandible infection!

Hooray!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

I said clean it!

Posted by: Safety Patrol at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (JM9I6)

83
Geddy Lee's nose is even more impressive viewed with 3-D glasses.
Posted by: Nostrildamus..

Looks like Angine de Poitrine.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (Cqx++)

84 I said clean it!
Posted by: Safety Patrol at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (JM9I6)

Swished it under the faucet and everything

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (Ot/FD)

85 Walmart, Walgreens, etc sell tooth kits that allow you to put an airtight, functioning (you can chew and drink) cover over that exposed tooth.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (vOxCS)

86 66
Fuckin' Mark Sanford is pulling 4th
---

Did they throw him and his lover out of Argentina?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

He ought to move to Los Angeles and buy a junkyard.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:01 PM (Cqx++)

Yeah, except he’s a little too pale.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (4g5V+)

87 I could not name a Rush song and I can't stand Taylor Swift. Last modern group I really listened to is "Dire Straits".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (Tgq0P)

88 Youtube is full of AI generated crap now.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:59 PM (Cqx++)

Somebody ought to start a video-sharing site, and call it TrueTube. No AI permitted at all. No ads, and no "monetizing". You post a video, and it gets a million views? You get, get this, fuck all. You want to to use a portion of your video time to sell merch, beg for donations, or promote a sponsor, fine, do that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 08:06 PM (1z8ji)

89 You can't really dance to Rush, just move around like a spaz, so I suppose that might have something to do with it.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

90 43 I would like Rush more if it wasn't for the singing.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)

I don't like a lot of the compositions. Yes, they are musically complex, and I can appreciate that. But a lot of Rush music is awkward ear worms (lookin' at you, Free Will, Tom Sawyer, and others). They are not melodic nor pleasant to have in my head.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (zYpTz)

91 Funny. Hadrian is wed to Her Majesty, yet he has the crown.

Posted by: The Royal Jools at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (JM9I6)

92 Somebody ought to start a video-sharing site, and call it TrueTube. No AI permitted at all. No ads, and no "monetizing". You post a video, and it gets a million views? You get, get this, fuck all. You want to to use a portion of your video time to sell merch, beg for donations, or promote a sponsor, fine, do that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 08:06 PM (1z8ji)

How would you pay for developing the site, policing that there was no AI or pedo stuff, and paying for the bandwidth?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (ExV1e)

93 89 You can't really dance to Rush, just move around like a spaz, so I suppose that might have something to do with it.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

Eh, that's how I dance to everything.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:08 PM (Ot/FD)

94 As a friend of mine once told me, the day Rush is appreciated will come a few years after the last surviving member of the band dies.

They will be loved only when they are gone. (H/t, Nightwish)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:08 PM (4g5V+)

95 Looks like Angine de Poitrine.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (Cqx++)

Is that "extra gravy" or "extra cheese curds" on the fries?

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

96 I bet a chick could belt out rush lyrics pretty well, right in their upper soprano. Or, a chick Rush cover band. Get some altos and mezzos in there.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 11, 2026 08:09 PM (3uBP9)

97 But a lot of Rush music is awkward ear worms (lookin' at you, Free Will, Tom Sawyer, and others). They are not melodic nor pleasant to have in my head.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Those are two of Rush's best songs. The fills in Tom Sawyer are classic. And how can you not love a song about choosing bathyspheres?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 08:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

98 Wow, polynikes.

That’s really cool. Do you sell any of your work?

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 08:10 PM (yEz+x)

99 I have to get up extra eary
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

100 I had a crown come off a tooth. I got some stuff from a drugstore to put it on temporarily. Told my dentist about it and he laughed and said "So you're a dentist now". Didn't do anything with it. It held for ten years. It's the same cement they use.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

I don't think they use cement anymore. Last time I had a crown put on they used an adhesive that required some kind of light wand to cure it.

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:10 PM (lJ0H4)

101 96 I bet a chick could belt out rush lyrics pretty well, right in their upper soprano. Or, a chick Rush cover band. Get some altos and mezzos in there.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 11, 2026 08:09 PM (3uBP9)

All female Rush cover band?

What are they called, "I'm just getting my makeup on stop yelling"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:11 PM (Ot/FD)

102
They will be loved only when they are gone. (H/t, Nightwish)

Posted by: Cow Demon
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And loved that they are gone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:11 PM (vOxCS)

103 How would you pay for developing the site, policing that there was no AI or pedo stuff, and paying for the bandwidth?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:07 PM (ExV1e)

Volume.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 08:11 PM (1z8ji)

104 She's available, boys.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

I’d have to drink three six packs just to look at her face (h/t, Anthrax).

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:11 PM (4g5V+)

105 Those are two of Rush's best songs. The fills in Tom Sawyer are classic. And how can you not love a song about choosing bathyspheres?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 08:09 PM (DZ9Lv)

I didn't say they're not good. I just don't find them pleasant to listen to. And then those weird tunes stick in my head, and I can't get them out, and it's 3 am and I still can't sleep because of them. That's all.

Dire Straits definitely more my speed, Fen.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 08:13 PM (zYpTz)

106 100 I had a crown come off a tooth. I got some stuff from a drugstore to put it on temporarily. Told my dentist about it and he laughed and said "So you're a dentist now". Didn't do anything with it. It held for ten years. It's the same cement they use.
Posted by: Notsothoreau
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It was a week and a half before my appointment.
By the time I had the appointment I was thinking, 'and I'm paying how much for this?'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:13 PM (vOxCS)

107 I bet a chick could belt out rush lyrics pretty well, right in their upper soprano. Or, a chick Rush cover band. Get some altos and mezzos in there.
Posted by: banana Dream

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFGdl3_k0Q

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 08:13 PM (DZ9Lv)

108
Norman and Fry remain neck and neck for 2nd place with about 32% of statewide votes in.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 08:13 PM (w6EFb)

109 I've been to a ton of Prog band live shows and they're all sausage fests. I've seen YES countless times and they draw fewer females than Rush.
Posted by: Delurker

Dream Theater, same. The few gals there all had their "I'm here with my boyfriend and he owes me one now" faces on.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 08:14 PM (VHUov)

110 59 Shoot me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (yEz+x)

Bang.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Missed.

Fundamentals.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 08:15 PM (yEz+x)

111 And loved that they are gone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:11 PM (vOxCS)

You will listen to them at that point, and then say “This is awesome! When are they going on tour?” I’ll be nearby to tell you the truth: no more. They came, they dropped a ton of genius music, and left, and now are off the mortal coil. All that we have left are the recordings and the memories of those who appreciated them while they were here.

At which point the tears start to flow.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:15 PM (4g5V+)

112 I like that an elephant's finishing attack move is, "proceed forward".
Posted by: banana Dream

Elephant used Freakin' Big!

It's super effective!

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 08:17 PM (VHUov)

113 Missed.

Fundamentals.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 08:15 PM (yEz+x)

That's fair. I should practice more.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:19 PM (ExV1e)

114 AOC is available now?

Posted by: Sir Mix-A-Lot at August 11, 2026 08:19 PM (Q+gd/)

115 "Dance, Dance, Dance" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1965 album Beach Boys Today! Written by Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, and Mike Love, it was first issued as a single in October 1964, backed with "The Warmth of the Sun".

"Dance, Dance, Dance" marked Carl's first recognized writing contribution to a Beach Boys single, his contribution being the song's primary guitar riff and solo.

"Dance, Dance, Dance" was composed by Brian and Carl Wilson, while the lyrics were written by Brian and Mike Love. Although many pop songs raise their key at the start of a final chorus, "Dance, Dance, Dance" subverts this convention by modulating in the middle of the verse.

As performed by The Fendertones, a quality father & son Beach Boys tribute band.
https://youtu.be/I3vs06IhjIo

Chicks are dancing their balls off to this one.

Posted by: Count de Monet copies Wiki at August 11, 2026 08:19 PM (wVcYX)

116 Rush was initially at least a serious stoner/pothead band.
A little more cerebral than the Zeppelin or later AC/DC crew.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:19 PM (/TJTM)

117 You will listen to them at that point, and then say “This is awesome! When are they going on tour?” I’ll be nearby to tell you the truth: no more. They came, they dropped a ton of genius music, and left, and now are off the mortal coil. All that we have left are the recordings and the memories of those who appreciated them while they were here.

At which point the tears start to flow.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:15 PM (4g5V+)

You have a rich fantasy life.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:20 PM (ExV1e)

118

U tube has a video of a cat running a black bear out of a yard in BC.

Pretty cool cat.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 08:20 PM (/QHx4)

119
Elephant used Freakin' Big!

It's super effective!
Posted by: mikeski

Quantity has a quality of its own.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:21 PM (Cqx++)

120 Damn I thought I joined a Nickleback bashing thread but it's only Rush.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:21 PM (bvDnE)

121 That’s really cool. Do you sell any of your work?
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 08:10 PM (yEz+x)

I do but I don't market it.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:22 PM (bvDnE)

122 "Rush was initially at least a serious stoner/pothead band."

Then Alex and Geddy found coke. I think Neil stayed with the pot. He was the cerebral one.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 08:22 PM (DZ9Lv)

123 107 I bet a chick could belt out rush lyrics pretty well, right in their upper soprano. Or, a chick Rush cover band. Get some altos and mezzos in there.
Posted by: banana Dream

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFGdl3_k0Q

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
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Cheeky.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:23 PM (vOxCS)

124 Exactly 250 years ago to the day (August 10), King George III of Great Britain found out that the American colonies, through the Continental Congress, had declared themselves free and independent states.

fucking wankers
go kill them

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:24 PM (/+uur)

125 I don't think they use cement anymore. Last time I had a crown put on they used an adhesive that required some kind of light wand to cure it.
Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:10 PM (lJ0H4)
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Dental adhesive is pretty amazing stuff. According to my dentist, it actually forms a chemical bond with your tooth enamel. The downside is if a filling becomes cracked, that will take away some of the tooth enamel with it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (FZ29D)

126 Quantity has a quality of its own.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 08:21 PM (Cqx++)

I believe Bulg would agree.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (wVcYX)

127 Hilldog or K George

“When subjects, forgetting the duties of obedience and gratitude, presume to arraign their lawful Sovereign before the tribunal of their own passions, it becomes necessary—not for the vindication of authority, which stands secure in God’s ordinance—but for the instruction of the misled and the correction of error, that the Crown should speak plainly,”

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (/+uur)

128 Orphaned kitten is adorable and ( although I'm
Not interested in dating her ) the girl is cute too.

Our kitten is hilarious but exhausting . He's clearly never been used to living in a house before although he knows about a litter box. . I just came into a room and he hopped out of a bag on the floor. It started me .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (DzHyO)

129 Oh no!

TMZ
@TMZ
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez splits from fiancé Riley Roberts.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 11, 2026 08:26 PM (ndZc7)

130 By that, I meant the fans. Every pothead longhair had a "Rush" T-shirt, it was practically a uniform.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:27 PM (/TJTM)

131 56 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez splits from fiancé Riley Roberts. -TMZ

She's available, boys.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 07:58 PM (CNl8/)

I married crazy once, long ago. Not doing it again.

I saw this coming when I noticed that she was freezing eggs and not embryos. Keeping her options open.

Or maybe he's had enough of her shit and took a hike.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:27 PM (X5Jzz)

132 “When subjects, forgetting the duties of obedience and gratitude, presume to arraign their lawful Sovereign before the tribunal of their own passions, it becomes necessary—not for the vindication of authority, which stands secure in God’s ordinance—but for the instruction of the misled and the correction of error, that the Crown should speak plainly,”
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (/+uur)

Six years later...

"They say to blow it out your ass, Your Majesty." -- General Charles Cornwallis

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:28 PM (ExV1e)

133 Or maybe he's had enough of her shit and took a hike.

Posted by: a.moron

Hope he fixed her garbage disposal before taking a hike.

Posted by: Waste King at August 11, 2026 08:29 PM (JM9I6)

134 62 Had a crown fall off my tooth. Scheduled to have it fixed tomorrow morning.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Clean it. Super Glue Gel. Bite Down. Done.

Posted by: Saved A Bundle at August 11, 2026 08:00 PM (JM9I6)

I'm as much a "Mr FixIt" as anyone, and a cheap bastard too, but I wouldn't consider doing that.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:29 PM (X5Jzz)

135 Our kitten is hilarious but exhausting . He's clearly never been used to living in a house before although he knows about a litter box. . I just came into a room and he hopped out of a bag on the floor. It started me .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 08:25 PM (DzHyO)
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It doesn't take long for cats to figure out the litter box.

Chloe found a suitable litter box within minutes of arriving at my home.

Of course, she'd been holding it in for seven hours in my car until that point, so that may have had something to do with it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

136 Or maybe he's had enough of her shit and took a hike.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:27 PM (X5Jzz)
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That would be my guess. How long had they been engaged? More than a year? Two years?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:31 PM (FZ29D)

137 84 I said clean it!
Posted by: Safety Patrol at August 11, 2026 08:04 PM (JM9I6)

Swished it under the faucet and everything

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 08:05 PM (Ot/FD)

Swish some Everclear around in your mouth first, then swallow the Everclear for "pain management".

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:32 PM (X5Jzz)

138 Rush is an acquired taste. I get why some people really dislike them.

But as a general rule, women have a pretty juvenile taste in music. My wife is an exception, she has good taste. Most of the women I've ever known are stuck with a 14yo's musical palate. They want something with a beat you can dance to, and pop lyrics that aren't too challenging.

Where a man might want a nice musical bourbon, they want some 99 bananas.

Sorry, not sorry. It is what it is.

*prepares for incoming*

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 08:33 PM (sU/8L)

139 Catering Cart-Gate.

Seth Abramson
@SethAbramson
Here’s a NYT image of the President of the United States fleeing Turkey *inside an airport catering cart* as he leaves members of his own staff and the entire White House traveling press pool to die in a warned-of Iranian military attack over Turkey
Impeach this m*therfucker now

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 11, 2026 08:33 PM (ndZc7)

140

Fuck off Seth

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (/QHx4)

141 Dentists been messing with us for generations. Every visit they say "Bite down". Any idiot knows that only the lower mandible moves, biting up is correct.

Posted by: Moose Jaw, SK at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (JM9I6)

142 Dental adhesive is pretty amazing stuff. According to my dentist, it actually forms a chemical bond with your tooth enamel. The downside is if a filling becomes cracked, that will take away some of the tooth enamel with it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

21st century dentistry. Can't beat it.

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (lJ0H4)

143 AoC freezing eggs is to motherhood what 2 dudes going to Moms and Margaritas first day of kids in school is to fatherhood.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (/+uur)

144 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:29

Good for Chloe. Glad she got some relief It's a nice name too!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (DzHyO)

145 Swish some Everclear around in your mouth first, then swallow the Everclear for "pain management".
Posted by: a.moron

=====

Better listen to him, Flounder. He's in pre-med

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 11, 2026 08:35 PM (4HoLg)

146 Dentists been messing with us for generations. Every visit they say "Bite down". Any idiot knows that only the lower mandible moves, biting up is correct.
Posted by: Moose Jaw, SK at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (JM9I6)

Glorified barbers, they is.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:36 PM (wVcYX)

147 Yeah, the light thing dentists use is a scam. It's just to drive up the bill. Don't fall for it.

Posted by: Tried And True 3M Adhesives at August 11, 2026 08:36 PM (JM9I6)

148 Enes Kanter Freedom said on Tuesday he’s officially begun his “transition” to a WNBA player

He will be the 4th or 5th most manly looking player in the WNBA

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:36 PM (/+uur)

149 21st century dentistry. Can't beat it.
Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (lJ0H4)
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It really is amazing.

I had to get a root canal not that long ago.

Barely felt a thing. The procedure was amazing. Over and done with in about 15 minutes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:36 PM (FZ29D)

150 Seth Abramson needs a fainting couch .

How dare Trump be surrounded by SS agents and pulled from the stage while gun fire was erupting leaving his staff and audience to die !!

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:37 PM (bvDnE)

151
This race, minus Darline, is pure regional politics. Ralph Norman is taking the upstate and Fry is taking his district, with Darline roughly second.

Sanford is the spoiler in the Low Country, with that spoilage bleeding up into the Midlands a bit. Norman and Fry are sort of tied below Darline and Sanford.

So, the 2nd place winner will be the Upstate vs the Pee Dee balance of votes for their guy.

If Sanford wasn't in, the Low Country and Midlands could've still split the vote between Norman and Fry, but they could've swung if they wanted to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 08:37 PM (w6EFb)

152 *sigh

No raptors...

Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 08:37 PM (g47mK)

153 As performed by The Fendertones, a quality father & son Beach Boys tribute band.
https://youtu.be/I3vs06IhjIo

10 out of 10 ... well done !

Posted by: browndog says woof at August 11, 2026 08:37 PM (3sXRv)

154 I...may be permanently scarred now. Browsing Reddit, there was an ad with a cute Asian woman in underwear rolling around on a bed. TomBoyX underwear...a little weird, because she doesn't look like a tomboy, but whatever.

Wait...it says it's "tucking" underwear, tested on "tucking" models?!?!?!?

🤮

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2026 08:38 PM (d8zZq)

155 Hi friends!

Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 08:39 PM (ZdaMQ)

156
56% of the vote in, and I'm gonna bet it's gonna be Norman who takes 2nd, so the run-off will be Darline and Norman.

I'm halfway gonna think Norman may just win that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 08:39 PM (w6EFb)

157 Evenin’, All.

Snow leopards are frickin’ awesome.

Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 08:40 PM (77rzZ)

158 141 Dentists been messing with us for generations. Every visit they say "Bite down". Any idiot knows that only the lower mandible moves, biting up is correct.

Posted by: Moose Jaw, SK at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (JM9I6)

I'll try to remember to correct my dentist next time I see him.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:40 PM (X5Jzz)

159 155 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

160 >>>
Wait...it says it's "tucking" underwear, tested on "tucking" models?!?!?!?

🤮

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brough
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Maid in Thailand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 08:42 PM (vOxCS)

161 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty wasn't that good as a story but the cinematography was up there as the best I've ever scene. The Snow Leopard scene towards the end was good.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

162 DSA It is our turn to try it now
Will you lie and cheat yes
Will you let criminals kill citizens yes
Will you end policing of criminals killing citizens yes
Will you take property without courts yes
Will you end civil rights yes

Seems to be a great plan.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:43 PM (/+uur)

163
Her Majesty has a BCOA board meeting right now. She asked me to pick up some liquor for her when I made a run out this afternoon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 08:43 PM (O0L8i)

164 I mean, where will the eventual successor band find a cat that can withstand that kind of torture.

The thing is Gaddy Lee's voice just kills me. It is so sharp as to be almost tonal to my ear. The thing is when I listen to a cover of a song, I still hear his fucking voice in my head.

Its like Sean Hannity or Ben Shapiro. Nope, cant listen to it.

Dont like it. No sir. But you can enjoy it all you like.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

165

One of the jr high boys next door is selling raffle tickets for guns. The money benefits the local youth football league. We bought several.

Wyoming!! What a great state.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 08:47 PM (/QHx4)

166 Wait...it says it's "tucking" underwear, tested on "tucking" models?!?!?!?

🤮
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2026 08:38 PM (d8zZq)

*cue Crying Game music*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 08:47 PM (zZu0s)

167 142 Dental adhesive is pretty amazing stuff. According to my dentist, it actually forms a chemical bond with your tooth enamel. The downside is if a filling becomes cracked, that will take away some of the tooth enamel with it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

21st century dentistry. Can't beat it.

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:34 PM (lJ0H4)

Modern dentistry is one of the many reasons I feel blessed to have been born in the second half of the twentieth century.

Along with indoor plumbing, the vast and varied availability of food, modern medicine, vaccines, modern transportation and communications, and a hundred other things that make our daily lives infinitely better than just a couple of generations ago.

We are truly blessed to be alive today.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:47 PM (X5Jzz)

168
And they've called it, Darline and Norman in the runoff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 08:48 PM (w6EFb)

169 If the Three Stooges and W.C. Fields could do a credible job as a dentist, it can't be all that hard.

Posted by: Dr. I.B. Yankem, DDS at August 11, 2026 08:48 PM (JM9I6)

170 145 Swish some Everclear around in your mouth first, then swallow the Everclear for "pain management".
Posted by: a.moron

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Better listen to him, Flounder. He's in pre-med

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 11, 2026 08:35 PM (4HoLg)

I though I was pre-law?

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:48 PM (X5Jzz)

171 166 Wait...it says it's "tucking" underwear, tested on "tucking" models?!?!?!?

🤮
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2026 08:38 PM (d8zZq)

*cue Crying Game music*
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Lola. L O L A Lola....

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at the local karaoke bar at August 11, 2026 08:49 PM (d8zZq)

172 I like Norman's chances.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 08:50 PM (bWZYx)

173
Lola. L O L A Lola....
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at the local karaoke bar at August 11, 2026 08:49 PM (d8zZq)

'Tastes just like cherry cola'

Iirc the lyrics correctly.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 08:51 PM (zZu0s)

174 Wait...it says it's "tucking" underwear, tested on "tucking" models?!?!?!?

🤮
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2026 08:38 PM (d8zZq)
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This is why the rest of us stay safely inside the boundaries of AoSHQ.

Once we step outside the blog, there's no telling what horrors we'll face!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:51 PM (FZ29D)

175 Her Majesty has a BCOA board meeting right now. She asked me to pick up some liquor for her when I made a run out this afternoon.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

LOL. What did you buy her?

Posted by: Tuna at August 11, 2026 08:51 PM (lJ0H4)

176 Better listen to him, Flounder. He's in pre-med

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 11, 2026 08:35 PM (4HoLg)

I though I was pre-law?
Posted by: a.moron

It's all fine as long as you aren't pre-diabetic.

Posted by: Wilford Brimley at August 11, 2026 08:51 PM (d8zZq)

177 I can't understand why there ~~aren't more female~~ are any Rush fans.

FIFY.

Posted by: Big Penguin at August 11, 2026 08:52 PM (epk1g)

178 LOL. What did you buy her?
Posted by: Tuna

ValuRight.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 08:52 PM (bWZYx)

179 Modern dentistry is one of the many reasons I feel blessed to have been born in the second half of the twentieth century.

Along with indoor plumbing, the vast and varied availability of food, modern medicine, vaccines, modern transportation and communications, and a hundred other things that make our daily lives infinitely better than just a couple of generations ago.

We are truly blessed to be alive today.

Posted by: a.moron
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Conveniences almost beyond imagination.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 08:52 PM (XeU6L)

180 178 LOL. What did you buy her?
Posted by: Tuna

ValuRight.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

That's not what the ladies like!

Posted by: Boone's Farm, Bartels and James, White Claw, etc at August 11, 2026 08:53 PM (d8zZq)

181 But neither represent what one would call mature music.

Posted by: Braenyard

Depends on what you call mature, I cannot stand opera singing for example--I can appreciate the raw talent needed to sing like that at volume but I don't care to listen to it. Not too fond of cRAP either but I can see why others like it. Techno bores me.

Other than that, I can listen to Sousa marches, classical in whatever format, jazz although some of the bebop is not my favorite, rock, pop, country, even folk music. So mature is simply a term in the case of music is what I like is mature and what I don't like is immature.

FWIW, classical piano trained as a yute for years--hands too small to be a great pianist though. So I played boogie woogie when teacher was outside the room.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

182 YD,
I love NeilYoung, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty

Their voices are not optimal. The music and lyrics are.

But I just can’t get past Geddy Lee. It’s so bad.

I love love love Billy Bragg and Wilco.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 08:55 PM (zFqBN)

183 Edgar Buchanan (Uncle Joe, movin' kinda' slow) was a dentist.

Posted by: So Was His Wife at August 11, 2026 08:57 PM (JM9I6)

184 So I played boogie woogie when teacher was outside the room.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:54 PM

Boogie-woogie has some dedicated fans in Europe. I ran into a guy from Amsterdam once who talked my ear off after somehow I revealed I knew a little about it. He said he's not alone, and apparently Germany and some of the Scandis harbor some, too.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 11, 2026 08:59 PM (0sNs1)

185 168
And they've called it, Darline and Norman in the runoff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb)
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Did my brother take care of you?
I'm my brother's keeper.
I'll take care of you.
_Love, Darline

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 09:00 PM (vOxCS)

186 Dont like it. No sir. But you can enjoy it all you like.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Saw them at their popular peak at a couple of shows. Great shows--one of them used the soon to be banned festival seating aka sort it on the floor as there were no seats (Nashville in 82-3 I think).

Back in those 70's to 80's days, tickets were affordable for yutes, lots of bands touring, and you did not have to be a billionaire to get good seats--just queue up. Ticketmaster and the assorted scum with their own computerized scalping ruined concert music. The money was there so Ticketmaster and bands still relevant enough to draw people set up perfect price discrimination using the scalper's model.

That outpriced it for the fans while catering to the social and money snobs there to be seen with the best seats.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:00 PM (E4rtv)

187 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reportedly secretly split from her longtime fiancé years before she decided to freeze her eggs.

The controversial New York congresswoman broke up with Riley Roberts and called off their engagement almost two years ago.

Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts met when they were both undergraduates at Boston University.

The two were last pictured together at the 2021 Met Gala, and Ocasio-Cortez announced their engagement the following year.

But about 18 months ago, the engagement was suddenly called off, according to Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent for Puck News.

It is unclear what may have led up to the split, but insiders have said Ocasio-Cortez stopped wearing her engagement ring in the months before they decided not to get married.

The news comes as Ocasio-Cortez announced that she is in the process of freezing her eggs and documenting the process.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at August 11, 2026 09:02 PM (0sNs1)

188 Boogie-woogie has some dedicated fans in Europe. I ran into a guy from Amsterdam once who talked my ear off after somehow I revealed I knew a little about it. He said he's not alone, and apparently Germany and some of the Scandis harbor some, too.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Haven't played in years as moving constantly early on, you can't really tote a piano along. But I still get a kick out of ragtime, boogie woogie, zydeco and the Louisiana N'awlins pianists like Professor Longhair and Dr. John.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

189 > It is unclear what may have led up to the split

She got tired as serving as a beard for that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (IG3/x)

190
Here's a local station page with a heat map type display of county results, and that shows the regional dynamic at play:

https://t.ly/g3f0X

Norman big in the upstate, Fry big in the Pee Dee, and Darline in the Midlands and everywhere else, with Sanford being the Low Country spoiler. Darline did pull ahead of Sanford by a little in Charleston.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (w6EFb)

191
Hubby and I are old, we have no idea about popular music. The grandkids are here a couple of times a week and they listen to stuff that sounds like shit. We don't care, we are happy they are here.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (/QHx4)

192 It's all fine as long as you aren't pre-diabetic.
Posted by: Wilford Brimley

====

If you're the real wilford Brimley, say 'die-uh-bee-tees'

Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (4HoLg)

193 FWIW, classical piano trained as a yute for years--hands too small to be a great pianist though. So I played boogie woogie when teacher was outside the room.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

Didja have a cartoon mouse help you out?
https://youtu.be/fZtk2IgK644

Rhapsody Rabbit

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:04 PM (wVcYX)

194 I missed the thread earlier about Talarico's fake republican supporters, but it meshes with a feel I get about Talarico's entire campaign - it's all fake! The supporters are fake, the polls are fake, the candidate is fake, nothing about it is real in any sense. It's all a big op.

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 09:04 PM (edUvp)

195 By the way, Sandy... I'm sure Elon would be happy to give you a kid. Remember when you two were flirting on Twiter (as it was then)?

You wouldn't be the first crazy bitch he's knocked up.

At least he's rich enough to avoid most of the consequences of sticking it in crazy.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:05 PM (IG3/x)

196 This is as close as I ever get to a Rush argument:

I love them. A huge part of the soundtrack of my youth. Colossally talented musicians (Geddy's singing aside).

Analog Kid was me as a bored teenager. Prolly my favorite Rush song. I also love Losing It, from the same album.

That is all.

Carry on.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (0aYVJ)

197 We are truly blessed to be alive today.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 08:47 PM (X5Jzz)

We could live in far more joyful times if the Left weren't such hateful cocksuckers and the Right weren't such pussy traitors. I can't believe I had the fortune to grow up in the 80's and 90's and therefore know for certain all their commie race and class bullshit is just retarded lies. People got along a lot better before the Left stuck their snout into everyone's anus.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (vE0+H)

198 Conveniences almost beyond imagination.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 08:52 PM (XeU6L)

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But but but slavery, man!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (/wPHZ)

199 That outpriced it for the fans while catering to the social and money snobs there to be seen with the best seats.
Posted by: whig

Tickets to the Sept. 3, 1977 concert at Englishtown Raceway in NJ featuring the Grateful Dead, NRPS, and the Marshall Tucker Band were $10. Fourteen hours of live music for ten bucks.

Posted by: Kinda Hot And Humid, But Great Fun at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (JM9I6)

200 My husband is explaining martial arts to me. I piss him off by calling everything karate.

Posted by: nckate at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (enNUy)

201 200 My husband is explaining martial arts to me. I piss him off by calling everything karate.
Posted by: nckate at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (enNUy)

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The joke's on you. Everybody was kung fu fighting.

Posted by: Carl Douglas at August 11, 2026 09:07 PM (/wPHZ)

202 My husband is explaining martial arts to me. I piss him off by calling everything karate.
Posted by: nckate

Amp it up. Call it all "Pedant-style Kung Fu."

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 09:08 PM (VHUov)

203 It is unclear what may have led up to the split
----------------

I think it was a classic case of who gives a shit.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:08 PM (vE0+H)

204 182 YD,
I love NeilYoung, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty

Their voices are not optimal. The music and lyrics are.

But I just can’t get past Geddy Lee. It’s so bad.

I love love love Billy Bragg and Wilco.
Posted by: nurse ratched

You might like Fairport Convention (had Sandy Denny in it and Richard Thompson among others)--look up her version of Where Does the Time Go (she is also on a couple of Led Zep songs). Richard and Linda Thompson were married for a time and put out some stellar music in the 70's to the early 80's. And Richard is still trucking along even now.

And Richard has a puckish sense of humor

Here he is presenting live, one of the songs he covers in 800 years of Music tour (started as a pure folkie and then became something).

Posted it earlier but you might get a kick out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU

FWIW, Fenelon, he lives now part time in New Jersey but originally Scottish. Plays clean music safe for all ages.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

205 The news comes as Ocasio-Cortez announced that she is in the process of freezing her eggs and documenting the process.

I'm okay with her not successfully reproducing, and leading many of her fellow travelers along the same path to genetic oblivion.

Or, I'm willing to take one for the team and breed with her. Won't tell her about the vasectomy until it's too late!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 11, 2026 09:09 PM (d8zZq)

206 200 My husband is explaining martial arts to me. I piss him off by calling everything karate.
Posted by: nckate at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (enNUy)

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The joke's on you. Everybody was kung fu fighting.
Posted by: Carl Douglas at August 11, 2026 09:07 PM (/wPHZ)

Repeatedly ask him which one is Bruce Lee. He'll love you for it.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:09 PM (wVcYX)

207 Haven't played in years as moving constantly early on, you can't really tote a piano along. But I still get a kick out of ragtime, boogie woogie, zydeco and the Louisiana N'awlins pianists like Professor Longhair and Dr. John.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

I had a dear grandmother, long since passed away, who was a very quiet homemaker, stereotypical 40's and 50's housewife who took care of the family. Never learned to read music.

And yet if Grandpa could talk her into it, she could sit down and play ragtime on the piano, all off the top of her head, no sheet music, that would make any bar crowd stand up and cheer! She never explained, she'd just say "well it's in my head."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 09:09 PM (edUvp)

208 Tickets to the Sept. 3, 1977 concert at Englishtown Raceway in NJ featuring the Grateful Dead, NRPS, and the Marshall Tucker Band were $10. Fourteen hours of live music for ten bucks.
Posted by: Kinda Hot And Humid

I've been cleaning up basement over time and came across my stash of old ticket stubs to concerts. Highest was in the early 90's for Billy Joel in Memphis at about 20 bucks after taxes and ticketmaster. Most were between 8-14 bucks though.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)

209

AOC's beard is lucky he got away alive. Maybe he did not like the idea he might be the First Pussyman.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (/QHx4)

210 Are we talking the Great Pee Dee River, or The Little Pee Dee River?

Posted by: Low Country Louie at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (JM9I6)

211 The two were last pictured together at the 2021 Met Gala, and Ocasio-Cortez announced their engagement the following year.

But about 18 months ago, the engagement was suddenly called off, according to Leigh Ann Caldwell, the chief Washington correspondent for Puck News.

It is unclear what may have led up to the split, but insiders have said Ocasio-Cortez stopped wearing her engagement ring in the months before they decided not to get married.

So, "last pictured together" in 2021.

Engaged in 2022.

Disengaged in 2025?

If that's true..... If the paparazzi can't get one picture of you together in 3 years, and you're dating a camera whore like AOC, then you were never her fiance, dude. You were a convenient excuse to brush off all the guys who just wanted to date her.

Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (VHUov)

212 AOC's beard is lucky he got away alive. Maybe he did not like the idea he might be the First Pussyman.

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Cuck Consort

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 09:11 PM (/wPHZ)

213 If that's true..... If the paparazzi can't get one picture of you together in 3 years, and you're dating a camera whore like AOC, then you were never her fiance, dude. You were a convenient excuse to brush off all the guys who just wanted to date her.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (VHUov)

Now do Talaricos GF

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:11 PM (/+uur)

214 Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts met when they were both undergraduates at Boston University...It is unclear what may have led up to the split...

She went from being an undergrad with no prospects to a congresswoman with national office ambition and thought she could do/deserved better? Doesn't seem too difficult to understand (except why she waited this long if she's considering children).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 11, 2026 09:13 PM (d8zZq)

215 200 My husband is explaining martial arts to me. I piss him off by calling everything karate.
Posted by: nckate at August 11, 2026 09:06 PM (enNUy)

Ask him is there is a better Karate movie than fistful of yen!

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:13 PM (/+uur)

216 I love love love Billy Bragg and Wilco.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I swear mention Billy Bragg to Brit Lass and she will go on for the next hour at least. An hour!

That or Thatcher breaking the working class by selling them their council houses at a discount and offering them the promise of a VCR. I joke that that's all she's gonna go on about if heaven forfend she ever becomes demented.

But now of course she's gun totin' red-blooded neo-nazified geraldo nose-breaking ultra MAGA.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:13 PM (vE0+H)

217 213 If that's true..... If the paparazzi can't get one picture of you together in 3 years, and you're dating a camera whore like AOC, then you were never her fiance, dude. You were a convenient excuse to brush off all the guys who just wanted to date her.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 09:10 PM (VHUov)

Now do Talaricos GF

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:11 PM (/+uur)

You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school. In Canada.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 09:14 PM (X5Jzz)

218 And yet if Grandpa could talk her into it, she could sit down and play ragtime on the piano, all off the top of her head, no sheet music, that would make any bar crowd stand up and cheer! She never explained, she'd just say "well it's in my head."
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Piano in the home used to be the live entertainment for a lot of people. I could read music and still can despite years since doing it but I am in awe of those that can do what your grandmother did. I had to work up for the yearly show that my piano teacher put us through. I had strong hands so she put me playing modern composers with crashing chords--Bartok, Persichetti, etc. rather than something like DeBussy, Bach, or Mozart. Did decent on waltz accompaniments too.

Came across the old recital programs cleaning up as well. About the digitize the lot but may make a memory box out of the ticket stubs.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:14 PM (E4rtv)

219 Freezing eggs at 35 is like getting car insurance when it has 100k on the clock.

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:14 PM (/+uur)

220 Tickets for all the big names were between $5.50 and $7.50 back in the day at the Hippodrome in flyover country.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:14 PM (lYuPF)

221 Posted it earlier but you might get a kick out of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4WGsMplGxU

FWIW, Fenelon, he lives now part time in New Jersey but originally Scottish. Plays clean music safe for all ages.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

I always like Fairport Convention!
It reminds me I played some Jethro Tull for my 12 year old grandson, and he said "yeah that's pretty cool, they're kind of a pirate band aren't they?"

And I said "yeah, I hadn't thought of that but you're right, they're a Pirate Band."

Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 09:15 PM (edUvp)

222 You wouldn't know her, she goes to a different school. In Canada.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 09:14 PM (X5Jzz)

Georgia

Georgia Glass

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:15 PM (/+uur)

223 @204: Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)
****
Whig, Fairport Convention is a favorite of mine. I listen to them often. Sandy Denny's voice is sweet.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2026 09:16 PM (21GCO)

224 >>>She went from being an undergrad with no prospects to a congresswoman with national office ambition and thought she could do/deserved better? Doesn't seem too difficult to understand (except why she waited this long if she's considering children).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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She has no intention to have a child. She's splitting the difference, getting attention and riding the fence between abortion advocates and women who have or will have children.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 09:17 PM (vOxCS)

225 When I was a teen, we could sometimes scrape up enough money for concert tickets by collecting soda bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a pickup load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:17 PM (IG3/x)

226 Freezing her eggs and keeping them frozen ain't carbon neutral.

Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2026 09:18 PM (Q+gd/)

227 “Allegheny County Elections Division Manager David Voye said Allegheny County does not have a system to verify citizenship for voters.”

Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:19 PM (/+uur)

228
I don't know who would be the worst president. Kamala or AOC.

It is scary to think about.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)

229 In 1920 more than 20% of Americans could play the piano.

Posted by: No Radio, Few Recordings at August 11, 2026 09:19 PM (JM9I6)

230 225 When I was a teen, we could sometimes scrape up enough money for concert tickets by collecting soda bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a pickup load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Attending concerts is a human right! Under a DSA administration, all concert tickets are free, as well as refreshments, including mind-altering substances!

Posted by: New DSA platform plank at August 11, 2026 09:20 PM (d8zZq)

231 Leggo my Eggo

Posted by: AoC at August 11, 2026 09:20 PM (/+uur)

232 I always like Fairport Convention!
It reminds me I played some Jethro Tull for my 12 year old grandson, and he said "yeah that's pretty cool, they're kind of a pirate band aren't they?"

And I said "yeah, I hadn't thought of that but you're right, they're a Pirate Band."
Posted by: Tom Servo

Heh. Richard Thompson got a call from Playboy about what he could contribute to a project of the top popular music from the 1000's onwards. He started to do some research as he was already well acquainted with a lot of really old English and Scottish folksongs from playing them for years. Never heard another word from Playboy but decided to cut an album with some of his chums and then tour. You can listen to the whole album on Youtube (about 26 songs).

Live concert of him with band playing the songs on the album is here. About 1 hour 47 minutes on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDZdU-snqTs&t=88s
Seminar in musicology and Thompson is noted for his wry commentary during the concert on the songs.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)

233 Like the elephant photo. Lately I've been thinking about getting back into B&W film (i.e. not digital) photography after laying it aside for college some 40 years ago.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 11, 2026 09:21 PM (vTZFs)

234 What? It's defrosting?

Posted by: A.O.C. at August 11, 2026 09:22 PM (Q+gd/)

235 Whig, Fairport Convention is a favorite of mine. I listen to them often. Sandy Denny's voice is sweet.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly
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Beautiful in fact. Sandy and Richard along with the rest of Fairport Convention were driving to a gig and crashed---killed a band member and I think Thompson's girlfriend. And that worsened Denny's mental state.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)

236
When I was a teen, we could sometimes scrape up enough money for concert tickets by collecting soda bottles and aluminum cans.

You'd need a pickup load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Tickets used to cost the same as an LP.
Then a CD.
Then a whole sound system.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM (Cqx++)

237 Who would want to inseminate or fertilize AOC other than the Hee Haw donkeys? She thinks mighty highly of herself.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM (tvdD1)

238 229 In 1920 more than 20% of Americans could play the piano.
Posted by: No Radio, Few Recordings at August 11, 2026 09:19 PM (JM9I6)

Left arm was crushed under a 1977 Cordoba and after about 5 hours no surgery the doc (Suchter was his name) put it back together thru traction.
I asked will I be able to play the piano and he said NO!
I said great I am a violinist.

Posted by: AoC at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

239 I think can and bottle fees, the redemption was 5c or 10c as far back as the 1960s, wasn't it?

If they adjusted these for inflation it would be a buck or so, no? That way a feller could go collect beer cans again, to see Rush

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (lYuPF)

240 You'd need a pickup load to do that nowadays.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

There are plenty of crappy local bands you can see for peanuts in your community!

Funny enough, while perusing the local events calendar in Hawaii, there are a BUNCH of ancient bands playing. Fleetwood Mac, Air Supply, The Four Tops, Journey...it's like a musical retirement home!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (d8zZq)

241 off

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (/+uur)

242
We live two blocks from the middle school. The football team is there practicing. It is great to hear. They aren't practicing the gay football, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (/QHx4)

243 234 What? It's defrosting?
Posted by: A.O.C. at August 11, 2026 09:22

Just a temporary power outage in this third world hell hole that you helped create.

Posted by: Rex B at August 11, 2026 09:25 PM (R0XxO)

244 From the previous thread:

145 Ok, this might sound odd. Hasan looks ofd. His upper body when he is standing looks really off. Like not right. Awkward not right. Is he wearing a bullet proof vest under the shirt?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

I don't know exactly, but as an anchor baby raised abroad, he will always be awkward. When other kids were learning how to relate to people, he was a spoiled fat rich Turkish little boy on a pony (there's a photo).

Women can sense weakness, and both Bridget Phetasy and Shoe0nhead have called out Piker's "fat kid energy." No matter that he grew up and hit the gym, on the inside, he will always be that fat kid on a pony.

Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 09:25 PM (Sy6m/)

245 237 Who would want to inseminate or fertilize AOC other than the Hee Haw donkeys? She thinks mighty highly of herself.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM (tvdD1)

I dunno, probably half the Morons here would step up to do the deed, as long as it was one and done and they didn't have to stick around and talk to her.

Let's face it, most dudes don't have real high standards, and she seems doable, as long as you don't have to spend time with her.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 09:28 PM (X5Jzz)

246 >>>Beautiful in fact. Sandy and Richard along with the rest of Fairport Convention were driving to a gig and crashed---killed a band member and I think Thompson's girlfriend. And that worsened Denny's mental state.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM (E4rtv)
****
Did not know that, sad story for such talented artists.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2026 09:28 PM (21GCO)

247 I don't know who would be the worst president. Kamala or AOC.

It is scary to think about.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:19 PM (/QHx4)
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I don't think we need to worry about either possibility just yet...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 09:28 PM (FZ29D)

248 Are we talking the Great Pee Dee River, or The Little Pee Dee River?
Posted by: Low Country Louie
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Didyou knwthat Stehen Foster originally wrote the song as 'Way Down Upon the Pee Dee River'? S'true. He never actually even saw the Suwannee River.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:29 PM (XeU6L)

249 So Muhammedans got no game.
Other than hate and violence.

We have the chance to walk away. We have oil and gas.
We have power.
Maybe the smart game in Iran is to say fuck you and provide help to build pipelines.

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:29 PM (/+uur)

250 AOC has begun the process of becoming a potato. I give her 10 years tops.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 09:29 PM (YwEeS)

251 Damned space bar is getting flaky.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:30 PM (XeU6L)

252 Crikey. My typing skills have gone to hell.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:31 PM (XeU6L)

253 So they get 12 eggs
6 will die in the freeze
3 will never IVF
last 3 will take 10% of time (35 YO has less than 15% conceiving with real sex).

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:31 PM (/+uur)

254 239 I think can and bottle fees, the redemption was 5c or 10c as far back as the 1960s, wasn't it?

If they adjusted these for inflation it would be a buck or so, no? That way a feller could go collect beer cans again, to see Rush

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (lYuPF)

I remember it being a nickle back in the '60s when I was collecting them. Those were returnable/reusable glass bottles that went back to the bottler to be washed and refilled, not the "recyclable" plastic crap we have today.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 09:31 PM (X5Jzz)

255 Richard's comeback album after he and his wife Linda broke up in 1980 or so is the fantastic reunion with a lot of his Fairport Convention mates on Hand of Kindness.

"Tear Stained Letter " is probably his closest to a hit. A zydeco artists put it on the charts in country in the 80's with Judge Reinhold in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnk_R-1aWwI

Scorching guitar solo x2 in it. And lyrics are funny as heck. This starts and ends fast.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

256 Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff

no more yanky my wanky donger need food

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:33 PM (/+uur)

257 I dunno, probably half the Morons here would step up to do the deed, as long as it was one and done and they didn't have to stick around and talk to her.

Let's face it, most dudes don't have real high standards, and she seems doable, as long as you don't have to spend time with her.
Posted by: a.moron
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A couple of years ago, you only had to wait until the bar closed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:33 PM (XeU6L)

258 Kansas was about 14 bucks in 1977

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:34 PM (/+uur)

259 256 Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff

no more yanky my wanky donger need food

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:33 PM (/+uur)

Appears they don't export all the Yang Poon.

Posted by: a.moron at August 11, 2026 09:34 PM (X5Jzz)

260 Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff

no more yanky my wanky donger need food
Posted by: rhennigantx
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Yang boom.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:34 PM (XeU6L)

261 If Caitlin Clark needs protectors and enforcers on the court, these 'girls' would do a terrific job.

https://tinyurl.com/y59f3nrp

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 09:35 PM (5rh/l)

262 David Crowley
DEM 79,062 42.3%
Francesca Hong
DEM 72,879 39%

cheat coming

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:35 PM (/+uur)

263

Maybe Hunter will fertilize her eggs. Can you imagine how crazy that child would be?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (/QHx4)

264 If Caitlin Clark needs protectors and enforcers on the court, these 'girls' would do a terrific job.

https://tinyurl.com/y59f3nrp
Posted by: Gref
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rofl

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (XeU6L)

265 Hansen Sisters

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (/+uur)

266 Those were returnable/reusable glass bottles that went back to the bottler to be washed and refilled, not the "recyclable" plastic crap we have today
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The redemption fees (purchase tax really) are intended to prevent litter. Nothing more. I'm just pointing out these haven't been adjusted to keep up with monetary inflation.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (lYuPF)

267 Did not know that, sad story for such talented artists.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

Touring is a hard life and back then, Fairport was just scrimping along and fighting for fans in an extremely crowded British music scene. Thompson was one of the few that spent all his time doing music and avoided the excessive drinking and drugs that came around playing the pub circuit at 1-3 in the morning.

In an interview, he noted at the time (late sixties) that he saw all the names in rock etc. pass through the audience for the band as they were just winding down from doing their own shows and did not want to go home.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

268 So, I guess this is a good thing

@libsoftiktok 4m
Rep John Larson (D-CT) shrieked like an unhinged maniac that ICE agents are "the SS" and "Gestapo"

He just lost his primary.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (diia5)

269 Had a keyboard with the space bar going out. At first there was one spot that would always work, then you had to hit it hard, then hit it several times and possibly a space or none or several.
That's when I went to Walmart and bought a $10 onn..
Wireless.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 09:37 PM (vOxCS)

270 "Tear Stained Letter " is probably his closest to a hit. A zydeco artists put it on the charts in country in the 80's with Judge Reinhold in the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnk_R-1aWwI

Scorching guitar solo x2 in it. And lyrics are funny as heck. This starts and ends fast.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

My favorite Richard Thompson song is "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" a modern classic outlaw ballad, which has been covered by many artists.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 09:37 PM (1z8ji)

271 214 Ocasio-Cortez and Roberts met when they were both undergraduates at Boston University...It is unclear what may have led up to the split...

She went from being an undergrad with no prospects to a congresswoman with national office ambition and thought she could do/deserved better? Doesn't seem too difficult to understand (except why she waited this long if she's considering children).

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 11, 2026 09:13 PM (d8zZq)

She's going to run for President. She won't have cred with the idiots if she's still hooked-up with a red-haired white guy. It's as simple as that.

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 09:38 PM (5rh/l)

272 229 In 1920 more than 20% of Americans could play the piano.
Posted by: No Radio, Few Recordings

In modern America, over 20% of Democrat men have played the skin flute.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at August 11, 2026 09:38 PM (d8zZq)

273 I made a trade today and hit my number
Come to Whiskey Wednesday tomorrow and I will by a round

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:39 PM (/+uur)

274

Gref,

That makes perfect sense.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 09:40 PM (/QHx4)

275 She's going to run for President. She won't have cred with the idiots if she's still hooked-up ....

Yup. It has that ... odor to it. Everything is so fake, and gay.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:41 PM (lYuPF)

276 >>>In an interview, he noted at the time (late sixties) that he saw all the names in rock etc. pass through the audience for the band as they were just winding down from doing their own shows and did not want to go home.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)
*****
What an amazing time to be alive for musicians, I can't even imagine what that must have been like.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2026 09:41 PM (21GCO)

277 My favorite Richard Thompson song is "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" a modern classic outlaw ballad, which has been covered by many artists.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Thompson moves from singing comedy, to heartwrenching, with ease. And he plays a helluva guitar acoustic or electric.

Guy is still touring in his late 70's and having fun at it from all appearances.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:41 PM (E4rtv)

278 262 David Crowley
DEM 79,062 42.3%
Francesca Hong
DEM 72,879 39%

cheat coming

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:35 PM (/+uur)

Ballot 'discovery' and vote counting will continue in Madison as long as it takes to give Hong a safe lead.

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 09:41 PM (5rh/l)

279 Chinese rocket explodes less than 90 seconds after liftoff

no more yanky my wanky donger need food
Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:33 PM (/+uur)

That's never happened to me before.

Posted by: CNSA at August 11, 2026 09:42 PM (wVcYX)

280 Had a keyboard with the space bar going out. At first there was one spot that would always work, then you had to hit it hard, then hit it several times and possibly a space or none or several.
That's when I went to Walmart and bought a $10 onn..
Wireless.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Good advice, but this is laptop and desk space (a TV tray) is a consideration.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 09:42 PM (XeU6L)

281
I wonder how many Chicom rocket scientists will become organ donors over this?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

282 I used to shoot feet and feet of tripanX Kodak.
It was a great film and we did cool things in high school.
I shot every color shot in my HS Senior yearbook (we used a cheap fuji slide film) and about 15% of the BW.

I like framing pics.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/3hNDGrrSrnkGcUz8A

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:43 PM (/+uur)

283 The photographer with the snow leopard looks a lot like Tulsi Gabbard.

Posted by: Decaf at August 11, 2026 09:45 PM (ZNpJk)

284 What an amazing time to be alive for musicians, I can't even imagine what that must have been like.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly

IRRC, Jimi Hendrix was at one, Who, Rolling Stones, Clapton, Faces, and a bunch of others.

Probably a remnant of that time is one of the 1000 years of songs that Thompson covers is one by Pete Townshend and the Who--A Legal Matter.

Small country, dance and music hall tradition so plenty of venues, and based in London, you could do cheap tours and still return to home base in a reasonable tour. US was and still is a LOT harder to tour than UK was.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:45 PM (E4rtv)

285 Who would want to inseminate or fertilize AOC other than the Hee Haw donkeys?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 09:23 PM

Dude. If it's that, or going back to Morocco, I'm your huckleberry.

Posted by: The Moroccan Donkey at August 11, 2026 09:45 PM (0sNs1)

286 Is Hong really gonna follow the same pattern at the jihadist? HUGE lead in the polling and then a "close" win?

That suggests either the establishment cheating and *failing* for their own candidate (highly unlikely) or the polls being totally fake, and the cheating occurring for the bigger leftard, making it naturally close and no one questions it because they lead so big in the fake polling. Something to keep an eye on.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:46 PM (vE0+H)

287 another

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZfLYvdtZ7tP1fhmv9

Posted by: rhennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:47 PM (/+uur)

288 I like framing pics.

Posted by: rhennigantx
----

I didn't do it!

Posted by: Framed pic at August 11, 2026 09:47 PM (XeU6L)

289 Holy crap. Imagine having explosive diarrhea for 30 years!

From Deadline.

The Daily Show has been on the air for 30 years, and the production is celebrating by looking back at the audition tapes from some of its most famous correspondents.

Over the years, the Comedy Central late-night news satire show has seen many comedians on screen, and their audition clips prove why they were chosen to be part of the “best f**king news team.”

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 09:49 PM (Sco7b)

290 Rufus, you would probably like the songs that Richard and his ex wife Linda did. Some beautiful albums--Shoot out the Lights and I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight are fantastic and still in print.
--Standout songs from these albums are Wall of Death (carnival ride), I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (humorous), and Calvary Cross, (long tour de force featuring guitars and a fearsome vocal by Thompson).

There were at least two earlier albums that are more experimental as Richard became involved in Sufism and mysticism and that was in part why Linda and him broke up eventually.

Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)

291 > If they adjusted these for inflation it would be a buck or so, no? That way a feller could go collect beer cans again, to see Rush
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:24 PM (lYuPF)

There was an old farmer where I lived who liked to party, and by party I mean having 30 or 40 people in his yard drinking. You could drive by there and if you heard music and saw a crowd, you could just stop in. ID? What ID?

Needless to say, he had a lot of empty beer cans from this.

He was dumping them in a gully that'd formed in a 40 acre field some distance from the house, presumably in an attempt to check erosion.

Finding that was like finding a friggin' goldmine for a bunch of teens.

I wonder if he ever noticed that the gully somehow never seemed to fill up.

Not that he would likely have given much of a shit if he did. He was one of the most laid-back old timers I've ever met.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:51 PM (IG3/x)

292 Hong Kong Floozy would have been such a nice punchline during election season. We just should have kept our powder dry for a couple weeks.

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 11, 2026 09:54 PM (R86kT)

293 A patient I saw today is the great aunt of Jimi Hendrix.

Sweet lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 09:54 PM (yEz+x)

294 293 A patient I saw today is the great aunt of Jimi Hendrix.

Sweet lady.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 09:54 PM (yEz+x)

Was she 110 years old?

Posted by: ted Torgerson at August 11, 2026 09:56 PM (R86kT)

295 No. She is not.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 09:58 PM (yEz+x)

296 Usually, for celestial phenomena, we get overcast. Or cold. Or cold and overcast. Tonight & tomorrow, the Perseids, best meteor shower of the year, peaks. No (New) Moon, clear skies, warm night (better than that January shower) - could be good. Glad to be out in the country (albeit not as much country as this place used to be).🤠

Posted by: mindful webworker - Swift-Tuttle's gift to us at August 11, 2026 09:58 PM (9wnX8)

297 @290: Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)
****
Thank you Whig, I'll check them out. Much appreciated.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 11, 2026 10:00 PM (21GCO)

298
It would be a phenomen if we got rain here in SW Wyoming.

This weather year has been very strange.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:00 PM (/QHx4)

299 Bro and friends were partying in his backyard, and one of them had wife & little daughter along.. they had moved out of town, so stayed at bro's place overnight.

Next morning, lil girl looked at the backyard, full of empty cans!

"Daddy! Daddy, look! What's that?!"

"The Beer Fairy came, honey. Isn't that great?"

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

300
Lol JQ

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:01 PM (/QHx4)

301 Nothing yet.

But there are 2 vegetables that can help me cut my belly fat!!

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:01 PM (Sco7b)

302 Surely there's an ONT in here somewhere!

*shakes blog*

Posted by: mindful webworker - soon says 8-ball at August 11, 2026 10:04 PM (9wnX8)

303
Patience Prudence

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)

304
The cobloggers do this free. Why? I don't know. Good people.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 10:07 PM (/QHx4)

305 La belle, she is broke.

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

306 NOOD ONT

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (Sco7b)

307 Hubby & I had an aluminum can event...

We both were pop drinkers, and saved cans for recycling. Had bags and bags full of empties on the back porch.

Until doggo found and played with them (!), dragging them one by one into the yard and playing while we were at work.

Came home to see... hundreds of pop cans strewn about the yard, LOL!

Neighbor said she was quite entertained, watching it all unfold.

Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (rdVOm)

308 Last rain we got here was at the end of June. And it was cold rain. The high was 59 (the day we had our surveyors department BBQ - heh). Since then, bupkis. Upper 90s, and smoke. So much smoke. the Big Grass fire in the Owyhee is over 555,000 acres now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:11 PM (0aYVJ)

309 LAST!!!!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 10:12 PM (0aYVJ)

310 The ONT finally fell out
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=420926

Posted by: mindful webworker - available now at August 11, 2026 10:12 PM (9wnX8)

311 The cut of the elephant trying to help save a stranded rhino was very sad. It’s a cliche but nature can be really harsh. Love these Cafe clips, Ace, thanks for posting and for sifting through the AI crap for us. Very much appreciated.

Posted by: RM at August 12, 2026 12:14 AM (n/1Oj)

312 117 You will listen to them at that point, and then say “This is awesome! When are they going on tour?” I’ll be nearby to tell you the truth: no more. They came, they dropped a ton of genius music, and left, and now are off the mortal coil. All that we have left are the recordings and the memories of those who appreciated them while they were here.

At which point the tears start to flow.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 08:15 PM (4g5V+)

You have a rich fantasy life.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:20 PM (ExV1e)

Not really. I get easily frustrated when people just can’t accept me but it is what it is.

Posted by: The Truth at August 12, 2026 03:28 AM (ue8gJ)

313 281
I wonder how many Chicom rocket scientists will become organ donors over this?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 09:42 PM (w6EFb)

I’ll just sent them someplace to fix tractors.

Posted by: Mao at August 12, 2026 03:29 AM (ue8gJ)

Soon-to-Be Guest on Tuq'r Qarlson, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, Hates Fireworks, Thinks Football is Racist Toxic Masculinity, and Generally Hates All Things About the Country His Parents Chose to Bear Their Anchor-Baby In

Oh -- and he's deleted all of these old blog posts and tweets, though some people were smart enough to download them before he hit the delete button.

'Fireworks suck': Removed El-Sayed videos urged getting rid of the 4th of July tradition, raised replacing 2nd Amendment

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed once asked his YouTube viewers whether Americans could "PLEASE" find another way to celebrate the Fourth of July, in a video promising four reasons "why fireworks suck."
The since-removed video from July 2024 included a chapter titled "Fireworks just aren't worth it: hear us out" and cited Detroit's post-fireworks air quality, the chemicals used in fireworks, their potential to trigger PTSD in veterans, and the risks they pose to children and pets.
The video is one of several examples of El-Sayed removing past online content as he seeks elected office. As CNN's KFile previously reported, he also deleted social media posts supporting the "defund the police" movement.
In other since-removed clips, El-Sayed argued that the southern border was not among Americans' five biggest concerns and lambasted Republicans for focusing on it. In another he floated replacing the Second Amendment's right to bear arms with a constitutional right to health care.
Not all of El-Sayed's commentary has In one episode that remains online, he questioned whether football could be "ethical" or "safe" and linked the sport's "ethos" to narratives used to justify slavery and westward expansion.
...
The YouTube videos, at least 100 of which appear to have been made private, are another example of how El-Sayed's years as a prolific podcaster, commentator and social-media user have left behind an extensive record -- some of it subsequently deleted -- that Republicans could use to portray him as both ideologically left-wing and culturally out of step with swing-state voters.
...
Many of the removed videos on YouTube, where El-Sayed at the time had more than 17,000 subscribers, are not publicly available anymore, but CNN reviewed transcripts archived before the videos were made private.
El-Sayed's fireworks video was briefly interrupted by a message noting that it was sponsored in part by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. In reading ads for the foundation on his "America Dissected" podcast, he highlighted what he called its "cutting-edge areas of scholarship," including "feminist prison abolition."
Prison abolition is a movement that seeks to reduce and ultimately replace prisons, jails, and other punitive systems with approaches intended to address the social conditions linked to harm, including investments in housing, healthcare, education, community-based safety, and restorative or transformative justice. Feminist prison abolitionists argue that incarceration and policing can fail to prevent gender-based violence and may disproportionately harm women and marginalized communities.

Abdul El-Sayed: "Football is very much associated with a particularly masculine and oftentimes toxically masculine culture. So much of it was about how you have to get back up and play for your team. You're not allowed to show pain or vulnerability." pic.twitter.com/BObjfB6j8b
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 10, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed wrote in a 2021 Substack post that "toxic masculinity is at the heart of football."

Is there anything uniquely American that these people don't absolutely despise? pic.twitter.com/ACBcDGYwgh
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 10, 2026

Below: Defund the police.

Tell me demon possession is not real. pic.twitter.com/entBFcNRcO
— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) August 11, 2026

Defund the police, right?

🚨WHAT ON EARTH?!!!

It has been revealed that the Black man who tried to R*PE a White woman at a public park in Savannah GA...

...has 22 ARRESTS since 2020 including for BEATING A WOMAN AT A BUS STOP THIS YEAR!!!!

He was let out of jail just 17 days ago!!!!!

...in fact, in� pic.twitter.com/XEd6RWoZns
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 10, 2026

🚨#BREAKING: A White man has come forward saying that Diquan Hunt (the Black man who attacked White women in Charlotte NC) threatened to m*rder HIM with AN AXE, KNIFE, AND A GUN...

...AT A PUBLIC LIGHT RAIL TRAIN STATION LAST YEAR

Hunt was given just 89 days in prison for this.� pic.twitter.com/x4Ww39NaBh
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) August 10, 2026

Defund the police -- and ICE, too, so that foreign illegal alien psychopaths can stab American citizens to death on the street in broad daylight.

Kevin Dalton
@TheKevinDalton
Heartbreaking video
68-year-old Todd Stewart screams for help as he is stabbed to death in front of his own home by a career criminal RELEASED ON BAIL 24 HOURS EARLIER.
36 year old Marcos Iriarte-Valdez has been arrested for rape, hit and run, burglary, violating a restraining order and most anything else you can think of.
In April he was charged with two counts of felony first-degree burglary after multiple home invasion robberies. He pleaded not guilty and was released on bail with an ankle monitor.
Tuesday he gets arrested for violating the terms of his release. They take the ankle monitor off him while he's in custody. The very next day a judge orders him released once more on his own recognizance and refers him right back to monitoring. They don't even put a new monitor on him until Friday morning...after the murder.
There is no justice for victims in Gavin Newsom's lawless California.

Defund the police.

Portland Police arrested an occupant of the infamous "Red House" last week following a home raid over reports that William Kinney III allegedly threatened to kill employees and contractors working on a project next door. Kinney, a 41-year-old convicted felon with an extensive criminal history, was booked into jail August 4 on charges including possession of a short-barreled rifle, five counts of felon in possession of a firearm, and three counts of being a felon in possession of body armor, records show.
The Red House was at the center of a violent Antifa-Black Lives Matter autonomous zone in 2020, where far-left demonstrators erected borders and barricades to prevent the eviction of the Kinneys, a black Indigenous family who had been squatting at the home.

During the home raid, authorities recovered a cache of weapons, including a KelTec 9mm rifle in the living room, and three rifles and a shotgun in the bedroom, according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Oregonian. Additionally, police seized a stockpile of ammunition and three sets of body armor. Kinney is forbidden from possessing firearms and body armor as a convicted felon.
Records show Kinney was released from the Multnomah County Jail after posting a low $25,000 bail. He reportedly harassed and threatened to shoot contractors working on the nonprofit Self Enhancement Inc.'s property next to the home, which sparked the raid. Kinney reportedly made threats for several consecutive months and threw stones at contractors in July before threatening a drive-by shooting, per the affidavit.

Defund the police.

Another Trans Cult? 7-Year-Old Victim Was Groomed to Be Trans Before He Was Found Tortured to Death

William Evans-Ellis was brought up in a trans group where he played a key role as a shared child for all the 'moms.' A Ngo Comment investigation found what they wanted his future to be.
Andy Ngo

Is there another trans cult?
A woman and two men who identify as trans have been charged in Cincinnati, Ohio in the brutal torture and murder of a young special-needs boy. A Ngo Comment investigation found that the group, which included at least three men who identify as trans, had groomed the child into trans ideology from a very young age and appeared to have plans to transition him before police found him unresponsive in a closet, bound with duct tape and showing signs of torture.
William Michael Evans-Ellis, 7, was recovered from an apartment in the Oakley neighborhood in Cincinnati on Aug. 6. He suffered injuries consistent with being choked and held underwater, beaten and burned. A detective testified in court that it was one of the most disturbing child abuse cases he had ever investigated.
The child was found with "a number of injuries that would indicate physical beatings, blunt force injuries," he said.

Kaitlin Elizabeth Evans, 38, who is charged, is the child's biological mother. The two other suspects are biological men who identify as women: "Kirby" Rankin (prior name: Nathan Rankin), 33, and "Nessa" Keaney (prior name: Adamhnán Judaydon Caoilte Lugh Keaney), 23. The three lived together as a polycule and "co-parented" the child to death.
They are charged with murder and child endangerment.

Liberal and legacy media have repeatedly reported that "three women" were charged. This follows a pattern of media outlets obscuring or omitting the trans identities of accused killers and convicted killers in an effort to protect transgenderism. The same pattern occurred in the news media coverage of the Zizian trans death cult.
The boy's biological father, "Tara Jane" Evans-Ellis, 38, who was not charged, also identifies as trans. He married Evans in 2011. His real name is Thomas John (T.J.) Ellis, but he legally changed it to "Tara" in December 2023.
He works as a software engineer in cybersecurity and identifies as autistic and antifa, similar to many of the Zizian members I've reported on. (There is no suggestion Ellis is linked to the Zizians.)
The couple had a second, trans-themed wedding for "Tara" and his wife in 2025. Their child was put in a dress at the ceremony, according to a source with knowledge.
Thomas John Ellis before and after his 2023 transition into 'Tara Jane.'
An analysis of Ellis' social media record reveals a disturbing history of posts showing he was part of that group and that they were influencing the child to become trans.
Active on Mastodon, a Twitter-like social media platform popular with leftists, Ellis posted Antifa propaganda, radical queer activist material, said he was a DSA member and dabbled with the trans furry subculture--similar to Charlie Kirk assassin suspect's trans lover, Lance Twiggs.

On the other hand: A lot of "cops" hired for DEI reasons need to be shitcanned.

🚨NEWS: The man who was arrested by Manchester Police for carrying a Baseball Bat still wrapped in plastic he had just bought has been released and all charges dropped

British police are out of controlpic.twitter.com/bf2OE2YjlN
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) August 11, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:30 PM

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1 A muslim who hates explosions. I swear we are being punked.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 06:32 PM (vE0+H)

2 The only truly masculine thing possible is to fire an AK blindly into the air while ululating.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (rbvCR)

3 I don't much care for fireworks either.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 06:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

4 oh hey

SEGM
@segm_ebm
20h
🚨 WPATH has conceded in court that its "Standards of Care" is merely an opinion. WPATH says it represents one side of an unsettled scientific debate marked by uncertainty — and physicains & orgs that rely on WPATH as the standard of care must bear "independent responsibility."/1

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

5 Which must truly suck for the MDs and clinics that carried out the mutilations on WPATH's recommendation.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

6 Say it with me: INVASION.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:38 PM (O7YUW)

7 Soon-to-Be Guest on Tuq'r Qarlson, Abdulrahman El-Sayed, Hates Fireworks, Thinks Football is Racist Toxic Masculinity, and Generally Hates All Things About the Country His Parents Chose to Bear Their Anchor-Baby In

https://tinyurl.com/ThenLeave+

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:39 PM (ExV1e)

8 In one episode that remains online, he questioned whether football could be "ethical" or "safe" and linked the sport's "ethos" to narratives used to justify slavery and westward expansion.

You just try taking football away from black Americans. Go on, I dare you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 06:39 PM (zYpTz)

9 I haz nooded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

10 His slogan is "I hate America!"

No wonder the DSA loves him.

Are him and Gaylord going to share a dog on the campaign stop?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:41 PM (2GVsD)

11 Just remember... there were people just trying to get to work with that nut driving next to them...

Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 06:41 PM (XuXeR)

12 Is Abdul al-Sayd totes fine with Muslims firing AK-47s into the air?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:41 PM (2GVsD)

13 These people never really become Americans, it's just a place they move to get more stuff. Very transactional, like parasites.

It's not the same group that came over here and actually built America and wanted to embrace the ideal and dream.

We're now just importing the equivalent of H-1 visa workers and they never leave. But sure do complain a lot.

Posted by: Leupold at August 11, 2026 06:42 PM (K0ndX)

14 I don't much care for fireworks either.
Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 06:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

I assume you don't want anyone near your lawn either.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 06:42 PM (bvDnE)

15 >>>he questioned whether football could be "ethical" or "safe" and linked the sport's "ethos" to narratives used to justify slavery and westward expansion.

Don't those things justify themselves?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:42 PM (dK+Kv)

16 If you want your child to have a better chance of getting to first base in life, start by not saddling him with a name like Diquan or like you're trying to win a Scrabble game.

Posted by: logprof at August 11, 2026 06:42 PM (jo6FO)

17

black Indigenous family ?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)

18 Football not ethical?

Okay now talk about the Afghan tradition of trying to get a goat across a playing field to score. Intact or not.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

19 black Indigenous family ?"

Forget it, Jake, it's Portland.

Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 06:43 PM (XuXeR)

20 Abdulrahman El-Sayed is a Occidentalphobe.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (YsG2T)

21 I don't worry as much about the invaders as I do their cheerleaders.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (bX16E)

22 Is Abdul al-Sayd totes fine with Muslims firing AK-47s into the air?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:41 PM (2GVsD)

Only if AF1 is flying overhead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (ExV1e)

23 El Cid ghey or something?

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (Ia/+0)

24 Just another way to tear down America. He needs a bottle rocket up his butt.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (MWfyi)

25 Googler translate, how do you say "enough is enough" in vigilante?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 11, 2026 06:45 PM (JttBc)

26 The demon bitch getting arrested. I saw the same exact scenario played out with all the same dialog by a black chick. Same exact shit. Stop touching me, I'm not doing this, I have somewhere to go, etc etc. Like almost word for word. Yeah, demon shit for sure, or retards are all following the same script.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 11, 2026 06:46 PM (S41Gd)

27 That Cincinnati gruesome threesome need to be fed to starving hyenas whilst alive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:46 PM (2GVsD)

28 Anna probably because thats what they do

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 06:47 PM (Ia/+0)

29 Why are so many Islamaniacs in our country? And why do so many women cast votes for them?

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (TN0g+)

30 Dave Chappelle seems to hate me and my fellow white devils as much as BLM, but he did make some handy safety videos for our cultural enrichers.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (JttBc)

31 Adamhnán Judaydon Caoilte Lugh Keaney

Ok, this one I don't blame for changing that mouthful of a name.

But "Adam Keaney" would have worked, not "Nessa."

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (2Drhq)

32 A woman and two men who identify as trans have been charged in Cincinnati, Ohio in the brutal torture and murder of a young special-needs boy.

Lord, have mercy on that child's soul. Those demons need to be put to death.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (zYpTz)

33 Is there anyone out there who still doubts this guy sucked more dick than the porm start who won last year’s AVN award for “Sucking the Most Dick”?

Gayer than all the gay guys in Key West all fucking each other in the ass at the same time.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:49 PM (i+vnO)

34 Is Abdul al-Sayd totes fine with Muslims firing AK-47s into the air?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:41 PM (2GVsD)

See also, Muslim slavery.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:49 PM (dK+Kv)

35 That's "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed" to you, Dirty Filthy Infidel!

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 06:49 PM (PfArb)

36 29.

Jungle Fever is the most dangerous affliction to ever hit Western women. Malaria doesn't even come close to the death toll.

Posted by: sifty boones at August 11, 2026 06:49 PM (JttBc)

37 "retards are all following the same script."

When it comes to bodycam performances, yes, there are distinct patterns of misbehavior.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 06:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

38 "Is there anyone out there who still doubts this guy sucked more dick than the porm start who won last year’s AVN award for “Sucking the Most Dick”?"

Are we still talking about Jake Tapper?

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:50 PM (MWfyi)

39 Speaking of stupid evil.

The now ex Mt Vernon deputy police commissioner.

She drives around the courthouse four times in her minivan. Video shows her felon son in the backseat putting a mask on before rolling a window down to shoot at a rival gang member. License plate reader links the van to her.

And her ex-felon husband, the drug dealer, is now on the run while she and Chase, their thug son, rot in jail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:50 PM (2GVsD)

40
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

His name is my name too

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 06:50 PM (vE0+H)

41 Guys got a baseball bat and Chink on his back. Brits must all be fagz.

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 11, 2026 06:51 PM (KGj36)

42 None of those authoritarian/communist whackjobs really believe in the elimination of police and prisons. Instead they desire to let the criminal elements out and instead use police power to lock away people like you and I that will not conform with the elimination of private property and free enterprise.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:51 PM (TN0g+)

43 Tell me demon possession is not real.

Never heard the word "no" in her entire life.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 06:51 PM (2Drhq)

44 Nessa?

Oh, had to be cute with the name Vanessa.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:51 PM (2GVsD)

45 All those freaks were probably abused themselves so they think it's normal behavior to torture a seven year old.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:52 PM (MWfyi)

46 Saw so.wthing where the baseball bat thing might have been fake? Or the same guy trying it more than once?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 06:52 PM (zZu0s)

47 38.
Whoa.
What kind of mountain bike does he have?

Posted by: sifty boones at August 11, 2026 06:52 PM (JttBc)

48 black Indigenous family ?

The Wenotip Tribe.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (2Drhq)

49
"Prison Abolition" is a movement to replace incarcerated criminals with regular people who question socialism.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (O0L8i)

50
Dear AOC,

Today, I saw your betrothal to the ginger infidel has been fortuitously broken, by the will of Allah, in his wisdom.

Do you know what isn't toxically masculine? My savory falafel balls. They are wholesomely masculine, and vegan too.

Ruhollah back, girl!

Posted by: Abu "Your New Boo" El-Sayed at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (BI5O2)

51 "Is there anyone out there who still doubts this guy sucked more dick than the porm start who won last year’s AVN award for “Sucking the Most Dick”?"

Are we still talking about Jake Tapper?
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:50 PM (MWfyi)

There can be only one.

Posted by: Kamala McCloud, wiping her chin at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (zZu0s)

52 That story about the little kid pushes so many buttons. Gasoline + match

Posted by: sifty boones at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (JttBc)

53 I'm glad I'm not a cop. I would have tased the crazy lady six or seven times in an attempt at electroshock therapy.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (NFRf7)

54 Red states need to pass laws revoking home rule for any city over 1 million.

It's the only way we can end these violent blue cities.

At 1 million MSA, the mayor of the main city is a statewide election.
At 2 million, the mayor and 2 city council seats.
And then a city council seat for each million thereafter.

Thus, Houston would have the mayor and 6 city council seats as a statewide election.

This would end blue cities.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (3cUTc)

55 A new land speed record was set today in Utah by British driver Andy Green, driving a specially designed JCB Hydromax car, which reached 406.320 miles per hour.

The milestone was set in the bright yellow tubular vehicle, powered by two hydrogen internal combustion engines, which Green calls the “fuel of the future” at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

He easily beat the previous class record for a hydrogen engine, which had stood at 185 mph.

Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (YsG2T)

56 All those freaks were probably abused themselves so they think it's normal behavior to torture a seven year old.

Sorry the excuse is rejected, they did evil to an innocent.

Feeding them to hyenas is too cruel to the hyenas. Wood chipper feet first while alive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (2GVsD)

57 "Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

His name is my name too
Posted by: ... "

Whenever he goes out
He will always shout
I KEEL YOU!

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (MWfyi)

58 How a Dentist Appointment Turns into Felony Charges

https://youtu.be/PZGvNYh8IoA

This is a good one. Woman goes absolutely nuts at the dentist. All started because they didn't have her paperwork ready after the appointment.

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

59 "Prison Abolition" is a movement to replace incarcerated criminals with regular people who question socialism.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11,

Seems very 'Lady and the Tiger.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (zZu0s)

60 The now ex Mt Vernon deputy police commissioner...
----

Let's see, we can start with "fundamentally non-serious".

And then add to it that *zero* women belong in law enforcement, because law enforcement done correctly always carries the potential for being in a *combat zone*.

Extrapolating from there, if you can't be an officer you have *zero* business being a "commissioner" and thus in charge of officers/combat zone soldiers.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

61 That demonic possession woman is so high on heavy drugs she has no idea what planet she’s on. Most likely meth.

She’s probably already mentally ill. But mental illness plus heavy drugs equals demonic possession.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:55 PM (i+vnO)

62 "Sorry the excuse is rejected, they did evil to an innocent."

I wasn't making an excuse. They probably come from a long line of sickos.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:55 PM (MWfyi)

63 Baseball bat guy.....a swing and a miss.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:56 PM (XeU6L)

64 And why do so many women cast votes for them?"

Dark. Sultry. 50 Shades, baby

Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 06:56 PM (XuXeR)

65 Another Gay Islamist?

That Venn Diagram is looking more and more like a single circle ...

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 06:56 PM (PfArb)

66
It would be hilarious if AOC marries a muzzie.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:56 PM (/QHx4)

67 Feeding them to hyenas is too cruel to the hyenas. Wood chipper feet first while alive.
Posted by: Anna Puma

This is correct.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 06:57 PM (bWZYx)

68 Mark1971

Saw the video. Classic narcissistic Karen. "I Have Things To Do And You Are Little People!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:57 PM (2GVsD)

69 I'm glad I'm not a cop. I would have tased the crazy lady six or seven times in an attempt at electroshock therapy.
Posted by: Smell the Glove
------

Issue the cops tranquilizer darts/guns.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:57 PM (XeU6L)

70 "Feeding them to hyenas is too cruel to the hyenas. Wood chipper feet first while alive.
Posted by: Anna Puma

This is correct.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

That should end that particular cycle.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:58 PM (MWfyi)

71 Midget cop in UK batman arrest video is almost certainly southeast Asian Muslim. Indonesia? Possibly Muslim Uzbek or similar.

DEI hater of the West, to be sure.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:58 PM (i+vnO)

72 It would be hilarious if AOC marries a muzzie.

Is one of Ilham Nur's brothers available?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:58 PM (2GVsD)

73 Red states need to pass laws revoking home rule for any city over 1 million.

It's the only way we can end these violent blue cities.

At 1 million MSA, the mayor of the main city is a statewide election.
At 2 million, the mayor and 2 city council seats.
And then a city council seat for each million thereafter.

Thus, Houston would have the mayor and 6 city council seats as a statewide election.

This would end blue cities.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (3cUTc)

Break up the big cities. They can pool money for police and fire and such.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 06:58 PM (uhVAy)

74 yike

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (2GVsD)

75
When does he start screaming "allahu Ahkbar!" at the campaign stops?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (OkYzo)

76 , their potential to trigger PTSD in veterans,

Hah! They want you to believe they care about veterans.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (vJrRc)

77 Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

The woman's a loony but that seems like a terrible dentistry practice.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (2Drhq)

78 Uh, oh....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (XeU6L)

79 Off to the Barrel I go

Jya ne

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (2GVsD)

80
Is there anything uniquely American that these people don't absolutely despise?

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

American Pygmy Goats?

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (PfArb)

81 This Saturday is Muslim day at the big theme park here in Charlotte. You get in free. Bring your friends.

Posted by: nckate at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (enNUy)

82 From the prior thread:

168 Within a couple months, DC society reporters will report breathlessly about AOC's """new""" whirlwind romance with Prominent Democrat Party Insider X.

A couple of weeks later, Capitol Hill reporters will start publishing unsourced scuttlebutt about how the DSA/Left and the Party establishment are both cautiously hopeful that their burgeoning relationship will produce a fusion candidate that can bring Democrats together in 2028.

Bank it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (BI5O2)

It's all coming together! The Hamas Piker/Alexandria Conquistador ticket will also be a soap opera about their romance. A pop-culture hook to distract from the Islamunist tyranny, treasury looting and Jew hating.

Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (Sy6m/)

83 It would be hilarious if AOC marries a muzzie.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:56 PM (/QHx4)

Would be even funnier if he cuts her frigging head off.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (S41Gd)

84 I knew AOC was dropping the soft ginger the moment I saw she was bragging about freezing her eggs.

Why would she do that if she's got a man to knock her up? She's in Congress. It's not like there's a high probability she'll retire anytime soon. If she's going to have a kid, now's the time.

Posted by: bonhomme at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (mkw2N)

85 This is a good one. Woman goes absolutely nuts at the dentist. All started because they didn't have her paperwork ready after the appointment.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

I recently saw this educational video where a lady went to a dentist...

Nvm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

86
Lol Berserker

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (/QHx4)

87 In the past Abdul El-Sayed would have Americanized his name to Robert Sayed but that changed in the 70's when immigration became about taking advantage of American generosity while trying to change the American way to the culture of the shithole they just left.

Fuck you too Barry Sotero.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (bvDnE)

88 Hasan Piker and Doll Eyes Alex.

Poor Kaya.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

89 Now we have to start a GoFundMe to raise Anna's bail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (XeU6L)

90 It's all coming together! The Hamas Piker/Alexandria Conquistador ticket will also be a soap opera about their romance. A pop-culture hook to distract from the Islamunist tyranny, treasury looting and Jew hating.
Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (Sy6m/)

Don't think Piker swings that way.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)

91 Guy in the UK with the bat took that pitch when it was right down the middle...

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (TN0g+)

92 Guys, just remember: if you never play with tags, you won't get burned.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (zZu0s)

93
'Sup, AOC?

Sorry to slide in your DMs, but I saw you're newly-single and I want to mingle.

We should get together.

You can watch while I assrape your ex at axepoint. Not in a gay way or anything. Just to give you closure. I'm nurturing like that.

Anyway, HMU if you want that oyster shucked.

Posted by: Graham "The Ram" Platner at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (BI5O2)

94
Everybody get Hong tonight.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (OkYzo)

95 STOP TOUCHING ME

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (UjdFS)

96 Hasan Piker also says he is white.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (2GVsD)

97 This is a good one. Woman goes absolutely nuts at the dentist. All started because they didn't have her paperwork ready after the appointment.
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 11, 2026 06:54 PM (CNl8/)

I recently saw this educational video where a lady went to a dentist...

Nvm.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:00 PM (zZu0s)

Got a hand caught in the spit sink?

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

98
Baseball bat guy.....a swing and a miss.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Baseball Furry

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:02 PM (Cqx++)

99 Hasan Piker also says he is white.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (2GVsD)

Hasan also also says he is brown.

He also talks up the Red Chinese.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)

100 Which must truly suck for the MDs and clinics that carried out the mutilations on WPATH's recommendation.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

Fuck them. They knew what they were doing and that it violated every historical ethical tenet of the practice of medicine, in addition to lacking medical necessity, informed consent, or evidence-based standards. So once again, fuck them.

Posted by: Did I mention fuck them? at August 11, 2026 07:02 PM (ZVkju)

101 People named Abdul shouldn't be allowed in the country, much less run for office.

These desert fucksticks are incompatible with our way of life. They need to disappear. Sick of hearing about these ignorant savages.

Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 07:03 PM (ZxPkt)

102 Six Flags Over Death to America?

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:03 PM (2Drhq)

103 May I suggest using your nightstick officer?

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:03 PM (bvDnE)

104 STOP TOUCHING ME
Posted by: wth

I'm going to pull this car over.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:03 PM (bWZYx)

105 Yeah Hasan also dresses in a Mao suit.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:03 PM (2GVsD)

106 Hasan Piker also says he is white.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (2GVsD)

Hasan also also says he is brown.

He also talks up the Red Chinese.
----

The Chinese aren't red!

Posted by: Hunter B. at August 11, 2026 07:04 PM (TN0g+)

107 The Chinese aren't red!

Although The Mongols do have purple spots on their spines.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (2Drhq)

108 It has been revealed that the Black man who tried to R*PE a White woman at a public park in Savannah GA...

...has 22 ARRESTS since 2020 including for BEATING A WOMAN AT A BUS STOP THIS YEAR!!!!

He was let out of jail just 17 days ago!!!!!

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

When will these Soros Police Chiefs, Judges, DAs, Parole Boards, et. al. start becoming dangling decorations from street lampposts?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (PfArb)

109 El-Sayed's parents anchor-babied him here 'cause Uncle Sugar Sam is best of all core to eat out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (vOxCS)

110 Bodycam performance minimum script checklist:

I didn't do anything.
No, I don't have to give you my license.
Call your supervisor.
No, I don't have to get out of the car.
You can't touch me.
Can I call my mom?
I had two drinks.
No, I'm not getting in the police car.
You didn't read me my rights.
What's your name and badge number?
I'll sue.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

111 Hasan in his technicolor dreamcoat.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (Cqx++)

112
AOChit thinks she will be president.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (/QHx4)

113 Well, this is crazy:

Massachusetts moves to create a “Muslim Commission” to help place Muslims in government and shape state policy.

The bill orders it to “identify and recommend qualified American Muslims for appointive positions at all levels of government.”

https://x.com/nataliegwinters/
status/2087249190439043553

Posted by: Ann at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (SHHm+)

114 black Indigenous family ?

The Wenotip Tribe.
Posted by: Delurker

Only one side. The other side is from the Slapaho.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (57D2M)

115 When will these Soros Police Chiefs, Judges, DAs, Parole Boards, et. al. start becoming dangling decorations from street lampposts?

Maybe concurrently with Soros being blackbagged to some place where they want to try him as a not-see and mete out an appropriate sentence.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2026 07:07 PM (3Ope8)

116 Only one side. The other side is from the Slapaho."

Hekawe

Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:07 PM (XuXeR)

117 Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (Jr5Lq)

"Why am I being arrested?" (repeat over and over and over, regardless of how many times it's explained to them.)

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:07 PM (2Drhq)

118 Democracy is a wretched system in practice. Maybe not theoretically. Churchill was right about a great many things. I don't think he was correct in his observations. The fact that we are talking about this goof (and so very many others) constantly is proof. I'm not prepared to suggest how to fix this, but that is another matter.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:08 PM (qkEqw)

119 >>3 I don't much care for fireworks either.

Don't like loud noise or crowds. Fireworks gatherings are right out.

Posted by: Nazdar at August 11, 2026 07:08 PM (NcvvS)

120 Fuck them. They knew what they were doing and that it violated every historical ethical tenet of the practice of medicine, in addition to lacking medical necessity, informed consent, or evidence-based standards. So once again, fuck them.
Posted by: Did I mention fuck them?

It's now more likely individuals and hospitals can be sued for millions after SHITPATH finked out. I hope they lose their professional insurance before the trials.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 11, 2026 07:08 PM (diia5)

121 Posted by: Tonypete at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (57D2M)

fistbump!

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:08 PM (2Drhq)

122 their potential to trigger PTSD in veterans,

Hah! They want you to believe they care about veterans.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 11, 2026 06:59 PM (vJrRc)
___

A commie muslim caring about vets?

riiiiiiiight

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 11, 2026 07:09 PM (e0GGC)

123
Bodycam performance minimum script checklist:

__________

I'm calling my lawyer

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:09 PM (O0L8i)

124 Newsom hangs his wife out to dry in the corruption investigation .Then he takes up with AOC as a husband and wife ticket in 28. Quickly tagged as Dumb and Dumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 07:10 PM (NFRf7)

125 It's time for judges that let these repeat violent criminals to be responsible for letting them out and cause violence again and again.
The judges need to be recalled at minimum, or go to prison as an accessory to the crime the criminal commits as a realistic response to their destructive actions.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 11, 2026 07:10 PM (Uvvcx)

126 And that right there is why I could never be a police officer. After nicely asking twice I would have had her on the ground with my knee in her back / shoulders while I handcuffed her.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:10 PM (bvDnE)

127 107 The Chinese aren't red!

Although The Mongols do have purple spots on their spines.
Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:05 PM (2Drhq)

*snort

Why do they call that a Mongolian spot, anyway?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 07:10 PM (zYpTz)

128 In grade school, Abdul El-Sayed, is the guy we would always throw the ball to when we played smear-the-queer. That way, everybody could take a shot on him, take him down, and dogpile at recess.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 07:10 PM (iySPJ)

129 Bodycam performance script-enhancers:

For drunk women: insult the sexuality of the officers.

For the justice-involved: violent, futile resistance.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

130 Bodycam performance minimum script checklist:

__________

I'm calling my lawyer
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

"Do you know who I am?"

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:11 PM (bWZYx)

131 Massachusetts moves to create a “Muslim Commission” to help place Muslims in government and shape state policy.
-----

And just like that - after 75 years "separation of Church and State" is just a distant memory in the minds of old dodderers. Leftists are masters of bait and switch, that's for sure. Don't you dare say a thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:12 PM (qkEqw)

132 It's time for judges that let these repeat violent criminals to be responsible for letting them out and cause violence again and again.
The judges need to be recalled at minimum, or go to prison as an accessory to the crime the criminal commits as a realistic response to their destructive actions.
------

There's an ample number of places in the public square that could be put to good use, and plenty of backwater country that doesn't get nearly enough foot traffic.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 07:12 PM (TN0g+)

133 I can't think of any punishment too cruel. I have tried. In fact I really can't think of one cruel enough.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (vE0+H)

134 These people are going to win and it's going to be miserable. I'm so black-pilled.

Posted by: InZona at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (qwLiq)

135 gp - I was astonished to learn when the cops find contraband, often the excuse is "No, those aren't my pants. Those drugs aren't mine"

Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (qkEqw)

136
Football not ethical?

Okay now talk about the Afghan tradition of trying to get a goat across a playing field to score. Intact or not.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:43 PM (2GVsD)

Buzkashi. The Afghan National Sport. They start with a gutted goat corpse, dragging it full speed on horses to get it over the goal line.

During the Soviet-Afghan War, they used to play with live Russian POWs as the ball.

When fighting mohammedan savages, you fight to the death, unless you want to suffer a similar fate.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 11, 2026 07:14 PM (y9nCu)

137 @128 Abdul would probably like to be dogpiled

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 07:15 PM (NFRf7)

138 often the excuse is "No, those aren't my pants.…”

Pants?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 11, 2026 07:15 PM (RK3Ss)

139 Oh, forgot the main bodycam performance accessory: the phone!

Keep talking on the phone like the officers aren't even there.
Do NOT release or put down the phone.
Threaten the officers with your unique video recording capability.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

140 Newsom hangs his wife out to dry in the corruption investigation .Then he takes up with AOC as a husband and wife ticket in 28. Quickly tagged as Dumb and Dumber
Posted by: Smell the Glove
.......

Then AOC dumps him for Jason Arday and Gav hangs himself in the living room wearing his Mr. Slave outfit.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 07:15 PM (UjdFS)

141
So much sick shit happening. I need to stop reading the news.

How do we fight off the sick shit?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:17 PM (/QHx4)

142 "I can't think of any punishment too cruel. I have tried. In fact I really can't think of one cruel enough.
Posted by: ... "

Pressure washer bath.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

143 Got a hand caught in the spit sink?
Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 07:01 PM (uhVAy)

No, but she did get a cavity filled.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:17 PM (zZu0s)

144 "How do we fight off the sick shit?"

Avoid Taylor Farms produce.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (Jr5Lq)

145 Ok, this might sound odd. Hasan looks ofd. His upper body when he is standing looks really off. Like not right. Awkward not right. Is he wearing a bullet proof vest under the shirt?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

146 How do we fight off the sick shit?

Posted by: four seasons

Lots of people with lots of weapons.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (bWZYx)

147
Lol gp

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (/QHx4)

148 A commie muslim caring about vets?

riiiiiiiight
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 11, 2026 07:09 PM (e0GGC)

So phony. Hates explosions.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 07:20 PM (vE0+H)

149 "I was astonished to learn when the cops find contraband, often the excuse is "No, those aren't my pants. Those drugs aren't mine""

Not my car.
No, I don't have my license on me. (Amazingly common!)
I'm on my parents' insurance.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

150

Oh yes, 3 gun safes here.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:21 PM (/QHx4)

151 I was astonished to learn when the cops find contraband, often the excuse is "No, those aren't my pants. Those drugs aren't mine"
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (qkEqw)
---
"I'm just wearing these pants for a friend! I had no idea the drugs were in the front pocket next to this phone which just happens to be mine!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:21 PM (FZ29D)

152 Honestly the Jersey lady ain't that bad. Here check this one out;

https://tinyurl.com/rffsexbc

"It's a murder!"

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at August 11, 2026 07:22 PM (IQhz0)

153 112
AOChit thinks she will be president.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:06 PM (/QHx4)

She'll join a group.

What was Gutfeld's joke. You'd think Al-Sayed would like the President more considering how often he beats women.

Abdul also hates Mackinac Island.
Winning them over.

Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 11, 2026 07:22 PM (Sco7b)

154 Time to mow the lawn mud. Later.

Posted by: gp at August 11, 2026 07:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

155 I was astonished to learn when the cops find contraband, often the excuse is "No, those aren't my pants. Those drugs aren't mine"
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (qkEqw)
---
"I'm just wearing these pants for a friend! I had no idea the drugs were in the front pocket next to this phone which just happens to be mine!"
-----

Another genre of those videos I enjoy of the ones featuring the screeching harpies who yell that they can't be filmed in public and that the documents on their desk that are pushed up against the glass where the public waits are "confidential" and also can't be filmed.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 07:23 PM (TN0g+)

156 It's a frog strangler out there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:23 PM (bWZYx)

157 Kermie likes it when I do that.

Posted by: Mrs Piggy at August 11, 2026 07:26 PM (MWfyi)

158 Abdulrahman El-Sayed hates fireworks and the Detroit Lions.

Hoo boy, that's a winning program.

Posted by: mrp at August 11, 2026 07:27 PM (rj6Yv)

159 These people are not going to win.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2026 07:28 PM (EZtVN)

160 Pressure washer bath.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)

Getting there. How is it doing

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 07:28 PM (vE0+H)

161 Ok, this might sound odd. Hasan looks ofd. His upper body when he is standing looks really off. Like not right. Awkward not right. Is he wearing a bullet proof vest under the shirt?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 11, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)

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Kuato

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 07:28 PM (PfArb)

162
Abdul would probably like to be dogpiled

Shock the doggie.

Posted by: Gabriel Peters at August 11, 2026 07:29 PM (Cqx++)

163 These people are not going to win.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2026 07:28 PM (EZtVN)

I think some are. But I don't know. You're watching a controlled demolition of the Democrat Party. Always a mindfuck to be had.

Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 07:29 PM (vE0+H)

164 The Mayor of Munchkinland cop riding around on that skinny bloke's back trying to detain him is hilarious.

In the immortal words of Cartman: "We should get like eight of these, dress them all up like little beavers and put them in a pond and see if they'll build a dam!"

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:30 PM (2Drhq)

165 My finger will be fine but I realize now that you could quickly disassemble someone with a pressure washer.

Posted by: Mrs Piggy at August 11, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)

166
Yeeesh, the "crazy" chick felt like a performance.

Probably, got training from some antifa type group.

I have a feeling a nice hickory shampoo would end a lot of this nonsense.

But, nope. Everyone gotta go along with this performative bullshit.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 11, 2026 07:30 PM (iJfKG)

167 Oops off porcine sock

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:31 PM (MWfyi)

168 My finger will be fine but I realize now that you could quickly disassemble someone with a pressure washer.
Posted by: Mrs Piggy at August 11, 2026 07:30 PM (MWfyi)
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Up the pressure just a tad and you can use a water jet to cut granite.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:32 PM (FZ29D)

169
Well, we just voted in the Very Special Primary. We did not vote for Darline. I knew Miklos didn't want to have to move to D.C, especially with Charline and Marline wanted to tag along as well.

There will be a run-off for a certain, but beyond that, I have no clue who the top two will be.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (w6EFb)

170 These people are going to win and it's going to be miserable. I'm so black-pilled.
Posted by: InZona at August 11, 2026 07:13 PM (qwLiq)

Sooner or later... sure, of course. The balance of power has tilted their way for so long, and it's so heavily weighted, that they must win. And it won't be much longer in any event, I can see it's outline on the horizon.

Don't let it get you down. It'll be enough of a bummer without driving yourself into depression over it. Besides, it'll be such a clusterfuck that it should be over with pretty quickly. These people are completely retarded. They can't keep it gasping along for 70+ years like the Soviets did.

None of this shit matters enough to care very much about. Just look out for you and yours and try to weather the storm the best you can. We aren't the first to deal with this kind of development, and won't be the last.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (BI5O2)

171 Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed once asked his YouTube viewers whether Americans could "PLEASE" find another way to celebrate the Fourth of July, in a video promising four reasons "why fireworks suck."

>>>

I'd like to shoot some Texas Pop Rockets off in that dude's yard,
1,000 Black Cats going off fast and hard

And an American will survive!

Posted by: Count de Monet's inner Hank Williams, Jr. at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (wVcYX)

172 168 Up the pressure just a tad and you can use a water jet to cut granite.

That would be a good premise for a murder mystery.

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (2Drhq)

173 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

174 .......

Then AOC dumps him for Jason Arday and Gav hangs himself in the living room wearing his Mr. Slave outfit.

Posted by: wth
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He dumped her. She was interfering with his love life.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 07:34 PM (vOxCS)

175 Abdul Sayed could get in a woke lefty's face and tell that person she as a woman cause most of the problems in the world and should be subjugated to men and she would still vote for him.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 07:35 PM (bvDnE)

176
Lol Braenyard

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 07:35 PM (/QHx4)

177 These people are not going to win.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 11, 2026 07:28 PM (EZtVN)

Right On!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 07:35 PM (wVcYX)

178 None of this shit matters enough to care very much about. Just look out for you and yours and try to weather the storm the best you can. We aren't the first to deal with this kind of development, and won't be the last.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 07:33 PM (BI5O2)

This is sound advice, and it's pretty much where I'm sitting. I hope it doesn't go like that. But sometimes, people have to find out the hard way.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 11, 2026 07:38 PM (zYpTz)

179 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 07:39 PM (VyBeY)

180 The Red House bit: how can you be black and indigenous? This isn’t Africa.

The alleged demonically possessed woman: she’s play acting insane to get out of the speeding ticket. Seems more trouble than it’s worth.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

181 Are there any people in Manchester UK who speak English?

Posted by: boatbuilder at August 11, 2026 10:12 PM (aB/4V)

Trump Had to Change Planes in Turkey to Avoid a "Credible Iranian Assassination Threat."
Jake Tapper Makes the Story All About, Get This, Jake Tapper.

The media keeps digging into the Secret Service's story about what happened in Turkey.

It's almost as if they want the Secret Service's methods revealed so that foreign assassins will be better able to kill the president.

President Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey is putting Air Force One's security protocols and defensive capabilities in the spotlight.
Why it matters: Air Force One is the call sign for any Air Force aircraft carrying the president, meaning Trump's secret switch didn't change the designation -- but it changed the plane protecting him.
Driving the news: A threat from Iran forced Trump to secretly switch planes, using a catering truck to move to a smaller aircraft, per the Washington Post.
Trump flew to Turkey on a plane gifted by Qatar, which was meant to serve as Air Force One. Officials said he would return on an older presidential plane because of security concerns, per multiple reports,
After boarding the older plane, Trump moved to a smaller Air Force C-32A, according to the reports. All three planes flew to the U.K., where Trump joined the Qatari plane and flew home.

Good, so now Iranian assassins know that the Secret Service uses attending vehicles, like catering trucks or supply trucks, to secret move principles.

Well done, Washington Post. You're great patriots for Iran.

There was yet another plan to murder Trump, launched by a foreign enemy terrorist regime.

Jake Tapper decides: This is really a story about how brave the press is, and how Trump's Secret Service is trying to kill them.

The story: Iran had a serious plot to kill the president.

The headlines: OMG Secret Service protected the president and not every asshole in the media. https://t.co/2xshtu9LSz
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) August 11, 2026

Stephen Green
@VodkaPundit
When there's an active shooter, Jake, USSS removes POTUS and leaves everybody else. You know that, of course, but heaven forbid you skip an opportunity to sell whatever remains of your credibility for just one more opportunity to preen.

Tony Kinnett
@TheTonus
5h
I can't believe that when we were at the first WCHA Dinner, that when the shots rang out the Secret Service covered the President instead of you or me.
Jeepers!

🚨 UPDATE: Fake News Jake Tapper is being RIPPED after he had a full-blown meltdown over the Secret Service doing its job and protecting President Trump in Turkey � covertly moving him from Air Force One to a separate plane

"Flew to Afghan [on] AF1. An insurgent missile struck� pic.twitter.com/XHfIufYwgA
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 11, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:32 PM

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Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 05:32 PM (NFRf7)

2 Jake is really trying to distract from his Dinner with Fauci

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 05:33 PM (NFRf7)

3 I nooded. Prior:

“Genocide joe” was a right wing psyop / propaganda that actually worked to push people against voting for the democratic candidate to help trump and maga candidates win.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 11, 2026 04:54 PM (d8zZq)

Was it really a "right wing psyop," though? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present to you the music video for "Testify" by Rage Against The Machine:

https://youtu.be/Q3dvbM6Pias

Directed by Michael Moore and released in August 2000, it used clips of Dubya, algore, and Things To Come (1936) to argue that the Democrat party candidate for President was literally the same as the Republican candidate. And by 'literally' I mean, like an invading space alien with the same mind in two bodies.

Infamously, algore went on to lose an election that to this day, Democrats still refuse to concede. Was that a right-wing psyop? RATM and Michael Moore?! Of course not! They literally did it to themselves, and so it was with the "Genocide Joe" label that followed Coconut Kam everywhere like the open-sewer stench of uncontrolled IBS. Reddit is just in cope 'n' seethe mode still.

Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 05:34 PM (Sy6m/)

4 Anything to get Fauci off the algo

Posted by: Accomack at August 11, 2026 05:35 PM (77Bgk)

5 I'm sure this deserves some derision of Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)

6 The president is important. Media windbags like Fake Fapper are not.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2026 05:36 PM (f0sNM)

7 Anyone still cares about Fake Fapper? Other than himself, of course...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 11, 2026 05:36 PM (OUMaO)

8 How many millions does AF1 cost? How many journalists can fit on board? Is the tradeoff worth it?

Posted by: toby928(c) at August 11, 2026 05:36 PM (4NO2D)

9 I can't believe that when we were at the first WCHA Dinner, that when the shots rang out the Secret Service covered the President instead of you or me.

Jeepers!

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Fake Tapper was already shielded and safe, having already previously crawled under a table to blow #DrunkDonLeMon.

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 05:37 PM (LMWcc)

10 I am seeing this story all over liberal websites all pretty much saying that Trump was a coward and had to hide in a bread truck.

Something tells me they would have shed no tears if Trump's plane was shot down and everyone onboard, including a dozen or so "journalists" were killed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2026 05:37 PM (cpFbA)

11
Before camera phones, selfies were called "journalism".

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

12 Stephen Green
@VodkaPundit
When there's an active shooter, Jake, USSS removes POTUS and leaves everybody else. You know that, of course, but heaven forbid you skip an opportunity to sell whatever remains of your credibility for just one more opportunity to preen.
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You'd think Jake would have learned that at the assassination attempt at the WHCD.

Or was Jake not invited?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 05:38 PM (FZ29D)

13 I don't know how long Fake Jake has been around but I have never watched one minute of his program. If not for here and some X posts skewering his ego I wouldn't know the man ever existed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 11, 2026 05:38 PM (XWTvW)

14 You mean like when the Secret Service stuffed the entire crowd at Butler, PA into the presidential limo?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at August 11, 2026 05:38 PM (yUP64)

15 Oh good I was waiting for ace to dunk on that faggot.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:39 PM (YwEeS)

16 By Any Means Necessary.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 11, 2026 05:39 PM (W2Pud)

17
Every morning I start the coffee and then read the latest news.

I am always scared the evil people have killed Trump. They will never stop.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 05:39 PM (/QHx4)

18 Cite?
-Brave Jake Tapper

Posted by: BruceWayne at August 11, 2026 05:39 PM (YZ0Fo)

19 Something tells me they would have shed no tears if Trump's plane was shot down and everyone onboard, including a dozen or so "journalists" were killed.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2026 05:37 PM (cpFbA)
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They would have worshipped the "journalists" as martyrs for the cause.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 05:39 PM (FZ29D)

20 "Well done, Washington Post. You're great patriots for Iran."

and / or any other enemy oif America and its people.

spot-on, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 05:40 PM (VyBeY)

21 I am seeing this story all over liberal websites all pretty much saying that Trump was a coward and had to hide in a bread truck.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2026 05:37 PM (cpFbA)
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At post #5, you can see I predicted this would reflect negatively on Trump.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:40 PM (Fi81e)

22 Well done, Washington Post. You're great patriots for Iran."

They openly root for Iran all the time.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:41 PM (YwEeS)

23 The president is important. Media windbags like Fake Fapper are not.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 11, 2026 05:36 PM (f0sNM)

I only regret that Jake Tapper was not allowed to fulfil his destiny as reactor shielding. Think of the loss to letters this has caused.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 05:41 PM (rbvCR)

24 For fucks sake the insane left rooted for ALGAE they hate Trump so much.They would orgasm over a mass casualty attack on his watch.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)

25 Jake Tapper is the kind of sociopath that likes his pathologies to be public.

Like brian Williams or Dan Rather.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 05:42 PM (JvZF+)

26 I'm banned but I voted in SW WI today and there was a separate digital machine the old volunteers were steering people to. It's new. I've never seen it before.
Democrat primary.

Posted by: LenNeal at August 11, 2026 05:43 PM (Ipg/p)

27 "Trump is SO stupid, because people want to kill him just as much as I do!" -- reddit, probably

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

28 In their own minds, journalists are gods among men.

They write stories that chart their own destiny.

They refuse to bow down to us mere mortals and accept the truth that they are overpampered idiots who don't have a single working brain cell among them.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 05:43 PM (FZ29D)

29 The story: Iran had a serious plot to kill the president.

The headlines: OMG Secret Service protected the president and not every asshole in the media.
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"Asshole" is way too charitable.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 05:44 PM (JvZF+)

30 Tapper's whine admits the threat was real.

But I'll bet right now on CNN the panel is arguing that there was no threat.
That Trump is making it up to justify his war against Iran.
And to distract from inflation.
And to distract from releasing the Epstein files.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 05:45 PM (3cUTc)

31 Anyone still cares about Fake Fapper? Other than himself, of course...

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 11, 2026 05:36 PM (OUMaO)

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"The devil ... the prowde spirite ... cannot endure to be mocked."

-- Thomas More
Thomas Moore

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 05:45 PM (LMWcc)

32
Is Fapper a homo?

If so he'll love when the muzzies take over.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 05:47 PM (/QHx4)

33 >>>Jake Tapper Makes the Story All About, Get This, Jake Tapper.

About ... who?

Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:47 PM (odBC9)

34
and how Trump's Secret Service is trying to kill them.

Tapper just wants to suck the joy out of everything...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 11, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)

35 I have CNN on now. Tapper's show but he's not there.

Still traumatized.
Poor, brave man.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 11, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b)

36 Thomas Moore

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 05:45 PM (LMWcc)
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Nope.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:50 PM (Fi81e)

37 Iran thinks that if they kill Trump, they will have "won" the "war."

After President Vance nukes Qom and Tehran, they can ponder their victory while getting asss-raped in Islamic "Paradise," which will they quickly learn is the Christian Hell.

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 05:50 PM (Av6i5)

38 Is Fapper a homo?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 05:47 PM (/QHx4)
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His shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

39 so now Iranian assassins know that the Secret Service uses attending vehicles

Oh, c'mon, Ace! If they didn't already know that they haven't been paying attention! That sort of thing has been de rigeur for decades.

BTW, using it in that way is just a reversal of the bit where the terrorists use it to get things through security and onboard.

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 05:51 PM (kU0PQ)

40
Who's important here?

Bows head in shame.

Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 05:51 PM (Y8DZL)

41 Tapper just wants to suck the joy out of everything...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 11, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)

Not "joy". But it does start with "j".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:51 PM (Ot/FD)

42 Tapper just wants to suck the joy out of everything...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 11, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)
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That's Anderson Cooper.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

43 If you wanna be a martyr, you gotta take one in the toochus.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 11, 2026 05:52 PM (DZ9Lv)

44
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 05:52 PM (/QHx4)

45 Something tells me they would have shed no tears if Trump's plane was shot down and everyone onboard, including a dozen or so "journalists" were killed.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2026 05:37 PM (cpFbA)

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The MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia would be agitating for Posthumous Purple Hearts for those Martyrs, Praising their Sacrifice, and Celebrating the fact that they would be Greeted in Hell by 72 Vegans.

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 05:52 PM (LMWcc)

46 Let's not forget that a good president is not only responsible for improving security, the economy and the living quality of America's residents. He is ALSO responsible for improving the morale of the citizens.

So, allowing those reporters on the plane was part of his job.

Posted by: Orson at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (dIske)

47 Turks and Marxists trying to off President Trump

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

48 That Jake Tapper should die to save President Trump is a price I am willing to pay.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (eGn4U)

49 Alternate headline: Jake Tapper huffs his own farts again.

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

50 we were with president the whole time

Oh, FFS, Jake! They were protecting the airplane because the President was in it. You were collateral protection. And I guarantee they continued with the protection of AF1 just as if the President were aboard, because to do otherwise would expose the subterfuge and place the President back at risk.

Posted by: GWB at August 11, 2026 05:54 PM (kU0PQ)

51 Tapper just wants to suck the joy out of everything...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 11, 2026 05:49 PM (y9nCu)

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"Please tell me he doesn't have a toes fetish!"

/obligatory Dick Morris

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 05:54 PM (LMWcc)

52 Every 'journalist' believes he/she is smarter and more valuable to the world than any President. Including Barky.

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 05:54 PM (5rh/l)

53 It's amazing Jake can stand being around Jake.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 11, 2026 05:55 PM (diia5)

54 Tapper might have a point if he had been told to board the plane in Turkey.

And there was no one else on it.

"Hey, where's Trump? Where's anybody?"

"Heh. Bye, Jake."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:55 PM (Ot/FD)

55 After the Soviet agent Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated Kennedy. LBJ did exactly jack shit to punish the USSR.

Of all his failings as president (and LBJ is a Top Five contender for Most Failings as President), having basically re response to the JFK assassinatin was perhaps the worst.

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 05:55 PM (Av6i5)

56 Alternate headline: Jake Tapper huffs his own farts again.

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)
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You're implying he ever paused.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

57 re response = no response

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 05:56 PM (Av6i5)

58 56 Alternate headline: Jake Tapper huffs his own farts again.

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)
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You're implying he ever paused.
Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)

Self Contained Underwear Breathing Apparatus

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)

59
Is Fapper a homo?

If so he'll love when the muzzies take over.

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 05:47 PM (/QHx4)

*music*

I believe I can fly
I believe I can touch the sky
I think about it every night and day
Spread my wings and fly away

*dances in his cell at FCC Butner*

Posted by: R Kelly at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (y9nCu)

60 I do remember us liking him for about a week.

He did actual journalism and asked a tough question or something.

We were amazed. Like a muslim boy seeing live, human, female flesh.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)

61
Did Jake Tapper run this tweet by his pal Dr Fauci before sending it?

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (OkYzo)

62 Like a stillsuit, but the tube just goes straight down to your undercarriage.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)

63 ***Well done, Washington Post. You're great patriots for Iran.

Bezos is agent of DeepState.
Grandfather was founder of DARPA's progenitor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (vOxCS)

64 35 I have CNN on now. Tapper's show but he's not there.

Well, let Jake tell you 'bout the way he looks
The way he acts, and the color of his hair
His voice is soft and cool
His eyes are clear and bright
But Jake's not there!

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 05:58 PM (2Drhq)

65 Alternate headline: Jake Tapper huffs his own farts again.
Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 05:53 PM (oqH4h)

It's like fresh rye bread!

Posted by: Jake Tapper at August 11, 2026 05:58 PM (wVcYX)

66 If Tapper had gone down on AF1, I’d be willing to kick in an extra $100 in taxes to buy another AF1.

Posted by: Advo at August 11, 2026 05:58 PM (jO4mz)

67 The fake outrage over the precious journalists being used as decoys is just window dressing for the real outrage all these shitbags have that the Iranians didn't succeed in their plot to assassinate Trump. I get the feeling they'd all be willing martyrs if AF1 went down with all of them onboard as long as Bad Orange Man was with them.

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 05:58 PM (oqH4h)

68 A plane full of journalists you say?

Posted by: Rooting for the Ayatollah tbh at August 11, 2026 05:59 PM (wGerL)

69 On the other hand, maybe all of that information about methods is just complete BS being put out by the administration to throw off the Iranians. Oh wait now I am giving them clues . damn!!

Posted by: Lurkyloo at August 11, 2026 06:00 PM (xg4SX)

70 Self Contained Underwear Breathing Apparatus
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:57 PM (Ot/FD)
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I LOL'd

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 06:00 PM (oqH4h)

71
The Truth about AirForce One decoy flight: By Jake Tapper on Sale December 2026.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 06:00 PM (OkYzo)

72 A plane full of journalists you say?

Posted by: Rooting for the Ayatollah tbh at August 11, 2026 05:59 PM (wGerL)

A good start.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:00 PM (dK+Kv)

73 It really is unfair.

Jake Tapper and the rest of the reporters should have been allowed to leave AF1.

Over the Atlantic at 30k.

Forcibly, if necessary.

For the good of America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM (3cUTc)

74 Heavy hitters taking a day at the beach.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM (vOxCS)

75 A rat, a cockroach and a planeful of journalists walk into a bar.

The bartender says "Sorry, we don't allow vermin in here."

The rat and the cockroach turn to the planeful of journalists and say: "Sorry, y'all are gonna have to leave."

Posted by: Delurker at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM (2Drhq)

76 And then he just like grabbed the steering wheel thingy of the plane and yelled "FREEBIRD!"

I was scared for my life, I was.

Posted by: Madison Cornbread at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM (Ot/FD)

77 Tapper thinks he's as beloved and admired as Jake from Sixteen Candles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM (wVcYX)

78 The plane switch was hardly "secret."

He did fly his mobile palace to Turkey, but that didn't apparently raise alarms.

Only when media type discovered that the plane was devoid of certain counter measures was it "an issue."

Fire the moles.

Nobody thought otherwise until the media mouthed off.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 06:02 PM (2Cry5)

79 77 Tapper thinks he's as beloved and admired as Jake from Sixteen Candles.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 06:01 PM

Jake from State Farm polls higher than Jake Tapper

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 06:02 PM (OkYzo)

80
I don't get why the whorealists are allowed on AF1.

They are only going to lie about everything.

Does Trump ever get a break from the pieces of shit?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:02 PM (/QHx4)

81 Of course the Washington Post reveals all the preventive measures the Secret Service allegedly used. Way to go you fucking traitorous retards.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 06:04 PM (bvDnE)

82
Churnalist.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 06:05 PM (Fi81e)

83 Speaking of our intellectual betters...

CBC - US - Canada trade talks, this plane story
CNN - Trump switching planes. I don't know if Tapper will show up in tights.

MS Now - Iran war lost. Trump won't admit loss. GOP faces a reckoning. Also, you can change your sex! Wishcasting.

FoxNews - returned Russian prisoners

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 11, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)

84
Good one Axeman

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (/QHx4)

85 On the other hand, maybe all of that information about methods is just complete BS being put out by the administration to throw off the Iranians. Oh wait now I am giving them clues . damn!!
Posted by: Lurkyloo at August 11, 2026 06:00 PM (xg4SX

Are you saying it's no big deal?

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (bvDnE)

86 The ultimate Trump troll would be to board Air Force One invite the entire Washington press corps to fly with him, then just before takeoff sneak off a back door without anyone realizing and then text the plane's coordinates to Iran. Watch as the IRGC takes out the entire press corps.

Then bomb Tehran to rubble in retaliation.

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

87 Odds the Miami Dolphins win a game this year?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (KGj36)

88 For fucks sake the insane left rooted for ALGAE they hate Trump so much.They would orgasm over a mass casualty attack on his watch.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)

I, for one, welcome our new single-celled overlords.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (dK+Kv)

89
Jake Tapper might have surpassed Jim Acosta in his petulant whiny diva behavior.

Posted by: Frank Barone at August 11, 2026 06:09 PM (OkYzo)

90

zombie,

Perfect,

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:09 PM (/QHx4)

91 As if the Iranians are going to harm their allies in the press corp.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (pE12i)

92 I am wondering if Tapper and Tucker are soul mate

Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (Ia/+0)

93 88 For fucks sake the insane left rooted for ALGAE they hate Trump so much.They would orgasm over a mass casualty attack on his watch.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)

I, for one, welcome our new single-celled overlords.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

In the future, Algae will wage a world war against Plankton for control of the planet -- only for them to both be wiped out, and Fungi inherit the Earth.

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (Av6i5)

94 Is Fapper a homo?

If so he'll love when the muzzies take over.

Posted by: four seasons
........

Even if not, they'll mistake him for one anyway.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (UjdFS)

95 For fucks sake the insane left rooted for ALGAE they hate Trump so much.They would orgasm over a mass casualty attack on his watch.

Posted by: steevy at August 11, 2026 05:42 PM (YwEeS)

I know it's minor in the big picture but I'm angry they let that Leftist piece of shit former Olympian off for trying to vandalize the reflecting pool.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (bvDnE)

96 87 Odds the Miami Dolphins win a game this year?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (KGj36)

Using Feminine Tenacity and a bit of the proud to be a bitch thing?

100%

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 11, 2026 06:11 PM (Sco7b)

97 The ultimate Trump troll would be to board Air Force One invite the entire Washington press corps to fly with him, then just before takeoff sneak off a back door without anyone realizing and then text the plane's coordinates to Iran. Watch as the IRGC takes out the entire press corps.

Then bomb Tehran to rubble in retaliation.
Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

But the NTSB and the FAA will firmly declare that the mishap was caused by a spark from an abraded wire in the center fuel tank.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (wVcYX)

98 Jake Tapper is Jake from Propaganda Farm

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (NFRf7)

99 The Iranians are what the Japanese would have been had Tojo prevailed in the internal conflict after having been nuked.

Posted by: polynikes at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (bvDnE)

100 In the future, Algae will wage a world war against Plankton for control of the planet -- only for them to both be wiped out, and Fungi inherit the Earth.

Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 06:10 PM (Av6i5)

And the yeast shall inherit the earth.

We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (dK+Kv)

101 80
I don't get why the whorealists are allowed on AF1.

They are only going to lie about everything.

Does Trump ever get a break from the pieces of shit?

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:02 PM (/QHx4)

I don't believe many whorealists fly on AF1. Only the half-dozen or so Presidential press pool reporters and video and still cameramen. The pool reporter slots rotate thru the regular White House reporters from the biggest domestic media outfits. Trump or the press secretary may let a few select others fly onboard AF1 for some trips.

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 06:13 PM (5rh/l)

102
Tap-a-tappa-tap they call him the Tapper
Tap, tap, tap, you know what he's after!

Posted by: Hunter B. at August 11, 2026 06:13 PM (0sNs1)

103 Funny how Obama and Biden never had to worry about foreign assassination attempts. It’s almost like all the lunatic murdering foreign America-haters knew that Obama and Biden where on their side.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:14 PM (i+vnO)

104
Yep Elric

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:15 PM (/QHx4)

105 Is Fapper a homo?

Just because I masturbate in front of the bathroom mirror does NOT make me gay!

Posted by: Shake Tapper at August 11, 2026 06:15 PM (UjdFS)

106 Jake Tapper is like a turtle who is stuck and keeps butting heads with a river rock. You gotta love that.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 06:16 PM (iySPJ)

107
Lol

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:16 PM (/QHx4)

108 Why does Francesca Hong look like a hung over gecko?

Posted by: Decaf at August 11, 2026 06:16 PM (ZNpJk)

109 Does Trump ever get a break from the pieces of shit?

Posted by: four seasons
--

He enjoys the joust.
If he didn't they would say, 'He's Hiding'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 06:16 PM (vOxCS)

110 Jake Tapper is Jake from Propaganda Farm
Posted by: Smell the Glove
......

He's wearing khakis.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:17 PM (UjdFS)

111 Does it make me a bad person to think it woulda been a net benefit for mankind if all those commie media hacks and asslickers to get shot down by one of their beloved Muslim terrorists?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:17 PM (i+vnO)

112 Maybe Trump was on the plane and the WP story is the diversion.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:18 PM (MWfyi)

113 Glad to see you post again Len.

I hope you learned your lesson.

Posted by: pawn at August 11, 2026 06:18 PM (L5eIP)

114 President Trump's secret plane switch in Turkey is putting Air Force One's security protocols and defensive capabilities in the spotlight.

Yes, secrets are always in the spotlight.

Posted by: t-bird at August 11, 2026 06:18 PM (ScG/9)

115

Karma

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:18 PM (/QHx4)

116 D-Lamp was a man before his time.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:19 PM (MWfyi)

117 So the USSS thought the threat against the president was strong enough to surreptitiously remove him from AF1.

And then proceeded to let the plane full of White House staffers and reporters take off and fly back to the US.

-----------

Peter Doocy would be the only White House reporter who would be missed.

Posted by: Decaf at August 11, 2026 06:20 PM (ZNpJk)

118 Secrets? You want secrets?

The Epstein List. We got 'em right here!

Posted by: Democrats at August 11, 2026 06:20 PM (0sNs1)

119 Tapper is a decoy all right...fake (and cowardly) 'newsman'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:20 PM (XeU6L)

120 One of the young actresses I follow has a post about Puerto Rico.

I imagine they get tons of US money. Where the hell does it all get siphoned off to?

It's like Canadian Indians,
Billions of dollars just disappear.

Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 11, 2026 06:20 PM (Sco7b)

121 I'd say this Tapper fellow is a bit of a twat, isn't he?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 06:20 PM (4chwE)

122 This is a perfect example of why I'm no longer a Lifelong Republican... Trump attacked an innocent country and assassinated its leaders on orders from the Zionist SS, thereby endangering everyone on the people's jet, chickened out (like always), and then you guys gloat over our journalists, the policemen of democracy, being in the line of fire that he ran from, like he did with his bone spurs during Vietnam, which rhymes with Iran.

For shame.

Posted by: Republican for Talarico, now With Generational Wealth (TM) at August 11, 2026 06:21 PM (BI5O2)

123 111 Does it make me a bad person to think it woulda been a net benefit for mankind if all those commie media hacks and asslickers to get shot down by one of their beloved Muslim terrorists?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:17 PM (i+vnO)
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I'd be sad for the collateral killing of the Air Force pilots and crew and anyone aboard not in the business of rank propaganda for America's enemies, but to say net benefit is probably not wrong in the long run.

The decade-long funeral the press would throw for their fallen comrades would be fucking insufferable, though.

Posted by: ballistic at August 11, 2026 06:21 PM (oqH4h)

124 Does it make me a bad person to think it woulda been a net benefit for mankind if all those commie media hacks and asslickers to get shot down by one of their beloved Muslim terrorists?
Posted by: Elric the Blade
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[ponders]

Um...well...no.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:21 PM (XeU6L)

125 Troll goodness:
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Royce White @Highway_30

10h
Don't tell me how to be a Black woman! Taking hormones are optional. The idea that a Trans woman has to subject herself to BIG PHARMA, is just another way for cis normative people to turn us into a commodity. I’m an ALL NATURAL Black trans lesbian with a penile aesthetic.

Royce White for U.S. Senate MN 2026
WNBA #LetHerPlay
---

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 06:22 PM (Fi81e)

126 Ghouls deserve a ghoulish death.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:22 PM (2GVsD)

127 And the yeast shall inherit the earth.

We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing . . . .
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (dK+Kv)

*Golf clap*

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 11, 2026 06:22 PM (9ZFZd)

128 At least he didn't have to bob and weave on the tarmac!

Posted by: Hillary at August 11, 2026 06:22 PM (XeU6L)

129 108 Why does Francesca Hong look like a hung over gecko?
Posted by: Decaf at August 11, 2026 06:16 PM (ZNpJk)

I suspect it is the drug cocktail she takes to avoid being manic-depressive and taking another overdose of lithium. She looks wrung out like an old dishrag. Her brain likewise is wrung out with proggie nonsense and racism. I guess you are what you eat.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 06:23 PM (4chwE)

130 The decade-long funeral the press would throw for their fallen comrades would be fucking insufferable, though.

One Iranian terrorist would disrupt that.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:23 PM (2GVsD)

131 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

132 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

Oh goody.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (dK+Kv)

133 At least he didn't have to bob and weave on the tarmac!

"At least you got to land safely." - Sec. of Commerce Ron Brown.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (2GVsD)

134 Alien space queen Doll Eyes Alex now looking for a fertile human male to impregnate her eggs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

135 I imagine they get tons of US money. Where the hell does it all get siphoned off to?"

Porsche Latin America...

Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (XuXeR)

136 131 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

We'll see if she gets an upgrade or not. If she doesn't rope in a very rich sugardaddy, it means the DNC is dropping her.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)

137 Broke up with her boyfriend and is freezing her eggs. What a psycho. That guy is lucky to be free.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)

138 And the yeast shall inherit the earth.

We've taken care of everything
The words you read, the songs you sing . . . .
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:12 PM (dK+Kv)

Mrs. Big Nose: [trying to hear Jesus' sermon on the mount] Oh, it's blessed are the MEEK! Oh, I'm glad they're getting something, they have a hell of a time.

Reg: What Jesus fails to appreciate is that it's the meek who are the problem.

Yeast it is!

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (wVcYX)

139 Why does Francesca Hong look like a hung over gecko?
Posted by: Decaf

We demand an apology immediately. We are very cute when we don't drink too much.

Posted by: Geckos Anonymous at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (UjdFS)

140 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

She must have read my comment earlier about how he was never gonna go through with the wedding. Now she can find herself a good muslim feminist communist to silently support her dreams to become the next Democrat woman to not be elected President.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

141 Fran Drescher > Francesca Hong

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (2GVsD)

142 Here's a 'The War Zone' story about a US Army HUMVEE-mounted air defense missile system deployed to Trump's Bedminster, NJ, golf club when he played there this past weekend.

https://tinyurl.com/4cz55u3n

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 06:28 PM (5rh/l)

143 AOC is not hot. I don't care what anybody says. She's repulsive.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)

144 But the NTSB and the FAA will firmly declare that the mishap was caused by a spark from an abraded wire in the center fuel tank.
Posted by: Count de Monet
------

Pay no attention to the rocket trail.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:28 PM (XeU6L)

145 116 D-Lamp was a man before his time.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:19 PM (MWfyi)

A prophet

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 11, 2026 06:28 PM (xcxpd)

146 Alien space queen Doll Eyes Alex now looking for a fertile human male to impregnate her eggs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

I saw this movie. Species, wasn't it?

Mmmm, prime Natasha Henstridge . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 06:29 PM (wVcYX)

147
Gref,

That is cool

Posted by: four seasons at August 11, 2026 06:29 PM (/QHx4)

148 And then proceeded to let the plane full of White House staffers and reporters take off and fly back to the US.
-----

Whoever made that decision deserves a medal. Afterall, we're supposed to reward the behavior not the outcome.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:29 PM (TN0g+)

149 Broke up with her boyfriend and is freezing her eggs.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)
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It just takes her more time in the morning.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)

150 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove
......

Maybe he will release the sex tapes now out of spite.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)

151 AOC is not hot. I don't care what anybody says. She's repulsive.
Posted by: fd
----

You just want to date me.

Posted by: AOC at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (XeU6L)

152 Alien space queen Doll Eyes Alex now looking for a fertile human male to impregnate her eggs.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)

Speaking of yeast . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (dK+Kv)

153 And then proceeded to let the plane full of White House staffers and reporters take off and fly back to the US.
-----

Whoever made that decision deserves a medal. Afterall, we're supposed to reward the behavior not the outcome.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:29 PM (TN0g+)
---
AF1-B.

Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)

154 "You just want to date me.
Posted by: AOC"

You already are dated. Isn't that the reason for the egg freezin?

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:31 PM (MWfyi)

155 137 Broke up with her boyfriend and is freezing her eggs. What a psycho. That guy is lucky to be free.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)

She is freezing her dried up, old, worthless eggs for heaven only knows what reason. If you don't harvest them younger, you get pretty much nothin'. But then, who expected AOC to believe science anyway?

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 06:32 PM (4chwE)

156 Taylor Lorenz's eggs have been frozen since the Lesser Dryas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:32 PM (2GVsD)

157 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove
......

One less,
bell to answer . . .

Posted by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David for The Fifth Dimension, backed by The Wrecking Crew at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (wVcYX)

158 156 Taylor Lorenz's eggs have been frozen since the Lesser Dryas.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:32 PM (2GVsD)

Dodged a bullet there. Harridans should not be allowed to reproduce, but it appears most of them choose not to, by default.

Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (4chwE)

159 AOC is not hot. I don't care what anybody says. She's repulsive.
Posted by: fd
---
You have caused me to look into the difference between 'repulsive' and 'repugnant':

"Repugnant and repulsive both describe something that causes strong feelings of disgust or aversion. However, "repugnant" often implies a moral or ethical objection, while "repulsive" focuses more on physical disgust."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (XeU6L)

160 87 Odds the Miami Dolphins win a game this year?

Posted by: Pudinhead at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (KGj36)
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Pats fan here... you'll win at least one. We can't ever seem to win in Miami

Posted by: 496 at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (hRGul)

161 Doll Eyes Alex will hire a surrogate if she ever thaws out the eggs for fertilization. And then hire a nanny to raise the spawn.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (2GVsD)

162 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove
......

Maybe he will release the sex tapes now out of spite.
Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (UjdFS)
——

Of her with the white woman?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (i+vnO)

163 She is freezing her dried up, old, worthless eggs for heaven only knows what reason.
......

Maybe she wants to clone a hybrid donkeybaby.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:34 PM (UjdFS)

164 She must have read my comment earlier about how he was never gonna go through with the wedding. Now she can find herself a good muslim feminist communist to silently support her dreams to become the next Democrat woman to not be elected President.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

The eggs decision followed the break up or the realization of an imminent break up. We're just getting word of the break up now.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)

165 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

She knows it won't look good on the Democrat nomination campaign trail, beginning in about a year, to have a white guy as her future husband.

Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 06:35 PM (5rh/l)

166 She is freezing her dried up, old, worthless eggs for heaven only knows what reason.
......

Maybe she wants to clone a hybrid donkeybaby.

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:34 PM (UjdFS)

COTW nominee.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:36 PM (dK+Kv)

167 AOC is not hot. I don't care what anybody says. She's repulsive.
Posted by: fd
---
You have caused me to look into the difference between 'repulsive' and 'repugnant':

"Repugnant and repulsive both describe something that causes strong feelings of disgust or aversion. However, "repugnant" often implies a moral or ethical objection, while "repulsive" focuses more on physical disgust."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 06:33 PM (XeU6L)
—-

She was never hot. She was pretty in her younger days (watch the college dancing video) and has a nice body, albeit with the Wall approaching.

Her claim to fame is that she’s reasonably attractive with a nice body in a profession with wall-to-wall Trigglypuffs.

She’s a DC 7.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:36 PM (i+vnO)

168 Within a couple months, DC society reporters will report breathlessly about AOC's """new""" whirlwind romance with Prominent Democrat Party Insider X.

A couple of weeks later, Capitol Hill reporters will start publishing unsourced scuttlebutt about how the DSA/Left and the Party establishment are both cautiously hopeful that their burgeoning relationship will produce a fusion candidate that can bring Democrats together in 2028.

Bank it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (BI5O2)

169 Hey, the DC-7 was a good airliner.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (2GVsD)

170 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!

Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

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

"Call me! We can make beautiful frozen embryos together for our golden years ..." -- Megan Rappin'ho

Posted by: ShainS at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (PfArb)

171 131 Hey everyone, AOC broke up with her boyfriend. She's a free agent!
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 06:24 PM (NFRf7)

Huh. The speculation that she was hiding from financial disclosures doesn't make sense now. Either he would be absconding with their ill-gotten gains, or he would be handing them over and she would have to put them on the books. Maybe he really was just commitment-averse all along, and her geriatric-egg-freezing display brought matters to a head.

Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (Sy6m/)

172 She must have read my comment earlier about how he was never gonna go through with the wedding. Now she can find herself a good muslim feminist communist to silently support her dreams to become the next Democrat woman to not be elected President.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:27 PM (ExV1e)

The eggs decision followed the break up or the realization of an imminent break up. We're just getting word of the break up now.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)

What bleak, soulless, joyless lives these idiots live. Every waking moment is devoted to garnering attention and feeling important.

I enjoy my quiet life with my wife and family. The less attention I receive, the better.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 11, 2026 06:37 PM (0aYVJ)

173 She must have read my comment earlier about how he was never gonna go through with the wedding. Now she can find herself a good muslim feminist communist to silently support her dreams to become the next Democrat woman to not be elected President.
-----

In other great news, Hillary Clinton will never be President.

Posted by: Crusader at August 11, 2026 06:38 PM (TN0g+)

174 "repulsive" focuses more on physical disgust."

Ok fine she's repugnulsive.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:38 PM (MWfyi)

175 Ok fine she's repugnulsive.

So Vegemite?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:39 PM (2GVsD)

176 Nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 06:40 PM (ExV1e)

177 149 Broke up with her boyfriend and is freezing her eggs.

Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 06:26 PM (MWfyi)
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It just takes her more time in the morning.
Posted by: Axeman at August 11, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)

Remember: peel, *then* microwave! That poor cow-orker... legend has it that she's still cleaning the mess to this day.

Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 06:43 PM (Sy6m/)

178 AOC’s relationship with that pudgy soyboy was always fake. No self-respecting Stronk Empowered Womyn would be caught dead in bed with that soft effeminate loser.

She’s now clearing the decks for 2028 and hoping the supine media will pull a Taylor Swift and fawn all over her new ‘boyfriend’ when she announces him.

It all an op. Everything is an op. Even ops are ops.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 11, 2026 06:44 PM (i+vnO)

179 The ultimate Trump troll would be to board Air Force One invite the entire Washington press corps to fly with him, then just before takeoff sneak off a back door without anyone realizing and then text the plane's coordinates to Iran. Watch as the IRGC takes out the entire press corps.

Then bomb Tehran to rubble in retaliation.
Posted by: zombie at August 11, 2026 06:06 PM (Av6i5)

We'd be out a decent plane.

Posted by: Oldcat at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

180 She knows it won't look good on the Democrat nomination campaign trail, beginning in about a year, to have a white guy as her future husband.
Posted by: Gref at August 11, 2026 06:35 PM (5rh/l)

He might have been a secret Jew.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 11, 2026 06:48 PM (g8Ew8)

181 "Have you seen the price of eggs lately?" - AOC

Posted by: wth at August 11, 2026 06:53 PM (UjdFS)

182 If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

- William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

183 She’s a DC 7.

So she’s prop-powered, not jet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-7

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 07:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

184 Jake Tapper and Lawrence O'Donnell are two punks that I'd love to invite outside for more personal conversations.

Posted by: Tracy at August 12, 2026 12:05 AM (KG6AB)

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Trump Had to Change Planes in Turkey to Avoid a "Credible Iranian Assassination Threat."
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