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Wednesday Night ONT - April 22, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. Now that the sweet, sweet flow of SPLC "research" money has dried up, the ONT no longer has the budget for totally organic grassroots protests. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers in this difficult time. The bar is open.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and sit a spell. Good will offerings of amusing puns are happily accepted. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace and Megyn free zone. Please.

[Top photo: 1956 and 1958 John Deere 520 tractors, Paul Schmitt, Fort Atkinson, Iowa]

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A week late but think of it as an ONT...with an extension.

No, I didn't count to confirm the numbers.

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Plumbing hi-jinks:

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"Fine" music via The Curly Shuffle (was going to be a mystery link but some of you might have missed it!):

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As the saying goes: as a child you watched Curly, as a teenager you watched Moe, and as an adult you watched Larry:

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Before the Stooges (but not by much) was Laurel and Hardy:

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Math is not usually permitted here, but we'll make an exception:

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Get Stuffed you old Crow:

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Random music trivia: Rick James only won one Grammy - and it was for songwriting credit on MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This."

The irony is that songwriting credit did not come without a fight. The song samples the opening riff of "Super Freak."

James filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement. It was settled out of court, with Hammer agreeing to credit James as a songwriter, effectively earning him millions of dollars in royalties - and a Grammy.

If you really listen carefully, you just be able to make out the similarity:

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World travelers within Maine:

Somewhat related - how many cities or towns or townships in the United States are named "Paris" or some version of "Paris"? Apparently the answer is 23.

There are 11 Dublins.

What about Lebanons? Depends how you count. Fadi BouKaram is a Lebanese photographer who took a five-month road trip across the U.S. to find them all. His count is 43 Lebanons cities and towns still standing today. The number was formerly 50 but some cities changed names or lost their population and became ghost towns.

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The Brennan Monorail - I will admit that I thought this was a fake when I first saw it. Never heard of it before and the video is clearly a product of AI.

Brennan's Gyro Monorail

The first gyro monorail patent was filed by Irish-Australian engineer Louis Philip Brennan in 1903. He first demonstrated a small working model of his invention to the Army and impressed them so much that the Army Council recommended £10,000 for the development of a full-size vehicle. However, the Financial Department vetoed the idea, but Brennan, with the help of the Army, managed to raise £2,000 from various sources.

Brennan demonstrated the monorail again at the Japan-British Exhibition at the White City, London in 1910. This time the monorail car carried 50 passengers around a circular track at 20 miles per hour. Among the passengers was Winston Churchill, whose presence helped Brennan garner great support for his monorail project. Despite the initial enthusiasm, the monorail failed to attract investors, and Brennan was forced to abandon his dream.

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Dave Mason passed away recently. I'm told by reliable sources that Steve Winwood is the only remaining member of Traffic still among the living.

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The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh!

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Offenbach can can for the big ONT finish:

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Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ?? The Wednesday ONT is not currently operating under court supervision. It is also not shaped like a lobster. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 It’s too late baby

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (rzTfK)

2 Shoot! Have the horses escaped? I see the barn door is closed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

3 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:01 PM (sAmhv)

4 Hey guys,

Launch reminder: 40 minutes

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-14
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 22, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (2F0/Y)

5 “Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.”
― Salvador Dali

Posted by: mindful webworker - errror prong at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (RVdcP)

6 The good people of Pittsburgh got it right when they nicknamed Crosby "Crybaby."

There is no flopping in hockey! Save that shot for metric football, and Lebron.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 22, 2026 10:02 PM (gpQ8/)

7 Poppin' Johnny's?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (rzTfK)

8 Yay! ONT Time!

Thank you T-Rex!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (QGaXH)

9
Final

Philadelphia, 5 - Pittsburgh, 2

Flyers are up 3 games to none.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:04 PM (tgvbd)

10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (QGaXH)

11 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

12 Tres ONT! Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (hftzA)

13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

14 It is written that the wives of “Johnny Poppers” could hear the tractor idling down for the trip home for lunch and could judge their cooking time accordingly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (rzTfK)

15 10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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It was a strong candidate, but was thinking it appeared in a prior ONT. This was a new song.

Posted by: TRex - deere dino at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (cCn4/)

16 Thanks for the tractors, TRex! And the Stooges and Laurel and Hardy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (7D3Aa)

17 8 Yay! ONT Time!

Thank you T-Rex!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM
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Yay! Thank you!

Posted by: TRex - tractor operator dino at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (cCn4/)

18 For those who might wonder... as I did... Shemp Howard was away from the Three Stooges for 14 years (approximately 1932–1946) primarily to pursue a successful solo career as a film comedian and to escape the chaotic, often abusive, working relationship with their original manager, Ted Healy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (ExV1e)

19 Talk last thread about John Phelsn getting fired as Navy Sec. I think he was always one of Trump’s weakest picks, one of the few times Trump tossed a job to someone just because they were a big donor. I don’t think anyone will miss him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (Fmj+u)

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Canada has a spaceport now:

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And free healthcare!

*packs bag*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (tgvbd)

21 John Deere Tractor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF1kqbSo__k

Posted by: huerfano at April 22, 2026 10:08 PM (98kQX)

22 12 Tres ONT! Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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Merci!

Posted by: TRex - le dino at April 22, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

23 Does a Gyro monorail have a Greek deli in the dining car?

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (Fmj+u)

24 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to measure it four gallons, but I only had a three gallon bucket and a five gallon bucket.

Figuring that one out was a real waste of vodka.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (Qoaok)

25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

26 No love for Emil Sitka?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

27 16 Thanks for the tractors, TRex! And the Stooges and Laurel and Hardy!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM
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You're welcome!

Posted by: TRex - farm supply dino at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (cCn4/)

28 25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

++++++

I see the answer above...thanks.

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

29 Grandfather's old Allis conked out decades ago. The tractor we've used for years actually belongs to the cowboys, and we can't just depend on them. Pro'ly gonna need to get a new one to handle the place. Pro'ly won't be a Deere.🤠

I learnt to drive on that old Allis.

Time sure does fly by.

Posted by: mindful webworker - PTO is not GTO at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (RVdcP)

30 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Got my new tooth today, and figured out a way to bring all of my luggage with me when I travel solo without too much fuss. A couple of flat bungee cords and stuff to hold two suitcases together without sliding around everywhere 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (SRRAx)

31 One of my coworkers does the work of three men.

Their names are Larry, Moe, and Curly.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

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No love for Emil Sitka?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (77rzZ)

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"Hold hands, you lovebirds!"

I saw some promo shots with Sitka as the third Stooge, but Larry Fine's stroke put paid to that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (tgvbd)

33 Sorry to hear about Dave Mason. I really like his jars.

Posted by: Home Canner at April 22, 2026 10:11 PM (oftw2)

34 Pittsburgh Scanner is amazing. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)

35 The Cafe has been informed.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Sy6m/)

36 Curley>>>>Shemp

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)

37 >>> 13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

Congratulations!

Hopefully it is a relief to have that settled.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (9vFyc)

38 The first thing I thought of when seeing the tractors was The Straight Story.

Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Qoaok)

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25 Shemp left the Stooges in 1932. Did he try to succeed on his own?
Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

One of WC Field’s best movies was “The Bank Dick”. Shemp has a prominent part in it, he’s the barkeep at Field’s favorite bar.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Fmj+u)

40 25 Shemp was in a sequel to The Invisible Man, along with John Barrymore and Margaret Hamilton (the Wicked Witch of the West).

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

41 Thanks for the ONT.

A very Stooges ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (zZu0s)

42 Love the top pic - quintessential rural America. And of course, Pittsburgh, which I never expected to be such a gift.

Three stooges were on after school when I was little, and I had to endure them until Mighty Mouse came on. Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

43 15 10 Fully expected top pic mystery click to be Joe Diffie's (RIP) 'John Deere Green'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM
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It was a strong candidate, but was thinking it appeared in a prior ONT. This was a new song.
Posted by: TRex - deere dino at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (cCn4/)

Getting ready to take the camper out for a few days. Would nominate Kacey Musgraves' 'My House' for a Mystery Click.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)

44 13 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)

Congratulations, but I imagine it has stirred up a lot of mixed feelings for both of you.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Qoaok)

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Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

__________

Why, you!...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

46 Thanks for the midweek ONT shenanigans, T Rex!

Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear. For example, a serape and straw hat for Cinco de Mayo. My brother was "gifted" with two plastic pink flamingos that took up residence in his front yard. Someone dressed the birds for various holidays but brother had no idea who was responsible because the costume changes occurred while he was at work.

Thanks for the scanner! It's an endless source of amusement and bewilderment. But probably not for those who have to deal with the callers.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (vrNzf)

47 "Hold hands, you lovebirds" is inscribed on Sitka's tombstone.

Posted by: Fourth Stooge at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

48 Talk last thread about John Phelsn getting fired as Navy Sec. I think he was always one of Trump’s weakest picks, one of the few times Trump tossed a job to someone just because they were a big donor. I don’t think anyone will miss him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 10:07 PM (Fmj+u)

Who?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (1Ff7Z)

49 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

I'm willing to sublease them my patio for, oh...$5 million. I'm a giver like that..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (nbLIj)

50 Programming Note:

The Three Stooges is (are?) on MeTV every Saturday night just before Svengoolie. 6 - 8 PM in my time zone.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (QGaXH)

51 Curley>>>>Shemp
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (A5RD0)

Curley, Moe, and Shemp were brothers.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:16 PM (ExV1e)

52 Hey, Joyenz! Congrats!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

53
"Hold hands, you lovebirds" is inscribed on Sitka's tombstone.

Posted by: Fourth Stooge at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

__________

People would call him up to say that for weddings. He always obliged.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (tgvbd)

54 Greeeen Acres is the place to be
Faaaaarrrm livin' is the lffe for me

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (COQGW)

55 34 Pittsburgh Scanner is amazing. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Doggo! Good evening. Skritches and treats.

Posted by: TRex - crop rotation dino at April 22, 2026 10:18 PM (cCn4/)

56 Three stooges were on after school when I was little, and I had to endure them until Mighty Mouse came on. Have always resented them a bit.
Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

Perfect time to read a Western instead!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)

57 I learnt to drive on that old Allis.

Time sure does fly by.
Posted by: mindful webworker - PTO is not GTO
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Fun. Allis 6070 up at the hunting property. Nice machine. Also a Deere 2640. Neither with a cab, which makes a lot of sense with the summer bugs and the MN winters.

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)

58 It is too too late. I read the content.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (sl73Y)

59 Congratulations!

Hopefully it is a relief to have that settled.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (9vFyc)

Congratulations, but I imagine it has stirred up a lot of mixed feelings for both of you.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (Qoaok)

Most definitely. At least no one can take it away from us unless we can't afford the property taxes. We don't know yet what they will be without Dad's senior homestead discount.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (2F0/Y)

60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM (Qoaok)

Let me assure everybody thst I am not having a stroke.
*I typed out "tractors,"

Rest assured, my copy editor will suffer.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (Qoaok)

61 46 Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:15 PM
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Sounds like a great idea to me! Moar dinosaurs!!

Posted by: TRex - decent sized dino at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (cCn4/)

62 Today my sister and I became the official owners of our parents house.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:06 PM (2F0/Y)
* * * *
Congratulations!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (vrNzf)

63 Hey, Joyenz! Congrats!
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:17 PM (77rzZ)

Hey Bulg! Thanks. :-) I hope you are well.

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (2F0/Y)

64 Yes, Shemp played the barkeep at The Black Pussy Cafe in the New Old Lompoc House.

Posted by: Stooge Mania at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

65 How can we talk about the Stooges and not even mention Iggy Pop?

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (Qoaok)

66 Joe Besser was the Gummo Marx of The Stooges.

CHANGE MY MIND

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (COQGW)

67 decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (41CYW)

68 Hear me out on this: if you had, say, a dino replica of a decent size in your yard, you could be endlessly amused by dressing said dino in holiday and seasonal wear.
**************
Sigh, et tu Brute? Decent size + 2 feet max.
And I blame Doggo for influencing you!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

69 Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:20 PM (vrNzf)

Thanks!

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (2F0/Y)

70 45
Have always resented them a bit.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:13 PM (wLjpr)

__________

Why, you!...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

Why I oughtta.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (QGaXH)

71 Sounds like a great idea to me! Moar dinosaurs!!
Posted by: TRex - decent sized dino at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (cCn4/)

It gets done to me on every major holiday.

Posted by: "Dino" Sinclair at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

72 60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Fun song. Also considered for mystery click duty. Held off for use in the future with a train theme photo.

Posted by: TRex - choo choo dino at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

73
Joe Besser: the fag Stooge

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (tgvbd)

74 Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*
Posted by: scampydog
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As predicted, you are the base of this....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (cCn4/)

75 Dave Mason passed away recently

I did not know that. I saw Dave Mason when he was in Fleetwood Mac in the mid 90s. Saw them in some outdoor club in St Petersburg, FL. They sounded great. Stevie Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham were not in this particular iteration of FM, but they still sounded great. Dave Mason and Bekka Bramlett (who is fantastic!) filled in. It was a great show.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (sAmhv)

76 I love the travelling the world in Maine. There's a Versailles Ohio but it's pronounced "Veerr-sales".

Happy Wednesday!

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (bOJ2I)

77 63 Joyenz, I am great, thanks. I have a job again.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

78 54 Greeeen Acres is the place to be
Faaaaarrrm livin' is the lffe for me
Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas

Oliver rocked a classic Hoyt-Clagwell.

Posted by: Vintage Iron at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (oftw2)

79 TREX!
An impressively robust ONT as usual.
I will now go read the cop calls.

BTW...both Joe stooges sucked🧐!
Curly...now that guy was a classic Stooge!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (A9n1A)

80 Sheep Howard and Joe Besser were in at least one movie together, "Africa Screams," with Abbott and Costello.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)

81 Then there was a day in my yout' when a Three Stooges show started, and Curly was not there. Some other guy. And later a different some other guys. I hadn't known the roster was ever anyone but Larry, Moe, and Curly. It was a shock. Like that day years later when Tom Baker tripped over his iconic scarf, fell to his death, and regenerated as some other actor. Doctor WTF‽‽ Hadn't known they did that. Shock. And disappointment.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nyuk nyuk nyuk - there's only one Curly at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (RVdcP)

82 (checks watch)

Hurry up, Wolfus. We want to hear about your day.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

83 Joe Besser: the fag Stooge
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (tgvbd)

Married to a woman for 56 years. No children. You could be right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ExV1e)

84 Joyenz, I am great, thanks. I have a job again.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM (77rzZ)

Oh that is wonderful news. Congrats!

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (2F0/Y)

85 I think that Offenbach fellow just might have a future in music.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 10:25 PM (Riz8t)

86 The Pittsburgh Scanner should be hilarious post NFL Draft. All those lost visitors.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

87 Thank you, Joyenz.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

88
Married to a woman for 56 years. No children. You could be right.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:24 PM (ExV1e)

___________

Should have flipped her over.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:26 PM (tgvbd)

89 72 60 38
Now that Intypedboutb"tractors," I want to watch Momma rock it like a boogie woogie choo choo train.
Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:12 PM
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Fun song. Also considered for mystery click duty. Held off for use in the future with a train theme photo.
Posted by: TRex - choo choo dino at April 22, 2026 10:21 PM (cCn4/)

There's also Kenny Chesney's 'She Thinks my Tractor's Sexy' with an amusing video that shows he doesn't take himself too seriously.

Or Craig Morgan 'International Harvester'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 10:27 PM (QGaXH)

90 76 I love the travelling the world in Maine. There's a Versailles Ohio but it's pronounced "Veerr-sales".

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 10:23 PM
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One in Pittsburgh too! Right across the river from Boston!

Posted by: TRex - geographic dino at April 22, 2026 10:27 PM (cCn4/)

91 Heh. *Sits back in chair. Smiles. Waits for Grateful.*
Posted by: scampydog
***
As predicted, you are the base of this....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at April 22, 2026 10:22 PM (cCn4/)
* * * *
Actually, I believe Doggo and I are simply on the same wavelength with respect to the yard dino. But Doggo definitely takes great pleasure in the teasing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (vrNzf)

92 Joe Besser: the fag Stooge
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Joe was married to a woman for nearly 60 years. He was no fag, just a bit fussy.

Posted by: Stinky Davis at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (oftw2)

93 There was one short in which Moe, Larry, Shemp and Curly all appeared. Curly had a cameo as a sleeping train passenger with a seriously humorous snore.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 10:28 PM (Qoaok)

94 EweTube has videos of a small Tyrannosaurus Rex (about 6-7') pranking people. I wonder if it's TRex.

Of course, there was a college that recently had a daytime party with people in dinosaur costumes. I think it was in Canada, but I cannot find the story anymore. Sounds like something TRex might crash.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:29 PM (S/Y4j)

95 Amid all of this celebration of the Stooges, let us not forget the actor who often played their antagonist, Vernon Dent.

Apparently, he and Shemp were great personal friends. Per Wikipedia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

96 Launch time change due to weather.

New T-Zero: 8:23 p.m. PDT (April 23, 3:23 UTC, 05:23 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (2F0/Y)

97 Gyro train video was interesting, and fairly well done. Too bad they had to mork it up with a stupid ad.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:30 PM (utfVc)

98 I see I'm one game away from ignoring the NHL Playoffs. Horrible run for the Pens. Oh well. I'm amused at the 'crybabby' stuff at Crosby. He's no more a crybaby than the rest of them but whatever. Trolling is fun. Anyway, the Flyers will enjoy this and then get knocked out in the next round. Even had the Pens showed up, they still weren't going much farther than the first round. They played above what I expected from them. Alas, your flaws get exposed in the playoffs and here we (Pens fans) are.

(shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

99 I always felt ( and still do) that The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys was one if the finest rock/ jazz fusion albums ever made.

YMMV.

Posted by: Ib1netmon at April 22, 2026 10:32 PM (9ZOKH)

100 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:05 PM (w6EFb)

Responded in previous thread. Nothing but a scam and a money laundry. See "Bricklin". (although they actually built a few shitty cars)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (utfVc)

101 Steve Windwood was still a kid when he wrote I'm a Man while with the Spenser Davis band. He's a little over 29 now, much like many of us...🙃

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (A9n1A)

102
Amid all of this celebration of the Stooges, let us not forget the actor who often played their antagonist, Vernon Dent.

__________

And Christine McIntyre. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (tgvbd)

103
Why, you!...

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (tgvbd)

lol

that's how I felt of course. But I was six, so Mighty Mouse and Speed Racer took precedence!

I didn't read Westerns at that tender age, I need to get on it now, though!!

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (wLjpr)

104 Well, the difference is, Rick James was a freak, and MC Hammer was not.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

105 100 Nothing but a scam and a money laundry. See "Bricklin". (although they actually built a few shitty cars)

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM
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Wow. Haven't seen a good Bricklin reference in a long time.

Posted by: TRex - kit car but street legal dino at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (cCn4/)

106 Well, the difference is, Rick James was a freak, and MC Hammer was not.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:33 PM (QaH55)

Anyone who'd wear pants like his, is suspect in my book.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (1Ff7Z)

107 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

108 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

He did always dress fabulously.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

109 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:

tinyurl.com/57p29yk8

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

110 Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs
Posted by: Joyenz

They moved it to 8:23pm.
Love your updates! Thanks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (YBtcQ)

111 >> Responded in previous thread.

ONT was already up, and I had both open, and posted in the previous instead of here where I meant to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

112 Gummo >>> Karl

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 10:37 PM (pR6t1)

113 Thanks for the Stooges, Dino.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 10:38 PM (Ta8N4)

114 Rick James was a Super Freak!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 10:38 PM (pR6t1)

115 Most definitely. At least no one can take it away from us unless we can't afford the property taxes. We don't know yet what they will be without Dad's senior homestead discount.
Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 10:19 PM (2F0/Y)

Does the city perhaps have a similar discount for home owners with disablities?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (utfVc)

116
I see I'm one game away from ignoring the NHL Playoffs. Horrible run for the Pens.

__________

Unfortunately, Crosby, Letang and Malkin are each about 100 years old. Still great, but the Pens ran into a team that got hot after the Olympic break.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (tgvbd)

117
Hurry up, Wolfus. We want to hear about your day.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026

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Sent you an email, OE. Nothing much happened today to report, really, except that I spent money on my headlight and hit up Walmart again for some chow supplies. Oh, and I went out to a AA meeting this evening and met someone from Lousy-ana! Happens almost any time I travel, it seems. Anyway, his brother-in-law is planning to sell his modest home and it might be right for me. He'll give me a call tomorrow.

My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

118 I think my favorite 3 Stooges is the one where Curly is a bullfighter

"Chadge me! C'mon chadge me!"

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (ZxPkt)

119 So THIS is the place they call the ONT.

Hmmm...

Guess I'll sit over here and sip a bit of whiskey while y'all entertain me.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (I0N4X)

120 107 Speed Racer was a chick and gay guy thing.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:35 PM (77rzZ)

Well, I'm a chick, so it tracks!! How is work?

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

121 Lucille Ball shower up in an early Stooges short. The one where they play college football.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:40 PM (77rzZ)

122 In the summer of 1984, at Cedar Point amusement park, the brass band that entertained people waiting to go into the imax theater - they played The Curly Shuffle. They also practiced very early. Every morning. Including the mornings I was hung over.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (gpQ8/)

123 MC Hammer exposed-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97WlpsuU74

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (QaH55)

124 I think my favorite 3 Stooges is the one where Curly is a bullfighter

"Chadge me! C'mon chadge me!"
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026

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From Cheers:
"I just don't have anything in my life but women."

"Sam, what about the Stooges?"

"Oh, they all left early and went over to Norm's."

"No, the *Three* Stooges!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (+2QQb)

125 LOL..... Curly Shuffle story...

Soooo... in the late 80's I was working for Commander Submarine Pacific, in his basement, taking care of all his electronics.

Early one Sunday, I got called in for a weird outage on one of our Satellite Com system... had to call in my other really good tech, and we ended up working all night...

So... we finally resolve the problem about 9:00 AM MONDAY morning, after working close to 24 hours straight.... and as we are kinda celebrating figuring it out, the Song the Curly Shuffle plays on the radio...

So... of course... we start acting like Stooges...

Well.... turns out the Admiral was coming to congratulate us for figuring out the fix... and had hit the top of the Stairs... mid.... Curly Shuffle.... Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

According to his Aide, he stopped at the top of the stairs.... looked at us... shook his head... smiled.. and went back upstairs. He never mentioned it at all... but...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 10:42 PM (mP0Kj)

126 The pastor of my church posted something about the communist gerrymandering that VA will be doing (yea, I'm not putting in much faith in the 'Justice' system). Apparently the church building is in one district, the parking lot in another, and the school in the other.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:42 PM (sAmhv)

127 120 Moki, I am still in training. Tomorrow I “shadow” a teacher.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:43 PM (77rzZ)

128 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

Saw it, Wolfus. Answered.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)

129 Tomorrow I am tentatively planning a drive down to Wichita, to visit the pipe shop; and I might take a detour on the way to the "Little Sweden" town, Lindsborg. My DNA includes Sweden, so I'm drawn to it. A lot will depend on the weather; there's about a 50% chance of rain.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:44 PM (+2QQb)

130 Oh, and I have used the 7 x 13 = 28 routine to teach math before.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 10:45 PM (Ta8N4)

131

The origianal Three Stooges were in a 1930 movie called Soup to Nuts. Saw it on TCM once upon a time.

www.imdb.com/title/tt0021408

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 10:46 PM (Cqx++)

132 TRex, I love the pic up top,

God Bless rural America!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:47 PM (77rzZ)

133 Good night good people! Hope you all have sweet dreams!

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 10:50 PM (wLjpr)

134 My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

Well, if you are planning a move to escape Da Swamp, would it not be prudent to maybe construct a spreadsheet, with factors like climate, home prices, property tax, income tax, vehicle taxes, and sales taxes included? If your retirement income will be very modest, then marginal income tax rate might not be a deal breaker, but high sales tax and property taxes sure would be. What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (utfVc)

135 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!
I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:
tinyurl.com/57p29yk8
Posted by: JQ
***********
And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...

Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)

136 G’night, Moki. You too!

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (77rzZ)

137 And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...
Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)

With a steady hand, you could add a TN Vol football jersey on the T Rex, and make the gnomes from a competing team.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 10:54 PM (S/Y4j)

138 109 Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

I have an idea for you... garden gnomes, but with a twist:

tinyurl.com/57p29yk8
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:36 PM
***
Marital harmony restored.

Thanks to you, now Grateful also has an answer anytime someone asks her what to get me for a gift.

Posted by: TRex - future mini dino horde wrangler at April 22, 2026 10:55 PM (7Um8U)

139 MC Hammer should have told all his associates 'can't touch this' about his money. They took it all. Poor guy.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 10:55 PM (0cOSz)

140 134: say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Nope. Humid there too. Spent a couple of summers at Keesler AFB in Biloxi. That is with in walking distance of the Gulf. Right across the street (US Rt 90).

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (sAmhv)

141 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

142 My realtor and lender are no longer happy with me because I'm questioning the high property tax and insurance rates here. Their emails have gone from encouraging and "We'd be glad to find you something you love!" to rather cool, I think.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (q6tQZ)

143 With a steady hand, you could add a TN Vol football jersey on the T Rex, and make the gnomes from a competing team.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
**********
Magnificent idea...will get right on it. Many thanks!

Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (NaTRh)

144 141 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

It's a trade off. Pick your poison.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (sAmhv)

145 LOL, Grateful! So glad you approve!

(tempted to buy one for myself-- not really a fan of gnomes)

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

146 Guess I'll sit over here and sip a bit of whiskey while y'all entertain me.
Posted by: muldoon

So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?

Posted by: mindful webworker - unsolved miseries at April 22, 2026 10:58 PM (RVdcP)

147 Shoot! Have the horses escaped? I see the barn door is closed.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

To find out, you must open the barn door and observe them. I pray they have survived.

Posted by: zombie Erwin Schr�dinger at April 22, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)

148 Speed Racer was no 8-Man.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 10:59 PM (nWPIJ)

149 It's a trade off. Pick your poison.
Posted by: Puddleglum
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True. If you live in smaller towns or more rural areas the property taxes are usually much lower.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (VCgbV)

150 Party? I have no idea what you mean.

https://tinyurl.com/yc74uetd

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (w/O5Q)

151 And we have a winner! A hundred thousand bonus points for JQ (eat your heart out, Doggo!) They can share the property with the multitude to TN Vol gnomes ...
Posted by: The Grateful at April 22, 2026 10:51 PM (NaTRh)
-------
So gnome grown vegetable garden?

Posted by: scampydog at April 22, 2026 11:00 PM (41CYW)

152
Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.

What's his name? I'm calling the SPLC.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (Cqx++)

153 Wolfus, I am sure you said earlier and I never caught it, but why Salinas KS? Is it work or family?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (rbvCR)

154 Texas and Florida have some of the highest home insurance rates. Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgb

Property tax ain't too bad if you're 65+. And if you are outside the Hurricane zone and big cities insurance not that bad either.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (0cOSz)

155 The Offenbach can-can was fun. I swear most everything I know about classical music is thanks to Bugs Bunny

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (mzbnH)

156 What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026

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Dear God no, AOP. Those are hurricane target areas and are close to water. I really want to get to drier conditions, except for snow, and I want to see some snow every year. Northern AL, well, maybe, but I wouldn't get the snow often.

I have a set of rules about how much I can afford to pay for my housing, i.e., 25% of my monthly net (not gross) income. Everybody is trying to convince me to go to 30-33%. NOOO. The 25% is doable, I think, with the right price, the right (i.e., big) down payment, and the right tax and insurance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

157 TRex, you really should search "dinosaur planter" on Amz... so many ideas there!

I liked the little planter-edge hanging dinos too. Hang them on the edge of a pot & it looks like they're climbing up for a snack!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

158 153 Wolfus, I am sure you said earlier and I never caught it, but why Salinas KS? Is it work or family?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026

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Neither, K. Salty and NotSoThoreau have been encouraging me to come up to KS; and I liked the look of the houses on Realtor for Salina better than I have the ones in Owensboro, KY. On the other hand, IN and KY have much lower property taxes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:03 PM (+2QQb)

159 It says Starlink but it's Rocket Labs talking about electric propulsion. Buncha watermelons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:04 PM (rzTfK)

160 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

Pan Handle Texas

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (0cOSz)

161 The pastor of my church posted something about the communist gerrymandering that VA will be doing (yea, I'm not putting in much faith in the 'Justice' system). Apparently the church building is in one district, the parking lot in another, and the school in the other.
Posted by: Puddleglum

which district is the graveyard in?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

162 Newsom shoulda went with a monorail. Half the price!

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (b3Yos)

163 I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026

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I'm told Kansas has fewer people, thus higher taxes to make up for it. Salty likes to say KS has more cows than people.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (+2QQb)

164 I was a big Speed Racer fan as a little kid. I figured any dude who had a cool car and a monkey in the trunk could not be all bad.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 22, 2026 11:06 PM (cl15i)

165
I'm curious where this is. Play golf with an insurance agent who tells me the more illegals, the higher the insurance... house and car.
Dunno
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 10:57 PM (q6tQZ)

Don't forget health insurance. There is zero chance a population with that much deferred healthcare doesn't cost more per person when you get them enrolled.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:06 PM (w/O5Q)

166 Popping in just to say thank you for the Pittsburgh PD items. Funny!

Also -- John Deere was my dad's favorite tractor brand. He had a JD 50 that he bought while in high school. It was the first tractor I drove. Used to pull his brush chopper and hay rake.

Posted by: Weak Geek at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (p/isN)

167 1956 and 1958 John Deere 520 tractors

That there's Murica as they come.

* pulls sweat stained JD hat out of the back pocket*

Trivia fer city folk, the crease in a farmer's hat is called the John Deere crease. It comes from sticking the hat in the back pocket of your Wranglers when your fixing a piece of equipment in the field.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the impondarbles at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (6ph8l)

168 which district is the graveyard in?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 11:05 PM (/lPRQ)

Never mind tha-a-a-at!

Posted by: The Sheeple at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (a992C)

169
Newsom shoulda went with a monorail. Half the price!
Posted by: wth

And with modern computer control they could probably do away with the mechanical gyroscopes.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM (Cqx++)

170 My lil sister had such a crush on Speed Racer, when she was 5 or 6 years old... LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

171 I considered Amarillo for a second when I retired.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 11:09 PM (0cOSz)

172 And with modern computer control they could probably do away with the mechanical gyroscopes.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:07 PM

Just with Gavin aboard at using his hand gestures the o-rail won't fail.

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 11:10 PM (a992C)

173 That son-of-a-gun is fast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:11 PM (rzTfK)

174 Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

Is it 11.5% when dining out? If not, then it isn't high.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (Ta8N4)

175 So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?
Posted by: mindful webworker

*********

So, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. . That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mother, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead o supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. So we may have been chasing a ghost. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband basically threw him under the bus as "bat shit crazy".

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

176 The Curly Shuffle by the Jump 'N' The Saddle Band. Great Chicago band in the 1980's. Saw them a dozen times live and they always rocked. They did a great cover of Willie Nelson's Night Life and a whole bunch of drinking songs. Thanks for the memories.

Posted by: TNDeplorable at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (hf+of)

177 Wolfus - I'm convinced Wyoming has the lowest property taxes around. Parts of it get good and cold, but I've found the southeast to be pretty mild by my standards. But we do have wind...

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:13 PM (TtNb7)

178 Interestingly enough, some of the Stooges shorts have outlived their title parodies. As an example, "Violent is the word for Curly" is a parody of "Valiant is the Word for Shirley" an earlier short (NOT featuring Shirley Temple) that has been long consigned to the dust of history. While the Stooges' short continues to live on. I see that there's a blu-ray set of their stuff, and while I am tempted, "Parsimonious is the Word for BChasm."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:16 PM (CHHv1)

179 How is everyone tonight?

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:17 PM (CHHv1)

180 I'm starting to see official trailers for Coyote vs. Acme movie, for release in late August. Not sure how many Looney Tunes fans are here, but thought it worth mentioning.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 11:19 PM (S/Y4j)

181 "Auughhh! I killed it!" - Charlie Brown, "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

182 Acme really did seem to have it in for that poor coyote

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:20 PM (Giz+5)

183 >> That son-of-a-gun is fast.

Just looked, it pulls 6 - 8g during that ascent. With no manned crew to worry, you can pull all the g's you want as long as long as the rocket and payload can stand it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

184 When you watch Curly in the very early Stooge shorts, you are getting a caricature of the urban "hipster" of the early mid 20s..later he developed his own behaviors.

Posted by: Azjaeger at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (3/XaG)

185 Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

Seamus, I'm so glad that you're getting close to closure on this. Praying that this finally gets resolved. Finally.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (3anUc)

186 Thanks for the ONT.

Two favorite Dave Mason songs:

https://tinyurl.com/52xka9ft

https://tinyurl.com/3hmzr9jp

Love y'all. XXXX

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 22, 2026 11:21 PM (WONhk)

187 Posted by: TRex - deere dino

Isn't a "T-Rex deer" a kangaroo?

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (VHUov)

188
And the "electric propulsion" they were yammering about is the turbo pumps on that Rutherford engine, which are electric motor driven powered by batteries.

It burns LOX/kerosene.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)

189 Acme should expand their operations into Iran.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (b3Yos)

190 Wolfus - I'm convinced Wyoming has the lowest property taxes around. Parts of it get good and cold, but I've found the southeast to be pretty mild by my standards. But we do have wind...
Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026

***
There are a few affordable homes there, I see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (+2QQb)

191 There is no Garden of Eden. Anywhere you move to there will be something you won't like. Like what was said already, it's a trade off. Top priority should be safety.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (pvf3X)

192 182 Acme really did seem to have it in for that poor coyote
Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:20 PM (Giz+5)

I think Acme was financed by the SPLC.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 22, 2026 11:24 PM (Qoaok)

193 Looks like time for me to head off to bed. I plan to work out tomorrow before breakfast, then decide on the rest of the day -- which plans will depend on the rain or lack of same. G'night, far-flung AoSHQ satellites!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:25 PM (+2QQb)

194 Seamus, I'm so glad that you're getting close to closure on this. Praying that this finally gets resolved. Finally.
Posted by: Darrell Harris

******

Thanks brother! We're just hopeful that this means the pedophile sociopath can no longer hurt any other innocent people.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:25 PM (I0N4X)

195 monkey in the trunk could not be all bad.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls

Obligatory

tiny.cc/9g92101

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6ph8l)

196 TX and FL also have a lot of toll highways to make up for no income taxes. They get you one way or another.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6Hdrx)

197 156 What about some town on the redneck Riviera, say in Alabama or the Florida panhandle? Right on the coast might not be as humid as Nawlins.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026

***
Dear God no, AOP. Those are hurricane target areas and are close to water. I really want to get to drier conditions, except for snow, and I want to see some snow every year. Northern AL, well, maybe, but I wouldn't get the snow often.

I have a set of rules about how much I can afford to pay for my housing, i.e., 25% of my monthly net (not gross) income. Everybody is trying to convince me to go to 30-33%. NOOO. The 25% is doable, I think, with the right price, the right (i.e., big) down payment, and the right tax and insurance.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:01 PM (+2QQb)

Wolfus

My son went to UNC in Chapel Hill. I really liked the triangle-area of NC (Raleigh-Durham-etc). It's got some elevation so not as bad humility wise, far enough north so you get a little snow, but mild winters, far enuf inland that hurricanes aren't a problem - maybe check out higher elevations in Tenn/NC?

Just a thought....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (QGaXH)

198 Good evening morons en bedankt Dino

I was raised by The Three Stooges.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

199 How is everyone tonight?
Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Life is good BC. How bout yerself?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:31 PM (6ph8l)

200 Why would an Israeli soldier use a sledgehammer to smash the face of Jesus? Because there are a lot of people in Israel who hate Christianity above all. How can American evangelical leaders support this?

https://tinyurl.com/yxxtvhjc

Posted by: South and Proud!! at April 22, 2026 11:33 PM (pTvV3)

201 I’ve lived in several states. The tax burden was the same. Only difference was how they stole the money. Some have higher income taxes other higher sales tax. Or property or gas tax.

There are the retarded outliers like California, Illinois, NJ where every tax is off the charts. But aside from that, all states kinda tax everyone the same in the end.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (6Hdrx)

202 Wow muldoon I hope this brings relief.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (RIvkX)

203 Every city or county or state has its pros and cons. High taxes. Better weather. No humidity. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Sales tax. Property tax. Income tax. Sin taxes. Cold winters. Hot summers. Too much wind. No snow. Too flat. Too mich snow. Impassable mountain passes. No water. Floods.

Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (A5RD0)

204 ~~Erf~~ Carbon Day plans were thwarted by pouring rain and 20mph wind today. No charcoal grilling, darn it!

But it's chilly, so I fired up the pellet stove for heat. Ahhh, that's better...

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)

205 Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.
Posted by: Roadrunner

You forgot neighbors, but I wholeheartedly agree.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:37 PM (6ph8l)

206 Muldoon, I hope you find peace at the end of this ordeal. Prayers up, for you and yours.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:38 PM (rdVOm)

207 Good evening good people. TN's property taxes are very reasonable if you are in the rural counties. They are offset by the sales tax on most items but, for me, consumption taxes are much easier to swallow.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (cYBz/)

208 Just watched the monorail video. That was an amazing bit of engineering, finding the problems and the solutions thereto. Don't suppose that will see a revival. But it would be interesting.

Posted by: mindful webworker - gyros... with tzatziki at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (RVdcP)

209 That soldier is a deviant who is already serving a 30 day sentence in the brig.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:39 PM (RIvkX)

210 Wow muldoon I hope this brings relief.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

*******

The investigating agents told us there was no way they would've ever gotten the murder warrant without the documentation I put on the Curious Disappearance blog and the independent K9 search that my wife was able to organize. This after the local sheriff's office completely ignored the case for 15 years. Small measure of vindication.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:40 PM (I0N4X)

211 Hello fellow high school students, could one of you tell me where I might buy a marijuana?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at April 22, 2026 11:40 PM (w/O5Q)

212 Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:38 PM

*********

Thank you.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (I0N4X)

213 Acme should expand their operations into Iran.
Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 11:22 PM (b3Yos)

Based on the AI videos we've seen coming out of Iran in the last few months, I'd say they're well situated there.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (Ta8N4)

214

Sounds like a song.

Love the place you live.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (Cqx++)

215 Near as I can tell, the Hammer song sampled the start of the James song, then pretty much just repeated it over and over.

Posted by: mindful webworker - he's so fine / my sweet lord... at April 22, 2026 11:41 PM (RVdcP)

216 Muldoon, a bit gobsmacked to read this...hope it all works out to the best. There are many things I am unaware of. All prayers and peace.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 11:42 PM (CHHv1)

217 I was raised by The Three Stooges.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:30 PM (RIvkX)

I think you mean "raised on the Three Stooges."
Right? You mean you were raised on the Three Stooges?

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:42 PM (Ta8N4)

218 I was raised by the Marx Mothers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:44 PM (Cqx++)

219 175 So, we still have to wait for the coffee thread to get an update?
Posted by: mindful webworker

*********

So, the local DA has issued a second degree. murder warrant on the neighbor that we think killed my F-I-L, even without a body. . That bit of news is tempered by credible testimony that the suspect did not go to Texas to be near his mother, but instead actually threatened to kill her if she ratted him out to the cops, way back in 2012 or so. So instead o supporting him she has been hiding from him. There is reason to believe that he stayed in cO, possibly as far back as 2012, after living rough since my F-I-L disappeared in 2008. So we may have been chasing a ghost. Yet to be confirmed. His sister and her husband basically threw him under the bus as "bat shit crazy".
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:12 PM (I0N4X)

This sounds like good news? A step toward closure for you and your family?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:46 PM (QGaXH)

220 For the longest time as a child, I didn't understand the big deal about the cities of Emmaus, Zion, Ephrata, Bethlehem, Damascus or Nazareth.

They were mostly just down the road a piece from my Grammi's farm in SE PA.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:46 PM (cYBz/)

221 (pTvV3)

Stormfag in need of gassing at 200.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (utfVc)

222 Three Stooges came on after Saturday Cartoons were over. Then, it was time to take cereal bowl & milk glass to the kitchen, change out of pj's into regular clothes, and do chores before afternoon "creature feature" came on!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

223 Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (RIvkX)

224 Dr Demento used to play a song by MC Ham called "I Didn't Write This".

Posted by: dasbow at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (PORXa)

225 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

226 What do I want from the government?

The administration of Justice.

Prayers up muldoon.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:52 PM (qFwJc)

227 What do I want from the government?

The administration of Justice.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

You may say I'm a dreamer. . .

But I'm not the only one.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (cYBz/)

228 Have always thought the female dancers in the "Can't Touch This" video are HAWT... would hammer!

I denounce myself.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (LcGK5)

229 You forgot neighbors, but I wholeheartedly agree.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 22, 2026 11:37 PM (6ph8l)
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When I got home from work yesterday my neighbor was washing his truck. When I went outside to walk the dog he was washing his wife's car. When I got back with the dog he was washing my car. Then he did my front steps. I love my neighbor.

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:53 PM (5jF9Z)

230 203 Every city or county or state has its pros and cons. High taxes. Better weather. No humidity. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Wildfires. Sales tax. Property tax. Income tax. Sin taxes. Cold winters. Hot summers. Too much wind. No snow. Too flat. Too mich snow. Impassable mountain passes. No water. Floods.

Find a place. Make it yours. Love where you live.
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 11:34 PM (A5RD0)

If I knew how to tinyurl I'd link to Stephen Stills' 'Love the One You're With'.

Seems appropriate, somehow.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (QGaXH)

231 Julia Varvaro, 29, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism with the Department of Homeland Security, is now facing scrutiny over claims about how she comes by her lavish lifestyle
---
A sugardaddy hunter per the DM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (rzTfK)

232 Muldoon,
Looks like a solid move by the DA.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:55 PM (2WIwB)

233 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

***********

Truth be told, if this latest hypothesis is correct, the pedophile either died in 2012 or has been living 'rough' in a hole or a cave or in a tree, or hopping from one vacant mountain cabin to another, isolated from civil society, and far away from vulnerable young girls, in a hell of his own making. Whether dead or alive now, he got a more just sentence than the criminal justice system would have given him. Closure is for sissies, justice is for the righteous.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (I0N4X)

234
When I got home from work yesterday my neighbor was washing his truck. When I went outside to walk the dog he was washing his wife's car. When I got back with the dog he was washing my car. Then he did my front steps. I love my neighbor.
Posted by: 496

But did he wash your dog?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (Cqx++)

235 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....
Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (utfVc)

236 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 11:48 PM (reMys)

Yes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 11:57 PM (snZF9)

237 The mills of God grind slowly. But they grind exceedingly small - English proverb

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

238 I'm not able to recall the part in the constitution about security gates. I should probably look again.

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 11:59 PM (wFoR+)

239 " Then he did my front steps. "

Maybe he wants a throuple?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

240 >What do I want from the government?
----

to be left alone
stop f***ing with me just because you can

Posted by: Don Black at April 23, 2026 12:01 AM (ZxPkt)

241 The mills of God grind slowly. But they grind exceedingly small - English proverb
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 22, 2026 11:58 PM (qFwJc)

I like that.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 23, 2026 12:02 AM (2WIwB)

242 222 Three Stooges came on after Saturday Cartoons were over. Then, it was time to take cereal bowl & milk glass to the kitchen, change out of pj's into regular clothes, and do chores before afternoon "creature feature" came on!
Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:02 AM (QGaXH)

243 If I knew how to tinyurl I'd link to Stephen Stills' 'Love the One You're With'.

Seems appropriate, somehow.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

I played that song for my husband while he was trying to figure out if he was leaving or staying with his family.

Didn’t work. He left.

I hate that song.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 23, 2026 12:03 AM (A5RD0)

244 Any New Yorkers here? I can't understand my New York City outlawed solid storefront security gates. Was this to facilitate breaking and entering? The new law says they have to be at least 70% transparent....
Posted by: Beverly

Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

1. Does this prevent them from literally "boarding up the windows" when the next riot is scheduled?

B. How are the city's youth gonna know if you have anything worth stealing if they can't see in?

三. Was the bill sponsored by Big Apple Fenestrations, LLC?

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:04 AM (VHUov)

245 In NYC these days you don't need a security gate, you need a frigging blast shield.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:04 AM (snZF9)

246 Julia Varvaro, 29, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism with the Department of Homeland Security, is now facing scrutiny over claims about how she comes by her lavish lifestyle
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A sugardaddy hunter per the DM.

Posted by: Braenyard
===

29 is a bit young for such a position... bings image.
OK, that explains it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)

247 I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Love it!

*All* teevee was B&W in our house, until sometime in the early '70s...

When I was little, it really peeved me when shows advertised as "in color"-- BS, they weren't in color at our house! LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

248 Hello, Tennessee, get ready.

Starbucks struggling to persuade woke workers to move from Seattle to new HQ in Tennessee

Starbucks' $100M Nashville expansion is facing pushback as Seattle-based employees resist relocating. Some workers were told to move, take pay cuts, or risk losing their job

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:08 AM (rzTfK)

249 When life hands you lemons . . . Is an interesting take on SPLC methods

youtu.be/rIK-q6JoOeU

Posted by: Kindltot at April 23, 2026 12:08 AM (rbvCR)

250 Closure is for sissies, justice is for the righteous.
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (I0N4X)

I really like this. And it's most satisfying to see your years of dogged determination finally getting recognized.

Posted by: Good on you, mate at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (TbWk/)

251 Thanks for the words of support, all. It has been a long strange trip for sure. Never a boring moment.

Endeavour to persevere!

Good night all!

Posted by: muldoon at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (I0N4X)

252 I played that song for my husband while he was trying to figure out if he was leaving or staying with his family.

Didn’t work. He left.

I hate that song.
Posted by: Roadrunner
--------

{{{Roadrunner}}}

Life is better now, I hope! (Best thing I ever did, was let XH's gf have him...)

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

253 Maybe he wants a throuple?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:00 AM (qFwJc)

240 >What do I want from th
------
Could be, but I really doubt it. He's just an excellent neighbor.

A few weeks back we had a terrible wind storm in Cheyenne. I got a picture from inside my fence of 4x4's he had put up to keep it up. His text said he didn't have any long nails to keep them in place. 20 minutes later I got a picture of the 4x4's nailed into place... he'd gone and bought nails.

I get the feeling he used to be a one percenter, but he's the spitting image of Walter White. He's almost 60, all cleaned up, and a great guy. I keep trying to get him to check out this site. He'd lime it

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:10 AM (P+gfg)

254 Goodnight folks. Always happy to be here, where the 'ettes are pretty and the 'rons are male personified (in the good way). With any luck I'll be here tomorrow.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 23, 2026 12:11 AM (CHHv1)

255 The most famous of the towns named Lebanon is Lebanon, KS - the geographical center of the lower 48 is just outside town and has a monument marking the spot.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:11 AM (T6aVk)

256 I lime it too.

Posted by: guy who's digging a lonely grave at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (iu6LV)

257 I loved Creature Feature! It came on at 11:30 PM on Saturday nights when I was but a lad.

It sparked a life-long tradition of watching '50's B & W 'sci-fi' "horror" movies on Saturday night, much to Mrs ARiK's consternation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Same here. That and Chiller. The 50's sci-fi horror films are in their own league.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

258 Wow.

Wonder how long that sock has been on.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 23, 2026 12:14 AM (A5RD0)

259 There was a bucket of lime in the outhouse...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:15 AM (rdVOm)

260 256 I lime it too.

Posted by: guy who's digging a lonely grave at April 23, 2026 12:13 AM (iu6LV
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My damned phone. I think half the time I goof the typing but I have caught it changing like to lime. I surrendered long ago on that one

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:15 AM (F9bBk)

261 196 TX and FL also have a lot of toll highways to make up for no income taxes. They get you one way or another.
Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:29 PM (6Hdrx)

In Austin, Houston and Dallas, they have toll roads. They are easy to avoid. Spare me this “TX has a lot of toll roads”.

By the way, TX has no state income taxes but somehow has the best roads of any state in the union. I remember being 11 years old and my father telling me that in all his travels only two places had good roads - Germany and TX. After my own travels across the state and around the world…I conclude he is right.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (T6aVk)

262 "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" was another favorite!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)

263 Wouldn't a solid gate be a door? Most bar gates and grilles should meet the 70% qualification, I should think.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 11:56 PM (utfVc)

Think roll-up doors. You've seen them in all the old tv shows about big cities, I'm sure. They basically shutter the front of the store. NYC evidently wants robbers to be able to window shop after closing hours.

Posted by: GWB at April 23, 2026 12:18 AM (Ta8N4)

264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

265 My favorite late night show was “Night Flight” in the 80’s, I think it was in the USA network. It would have all kinds of freaky/cool stuff, and sometimes I’d start watching at 11 , just meaning o watch for a few minutes and before I know it’s 4 am and I’m still there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 23, 2026 12:20 AM (Fmj+u)

266 Think roll-up doors. You've seen them in all the old tv shows about big cities, I'm sure. They basically shutter the front of the store. NYC evidently wants robbers to be able to window shop after closing hours.
Posted by: GWB
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No problemo! Install drapery inside the store windows. Closing time-- draw them shut.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

267 174 Texas has high property taxes and sales taxes to make up for no income taxes.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at April 22, 2026 10:56 PM (VCgbV)

Except that the State of TX gets exactly zero dollars from property taxes. It merely writes the rules for the property tax system. And localities get a ton of money from local sales taxes that they can use to offset keeping property taxes low - but they don’t, and continually jack up property taxes for local fiefdoms.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (T6aVk)

268 Possibly unpopular opinion: I like Houston's toll roads (Hardy in particular). I'm essentially paying a premium not to be around uninsured illegals, and the constables are fine with 80 MPH (which is 15 over the limit).

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (RRflI)

269 Taxes are low in Wyoming, but the roads do stink

https://tinyurl.com/yc768td7

Posted by: 496 at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (HGzsz)

270 247 Love it!

*All* teevee was B&W in our house, until sometime in the early '70s...

When I was little, it really peeved me when shows advertised as "in color"-- BS, they weren't in color at our house! LOL
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

Same here. We got our first color TV in ~1972 or so. I was in 8th or 9th grade.

We never had cable. We had 6 TV stations, One PBS, one CBS, and two each ABC and NBC which showed mostly the same things. I never saw shows from the '50's like Leave it to Beaver or Hazel because the one independent station that showed those old reruns was based in Miami 60 miles south and didn't reach our area.

No UHF channels either until much later.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (QGaXH)

271 264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

Head north of Lebanon, KS about one mile or so, then turn west on SH 191 for one mile - you’ll see the monument.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:23 AM (T6aVk)

272 Been watching this adventure motorcycle you tuber that goes by the name itchy boots. She's Dutch, spent the last 7 or 8 years touring the world solo on a motorcycle and is sporting some big round man balls. 70 countries so far including afghanistan and iran, and of course had trouble there. She went from the bottom of south America to frigging alaska. She's in Mongolia right now. That place looks like another planet. There's nothing there, she's in the middle of nowhere, doesn't know if she's on an actual road half the times and thinks nothing of side tracking into god knows where. She got serious balls that one. Gotta admit though, mongolia got some serious sky, really cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 23, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

273 268 Possibly unpopular opinion: I like Houston's toll roads (Hardy in particular). I'm essentially paying a premium not to be around uninsured illegals, and the constables are fine with 80 MPH (which is 15 over the limit).
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 23, 2026 12:22 AM (RRflI)

Even more possibly unpopular opinion: HCTRA is well run.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:25 AM (T6aVk)

274 264 I thought Olathe KS was the geographical center.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at April 23, 2026 12:19 AM (qFwJc)

I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

275 ARiK-- we had 3 and a half channels: ABC, CBS, NBC, and daytime-only PBS.

Grandma's house had the Big 3 (when weather was good) and I think CBC (?) I remember watching Klondike Kat and Dudley DoRight on her teevee...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

276 The most famous of the towns named Lebanon is Lebanon, KS - the geographical center of the lower 48 is just outside town and has a monument marking the spot.
Posted by: Cow Demon

The geographical center of North America is somewhere in North Dakota.

Rugby has claimed the title since the '30s, based on "we balanced a cutout of North America, and Rugby was the balance point." They also have a monument.

Rugby got in a feud with Robinson, ND, who also claimed the title, based on stretching some string over a globe.

In 2016, some egghead at U Buffalo did some math, and found the geographical center was actually in a town named..... Center, ND. Go figure!

Center was named that because it was in the center of Oliver County, not because someone thought it was the center of the continent.

And, no matter which one you go to, not only are you possibly at the center of the continent, you're definitely in the middle of nowhere.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

277 I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

When you thrown in AK and HI the geographical center of the U.S. shifts to SD (forget exactly where). Rugby, ND has the geographical center of the North American continent.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:31 AM (T6aVk)

278 Overseas, we had *one* English-speaking tvchannel: AFRTS (A-farts, we called it)

They did radio, too. At night, I'd fall asleep to their re-runs of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Had some freeeeakky dreams!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

279 And, no matter which one you go to, not only are you possibly at the center of the continent, you're definitely in the middle of nowhere.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:30 AM (VHUov)

As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:33 AM (T6aVk)

280 Yeah, toll roads are premium to not ride with the unwashed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:33 AM (rzTfK)

281 >>>Pittsburgh Scanner
South Side. Birmingham Bridge. If you just honked at some SUV and passed it through a red light, that was the police chief and he is pulling you over now.

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:34 AM (YbTYS)

282 277 I think (THINK!) one is geographical center of continental US and the KS one is with Alaska and Hawaii included.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

When you thrown in AK and HI the geographical center of the U.S. shifts to SD (forget exactly where). Rugby, ND has the geographical center of the North American continent.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:31 AM (T6aVk)

Yeah..I don't know what I was thinking. After I hit 'post' I thought 'wait - that don't sound right....'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)

283 They did radio, too. At night, I'd fall asleep to their re-runs of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Had some freeeeakky dreams!
Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)

Was that at 2000 CET back in the day? I remember hearing some weird Twilight Zone type thing coming from the radio at that time living in Germany but never knew what it was exactly.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (T6aVk)

284 Early day tomorrow so I'd better say Good Night Horde....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (QGaXH)

285 As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon

It's true.

Her name is Sherri.

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

286 There was a toll road in Spokane.. can't remember if it was Monroe St. with bridge?... ten cents. Mom would avoid it if possible, but when taking it was necessary, she'd let one of us kids throw the dime into the basket. COOL!!!

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:37 AM (rdVOm)

287 Aren't HI and AK really, just, territories?
With reps Hirono and Murkowski wouldn't we be better off without them?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:39 AM (rzTfK)

288 Was that at 2000 CET back in the day? I remember hearing some weird Twilight Zone type thing coming from the radio at that time living in Germany but never knew what it was exactly.
Posted by: Cow Demon
------

No... Was living in Misawa, Japan, '82-'85. AF base. It started at 10pm local time. The program introduction said Radio Mystery Theater & was about an hour long. Some were 2-part stories. I bought the whole thing on CD some years ago because it was so captivating. Probably still available from Amz.

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:42 AM (rdVOm)

289 Muldoon, good to hear that you may be on the way to getting answers.

Posted by: Bulg at April 23, 2026 12:42 AM (77rzZ)

290 'Night, ARiK! Will keep the beers cold for ya...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

291 Aren't HI and AK really, just, territories?
Posted by: Braenyard

They're important reserves of oil and...... um..... lava!

Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (VHUov)

292
Besides the geometric/graphic center, another one is the "pole of inaccessibility", the point that is the farthest from any ocean. The PIA for North America is near Allen, SD.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)

293 wouldn't we be better off without them?

Posted by: Braenyard

Militarily strategic. We're stuck with them.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * considering the imponderables at April 23, 2026 12:44 AM (6ph8l)

294 285 As the missileers would tell me, “There’s a pretty girl behind every tree in Minot. So I always wanted to go. I bet those other towns are the same.
: )
Posted by: Cow Demon

It's true.

Her name is Sherri.
Posted by: mikeski at April 23, 2026 12:36 AM (VHUov)

; )

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:44 AM (YbTYS)

295 Starbase is the coolest place on Earth! A rocket factory built on a sandbar within sight of the Rio Grande?!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:46 AM (rzTfK)

296
The PIA of Antarctica was another bragging rights point of interest. The Rooskies got there first, and put up a bust of Lenin facing Moscow on the top of one of the huts.

It's nearly covered in snow, but Lenin's head is still sticking up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)

297
Evening, all. I've got nothing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 23, 2026 12:51 AM (n7rxJ)

298 Hi, Blondie!

Hey, I got nothing but it doesn't stop me... oh... wait...

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (rdVOm)

299 February 21st, 1896, Judge Roy Bean staged a heavyweight championship fight on a sandbar just below Langtry, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

Bean arranged to hold it on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, knowing the Mexican authorities could not conveniently reach the site, and that Woodford H. Mabry's Texas Rangers would have no jurisdiction.

The spectators arrived aboard a chartered train; after a profitable delay contrived by Bean, the crowd witnessed Fitzsimmons's defeat of Maher in less than two minutes. Among the spectators was another somewhat disreputable lawman and boxing promoter, Bartholomew "Bat" Masterson.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (rzTfK)

300 300

Posted by: m at April 23, 2026 12:53 AM (YbTYS)

301 Lived in HI for 3 years also. Willing to bet that AK has *much more* to offer the USA than HI.

There were 3 tiers of society/income, according to a local I knew:

Military
Kama'aina (local)
Kama'aina on welfare

Posted by: JQ at April 23, 2026 12:55 AM (rdVOm)

302 Before I fade away for the night, here's some vids somebody here might be interested in. Or not?

Sabine Hossenfelder ponders the missing and murdered scientists. Not that she has any idea what the deal is. 10:17
https://youtu.be/WEnvorobhEE

Cowboy Kent Rollins🤠 rustles up some Sourdough Pancakes 16:55
https://youtu.be/0t4squLq26E

The frequently funny Nikki Howard mocks influencers 5:07
https://youtu.be/antUukuOYhI

Zeducation collects cringeworthy memes & vids from clown world🤡🌎, starting with a headline, "Professor: If you read to your kids, you're 'unfairly disadvantaging' others."🤯 22:13
https://youtu.be/WVbEmq8BWHQ

Posted by: mindful webworker - youtube wants your eyeballs at April 23, 2026 12:56 AM (RVdcP)

303
Explorer Chris Brown launched a bid to became the first man in history to reach all 8 poles of inaccessibility. He has hit 6 so far, including the Antarctic.

He reached the South American PIA in May 2023, and found an old rusted machete stuck in the exact spot.

If I'm counting right, the last two are the Eurasian pole, and the Arctic PIA.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 23, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)

304 Lived in HI for 3 years also. Willing to bet that AK has *much more* to offer the USA than HI.

There were 3 tiers of society/income, according to a local I knew:

Military
Kama'aina (local)
Kama'aina on welfare
Posted by: JQ

Not sure I'd use those three tiers. Maybe

Kama'aina
Tourists (including Military)
Fookin Haole Mainlanders

Spent about seven years there.
If I ever get this 'retirement' thing done I might go back for a summer and build a hootch.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 23, 2026 01:04 AM (/lPRQ)

These Racist Puppy Videos Brought to You By Secret Funding by the SPLC Cafe

This dog was paid $130,000 by the SPLC
to steal equipment from the Midnight Tennis league in Baltimore

This dog spent all day posting racist memes on Gab, under the direction of the SPLC, and boy are his arms tired.

These innocent-looking capybaras just took off their matching blue button-downs and tan khakis and are sore from marching around all day carrying tiki-torches (furnished to them by the SPLC).

This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

This cat was returned home after spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" (which means he posted child porn on conservative message boards).

This white dog fought off 13 coyotes and was denounced by the SPLC as a "racist ICE hound."

The SPLC has secretly formed an airborne battalion of Flying Racists.

This albino sea turtle complained about the forty remoras free-riding on him and was immediately put on the SPLC "hate map." He was shot and killed shortly thereafter.

This white cerval was paid to infiltrate this rotweiler neighborhood and stir up trouble.

This white supremacist puppy was paid $270,000 by the SPLC to get on this scooter and drive around barking racist slurs (written for the puppy by his SPLC handlers).

Never give up.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/s2vFYJvp2M
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 22, 2026

Dogs that bark a little too aggressively at strangers receive their payments from the SPLC.

Everyone got food as big as their body 😂🍽️ pic.twitter.com/UBdEdOU9R8
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 22, 2026

Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air:

This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380 at over 250 km/h is absolutely insane 🚀✈️pic.twitter.com/Xmpdqtt3rU
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 22, 2026

C.S. Lewis. Do I even have to say it.

This grandfather�s Narnia-inspired library hidden behind a wardrobe feels lifted from a storybook. 💜pic.twitter.com/uD43QHqscv
— Enezator (@Enezator) April 21, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:50 PM

Comments

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1 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (cYBz/)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)

3 Time for 1 video then its lights out

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

4 I'm telling you...they're going to find SPLC involvement in that whole Grechen Whitmer "fake" kidnapping by White Supremacists fiasco.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 07:54 PM (dIske)

5 Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air

I understood that reference.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (VHUov)

6 60% of the way there. Dare we hope for a week of mephitic-free Cafés?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (0sNs1)

7

It would be great if Trump built a huge penis there and a big sign that says "SUCK IT ASSHOLES!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (3ek7K)

8 Husky Husky Husky Husky Husky smol

Posted by: Cute lil guy at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (TbWk/)

9 I can tell we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the SPLC story.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (gnNyN)

10 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

11 This grandfather’s Narnia-inspired library hidden behind a wardrobe feels lifted from a storybook.

I haven't read the books, so I was unaware that Narnia was a well-stocked saloon.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Riz8t)

12 Booze!

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (8jVAy)

13 This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380 at over 250 km/h is absolutely insane

Well, we can shut down the TSA now, since the muzloids can just fly a bomb up to the plane in midair.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (VHUov)

14 125mph, but no math

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (8jVAy)

15 This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

Given that the dog is clearly British, should that be 30K pounds?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

16 "This dog was paid $130,000 by the SPLC
to steal equipment from the Midnight Tennis league in Baltimore""

Hilarious SPLC captions, Ace. Thx, and thanks for all you do here.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (MBxU7)

17 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit

You can if a 380 is behind you and it's closing the distance.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (Riz8t)

18 I support this post ~ Anchor Bolt

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (jrgJz)

19 You can't trust your eyes

https://tinyurl.com/mse47xmz

Posted by: Forced Perspective at April 22, 2026 07:58 PM (4NO2D)

20 Doggie deserves a metal for bravery

Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (Ia/+0)

21 This dog is grinning because he just cashed a check for $30,000 for barking extra hard at black mailmen.

Given that the dog is clearly British, should that be 30K pounds?

I get it. I have bad teeth.

Posted by: Clearly British dog named Austin Growrs at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (Riz8t)

22 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:56 PM (Ia/+0)

Or roller skate in a buffalo herd.

Posted by: its just not done, old boy at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (TbWk/)

23 The Golden is doing his Julia Roberts impression.

Not bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s)

24 The SPLC has secretly formed an airborne battalion of Flying Racists.

==

SPLC is removing all evidence (link no work)

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:00 PM (GD0B3)

25

We're not racist. We have a dog who is mostly black and one who is tan. They aren't stealing tax money either.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 08:00 PM (3ek7K)

26 Several links don't work ...hmmm

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (GD0B3)

27 )Sees dogs with mouth of balls)
I should call my ex

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (DunVf)

28 I doubt you could keep the wings open if you had a JATO strapped to your ass.

Not even Wilie Coyote.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

29 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

30 Evening all,

We have a launch in about 2 hours.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 17-14
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: April 22, 2026 (PDT)
Launch Time: 7:55 p.m. PDT (April 23, 0255 UTC, 04:55 CEST)

https://youtu.be/o6EVN4JrLjs

Posted by: Joyenz at April 22, 2026 08:02 PM (2F0/Y)

31 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

Do you call the shower Narnia?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

32 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

Do you call the shower Narnia?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:03 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah. Narnia business, pal.

Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

33 Yeah. Narnia business, pal.
Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

I'm not your pal, friend.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)

34 I can imagine some suicide bomber jihadist dreaming of taking down an airliner with a flying wing like that.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:07 PM (DunVf)

35 33 Yeah. Narnia business, pal.
Posted by: Why do you care about my plumbing? at April 22, 2026 08:04 PM (TbWk/)

I'm not your pal, friend.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s)
Not your friend, Chief.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

36 If I was on that airbus I would hunt that wingsuit guy down and beat his ass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (0cOSz)

37 Not your friend, Chief.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (LHPAg)

Not your chief, buddy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s)

38 Not your Chief, Bub

Posted by: Forced Perspective at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (4NO2D)

39 To put it in more Horde-friendly units, the dude in the wingsuit is flying at approximately 146,579.098 smoots/fortnight.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 08:09 PM (0sNs1)

40 /off sticky special sock

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (4NO2D)

41 Several links don't work ...hmmm
Posted by: runner

All except "airborne battalion of Flying Racists" worked for me. Looks like that one got deleted.

I did have to change "x.com" to "xcancel.com" to get by the age restriction on the "This cat was returned home after spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" one. In fairness, it did include a closeup of an unshaven pussy.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (VHUov)

42
Hilarious SPLC captions, Ace. Thx, and thanks for all you do here.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

=================

I'm so mad about it I can barely get them out of my head either!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (n7rxJ)

43 You can't do 450mph in a wing suit
Posted by: Skip

Or tug on Superman's cape.

Posted by: Jim Croce at April 22, 2026 08:11 PM (c9rBD)

44 Young Capybaras jump in, oldsters just fall in.

Posted by: javems at April 22, 2026 08:13 PM (zFsEm)

45 Seeing some in the media calling the firearm used by that animal who murdered his 8 kids an "assault pistol".
They are still trying to mill it in some waythat supports their anti' 2nd A agenda.
FYI, I saw a pic of what he used.
It's a Mossberg 715P .22 LR AR15 pistol.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (DunVf)

46 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 JUST IN: Navy Secretary John Phelan did not simply depart, but was “FIRED” today by Secretary Hegseth, per Fox

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (ZxPkt)

47 This guy flying a jet-powered wingsuit right next to an A380

Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 08:15 PM (hLZfT)

48 I doubted that wingsuit thing was real. Turns out it is, but it was a huge stunt done in Dubai with some Emirates airline as a pr stunt. It took months of planning and testing to get that set up.

Those wing suits have only a few minutes of flying time, and top speeds of~150 mph or so. And very dangerous. Flying one of those takes more guts than sense and test pilot daredevil skills

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)

49 Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.
Posted by: t-bird

Did Whiff Of Vortex ever open for Tears For Fears?

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 08:20 PM (VHUov)

50 We have a wardrobe like that and it would open right into our shower.
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

I would love the story behind this little piece of whimsy!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (hftzA)

51 So much blatant corruption coming to light since Trump was re-re-elected. They assumed they were safe because they thought he wouldn't regain the Presidency.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Q+gd/)

52 46 @nicksortor
·
1h
🚨 JUST IN: Navy Secretary John Phelan did not simply depart, but was “FIRED” today by Secretary Hegseth, per Fox
Posted by: Don Black

Scuttlebutt on X is because Phelan did not want to be involved with checking senior officers for DEI postings on social media, etc. And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (E4rtv)

53 Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:18 PM (w6EFb)

I'm glad it was a set up and not a passenger flight. I kind of assumed that because that stunt would have resulted in jail time.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (0cOSz)

54 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

===

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

55 And the wingsuit isn't as close to the 380 as it looks. Perspective tricks to make it look closer to the plane.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:23 PM (w6EFb)

56 RICO SPLC will be the newest beat.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (2GVsD)

57 54 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp. Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.

===

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)
As are proper.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (LHPAg)

58 Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:22 PM (GD0B3)

I'm sure Trump listens to Hegseth's counsel also. I believe he follows orders but not just a yes man.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:24 PM (0cOSz)

59 Look at this cracker flyin' around like he own the air:
=
Muslims in jetpacks that can keep up with passenger airlines in flight.

I see no way in which this could go bad.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 08:25 PM (vSvIl)

60 Who was Phelan feeling?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)

61 6 60% of the way there. Dare we hope for a week of mephitic-free Cafés?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Ha! The Fragrant Sword of Damocles is hanging over your head by a thread.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (oftw2)

62 Hegseth has taken quite a few heads

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

63 Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.
Posted by: whig

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here."

Posted by: Jayne Cobb and/or Pete Hegseth at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)

64 Shipbuilding definitely has heads knocking due to its critical importance and the audacious new effort being launched.

Getting the impression that rooting out DEI in the ranks (upper ranks) is like pulling teeth. The rot is wide and deep.

If insubordination is behind Phelan's departure it wouldn't be surprising. The Beltway is in fact the Augean stables, and Trump & Co. face truly Herculean tasks here.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:28 PM (U/Byj)

65 If I was on that airbus I would hunt that wingsuit guy down and beat his ass.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 08:08 PM (0cOSz)

They probably thought he was Iron Man.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 08:29 PM (snZF9)

66 Not really DEI at BuNav, just the usual idiots seeking employment with contractors once they retire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)

67 51 So much blatant corruption coming to light since Trump was re-re-elected. They assumed they were safe because they thought he wouldn't regain the Presidency.

Posted by: davidt at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Q+gd/)

exactly correct, they were ramping up for their 1000 years of neofeudalism

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (VyBeY)

68 C'mon, Trump talked about building MOAR SHIPS for 10 years.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (GD0B3)

69 Shipbuilding definitely has heads knocking due to its critical importance and the audacious new effort being launched.
-
Is the Trump class super dreadnaught still a thing?

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (vSvIl)

70 Just a whiff of vortex and he's going head-over-heels for a mile.
Posted by: t-bird

Did Whiff Of Vortex ever open for Tears For Fears?

I saw Whiff of Vortex open for Butthole Surfers at Blues Alley.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 08:30 PM (Riz8t)

71 "You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here."
Posted by: Jayne Cobb and/or Pete Hegseth at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (VHUov)
-----------
"And you're not gonna change that by gettin' all...bendy."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (xvhJH)

72 Hegseth has taken quite a few heads

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

In a perfect world they would be hanging from his belt.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (snZF9)

73 And disputes over the Navy shipbuilding revamp.

Who does he think he is, a foreign-born Federal District judge?!

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 08:31 PM (hLZfT)

74 Ever since the Peace Dividend and the number of defense contractors have contracted, our MIC has become much like the European version where the weapon system being viable is secondary to how many jobs the program creates.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (2GVsD)

75 “ This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.”

Isaiah 43:14

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (cn09p)

76 Phelan apparently was not following Hegseth's orders.
Posted by: whig

Those were DJT orders that Hegseth was following.
Posted by: runner

I have no knowledge of what really transpired, but if Phelan had a fundamental disagreement with the policies of DJT, then it was up to him to resign and give his reasons why. He doesn't get to make policy. This seems to be very difficult for some to grasp.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

77 72, this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (VyBeY)

78 Your wars tonight:

Lebanon ceasefire going about as you'd expect. My favorite, a very very hot ceasefire. Only mystery is what's the real US expectation or strategery behind the current half-a**ed (and I think purely performative) effort to duplicate the idiotic dead-end approaches of the last 20 years.

WH press sec referred to "pragmatists" in Iran leadership situation today. Oh boy.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (U/Byj)

79 An Army big-wig with chemical surety just babbled like a love-struck fool to a pretty female reporter who flirted him up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)

80 I can't believe any grown man actually believes DEI crap is good. I lean toward the contractor job promised in the future.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 08:34 PM (q6tQZ)

81 "'Golden' is crypto-white!" -- Golden's SPLC patron

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (Sy6m/)

82 Idiot's name: Andrew Hugg
Former job: Branch Chief for Nuclear and Chemical Surety, US Dept of the Army.

He even babbled to her about how a nuclear launch command is authenticated and transmitted.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

83 Damn! Phelan had no prior military experience.
Wrong man for this job...

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (q6tQZ)

84 Think the DEI is among the uniforms, not the bureaucrats, at least that's what I hear. I'm sure lots of the bureaucrats are no bargain either, but it's culling the ranks in uniform that seems to be the bigger problem.

Recall Hegseth's "controversial" "dangerous" "scary" all-hands meeting bringing in all the brass? It was setting a baseline. Nobody can pretend to not understand the policy, no subordinates can be blamed for muddling directives from the top.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:38 PM (U/Byj)

85 "Phelan had no prior military experience.
Wrong man for this job...
Posted by: MkY"

How did he wind up there?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

86 Might as well ask who did Phelan blow

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:39 PM (2GVsD)

87 >>> I can tell we're going to get a lot of mileage out of the SPLC story.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

>Here at the cafe, I thought we get some sweet recipes for fried chicken.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:40 PM (Fbc0I)

88 He even babbled to her about how a nuclear launch command is authenticated and transmitted.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:37 PM (2GVsD)

You know, it kind of makes you miss the cold war.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (zZu0s)

89 Ed is dropping some bombs lately. Last night it was the SPLC being responsible for Charlie's murder and tonight this.

>>
@EagleEdMartin
·
9m
>>SPLC pays zero taxes!
CORRUPT

>>They pay ZERO state/local taxes.
ZERO property tax on the huge properties they own in Alabama.
And, they pay no sales tax on anything they buy from paper to cars.
And they have a $1bn endowment hidden offshore.
SPLC IS LIKE THE MAFIA. CORRUPT.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

90 Get that racist ICE HOUND a NY strip and anything else he desires.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (rzTfK)

91 Another (old) Representative has died, David Scott (D-GA). Lost track, we've got 3 Ds down (Swallwell, Scott, FL woman), and one R (Gonzalez). Still wondering how the hell the D NJ idiot (indicted for assaulting federal officer) has not yet been ejected.

That would make D -4, shaved to -3 with Gonzalez leaving.

Seems House GOP edge would grow a bit, temporarily.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:44 PM (U/Byj)

92 >Here at the cafe, I thought we get some sweet recipes for fried chicken.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:40 PM (Fbc0I)
Had some pretty good fried chicken liver and onions today.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:44 PM (LHPAg)

93 Aetius

Hopefully right now someone is explaining to him he has two options - jail or the pistol.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:45 PM (2GVsD)

94 Ah, the plot sickens. Andrew Hugg worked for Gaylord.

No one will miss him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:47 PM (2GVsD)

95 I would like a jet-powered wingsuit, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (RIvkX)

96 I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (dIske)

97 >>>spending six months as an SPLC "researcher" one. In fairness, it did include a closeup of an unshaven pussy.
Posted by: mikeski
---

Now I'm being sent all the way back up there for what? Yeah, think I've got that figured out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (rzTfK)

98 Nice beaver research.

Posted by: Drebin at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (Q+gd/)

99 Hopefully right now someone is explaining to him he has two options - jail or the pistol.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:45 PM (2GVsD
The pistol is the only way to restore any honor. Not salvation, just honor.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (LHPAg)

100 That stunt was from 2015. The wingsuit pilots were air daredevil stunt pilots Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet.

Reffet killed his fool self in 2020 flying on those. He lost control after he attempted to take off from the ground for the first time. Flew right into the ground at high speed

Usually they would launch from the air, do the stunts, then jettison the wings and parachute back to the ground.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at April 22, 2026 08:50 PM (w6EFb)

101
Recall Hegseth's "controversial" "dangerous" "scary" all-hands meeting bringing in all the brass? It was setting a baseline.

___________

"Admiral Blutarski. Zero point zero."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:51 PM (tgvbd)

102 Some commentary on the Phelan departure here, from a rather excitable but very involved observer:

https://tinyurl.com/2a8zka8m

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:55 PM (U/Byj)

103 Hadrian, LOL

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:56 PM (U/Byj)

104 Kirsche, "I am for fighting the creation of a predatory world order, when do I start throwing Commies out a helicopter?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)

105 >>>Had some pretty good fried chicken liver and onions today.

Posted by: Eromero

>That sounds good, but I'm too lazy to go to the store right now.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (Fbc0I)

106
I should have done things today.

But I didn't.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:58 PM (tgvbd)

107 Otter the cat goes to the spa:
https://youtu.be/PAnDKlV39K4

Obviously a *sea* otter:
https://shorturl.at/yZXla

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (9vFyc)

108 The thing about powerful people and secret recordings is that it keeps happening, and it keeps working. Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,
---

Devil said he doesn't need new tricks 'cause people keep falling for the old one's.

youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (rzTfK)

109

Hadrian,

I know you took care of the dogs and fed yourself.

Nothing with taking a day off.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 09:00 PM (3ek7K)

110 Kirsche, "I am for fighting the creation of a predatory world order, when do I start throwing Commies out a helicopter?"

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 08:57 PM (2GVsD)

Not sure who this Kirsche person is, but he got style.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 09:01 PM (snZF9)

111 Kirsche is anime fox girl VTuber. She is known for cursed knowledge and knowing way too much about BRIDGE. She also plays video games and reacts to news.

And when Anal Violence of Vice started doing libelous hit pieces against her, she managed to get VICE to retract the stories.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:03 PM (2GVsD)

112 The Sun is My Destroyer.
Sometimes metal is a balm.

A bomb??

Posted by: Pug Mahon, In an Exodus Mood at April 22, 2026 09:03 PM (0aYVJ)

113 Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,

==

Back in the day he would have been shot for treason.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:04 PM (GD0B3)

114 Loose lips sink ships !

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:05 PM (GD0B3)

115 Andrew Hugg is probably going to get served termination papers and divorce papers at the same time.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:05 PM (2GVsD)

116 Andrew Hugg will be desperately looking for a new job but since he has been so publicly burned, the USAID idiots have a better chance of employment.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:07 PM (2GVsD)

117 face change operation, new identity and learn plumbing

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:08 PM (GD0B3)

118 I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.
Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 08:49 PM (dIske)

Doublechecks Skymap Pro... Yep, Jupiter.

Posted by: Ash Williams at April 22, 2026 09:08 PM (/HDaX)

119 Andrew Hugg as the Tidy Bowl Man

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:09 PM (2GVsD)

120 I doubt you could keep the wings open if you had a JATO strapped to your ass.
Not even Wilie Coyote.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (zZu0s)

Reach out and touch the face of God.

Posted by: Acme Aerospace at April 22, 2026 09:10 PM (rbvCR)

121 This dog spent all day posting racist memes on Gab, under the direction of the SPLC

Same pattern as London insuring ships against the pirates and/or terrorists they employ in the IRGC and Yemen. This is going to be fun.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:11 PM (hLZfT)

122
In April, 1944, Maj. Gen. Henry Miller said at a party at Claridge's in London that the Normandy invasion would take place before June 15th. When Eisenhower found out, he demoted Miller to his permanent rank of Lieutenant Colonel and sent him back to the US.

The matter was kept secret and Congress, not knowing, confirmed a promotion to Colonel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:11 PM (tgvbd)

123 I just hope I get sick and die before I can’t afford to support myself.

Like suddenly

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (A5RD0)

124 Kirsche is anime fox girl VTuber. She is known for cursed knowledge and knowing way too much about BRIDGE. She also plays video games and reacts to news.
-
And that one time she got talked into taking a super strong gummy, and because she was going to be on a live stream the next day, tried to be responsible by only taking half of it.

Her avatar for the show was in crayon with a pat of butter on her head.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (vSvIl)

125 Kirsche when she is tripping is the funniest. Just keep sharp objects away from her.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:14 PM (2GVsD)

126 The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

Not directed at you as such LASue because I know what you mean, but no this is not the problem.

The problem is racism DIDN'T die. The Left is still there. They are the racists, hence why everything is about race.

So they're not bringing it back to kill it, they're perpetuating it because they are in fact racist assholes. It's hard to fathom because we just think "rednecks" or whatever. But I no longer think that when I think of racists. I think of Michelle Obama, Sharpton, Pelosi, Schumer, Storybook Biden, Byrd, Hillary, all of them. Most of the rest of us wanted something different for our society.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

127 I'm not much into those wingsuits. But that tiny turbojet is cool. I think he's using multiple (4?) turbojets to propel himself. They are used on RC models, and other interesting things.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:17 PM (3uBP9)

128 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (Fbc0I)

129
Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (tgvbd)

130 Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (tgvbd)

A friend tells me about his fights with the computer system the VA uses for scheduling, telehealth and prescriptions. He found it easier to call directly by phone until the VA took the personal numbers away from the providers to convince patients to use the internet.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 09:22 PM (rbvCR)

131 So they told Andrew Hugg to kiss off?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

132 >>> Andrew Hugg, the U.S. Army's Branch Chief for Chemical Nuclear Surety, was reportedly escorted from the Pentagon this week,

==

Back in the day he would have been shot for treason.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:04 PM (GD0B3)

How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (3uBP9)

133
Am I wrong? There's so much government money blowing around that no one bothers to account for, but just try getting anything out of the VA.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

https://www.usdebtclock.org

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (Cqx++)

134 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 09:18 PM (Fbc0I)
---
That could never happe...*FOOP*

Posted by: Sherry Bobbins at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (0aYVJ)

135 250 Kph =~ 155 mph. So, plausible for wingsuit guy to do that.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:23 PM (XMwZJ)

136 >>> I just hope I get sick and die before I can’t afford to support myself.

Like suddenly
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:12 PM (A5RD0)

Carousel!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (3uBP9)

137 We need a new song about the flight of Icarus where he get sucked into a jet wash.

"No capes!" Edna Mode

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (2GVsD)

138 >> I do believe I see Jupiter right next to the moon tonight.

Yes, indeed. And the Moon is right below Castor and Pollux, the twins of Gemini.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:25 PM (w6EFb)

139 @Dave_in_Fla
Apr 7
I'm predicting that when all the dust settles, the biggest loser won't be Iran.

It will be Europe

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rzTfK)

140 How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.
Posted by: banana Dream
-----------

The body does not contain enough blood to allow *both* heads to function properly at the same time.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rdVOm)

141
250 Kph =~ 155 mph. So, plausible for wingsuit guy to do that.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Is it plausible for the plane to go that slow?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 09:27 PM (Cqx++)

142 I wonder if he has a sister named Amanda, middle name Kissin.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:27 PM (3uBP9)

143 139 @Dave_in_Fla
Apr 7
I'm predicting that when all the dust settles, the biggest loser won't be Iran.

It will be Europe
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:26 PM (rzTfK)

The good folks at Promethean Updates are of the same opinion.

They contend this is about direct action at dismantling the British Empire's Great Game in the Middle East, and extending elsewhere.

Posted by: browndog on replay at April 22, 2026 09:30 PM (3sXRv)

144 I would just like the scraps of fraud that fall off the table. I would be able to live like a king though I wouldn't. 50 grand is just a rounding error on the numbers they are talking about.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:30 PM (0cOSz)

145 Dave in Fla is here?

Good to see you, Sir.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:31 PM (77rzZ)

146 Well, tschuss mein komerads

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (2GVsD)

147 How can these dudes not know that the gorgeous gal, that suddenly dropped herself in their lap, and is talking them up, is an obvious setup? I mean, there are very specific continual training about this exact scenario.
Posted by: banana Dream
-----------

I don't understand why they just don't play the game themselves and fake it till you lay it.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (0cOSz)

148 Is it plausible for the plane to go that slow?
****

Per internet, stall speed for a 380 is 155 knots (~178mph). Careful setup and possible editing for the shot.

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (nD5wh)

149 An Airbus A380 landing speed is ~130 mph. The plane appears to be on approach for landing...so, yeah, it's plausible for the plane to be going that slow.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:32 PM (XMwZJ)

150
NASA is slowly releasing the cooler videos from the Artemis flight. Here's Earthshine on Christina's face:

https://is.gd/20FG8a

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:34 PM (w6EFb)

151 What is Space X's next step? Are they still trying to perfect landing the reusable rocket?

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (0cOSz)

152
That whole wingsuit and the A380 was a careful PR stunt which took months of planning and testing. And it was done in 2015 with a Emirates airline.

Two stunt daredevil pilots did the wingsuit flying.

One of those guys was killed in 2020 in a mishap with those same wingsuits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (w6EFb)

153
Here's an old Daily Mail article on that stunt:
https://is.gd/myscoY

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:38 PM (w6EFb)

154 Evening, Ace, and Cafe found-ins!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 09:39 PM (utfVc)

155 I mean, I basically never see women. I'm an engineer. And I'm an engineer in a discipline and industry that has a small fraction of the very tiny amount of female engineers in other industries, disciplines.

If I see womens at work I assume something very critically awful has occurred in the universe, some very bad situation is in effect and the corporate/executive team has descended from on high to knock heads. Some girly girl steps up on me in the wild and it would be like suddenly meeting a giraffe. Uh, hello. Because I would totally say hello to a giraffe. But let my guard down? nah. Also I don't get out much, so there's that. Being an introvert & wotnot.

But, I guess James wouldn't target me and would go for other marks.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:39 PM (3uBP9)

156 >>> What is Space X's next step? Are they still trying to perfect landing the reusable rocket?
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 09:36 PM (0cOSz)

Sorry pal, the future's all in space toilets.

Posted by: banana Dream - Space plumber! in training at April 22, 2026 09:42 PM (3uBP9)

157 Yeah you got this SPLC animal right by the throat

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 09:42 PM (yzs5e)

158 All I can say is, they should get better gunsight cameras before, Iran, round 2. Technicolor, Panavision and hold that camera on before and after. Make an episode of it. Digital memory doesn't take up that much room or weigh that much.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:44 PM (rzTfK)

159 As of a couple days ago Space X has had

640 completed missions
600 landings
562 relights

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 09:45 PM (/lPRQ)

160 No one wants to be a burden to their children.

The cost of living has crushed wage increases… which have been shit.

I guess you just live in the short term

Future retirement be damned.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:46 PM (A5RD0)

161 All I can say is, they should get better gunsight cameras before, Iran, round 2. Technicolor, Panavision and hold that camera on before and after. Make an episode of it. Digital memory doesn't take up that much room or weigh that much.

Posted by: Braenyard

I understand the gun cameras are very good.
The publicly released versions are deliberately seriously degraded.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (/lPRQ)

162 Sorry pal, the future's all in space toilets.
Posted by: banana Dream - Space plumber! in training

You should get the fourth seat in the next Artemis flight. How many astronauts do you really need when you're not doing anything up there?

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (hLZfT)

163
The Falcon 9 and Heavy are pretty much perfected. SpaceX has got to get Starship perfected. And the Moon lander version of that. And orbital refueling necessary for that. They've got a lot on their plate.

Blue Origin is developing their own lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon, to compete. Isaacman will go with whoever gets it perfected first.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (w6EFb)

164 WWII gunsight video is better than what we're getting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 09:51 PM (rzTfK)

165 >>> No one wants to be a burden to their children.

The cost of living has crushed wage increases… which have been shit.

I guess you just live in the short term

Future retirement be damned.
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 09:46 PM (A5RD0)

Yep JEF care costs have ballooned health care for the peons, eating up whatever wage increases some received. Same for getting a house and mortgage for many. Just ate it all up.

And people don't believe me that the left will absolutely confiscate every retirement money you think you have the rights to. 401K? They want it. Roth IRA? They . want . it . all .

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:53 PM (3uBP9)

166 Love the Narnia library! Watching Rock the Block on HGTV on Mondays and several teams put hidden rooms in their design. Sounds like fun, if I ever build a lottery house.

Posted by: Iris at April 22, 2026 09:55 PM (bOJ2I)

167 >>> You should get the fourth seat in the next Artemis flight. How many astronauts do you really need when you're not doing anything up there?
Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:47 PM (hLZfT)

I have great rates too! $18 Billion for the initial service call and 80 dollars for each additional hour. Call for free quotes!

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 09:56 PM (3uBP9)

168 Wing suit guy is giving the IRGC ideas.

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (a992C)

169 So they're not bringing it back to kill it, they're perpetuating it because they are in fact racist assholes. It's hard to fathom because we just think "rednecks" or whatever. But I no longer think that when I think of racists. I think of Michelle Obama, Sharpton, Pelosi, Schumer, Storybook Biden, Byrd, Hillary, all of them. Most of the rest of us wanted something different for our society.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:15 PM (vE0+H)

Good point.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 10:00 PM (lCppi)

170
Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)

171 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

Cue Derek Zoolander: "What is this? A rocket for ants?"

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 10:09 PM (hLZfT)

172 TRex ONT is up!

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 10:10 PM (Sy6m/)

173 Canada has a spaceport now:

https://is.gd/7Kx1wi

That is.....something else. And Ukraine was involved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 10:03 PM (w6EFb)

Liberals and Uke-a-ranians, and mythical rockets, oh my! Small Dead Animals had a post on it today, too. It is a scam and money laundering through and through. Nobody wants to launch from that far North. Closer to the Equator, the better.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 10:14 PM (utfVc)

Quick Hits

Hmmmm...

The media is pumping out SPLC propaganda, claiming they're being sued for "paying informants," while hiding the actual indictment so that their stupid NPC readers can't see what they're really charged with:

Robby Soave
@robbysoave
I'm always flummoxed when mainstream news sources describe a lawsuit, indictment, or pertinent document without actually linking to it. The SPLC indictment isn't linked in New York Times, AP, BBC, The Guardian, or any of first 10 sources I checked. Just have to take their word for it.

Matt Taibbi
@mtaibbi
Making readers jump through hoops to find the full quote or original source document is a gross new propaganda technique.

Only "very fine people" do it, you know.

The Rabbit Hole
@TheRabbitHole
"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists."
-- Thomas Sowell

The "virtual winery" owned by Ilhan Omar and her "husband," claimed to be worth millions, has been legally dissolved days after she amended her financial disclosures to say she's not a millionaire and it was just a big whoopsie to inflate her personal fortune.

Didn't they prosecute Trump for that?

Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

BTW, what is a "virtual winery"? I don't know, but it's not a real winery, or else they would just say "winery." What I imagine is that it's a "winery" with no actual vinyard -- that is, it's just a label. They buy wine from others -- cheap wine, I'd bet -- slap a label on it, and sell it.

You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.

Is that what happened here? I'm not saying. And neither is Ilhan Omar. She doesn't have to tell you jack shit.

MSNOW's full-spectrum failure Alex Wagner -- they have repeatedly pushed her as a "star" influencer with millions of dollars of push, and she's failed every time -- forgives Tuq'r Qarlson and welcomes him as an ally in the Democrat War on America.

'This Is Hard For Me To Say': MS NOW's Alex Wagner Says Tucker Carlson's Trump Apology 'Feels' Genuine

MS NOW's Alex Wagner admitted Tucker Carlson's apology for helping to elect President Donald Trump "feels" genuine, though she remains skeptical of how much help he could actually be to Democrats.
...
"I do think it's like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences. You know, we'll be tormented by it for a long time. I will be, and I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people, and it was not intentional. That's all I'll say," Carlson said.
Wagner first said she was "cynical" about Carlson's declaration, though she eventually conceded that she feels the "tortured" Carlson was "genuine" in expressing remorse for throwing support behind Trump.
She said:

I guess it's welcome if overdue. Pardon me for being a little cynical about the mea culpa. Ari, this is someone who witnessed Trump stage and foment an insurrection at the Capitol and still went and campaigned for the man. Like, did you not think his narcissism was malignant in early January of 2021? Because I sure did. Like, here was a man that clearly was going to stop at nothing, including tearing down our own democracy, to regain power. So the idea that it's just dawned on him that this man's moral compass may not be pointing in the right direction, and he may not be operating with the most strategic manual is like maybe a little bit late and maybe a little bit not as genuine as I wish it was.
She ultimately concluded the public break from Trump for Carlson was a purposeful move that he can't easily go back on.
"This is hard for me to say, but it feels like the apology is genuine. And I also don't know that you can find your way back to supporting Trump once you've had that sort of emotional, sort of almost therapy-like session," Wagner said, adding, "I don't think it should be making Democrats think that Tucker Carlson is going to go out on the campaign trail for them just yet."

But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

The Vigilant Fox
@VigilantFox
Democrat abruptly cuts RFK Jr. off the moment he starts exposing how he was bought off by Big Pharma.
FRANK PALLONE: "Do you know what Trump's reckless, illegal war with Iran is costing us right now?"
KENNEDY: "I remember when you were the champion--"
PALLONE: "I'm not going to get into it because you're not going to answer the question."
KENNEDY: "You said something to my family I'd like to reply to."
PALLONE: "I'm cutting you off because you won't answer the question."
[Minutes later, Kennedy brings up Frank Pallone again in a separate exchange]
KENNEDY: "I was with Congressman Pallone in the early 2000s, when he was the champion in this body for people who had vaccine injuries. And suddenly he did a 180 when the pharmaceutical industry of New Jersey turned him around. And that was a template."
[Pallone starts grumbling as Kennedy speaks]
KENNEDY: "You know you were. And he has never said a word about it since. And the mothers have not been able to get into his door."

Democrat abruptly cuts RFK Jr. off the moment he starts exposing how he was bought off by Big Pharma.

FRANK PALLONE: �Do you know what Trump�s reckless, illegal war with Iran is costing us right now?�

KENNEDY: �I remember when you were the champion��

PALLONE: �I�m not going to� pic.twitter.com/AjbxRcGQXW
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) April 21, 2026

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
10h
Before the 2020 election, Biden gave a speech at Gettysburg saying he decided to run for office again after the Charlottesville far-right rally in 2017. The rally was a galvanizing moment for leftists and Democrats, who campaigned and fundraised off it for years, claiming they needed power and money to stop white supremacy.
Biden's White House met with SPLC officials at least 11 times after he won, according to visitor logs.
In the DOJ indictment against the SPLC, it was revealed that in addition to allegedly funding neo-Nazis and KKK members, the SPLC bankrolled one of the leaders of the Charlottesville rally and supervised his "racist" messaging.

Prime example here of how Democrats and their MSM PR wing would launder the SPLC's propaganda as �news."

In this 2022 CBS News segment, SPLC Director Susan Corke is teed up to say that violent extremism in MAGA is "one of the biggest existential threats that is facing our� pic.twitter.com/GXINDwvdxa
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 22, 2026

Here's an ad from the Southern Poverty Law Center listing ten ways to stop hate in America.

They actually show photos of the paid agitators they were funding.😂

Turns out the best way to stop hate is to stop funding the SPLC. pic.twitter.com/xxy5hS1Nyv
— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 21, 2026

Pam from The Office knows what's up.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:00 PM

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1 Cafe

Posted by: Beartooth at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (tYGL3)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (LdBR/)

3
They create the boogeyman. Then act afraid of it.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (IifOV)

4 So many indictments.
So little time.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (q6tQZ)

5 SPLC takedown is the biggest one since US AID.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (GD0B3)

6 Beartooth, uh, I don't think so.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (DIbRX)

7 Damn, I was in and out today but ace has been a machine...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (Sco7b)

8 Who is the same picture dude?

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (8jVAy)

9
A CPA was on Fox's David Asman's show and they had the following exchange (from Alpha News):

“A lot of people are wondering if it’s possible that her husband’s company’s initial valuation didn’t include liabilities, so he was scored on unrealized gains, which is exactly what Democrats like her are going after for billionaires, right?” Asman asked Geltrude, who responded, “Yeah, it’s kind of funny that that would happen.”

“But if you are asking is it possible that they excluded liabilities and unrealized gains, yes, it’s possible,” Geltrude continued. “But that would result by them not giving their information to the accountant to put on the form. So, either way, David, she is responsible.”

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (kX27y)

10

Ace is eating Kaboom

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (3ek7K)

11 Always follow the money.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (DIbRX)

12 Damn, our new chick governoress is seriously unattractive.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (77rzZ)

13 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) (Ilhan Omar) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Bless her heart. She's a cornered rat.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (IifOV)

14 I’ve already left the Red Sox game. I think there will be a lot of Tigers and Pirates this summer.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (8jVAy)

15 o jeez yes, gimme a quick hit ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (VyBeY)

16 >>> Didn't they prosecute Trump for that?

No. They prosecuted him for saying he was a gazabillionaire and that MAL was worth more than hurricane damage porta john. Judge decided MAL was worth less than a hurricane damage porta john.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)

17 I knew they had a large pile of money, from Leftists donars

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (Ia/+0)

18
Breaking: The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on was fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.

Hung Cao. Heh.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (IifOV)

19

So many crooks.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (3ek7K)

20 Been waiting for her to weigh in. Whatever connections there are between the SPLC and the deep state she will find them.

>>@DataRepublican

>>🧵🚨 THREAD: How the Charlottesville rally and SPLC birthed an entire billion-dollar-plus "democracy" ecosystem 🚨

>>11 federal counts. Wire fraud. Money laundering conspiracy. But here's what the SPLC headlines are missing:

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (viF8m)

21 "full-spectrum failure "

LOL, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (VyBeY)

22 I try hard to avoid using the word "hate." But I fucking hate Ilhan. *seethes* Immona step away for a moment...

Posted by: America, you guys at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (0aYVJ)

23 The biggest problem with summer is…baseball.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

24 The easiest way for the msm to make the Omar stuff disappear is to ignore it.
I wonder if we will find out who ran QAnon.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:12 PM (8jVAy)

25 I strongly believe we should give the Dems Tucker only if they agree to also take Candace Owens. Ashley St. Clair doesn’t count, she was a 2 bit player at best.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (Dd38x)

26 Good vs Evil.

It's a never ending fight. Made even harder when one side has no rules.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (0cOSz)

27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (zZu0s)

28 Hung Cao. Heh.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Appropriate name for a Navy that schlonged Iran so far.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

29 22 I try hard to avoid using the word "hate." But I fucking hate Ilhan. *seethes* Immona step away for a moment...

Me too. And what a filthy FGM mouth she has.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (kX27y)

30 27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
======
Chinese Commies only serve in Democrat administrations.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)

31 I live right near where her "virtual winery" was listed, in a commercial building that houses a "winery" amongst several other commercial ventures (including a brewery). These small wineries (or wine storage, or finished wine storage) are very common. I have also been in wine production for 40 yrs...
A "virtual winery" is a bullshit term for nothing more than a brand that may (or in this case, may not) be produced by a custom producer...You own the brand, buy grapes (or already finished wine to make your custom blend), and someone else actually "makes", ages, packages, stores, ships the wine...does all of the compliance, etc. You may (or may not) be involved in ANY of the business, except owning the label.
I have been in and out of the custom game since the 90's.
It is, in her case, money laundering or a tax dodge.

Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:13 PM (DzC+b)

32 GatewayPundit had a mugshot of Omar from years ago.

I find black women attractive but not bangable without a truck going 95mph.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:14 PM (Sco7b)

33 Sounds like you need a double header of FUN!

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:14 PM (8jVAy)

34 Everybody was Kung Fu fighting.

Posted by: That guy who always sings... at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (ceJ0R)

35 >>>But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

They will never work together. Fuentes is FBI and Carlson is CIA

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (rbvCR)

36 Correction

Omar was not bangable....

Long day...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (Sco7b)

37 Wi Tulo for Naval Air Chief.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 07:15 PM (77rzZ)

38 What dirtbag.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (LHPAg)

39 USA Today: FBI: SPLC paid informants without donors knowing. Feds pay them too. The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for allegedly paying sources in hate groups without donors knowing. The FBI also pays informants

The case rests on the idea that paying people for information used to take down an organization is identical to funding that organization. The basis of the case is nonsensical

The indictment is a squalid piece of theater, masking the assassination of a monitoring network under the pious pretense of protecting donors. By including enough detail to effectively burn undercover informants, the DOJ has achieved its actual aim: the liquidation of years of deep-cover work. It is a tactical decapitation, ensuring that even a legal failure in court delivers a triumph to the thugs the SPLC once monitored.

This creates a chilling effect intended to blind independent eyes to the reality of extremism. Future sources will now rightly fear that their anonymity is a cheap currency, easily spent by the state to settle a political score. By gutting the SPLC’s reach, the administration has cleared the field for hate groups to organize

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (ycI94)

40 Socialists Poverty Leninists Communists always had a list of Nazi groups but named any of conservatives and church groups

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:16 PM (Ia/+0)

41 epic day at Ace's house isn't it?

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (8uzBS)

42

Husband said last night he sick and tired of the news and he so happy baseball season is back.

YMMV

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (3ek7K)

43 Oh, Tulou. I thouht you said Toulouse. He's be too short.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)

44 30 27 Couldn't we have had Naval Secretary Wang Chung?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
======
Chinese Commies only serve in Democrat administrations.
Posted by: whig
....................................
youtu.be/V-xpJRwIA-Q

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (sAmhv)

45 Is that how SPLC could say that the Charlottesville chants were "Jews will not replace us!" instead of "You will not replace us!" , they gave them the script with "Jews" version?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (Dv3i1)

46 Is Keir Starmer on the SPLC payroll?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

47 I'm still processing the ramifications of this SPLC exposure. Linked to The Atlantic. Linked to Charlottesville. Linked to Biden's campaign.

It seems foundational to the whole authoritarian thrust of the Biden administration.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (RIvkX)

48 Muh journalistic integrity . . . -- Mainstream News Sources

You're not journalists and you have no integrity! - Stuff That Jerry Seinfeld Almost Said.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (wVcYX)

49 What was the name of the wine sold by the "virtual" winery? I think it would have been cool to have a picture of Ilhan Omar on the label, underscored with the text,
"Moga, Dish U?"

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (2L+MU)

50 Anna Puma, Starmer is on the IRGC payroll.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DIbRX)

51 They create the boogeyman. Then act afraid of it.

The SPLC is the Jussie Smollet of Tawana Brawleys.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (Riz8t)

52 Ben Had

He could be double dipping.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (2GVsD)

53 The "virtual winery" model is attractive due to no overhead on your part- you pay someone else to do all of the work, you own nothing but the brand (including the wine). But believe me, no one makes tens of
$$millions with a virtual winery, unless they are in it for years, building brands, selling selling selling. I have been associated with several of the winners, but have watched the failure of hundreds.
I guarantee that she did not make millions of dollars...I doubt if they ever even made a product at all.

Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DzC+b)

54 re 18: used to get fund raising emails from hung cao when he was running for congress or something like that. seemed like a nice guy

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (CWTWj)

55 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Let he among us who has not overlooked a $30 million asset in their tax return cast the first stone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (guGkK)

56 Sometimes I seriously consider disconnecting myself from this daily barrage of shit, to become blissfully unaware.

But I know that I need to be aware of what is happening, in the event things go pear-shaped. It's maddening.

I am glad wife and I can unplug and enjoy our weekends.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (0aYVJ)

57 Anna Puma, true. Hope you are well, good lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (DIbRX)

58 who would omar's winery sell to? moslems aren't supposed to drink alcohol

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (CWTWj)

59 A billion bucks goes a long way. I wonder just who all was in on the take?

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (2WIwB)

60 We TOTALLY knew about the SPLC, but we didn't report on it because Charolette was so long ago, nobody would have cared.

Posted by: New York Times at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (IifOV)

61 DataRepublican delivers as always. This is a pretty detailed and mindboggling thread. I'm gonna bookmark this, needs a lot of time.

https://tinyurl.com/nanheyan

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

62 Virtual winery.

So, Thunderbird with a different label?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 07:22 PM (sAmhv)

63 Is Keir Starmer on the SPLC payroll?
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:18 PM (2GVsD)

Anna Puma, true. Hope you are well, good lady.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:20 PM (DIbRX)

👏👏

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (GD0B3)

64 18
Breaking: The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan on was fired by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Wednesday.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced.

Hung Cao. Heh.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (IifOV)
Hung Cao's stern stuff.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (LHPAg)

65
I made a tax error because of TurboTax. But I payed the $25 for audit protection, so I don't have to tell you jack shit.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at April 22, 2026 07:23 PM (IifOV)

66 Somalis are widely known for their cultured palates and their oenologist's skill in coaxing surprisingly complex vintages from the poor soil of their Somalian homeland. Not to mention their weirdly-shaped noggins.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (guGkK)

67 62 Virtual winery.

So, Thunderbird with a different label?

Posted by: Puddleglum

Boones Ferry or Night Train

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (IifOV)

68 Sometimes I seriously consider disconnecting myself from this daily barrage of shit, to become blissfully unaware.

I hadn't gone to the range in some time. My father bought a lever action rifle recently, his first ever at age 73 or so. He always thought they were cool, and wanted one before he died.

We went to the range, shot for several hours, and had a wonderful time. Sometimes it's good to forget about daily nonsense and do something you enjoy with someone you love.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (ycI94)

69
Sorry Ben Had ! cut/paste FAIL!

i was gonna compliment your quick witted

"Anna Puma, Starmer is on the IRGC payroll.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DIbRX)"

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

70 One of Omar's wines was labeled " The Devils Lie"

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (DIbRX)

71 SPLC ...IRGC

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (GD0B3)

72 Grassroots Motorsports magazine, at the height of the BLM foolishness, announced they were giving a donation to SPLC. I sent them an email about why they should not do that and I was canceling my subscription and their response was "Ok, bye". This was after they had asked for donations to keep going during Covid. It made me so mad I had to cancel my favorite magazine.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (vFG9F)

73 >>> In the DOJ indictment against the SPLC, it was revealed that in addition to allegedly funding neo-Nazis and KKK members,

In the end it will all be good because they will find KKK etc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of the SPLC, which in turn is under sole ownership of the DNC.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (/lPRQ)

74 An Ace quote from the sidebar:

"I just want to share my annoyance with you."

This is what happens when you disappoint Ace. Don't disappoint Ace.

#BeBetter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

75

Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

76 Ben Had

It goes, another wonderful day of employment. Got home. Fed the cat. Fed myself. Now chilling a bit.

Vous?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (2GVsD)

77 In the end it will all be good because they will find KKK etc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of the SPLC, which in turn is under sole ownership of the DNC.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:25 PM

And who's the owner of the DNC?

Follow the money to Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

78 That's all I'll say," Carlson said.

****

Somehow, I doubt it.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:27 PM (lCppi)

79
49 What was the name of the wine sold by the "virtual" winery? I think it would have been cool to have a picture of Ilhan Omar on the label, underscored with the text,
"Moga, Dish U?"
Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM

-------

Chateau Vinaigrette.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (Xw+1y)

80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (GD0B3)

81 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (2GVsD)

82 75

Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)
Golden. Huge! Luxurious! The most beautiful you've ever seen?

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (LHPAg)

83 Anna Puma, all the implements to tackle Spring are working so life is grand.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

84 The SPLC taught smooth brained white folks out there that anything positive associated with white folks was to be held in suspicion of being racist or anyone wanting to ban certain groups for promoting violence and terrorism is also racist.

That you cannot put a dollar figure on.

Posted by: Minnesota at April 22, 2026 07:29 PM (QCEpb)

85 "The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party
Posted by: Anna Puma"

Nuh uh. The parties switched in the 1960s.

Posted by: A Educater at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (vFG9F)

86 But they just paid informants.
/ 99.98% of the left

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (6Hdrx)

87 I live right near where her "virtual winery" was listed, in a commercial building that houses a "winery" amongst several other commercial ventures (including a brewery). These small wineries (or wine storage, or finished wine storage) are very common. I have also been in wine production for 40 yrs...
A "virtual winery" is a bullshit term for nothing more than a brand that may (or in this case, may not) be produced by a custom producer...You own the brand, buy grapes (or already finished wine to make your custom blend), and someone else actually "makes", ages, packages, stores, ships the wine...does all of the compliance, etc. You may (or may not) be involved in ANY of the business, except owning the label.
I have been in and out of the custom game since the 90's.
It is, in her case, money laundering or a tax dodge.
Posted by: UncleJefe

So like "Newman's Own" pizza, spaghetti sauce, etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (/lPRQ)

88 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

I want the arch. Big enough to be seen from space. Big enough to hang the commies from and create the largest frigging set of wind chimes in the galaxy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (snZF9)

89

I got a spam call from Minnesota today.

Probably someone wanting more of our tax money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:30 PM (3ek7K)

90 Bers, Hell Yeah, warrior poet!

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (DIbRX)

91 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

92 The perpetual outrage some people are suffering, they are going to simply drop dead in mid-froth one day.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (2GVsD)

93
That you cannot put a dollar figure on.

Posted by: Minnesota at April 22, 2026 07:29 PM (QCEpb)

Here's looking at you, MPLS/ST. PAUL!

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (kX27y)

94 YouTube guy Andre Williams is absolutely destroying what the majority of black women are.

I'm increasingly hearing black voices saying that only 20% of the community are good people drowned out in a sea of ghetto rats and posers.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (wBaIH)

95 When I was in italy and saw some big ass ancient roman arches I said to myself, damn, why don't we have anything like that? Trump delivers.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (snZF9)

96 >>I'm still processing the ramifications of this SPLC exposure. Linked to The Atlantic. Linked to Charlottesville. Linked to Biden's campaign.

>>It seems foundational to the whole authoritarian thrust of the Biden administration.

Because it was. Not just the campaign, the Biden administration.

Read the DataRepublican thread I posted above. Very deep rabbit hole.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (viF8m)

97 Tucker helped him get elected with his one vote?
OK.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (n5tGW)

98 I got a spam call from Minnesota today.

Probably someone wanting more of our tax money.

Posted by: four seasons

6 years ago we bought a little house next door, just to keep the sort of people who would live in it out of it.
Tore it down last year.
We get maybe 30 calls a week, between office and our 2 phones wanting to buy the house. Most oriental sounding.
Almost enough to change our #'s.

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (q6tQZ)

99 Bers, I gotta say that I am in the rendition and dissappear camp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (DIbRX)

100 How does the hubby feel about the Arc de Triomph when the Germans marched through it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

101
The Rabbit Hole
@TheRabbitHole
"Racism is not dead, but it is on life support - kept alive by politicians, race hustlers and people who get a sense of superiority by denouncing others as racists."

-- Thomas Sowell

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

"Thomas Sowell was the original black face of white supremacy!"

-- Jackson, Sharpton, and The DogEater

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (l7fPC)

102 And the other side of the coin means that Tucker now thinks Kamala should have been prez.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 07:34 PM (n5tGW)

103 YouTube guy Andre Williams is absolutely destroying what the majority of black women are.

I'm increasingly hearing black voices saying that only 20% of the community are good people drowned out in a sea of ghetto rats and posers.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 07:32 PM (wBaIH)

You know things have gotten bad when black YouTubers are posting one black fatigue video after another. They've had it and I can't blame them.

Posted by: Betcha even Thomas Sowell has it at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (TbWk/)

104 Here is how it went - Grand Cru is a burgundy wine grown in France. the demand outstrips the supply, so it is expensive. The virtual winery promised to take mediocre California wine and blend it into something resembling a Grand Cru. It's why their winery was called eStCru. They got investors and convinced them to invest real money. Obviously, mixing shitty wine into super expensive wine would be wildly profitable. By the by, they didn't do the mixing even - they paid people to follow their formula. hence the "virtual".

They lined up some investors, and based on the amount investment, they valuated the winery at $30 million. Obviously, a lot of that valuation was virtual as well. But it was designed to lure in more investors - people might balk at investing $50 k into a winery worth $300k but jump at the chance for a winery worth $30 million.

So, the whole scheme collapsed and investors lost their shorts. It also created a huge problem - the valuation of the winery had to be reported by Omar, but that raised questions, now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

105 80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Why?

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (tOcjL)

106

I don't know how he feels about arches anywhere else. I just ignore his ranting, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

107 The "virtual winery" model is attractive due to no overhead on your part- you pay someone else to do all of the work, you own nothing but the brand (including the wine). But believe me, no one makes tens of
$$millions with a virtual winery, unless they are in it for years, building brands, selling selling selling. I have been associated with several of the winners, but have watched the failure of hundreds.
I guarantee that she did not make millions of dollars...I doubt if they ever even made a product at all.
Posted by: UncleJefe at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (DzC+b)

A friend does something similar that's just a fun, vanity project. Someone else does all the work; all they do is design a new, funny label every year. They give the wine as gifts.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (lCppi)

108 I helped Trump get elected too. Where's my microphone?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (vFG9F)

109 > Read the DataRepublican thread I posted above. Very deep rabbit hole.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Exposing it is one thing.

Dealing with it, appropriately is quite another. And, as we've seen, something that will never occur.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (jehhT)

110 I don't know how he feels about arches anywhere else. I just ignore his ranting, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

Only his podiatrist knows for sure.

Posted by: Wait for it... at April 22, 2026 07:36 PM (TbWk/)

111 An accounting error, like the one that affected Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, is not uncommon. Those financial disclosure forms can be quite complex and often have poorly-defined terms and misleading questions, such as, "What do you own and how much is it worth?"

Posted by: Bernie Madoff, former NASDAQ Chairman at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (wVcYX)

112 So, the whole scheme collapsed and investors lost their shorts. It also created a huge problem - the valuation of the winery had to be reported by Omar, but that raised questions, now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

Oooh!!! **rubs hands together**. This might get good!

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (lCppi)

113 "81 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (2GVsD) "

can't add anything to raw truth.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (VyBeY)

114 The KKK has always been a subsidiary of the Democrat Party
Posted by: Anna Puma

Now get the MFM to admit it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (/lPRQ)

115 Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

Thats the one I was looking at. It was very cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:37 PM (snZF9)

116 On the arch, it would be nice if Trump got it all privately funded. For now, the plan is $2M taxpayers and $13M private funds from the NEH...subject to change...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (tOcjL)

117 The Whine Guy, supposedly someone paid Mynett and another partner in grapes and that was how the whole scam got started?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (DIbRX)

118 >>Dealing with it, appropriately is quite another. And, as we've seen, something that will never occur.

What are we seeing happen right now? Until a day ago we didn't even know the DOJ was going after the SPLC.

This is not the same old GOP.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

119 115 Ask him about the Arch of Constantine.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:31 PM (Oy/m2)

Ask me about the Arch of Thurman!

Posted by: Quentin Tarantino at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (TbWk/)

120 Bers, I gotta say that I am in the rendition and dissappear camp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:33 PM (DIbRX)

Whatever works. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:39 PM (snZF9)

121 83 Anna Puma, all the implements to tackle Spring are working so life is grand.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:28 PM (DIbRX)

Indeed. Just finished cleaning out the greenhouse. There's still snow on the ground, but it's going fast, and it's hot enough in the greenhouse to work.

I suspect I will have plants out there in a week or so.

Lots of hope and promise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:39 PM (DwqWV)

122 When I was in italy and saw some big ass ancient roman arches I said to myself, damn, why don't we have anything like that? Trump delivers.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Build it over the Washington Monument.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

123 There was an episode of Midsommer Murders about a phony forgotten wine cellar.

The patsy lost his shorts on the scheme so faked his death and set about killing those who fleeced him. One such victim was a wine snob who was killed by a small trebuchet launching his own wine collection at him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

124 118, now if they could only pass the SAVE act ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (VyBeY)

125 You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.

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* Gruesome Newscum has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (l7fPC)

126 I find it hard to believe that they can build anything in DC for 15 million dollars.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (vFG9F)

127 Here is how you know an organization is FAKE.
NO ON CARES
Once you go from a leader in race baiting, Jew hating, Negro hating, Muslim hating, and ASDGJKL; hating to second or third tier news.
NO ONE GIVES A FLYING FUCK
If the 2.6 million FOX NEWS viewers turned off their TV the world would be a better pace.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (/+uur)

128 Also the Arch of Titus.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

129 On the arch, it would be nice if Trump got it all privately funded. For now, the plan is $2M taxpayers and $13M private funds from the NEH...subject to change...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (tOcjL)

After all the money those inbred Somali motherfuckers stole from the taxpayers I say fund it all from the taxpayer and grind the somali's bones to make the gravel.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (snZF9)

130 122, I like it!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (VyBeY)

131 Tanned, rested, and available!

Posted by: Gateway Arch at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (wVcYX)

132 I knew the SPLC were race hustlers but I never imagined the depths to which they would go. Literally trying to tear the country apart to line their pockets.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

133 Build it over the Washington Monument.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

Probably shouldn't be covering up the nation's dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DwqWV)

134 tcn, I'm eyeballing spring lambs.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DIbRX)

135 Bers

Do you really want to trust Somali mortar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (2GVsD)

136 Is that what happened here? I'm not saying. And neither is Ilhan Omar. She doesn't have to tell you jack shit.

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Why hasn't she been traded yet for a Somalian winery to be named later?

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (l7fPC)

137 There was an episode of Midsommer Murders about a phony forgotten wine cellar.

The patsy lost his shorts on the scheme so faked his death and set about killing those who fleeced him. One such victim was a wine snob who was killed by a small trebuchet launching his own wine collection at him.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

A oenocidal maniac!

Posted by: Bordeauxline insane at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (TbWk/)

138 This is not the same old GOP.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:38 PM (viF8m)

*looks at SAVE act in the Senate*

Looks an awful lot like the same collection of assholes, Jack.

They are trying to just wait Trump out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)

139 According to most contemporary descriptions, the Colossus stood approximately 70 cubits, or 33 metres (108 feet) high—‌approximately two-thirds of the height of the modern Statue of Liberty from feet to crown—‌making it the tallest statue in the ancient world.[2] It collapsed during the earthquake of 226 BC, although parts of it were preserved.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

140 Also the Arch of Titus.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

I don't think Jewish people like that one.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (Oy/m2)

141 132 I knew the SPLC were race hustlers but I never imagined the depths to which they would go. Literally trying to tear the country apart to line their pockets.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (4NO2D)

They funded all the glowies.

We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

142 But it will. He will follow his leader Nick Fuentes in actively campaigning for the Nazi Right to vote for Kamala Harris.

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Old & Busted: Soros Butt-Boys.
New Hotness: Dugin Butt-Boys.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:45 PM (l7fPC)

143 This sure ties all of the "hate hoaxes" together, see moon battery for a nice chuckle

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 22, 2026 07:45 PM (jrgJz)

144 134 tcn, I'm eyeballing spring lambs.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:42 PM (DIbRX)

Squeee! DH still won't let me get any mini-sheeps. Working on him.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:46 PM (DwqWV)

145 If you want to know how stupid a government worker is then think about the fact that Somalis with an IQ of 80 steal $1000 million for Tim Walz.

In the United States, the standard deviation for IQ scores is 15 points, with an average IQ score set at 100. This means that approximately 68% of the population scores between 85 and 115.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

146 So many indictments.
So little time.
Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM

So many necks, so few lamp posts.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (4NO2D)

147 80 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.
He won't let it go, lol.
Posted by: four seasons

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.
Posted by: runner

HE OWNED SLAVES!!!!

Posted by: Rabid Leftist Lunatics at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (ycI94)

148 After a creative break, Jeremy Boering decided to gird his loins and join the fight. Started his own show - the Jeremy Boering Show. His episode 12 is titled : "The 18 Tactics Tucker and Candace Use to Manipulate You ". He is a thinking man's man that's for sure.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)

149 tcn, keep after him !

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (DIbRX)

150 Sour Grapes is a great documentary about a crazy wine scam. Highly recommend!

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (lCppi)

151 Bers

Do you really want to trust Somali mortar?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:43 PM (2GVsD)

Hmmm, yeah maybe not, but maybe in a foundation of public toilets would be cool.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:47 PM (snZF9)

152 We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

It's just another form of rent-seeking when you think about it, and just consider how much of our ever-increasingly bullshit-based economy is built on rent-seeking.

Posted by: We create the problem you pay us to solve at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (TbWk/)

153 There is an old Three Stooges short where the boys work for an exterminator and are just hanging out and playing cards. They get yelled at by their boss and Moe says, "Boss, if people don't have pests, they don't have pests.". The boss yells back, "They don't have pests, then you give them pests!". This reminds me of that. We need to manufacture hate to get money to combat hate and remain relevant. Here's some money to go give the Nazi salute and we'll come by and get money from the feds to march against you. Later I'll get the drinks while you get the appetizers.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (OIn/d)

154 The virtual winery promised to take mediocre California wine and blend it into something resembling a Grand Cru. It's why their winery was called eStCru.

Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

155 Bers

The Jane Fonda Memorial Public Bathrooms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

156 Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

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"It was Esther, you Big Dummy!"

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (l7fPC)

157 Their first choice for a name was Estrus, but for some reason it did not catch on.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (Riz8t)

That's hot

Posted by: Male baboon at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (TbWk/)

158 It's the NPC "citizens" ace refers to that remain the problem. Big problem. How disconnected from society and reality do you have to be to think that "racism" - at least among "whites" - is any factor whatsoever in anything whatsoever? Yet zillions of dumb white suburbanites with very narrow life experiences - and dim miseducated young people - lap this idiocy up.

How do you take a society seriously that actually thinks the term "white supremacy" refers to anything in real life? That it's actually purportedly taken seriously by formerly serious national institutions?

Well you don't. Inertia is our friend, and our only hope. But the forces of idiotic entropy seem to own the unthinking minds of most people around us.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (U/Byj)

159 I don't hate these people enough.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

160 Speaking of public bathrooms, how is Gaylord's library?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (2GVsD)

161 Build it over the Washington Monument.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

Probably shouldn't be covering up the nation's dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Call it the Arch of Venus and style it so.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

162 For Omar. Have some of this " Grapes of Wrath" vintage 2026

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (DIbRX)

163 This is why news sites across the country almost uniformly got rid of their comments sections in 2018 and 2019. I think part of it was in preparation for Covid and The Steal. But what it does of course is just let's their lies stand unchallenged. There was no reason to get rid of comments - they are engagement, the supposed gold of WWW 3.0. And yet... every site including most of the local ones almost all inexplicably dispensed with them in the space of about nine months in 2018.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (vE0+H)

164 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

165 Arc de Venus Mons?

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (2GVsD)

166 We all know racism died sometime during the 1980's. They didn't get the memo. They just KNOW it is out there, but since they can't find it, they manufacture it.

Should be a serious federal crime to race hustle. No good reason for any of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

167 >>*looks at SAVE act in the Senate*

>>Looks an awful lot like the same collection of assholes, Jack.

>>They are trying to just wait Trump out.

C'mon, we are talking about Executive Branch activity not what the clowns in Congress are doing.

As pretty much always Trump is acting on his own against the deep state.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)

168

It would be great if Trump built a huge penis there with a big sign, SUCK IT ASSHOLES!!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (3ek7K)

169 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.
He won't let it go, lol.
Posted by: four seasons

Just tell him the first plans were drawn up by Thomas Jefferson.
Posted by: runner

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Hey, if it's good enough for Paris ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:53 PM (l7fPC)

170 I don't hate these people enough.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 07:51 PM (Wnv9h)

Nope. If you hated them at AM's level of hatred for the human race it still wouldn't be enough.

Posted by: I have no grift and I must scream at April 22, 2026 07:53 PM (TbWk/)

171 Bers

The Jane Fonda Memorial Public Bathrooms.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

Yes, with that carnival thing inside. A bunch of clown heads with the balloons attached that blow up when you shoot the mouth, only they'll be fonda heads, and we won't be using water guns.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (snZF9)

172 The problem was that racism died of its own accord but left so much anti-racism money on the table that the devoted leftists had no choice but to bring it back and kill it profitably.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 07:52 PM (lCppi)

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The Race Hustler's (and Obama's) wet dream (But I Repeat Myself) is agitating for a race war.

Death Cults and Civilizational Collapse come in all colors ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 07:55 PM (l7fPC)

173
Well you don't. Inertia is our friend, and our only hope. But the forces of idiotic entropy seem to own the unthinking minds of most people around us.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 07:50 PM (U/Byj)
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Exactly. I can't believe how many people lap this crap up. I was reading (CA Post) about a former Israeli hostage who was coming to speak at UCLA and the student council put out a statement condemning him. A Jewish student who is on that committee said it's blatantly disrespectful that he's not allowed to share his lived experience. Lived experience?????? Holy shit, even a Jewish student can't say torture/kidnapping instead of that insipid phrase???

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (kX27y)

174 Keep racism alive!

Posted by: Zombie Jesse Jackson at April 22, 2026 07:57 PM (TJtMh)

175 Have posted before about how almost nobody seems familiar with even the basic facts of "Charlottesville". The permitted protesters - who opposed the Bolshevik/Khmer Rouge/Taliban style jihad against historical statues of Civil War figures - were not the problem. And of course they had nothing whatsoever to do with the partly astroturfed, entirely ridiculous "Unite the Right" idiots.

The police chief and mayor, with the corrupt idiotic Clinton crony governor's connivance, violated the rights of the permitted protesters after refusing to protect the venue - even forcing them to exit the fenced-off protest area in the park *into* the mob of idiotic s**t-stirrers, where antifa-type thugs were battling it out with "right wing" thugs. (an empty and quiet and safe exit option existed, police didn't use it)

AG Sessions immediately announced a civil rights investigation - into the govt. figures who let the mess happen - but that simply disappeared and was never heard of again.

And the dumbed down NPCs that make up most of America swallowed the absurd cartoonish propaganda of the vile "press".

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (U/Byj)

176 We are watching a Beach Front Bargain Hunt based in Washington. My little Alabama child just asked why they sound so weird. I told her we should be careful since pin and pen are the same to us. She said that was because they are.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 08:01 PM (hftzA)

177 Husband is pissed about the arch thing Trump wants to have built.

He won't let it go, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 07:26 PM (3ek7K)

Virginia is going to get shirty about that arch you know. It would be a pretext to bring Alexandria back to DC

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 08:05 PM (rbvCR)

178 now they have to revise it down, which opens them to endless lawsuits from investors.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:35 PM (vOtXJ)

I hope hundreds are being filed as we speak. I want her life to be so miserable that she leaves voluntarily, and penniless.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 22, 2026 08:07 PM (zYpTz)

179 13 Here, America's Sweetheart (TM) (Ilhan Omar) snaps at a reporter asking about the "revision" to her financials: "I don't have to tell you jack shit."

Bless her heart. She's a cornered rat.
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (IifOV)

I prefer to think of her as dog sh*t. One of my favorite Dirty Harry quotes:

Listen, punk. To me you're nothin' but dogshit, you understand? And a lot of things can happen to dogshit. It can be scraped up with a shovel off the ground. It can dry up and blow away in the wind. Or it can be stepped on and squashed. So take my advice and be careful where the dog shits ya!

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 08:10 PM (6+ehB)

180 >> You know what's interesting about wine? No one can say with legal precision how much a bottle of wine is worth. Much like Hunter Biden's watercolors, doncha know. Political sympathizers could maybe possibly "buy" cases and cases of greatly over-priced cheapo-beapo "virtual wine" to funnel bribes and illegal campaign contributions to a politician with a level of plausible deniability.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:00 PM

1. I think it's adorable that you don't think like a crook. That's penny-ante and messy, with shuffling actual physical objects around. What they can do instead is accept "investments" that will never pay off, with any arbitrary amount of money received in exchange for no product at all. And when the company folds and they lose their investment, as just happened...

quotes.net/mquote/846860

2. If the company had any liabilities or could be sued, I bet you could get Ilhan. I've never had a company of my own, but I've looked into it, and they emphasize keeping your money separate. No commingling assets and no paying your personal bills directly, lest you "pierce the corporate veil." But if they cared about the law, they wouldn't be so shady.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:21 PM (Sy6m/)

181 >> 8 Who is the same picture dude?
Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (8jVAy)

I think that's Morris Dees, co-founder and former chief trial counsel of the SPLC. He was its public face for a long time. The reason I have to qualify that statement is because he's old now (89) and looks very different, but I think that's an old photo of him.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 08:27 PM (Sy6m/)

182 DataRepublican says Heather Heyer was "killed by a car." I thought she was killed by her being extremely obese and having a heart attack...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 09:17 PM (XMwZJ)

Virginia Democrats Barely Get Their Gerrymander Referendum Passed, but a Virginia Judge Just Ruled it Unconstitutional

The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia. That doesn't sound like a coming Blue Wave to me.

But it did pass. And Democrats will use this power to increase their congressional delegation from six to five to 10 to one.

But a judge says hold on -- this was all unconstitutional.

Former Virginia attorney general and Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli II posted on X Wednesday about the gerrymandered map, "UPDATE on referendum lawsuits: The Tazewell Circuit Court just ruled the referendum unconstitutional. The Judge entered an injunction blocking certification of the election & denied a motion to stay pending appeal. A final order will be entered once drafted, & it will be immediately appealed."

The new map would almost certainly hand ten out of eleven congressional districts to Democrat control. This would impact not only Virginia, therefore, but the Republican-Democrat balance of power in the U.S. Congress.
Cuccinelli had already predicted that the election results last night were not the final say on Virginia Democrats' gerrymandering. He noted that the "[f]irst passage was invalid," as the "amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly's own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, �6 and Art. V, �5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session's scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred." In light of this, a Tazewell County judge ruled that this action was "void, ab initio."

So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.

There are additional procedural defects, which have to do with timing and so bore me, but you can click the link to read about those.

And finally, as a challenge to the proposed map, "Art. II, �6 requires that 'every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.' The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly)," Cuccinelli wrote.

The Democrats created a giant lobster-shaped district to mix their ultra-blue northeatern voters with red voters in the south and west of the state. It's barely "contiguous" and not "compact" at all, sprawling, as it does, across half the state, a three hour drive from one end to the other.

Contenders for this seat to represent Shenandoah:

Dan Helmer - perpetual loser who DREW the district so he could win it

Terry McAuliffe's wife

Olivia Troy - Northern Virginia internet person

Saddam Azlan Salim - Bengladeshi born Democrat leading Spanberger gun-grabbing pic.twitter.com/0RexjZwyl1
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) April 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM

Comments

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)

2 BOOM!!

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (q177U)

3 I foisted!
That's a foist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)

4 Complete and totally fair. Just like the referendum said.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (Dd38x)

5 "The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia."

That's suspiciously close.

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (q177U)

6 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (SRRAx)

7 I doubt deep state CIA Barbie cares. Nor does the VA legislature that allowed this abomination to go through.

Good luck, VA. Nice knowing you.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (jehhT)

8 Districts have tentacles now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

9 I wonder if Washington and Jefferson had known that Governor Abigheil Spanführer, her out-of-state sugar daddies and masses of donk idiots were going to make such a left-wing hash out Virginia politics, they even would have bothered.

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (2L+MU)

10 I'm confused by the news that a judge ruled in favor of the right which is not supposed to happen

Am I in a different reality?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (REq0p)

11 8 Districts have tentacles now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

Look, kids!

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (yMJWz)

12 Everyone has a little moustache.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (kbShR)

13 Nice to see a judge on our side for once.

I'm picturing him on his porch in a rocking chair, sipping his 3rd whiskey while he's cleaning his shotguns....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

14 That's suspiciously close.

************************

The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (REq0p)

15 Seems fair to me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (guGkK)

16 This IS good news - tired of these people misrepresenting the makeup of respective states. The last thing we need is another California on the East Coast.

I am sure they will try this in Texas at some point. Hopefully I won't be around to see it.

I am so tired of all of this crap.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (SRRAx)

17 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
---
But they can just deem it as it passed a two-thirds majority, right?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (Fi81e)

18 The Democrats created a giant lobster-shaped district to mix their ultra-blue northeatern voters with red voters in the south and west of the state.

Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

19 I'm so thankful my wife and I took our kids and got the hell out of NoVA when we did. Turns out that job offer in Texas was a blessing from the man himself.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (oqH4h)

20 They can just put it up to a majority vote on whether it got a two-thirds majority, can't they?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (Fi81e)

21 District map looks more like a scorpion.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (YBtcQ)

22 Funny looking lobster.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)

23 That has been happening since at least 2005 when they stole the Governorship from Jerry Killgore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (kbShR)

24 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

Crabs

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

25 Lower courts already said the same about even having the referendum, and then the higher court said, nah bro, we have to vote for it before we can judge on it. hehe! I assume the same higher court will now just say "MOOOOOT!!!" hahaha can't do anything now the vote already occurred! SUCKERS! And the vote will stand.

I had a pretty epic rant about the whole thing ready to hit post in the last thread but I'll allow it to be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (3uBP9)

26 Saw someone on YouTube with the opinion that Trump could use an executive order to take Arlington back into the DC district, therefore, taking out the entire crux of the redistricted map. No idea if that's really valid, but I sure would love to see it happen.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (uK5B+)

27 Wait, are those fallopian tubes?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (n5tGW)

28 What follows now will be multiple courts and judges over-ruling and enjoining each other in an orgy of jurisprudence, ipso facto and corpus delecti, bon appetite and happy trails

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt)

29
"Law! What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?" - Cornelius Vanderbilt

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (tgvbd)

30 Districts have tentacles now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

Japan hentai influence?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (wVcYX)

31 Just a clump of cells.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (kbShR)

32 There is also Virginia law that a referendum must use neutral language... which this clearly did not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (mP0Kj)

33 Unconstitutional? Unconstitutional? Unconstitutional?...

Posted by: Chief Asshead Roberts at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (QCEpb)

34 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

++++

LOL!

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (rt1xc)

35 Leave me alone! I'm trying to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (2Ez/1)

36 Gonna be a lot of lawyerin' over this one

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (ZxPkt)

37
Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

__________

Getting a bit crabby there, shrimp.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (tgvbd)

38 I hate to be an eeyore but I have a feeling the Dems will find another judge to overturn this judge and they’ll get their desired gerrymander

As much as I hated the result I don’t wanna be a hypocrite and say “hooray one single judge” when I like what he does

A better argument against this gerrymander is I bet a lot there was cheating that put yes over the top…. Look into cheating

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (/iXAp)

39 There's always the West Virginia option: "West Virginia invites 27 Virginia counties to join the Mountain State".

https://tinyurl.com/yxcbx9ac

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (2L+MU)

40 Crabby would be more fair.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (kbShR)

41 In other news, I got my new tooth this afternoon, and I think I have figured out a systems which will work to get me and my luggage from Point A to Point B with a minimum amount of fuss.

It involves flat bungee cords and a finger compression contraption to keep it held together in a neat little package. Quite ingenious, if I do say so myself 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (SRRAx)

42 But muh demookracy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (RIvkX)

43 Any amendment is supposed to be passed in two successive GAs before going to a popular vote.
This one had one (this one).
Had they had two thirds on the first sketchy try, they could argue they kinds sorta did it right.
But they didn't.

Posted by: barbarausa at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (enw9G)

44 Down, down down . . .

Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

45 if you die for allah, you get 72 Virginias.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (n5tGW)

46 CIA Barbie…

This contemplates she is attractive. While her looks are not her fault, it is more CIA Elphaba than Barbie.

And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

47 51-49?
So. Within the margin of cheat.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (2WIwB)

48 It's all patently unconstitutional.

Except when they do it.

The people living in Shanendoah are as disenfranchised as I am.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (RIvkX)

49 I knew this was gong down in flames when Obozo lisped his congratulations to the people of Virginia.

ShitMidas speaks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (guGkK)

50 A Commassar Judge will change that

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

51 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

52 "three-hour drive"

In the context of Virginia, I'm sure that's long, but that's pretty normal for districts west of the Mississippi. So maybe focus on the bizarre shapes and ideological differences?

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks the number of Representatives should increase at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (Wt5PA)

53 West Virginia doesn't want the College towns. Carved around them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (kbShR)

54 I believe the western 3 counties in MD were looking at West aVirginia.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (HinvH)

55 Disenfranchising people is what the Democrats do best

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (AZXeW)

56 We are supposed to believe:
1. Voters voting early went narrowly 52.7% yes
2. Voters on election day went narrowly 53.1% no
3. mail-in ballots went overwhelmingly 72.5% yes

Without the overwhelmingly disproportionately yes mail-in ballots it loses.

They reran the Biden fake mail-in ballots play and rubbed our noses in it.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (OUE/9)

57 DC needs to take back the land that was illegally taken before the Civil War, how many voters would they lose in Virginia and it might tip the scales

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (ubCxQ)

58 The Constitution (state or federal) is for chumps.

The Will to Power is all that matters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN)

59 This contemplates she is attractive. While her looks are not her fault, it is more CIA Elphaba than Barbie.

And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

She’s not attractive at all… and I as a full fledged admirer of the female sex am a generous grader…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (/iXAp)

60 Virginia Democrats Barely Get Their Gerrymander Referendum Passed, but a Virginia Judge Just Ruled it Unconstitutional
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia.

Fairly certain the point of democracy is for the majority, no matter how slim, to subjugate the minority to their will. Slavery and mass-murder is good too if that is the way the vote goes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)

61 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (/iXA

He didn't put a stay on an issue that obviously would be overturned at a higher level like Leftist judges do just to delay. He ruled clearly that it was unconstitutional. It will go to a panel of judges now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (0cOSz)

62 >I hate to be an eeyore but I have a feeling the Dems will find another judge to overturn this judge and they’ll get their desired gerrymander
-----
of course they will
but then another judge will over rule THAT guy
then another judge will over rule THAT guy
then another judge will over rule THAT guy

it will be judges overruling each other until the cosmos falls

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (ZxPkt)

63 Since it involves other States it should be Federal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (kbShR)

64 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

If I were drawing it, it would be a hand flipping the bird.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (2WIwB)

65
The Will to Power is all that matters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN)

____________

"Those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day and worried about their bills were dead. I mean they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (tgvbd)

66 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

skip to 4:32
https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (wVcYX)

67 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

68 Crabs
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

Trilobite.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (utfVc)

69 56 We are supposed to believe:
1. Voters voting early went narrowly 52.7% yes
2. Voters on election day went narrowly 53.1% no
3. mail-in ballots went overwhelmingly 72.5% yes

Without the overwhelmingly disproportionately yes mail-in ballots it loses.

The State of Washington laughs.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (2WIwB)

70 And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,...

Posted by: Body on Tap Shampoo at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

71 LOL!

FAFO!

HA - HA!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (VyBeY)

72 Today I am playing songs that allude to conversations I hear from the living room. I just heard my kid ask, "What's that smell?". So I'm playing Skynyrd now.

Posted by: banana Dream - I think it's dinner? at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

73 skip to 4:32
https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (wVcYX)

Heh…. I’d never heard that. Thx

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (/iXAp)

74 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

Down (doobie-doo) down down

— Neil Sedaka

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (NZIuw)

75 Even though the judge clearly spelled out how the law was broken, another judge will overrule this judge.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (TJtMh)

76 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:31 PM (VyBeY)

77 I am the Law.

Posted by: District Court Judge Maizie Johnson-Kimono Macadamia at April 22, 2026 06:32 PM (RIvkX)

78 re 72: you know no one in the biden family says that any more

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 06:33 PM (CWTWj)

79 And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

Classic case of the old "secretary spread", eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:33 PM (utfVc)

80 More good news.

>>@JustTheNews
·
6m
>>Breaking: Trump admin settles Carter Page lawsuit for $1.25 million

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (viF8m)

81 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:31 PM (VyBeY)
====
Why that's how I cast my ballot too! Of course now that I'm older I never take voting for granted.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)

82 I don't remember who that was.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (kbShR)

83 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

84 I know math is generally disfavored but . . .

Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM (ndZc7)

85 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

It’s amazing the results when GOP pols display just a skosh of guts. Never saw it in between Reagan and Trump

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (YobFY)

86 83 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

Lip service. These are Dems.

Still punish them. Make them choose between illegals or their other desired corruption.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)

87 A trial court-level judge's ruling only determines who gets the first and last word on appeal on a de novo review standard. I'd rather be the appealing party under those circumstances.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (W5mpo)

88 I know math is generally disfavored but . . .

Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM (ndZc7)

Math is clearly disfavored by Sunny Hostin; said another way: she’s a blithering idiot

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:39 PM (YobFY)

89 If you flip the district upside down, it has a different resemblance.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (W5mpo)

90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.

Find the right libbie judge, and the referendum will survive. Just like how the Dems illegally constructed their committee to investigate Trump for impeachment by excluding Repubs picked by other Repubs to be on the committee, yet it went forward...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (ynpvh)

91 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (2jLYo)

92 Can't be math when the premise does not compute.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (DIbRX)

93 The Misfit Patriot retweeted
Shawn Farash
"@Shawn_Farash
3h
Well.... What have we here?

SPLC staged Charlottesville... Charlottesville gives rise to Fuentes.

Fuentes is an op trying to demoralize and divide the right...

NAW... The SPLC would never.."

Interesting!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (GD0B3)

94 68 Crabs
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

Trilobite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (utfVc)

Cenobite!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (kpS4V)

95 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

Ackshully, the Minnow was supposed to have gone out for three hours. The song doesn't say how long they were trapped in the storm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

96 89 If you flip the district upside down, it has a different resemblance.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (W5mpo)

"Hurry, put some food in his mouth!"
"Um, that's his ass..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (ynpvh)

97 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I doubt there were any latest votes at all, they just pencil in whatever they need to win and then maybe, maybe, gin up some ballets after the fact.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (/lPRQ)

98 Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (W5mpo)

The judge's decision is as strong as anything the appellant will file.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (0cOSz)

99 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

The Green Dildo of Consequence was about to arrive, unlubed as per usual.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (wVcYX)

100 Fuentes is an SPLC OP? If the shoe fits..

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (GD0B3)

101 Hell, I knows a constitutional when I see one and I took one this morning and agains this afternoon and I sure don't believe that there vote about that Salamander fella was a constitutional I reckon.

Posted by: Virginia Hillbilly at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (QCEpb)

102 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

Gah! Make the stoopid stop!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

103 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (5rh/l)

104 Why are the all the fake leasers of fake organisations poofters?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (kbShR)

105 102 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

Gah! Make the stoopid stop!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

"90 Billion people can't be wrong!" --something seen on a shirt promoting weed

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ynpvh)

106 Fuentes is an SPLC OP? If the shoe fits..
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (GD0B3)
---
People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

107 My girlfriend dumped me, so I stole her wheelchair. Guess who came crawling back...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

108 91 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Phelan has no experience with military and is primarily a donor/businessman. My guess is that the need of the service during a blockade and war is to put someone in with prior service like Hung Cao. Most likely he was probably doing the work already as Undersecretary.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)

109 107 My girlfriend dumped me, so I stole her wheelchair. Guess who came crawling back...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

LOL, that's so bad...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (ynpvh)

110 PreCafe vid

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

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (4NO2D)

111 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?
Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (5rh/l)

I think Abigail is Hillary on Ozempic.

Posted by: Dr. Zaius at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (QCEpb)

112 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

If I were Emperor, I would go on The View - multiple times - just to spend the entire duration of the show slapping one of the witches on it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)

113 People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

he is a ...different kind of Fed !

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

114 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

115 97, they're getting bolder every day, might be right ... actually faking up ballots in realtime is so 2020 ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (VyBeY)

116 9 I wonder if Washington and Jefferson had known that Governor Abigheil Spanführer, her out-of-state sugar daddies and masses of donk idiots were going to make such a left-wing hash out Virginia politics, they even would have bothered.
Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (2L+MU)

It’s a republic if we can keep it. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Some things are on us.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (pKv0r)

117 Hey, y'all!

I praise God every day that His will brought me to Florida, less than a mile from my brother and SIL, the latter of whom is my best friend.

I am still teaching after retiring from PA. I was APPALLED that my seniors had not read an entire novel in high school (the curse of "standards-based assessment". I am making them read "1984." Yes, they are cheating and just reading the Sparks Notes, but at least that is sometime.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (USyCi)

118 BREAKING

Jussie Smollett has been named interim CEO of the SPLC

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

119 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

Ackshully, the Minnow was supposed to have gone out for three hours. The song doesn't say how long they were trapped in the storm.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The length of the series suggests they were out for years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)

120 I'm back from having my car's headlight bulb replaced. Grrr at the cost of the part, but the labor was not bad. I've had a little dinner and will maybe go out for some ice cream later. Tomorrow, unless it's pouring rain, I'll head down to Wichita to see the pipe shop there.

It's been overcast today and got up to 75. If it rains, things will be a bit cooler tomorrow -- and this weekend it's forecast to rain as well as I head back to Fort Scott, Arkansas, and Da Swamp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (+2QQb)

121 I wonder if Sunny knows we spent 6 trillion in the first six months of the pandemic for 'Covid relief' . And that is 3x as much as we spent on the Afghan/Iraq war over 20 years.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (0cOSz)

122 Find the right libbie judge, and the referendum will survive. Just like how the Dems illegally constructed their committee to investigate Trump for impeachment by excluding Repubs picked by other Repubs to be on the committee, yet it went forward...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
======
Doesn't work that way. By issuing an injunction against certification, it requires it to go to a multi member appellate court rather than another trial court. VA only has one Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. FWIW, I think this judge was the one that issued an injunction already in the case before the vote which was overturned by the VA Sup. Ct. as premature. This is why he was the go to guy after the election for opposition forces.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (E4rtv)

123 People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

he is a ...different kind of Fed !
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

He's a different kind of Fed, all together.

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (wVcYX)

124 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
_____

Not sure how Judging works, but I think the judge who overturn this ruling has to at least address the actual law and come up with pretzel logic as to why the applicable law doesn't apply in this one special case. Mild entertainment in pointing and laughing at the idiot judge's 'logic' anyway.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (Dv3i1)

125 Phelan has no experience with military and is primarily a donor/businessman. My guess is that the need of the service during a blockade and war is to put someone in with prior service like Hung Cao. Most likely he was probably doing the work already as Undersecretary.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)

Cao was EOD. He has exactly zero experience in fleet operations. Not that it makes any difference. Service Secretaries deal primarily with the budgets and shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

126 LOL, SFp!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (VyBeY)

127 Couldn't you go out in a raft and let the current take you to the Aleutian Islands?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:49 PM (kbShR)

128 Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
=====
Could be connected to the upgrade in honors for the Marines holding the gate in Afghanistan.

Sec of Army Driscoll may be on the chopping block as well as he has had some fights with the administration and Hegseth.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:50 PM (E4rtv)

129 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?
Posted by: Gref a

She is a Reinhard Heydrich clone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

130 Aware there were grumblings in some circles about Phelan but substance was insider stuff beyond my ken. Enormous proposed Navy budget increase surely has some serious wrestling involved.and some casualties not a surprise I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 06:51 PM (2jLYo)

131 Cao was EOD. He has exactly zero experience in fleet operations. Not that it makes any difference. Service Secretaries deal primarily with the budgets and shit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yes, but being in the military means you also have to take orders and know regular procedures. Phelan was the first non-service SecNav since 2006.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

132 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

He served in theater. Phelan was never in the military.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (0cOSz)

133 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
____

*pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)

134 Not sure how Judging works, but I think the judge who overturn this ruling has to at least address the actual law and come up with pretzel logic as to why the applicable law doesn't apply in this one special case. Mild entertainment in pointing and laughing at the idiot judge's 'logic' anyway.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Not mere law but the Virginia Constitution itself. Legislature (and in theory even the Va Sup. Ct itself) is bound by that same constitution and the provisions are clear. VA legislature and Spanberger violated it.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (E4rtv)

135 Yes, they are cheating and just reading the Sparks Notes, but at least that is sometime.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom

I love how every high schooler thinks this would go unnoticed by someone who has seen it 18 billion times. 😂

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (hftzA)

136 Hey, y'all!

I praise God every day that His will brought me to Florida, less than a mile from my brother and SIL, the latter of whom is my best friend.
===

Long cool spring this year.
Wait until it gets normal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

137 The early voting was about even. Same day favored no by a little. It was an overwhelming yes from the mail in that won it. Fraud much?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 06:54 PM (gu0hJ)

138 “Just” and “at least” are toxic, not conciliatory. “Lowered expectations” and “self esteem” have also done harm.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (MGWFz)

139 114 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Trump reached towards Phelan and tried to take the ship's wheel! I was told by someone who was there!

Posted by: Madison Cornbread at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (ynpvh)

140 Eh, the Somalians probably stole more money than spent in Iran

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)

141
Republicans need to codify 9 justices asap. Democrats will pack that court to 13 the minute they can. I'm serious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (n7rxJ)

142 Not mere law but the Virginia Constitution itself. Legislature (and in theory even the Va Sup. Ct itself) is bound by that same constitution and the provisions are clear. VA legislature and Spanberger violated it.
Posted by: whig

Thanks for explanation.

But, what is Va. constitution in comparison to what is Fair ?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (Dv3i1)

143 $50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Not even enough to feed one Somali kid.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (SVvGT)

144 Couldn't you go out in a raft and let the current take you to the Aleutian Islands?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:49 PM (kbShR)

Option 1: stay indefinitely on a warm tropic island with Ginger and MaryAnne, or...

Option 2: drift 40 days at sea on a raft, only to fetch up on a windswept, frigid rock that nobody ever visits.

Tough one, alright.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:57 PM (utfVc)

145 Republicans need to codify 9 justices asap. Democrats will pack that court to 13 the minute they can. I'm serious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

How about Trump adds 4 more then codify 13?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (/lPRQ)

146 Alberta Oil Peon

My appreciation for Lovey increases as I get older.

Ginger - very high maintenance

Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

147 133 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
____

*pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)

But think of the number of state civil service hacks and Leftist fraudsters that would get rich quick, and the amount of their kickbacks to Democrat PACs, with that $50 Billion! Talk about lost opportunity costs!

Posted by: Sunny Hostin at April 22, 2026 06:59 PM (5rh/l)

148 Hey! Get a load of these!

Posted by: Ghislaine at April 22, 2026 07:00 PM (wBaIH)

149 My appreciation for Lovey increases as I get older.

Ginger - very high maintenance

Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

I'm sure Lovey is faithful to Mr. Howell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (utfVc)

150 Eh, the Somalians probably stole more money than spent in Iran
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)

Biden gave away military equipment to the Taliban that was worth more than we've spent in Iran.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (guGkK)

151 Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nothing that being trapped on an island for years with four men won't correct.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

152 Quickie Noods up top

Posted by: Beartooth at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (tYGL3)

153 *pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)
When you grabbled the pencil and cocktail napkin I would have sworn your next words would be 'base of the skull.'

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (LHPAg)

154 "Ginger - very high maintenance"

Ginger actually doesn't strike me as high maintenance. She seems very low key. She's big into reminiscing too.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (W5mpo)

155 Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nothing that being trapped on an island for years with four men won't correct.

Gilligan's Island: The Suppressed Episodes

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:03 PM (guGkK)

156 Itinerant Alley Butcher

Three men and Gilligan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

157 Quick hits is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (NcvvS)

158 Beartooth nooded first. *bows*

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (NcvvS)

159 150, ouch, also true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (VyBeY)

160 Thanks for explanation.

But, what is Va. constitution in comparison to what is Fair ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The problem for Va Sup. Ct. and its lawyers is that if they start playing Calvinball with the law they will FAFO like Delaware courts did. Businesses will stay away, law firms will lose business. Delaware is losing its bread and butter corporate law jobs and taxes from trying to screw over Elon Musk. So those incorporation dollars and corporate law jobs are going to Texas or elsewhere instead.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

161 FWIW, dunno if true, but apparently on X there is news that The Atlantic retracted the story on Patel.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

162 Can't find the story elsewhere so probably not true right now.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

163
What a day for Democrats. . Led Zepp lyrics come to mind:
"Lyin', cheatin', hurtin', that's all you seem to do..."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (biEYB)

164 Having lived near and worked in SW VA, and with a few relatives there, I can say the liberal family members are still alive because they know where to keep their mouths shut. There are more than enough folks with backhoes and little tolerance for nonsense to keep that area red. If the judiciary allows the redistricting to pass/stand I doubt the Dems who set that up will survive.

Posted by: epador at April 22, 2026 10:41 PM (wuMFA)

The SPLC Paid "Unite the Right" -- AKA Boost the Left -- $250,000 and Reaped Over $50 Million in Fundraising Off Its Investment In Manufactured "White Supremacy"

The Rate of Return on "racism" is incredible. "Racism" should be in everybody's investment portfolio!

And the political benefits -- incalculable!

Disinformation Expert Lizzy
@StarChamberMaid
Not a bad investment: $270K--->$81.6M
If only the left were that good with taxpayer money.
SPLC should be dissolved and the officers thrown in jail.

I mentioned that the SPLC funded the fake "Unite the Right" rally that serves the Democrat-Media Complex's main op during the 2020 election.

But I didn't know how deep SPLC's stage-managing of a "white supremacist rally" went.

We already knew that the "fine people" hoax was based on the lie that Trump called white supremacists "fine people," instead of, as he did, condemning them. But until yesterday, we didn't know that the white supremacists who marched in Charlottesville and whose protest led to the death of one person were bused there on the Southern Poverty Law Center's dime, and were organized to be there by an SPLC "informer."

They funded the riot, organized the riot, bused the marchers to the riot -- and then fundraised off of liberals, promising to stop the very organization that was their paid-for pet!

Two weeks after the Unite the Right Rally occurred, this is who donated to SPLC:

Publicly announced large gifts in the days following the rally:

�George and Amal Clooney: $1,000,000

�Apple / Tim Cook: $1,000,000

�JPMorgan Chase: $500,000 (to SPLC, split from $1M total with� https://t.co/zZRPwczJI3
— Insurrection Barbie (@DefiyantlyFree) April 21, 2026

Hans Mahncke
@HansMahncke
4h
It's almost surreal how the media and Democrats are whitewashing the allegations against the SPLC, casting them as the good guys who just happened to pay informants. Here's a quick sample of what's actually in the indictment:
� "active promotion of racist groups"
� "made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC"
� "coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees"
� "directly paying leaders" (because nothing says "informant" like paying the guy in charge)
� "high-level SPLC employee who had knowledge the documents had been stolen"
� "donated funds would be used in the commission of state and federal crimes"
� "SPLC opened bank accounts connected to a series of fictitious entities"
All of that will have to be proven in court, but these are nonetheless extremely serious allegations. The indictment describes a sprawling scheme involving money laundering through fictitious front companies, multi-million dollar fraud against donors, conspiracy, the commissioning of burglary and theft, as well as tax and 501(c)(3) violations tied to funding the activities which the SPLC publicly claims to oppose.

I wonder which podcasters are being paid by SPLC front-groups.

Here is one of the MOST obvious examples of completely FAKE �white supremacists�. You would literally have to be a brain dead, ideologically constipated psychopath to believe for one second that this was real. Or your average worthless Soros-affinity-group moron. https://t.co/QHCGxXMkhP
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) April 22, 2026

The riot organizer SPLC paid posted racist social media messages -- under their direction and at their behest.

And then the SPLC worked with the government and social media companies and PayPal to ban people for posing the sorts of "racist messages" they themselves were paying for!

Remember when an SPLC lawyer was arrested on domestic terrorism charges at an Antifa riot??

This is who the FBI would get tips from on who to label an extremist and investigate pic.twitter.com/CmpGjiWHbc
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 22, 2026

A reminder than in 2022 SPLC (and the ADL 🙄 worked with PayPal to decide which "extreme" groups to remove from PayPal's service...all the while funding actually extreme groups. https://t.co/OyxFZKK6g1
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) April 22, 2026

Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
The Critical Race Theory playbook demands that there be the appearance of virulent "right-wing" racism so that Woke crusaders have a justification to push "left-wing" racism -- aka DEI.
The left's demand for racism outstrips the supply. So they just fabricate it.

Related: Texas AG is suing Democrat foreign fundraising operation ActBlue for fraud as well.

From TheTexas:

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Democratic political fundraising platform ActBlue over its donation processes that allegedly �allow fraudulent and foreign donations.�
According to the New York Times, ActBlue has processed nearly $19 billion in contributions since its 2004 inception. The organization reported $1.8 billion in 2025 alone, a 41 percent increase compared to 2021. Last year, ActBlue saw 1.35 million new donors add to its over 52 million contributions received.
�The radical left has relied on ActBlue as a way to funnel foreign donations and dark money into their political campaigns to subvert our laws and compromise the integrity of our elections,� the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said in an April 20 press release.
Paxton alleged the organization has lied to Congress and �blatantly ignored state law that prohibits deceptive practices.�
�In 2023, Attorney General Paxton opened an investigation into whether ActBlue was enabling donor fraud in violation of Texas law,� the press release stated.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:30 PM

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1 And they all fell for it!

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)

2 one

Posted by: doug at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (Hy+R4)

3 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (LdBR/)

4 close

Posted by: doug at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (Hy+R4)

5 Every left winger is dismissing this as no biggie because hey what’s wrong with paying informants.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (6Hdrx)

6 "Racism" should be in everybody's investment portfolio!

I'm in. What's the tikr symbol?

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 22, 2026 05:34 PM (YpHnX)

7 So yer positing that leftists lie? I shan't believe it. I simply shan't.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:34 PM (DwqWV)

8 Hilary's prediction looks like it's coming 10 years late.

That's how much they were able to snow the American public through the accomplice media.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:34 PM (Fi81e)

9 William Luther Pierce. Great videos.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (kbShR)

10 Apple / Tim Cook

I wonder if this had anything to do with him retiring.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (ExV1e)

11 nd then the SPLC worked with the government and social media companies and PayPal to ban people for posing the sorts of "racist messages" they themselves were paying for!

===

oh yeah! Banks, Social Media companies like AMAZON relied on the SPLC "lists" of "subversives" for banning

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (GD0B3)

12 What does the SPLC actually DO?

What goods and services do they provide?

Or are they just collecting money and funneling it to pet causes?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (gnNyN)

13 But none of the other conspiracies are true, swearsies!

Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (L2NN+)

14
From below deck:

221 Escargot
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026

Like Rumplestilskin, you guessed it!

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (hftzA)

15 To my fainting couch....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

16 Did not realize there was a big payout for being a white racist in this day in age. Now about being a black r - I should stop right there I guess.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (pDt9x)

17 This is major... No wonder the media is ignoring it....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (2/T3Z)

18 Piper-Escargot ?? what kind of name is THAT??!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (GD0B3)

19 12 What does the SPLC actually DO?

What goods and services do they provide?

Or are they just collecting money and funneling it to pet causes?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22,

They produce this big, fake map that requires a lot of graphic design and understanding.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (hftzA)

20
In 2023, Attorney General Paxton opened an investigation into whether ActBlue was enabling donor fraud in violation of Texas law, the press release stated.

__________

That investigation could have come up with an answer in 24 minutes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (tgvbd)

21 Didn't Bribe'em 's FBI rely on SPLC for finding hate groups?

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (DIbRX)

22 I wonder if SPLC has put SPLC on their hate map yet.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (n5tGW)

23 Everyone knew it was a hate hoax. It is good to be vindicated.

Recall that, by the left's own numbers, card carrying neo-nazis are something like 0.001% of the population.

Hang these fuckers who are defaming half the country for political power.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (MaCom)

24 *sure beats Marie-Louise

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (GD0B3)

25 Can't be Virginia. It's a felony to wear a mask outside of Halloween.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (kbShR)

26 I had no idea there was this much money in Astroturf.

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (ytyaf)

27 For an organization with the word "poverty" in their name, they seem quite flush.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (eOqcD)

28 Seems like nearly everything is a big old grift anymore.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:38 PM (pDt9x)

29 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at April 22, 2026 05:38 PM (2Ez/1)

30 I saw those Patriot guys once in Glen Cove. No way were they really Nazis. I thought paid fags more likely.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 05:38 PM (GbONR)

31 SPLC: "Hey, we got an idea for a chant. Some of they guys over here have been kicking around a few ideas--and we workshopped a few. What do you feel about 'Jews will not replace us'!?"

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:38 PM (Fi81e)

32 LARP playing by frustrated leftist actors and actresses. I guess the market for lots of actual KKK members had pretty much dried up or died off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:38 PM (a9Uqu)

33 It's Reichstag Fires all the way down, Ace.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (z0cWr)

34 Delores!

Posted by: Ryhmes with... at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (2Ez/1)

35 $250k buys a lot of khakis and Tiki Torches...

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (ytyaf)

36 22 I wonder if SPLC has put SPLC on their hate map yet.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:37
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LOL.

Posted by: olddog in mo at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (YpHnX)

37 I'm wondering if some of this info is coming from the stuff that was hidden in that alleged secret room at the FBI with the burn bags ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (2/T3Z)

38
For an organization with the word "poverty" in their name, they seem quite flush.

Posted by: Halfhand at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (eOqcD)

____________

Every dime goes to the deserving poor!

*shoots diamond-studded cuffs*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (tgvbd)

39 Nothing will happen should be opined in the first 10 comments on any thread for optimal effectiveness. Be better.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (pDt9x)

40 The SPLC Paid "Unite the Right" -- AKA Boost the Left -- $250,000 and Reaped Over $50 Million in Fundraising Off Its Investment In Manufactured "White Supremacy"

That is a tremendous return on investment. They must have some seriously good financial advisors to get returns like that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (0N4FZ)

41 Patriot Front has non white members and leadership. Fake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (kbShR)

42 18 Piper-Escargot ?? what kind of name is THAT??!
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (GD0B3

I already told you! It’s French. 😂

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (hftzA)

43 Every left winger is dismissing this as no biggie because hey what’s wrong with paying informants.
Posted by: Heroq

$270,000.00 is NOT paying informants.

$270,000.00 is FINANCING a group.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:40 PM (/Vcgx)

44 The ops during the Biden maladministration were so obvious that it was comical. The sad part is that so many allegedly rational Dems went right along with it. They are now screaming about Trump weaponizing the gov against Dems and their money.
Tough noogies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:40 PM (gu0hJ)

45 Ok, now all those people who lecture us about causing global warming while galavanting around on their 200 ft Yatchts and private planes makes a lot more sense. Their goal is to raise money and the temperature.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 05:40 PM (dIske)

46 Croque Madame Piper

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (ytyaf)

47 I'm starting the Northern Prosperity Law Center to combat the racism of the Leftists.

Donate $5 today! And see my map!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (n5tGW)

48 The Rate of Return on "racism" is incredible. "Racism" should be in everybody's investment portfolio!

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

"Back Off, Bitch!"

/Jackson, Sharpton, and Obama

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (l7fPC)

49 The nothing will happen guy is having a very bad day.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (viF8m)

50 The sad part is that so many allegedly rational Dems went right along with it. They are now screaming about Trump weaponizing the gov against Dems and their money.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:40 PM (gu0hJ)
---
Allegations that there are rational Dems should be tested hard.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (Fi81e)

51 About Patriot Front - we all knew it was silly, but assumed feds. However, in retrospect, it was too organized for the government. It makes sense it was a private fraud activity. The government would have required it to be a bigger group with less effectiveness.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:41 PM (hftzA)

52 I think it's nearly time for a massive RICO assault on the DNC and a second one on massive "foundations", specifically the Soros universe, Rockefeller, Ford, et al.

And the Commie Front, Code Pink.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 05:42 PM (fzmrn)

53 I have too much respect for Piper to make an Amuse Bouche joke.

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:42 PM (ytyaf)

54 Bill Gates yacht 390 feet, Jeff Bezos yacht 417 feet.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:42 PM (pDt9x)

55 Not a bad investment: $270K--->$81.6M

If only the left were that good with taxpayer money.

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

"F*ck You!"

/Hillary Clinton, Cattle Futures Investor Extraordinaire

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (l7fPC)

56 The SPLC Paid "Unite the Right" -- AKA Boost the Left -- $250,000 and Reaped Over $50 Million in Fundraising Off Its Investment In Manufactured "White Supremacy"

That is a tremendous return on investment. They must have some seriously good financial advisors to get returns like that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (0N4FZ)

I knew this cattle futures guy back in the day . . .

Posted by: Her Hillaryness! at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (wVcYX)

57 Extremism so vile you can't make it up! Unless you do...

Posted by: SPLC at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (c9rBD)

58 Piper said it was very French. Nothing more French than Paris , so Piper Paris it is

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (DIbRX)

59 They are now screaming about Trump weaponizing the gov against Dems and their money.
Tough noogies
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:40 PM (gu0hJ)

Pfff. "Weaponize". Wake me up when they've got laser guidance and tracking surgically installed into Kash Patel's eyeballs that are hot-linked to the HIMARS system sewed onto Pete Hegseth's ass.

Then we can talk about "weaponization".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (Ot/FD)

60 The People's Patriotic Front: "Splitters!!"

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (Fi81e)

61 Whoomp! There it is!

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (W2Pud)

62 I still can’t believe how much mileage they got out of Charlottesville

Some stupid bitch got hit by a car standing in front of it and suddenly it was Pearl Harbor +9/11

Cities were burned to the ground during Black Lives Matter, but somehow that wasn’t as newsworthy

Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (L2NN+)

63 Current discussion in da hood:

"Dey paid'em? Fucccck. We looting the stores fo free."

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (dIske)

64 Bill Gates yacht 390 feet, Jeff Bezos yacht 417 feet.
Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:42 PM (pDt9x)

Yacht Envy?

Big Yacht Energy?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (wVcYX)

65 Pfft!
Code Pink?
Please....
United Women for Pink Coding!

Posted by: Monty Python at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (2Ez/1)

66 58 Piper said it was very French. Nothing more French than Paris , so Piper Paris it is
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (DIbRX)

Frances?

That name is so French that it's literally more than one France!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (Ot/FD)

67 Did the SPLC designate the catholic church as a hate group, or am I misremembering?

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (DiYkG)

68 Piper said it was very French. Nothing more French than Paris , so Piper Paris it is

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (DIbRX)
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Did you have to Rouen it?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (Fi81e)

69 This is good. Trying to not be black pill and simply say that we've known they were a bunch of cocks for 20 years.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM (zZu0s)

70 Madelaine. Lillian. Fifi.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 05:45 PM (rt1xc)

71 Ghislaine.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:45 PM (pDt9x)

72 53 I have too much respect for Piper to make an Amuse Bouche joke.
Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026

This was funny.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (hftzA)

73 Very French? Merde

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (gu0hJ)

74
Fifi.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 05:45 PM (rt1xc)

___________

A name like that demands a maid's outfit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (tgvbd)

75 Rather than build a yacht, if I had that kind of money, I wonder if you could buy an old coal powered cruiser or destroyer?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

76 Size matters.

Posted by: Yachts R Us at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (2Ez/1)

77 Piper said it was very French. Nothing more French than Paris , so Piper Paris it is
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:43 PM (DIbRX)

Frances?

That name is so French that it's literally more than one France!
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Piper Paree Franswa.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (/Vcgx)

78 Patriot's Prayer has non white leadership. They are the ones that fought Antifa inPortland and the leader was thrown into jail for J6

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (wOXCn)

79 Lara Logan is one African I'd like to play patti-cake with.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 05:47 PM (/lPRQ)

80 It's worth remembering that the white supremacist narrative was invented whole cloth by the Barry O admin. It literally never existed and FedGov 'pivoted' to focusing on fake crimes that they paid for.

It's been an op for a long time before Charlottesville. Going back to Ruby Ridge, probably.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:47 PM (xcxpd)

81 if we had an actual media in this country, instead of a Dem cheerleading squad this would be a HUGE story.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 05:47 PM (IifOV)

82 A name like that demands a maid's outfit.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (tgvbd)

That goes back to Yvette earlier.

Ah, CLUE.

She filled out that outfit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

83 Piper Suzette.

Her crepes are *chef's kiss*

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (wVcYX)

84 I think it's nearly time for a massive RICO assault on the DNC and a second one on massive "foundations"

Well under way!

Posted by: 564,149 Sealed Indictments Remaining at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (hLZfT)

85 Is that fraud. Because it sounds like fraud to me. It also sounds like RICO charges should also be filed because,to me, that is a criminal conspiracy.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (xvV+O)

86 I already told you! It’s French. 😂

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (hftzA)
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DELORIS!!!!

- Obligatory Seinfeld reference

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (MprtZ)

87 Remember when an SPLC lawyer was arrested on domestic terrorism charges at an Antifa riot??

This is who the FBI would get tips from on who to label an extremist and investigate

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

The FBI has never infiltrated -- but in fact has trained and supported -- BLaMtifa.

Prove me wrong ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (l7fPC)

88 Theodora?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

89 It’s like we are naming poodles in here. Ben Had got it, escargot is there, too. Piper Paris Escargot the third. We should be celebrating our wins and the work of the other very normal, boring named Kash Patel.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (hftzA)

90 Wait until we find out BLM was also funded with our tax dollars.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

91 Next...COVID is also fake and gay and created by the government as way of social engineering.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (xcxpd)

92 75 Rather than build a yacht, if I had that kind of money, I wonder if you could buy an old coal powered cruiser or destroyer?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (zZu0s)

Start a new trend. "Yacht-Fit".

Get a gaggle of dumbasses to pay you exorbitant amounts of money to shovel coal into your boiler for a couple days straight so they can get like just sooooo in shape you guys like seriously.

Give 'em a wee discount if they bring their own coal.

Free T-shirts after the first 100k nautical miles.

That kind of thing.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (Ot/FD)

93 Fifi is the name of a poodle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (gu0hJ)

94 Theodora?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

That's Yorkish.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

95 Lotta dirt on these SPLC mooks

will any of it stick

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (ZxPkt)

96 82 A name like that demands a maid's outfit.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:46 PM (tgvbd)

That goes back to Yvette earlier.

Ah, CLUE.

She filled out that outfit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

Playboy playmate and actress Colleen Camp in her prime.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

97 Somewhere I have a book on propaganda. Nazi propaganda. How the Nazis would actually false flag those they wished attack.
SPLC read that book.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (/lPRQ)

98 This post lacks the panache of Ghislaine’s huge bazoombas….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (YobFY)

99 94 Theodora?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

That's Yorkish.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

Too Greek

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (xcxpd)

100 Yes, remember when the FBI declared white supremacism the most dangerous thing in the USA? And govt employees and military had to take classes on it?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (n5tGW)

101 The FBI has never infiltrated -- but in fact has trained and supported -- BLaMtifa.

Prove me wrong ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (l7fPC)

BLM was Langley's dumpster-baby, not Quantico.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (Ot/FD)

102 Justinian.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (kbShR)

103 98 This post lacks the panache of Ghislaine’s huge bazoombas….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (YobFY)

This

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (xcxpd)

104 > Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that
----

Nice work

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (ZxPkt)

105 That kind of thing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (Ot/FD)

For that kind of money, I wonder if you could have working 5" guns?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (zZu0s)

106 The left's demand for racism outstrips the supply. So they just fabricate it.

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Next you'll be telling me that virtually every "racist hate crime" is a hoax.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (l7fPC)

107 They paid them HOW MUCH?!?!?

Now I'm pissed.

Posted by: Ray Epps at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (0e5Te)

108 100 Yes, remember when the FBI declared white supremacism the most dangerous thing in the USA? And govt employees and military had to take classes on it?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (n5tGW)

Since I had to...yes, yes I do.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (xcxpd)

109
Is anyone asking George and Amal and Tim how they feel about their money going to the KKK?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (n7rxJ)

110 Somebody bombed the SPLC office in 1983 and they have been living off that ever since.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)

111 Theodora?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:48 PM (zZu0s)

That's Yorkish.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 05:49 PM (ExV1e)

Too Greek
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (xcxpd)

I'm not into butt stuff. -- Theodoric

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)

112 Theoderic=Theodora. Franks. Kind of proto frogs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (zZu0s)

113 Poop Swastikas were.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (kbShR)

114 >>Size matters.

That's hurtful.

Posted by: Sea Cucumber who saw Michele Obama at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (ytyaf)

115 This post lacks the panache of Ghislaine’s huge bazoombas

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (YobFY)
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The gravity?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)

116 I like the statement authenticity certificate below, "I was Kash Patel's sherpa." I hope some _________ are going to jail after comps and punitive damages strip them clean.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (YlWIZ)

117 SPLC should be dissolved and the officers thrown in jail.

It should, but it's not going to happen. Oh, we'll get lots of publicity on the right-leaning media, but the SPLC has enough lawyers to keep the scam going. And nobody in the Trump administration has the balls to arrest the officers, or, if they did, have the stamina to keep going through the endless years of appeals and changes of venues.

In other words, just more bukkake theater for the rubes.

Change my mind.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (qRla/)

118 William Luther Pierce did good videos on Haiti.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (kbShR)

119 Pete Hegseth reposted

Sean Parnell

@SeanParnellASW
·
26m
STATEMENT:

Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately.

On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy.

We wish him well in his future endeavors.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

120 Somebody bombed the SPLC office in 1983 and they have been living off that ever since.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)
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Maybe as they investigate further, we can find out they bombed their own office.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (Fi81e)

121 >>The gravity?

Gravi-Tas

Posted by: Sea Cucumber who saw Michele Obama at April 22, 2026 05:53 PM (ytyaf)

122 Rather than build a yacht, if I had that kind of money, I wonder if you could buy an old coal powered cruiser or destroyer?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Buy an island. Become a country. Then buy military hardware.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:53 PM (/Vcgx)

123 WAIT!!!

Are you trying to tell me the left is full of lying liars who lie?

Damn! Well I never. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 05:53 PM (cYBz/)

124 when does the sherpa union complain about someone being Kash Patel's sherpa? I am sure they want some cash to make the pain go away.

Posted by: turambar at April 22, 2026 05:53 PM (Q0yOR)

125 Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

Dead girl, live boy, or massive tumor.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (Ot/FD)

126 Theodoric was a Pannonian Goth, not a frog. Jeez, give the guy a break.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (guGkK)

127 Hung Cao ran against some D asshole and lost, IIRC.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (sStKZ)

128 Senate in Virginia

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (sStKZ)

129 Somebody bombed the SPLC office in 1983 and they have been living off that ever since.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)
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Maybe as they investigate further, we can find out they bombed their own office.
Posted by: Axeman

Two to one odds it was.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (/Vcgx)

130 Yes, remember when the FBI declared white supremacism the most dangerous thing in the USA? And govt employees and military had to take classes on it?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The whole time most rational people are wondering, "WTF ?"

And the Junta counters with, "If you are not on-board with 'all whites are racist' then you are racist'!"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (/lPRQ)

131 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

Disagreed with the Iran operation ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (2/T3Z)

132 RICO every last one of them, and every stinking demonrat for aiding and abetting.

20 million felons who will not be voting any more.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (VyBeY)

133 Bring back the panache of ample cleavage!

Posted by: Guys everywhere at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (2Ez/1)

134 Could be over the ozone laundries.

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (sStKZ)

135 sockOFF

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (ytyaf)

136 Hung Cao? Look, city boy, let me explain things here on the farm...

Posted by: Prize Bull at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (0e5Te)

137 Secretary of the Navy abruptly leaves the administration in the middle of a war and naval blockade. Going to be really interesting to see what happened here.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 22, 2026 05:55 PM (CNl8/)

138 Wait … what? All those fake astroturf ‘white supremacists’ are wearing masks. I was assured by anti-ICE people that the only people wearing masks are those evil scumbags up to no good.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (V/2nV)

139 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

"They said you was hung."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (guGkK)

140 Hung Cows get all the bovine vajay.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (n5tGW)

141 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?

==

Hung Cao is great ! Got shortchanged in VA Senate race.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (GD0B3)

142 It has to have been over 20 years ago when I watched some news magazine story about how the KKK was still going strong. I started to watch it because I was in disbelief that such a horrid organization still existed. What I saw was a group of under 2 dozen people gathered around with not much to say about anything. They did claim to be KKK members but did not come off as enthusiastic ones. The news crew tried their best to get some juicy tidbits of some malevolent plans these people had in mind but to no avail. It was boring as hell.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (rt1xc)

143 Did the SPLC designate the catholic church as a hate group, or am I misremembering?

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 05:44 PM

IIRC it was the fib "declaring" that the catholic mass in latin was code for white supremacist hate crimes.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (0N4FZ)

144 Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately.

On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy.

We wish him well in his future endeavors.

Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

He got caught

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (xcxpd)

145 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

[Hanging curve, right down the middle of the plate]

The US Navy is now Hung!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (wVcYX)

146 BLM was Langley's dumpster-baby, not Quantico.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (Ot/FD)

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Hmmm ... something I need to think on, but certainly possible.

My thinking is that it's the FBI that is supposed to infiltrate domestic terrorist groups or organizations (of course all those "white supremacist" ones).

I actually belonged to an Oath Keepers organization here in Northern AZ prior to J6. We laughed at the idiocy of Stewart Rhodes and others to go to Capitol Hill on J6 -- as it was obviously a Deep State PsyOp (and Reichstag fire trap).

Anywho, I asked our local organization's leader (who claimed to have connections in The Swamp) before then: "Why hasn't the FBI infiltrated BLaMtifa and why have there been no prosecutions against those domestic terrorist organizations." He replied "It's coming."

And here we are more than five years later and ... NADA.

My only conclusion is that the FBI was -- and still is -- in league with BLaMtifa.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (l7fPC)

147 Article at Powerline dovetails nicely with Ace's post about unemployed journos having no employable skills. Apparently people laid off by USAID are on food stamps and basically have no skills either. One would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (gu0hJ)

148 I have an idea why Phelan is out but I'll just sit on it for a while.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (DIbRX)

149 Hung Cao is a great choice and a great guy from what I have seen/read here in VA.

Posted by: turambar at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (Q0yOR)

150 Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

The only one I sort of know about is Hung Cao who ran for office and seemed like a really decent sort of guy. I wonder if John Phelan was one of those folks trying to get Hegseth out.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (QJ2Hs)

151 I'm not into butt stuff. -- Theodoric

Of course, if you want to believe Procopius, Theodora was fucking men when she was a pre-teen and, when she got to exhibiting herself on the stage, dabbled in bestiality when she recreated the legend of Leda and the Swan.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (qRla/)

152 Patriot Front waifu is lookin' pretty... oriental.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (y7qTK)

153 Hung Cao Chicken.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (kbShR)

154 The original one was Amerindian.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:59 PM (kbShR)

155 >Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?

Posted by: Piper
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yeah
Hung Cao is a REALLY unfortunate name

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 05:59 PM (ZxPkt)

156 153 Hung Cao Chicken.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (kbShR)

Cows aren't hung. Bulls are.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:59 PM (DwqWV)

157 Marie

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 06:00 PM (q6tQZ)

158 I have an idea why Phelan is out but I'll just sit on it for a while.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:58 PM (DIbRX)

something other than his complete lack of experience with any and all things military?

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:00 PM (GD0B3)

159 This post lacks the panache of Ghislaine’s huge bazoombas
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (YobFY)

Hey, what were they like anyway? They looked pretty good, are they real? Are they built for speed or comfort? What'd you do with them? Motorboat? You play the motorboat? Brrrrrrrrrp!
You motorboatin son of a bitch! You old sailor you! Where is she? She still in the house?

Posted by: Jeremy Gray at April 22, 2026 06:00 PM (QCEpb)

160 Perhaps Secretary of the Navy John Phelan needs to spend more time with his private sector.

Posted by: Pam Blondi at April 22, 2026 06:00 PM (2Ez/1)

161 Phelan was a fairly solid Admiral, right? Not given to hysterics or cross-dressing or authentic frontier gibberish? I have trouble keeping track of who's who in that grubby town, and I probably know even less about the five-sided nuthouse.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 06:00 PM (Ot/FD)

162 Gravi-Tas

Posted by: Sea Cucumber who saw Michele Obama at April 22, 2026 05:53 PM (ytyaf)

You mean Gravi-Ta-Tas.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (oSeBJ)

163 I know a little history of war and throughout that history generals are sometimes replaced.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (n5tGW)

164 147 Article at Powerline dovetails nicely with Ace's post about unemployed journos having no employable skills. Apparently people laid off by USAID are on food stamps and basically have no skills either. One would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (gu0hJ)

Done and done!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (Sco7b)

165
Well…okay….thoughts?

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

__________

THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN CHAOS!!!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (tgvbd)

166 They need to be crucified and line the roads with them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (snZF9)

167 Secretary of the Navy abruptly leaves the administration in the middle of a war and naval blockade. Going to be really interesting to see what happened here.
Posted by: Mark1971

He had the audacity to try and stop Hegseth from grabbing the nuclear codes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)

168 Hung cow

Big bazoombas

This is the horde at its best!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (/iXAp)

169 Is the Ewok out feeding crows, and lost track of time?

Posted by: illiniwek at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (vbXSk)

170 Article at Powerline dovetails nicely with Ace's post about unemployed journos having no employable skills.

"Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va."

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Imagine being "qualified" to draw $272k in a pretend NGO job but not having the chops to get a private-sector gig that pays much more than minimum wage.

Sheesh, what a racket.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (guGkK)

171 Is this Phelan any relation to Texas legislature goofball Wade Phelan?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (wVcYX)

172 167 Secretary of the Navy abruptly leaves the administration in the middle of a war and naval blockade. Going to be really interesting to see what happened here.
Posted by: Mark1971

Loose lips sink ships ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (2/T3Z)

173 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

[Hanging curve, right down the middle of the plate]

The US Navy is now Hung!
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (wVcYX)

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He changed his name from "One Hung Low?"

/What, Cao Dung was not available?

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (l7fPC)

174 I don't normally do this BUT, this is a response I got from a leftist friend of mine regarding the SPLC:

"Honest to God, Tonypete, it’s like you have one eye closed if you think corruption is only the “left”. How can you even say that in light of all that is going on? It’s everywhere."

Note well dear Horde, not one example giving in rebuttal.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (cYBz/)

175 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the Democratic political fundraising platform ActBlue over its donation processes that allegedly �allow fraudulent and foreign donations.�

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Lawsuit?! How about arrest and prosecution.

Has anyone at the SPLC been arrested?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at April 22, 2026 06:03 PM (Vh9CX)

176 It's amazing the difference a security clearance makes.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 06:03 PM (Ot/FD)

177 >>My only conclusion is that the FBI was -- and still is -- in league with BLaMtifa.

One thing I think is important to remember despite our impatience that things aren't happening faster, every institution in our government has been captured for decades. They are all full of deep state actors at every level. Just because we win an election that doesn't mean the bureaucracy gives a crap what the politicians or we say.

Everything is a fight, not just to prove guilt but to get past the bureaucrats. And now it's all getting exposed to everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 06:03 PM (viF8m)

178 I wonder which podcasters are being paid by SPLC front-groups.

Time to fess up, JJ and CBD.

And make amends by redistributing all that sweet sweet SPLC cash to all the horde.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 06:03 PM (OUE/9)

179

Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

www.imdb.com/title/tt0102311

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)

180 165
Well…okay….thoughts?

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

__________

THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN CHAOS!!!!!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (tgvbd)

++++

LOL

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 06:04 PM (rt1xc)

181 Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (cYBz/)

you are too tolerant

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:04 PM (GD0B3)

182
Is this Phelan any relation to Texas legislature goofball Wade Phelan?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (wVcYX)

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Doubt it. It's a fairly common Mick surname.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:04 PM (tgvbd)

183 Perhaps Secretary of the Navy John Phelan needs to spend more time with his private sector.

Maybe he's prepared to testify that Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of a guided missile destroyer in the Gulf of Oman from the back seat. That will get him a nice fat pundit's gig at CNN.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:04 PM (guGkK)

184 Imagine being "qualified" to draw $272k in a pretend NGO job but not having the chops to get a private-sector gig that pays much more than minimum wage.

Sheesh, what a racket.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM
(guGkK)

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"Imagine even further that your $272k "job" was a no-show job."

-- The Mooche

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (l7fPC)

185 Rum, sodomy and the cow!

Posted by: The US Navy at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (2Ez/1)

186 Ain't nothing wrong with the KKK!

Posted by: Grand Kleagle Byrd at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (0cOSz)

187 is their a chance the family where the person that got killed could sue for wrongful death? none of this would have happened if not for them organizing this rally

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (ubCxQ)

188 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)
_____________________

I love this guy. His campaign commercial was stellar. How he lost his election is suspect.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)

189 >>> 129 Somebody bombed the SPLC office in 1983 and they have been living off that ever since.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 05:51 PM (Cqx++)
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Maybe as they investigate further, we can find out they bombed their own office.
Posted by: Axeman

Two to one odds it was.
Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:54 PM (/Vcgx)

What odds for the Eff.Bee.EYE. doing the 70's muhbortion clinic bombings?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (9vFyc)

190 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

[Hanging curve, right down the middle of the plate]

The US Navy is now Hung!
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:57 PM (wVcYX)

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He changed his name from "One Hung Low?"

/What, Cao Dung was not available?
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (l7fPC)

Secretary, Under Hung.

Posted by: Count de Monet, thinks of Airplane! at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (wVcYX)

191 if we had an actual media in this country, instead of a Dem cheerleading squad this would be a HUGE story.

--

Yep. Unfortunately, they're vile scum liars.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (qBdHI)

192 There is a precedent for it after Ching Lee.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (kbShR)

193 Can you have a quagmire at sea?

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

194 I love this guy. His campaign commercial was stellar. How he lost his election is suspect.
Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)

this is just an educated guess, but..mail in ballots that were 100% for Tim Caine

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (GD0B3)

195 yeah
Hung Cao is a REALLY unfortunate name
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 05:59 PM (ZxPkt)
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Better than Hung Far Low.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (xvhJH)

196 Hung Cao seems a very appropriate choice with his background:

Cao graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and served in the Navy for 25 years, deploying with special operations forces to defuse bombs in Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia and working on the Navy budget process during assignments to the Pentagon.

He retired at the rank of captain

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (QJ2Hs)

197 IIRC it was the fib "declaring" that the catholic mass in latin was code for white supremacist hate crimes.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

A few of the ultratrad types - E Michael Jones, these days the "Christ is King" youtube, the 1Peter5 site on-occasion - do dabble in antiJewish rhetoric. Hard to know to what extent this is organic to the Church or if it's being paid for from outside the Church.
[inb4 garrett pounces on me again.]
The Latin Church historically prefers Augustine to John Chrysostom (who as I've noted did have a "real problem"). There's more nuance in the west than in the Byzantine east. Catholics do have to confess that the Jewish faith is wrong (or else, why be Catholic). That doesn't mean they have to spend all their time bitching about Jews. That's what the people I've noted get wrong IMO.
Why are they insisting on getting it wrong, is a question we might want answered.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (y7qTK)

198 Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story

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Damn, there's a Morris Deez Nuts joke in there somewhere ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (l7fPC)

199 We're gonna need more quag..

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

200 Part of the impatience for prosecutions is that we won't have Trump that much longer. But yes the wheels of justice grind slow. That's why I am in favor of wholesale reductions in the govt workforce. At least they're out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (n5tGW)

201 6:03 News

CNN - Lebanon wants to extend Israel ceasefire.

CBC and FoxNews - Iran

MS Now - Tucker Carlson asks for forgiveness....

Heart of Stone activated!
I should maybe go back to some of the kid shows....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:07 PM (Sco7b)

202 "Honest to God, Tonypete, it’s like you have one eye closed if you think corruption is only the “left”. How can you even say that in light of all that is going on? It’s everywhere."

Note well dear Horde, not one example giving in rebuttal.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (cYBz/)

++++

Sounds like the usual default response.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 06:07 PM (rt1xc)

203
Imagine being "qualified" to draw $272k in a pretend NGO job

_____________

"Daddy knew someone."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:07 PM (tgvbd)

204 Secretary, Under Hung.

Posted by: Count de Monet, thinks of Airplane! at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (wVcYX)

The Under Secretary

Posted by: Grand Kleagle Byrd at April 22, 2026 06:07 PM (0cOSz)

205 Hung graduated from the USNA.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:07 PM (GD0B3)

206 $270K buys a lot of fine people. Mighty fine people, worth $81M!!!!

Posted by: SPLC at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (47/pr)

207
THE ADMINISTRATION IS IN CHAOS!!!!!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Ha! I was thinking “hey, your naval blockade had 1 job….”

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (Dd38x)

208 A $272k annual salary is about $22,667/month. At $19/hr, it would take just under 1,200 hours to earn that much, or about 30 weeks.

A bit of a step down in earning power.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (wVcYX)

209 Of course, some POS is commenting under Mike Lee's tweet that Israel is behind the SPLC. They never quit.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (qBdHI)

210 Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (cYBz/)

The Right - exception to the rule

The Left - the rule

Posted by: Grand Kleagle Byrd at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (0cOSz)

211 ace, ActBlue was also laundering money through real estate fraud, by serially buying and immediately reselling properties to itself at inflated rates, through a number of iterations. It was laundering money on an industrial scale, and it is alleged that this money was coming and going from all over, including from human trafficking.

I am waiting on proof, or at least court filings, but it is insane.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (rbvCR)

212 Hung Cao is a REALLY unfortunate name

Seems ok to me.

Posted by: Peter Warts at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (n5tGW)

213 >>Part of the impatience for prosecutions is that we won't have Trump that much longer. But yes the wheels of justice grind slow. That's why I am in favor of wholesale reductions in the govt workforce. At least they're out.

I'm as impatient as anyone, I hate waiting when happened is so obvious. But at least it's starting to happen and I think when the Florida grand jury information starts dropping it's going to be yuge.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (viF8m)

214 Service secretaries are important, but nobody ever knows their names.
Quick - without looking it up, who's the Secretary of the Air Force?

Posted by: Just saying at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (2Ez/1)

215 oh, my bad, this IS the new thread. duh.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (vbXSk)

216 Seems ok to me.

Posted by: Long Duck Dong at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (kbShR)

217 Posted by: Count de Monet, thinks of Airplane! at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (wVcYX)

__________________________

If you want to know where Hung Cao stands on freedom...watch is 2024 campaign commercial...It's a classic:

https://tinyurl.com/y85cufd2

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (dIske)

218 193 Can you have a quagmire at sea?
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:06 PM (ZxPkt)

I believe he WAS a Navy man, shipmates with Peter Griffin.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 06:10 PM (xcxpd)

219 All of the real, actual white supremacists in the US wouldn't fill a basketball arena at a Division II college.

As usual, the left just makes shit up and counts on the media to credulously run with whatever retarded crap they spew.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 06:10 PM (oqH4h)

220 Didn't Bribe'em 's FBI rely on SPLC for finding hate groups?
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:37 PM (DIbRX)

Supposedly they had quarterly meetings on this very subject

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:10 PM (rbvCR)

221 Heh.

I just realized that all these mooks looking for work have spent years on lavish salaries, and likely have credit card balances that reflect that fact.

Oh, you were happy as Larry paying all your minimums for a couple grand a month when you made six figures.

Now that you make zero figures?

Heh.

Heheheheheh.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 06:10 PM (Ot/FD)

222 Oh, Ben Had, I think peaches would be fantastic for chutney, but I have never tried

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:11 PM (rbvCR)

223 The Battle of the Persian Gulf was a draw.

Posted by: Long Duck Dong at April 22, 2026 06:11 PM (kbShR)

224 Quick - without looking it up, who's the Secretary of the Air Force?
Posted by: Just saying at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (2Ez/1)

Jet Li

Posted by: Grand Kleagle Byrd at April 22, 2026 06:11 PM (0cOSz)

225 https://tinyurl.com/bdhstvn2

I forgot about this - hahahah, ad of patriot front.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (Dd38x)

226 >>> 208 A $272k annual salary is about $22,667/month. At $19/hr, it would take just under 1,200 hours to earn that much, or about 30 weeks.

A bit of a step down in earning power.
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:08 PM (wVcYX)

And yet these asshoe losers are whining about having lost all their savings, too. What the ever loving fuck were they spending all this money on?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (9vFyc)

227 if we had an actual media in this country, instead of a Dem cheerleading squad this would be a HUGE story.

--

Yep. Unfortunately, they're vile scum liars.
Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 06:05 PM (qBdHI)

And yet Trump continues to let the treasonous bastards access the White House and vomit their lies to the press secretary.

As far as I am concerned, every damned one should be thrown out and told that if so much as one of their shadows falls on the WH lawn, a Marine sniper will blow their head off.

As I have said before, the Constitution guarantees a free press. It does not require that any administration provide access or comfort to domestic anemies.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (qRla/)

228 Hung Cao is great ! Got shortchanged in VA Senate race.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:56 PM (GD0B3)

I think he's a great fit with this administration. I haven't seen anything about him in months, but I seem to remember he has the bold "f** k the left" attitude that the best of the Trump team have.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (zYpTz)

229 Off racist Lion of the Senate sock

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (0cOSz)

230 Dr. Troy E. Meink

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:12 PM (kbShR)

231 Kindltot, I have done a peach/ habenero chutney. I have never tried an apple one.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (DIbRX)

232 NOOD ALERT!!

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (q177U)

233 Secretary of the Army?

Long March

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (n5tGW)

234 If you want to know where Hung Cao stands on freedom...watch is 2024 campaign commercial...It's a classic:

https://tinyurl.com/y85cufd2
Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 06:09 PM (dIske)

I like this guy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (wVcYX)

235 Bill Gates yacht 390 feet, Jeff Bezos yacht 417 feet.
Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:42 PM (pDt9x)

Hey now. Bezos also has a penis-shaped rocket, making sure he has the biggest prick in the world

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (rbvCR)

236 A $272k annual salary is about $22,667/month. At $19/hr, it would take just under 1,200 hours to earn that much, or about 30 weeks.

A bit of a step down in earning power.

And she only applied for the $19/hr job. She may be giving blowjobs at a truckstop at $5 each when she finds the employment level that is commensurate with her actual skills.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (guGkK)

237 Noodage.

Posted by: Nooder at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (2Ez/1)

238 What, Cao Dung was not available?

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 06:02 PM (l7fPC)
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He stinks.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (Fi81e)

239 Another thing with Cao: his family were Vietnamese refugees, and he entered service and made it his career to give back to the country that took him in.
He is American Dream personified.

Posted by: barbarausa at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (enw9G)

240 Some made fun of Hegseth as “just a TV personality” when he was selected, but he, Rubio and Zeldin have been the all stars of this administration… transportation secretary (another TV personality I forgot his name) has also been impressive

Hegseth hasn’t been afraid to remove people and isn’t intimidated by generals…

People once upon a time made fun of Reagan as a B movie star also….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (/iXAp)

241 Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

The timing is curious, right after Data Republican (small r) laid out a thesis that Pete Hegseth was standing between Trump and a coup.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (Sy6m/)

242 Next you'll be telling me that virtually every "racist hate crime" is a hoax.

Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:50 PM (l7fPC)

Jussie Smolett walked so SPLC could run

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (rbvCR)

243 Change my mind.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (qRla/)

Once upon a time the KKK, too, was a rich, powerful political party that was considered untouchable

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (rbvCR)

244 https://tinyurl.com/bdhstvn2

I forgot about this - hahahah, ad of patriot front.
Posted by: Piper

Heh,
Lines them all up to knock down...
Only racists celebrate Columbus Day,
Limiting mass migration, probably twenty more.

whatever.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (/lPRQ)

245 Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.

Well…okay….thoughts?
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:52 PM (hftzA)

Hung Cao - So much in a name. Also sounds French.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (g8Ew8)

246 Will the LIV hear anything about this?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (4NO2D)

247 You know, I'm not surprised.

One thing that struck me during the Charlottsville stuff was how...out of touch it seemed with reality. I haven't known, met, or heard anyone say anything outright racist in years, maybe decades. At least, not the march around with torches type racism. The KKK was functionally dead - hadn't heard a peep from them in years, maybe a decade.

Then suddenly - there they the fuck are. It seemed absurd to me at the time. What rock did these assholes crawl out from under? I was pretty pissed about it - still? These guys are around after all these years?

Now, fuck, it was all bullshit and gaslighting. Which my first thought was, yeah, that was it. But then, no way that could be true.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (vOtXJ)

248 Obviously, the demand for racism exceeded the supply. What the fuck was SPLC supposed to do? Give up their bank accounts in the Caymen Islands?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (vOtXJ)

249 If the racists won't light the torches, you need to light the torches for them! Typical - they had to do the work white men refused to do!

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (vOtXJ)

250 240 Some made fun of Hegseth as “just a TV personality” when he was selected, but he, Rubio and Zeldin have been the all stars of this administration… transportation secretary (another TV personality I forgot his name) has also been impressive Hegseth hasn’t been afraid to remove people and isn’t intimidated by generals… Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (/iXAp)

Also terrific:
Scott Bessent
Doug Bergum
Sean Duffy
Chris Wright
Doug Collins
Linda Mcmahon
Russ Vought
John Ratcliffe
Susie Wiles

Duds:

Noem
Bondi
Lori Chavez-DeRemer

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (vOtXJ)

251 219 All of the real, actual white supremacists in the US wouldn't fill a basketball arena at a Division II college. As usual, the left just makes shit up and counts on the media to credulously run with whatever retarded crap they spew.
Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 06:10 PM (oqH4h)

338 million people, I doubt you could scrape up 20,000 white supremacists. None in any position of power.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:10 PM (vOtXJ)

252 The feds need to stress this is NOT about paid informants. It is not illegal for a private company to pay an informant, but it IS illegal to lie about it on your taxes, in bank statements, or falsify public records. That is actually what they are being charged with.

besides which, they didn't just pay for information, they supplied money and materials to racist groups in the furtherance of their racist goals and objectives, then used that to raise money. Hence defrauding their doners.

If I paid a bunch of cancer patients to pose for pictures as starving Cubans, then used those pictures to raise money to feed them, then I am defrauding the doners to my charity.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:17 PM (vOtXJ)

253 I have to note something odd:

1) Trump defunds a huge number of NGOs.
2) No more "Unite the right" or KKK marches.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 22, 2026 07:19 PM (vOtXJ)

254 I could have gotten paid for all the rallies I attended?
Anyone know a good lawyer. I want compensation for my unfunded racism.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at April 22, 2026 09:50 PM (iIqok)

Wow: The Hit on Kash Patel Was a Pre-Emptive Strike Arranged by the SPLC to Dirty Up His Image Before News of the Indictment Came Out?

Of course. Of course.

I can't wait for Kash Patel's discovery of communications between the Atlantic, owner/Democrat lunatic Lauren Powell Jobs, and the SPLC.

Now it becomes a bit clearer. The Atlantic published a vile and unsubstantiated hit piece on FBI Director Kash Patel right before he revealed an indictment of the SPLC for committing fraud by anonymously funding hate groups that organized "right-wing" rallies, one of which ended in the death of a bystander.
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You know, the infamous Charlottesville rally upon which the "fine people" hoax was based.
The Democrats and Pravda media, which have collaborated with the SPLC to smear conservatives for decades, are scrambling to defend the SPLC's illegal activities and, once again, smear Republicans for pointing out their perfidy.
The Atlantic's hit piece on Patel, based entirely on anonymous sources and having no evidence to back them up, is obviously intended to "pre-bunk" anything Patel says.
The claims in The Atlantic's story were bizarre. Kash Patel got blackout drunk. He was locked out of his computers. FBI agents considered using breaching equipment to force open his door, according to the report. He was unable to perform his duties because he was hungover. Etc. Etc.

Does Lauren Powell Jobs have some kind of many-years-old, pre-existing relationship with the SPLC?

Coincidentally enough, she does!

Do you know who LOVED the SPLC? In fact, the SPLC was famously her first ever donation and inspired her entire philanthropic career?

Laurene Powell Jobs, who owns The Atlantic through her philanthropy Emerson Collective.

Uh-oh, it all starts to make sense now. 1/ https://t.co/bIaHYcy9XG pic.twitter.com/GZzRIX0C4X
— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) April 22, 2026

Clint Brown
@DissidentClint
Do you know who LOVED the SPLC? In fact, the SPLC was famously her first ever donation and inspired her entire philanthropic career?
Laurene Powell Jobs, who owns The Atlantic through her philanthropy Emerson Collective.
Uh-oh, it all starts to make sense now. 1/

The Emerson Collective's number one rule is to donate ANONYMOUSLY, which in most cases is the right and admirable thing to do
UNLESS it's used to cover up bad deeds. Now, I'm NOT saying the LPJ was involved in the criminality at all.
But to what extent was she funding SPLC? 2/
What is done in the dark will be brought to the light.
I may have more on this for you later, TBD. 3/

A number of people have asked me about Lauren Powell Jobs, the owner of The Atlantic(?), and whether her alleged Epstein connections have anything to do with The Atlantic running the bizarre and discredited story on Kash. So, I�ll just answer it here.

I don�t know and there�s no� https://t.co/QDkAHjRUg0 pic.twitter.com/SYjejBw2Gm
— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) April 20, 2026

Hey @S_Fitzpatrick I was Kash Patel�s Sherpa on the transition. I spent nearly all day everyday with him for 3+ months and have been with him frequently since.

I have never seen the type of behavior that you�re describing from him.

Your anon sourced story is BS.

Oh and by the� https://t.co/hwWnUrYrKT pic.twitter.com/T0EUhyKbq0
— Clint Brown (@DissidentClint) April 18, 2026

This is the more direct connection that should be concerning pic.twitter.com/8YnF9Gs409
— Joshua Hartley (@JHartley2) April 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:34 PM

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1 So Trump thinks the SPLC are "Very Fine People"?

Disgusting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (Ot/FD)

2 Was not expecting bikini pictures in this story but here we are...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:34 PM (sKqQm)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 04:35 PM (NcvvS)

4 So the let tells me Trump is an Epstein client because they went to the same NYC parties.

Well, now imagine there were pictures of him in his underwear hanging out with Ghislane...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

5 Just an awful woman.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:36 PM (PXbw4)

6 Kash needs to tell all the Karens concerned about his partying to mind their own business.

And NEVER APOLOGIZE. NOT FOR ANYTHING.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (W2Pud)

7 Profits from the Horde Cookbook go to charity... I hope not the SPLC!

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (Ouiyj)

8 Can't wait for the SPLC to get fucked by the long dick of the law.

Posted by: gKWVE rippin' off Superbad at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (y7qTK)

9 "The claims in The Atlantic's story were bizarre. Kash Patel got blackout drunk. He was locked out of his computers. FBI agents considered using breaching equipment to force open his door, according to the report. He was unable to perform his duties because he was hungover. Etc. Etc."

I don't care if you are a "public figure" this is criminal libel.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (0N4FZ)

10 Billionaire men, do us all a favor and put a clause in the will preventing your crazy widows from spending all of your money on left-wing crazy.

Do it for the world.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

11 re Ghislaine's bikini pic, hear me out . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (y7qTK)

12 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 22, 2026 04:37 PM (LdBR/)

13 Ghislane has some gazongas

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 04:38 PM (oqH4h)

14 Gotta say it. Laurene Jobs is not a bad-looking gal.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

15 I wonder if this case will end up being used in Ft Pierce? It's clearly a case of election interference against Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:38 PM (viF8m)

16 Ghislane has some gazongas
Posted by: ballistic

Yes, unfortunately.

I hate letchin' on evil chicks.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)

17 Waffle House got new uniforms?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:39 PM (kbShR)

18 Willowed:

Having an aging guy's white beard has it good points and bad points.

Good point: Younger people hold doors open for you.

Bad point: You look at cute young chicks and realize that they likely regard you as a dirty old man.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)

19 We know Ghislane participated with Epstein in sexually assaulting women...I wonder just how close she and Jobs are...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:40 PM (sKqQm)

20 In many ways isn't this also the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 04:40 PM (Kt19C)

21 My guess its a shakedown to ruin his reputation

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:41 PM (Ia/+0)

22 Kamala Harris couldn't go in front of a crowd of more than one person at anything above waist high without getting a couple snorts of booze in her.

Hillary Clinton fell over traffic control devices.

And Bill Clinton hasn't got a single in-tact blood vessel left in his entire nose.

Also James Carville is really fucking ugly. That isn't relevant, it just needed to be said.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:41 PM (Ot/FD)

23 Ace, your posts are absolutely making my day fun

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 04:41 PM (8uzBS)

24 I think Patel has already filed a lawsuit. I think he'll get some sweet Apple cash.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

25 OK, and now I want to know even more about that Fed fiasco alledging a kidnap attempt on Grechen Whitmer. I, also, want to know what involvement the SPLC had with some of the more "active" participants of Jan. 6th.

I don't think 11 counts on the indictment is going to cover everything.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (dIske)

26 That broad with Jobs in the bikini looks like she has a nice, fat, juicy coochie.

Posted by: I would hit it at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (ponVf)

27 I hate letchin' on evil chicks.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:39 PM (77rzZ)
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I share the moral conundrum there, but facts are facts.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (oqH4h)

28 >>I think Patel has already filed a lawsuit. I think he'll get some sweet Apple cash.

$250 million defamation suit. Filed on Monday.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (viF8m)

29 Ace, how is your health?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)

30 @NickJFuentes Apr 19
My show America First will return next week on Monday, April 27th.
Apr 19, 2026 · 6:03 PM UTC

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (y7qTK)

31 This is great work there. So I totally hate to go O/T , but I don't want to forget , since there have been baseless claims, and I know y'all are smarter than that, sbut you need receipts.. to talk to your FB frins..so here it is :

From CENTCOM:

"U.S. forces have directed 29 vessels to turn around or return to port as part of the U.S. blockade against Iran.

Over past 24 hours, media reports have alleged that several commercial ships evaded the blockade, citing M/V Hero II, M/V Hedy, and M/V Dorena as examples. These reports are inaccurate.

Hero II and Hedy did not sail past the blockade as part of a flotilla that “ferried” millions of barrels of oil to the market. In fact, the Iranian-flagged tankers are anchored in Chah Bahar, Iran, after being intercepted by U.S. forces earlier this week. Dorena has been under the escort of a U.S. Navy destroyer in the Indian Ocean after previously attempting to violate the blockade.

The U.S. military has global reach. American forces are operating and enforcing the blockade across the Middle East and beyond."

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (GD0B3)

32 I think Jobs would benefit from being introduced to the Paolo

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (gu0hJ)

33 "Hey, our party is really taking it in the keister here. What can we do to start winning back heterosexual dudes?"

"Have you tried being a prissy little bitch about every Trump official who has ever had a beer in their life, and act like they're stumblebum falling over drunks when they manifestly, obviously, aren't? Straight dudes love that kind of stuff."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (Ot/FD)

34 10 Billionaire men, do us all a favor and put a clause in the will preventing your crazy widows from spending all of your money on left-wing crazy.

Do it for the world.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 22, 2026

Can we start by having billionaire men stop doing this directly? That would be very helpful, too.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (p4NUW)

35
At least this Jobs slattern knows better than to have her photo taken where she's flashing her bikini-clad cootch, unlike her sasquatchian friend in that pic.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (y9nCu)

36 Who woulda thunk it?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (xvhJH)

37 In many ways isn't this also the story of Barack Obama?

It involves people who find women attractive, so no.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

38 Gotta say it. Laurene Jobs is not a bad-looking gal.

She's no Melissa Gates.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (guGkK)

39 Jizz-lane Maxwell...

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (Fi81e)

40 I think some journos got miffed because Kash was drinking a celebratory beer with the gold medal
Winning US Men’s hockey team.

And they weren’t invited.

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (W2Pud)

41 That broad with Jobs in the bikini looks like she has a nice, fat, juicy coochie.
Posted by: I would hit it at April 22, 2026 04:42 PM (ponVf)

Thats Ghidlaine Maxwell. Epsteins pimp and personal hoochie mama.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (zZu0s)

42 Can't wait for the SPLC to get fucked by the long dick of the law.
Posted by: gKWVE rippin' off Superbad

I'm thinking that if you go after the Director of the FBI, you had, like King, better not miss.

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (oiNtH)

43 >>@ScottPresler
·
2m
>>BREAKING

>>A Virginia judge ruled that the redistricting referendum CANNOT be certified because it is unconstitutional.

>>This comes directly after the narrow 51.5% - 48.5% vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (viF8m)

44 The Wall. Undefeated.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM (kbShR)

45 Nah, Ghislane was just there on a massive Caribbean island with Jeff and had no idea what was going on. You know how big those islands can get. Like, Cuba is almost the size of Great Britain.

Posted by: gKWVE holdin' onto that turnip truck at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (y7qTK)

46

Ray Epps? Connected to the SPLC?

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (dIske)

47 Ghislane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (zZu0s)

48
In many ways isn't this also the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

I saw that grifting shitbird just had to chime in about the election outcome in Virginia.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (xG4kz)

49 Gotta say it. Laurene Jobs is not a bad-looking gal.

She's no Melissa Gates.
Posted by: Cicero

Of course. She's not a guy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (77rzZ)

50 In many ways isn't this also the story of Barack Obama?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)
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Does it contain an ex-cook who drowned parasailing in a pond?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)

51 26 that is Ghislaine Maxwell, and there were quite a few who hit it.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:46 PM (p4NUW)

52 I think Patel has already filed a lawsuit. I think he'll get some sweet Apple cash.

In DC, if I'm not mistaken. He'll be lucky to get a set of Air Pods and a non-apology apology.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 22, 2026 04:46 PM (vTZFs)

53 Someone paid Ray Epps trip and lawyers

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:47 PM (Ia/+0)

54 Billionaire men, do us all a favor and put a clause in the will preventing your crazy widows from spending all of your money on left-wing crazy.

Undeserving stupid social justice warriors armed with their dead husbands' billions are a serious threat to western civilization.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 04:47 PM (guGkK)

55 that is Ghislaine Maxwell, and there were quite a few who hit it.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:46 PM (p4NUW)

You know aside from suborning pedophillia and probably banging Bill and Epstein and thr Dem football team and...

Nevermind.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (zZu0s)

56 Be glad there's not any Moochell bikini pics.
*waves face*

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (TJtMh)

57 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (kbShR)

58 Henry Ford would never have left behind the Ford Foundation if he knew what they would be funding, but what are you going to do? Nobody lives forever.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (kd1a0)

59 In DC, if I'm not mistaken. He'll be lucky to get a set of Air Pods and a non-apology apology.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 22, 2026 04:46 PM (vTZFs)
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In DC, he'd lose the countersuit on the basis that he's a big Trump poo-poo-head.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

60 Undeserving stupid social justice warriors armed with their dead husbands' billions are a serious threat to western civilization.

She had to put out for Jobs, so I'm sure she thinks she deserves it.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

61 What's up with that stupid name "Ghislaine," anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

62 57 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (kbShR)

I believe that was a different case from earlier ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (2/T3Z)

63 Let's try this again.

>>@JewishWarrior13

>>🚨BREAKING 🚨 VA referendum lawsuits: The Tazewell Circuit Court has declared the referendum to be unconstitutional. The judge issued an injunction preventing the certification of the election results and rejected a request to suspend the ruling during the appeal. A final order will be prepared and entered, after which an immediate appeal is expected.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (viF8m)

64 39 Jizz-lane Maxwell...
Posted by: Axeman at

Sigh. ZhE - Lin. Or if you want it to be Englishafied. gee-lane.

Bulg, don’t beat me up on my made up word. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (p4NUW)

65 Someone paid Ray Epps trip and lawyers
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:47 PM (Ia/+0)
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Busting Ray Epps would be a cherry on top of all this.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Fi81e)

66 Everything from the Left is an op. And part of a larger op. That is part of a still larger op. All are parts of The Big Op working to destroy the US from within. While making the made men and women in the command and control structure of The Big Op wealthy and politically powerful. That structure seems to be like a spider web. This particular web is enormous yet tight and very resistant to penetration, escape, and destruction.

I never thought for a minute what I wrote above could be reality. Rather than the plot of a fanciful political conspiracy novel or movie.

God protect President Trump and those he has chosen to lead the departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (5rh/l)

67 If I got that kind of money overnight, I'd be an absolute monster. Nations would have to establish entire new units of their militaries just to deal with this new global threat of a Waraiotoko With Fuck You Money.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (Ot/FD)

68 Wonder if Maxwell and Katy Perry ever got in on that action personally. We know Perry was on the flight log. We also have some good cause to see Perry as a pervert with no sense of other peoples' boundaries.
Psychos and perverts don't care if they can get half the men in the country. They just like power and making people feel powerless.
Sorry, I'm making myself angry and that's not good for us.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (y7qTK)

69 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (kbShR)

I saw that. I 'think' thats a different lawsuit against some other outlet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (zZu0s)

70 Henry Ford would never have left behind the Ford Foundation if he knew what they would be funding, but what are you going to do? Nobody lives forever.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Henry Ford was a big racist and Jew-hater. He'd probably be totes cool with it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (77rzZ)

71 61 What's up with that stupid name "Ghislaine," anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

It’s French. And it’s what my French mom wanted to name me. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (p4NUW)

72 This is becoming to complicated for me. It's like a big incestuous trailerpark full of inbred hillbillies.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (Fbc0I)

73 Be glad you’re not looking at contemporary Nancy Pelosi bikini pics.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (kd1a0)

74 The age of just make shit up and print it is in full swing.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (DIbRX)

75 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Different lawsuit.

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (oiNtH)

76 Henry Ford was a big racist and Jew-hater. He'd probably be totes cool with it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (77rzZ)
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Agree. Plus he had plenty of a progressive side.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (Fi81e)

77 The former Mrs. Jobs is 62. I imagine I'd you have that much money you can pay really well for various treatments for personal upkeep

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (Jtz/H)

78 Bulg, don’t beat me up on my made up word. 🤣
Posted by: Piper

Piper, I would never try to beat you up.

Because you would kick my ass.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (77rzZ)

79 Henry Ford would never have left behind the Ford Foundation if he knew what they would be funding, but what are you going to do? Nobody lives forever.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

See also, Sam Walton

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (guGkK)

80 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.

I believe that was a different one involving MSNBC but the disputed claims were similar.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (vTZFs)

81 Kamaunist sure looked tanked many times in public

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)

82
That Jobs/Harris headline in Fortune is unfortunate, considering this story...

Emerson Collective founder and president Laurene Powell Jobs used a Wall Street Journal essay Friday to challenge what she described as a troubling trend in modern philanthropy: wealthy donors using their charitable contributions as leverage to dictate policy and assert control over communities.

https://tinyurl.com/bdsa5ftb

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2026 04:51 PM (y9nCu)

83 Henry used to put his books in the glovebox of new cars.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:52 PM (kbShR)

84 Jizz-lane Maxwell...
Posted by: Axeman at

Sigh. ZhE - Lin. Or if you want it to be Englishafied. gee-lane.

Bulg, don’t beat me up on my made up word. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:49 PM (p4NUW)
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You'll understand if I prefer my version?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)

85 9th circus of appeals bitch slaps Gavin Newsom’s anti-ICE law.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:52 PM (6Hdrx)

86 So it seems, and maybe we're finally witnessing an in-country tit for tat battle with real teeth.

Admin. v. NYT crybaby USAID propagandists, grifters and hangers-on article. Yada, yada.

Admin. (Patel) v. SPLC.

Tyler O'Neil, a journalist and author, testified before the House Oversight Subcommittee on DOGE regarding foreign aid spending. He is a senior editor at The Daily Signal and was a finalist for "Best DOGE Reporting" in 2025.

O'Neil testified on February 26, 2025, before the House Oversight subcommittee regarding "America Last: How Foreign Aid Undermined U.S. Interests Around the World."
Biography (in part): Tyler O’Neil Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.” He graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in History at Hillsdale College. He interned with the National Journalism Center and studied journalism at the Leadership Institute.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 04:53 PM (NFX2v)

87 When you can't get it past the Ninth Circus.....

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:53 PM (kbShR)

88 Is it wrong of me to admire Ghislaine’s titties?

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:53 PM (6Hdrx)

89 The Democrat media, judiciary, NGO ratfck machine. They coordinate literally everything they do!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 04:54 PM (s+Nob)

90 The age of just make shit up and print it is in full swing.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (DIbRX)
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Out: The Information Age
In: We Con You All the Time Age.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:54 PM (Fi81e)

91 3rd times a charm.

>>@LeadingReport
·
19m
>>JUST IN: Virginia Circuit Judge blocks new Congressional map after election.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:54 PM (viF8m)

92 Yellow Dog Journalism.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:54 PM (kbShR)

93 I guess eventually even the dimmest people can learn.

Mark Cuban is moving on from Kamala Harris.

When asked at POLITICO’s Health Care Summit Tuesday whether he wants to see the former vice president run for the nation’s top job again, Cuban quickly responded, “No.”

“Don’t remember, don’t care,” he said when asked to recall her health care message during her short-lived 2024 presidential campaign. “Those days are gone.”

Harris signaled earlier this month she’s seriously considering entering the 2028 Democratic field.

“Listen, I might, I might. I’m thinking about it,” Harris told the Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network convention in New York.

https://is.gd/fOfBYm

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

94 Is it wrong of me to admire Ghislaine’s titties?
Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:53 PM (6Hdrx)

Meh. It's a venial sin at best. Enjoy.

Posted by: Ask Your Bishop at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (guGkK)

95 >>BREAKING

>>A Virginia judge ruled that the redistricting referendum CANNOT be certified because it is unconstitutional.

>>This comes directly after the narrow 51.5% - 48.5% vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:44 PM

Virginia judge found floating face down unresponsive in his pool.......

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (0N4FZ)

96 We haz our own Boazberg?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (kbShR)

97 Government by Mean Girls

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (gpQ8/)

98 Too old.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:56 PM (kbShR)

99 Two sane rulings in one day both in blue states.
Man I’m buying a lottery ticket, something is in the air.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:56 PM (6Hdrx)

100 >>JUST IN: Virginia Circuit Judge blocks new Congressional map after election.

It's going to be very interesting. The referendum should never have been approved by the court, given that the language used to frame it was so biased and partisan.

Restore fairness? GFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

101
What's up with that stupid name "Ghislaine," anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

It’s French. And it’s what my French mom wanted to name me. Lol.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 04:50 PM (p4NUW)

I can just see Piper slapping her mom upside the head as a newborn for suggesting a French name.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (y9nCu)

102 Virginia judge found floating face down unresponsive in his pool.......
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)

Hey, Obama's chef, how's it going?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (77rzZ)

103 56 Be glad there's not any Moochell bikini pics.
*waves face*
Posted by: torabora

Oh, I can help you with that! https://tinyurl.com/r2a7sytv

The Daily Mail had a whole article in 2023 about EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama enjoys a snorkeling session with a shirtless Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson in Italy - before climbing aboard Steven Spielberg's $250 MILLION superyacht

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (JCZqz)

104 So, if the Atlantic broke the Patel "story" to cover for the SPLC, isn't there some kind of crime that can be charged--like maybe something along the lines of obstruction?

We know that no Pub is going to win in a DC court, because Pubs can't be taken as the "victim" by these idealogues.

It's why the progs don't care so much about that retard shoving a 110-pound reporter lady and more about how he wants to leave the country, because people have been mean to him since he shoved that 110-pound reporter lady.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

105 How can you base law on what other states do?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (kbShR)

106 What's up with that stupid name "Ghislaine," anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

It’s French. And it’s what my French mom wanted to name me. Lol.

Are you, by chance, a conehead?

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Riz8t)

107 Busting Ray Epps would be a cherry on top of all this.
Posted by: Axeman

Yes it would as Epps is a lying POS with no moral compass. He conveniently receives a misdemeanor charge for events on Jan. 6th and gets a 1 year probation sentence from Judge Boasberg....how convenient and coincidental!

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (oiNtH)

108 88 Is it wrong of me to admire Ghislaine’s titties?
Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:53 PM (6Hdrx)
_______
They're pretty good. Certainly better than Lauren's.

Of course, you know what that makes this thread into.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (AlhUl)

109 96 We haz our own Boazberg?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:55 PM (kbShR)
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Boasberg is one odd looking dude. The only liberal judge who looks odder is Gordon Gallagher from Colorado. He looks like a fake person right out of Dick Tracy

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (MAwnQ)

110
O.K., Ghislaine should get a work release from country club prison to do a supporting role in "Caged Heat 6"

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (Y8DZL)

111 105 How can you base law on what other states do?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (kbShR)

I am the law!!!
- Gov. Spanny

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (6Hdrx)

112 57 I think Patel's lawsuit was already shitcanned.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Different lawsuit against a different guy, not the Atlantic nor its reported story at issue here.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)

113 What's up with that stupid name "Ghislaine," anyway?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

Her parents were Brits.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:59 PM (8avO+)

114 The fake Jennifer Siebel Newsome trip Alabama to show her kids hate crimes and now we find out they were all fake SPLC hit jobs.

The layers of lies in the lib fantasy world is like peeling an artichoke.

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:59 PM (GUOwU)

115 I have a hunch the other lawsuit that got thrown out will be resubmitted and acted on.

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (8uzBS)

116 Remember:
$130,000 was enough to convict Trump of 34 felonies.
Up to 4 years in prison for each count.

How many felonies is $3 million?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (tUP1A)

117 I can just see Piper slapping her mom upside the head as a newborn for suggesting a French name.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Piper's real name is from the Pawnee language, and translates into English as "Kale Slay Queen."

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (77rzZ)

118 I saw a snippet of the Patel's press conference on SPLC. The reporters were literally yelling at Kash about the Atlantic story. No questions about SPLC.

They're all in on it.

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (G0vdT)

119 105 How can you base law on what other states do?
Posted by: Boss Moss

I'm pretty sure you can at least refer to other states for guiding examples on how to rule, if there wasn't a Constitutional bar to it locally or Federally.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (y7qTK)

120 Scott Adams (RIP) called this quite a while ago.

And, I'm not convinced that the SPLC wasn't covering ALL the bases. It seems the charges reflect paying fringe groups to act a certain way to benefit the Left. But, we'd be stupid to think that they wouldn't, also, pay the usual suspect media outlets (large and small) to cover the story a specific way. And, obviously there is coordination which is plainly seen in the way always seem to apply the very same language and accusations. (the ole Rush Limbaugh montage of media statements perfectly matching up is statistically impossible, but happens again and again)

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (dIske)

121 100 >>JUST IN: Virginia Circuit Judge blocks new Congressional map after election.

It's going to be very interesting. The referendum should never have been approved by the court, given that the language used to frame it was so biased and partisan.

Restore fairness? GFY.
Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

If it gets overturned by the VA SC, that won't be the reason.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (tOcjL)

122
Truly it is heartwarming that Lauren Powell Jobs is helping humanity by employing the wealth she created with hard work and entrepreneurial spirit.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:01 PM (tgvbd)

123 If state B does C then State A does D? Sounds like bullshit to me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (kbShR)

124 19m
>>JUST IN: Virginia Circuit Judge blocks new Congressional map after election.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 04:54 PM (viF8m)
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Overruled.

Hawaiian Judge.

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (G0vdT)

125 Robert Maxwell was Jewish, in fact with Israeli connections. Not culturally a "Brit".

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (y7qTK)

126 Yes, unfortunately.

I hate letchin' on evil chicks.
Posted by: Bulg
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Conversely?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (rzTfK)

127 I guess eventually even the dimmest people can learn.

Mark Cuban is moving on from Kamala Harris.

I think that he just leaned to move on from a bad investment, not about what is actually good and just for the country. He'll support the next shitty Democrat candidate for POTUS just with a different last name.

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (oiNtH)

128 Does anyone even read The Atlantic ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (2/T3Z)

129 They're all in on it.
Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (G0vdT)
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Yup. There's not a honest bone in our press.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)

130
Not gonna look at a Big Mike bathing suit site

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Y8DZL)

131 Does anyone even read The Atlantic ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (2/T3Z)
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Not after I wipe myself.

That's gross.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Fi81e)

132 I think that he just leaned to move on from a bad investment, not about what is actually good and just for the country. He'll support the next shitty Democrat candidate for POTUS just with a different last name.

He has delusions of running himself, or at least being a kingmaker.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (Riz8t)

133 I used to wave hop in the Atlantic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (kbShR)

134 Jennifer Seibel Newsom is the Lauren Powell Jobs of Dr. Jill Bidens

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (RIvkX)

135 Ghislane was a cooz, she did have a banging body though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 22, 2026 05:03 PM (XV/Pl)

136 Don't get me wrong, there are probably a lot of the press with bones in them.

Just none of them are honest bones.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (Fi81e)

137 >>Robert Maxwell was Jewish, in fact with Israeli connections. Not culturally a "Brit".

Were your parents first cousins?

Because, it seems like your parents were first cousins.

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (ytyaf)

138 https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/ title30/chapter1/section30-19/

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (tOcjL)

139
Does anyone even read The Atlantic ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (2/T3Z)

_____________

No. Little mags are and have always been some rich benefactor's vanity project.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (tgvbd)

140 Does anyone even read The Atlantic ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (2/T3Z)
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No.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

141 Put on a burqa Yoko.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (kbShR)

142 >>Jennifer Seibel Newsom is the Lauren Powell Jobs of Dr. Jill Bidens

Very well done.

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:04 PM (ytyaf)

143 If it gets overturned by the VA SC, that won't be the reason.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 05:00 PM (tOcjL)
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You shouldn't be able to lie to your citizens on a proposal.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:05 PM (Fi81e)

144 Sooo many need to be hunted and fed to the fields of the impaled.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 05:05 PM (snZF9)

145 Who thinks SPLC is the only organization doing it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (rzTfK)

146 No indictments yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (kbShR)

147 The biggest issue on the VA amendment is that it was passed while voting was already occuring for the next general assembly. Thus, in the link I posted, the "Such amendment or amendments shall thereupon stand referred to the General Assembly at its first regular session held after the next general election of members of the House of Delegates" clause is theoretically violated...although we're probably gonna have a very interesting discussion of what the definition of "is" is...b/c what is a general election - the day of the vote or the entire voting period.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (tOcjL)

148 Wow, what a great way for the SPLC to look innocent.

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (NZIuw)

149 azfamily 3TV CBS 5
2d
In the article, posted on the magazine’s website Friday, author Sarah Fitzpatrick said Patel is deeply concerned about losing his job and that “he has good reasons to think so — including some having to do with what witnesses described to

(Reportedly, she's the former Senior Investigative Producer and Story Editor for NBC News where she lead award winning investigations and special projects for NBC and MSNBC...)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (NFX2v)

150 Who thinks SPLC is the only organization doing it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (rzTfK)
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That wouldn't be me.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (Fi81e)

151 The comment from the ex FBI guy that went on MSNBC that the judge just tossed was the seed planted 10 months ago, lets dig up the communications to prove it.

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (8uzBS)

152 After seeing Big Mike's keister, I surprised somebody didn't scuttle the yacht.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (Fbc0I)

153 Does anyone even read The Atlantic ?
____

Journalists. It's part of the bubble they live in that insulates them from the discomfort of reality.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (Dv3i1)

154
I haven't spent much time at AOS-HQ recently, but holy cow, somebody must have green-lit a brand new anti-anti-semitism initiative here.

Was Barnea personally involved in this new initiative?

It's a serious question.

We're talking psy-ops upon psy-ops upon psy-ops.

Do y'all ever get confused as to what exactly y'all's current roles are supposed to be, on a weekly/daily/hourly basis?

I wonder if Netanyahu and Barnea are at one anothers' throats?

PS: Nice Khazarian Milkers on Ghislaine.

Might/Would...

Posted by: David Ben Gurion at April 22, 2026 05:08 PM (mcvmf)

155 WTF is the meaning of the word "to" as regards the current not-so-red line with the IRGC?

As in "three TO five days."

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 22, 2026 05:08 PM (KiBMU)

156 Of course, you know what that makes this thread into.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 04:58 PM (AlhUl)

Don't be silly. All threads are boob threads, unless otherwise specified.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (DwqWV)

157 Is there an otter in that pic with Ghislaine and the other chick? I'm just asking.

Posted by: turambar at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (Q0yOR)

158 Truly it is heartwarming that Lauren Powell Jobs is helping humanity by employing the wealth she created with hard work and entrepreneurial spirit.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:01 PM (tgvbd)

Heh.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (wVcYX)

159 TBH these fvckers are more crafty than I thought.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (RIvkX)

160 Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are both fall down blackout drunks.... oh wait, that would be truth in reporting.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (DIbRX)

161 Operation Round River - wut?

@jsolomonReports predicts that the SPLC case is only the beginning of what's to come from this DOJ:

“I think we’re about to enter into a period of MAAA. Make America Accountable Again. I think with Pam Bondi moved aside, the speed at which the Justice Department will move on things that have been working in the system for months is picking up.
I think in the summer and fall, we are going to talk a lot more about a case called "Operation Round River. Its goal was to neutralize anyone who would dare suggest there was a corrupt relationship between Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, and the Ukrainian Government or the Ukrainian company Burisma.
All the people I’ve talked to in government think that Round River may be the most JAW-DROPPING of the four codename investigations that targeted Donald Trump and his followers.”

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (3ImbR)

162 From the last thread:

>> Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (JCZqz)

I can tell an asspull when I see one. Despite the precision, I doubt they can name a single actual person whose death would have been prevented by USAID. That "estimated" number is no doubt a calculation based on assumptions; and anyone can make their own assumptions, such as that it was a grifting and agitation cutout for the DNC and CIA, saving nobody.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (Sy6m/)

163 130
Not gonna look at a Big Mike bathing suit site
Posted by: Auspex
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Anterior or posterior?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (rzTfK)

164 152 After seeing Big Mike's keister, I surprised somebody didn't scuttle the yacht.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 05:07 PM (Fbc0I)

Shoulda nuked it from orbit, just to be sure.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (DwqWV)

165
If Kamala Harris were a cenobite...

She'd have a broken coconut for a head with a bottle of Val-U-Rite strapped to her mouth with barbed wire and leather straps.

And she'd say things like:

"Oh, pilgrim! The significance of pain is the pain of significance! Such sights you shall see when seeing such sights!"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 05:10 PM (iJfKG)

166 ...b/c what is a general election - the day of the vote or the entire voting period.
Posted by: Nova Local

It's both!
-CJ John Roberts

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 05:10 PM (Dv3i1)

167
"Director Patel, what about your gaffes?!"
-Reporterette Sarah

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:10 PM (RIvkX)

168 Did I miss the part where the SPLC and The Atlantic knew there was an imminent indictment coming down?

More leaks at the DOJ/FBI?

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 05:10 PM (G0vdT)

169 It's a tax.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:10 PM (kbShR)

170 The reason I believe the Virginia referendum will be overturned is that the proper procedures for a proposed constitutional amendment were not followed. Good write up at GP.
Procedures we don't need no stinking procedures

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:11 PM (gu0hJ)

171 Virginia will find some dog catching Commissar Judge to overturn that blocking

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 05:12 PM (Ia/+0)

172 Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are both fall down blackout drunks.... oh wait, that would be truth in reporting.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:09 PM (DIbRX)
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Recent deep source I saw said that Bill Clinton was a coked-fiend, always on the make, governor, who let the DEA use Arkansas as a drug hub, and that's where his 1992 campaign really came from.

Since then the Clinton family has been "mobbed up" with government agents.

Sure explains a lot, and how Hillary thinks that she should be able to coast as a drunkard.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:12 PM (Fi81e)

173 As in "three TO five days."
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 22, 2026 05:08 PM (KiBMU)
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It means more attacks in 24-48 hours.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (RIvkX)

174 JackStraw has been ringing the Ukraine bell for years and he's about to be vindicated when this (Op Round Riv.) is all exposed.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (3ImbR)

175 That's what I call audacity - accusing Patel of being an out of control drunkard, and at the same time being a fine friend and a huge supporter of Kamala, of all people. Kamala is so apparently drunk every time she is in front of an audience, who covers her complete ignorance on all subjects with hee-hawing unjustifiable laughter, and when she does manage to spew out some words, they make no sense. This Jobs woman has got some nerve, I'll give her that.

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (rt1xc)

176 House GOP majority went up temporarily. Georgia Democrat Congressman David Scott is mort today. That seat will probably not be filled for about 40 days unless a runoff occurs.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

177 170 The reason I believe the Virginia referendum will be overturned is that the proper procedures for a proposed constitutional amendment were not followed. Good write up at GP.
Procedures we don't need no stinking procedures
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:11 PM (gu0hJ)
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I know in WI, a amendment has to be approved by the voters and passed in two consecutive legislative sessions.

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (G0vdT)

178 More leaks at the DOJ/FBI?
Posted by: WisRich

Sure do look that way, no?

Posted by: MkY at April 22, 2026 05:14 PM (q6tQZ)

179 ""Do y'all ever get confused as to what exactly y'all's current roles are supposed to be, on a weekly/daily/hourly basis?""

Hmm, no confusion here. I'm pretty consistent in my reincarnated ancient barbarian self. I just haven't figured out if I was a warlord or warrior poet. The search continues...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 05:14 PM (snZF9)

180 Kamala could make a good living posing for pictures with average looking females, for a fee.

She definitely brings out the best in a Bloomingdale's 6.

Posted by: garrett at April 22, 2026 05:14 PM (ytyaf)

181
It means more attacks in 24-48 hours.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (RIvkX)

___________

*KABOOOOOM!*

"Hmmm. My watch must be fast."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:14 PM (tgvbd)

182 BIG ASS TITTIES.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (706cY)

183 117 I can just see Piper slapping her mom upside the head as a newborn for suggesting a French name.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Except my mom was actually French. I am a first generation American on my mom’s side. My middle name is very French - it is hard to escape when English is your mother’s second language.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (p4NUW)

184 Never going to look for pics, but I can only assume any women's bathing suit worn by Big Mike was personally commissioned and the crotchal area is woven out of Mithril, so as to prevent anything, er, springing forth.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (oqH4h)

185 she was or is one of Disney's biggest shareholders as well, when Jobs died and she got control of his shares it's no surprise Disney took a hard left

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (ubCxQ)

186 There's another organization called "Indivisible" that was instrumental in all those "No Kings" protests. They are, arguably, a subcontractor of the US Intelligence community that initially was handling a lot of the overseas work shaping politics in various countries. They are well financed (no one seems to know from where), and rumor has it that a bunch of the terminated intelligence employees gravitated towards them upon leaving.

So, don't think that the SPLC is the only organization out there throwing dollars around to shape events.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (dIske)

187 125 Robert Maxwell was Jewish, in fact with Israeli connections. Not culturally a "Brit".
Posted by: gKWVE

He was born a Czech before WWII I think. Original name, Jan Ludvik Hoch.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)

188 As in "three TO five days."
Posted by: M. Gaga at April 22, 2026 05:08 PM (KiBMU)
=====

It means more attacks in 24-48 hours.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 05:13 PM (RIvkX)

Achmed has a long mustache.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (wVcYX)

189 100 >>JUST IN: Virginia Circuit Judge blocks new Congressional map after election.

It's going to be very interesting. The referendum should never have been approved by the court, given that the language used to frame it was so biased and partisan.

Restore fairness? GFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:56 PM (Riz8t)

'Fair' is a term they love to use. The rich must pay their FAIR share! Elections must be free and FAIR! Laws must be FAIR to everyone! Justice must be FAIR.

The word/term, used in a political context, must poll very favorable in the Dem's focus groups and internal polls. Why not? Everyone wants everything to ideally, be FAIR.

Professional propagandists, including psychologists who specialize in group persuasion and motivation, know precisely what words to use and in what contexts for specific political target groups.

The Left is nothing but propagandists. Some write it; many, many disseminate it.

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (5rh/l)

190 Her friend has a set of melons.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 05:16 PM (HinvH)

191 Except my mom was actually French. I am a first generation American on my mom’s side. My middle name is very French - it is hard to escape when English is your mother’s second language.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (p4NUW)

I'm a first generation American on my Moms side too... Though Sweden not France..

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 05:17 PM (2/T3Z)

192 And speaking of BIG ASS TITTIES.

Pam Bondi "stepping aside" seems to have removed a log jam at the DoJ with regards to all the BULL SHIT.

Coincidence?

Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 05:17 PM (706cY)

193 Hmm, no confusion here. I'm pretty consistent in my reincarnated ancient barbarian self. I just haven't figured out if I was a warlord or warrior poet. The search continues...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 05:14 PM (snZF9)
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Go with "samurai" so you can be both.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 05:17 PM (gnNyN)

194 My middle name is very French

==

Genevieve? Yvonne ? Jeanne??

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)

195 Genevieve!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)

196 * I read minds

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (GD0B3)

197 "Kamala is so apparently drunk every time she is in front of an audience, who covers her complete ignorance on all subjects with hee-hawing unjustifiable laughter, and when she does manage to spew out some words, they make no sense.
Posted by: washrivergal"

She seems stoned to me. Maybe drunk and stoned at times..

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (GUOwU)

198 I’ve been away driving all day… but all I can say about this one is: G Maxwell has huge, very nice bazoombas!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (/iXAp)

199 Pam Bondi "stepping aside" seems to have removed a log jam at the DoJ with regards to all the BULL SHIT.

Coincidence?
Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 05:17 PM (706cY)
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Bondi put together the gran juries in Florida who are doing a lot of this.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)

200
The MFM's been working overtime lately. The Patel crap; "MAGA is abandoning Trump" stories; "Trump was locked out of the Pentagon, and denied access to nuclear codes because he was erratic" stories, etc.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)

201 If state B does C then State A does D? Sounds like bullshit to me.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:02 PM (kbShR)

Sounds like a chorus in a song.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 05:19 PM (g8Ew8)

202 I request my fair share of big ass melon titties.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:20 PM (wVcYX)

203 Are you, by chance, a conehead?
Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04

Yes.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:20 PM (p4NUW)

204 Tech billionaires are worse than the fucking Russians.
And so are their side pieces.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 05:20 PM (xcxpd)

205
News to me about Bill Gates' ex.

I thought hanging with Epstein was her grounds for divorce

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 05:20 PM (Y8DZL)

206 It's #Fake and #Gay all the way down ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:20 PM (l7fPC)

207 Oh, I can help you with that! https://tinyurl.com/r2a7sytv

The Daily Mail had a whole article in 2023 about EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama enjoys a snorkeling session with a shirtless Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson in Italy - before climbing aboard Steven Spielberg's $250 MILLION superyacht
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (JCZqz)

Yoooouuuuu d*******ck!

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (6+ehB)

208 Who? Never heard of her.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (2Ez/1)

209 Ghislane has some gazongas
Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 04:38 PM (oqH4h)

Despite her well-documented evil, she is a One.

Posted by: stacy abrams at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (utfVc)

210 194 My middle name is very French

==

Genevieve? Yvonne ? Jeanne??
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026

Yvonne is my sister’s middle name.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (p4NUW)

211 Another AWFL, from the Daily Mail:

A Condé Nast writer who owns a stunning $2.2 million brownstone home in Brooklyn proudly admitted to shoplifting because she believes it is not 'morally wrong' to steal from corporations.

The New Yorker contributor Jia Tolentino, 37, claimed stealing food from Whole Foods Market is not 'very significant' because the supermarket, which is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, can afford the losses and mistreats its workers.

She admitted to pilfering small-value items, including lemons, to The New York Times during a sit-down with millionaire communist Hasan Piker and culture editor Nadja Spiegelman in a conversation about the rise of 'micro-looting' from shops.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)

212 182 BIG ASS TITTIES.
Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (706cY)

What, pray tell, are ass titties? Or do I not want to know?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:23 PM (DwqWV)

213 f Kamala Harris were a cenobite...

She'd have a broken coconut for a head with a bottle of Val-U-Rite strapped to her mouth with barbed wire and leather straps.

And she'd say things like:

"Oh, pilgrim! The significance of pain is the pain of significance! Such sights you shall see when seeing such sights!"
Posted by: naturalfake
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ROTFLMAO!!!! 🤣

Posted by: lin-duh at April 22, 2026 05:23 PM (9U6Wl)

214 I guess it's a boob thread.

Posted by: Just got here at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (2Ez/1)

215 Genevieve? Yvonne ? Jeanne??
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026

Yvonne is my sister’s middle name.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (p4NUW)

Ah so. So yours is Yvette.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (g8Ew8)

216 This ought to REALLY help him win his $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic.

Make Media Bankruptcies Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (l7fPC)

217 This seems pretty cut and dried.

>>@JonathanTurley
·
13m
>>We are having quite the night in the courts. A Virginia judge just blocked the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's congressional map referendum as unlawful. Judge Jack Hurley Jr., ruled that Democrats did not follow the correct procedure for a constitutional amendment....

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)

218 Waffle House 2.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (kbShR)

219
Putting 2000 black men in prison for weed as California A G while you're using is a Dam hall of fame move for Kamala.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (Y8DZL)

220 Oh, I can help you with that! https://tinyurl.com/r2a7sytv

The Daily Mail had a whole article in 2023 about EXCLUSIVE: Michelle Obama enjoys a snorkeling session with a shirtless Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson in Italy - before climbing aboard Steven Spielberg's $250 MILLION superyacht
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 22, 2026 04:57 PM (JCZqz)

Not clicking on that, hell no. But if there is no bulge, it won't be a camel toe either, but likely a moose knuckle.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (snZF9)

221 Escargot

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)

222 "Ass" is a universal adverb.
Dumb ass
Slow ass
Fat ass
Sorry ass
etc...

Posted by: Grammar nerd at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (2Ez/1)

223 >>We are having quite the night in the courts. A Virginia judge just blocked the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's congressional map referendum as unlawful. Judge Jack Hurley Jr., ruled that Democrats did not follow the correct procedure for a constitutional amendment....

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)
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Praise God.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:25 PM (Fi81e)

224 'micro-looting'
____________________

Sometimes it annoys me that language is so malleable. It allows people to soften and rationalize criminal behavior. Softening the blow used to be a kindness. Now it is a tool.

Posted by: Orson at April 22, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)

225 Ghislane has some gazongas
Posted by: ballistic

Obviously IDF

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 05:26 PM (W5mpo)

226 Khazar.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:26 PM (kbShR)

227 What, pray tell, are ass titties? Or do I not want to know?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 05:23 PM (DwqWV)

Kim KardASSian.

For the life of me, I have never gotten the clown ass look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)

228 Passing through.

Grok says the Atlantic has 1.4 million paying subscribers....

Time to finish off cleaning the car before the Earth Day threads start showing up. I have a very special story about where I was when I found out Mother Gaia was actually flat.

Touching....trust me...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 05:27 PM (Sco7b)

229 Everything is an op with these nematodes. Absolutely everything. I wish we were as good at it.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 22, 2026 05:28 PM (V/2nV)

230 13m
>>We are having quite the night in the courts. A Virginia judge just blocked the state from certifying the results of Tuesday's congressional map referendum as unlawful. Judge Jack Hurley Jr., ruled that Democrats did not follow the correct procedure for a constitutional amendment....
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)
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That's one thing we can count on with the Left.

They get so excited about enacting their wish lists of unconstitutional items, they forget to cross the i's and dot the t's when it comes to the details.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 05:28 PM (gnNyN)

231 My middle name is very French

==

Genevieve? Yvonne ? Jeanne??
Posted by: runner

My name is Jeff.
Posted by: Channing Tatum

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 05:28 PM (/Vcgx)

232 A number of people have asked me about Lauren Powell Jobs ...

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BFF of Ghislaine Maxwell?

It's incestuousness all the way down ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:28 PM (l7fPC)

233
The Obama's are show biz folk.

Hope their production business just gets better now than Netflix dropped them.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (Y8DZL)

234 Anyone know offhand how many Trump judge nominees are being held up in DC?

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (pDt9x)

235 $20 same as in town.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (kbShR)

236 This ought to REALLY help him win his $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic.

and revive the $250m MSNBC/MSNOW suit as well

RICO! it's more that five now

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (8uzBS)

237 SCOVA has final word....

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (W5mpo)

238
Judge Jack Hurley Jr., ruled that Democrats did not follow the correct procedure for a constitutional amendment....
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 05:24 PM (viF8m)

___________

The Democrats will just say that it is "deemed" to have passed. Any legal challenges will be considered "insurrection".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (tgvbd)

239 Ghislaine has large breasts, I noticed.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (pDt9x)

240 215 Genevieve? Yvonne ? Jeanne??
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026

Yvonne is my sister’s middle name.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (p4NUW)

++++

Mimi? Nicole?

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (rt1xc)

241
Yvonne is my sister’s middle name.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:21 PM (p4NUW)

___________

Céline? Charlotte? Marie?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:31 PM (tgvbd)

242 Solange? Germaine?

Posted by: sal at April 22, 2026 05:31 PM (f+FmA)

243 CNN has just learned of a massive explosion in Tehran located near the Barry Sotero Gay Islamic Children's Learing Center.

CNN is also reporting that Rep. Hakeen Jefferies is introducing impeachment articles against President Obama for not defending the.....

LBTQERCVHYJIMGTRESDFHKIOPN+ Worldwide Communities.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at April 22, 2026 05:31 PM (xl8DV)

244 To get back to Cenobites, I actually prefer this version better. I was never really big on alien / horror movies or shows except that I enjoyed the first "Alien" movie:

https://tinyurl.com/5y8drwe2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:31 PM (a9Uqu)

245
Some people may have done some things.
Mistakes may have been made.
If so, it was in the enthusiasm of the moment.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Old news.
Time to move on.

Posted by: (D)emocrats & The MSM at April 22, 2026 05:31 PM (vParu)

246 I was Kash Patel’s Sherpa ...

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That's some seriously racist cultural appropriation!

Imma so triggered right now and shaking so violently that I just lost a tooth ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (l7fPC)

247 Eugenie!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (GD0B3)

248 The New Yorker contributor Jia Tolentino, 37, claimed stealing food from Whole Foods Market is not 'very significant' because the supermarket, which is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, can afford the losses and mistreats its workers.
>>>>

Jia Tolentino met her husband, Andrew Daley, an architect, while they were students at the University of Virginia. In the essay "I Thee Dread" in her book Trick Mirror, Tolentino writes at length about her ambivalence toward marriage. Together, they have two children.

It must be A Wonderful Life being married to or raised by such a salt-of-the-Earth woman.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (wVcYX)

249 There were a lot of Amys in those days.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (kbShR)

250 Nood

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (DIbRX)

251 Center NOOD.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 05:32 PM (Fi81e)

252 That's one thing we can count on with the Left.

They get so excited about enacting their wish lists of unconstitutional items, they forget to cross the i's and dot the t's when it comes to the details.
__

Which is why they WILL pack SCOTUS and then the country is well and truly f*cked. You won't even believe the new "interpretations" of the Constitution that Chief Justice Affirmative Action Jackson and her four (or eight) new DEI Monsters will come up with.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (qUkBO)

253
Ghislaine has large breasts, I noticed.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 05:29 PM (pDt9x)

______________

If asked later what the most important takeaway is from this post, every single normal guy will say, "Ghislaine has big bazooms."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (tgvbd)

254 Mulva?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (gu0hJ)

255
Even money Spanburger just goes ahead with the new districts in the general election.

Who would stop the new commie congress critters from being seated?

Republicans? Yeah, I kid.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 05:34 PM (Y8DZL)

256 Laurene Powell Jobs is one of Kamala Harris' biggest bankrollers -- and closest friends.

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"Those "feminist" bitchez only made it riding on and profiting from the cocktails of some dude!"

/Hillary

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (l7fPC)

257 Does it rhyme with a female body part?

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at April 22, 2026 05:35 PM (2Ez/1)

258 Suzette? She's a fine maker of crepes, I am reliably informed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 05:36 PM (wVcYX)

259 Which is why they WILL pack SCOTUS and then the country is well and truly f*cked. You won't even believe the new "interpretations" of the Constitution that Chief Justice Affirmative Action Jackson and her four (or eight) new DEI Monsters will come up with.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 22, 2026 05:33 PM (qUkBO)

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

"I do what's right and wait for the law to catch up with me."

-- OG Anti-American and -Constitution Commie DEI Hire Justice Thurgood Marshall (the original Affirmative Action Jackson)

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (l7fPC)

260 NoVa Local, your cite from the Va constitution is what's had me confused from day one.
Any amendment is supposed to go through TWO successive GA approvals, and THEN to a popular vote.
This thing was one and done.
Here's hoping the court can read.

Posted by: barbarausa at April 22, 2026 05:39 PM (enw9G)

261 Except my mom was actually French. I am a first generation American on my mom’s side. My middle name is very French - it is hard to escape when English is your mother’s second language.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 05:15 PM (p4NUW)

Both of my parents were German immigrants; came over in 1956; i was born in 1970; my dad named me after his favorite race car driver of the time (Parnelli Jones)
I guess it's a parents prerogative; if I'd been able to have kids, chances are my kids would have had some kind of movie or book reference name.

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (6+ehB)

262 - before climbing aboard Steven Spielberg's $250 MILLION superyacht
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Oximpic, the miracle drug can even melt the butt off a hog.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 06:01 PM (rzTfK)

New York Times: A Year After Their Very Deserved Mass-Firing, USAID Propagandists, Grifters, and Hangers-On Are Still Looking for New Jobs, and, Get This, Not Finding Many Employers Interested in Their Skill Set of Nothing At All

The New York Times' attempt to wring sympathy out of us for people who should have had these fake "jobs" in the first place, and are now actually forced to work for a living instead of just relying on their Democrat contacts to give them well-paid, no-work political sinecures, is absurd.

These people were making almost $200,000 per year -- and then dishing out fat government contracts to their family members who just happened to be in the USAID grant check-cashing business themselves.

A Year After U.S.A.I.D.'s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss

People have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers estimate that less than half have found full-time work.
She was fired by email while on maternity leave, given 24 hours to clear out her desk and left with three days of health insurance and no severance pay. She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.
That was Jan. 28, 2025. Today Amy Uccello and her husband, who also lost his job when U.S.A.I.D. funding for his nonprofit dried up, rely on food stamps, Medicaid and a supplemental nutrition program for women and children that helps with their now 19-month-old daughter.
The mortgage on their home in Washington was until recently in forbearance, meaning they negotiated to pay less than they owed each month. But the bank has now cut them off and suggested they apply for a low-income mortgage program. "We don't know if we'll qualify," Ms. Uccello said. She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don't have jobs either.

$175,000 per year as a tick on the belly of the taxpayer while the husband was himself grifting off the grants shoveled to left-wing groups by USAID.

And they want you feel their pain.

I do feel their pain -- and it is exquisite.

"I have such sights to show you....
Here is a Walmart application."

Nights are the hardest.
"I can't sleep because of our own situation," Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. "I can't sleep because of what I know what's happening around the world. I can't sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering."

"Your suffering will be legendary, even in Hell!
BTW, Learn to Code."

When the Trump administration dismantled the sprawling global aid agency last year, it wiped out virtually an entire industry -- international development -- that had been based in Washington since U.S.A.I.D.'s creation in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Nearly all of the agency's 16,000 employees were laid off. An estimated 280,000 contractors, partners and local hires worldwide lost their jobs as well.
A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before. An estimated third are unemployed. Others are in part-time work. The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

The Cenobites of DOGE are demons to some, angels to others
I hear Kinko's is hiring

Jobs are also gone at the many nonprofits and partner agencies once funded by U.S.A.I.D. "Everyone I know is also up the creek, all my bosses, my mentors, the people you would normally go to, the people providing me references," said Catherine Baker, 36, who, as a contractor, made $127,000 a year recruiting staff and helping to start up U.S.A.I.D. projects. Ms. Baker now volunteers as a manager for OneAid, which helps former U.S.A.I.D. workers, and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women.

Come upon me so I may show you The Way...
Here is The Way: Bed Bath and Beyond.
I recommend "Beyond."
That's where I got my start.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:23 PM

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1 OMG

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (4NO2D)

2 All the jobs they apply for are filled by H1-Bs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (QEvSP)

3 Egads, what movie are those pics from?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (77rzZ)

4 HA HA!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (9vFyc)

5 Those grifters are going to be hesitating for some time.
On tenterhooks, one might say.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (1ET9J)

6 When the Trump administration dismantled the sprawling global aid agency last year, it wiped out virtually an entire industry -- international development -- that had been based in Washington since U.S.A.I.D.'s creation in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy. Nearly all of the agency's 16,000 employees were laid off. An estimated 280,000 contractors, partners and local hires worldwide lost their jobs as well.

I needed some cheerful news.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)

7 This was an ecosystem.

It wasn't direct donations, but it created a class of people who supported the Democrat Party socially, financially, and electorally.

Going from $275,000 a year to $17 an hour greatly, GREATLY reduces how much time and money they have to donate to the Democrat Party.

There are going to be effects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (QEvSP)

8 Just checked my GAF meter.

Still no movement.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (TezPK)

9 Gee that's just terrible.....naw.

Posted by: Esperman at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (lXuCG)

10 Going long on cardboard shelters and sterno.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:24 PM (abIsI)

11 NYT readers may be one of the few demographics that would sympathize with these grifters.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 22, 2026 03:24 PM (rJ48h)

12 LOFNL ace. But I guess I love the cenobite gag. It's a gag, right?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (HgRco)

13 Cenobites (from Clive Barker) freak me out. Body horror makes me shiver.

So...good post for journalists.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (xcxpd)

14 My schadenfreude counter is off the charts, however.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (TezPK)

15 Fuck. These. People. Until they're all under bridges blowing hobos, my lust for vengeance against these vile parasites will not be satiated.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)

16 A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives. Former U.S.A.I.D. workers who have done informal surveys estimate that less than half have found full-time work, with many making less than before.

I drink their tears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (4NO2D)

17 >>> 6
==
I needed some cheerful news.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (4NO2D)

Same here.

>>> 7 This was an ecosystem.

It wasn't direct donations, but it created a class of people who supported the Democrat Party socially, financially, and electorally.

Going from $275,000 a year to $17 an hour greatly, GREATLY reduces how much time and money they have to donate to the Democrat Party.

There are going to be effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (QEvSP)

And here's mister illiterate asshoe with additional fine cruelty.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (9vFyc)

18 It's a gag, right?
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (HgRco)

We do have those.

Posted by: the Hell Priest. at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (1ET9J)

19 Dude with nails on his face looks familiar.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (Oy/m2)

20 Egads, what movie are those pics from?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM

Hellraiser.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (bFu5X)

21 Raising Hell on the main page.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

22 It wasn't direct donations, but it created a class of people who supported the Democrat Party socially, financially, and electorally.

Going from $275,000 a year to $17 an hour greatly, GREATLY reduces how much time and money they have to donate to the Democrat Party.

There are going to be effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (QEvSP)

And here's mister illiterate asshoe with additional fine cruelty.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (9vFyc)

He's also a glowie, I hear.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

23 Get This, Not Finding Many Employers Interested in Their Skill Set of Nothing At All

They could be Paul's backup!

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (z0cWr)

24 Dude with nails on his face looks familiar.
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (Oy/m2)
---
He's some pinhead.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (Fi81e)

25 "and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women"

Yes yes and goes to church and feeds orphans and adopts lonely sick puppies and nurses them back to health. My God what wretched people these are.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (HgRco)

26 I do feel their pain -- and it is exquisite.
=====

Not giving a sh*t even as they speak.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (RIvkX)

27 Don't. Call. Me. 'Pinhead'.

Posted by: the Hell Priest at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (1ET9J)

28 Parasites hardest hit.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (TezPK)

29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

30
LinkEd in:

1993-1996: Bachelors in Badmitten/TableTennis Cal State
1996-1999: Grifted for non profit
1999-2017:Grifted for profit
2017:2005: Grifted for Government

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (IifOV)

31 Dude with nails on his face looks familiar.
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM

He works at my local 7-11.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)

32 "100 applications"

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Try lowering those sights to a entry level job in Wyoming or something, toots.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (8avO+)

33 A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds and moved in with friends and relatives.

Should ha' planned better, sold what they could to get out, moved somewhere cheaper immediately...

..but that means they wouldn't have been in the center of power and I guess that's just a step too far.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (a+4eV)

34 22
He's also a glowie, I hear.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

=======

At least I'm not a defeatist!

(reference to a thread this morning)

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (QEvSP)

35 Latest hot take I see all the leftists going on about is that "Trump needs to get out of our lives"

Which is funny considering the last guy was mandating a poison shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

36 29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

======

The correct way to phrase this would be:

"Can I say this without everyone getting mad?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (QEvSP)

37 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (2ap+5)

38 Send them to Iran. I hear they are hiring.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (Cqx++)

39 Banner news day, Ace. This post is a great addition.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (dK+Kv)

40 I drink their tears.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (4NO2D)

I lovingly collect them in a rainkeeper and then dump them in my septic system where they feel most at home.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (HgRco)

41 I'm pretty sure a cenobite served my coffee this morning.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (1ET9J)

42 "and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women"

Yes yes and goes to church and feeds orphans and adopts lonely sick puppies and nurses them back to health. My God what wretched people these are.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (HgRco)

sounds like one of those scams involving elderly care that are taking in billions these days. Not all finished with the scams.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (8avO+)

43 I calculate that as $212.50 per hour, and no idea what the compensation package was

I remember being excited when I was getting $21.00 an hour plus Kaiser health insurance, I managed to save $10,000 that year. Imagine having a burn rate of cash that would eat 200 bucks an hour.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (rbvCR)

44 >>> 35 Latest hot take I see all the leftists going on about is that "Trump needs to get out of our lives"

Which is funny considering the last guy was mandating a poison shot.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

Yeah, I wonder how many of these shitbags were all over that? ... but didn't get the clot shot for *themselves* ...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (9vFyc)

45 Good

I hope they starve to death

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (rjWVN)

46 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)
---
Definitely would eat your face off, though.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (Fi81e)

47 I worked for USACE for years, as a professional Architect, and never, never, never even got close to earning $175,000. WTF?

Government jobs are supposed to adhere to the payment schedule. These clearly did not.

Slush fund grifting, all of it.

Quit whining and go work for Walmart.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (DwqWV)

48 I thought there was plenty of room for team members in the customized caffeine beverage industry.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (0U5gm)

49 I was down in the dumps over the way Iran is jerking us around. This story makes me feel much better. It's what I voted for.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (AlhUl)

50 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts
=====

Schwing!!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (RIvkX)

51 Try lowering those sights to a entry level job in Wyoming or something, toots.
Posted by: Oldcat

Street cleaner in New Delhi.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (TezPK)

52 Who needs another Propaganda Minister?
They are a dime a dozen

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)

53 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (2ap+5)

They usually attacked from all sides shooting wildly until the JOES team showed up and kicked their asses.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (8avO+)

54 "and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women"

Is that an hour a day per woman? I mean, don't strain yourself there.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (4NO2D)

55 USAID was $40 billion a year.

At least 90% of that went to DC.

That's 5 Hollywood's box office in a single year just funding Democrat apparatchiks who did nothing but advocate for the Democrat Party for literally decades.

And it's now gone.

Even if a Democrat wins in 2028, they have to find ways to pay their bills for the next three years. Many will move out of the area. That's a long time to have reduced influence.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (QEvSP)

56 Cenobite Appreciation Thread.

Finally!

Posted by: Please Accept This Puzzlebox as a Gift at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (TcwvF)

57 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.
Posted by: Oglebay

I always found it odd that a health-insurance organization has an acronym that is a homophone of the word for a highly venomous snake.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

58 "$175,000 per year as a tick on the belly of the taxpayer while the husband was himself grifting off the grants shoveled to left-wing groups by USAID."

Seems someone was living way beyond their means. That's way more than than wife and I made combined in any given year but we managed to pay off our 30 year mortgage 19 years early and put a huge chunk of $$$$ into our savings account, enough that we could survive for 6-8 months if all of our money was cut off.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (0N4FZ)

59 A cruel, Hellraiser Ace is one of my favorite Aces.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (M7rua)

60 >>>
==
Imagine having a burn rate of cash that would eat 200 bucks an hour.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (rbvCR)

Pfft, that's nothing.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (9vFyc)

61 "I can't sleep because of our own situation," Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. "I can't sleep because of what I know what's happening around the world.

Even in the midst of her "pity me" wail, she can't help but slip in a shot at Trump. Gee, I wonder why you're unemployed, and apparently unemployable.

Posted by: The striped pants set at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)

62 50 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts
=====

Schwing!!!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (RIvkX)

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And DC is expensive.

They should move to Colorado instead, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (QEvSP)

63 The Hellraiser universe is kind of weird.

It isn't clear if the Cenobites are supposed to be traditional sorts of demons or entities that worship a pain/pleasure god.

And the writer was into weird gay sex stuff so it is clear where he was getting his ideas from...

Which is not to say the movies are all bad - some of them are entertaining...but it is in a very weird, screwup, universe

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)

64 Pins in her face and literally the word "bite" in her name. Pass.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (HgRco)

65 "Learn to Cenobite"

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (M7rua)

66
This is really going to affect the market for anthropology and sociology majors.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (tgvbd)

67 The Medical Symbol is a couple of twisted snakes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (kbShR)

68 Thank you, Ace. This reminded me why I love Trump.

Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (0e5Te)

69 The Guardian: ‘Ignorance and cruelty’: former USAID official details devastation inflicted by Doge cuts. Nicholas Enrich was an eyewitness to the dismantling of the US foreign aid organization by the Trump administration

Oxfam summed up the effects: “The effect of these cuts on people is dire: at least 23 million children stand to lose access to education, and as many as 95 million people would lose access to basic healthcare, potentially leading to more than 3 million preventable deaths per year,” the charity estimated.

But for a workforce of more than 10,000 people inside USAID, like Enrich, the efforts felt like a wrecking ball. “It looked like a group of unqualified people that came in to replace decades of expertise and tore down an agency,” he says.

Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (JCZqz)

70 It isn't clear if the Cenobites are supposed to be traditional sorts of demons or entities that worship a pain/pleasure god.

....

Which is not to say the movies are all bad -

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)

What's the bad part?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (HgRco)

71 Good

I hope they starve to death

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (rjWVN)

Then they would be deprived of achieving their highest societal use, which is that of lamp post adornments.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (dK+Kv)

72 63 The Hellraiser universe is kind of weird.

It isn't clear if the Cenobites are supposed to be traditional sorts of demons or entities that worship a pain/pleasure god.

And the writer was into weird gay sex stuff so it is clear where he was getting his ideas from...

Which is not to say the movies are all bad - some of them are entertaining...but it is in a very weird, screwup, universe

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (sKqQm)

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I've only seen the first one. Which I liked quite a bit.

I've thought about doing the series for a Halloween thing for a couple of years.

Well, maybe next year. This year will be Hammer time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (QEvSP)

73 Rod of Asclepius.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (kbShR)

74
I liked Phantasm movies as well. The Chrome ball flying around killing controlled by the undertaker. Great era of scary gore.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (IifOV)

75 Why don't they start learing centers for disadvantaged yutes?

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (AlhUl)

76 So, what you are saying, is you want me to punch your tough shit card.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (gm9Sb)

77 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

The blade is saying he may have a grudge against his dick. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (snZF9)

78 Going from $275,000 a year to $17 an hour greatly, GREATLY reduces how much time and money they have to donate to the Democrat Party.

There are going to be effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (QEvSP)

And here's mister illiterate asshoe with additional fine cruelty.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (9vFyc)

He's also a glowie, I hear.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2026 03:26 PM (xcxpd)

I doubt they donated anything to the DNC, they get their cut up front from the NGO. A kickback to a boss, maybe.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (8avO+)

79 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts.

Ed!!!!! The Schadenboner is on Line 2!!!

- Grace

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (bFu5X)

80 37 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (2ap+5)

COBRA just means you can pay for all of it after you are not working there. How you are supposed to have enough money for that when you are not working is unclear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (DwqWV)

81 The refugees should start a reverse Hallmark company. Greeting cards etc with really snotty condescending messages. Otherwise I would imagine the glory hole is hiring.
The learn to code doesn't work with these nitwits. I would not want to use anything they coded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (gu0hJ)

82 29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

---

They don't call them brown baggers for nuttin'

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (M7rua)

83 I honestly think there are a lot of unemployable people that currently have a cushy job because they're of the proper demographic. They contribute nothing, yet pull a sweet paycheck down every two weeks.

They're a drag on society.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (AkEZC)

84 69 Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (JCZqz)

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Maybe they should have learned to grow rice instead of relying on aid.

Sorry, we're not the world's food bank.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (QEvSP)

85 They should move to Colorado instead, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

Minnesota.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (TezPK)

86 Which is funny considering the last guy was mandating a poison shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
---
That's what you want to keep it to.

They don't really want a discussion. Just fire back.

Saw a person posting on X about Trump not concentrating on (the Dem buzzword) "affordability". -> Yeah, from the party that gaslit you throughout a 20% increase in prices all across the board!

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (Fi81e)

87 USAID was supposed to be the first of many. And then Doge just disappeared.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (6Hdrx)

88 Seems someone was living way beyond their means. That's way more than than wife and I made combined in any given year but we managed to pay off our 30 year mortgage 19 years early and put a huge chunk of $$$$ into our savings account, enough that we could survive for 6-8 months if all of our money was cut off.

There are basically two classes of "the rich"

One class has a high income and blows it all. Pretty much all of the Karens I know are in this class and even with high 100K to 200k+ incomes they are a couple paychecks away from bankruptcy

The other class has a mid to high income but basically saves it all. This is the class the left wants to tax because "they have too much money"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

89 50 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts

I think I need a air of stretch pants or, I could leave my front zipper open.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (abIsI)

90 potentially leading to more than 3 million preventable deaths per year,” the charity estimated.
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"Potentially" doing a hefty lift here

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (HgRco)

91
"and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women"

Eight days a week is not enough to show I care.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (Cqx++)

92 Oxfam summed up the effects: “The effect of these cuts on people is dire: at least 23 million children stand to lose access to education, and as many as 95 million people would lose access to basic healthcare, potentially leading to more than 3 million preventable deaths per year,” the charity estimated.

But for a workforce of more than 10,000 people inside USAID, like Enrich, the efforts felt like a wrecking ball. “It looked like a group of unqualified people that came in to replace decades of expertise and tore down an agency,” he says.

Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 03:31 PM (JCZqz)

Leftist women might have aborted 23 million of their children, but they didn't have 23 million.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (8avO+)

93 "and works nine hours a week as a companion for two elderly women"

I wonder if she's applied for work at the Learing Centers.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)

94 "I can't sleep because of what I know what's happening around the world."

Lotsa people on the right are doing great! So sad to see you're so miserable. Have you checked out MAID? I hear it's great this time of year. Even better than bofa!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)

95 I greatly appreciate the work of DOGE, but I'd probably prefer looking at pictures of cenobites who were part of a monastic religious order , and not some creepy aliens.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (Yl2Ob)

96 An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children

I am always amazed at the precision of bullshit statistics.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (4NO2D)

97 The former USAID staffers and their ecosystem would be more at home in Canada, I suspect.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (2ap+5)

98 78 I doubt they donated anything to the DNC, they get their cut up front from the NGO. A kickback to a boss, maybe.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:32 PM (8avO+)

========

These people are religious fanatics.

They probably donated to the DNC more than people donated to Jim Bakker.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (QEvSP)

99 Ace, this is beautiful, man.

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (q177U)

100 18-1, Barker was trying to leave it a mystery in "Hellbound Heart" and then the first "Hellraiser".
Later with "Hellraiser 2" and especially "Scarlet Gospels", Barker expanded the lore such that the Cenobites had taken over Hell's capital city from the big guy Stan himself.
I liked it a little better the first time. It made it more Lovecraftian. As if there are horrible things on the edge of our reality which we shouldn't tap into, lest they tap into us.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (1ET9J)

101
at least 23 million children stand to lose access to education, and as many as 95 million people would lose access to basic healthcare

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tf.

We have truly been Atlas. Well, they can give us an Atlas-worthy Thank You before we look their way again.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (n7rxJ)

102 this is the best news I've had in a long long time!

lol eat sh*t !!!

btw, the idea of returning part of VA - the quite rich, very lefty, this-type-of-person part - after their disenfranchisement of the rest of the state of Virginia (aka, the normies) ... I mean just picture it. now you don't live in VA anymore lol. you get to support the ghetto a lil bit more directly.

I know! they'd love this! come on PDJT! make it so!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (j+aD2)

103 What's the bad part?

One of the Cenobites showed up as a rave killing people by shooting CDs out of his head.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

104 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?

Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (0e5Te)

105 She had her 1st kid at 48? Damn.

That's late even for the area.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (tOcjL)

106 I've noted previously that I knew USAID was corrupt as hell when I ate at their dining facility in Baghdad. I'm shocked the friggin' place didn't have a Michelin star. It was way better than the U.S. Embassy and miles better than anything at the UN compound.

Posted by: Bert G at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (VARTN)

107 87 USAID was supposed to be the first of many. And then Doge just disappeared.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (6Hdrx)

========

"If I don't see it, it's not happening."

https://x.com/DOGE/status/
2032968085724963271

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (QEvSP)

108 I have to re read some Barker

he is pretty great at that writing stuff

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (j+aD2)

109 The Joann chain of craft shops closed last summer.

19,000 people lost their jobs.

Strangely, the New York Times didn't run an article on the suffering of people laid off in that case.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (n1OCj)

110 Cenobite Appreciation Thread.

Finally!
Posted by: Please Accept This Puzzlebox as a Gift at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (TcwvF)
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Is Yoko a cenobite?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (Fi81e)

111 Figures the NYT would be there to offer tissues to these unless fucks.

Posted by: Cate at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (a0K1I)

112 I do not know where those pics are from and now I really never want to know. My dreams are bad enough without more nightmare fuel. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Also, the former USAID people can kiss my hairy ass.

Posted by: turambar at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (Q0yOR)

113
NYT readers may be one of the few demographics that would sympathize with these grifters.
Posted by: mr tmz

==============

The comments are hugely sympathetic to the $270k/yr for 20 years losers who are now on food stamps. No kidding.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

114
104 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?

well that was back when she could afford to pay a surrogate!

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)

115 Money. It's a hit. Don't give me that do goody good bullshit.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (pvf3X)

116 Terry Farrell was in one of the Hellraiser movies. She's 62 and still gorgeous

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (gu0hJ)

117
"Nothing Will Happen" guy will have the sads over this.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

118 104 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?
Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (0e5Te)

=======

Surely a surrogate was involved.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (2ap+5)

119 >>>>
Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.

I remember the opening arguments for lockdowns, and on review of the data I figure now by geometric progression that by December 2021 the death rate from COVID was going to be twice the planet's population EVERY WEEK

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (rbvCR)

120 There is plenty of work out there. None of it involves working 10 hours a week on transgender native rights and making175k a year. What a shame.

Posted by: Nick in Tallahassee at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (wrEn7)

121 29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

She's the kind of elevated being who would peel off your entire epidermis, feed you a fistful of Viagra, and then throw salt on your degloved manhood.

Get help, brother.

Posted by: The Goggles at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (TcwvF)

122 I was puzzling about who the last picture reminded me of, since I've never watched any Hellraiser movies, and then I got it - the Doof Warrior flamethrowing guitarist from Fury Road.

Posted by: far cry at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (wBRco)

123 Barker literally blew out his asshole in BDSM clubs in the 1970s, which affected his health drastically. He had big sepsis problems a decade ago or so.
Moral: don't do that.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (1ET9J)

124 117
"Nothing Will Happen" guy will have the sads over this.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (Y8DZL)

=======

BurtTC will show up again to insist that even though USAID workers are out of work, USAID still exists in just another name and is doing all the same things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (QEvSP)

125 47 I worked for USACE for years, as a professional Architect, and never, never, never even got close to earning $175,000. WTF?

Government jobs are supposed to adhere to the payment schedule. These clearly did not.

Slush fund grifting, all of it.

Quit whining and go work for Walmart.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (DwqWV)

You dont understand....these were NONgovernmental agencies.

See see? Sure the got 90% oftheitr funding from the government or another ngo that was 90% gov... SEE? NGO!

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (LD+oO)

126 The comments are hugely sympathetic to the $270k/yr for 20 years losers who are now on food stamps. No kidding.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM (n7rxJ)

Well the NYT demographic is just these kind of grifters. Their news certainly doesn't provide any facts people could use.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (8avO+)

127
19,000 people lost their jobs.

Strangely, the New York Times didn't run an article on the suffering of people laid off in that case.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (n1OCj)

___________

They didn't go to Princeton.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (tgvbd)

128 Jesus Wept.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (iXqHn)

129 I am always amazed at the precision of bullshit statistics.
Posted by: toby928(c)

83.524% of statistics are just made up.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

130 USAID is just a slush fund for bureaucrats

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (Ia/+0)

131 The former USAID staffers and their ecosystem would be more at home in Canada, I suspect.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM

With the evil Orange Man running America, they're perfect candidates to be the sort of annoying ex-pats I met in the Hague working for the UN. Of course, they'd have to compete with useless, zero-skillset Euros for the same jobs...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (bFu5X)

132 USAID grainbags Air America?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (kbShR)

133 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?

That's the opening scene to "Scarlet Gospels".

Posted by: gKWVE did not want to see that sight at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (1ET9J)

134 Someone on X said that the USAID people had to be paid high salaries because they had to be ready at the drop of a hat to rush off to some Third World hellhole when necessary.

Somebody replied: "C'mon, Northern Virginia isn't that bad."

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (n1OCj)

135 >>>104 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?

there's why you can't sleep at night, lady

Posted by: brak at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (jGJov)

136 BurtTC will show up again to insist that even though USAID workers are out of work, USAID still exists in just another name and is doing all the same things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (QEvSP)

I'd say the disarray of the NGO crowd says different.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

137 I think Doge is still operating, but not big headlines like it was. Seems now a lot of it is just pointing out all the fraud, which I still rarely see headlines of "yeah, we cut it off". There's a problem over there, we should do nothing about it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (n5tGW)

138 >>> 103 What's the bad part?
==
One of the Cenobites showed up as a rave killing people by shooting CDs out of his head.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

He worked for AOL?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (9vFyc)

139 She is 49 and has an 19 month old??? Kind of old to have a baby without a lot of help or a surrogate... just saying.

Posted by: lin-duh at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (nRQOy)

140 She's the kind of elevated being who would peel off your entire epidermis, feed you a fistful of Viagra, and then throw salt on your degloved manhood.

Posted by: The Goggles at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM

People will pay good money for that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (4NO2D)

141 Lemmy buy you a starbucks New Toasted Coconut Cream Cold Brew.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (Fbc0I)

142 Here's the thing. Most folks in the area know these folks don't want to work...so they don't hire them. They want to chat and email and meet. But not get down and dirty working.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)

143 Nights are the hardest.
"I can't sleep because of our own situation," Ms. Uccello, 49, said over coffee on a recent afternoon. "I can't sleep because of what I know what's happening around the world. I can't sleep because my former colleagues and friends are also suffering."

-
I know what you mean. It's hard to sleep when you're laughing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (ndZc7)

144 Jesus Wept.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (iXqHn)
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And then you get pulled apart by fishhooks.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)

145 I think many of these losers should be taking advantage of the free room and board...in prison.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (2WIwB)

146 136 BurtTC will show up again to insist that even though USAID workers are out of work, USAID still exists in just another name and is doing all the same things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (QEvSP)

I'd say the disarray of the NGO crowd says different.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:38 PM (8avO+)

========

But that's just a smokescreen to trick you.

No evidence can change the fact that USAID controls everything!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (QEvSP)

147 If I remember, the nature of the Cenobites and their motivations changed depending on the movie. I do recall in the first movie, they were not evil or even malicious. They were vessels for the dark desires of the sadomasochistic idiots who fucked with the box. IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

148 A RIGGED ELECTION TOOK PLACE LAST NIGHT IN THE GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA!

All day long Republicans were winning, the Spirit was unbelievable, until the very end when, of course, there was a massive “Mail In Ballot Drop!”

Where have I heard that before — And the Democrats eked out another Crooked Victory! Six to five goes to ten to one, and yet the Presidential Election in November was very close to a 50-50 split.

In addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive.

As everyone knows, I am an extraordinarily brilliant person, and even I had no idea what the hell they were talking about in the Referendum, and neither do they!

Let’s see if the Courts will fix this travesty of “Justice.” President DONALD J. TRUMP

Daddy's irritated kids.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (abIsI)

149 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent

Evidence that Trump is actually accomplishing something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (n1OCj)

150 But that's just a smokescreen to trick you.

No evidence can change the fact that USAID controls everything!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (QEvSP)

But now it is run by Shah of Iran and non Iran Rubio.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (8avO+)

151 Did Burt self-bannenate?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (HgRco)

152 >>>She's the kind of elevated being who would peel off your entire epidermis, feed you a fistful of Viagra, and then throw salt on your degloved manhood.

This one time, with a girlfriend in upstate NY . . . .

She was something.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (dK+Kv)

153 29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

She gave "deep throat" a new meaning.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (w9Wax)

154 142 Here's the thing. Most folks in the area know these folks don't want to work...so they don't hire them. They want to chat and email and meet. But not get down and dirty working.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)

And the ones who actually do can't work fast.

When Speed is the most important thing.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (iXqHn)

155 USAID was a cover for sending massive amounts of money to the CIA.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

156 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?
Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (0e5Te)

My Mom had me when she was 46, but then, I was her sixth child.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (77rzZ)

157 No sympathy whatsoever. As a retired military officer I can’t land a decent job. Why? Because I am not “networked”. If you are not “networked”, America says go fuck yourself and starve. At least I did something legit other than be a tick on the body politic, and I have plans for other things that might make me some decent coin without having to make 300 million strategic friends in shallow, transactional relationships.

These ticks can learn how to do more than be corrupt political hacks.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (E6xSb)

158 Uber is hiring.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (QtsfS)

159 n addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (abIsI)

I call those the "Yes, we have no Banana Initiatives"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (8avO+)

160 An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children
_________

So it's 2:1 children in the first year, and then flips to 3:1 adults thereafter? What?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (XvL8K)

161 If I remember, the nature of the Cenobites and their motivations changed depending on the movie. I do recall in the first movie, they were not evil or even malicious. They were vessels for the dark desires of the sadomasochistic idiots who fucked with the box. IIRC.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)

As God is my witness, I thought cenobites were a child's cartoon character. I am beginning to question that.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (dK+Kv)

162 149 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent

Evidence that Trump is actually accomplishing something.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (n1OCj)

========

In raw numbers, the number of employees directly employed by the federal government is at its lowest since JFK.

In terms of regulation, deregulatory efforts are 30-1 compared to new regulations, and most of the new regulations are "these pre-existing regulations are no longer valid."

Trump is the most libertarian president since Coolidge, which makes him enemy #1 for the Libertarian Party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (QEvSP)

163 You dont understand....these were NONgovernmental agencies.

See see? Sure the got 90% oftheitr funding from the government or another ngo that was 90% gov... SEE? NGO!
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (LD+oO)

I was unclear, I suppose. I know these are not government pay scale, but it's all government money. If they can pay these clowns that sort of salary, why in hell can't they pay the rest of us commensurate? Maybe boost military pay? Just sayin'.

Priorities.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (DwqWV)

164 136 BurtTC will show up again to insist that even though USAID workers are out of work, USAID still exists in just another name and is doing all the same things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:37 PM (QEvSP)

He never met a conspiracy he didn’t like.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (E6xSb)

165 She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck. Most of their friends don't have jobs either.
......

Learn to barrista.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (UjdFS)

166 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?
Posted by: Wally

She probably bought it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)

167 150 But that's just a smokescreen to trick you.

No evidence can change the fact that USAID controls everything!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:39 PM (QEvSP)

But now it is run by Shah of Iran and non Iran Rubio.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (8avO+)

======

Nah.

Bibi and Israel.

ZOG all the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (QEvSP)

168 USAID was apparently sending money everywhere but my house.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (n5tGW)

169 A witty one-liner from a demon is gold, Jerry... GOLD.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (DgMqy)

170
Masters of budgets!
Operators of complex machinery!!
Administrators of vast government offices!!!

can't get jobs beyond entry level?

I'd love to see those resumes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (n7rxJ)

171 The feel good post of the year so far. Excellent use of the Cenobites.

Posted by: RedGhost2012 at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (vqVJ6)

172 n addition to everything else, the language on the Referendum was purposefully unintelligible and deceptive.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:40 PM (abIsI)
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Indeed. It should be illegal to have such biased wording in a proposal.

"Do you want to vote for Everything Good and Right? [Yes] [No]".

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)

173 USAID was a cover for sending massive amounts of money to the CIA.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

doubt it, they have their own black money. USAID was pretty much co-opted for garbage political payoffs from what Doge found.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (8avO+)

174 The Joann chain of craft shops closed last summer.

19,000 people lost their jobs.

Strangely, the New York Times didn't run an article on the suffering of people laid off in that case.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (n1OCj)

Next time we close USAID we can have a private equity fund buy it and then run it into the ground so the investors get their regular earnings for the money they fronted. NYT can nod their heads and support that I am sure.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (rbvCR)

175 Somebody replied: "C'mon, Northern Virginia isn't that bad."

I read awhile ago that it was just Too Difficult for CIA people to actually live in the countries that they are supposed to be covering, so what they increasingly do is live in Northern Virginia, and spend a month or so a year in Ghana or whatever place they are responsible for.

Sacrifice!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (n1OCj)

176 Terry Farrell was in one of the Hellraiser movies. She's 62 and still gorgeous
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM

Ayuh.

And the female Cenobite had an uncredited part in "Morons From Outer Space."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (bFu5X)

177 Cenobites would fit pretty well in the Warhammer universe as followers of Slaanesh

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)

178 "Cenobite" is a type of Christian monk. Those things do not look like Christian monks.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

179
No evidence can change the fact that USAID controls everything!

I thought that was the Stonecutters.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 03:43 PM (Cqx++)

180 Trump is the most libertarian president since Coolidge, which makes him enemy #1 for the Libertarian Party.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (QEvSP)

If they ever legalize drugs in this country, the next Libertarian Party convention will be held in a coat closet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (E6xSb)

181 My neighborhood streets are nearly impassible for all the landscaping crews who descend on it seven days a week. I would think an English speaker would be a valuable addition to these teams.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (2ap+5)

182 So it's 2:1 children in the first year, and then flips to 3:1 adults thereafter? What?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (XvL8K)

The original children will become adults and be doubly in danger due to the fact that they did not die from USAID related injury as children.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (HgRco)

183 >>> 166 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?
Posted by: Wally

She probably bought it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)

I rate this as very likely.

Third-world Status Baby.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (9vFyc)

184 104 A 49 year-old woman with a 19 month old baby?
Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 03:34 PM (0e5Te)

The chances that child was part of the last administration's human trafficking is low........but not zero.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (M7rua)

185 Did no one suggest to these former USAID employees to LEARN TO CODE ?

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (RHGPo)

186 Trump is the most libertarian president since Coolidge, which makes him enemy #1 for the Libertarian Party.

I remember when Al Leppo chose William Weld as his VP - the least libertarian candidate running that year. Which makes perfect sense.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

187 Maybe boost military pay? Just sayin'.

Priorities.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (DwqWV)
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Now you're being silly. The military isn't going to help Dems fund-raise and win elections!

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

188 181 My neighborhood streets are nearly impassible for all the landscaping crews who descend on it seven days a week. I would think an English speaker would be a valuable addition to these teams.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:44 PM (2ap+5)

Americans are cool with us having our own Quebec. Or being like Belgium. Increasingly I am finding people deeply offended that I don’t know Spanish.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (E6xSb)

189 Cutting that aid will lead to 14 million deaths? Man, tell me you're making shit up with out telling me you're making shit up.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

190 An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children
_________

So it's 2:1 children in the first year, and then flips to 3:1 adults thereafter? What?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (XvL8K)

shhh, they are on a roll!

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (8avO+)

191 Al Leppo? Was his wife Anne Tioch?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

192
She probably bought it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM (0U5gm)

____________

How can she now afford gender reassignment surgery for the poor mite?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (tgvbd)

193 Beans in her ears?

RNC Research
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Senator Patty Murray: “I’ve not heard one Democrat say defund ICE…"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

194 As God is my witness, I thought cenobites were a child's cartoon character. I am beginning to question that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

I suppose if little Timmy got caught shoplifting candy at the qwik e mart, this movie might motivate him to do better

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (1ET9J)

195 Combining some threads in my head:

CBS is no longer default hard left. They seem to be center-left and unafraid of major stories that hurt Democrats.

CBS should end up covering the SPLC story in fairly moderate tones.

CBS Nightly News gets 4-6 million LIV viewers a night.

If CBS covers the SPLC story fairly, it's going to fry a lot of brains.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (QEvSP)

196 Yep. Still a barren field.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (o5PCw)

197 The Cenobite posts are by far my favorite! Cruel Ace is hilarious Ace!!

Posted by: hobbitopoly at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (k9OZB)

198 This post is sufficiently cruel.

Posted by: VDH - Cruelty Rating Systems at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (53oGX)

199 193 Beans in her ears?

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Senator Patty Murray: “I’ve not heard one Democrat say defund ICE…"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

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Oh...

She's got impacted wax.

That's why she's such an idiot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (QEvSP)

200 "The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is expected to arrive in the Middle East within 3-4 days, aligning with the timeline President Trump gave Iran"
Posted by: runner

George H.W. Bush's claim to fame prior to being placed as President was that he was the only pilot in his WWII squadron not taken captive and eaten by cannibals. Which is pretty cool.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (/lPRQ)

201 198 This post is sufficiently cruel.

Posted by: VDH - Cruelty Rating Systems at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (53oGX)

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Always leave room for improvement.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (QEvSP)

202 Cutting that aid will lead to 14 million deaths? Man, tell me you're making shit up with out telling me you're making shit up.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (n5tGW)

I really want a job with "Impact Counter"....

"Increasing cost of Classic Coke will cost 25.1 billion lives in 2036"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (8avO+)

203 >>> 195 Combining some threads in my head:

CBS is no longer default hard left. They seem to be center-left and unafraid of major stories that hurt Democrats.

CBS should end up covering the SPLC story in fairly moderate tones.

CBS Nightly News gets 4-6 million LIV viewers a night.

If CBS covers the SPLC story fairly, it's going to fry a lot of brains.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:46 PM (QEvSP)

Yes, but if the karen-brains are not LITERALLY fried then OrangeManBad is a failure.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (9vFyc)

204 Warhammer 40k had the Dark Eldar for this role.
Don't look them up.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (1ET9J)

205 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

206 15 Fuck. These. People. Until they're all under bridges blowing hobos, my lust for vengeance against these vile parasites will not be satiated.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (iFTx/)

Nope.

Posted by: Hobo under a bridge at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (X5Jzz)

207 204 Warhammer 40k had the Dark Eldar for this role.
Don't look them up.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (1ET9J)

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Total War is developing a Warhammer 40K grand strategy game.

I hope it plays on my Steam Deck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (QEvSP)

208 Why would you have a baby at 47 years old?

Posted by: MJ at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (XOmY9)

209 Ty Conderoga.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (o5PCw)

210 which makes him enemy #1 for the Libertarian Party.

Trump has done nothing to fulfill the Two Key Goals of the Libertarian Party:

- The legalization of all drugs.

- Abolishing age of consent laws.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (n1OCj)

211 Beans in her ears?

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Senator Patty Murray: “I’ve not heard one Democrat say defund ICE…"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)
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Early, the Jedi mindtricks come!

Posted by: Yoda at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (Fi81e)

212 I made some bad choices as a young man...choosing the private sector would be one.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (cS1cw)

213 205 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

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The McDonald's in that movie?

About 5 miles from my house.

It's actually an abandoned Pizza Hut that they converted for the film.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (QEvSP)

214 Kirsten Dunst in the first Spider-Man movie was...yummy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (77rzZ)

215 Beans in her ears?

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Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:45 PM (ndZc7)

Who would ask 101 year old Patty Murray anything. She went INTO Congress senile a century ago.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (8avO+)

216 "Have plowed through savings" was repeated in that article. Sounds like a lot of plowing is happening!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (Ajcgs)

217 It's pronounced chennobeeta

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (HgRco)

218 205 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Probably not taking part in the Hollywood normal artificial anti-aging trend...some mid 40s folks look old...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (tOcjL)

219 Yeah yeah yeah, life sucks. Suck it up, buttercup. I went from being an owner of a successful business to pushing a broom around Lowe's because some people thought the orange man was so bad they had to shut the world down to get him out of office. I have as much sympathy for them now as they had or me then which is to say none. Also, fuck you, pick up a broom.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (2UnvF)

220 216 "Have plowed through savings" was repeated in that article. Sounds like a lot of plowing is happening!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (Ajcgs)

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Should have gotten ahead on mortgage payments while making that kind of money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (QEvSP)

221 208 Why would you have a baby at 47 years old?
Posted by: MJ

To make xer trans for social clout?

Posted by: Aged AWFL at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (JCZqz)

222 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

The usual answer is "work" and "ozempic"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (8avO+)

223 So it's 2:1 children in the first year, and then flips to 3:1 adults thereafter? What?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 03:42 PM

They run out of children to eat by the second year.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (4NO2D)

224 >>>USAID was a cover for sending massive amounts of money to the CIA.

Posted by: Axeman

>And some would have you believe that the CIA still popped JFK.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (Fbc0I)

225 They could go learn a trade. Female run painting and wall paper installation companies make a lot.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (pZEOD)

226 Shame. Dunst was cute with great fun bags.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 03:49 PM (o5PCw)

227 By the way, Bernie Sanders' "crush all the billionaires" PAC just endorsed a billionaire for governor of California.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (n1OCj)

228 What is the story on the judge ruling the Virginia redistricting special election unconstitutional? Just heard it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (0U5gm)

229 The police department in the township is looking to hire entry level cops either with cop academy training certification or enrolled to get it. Starting salary $120K

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (N00w7)

230 Why would you have a baby at 47 years old?
Posted by: MJ

My Mom was 46 and my Dad was 53 when I was born. My Dad called me the "Whoops baby."

But I was the youngest of 6.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)

231 208 Why would you have a baby at 47 years old?
Posted by: MJ at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (XOmY9)

I adopted my son when I was 44. The answer is, "to have a family."

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (DwqWV)

232 213 205 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

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The NY Times had an article about older "generational" models strutting the runways at fashion shows. One was a Tom Ford model who might have been over 60, and she was kind of a smoke show.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (2ap+5)

233 37 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:28 PM (2ap+5)

Maybe, just maybe, and I know this doesn't sound likely, but maybe these lying shitweasles are lying.

Posted by: a.moron at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (X5Jzz)

234 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

Probably not taking part in the Hollywood normal artificial anti-aging trend...some mid 40s folks look old...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (tOcjL)
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Maybe, but ... I think if anything it's the other way around: too much work done too soon.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)

235 Warhammer 40k had the Dark Eldar for this role.

There is a Rogue Trader/Warhammer 40K role play gaming.

As is standard in this sort of thing now you can romance a number of the NPCs who are mostly humans.

There is one Eldar woman, but if you romance her she just shows you how to meditate which actually makes sense for their race but then there is also a Dark Eldar guy and when you find out where his interests lie you have the option to turn him over to the Inquisition. Which you very much should do.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

236
50 The District of Columbia currently has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, at 6.7 percent, in large part because of major reductions in the federal work force, including U.S.A.I.D., and cuts to government grants and contracts

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I'm in the DC area this week. Glad to hear these arrogant pricks aren't recession-proof anymore.

Yesterday I saw a stereotypical black Chevy Suburban whipping through traffic, tailgating, illegally driving on the wrong side of the road, etc. in stereotypical Federal dickhead fashion. I thought it was a "make way for the business of the king!" situation, but now I wonder if they had just learned they were losing their job.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (bYpLU)

237 Dunst for sure stole Season 2 of Fargo.

There's some parts where the actors have to look at her character like she's insane (she is) and I'm positive they didn't even have to act at all. I think they were just mesmerized by how plausibly insane she seemed. You can see they're not even acting. They can't believe what they're looking at.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (HgRco)

238 >>> 219 Yeah yeah yeah, life sucks. Suck it up, buttercup. I went from being an owner of a successful business to pushing a broom around Lowe's because some people thought the orange man was so bad they had to shut the world down to get him out of office. I have as much sympathy for them now as they had or me then which is to say none. Also, fuck you, pick up a broom.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (2UnvF)

Bet she's more used to riding one.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (9vFyc)

239 Beans in her ears? >>>>>

Bananas and Rice!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (n5tGW)

240 228 What is the story on the judge ruling the Virginia redistricting special election unconstitutional? Just heard it.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (0U5gm)

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No ruling. Just a handful of avenues that were already being pursued before the referendum.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (QEvSP)

241 Eeesh, that last picture looks like the deformed guy in Tobe Hooper's Funhouse.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (qBdHI)

242 ?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (kbShR)

243 A Wash Post castoff was found dead in his apartment this morning. The problem may be self correcting

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:52 PM (gu0hJ)

244
Here's the thing. Most folks in the area know these folks don't want to work...so they don't hire them. They want to chat and email and meet. But not get down and dirty working.

Posted by: Nova Local

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Seriously, I bet most of them:

- can't do Windows navigation techniques -- instead use proprietary software for moving things around

- don't know GAAP

- couldn't do basic research

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:52 PM (n7rxJ)

245 Speaking of aging actresses, I watched Roofman with my mom. We both agreed that Kirsten Dunst was unrecognizable. Wtf happened to her? She's in her early or maybe mid-40s. The Wall shouldn't have smashed her yet. Unless they deliberately aged her or made her look terrible, she looks ... terrible.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)

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The McDonald's in that movie?

About 5 miles from my house.

It's actually an abandoned Pizza Hut that they converted for the film.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (QEvSP)
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Pizza Hut >> McDonalds

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)

246 Bet she's more used to riding one.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:51 PM (9vFyc)

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Fair

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 03:52 PM (2UnvF)

247 228 What is the story on the judge ruling the Virginia redistricting special election unconstitutional? Just heard it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (0U5gm)

If it's the individual judge, he's been doing that all year.

The Supreme Court of VA is the only decision that will matter. They are going to have to rule soon, since their desire for their decision to be moot didn't happen.

I expect Dems to look at last night's results and figure out which way they get more seats and then the SC will rule that way. Last night had to be a surprise for them in Stafford and Faquier counties...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:52 PM (tOcjL)

248
A Wash Post castoff was found dead in his apartment this morning. The problem may be self correcting
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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Got a name?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (n7rxJ)

249 Also, fuck you, pick up a broom.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 03:48 PM (2UnvF)

This.

I have worked since I was 14. One of my jobs in college was pulling staples out of papers so they could be microfilmed. Just get a damned job.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (DwqWV)

250 Is Kinkos still a thing?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

251 Maybe these people should start a commune.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (DIbRX)

252 I am laughing at this as I face the possibility of a layoff at the end of the fiscal year. $175K is more than my house is worth. How do the "charities" justify that kind of salary for people with no marketable skills?

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (fxCK2)

253 She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades.
....
their now 19-month-old daughter.
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So if she worked for them for "more than two decades" I would say that's at least 21 years. Assuming she got some bullshit degree from some bullshit university and graduated at 22, that puts her at at least 43 years old, now with a 19-month-old kid.

Gonna go out on a limb and say this is a shitlib girlboss that spent all of her good years spreading commie bullshit at taxpayer expense and realzed way too late that her biological clock sounds like Big Ben and decided to go for a high-risk pregnancy at 40+ years old.

Zero sympathy, toots.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (oqH4h)

254 >>> 250 Is Kinkos still a thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)

Yes.

Posted by: FedEx Kinkos at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (9vFyc)

255 Think I'll buy me a Learjet.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (pvf3X)

256 My youngest spawn was born when I was 2 months shy of 40, which was a few years back , and I'm still tired. But she's a great shot so there is that...

Posted by: lin-duh at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (nRQOy)

257 I have worked since I was 14. One of my jobs in college was pulling staples out of papers so they could be microfilmed. Just get a damned job.
Posted by: tcn in AK

You were the one who got referred to as a "filly," correct?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

258 I am laughing at this as I face the possibility of a layoff at the end of the fiscal year. $175K is more than my house is worth. How do the "charities" justify that kind of salary for people with no marketable skills?
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (fxCK2)

Justify? and NGOs are not charities.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (8avO+)

259 I have good friends who inhabit the District - and although my friends aren’t directly on the graft dole - many of their acquaintances are - it’s huge.

Basically, the entire DC and NoVa and Montgomery County MD economies depend on fake spending - well the spending is real but the purpose of the dollars is hugely fake.

If there were a real audit - the entire ecosystem would collapse. And it would go back to some shacks around a swamp.

And that will never happen. So best case is there is a managed rebalance. But as the recent shenanigans in VA show - the Dems will break every norm, tell every lie and commit all necessary crimes to prevent that from happening- the cash must keep flowing.

Posted by: CtSpursman at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (1jbkT)

260 Is Kinkos still a thing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (zZu0s)
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Bought by Fedex and is now called Fedex Box or something. I know because I was involved in a big lawsuit over it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (iFTx/)

261 Maybe these people should start a commune.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 03:53 PM (DIbRX)

Don't you have to pay to live on one of those?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (HgRco)

262 kinkos is still a thing but staples tends to do a better job with printing/laminating/cutting etc

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (j+aD2)

263 Some guy wondering about all thoae dead scientists was found dead.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (kbShR)

264 Terry Farrell was in one of the Hellraiser movies. She's 62 and still gorgeous
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM

Mostly. Not liking her with the silvery granny hair though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (snZF9)

265 229 The police department in the township is looking to hire entry level cops either with cop academy training certification or enrolled to get it. Starting salary $120K
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (N00w7)

Can you imagine giving any of these idiotic shitweasels guns, badges, arrest powers and qualified immunity? No dog or acorn would be safe for miles around.

Posted by: OTOH they do hate the Constitution too at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (TbWk/)

266 264 Terry Farrell was in one of the Hellraiser movies. She's 62 and still gorgeous
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 03:36 PM

Mostly. Not liking her with the silvery granny hair though.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (snZF9)

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The real gilfs go purple.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (QEvSP)

267 You were the one who got referred to as a "filly," correct?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

Yep. And that was when I was finally working as an architect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (DwqWV)

268 Maybe these people should start a commune.

That's old fashioned, the new hotness is a polycule.

Either a bunch of low status beta males sharing a Karen, or some rich guy who wants all side chicks instead of just picking one woman to cheat on.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (sKqQm)

269 258 I am laughing at this as I face the possibility of a layoff at the end of the fiscal year. $175K is more than my house is worth. How do the "charities" justify that kind of salary for people with no marketable skills?
Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (fxCK2)

Justify? and NGOs are not charities.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (8avO+)

Yes, this needs to be hammered home. The political NGO high paying hit jobs were where Ds got rewarded. These are not fed gov people. These are political grifters who did the scamming and then got paid for it. Think more mob, less management.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

270 I expect Dems to look at last night's results and figure out which way they get more seats and then the SC will rule that way. Last night had to be a surprise for them in Stafford and Faquier counties...

I just returned from an overnight trip to Charlottesville, and as soon as you get away from NoVa, it's a different world. No signs outnumbered yes signs by probably 5:1. The Democrats have just told the rest of the state that they will be ruled by NoVa. This will not sit well. It may be wishful thinking, but I think the Dems are going to learn the meaning of "a bridge too far".

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)

271 263 Some guy wondering about all thoae dead scientists was found dead.
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I would like to see the causes of death for all of them in a chart

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 22, 2026 03:57 PM (+Au6I)

272 kinkos is still a thing but staples tends to do a better job with printing/laminating/cutting etc

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (j+aD2)
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Also it tends to go by the signage "FedEx"

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)

273 Some guy wondering about all thoae dead scientists was found dead.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (kbShR)

you mean the UFO Scientists?

Hard to have a science with zero data. I mean supersymmetry managed it, but few else.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:57 PM (8avO+)

274 123 Barker literally blew out his asshole in BDSM clubs in the 1970s, which affected his health drastically. He had big sepsis problems a decade ago or so.
Moral: don't do that.
Posted by: gKWVE
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How do you even know this? Wait, on second thought... don't tell me.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 22, 2026 03:57 PM (VkY89)

275 They do not create wealth.
They steal it from the working man to pay their crony commie buddies. I have to compete with the world world while they had cozy govt jobs that they got from their friends who captured govt.

Posted by: mossomo at April 22, 2026 03:57 PM (6LgwP)

276 Yep. And that was when I was finally working as an architect.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Architecture is really cool. If I had been more mathy growing up, I might have pursued it. Or surveying.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

277 The real gilfs go ~~purple~~ white.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (QEvSP)

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 03:58 PM (dK+Kv)

278 You were the one who got referred to as a "filly," correct?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

Yep. And that was when I was finally working as an architect.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (DwqWV)

You should have worked a barn and stables into the plans since they like horses that much.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO+)

279 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

280 There are going to be effects.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (QEvSP)

And here's mister illiterate asshoe with additional fine cruelty.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (9vFyc)

He's also a glowie, I hear.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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He adds class to the place like the gypsies, tramps, and thieves we have here.

I hear Trump called us all "Fine People".

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

281 These fuckers were the same ones mocking coal miners, put out of work by politicians these fuckers voted for. My contempt for them cannot be measured by conventional means.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (CwhoI)

282 It may be wishful thinking, but I think the Dems are going to learn the meaning of "a bridge too far".
Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 03:56 PM (Riz8t)

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

I hope you're right.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (2UnvF)

283 Yep. And that was when I was finally working as an architect.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Architecture is really cool. If I had been more mathy growing up, I might have pursued it. Or surveying.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:58 PM (77rzZ)

These days it is just one kind of grey cube or another. Even the glass towers are cooler.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (8avO+)

284 Moving from a taxpayer funded cushy job to the free market is a great lesson in economics. They should be happy for the lesson.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (n5tGW)

285 279 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.

oh yeah

that was something

robbing a check cashing place in Tacony?!?! why was there so much money there?!?!

takes balls to rob a brinks truck in the hood but more power to them I guess

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (j+aD2)

286 You should have worked a barn and stables into the plans since they like horses that much.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:58 PM (8avO+)

Dude was a contractor in Chicago. He kept installing light fixtures that didn't meet the spec. I told him so, repeatedly. I finally told him that I may be young, but I'm just as old as I can be right now, and I'm still holding his pay request.

We got the correct fixtures.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (DwqWV)

287 279 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

A buck eighty? Talk about bad ROI

Posted by: Can't get one hit of trank for that at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

288 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

Nearly 2 dollars. Wow.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (8avO+)

289 LOL get fucked

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (YwEeS)

290 These fuckers were the same ones mocking coal miners, put out of work by politicians these fuckers voted for. My contempt for them cannot be measured by conventional means.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (CwhoI)

They really should have just died. Dirty useless eaters.

Posted by: Kevin D. Williamson at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (TbWk/)

291 289 LOL get fucked

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (YwEeS)

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What did Kindlot do to you?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (QEvSP)

292 PJMedia is reminding Trump that the 1847 retrocession of Arlington/Alexandria to VA was of dubious Constitutionality. It just hadn't - yet - been worth referring to the Courts.
If VA is going to gerrymander Rock-Lobster!! districts just to fishtail out from DC, then they've lost their right to what is in fact part of DC.

Posted by: gKWVE sees a dogfish chasing a catfish at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (1ET9J)

293 279 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

A buck eighty? Talk about bad ROI
Posted by: Can't get one hit of trank for that at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (TbWk/)

I guess they have a nice new RV from the job

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (8avO+)

294 $1,8 Million.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (kbShR)

295 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

Nearly 2 dollars. Wow.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:00 PM (8avO+)

I wanted my two dollars.

Posted by: Paper Boy at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM (dK+Kv)

296
Lemmy buy you a starbucks New Toasted Coconut Cream Cold Brew.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

================

They're still drinking those things while looking for a way to pay the mortgage. Priorities.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM (n7rxJ)

297 270 I expect Dems to look at last night's results and figure out which way they get more seats and then the SC will rule that way. Last night had to be a surprise for them in Stafford and Faquier counties...

I just returned from an overnight trip to Charlottesville, and as soon as you get away from NoVa, it's a different world. No signs outnumbered yes signs by probably 5:1. The Democrats have just told the rest of the state that they will be ruled by NoVa. This will not sit well. It may be wishful thinking, but I think the Dems are going to learn the meaning of "a bridge too far".
Posted by: Archimedes
========
Another 2.5 years of Trump is going to clear out a lot of deadwood in NoVa. Bessent is asking 12 percent less at for next year's treasury budget for example. More deadwood to be removed at DoJ by a new AG, and the same for some other agencies that used the magic money machines to enrich the folks in NoVa.

It was apparent there was a government spending problem when all of a sudden the wealthiest counties in the US starting about 2000 began to be clustered around DC. Never been that way historically in the US.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)

298 These days it is just one kind of grey cube or another. Even the glass towers are cooler.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (8avO+)

Nobody wants to pay for real design. Except maybe Trump, and you know where his taste lies. I know some exceptional designers and most of them have taken to doing very high end houses for rich people, so they can actually design something.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM (DwqWV)

299 NGOs are not charities.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM

Oh, but they ARE! Just ask anyone who works at them. The great salaries and bennies are important to attract the best people to save the world, the homeless, or whatever else is trending.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at April 22, 2026 04:03 PM (fxCK2)

300 Fucking parasites. Living high on the hog from money taken from people barely surviving.

Harder my life gets, the more hate I have for these folks. Why I need Christ more than ever I guess, though at some point, as I say, knotted cords and flipped tables aren't out of the question.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 04:03 PM (OUMaO)

301 What did Kindlot do to you?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (QEvSP)

I have been good!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)

302 301 What did Kindlot do to you?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (QEvSP)

I have been good!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)

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That's just what a cop would say...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:03 PM (QEvSP)

303 hahahah!

"A MAGA influencer has been unmasked as an AI-generated persona, created by a man in India who used it to scam money off men on the internet. The scammer claims Meta’s Instagram algorithm helped spread his content far and wide.

Emily Hart, a supposed MAGA influencer who gained millions of followers with patriotic content that included her posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been revealed as an AI contruct made by an Indian man, according to a report by Wired."

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (GD0B3)

304 Pillaging the country is tearing us down

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)

305 If your NGO went belly up when the government cut funding, it wasn't really non governmental, was it?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (2UnvF)

306
She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

___________

Doing what?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (tgvbd)

307 Another 2.5 years of Trump is going to clear out a lot of deadwood in NoVa. Bessent is asking 12 percent less at for next year's treasury budget for example. More deadwood to be removed at DoJ by a new AG, and the same for some other agencies that used the magic money machines to enrich the folks in NoVa.

It was apparent there was a government spending problem when all of a sudden the wealthiest counties in the US starting about 2000 began to be clustered around DC. Never been that way historically in the US.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM (E4rtv)

The trick is to get rid of all fed gov grants entirely. That solves all the issues. The workforce is just paid to work (b/c they ain't getting these salaries) and states and private entities go back to funding "worthy" causes...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (tOcjL)

308 $1.8 Daylight Brinks robbery in Philadelphia.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:59 PM (kbShR)

The shaped charge indicates they are technically proficient.

Posted by: Lt. Vincent Hanna at April 22, 2026 04:05 PM (wBRco)

309 I was always more interested in doing the really cool stuff, like aircraft hangars, earth-covered magazines, hydropower powerhouses, even sewage treatment plants. Technical stuff instead of "high design" stuff. Ergo the Corps of Engineers.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 04:05 PM (DwqWV)

310
Their Skill Set of Nothing At All

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But it's true, the Times doesn't mention a word about this. Nothing about language skills, managing budgets and schedules, computer science, HR, nurse-practitioner skills, soil testing, nothing.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 04:05 PM (n7rxJ)

311 PJMedia is reminding Trump that the 1847 retrocession of Arlington/Alexandria to VA was of dubious Constitutionality. It just hadn't - yet - been worth referring to the Courts.
If VA is going to gerrymander Rock-Lobster!! districts just to fishtail out from DC, then they've lost their right to what is in fact part of DC.
Posted by: gKWVE sees a dogfish chasing a catfish at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (1ET9J)

Make DC Square again!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 04:05 PM (rbvCR)

312
It was apparent there was a government spending problem when all of a sudden the wealthiest counties in the US starting about 2000 began to be clustered around DC. Never been that way historically in the US.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:02 PM

It was painfully obvious in 2009, after the crash and the DC area did not have a crash like the rest of the country and no recession there, they were almost a boom town.

Posted by: CaliGirl at April 22, 2026 04:05 PM (BYQWO)

313 She had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development or related groups for more than two decades. She made $175,000 a year.

___________

Doing what?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (tgvbd)

In the best case, nothing. In the worst case, screwing up International Development with some dopey theory or another.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (8avO+)

314 "Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions"

Who the f*** actually believes these numbers? Based on pure speculation and fantasy and fairy dust. Even if there is some small amount of truth in them, guess what? I don't care. We can't afford to take care of the world.

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (GUOwU)

315 2009? Obama

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (GD0B3)

316 Odd. My company has hired so many people that I now meet people in the hallways that I have no idea who they are, or what team they're on.

Of course, we support the Dept. of War ... so we need actual skills.

USAID drones have been sucking up trillions in dollars over the years. Learn to code, grifters.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (ksbjf)

317
"A MAGA influencer has been unmasked as an AI-generated persona, created by a man in India who used it to scam money off men on the internet. The scammer claims Meta’s Instagram algorithm helped spread his content far and wide.

Emily Hart, a supposed MAGA influencer who gained millions of followers with patriotic content that included her posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been revealed as an AI contruct made by an Indian man, according to a report by Wired."

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:04 PM (GD0B3)

Who the F is retarded enough to pay money to an "influencer," fake, or otherwise. Now, smart milblogger is another story.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (dK+Kv)

318 Vought as in the Boys?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (kbShR)

319 Welp, it's noon here, so I guess I should start doing stuff. I cleaned out half the greenhouse yesterday, and I have some transplanting to do. Could also dig out the strawberry beds....

Sounds like work. And I like work. I could sit and watch it all day.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (DwqWV)

320 How can these people be unemployed with their considerable money laundering skills?

Do the cartels not offer gold plated benefits?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (wBaIH)

321 Re retrocession,
"September 07, 1846

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation
Whereas by the act of Congress approved July 9, 1846, entitled "An act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia," it is enacted that, with the assent of the people of the county and town of Alexandria, to be ascertained in the manner therein prescribed, all that portion of the District of Columbia ceded to the United States by the State of Virginia and all the rights and jurisdiction therewith ceded over the same shall be ceded and forever relinquished to the State of Virginia in full and absolute right and jurisdiction, as well of soil as of persons residing or to reside thereon; and

Whereas it is further provided that the said act "shall not be in force until after the assent of the people of the county and town of Alexandria shall be given to it in the mode therein provided," and, if a majority of the votes should be in favor of accepting the provisions of the said act, it shall be the duty of the President to make proclamation of the fact; "

Problem is city of Alexandria voted for it but the County did not. Both required

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

322 I was always more interested in doing the really cool stuff, like aircraft hangars, earth-covered magazines, hydropower powerhouses, even sewage treatment plants. Technical stuff instead of "high design" stuff. Ergo the Corps of Engineers.
Posted by: tcn in AK

That's cool.

My BiL is a retired architect, down in Durham, NC. He did a lot of work on Duke U.'s medical facilities.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (77rzZ)

323
It was painfully obvious in 2009, after the crash and the DC area did not have a crash like the rest of the country and no recession there, they were almost a boom town.

No, not really. At first, prices levelled off instead of continuing to rise as they had done, and then they even fell some, although not uniformly. It took quite a number of years for the houses in my neighborhood to regain their 2008 level.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

324 Who the F is retarded enough to pay money to an "influencer," fake, or otherwise. Now, smart milblogger is another story.

Wot, are you retarded?

Posted by: OnlyFans at April 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

325 I ate too much.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)

326 Make DC Square again!
Posted by: Kindltot

I sent a link to that story to JJ for the Morning Report earlier this afternoon.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:09 PM (77rzZ)

327 USAID drones have been sucking up trillions in dollars over the years. Learn to code, grifters.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (ksbjf)

I wonder how much sympathy Ms Uccello and her spouse had for the thousands of govt and military personnel fired because they wouldn't take the clot shot. My guess is not a heckuva lot.

Posted by: moki at April 22, 2026 04:09 PM (wLjpr)

328 Sell the high dollar home in DC and move to flyover country Byotch. 175K a year + what your DH earned and you had hardly any savings? That aint my problem you spendthrift idiot.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 22, 2026 04:10 PM (lkbdw)

329 "Emily Hart, a supposed MAGA influencer who gained millions of followers with patriotic content that included her posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been revealed as an AI contruct made by an Indian man, according to a report by Wired."

Wait! She just agreed to marry me!

Should I not have sent her money for the wedding?

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:10 PM (GUOwU)

330 Problem is city of Alexandria voted for it but the County did not. Both required
Posted by: whig

And don't changes to state boundaries have to be approved by Congress? A Presidential Proclamation doesn't seem like it would pass muster.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

331 Make DC Square again!

EXACTLY!

I hope this happens.

it will be fun!

on philly - the truck robbery was criminal vs criminal. I'll allow it lol

I'm more worried about something else that happened recently - a start to what I think will become a nasty new trend.

CHOP wanted to build a new multilevel parking garage and placed it in a "special zone" (ie, ghetto dump area) to "benefit the city." there was nothing there, just wasteland. BUT - they didn't check the area too well and the whole thing collapsed while being built. three ironworkers were killed.

the infrastructure is crap here. firemen and others will die because of it. it will only get worse and worse.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 04:10 PM (j+aD2)

332 I'm guessing the next Democrat presidency will restore USAID under another name.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (2sfNr)

333 This immediately tells you two things about the featured couple: 1) They have no real marketable skills or they would have been able to find work in some related field, 2) With both paychecks, they were earning way over $200K and possibly over $300K and were burning their income on pricey vacations, pricey lunches/dinners out, an expensive home with a fat mortgage and high taxes, most likely two luxury vehicles, and on and on. No sympathy. Sell all and downsize your life and live within your means. There are jobs out there and you may just have to "lower" yourself to begin again. The days of working for an org that ripped off everyone else are over. How does it feel?

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (oiNtH)

334 Vought cuts kill people’: Aids activists interrupt Trump budget chief hearing. An estimated 262,915 adults and 518,428 children died in the first year of cuts to aid, according to Impact Counter. By 2030, the cuts will likely lead to 14 million deaths, 4.5 million of them among children, according to a study in the Lancet.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions"

Who the f*** actually believes these numbers? Based on pure speculation and fantasy and fairy dust. Even if there is some small amount of truth in them, guess what? I don't care. We can't afford to take care of the world.
Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:06 PM (GUOwU)

too late for them now anyhow.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (8avO+)

335 Speaking truth to power actually triggers the Left...

The Independent: MAGA lawmaker calls Somalis a ‘net drain on society’ in interview. Texas Republican Rep. Brandon Gill lashes out at immigrants, telling Benny Johnson: ‘They’re not all equally compatible with America’s governing framework, they’re not all equally moral, they don’t all have equal dignity‘

...Gill was echoing President Donald Trump’s notorious false claim from the 2024 presidential race that Haitian immigrants to the town of Springfield, Ohio, were capturing and eating the pets of local residents.

There was never any evidence for this claim. It even prompted a laugh of disbelief from his rival Kamala Harris when he mentioned it during a TV debate.

Red states are a net drain on the blue states. Red states would be be third world country-equivalents without wealth/tax transfers from the blue ones.

"The average IQ in Haiti is 68… between 67 and 68." Is he pulling these numbers out of his ass? Can I then assert the average IQ of the MAGA voter is between 67-68?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 04:12 PM (JCZqz)

336 The trick is to get rid of all fed gov grants entirely. That solves all the issues. The workforce is just paid to work (b/c they ain't getting these salaries) and states and private entities go back to funding "worthy" causes...
Posted by: Nova Local
___________

The universities would scream bloody murder. Taking 50 - 60% of federal grants for "administrative costs" funds a lot of HR Karens and whatnot.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 04:12 PM (XvL8K)

337 Make DC Square again!

It's a nice thought, but the Dems first order of business would be to cry and wail about how the Bad Orange Man disenfranchised all those voters, and give the vote to DC. Sure, they'll probably do that anyway, but still...

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:12 PM (Riz8t)

338 Ripley you have been had

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

339 "Emily Hart, a supposed MAGA influencer who gained millions of followers with patriotic content that included her posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been revealed as an AI contruct made by an Indian man, according to a report by Wired."

Wait! She just agreed to marry me!

Should I not have sent her money for the wedding?
Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:10 PM (GUOwU)

She will really need that wedding now.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (8avO+)

340 It was painfully obvious in 2009, after the crash and the DC area did not have a crash like the rest of the country and no recession there, they were almost a boom town.
Posted by: CaliGirl

Yep. Transfer of wealth from the periphery to the center of government. DC and its surrounding suburbs produce very little real goods itself to support the economy but exist on the basis of siphoning tax revenues and spending them for the discretionary areas of government budget.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)

341 DC already thinks of itself as a state. I used to work down the street from DC's "State" Department of Education.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

342 Who the F is retarded enough to pay money to an "influencer," fake, or otherwise.

Men have a fine amount of blood, and two heads.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (y7qTK)

343 Sorry Ace

Even Walmart expects people to work.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (+oDFe)

344 I do not understand how these laid off folks cannot find a job a year or so,later.

I need Lot Lizards to work the I-95 corridor and I also need a few glory hole attendants at some of the fag hangouts in the men's rooms.

Posted by: Velvet Jones at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (ponVf)

345 This immediately tells you two things about the featured couple: 1) They have no real marketable skills or they would have been able to find work in some related field, 2) With both paychecks, they were earning way over $200K and possibly over $300K and were burning their income on pricey vacations, pricey lunches/dinners out, an expensive home with a fat mortgage and high taxes, most likely two luxury vehicles, and on and on. No sympathy. Sell all and downsize your life and live within your means. There are jobs out there and you may just have to "lower" yourself to begin again. The days of working for an org that ripped off everyone else are over. How does it feel?
Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (oiNtH)

or, given its a NYT article they are made up entirely.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:14 PM (8avO+)

346 @248 Dan Eggen. 60 yrs old

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 04:14 PM (gu0hJ)

347 29 IIRC, there was a female Cenobite who was ... surprisingly sexy?

The Blade isn't saying he would. But he might. Maybe. Probably.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)

You would have to journey to the depths of hell, wade through white-hot brimstone, and suffer degradations no unsuspecting human can imagine. You know..........married.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (g8Ew8)

348 @335 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (y9Yp9)

349 How does it feel?
Posted by: Cheri
......

To be on your own

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

350 348 @335 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (y9Yp9)

=======

America is too racist for Haitians who have a beautiful island nation to return to without white people to racism them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (QEvSP)

351 The Independent: MAGA lawmaker calls Somalis a ‘net drain on society’ in interview

You can find the data on the internet showing how much immigrants from various locales add to the economy of the country they move to and Somalis are very negative, I think around -$500K over a lifetime.

The leftwing answer to that is usually one of the following:

People are more then how much money they earn!
They are refugees who cares how much they cost!
Why are you so racist?!?

The first one is true, but that's not the question. The second is a cover for the fact lefties are getting paid grifting off of immigrant aid, and the third one is what they always say when they don't have a real answer

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

352 @335 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!
Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (y9Yp9)

Just upholding national press standards in the Reddit forums. Add false and without evidence to any fact you like.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (8avO+)

353 You would have to journey to the depths of hell, wade through white-hot brimstone, and suffer degradations no unsuspecting human can imagine. You know..........married.

sulfur does not get white hot; it typically melts into a yellow liquid, turns dark red/brown, and burns with a bright blue flame.
Key characteristics of heated sulfur include:

Melting: Sulfur melts to form a yellow liquid, which becomes a dark red/brown viscous liquid upon further heating.
Burning: Burning sulfur emits a characteristic blue flame and creates toxic gases (sulfur dioxide/trioxide).
No Incandescence: Sulfur does not reach the high temperatures necessary for "white hot" incandescent light.

Posted by: That guy who really misses the point at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (Riz8t)

354 ***A year later, people have plowed through savings, cashed out retirement funds
--

You don't expect us to live a lifestyle we're not accustomed, do you?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (rzTfK)

355 Aren't those guild navigators?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (YlWIZ)

356 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese

Yes there is photographic evidence of the geese.

The cat video, IIRC, was older, from 2012 or something like that.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (sKqQm)

357 Ugly, stupid, and mean?

Liberal Justice Kagan’s “Emotionally Abusive” Treatment of SCOTUS Clerks Revealed in New Report

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)

358 posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns
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Stop stealing my shtick

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (HgRco)

359 When they went to the Cenobites realm there wasn't really any fire.

It was like a big maze with odd looking rooms and buildings.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm)

360 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds

QUACK

Posted by: Ducks for Trump at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (UjdFS)

361 20 years as a Fed employee?

She is fully vested for FERS but she isn't at her minimum retirement age I bet.

Oopps. Should have planned better.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (+oDFe)

362 Bulg, after a bit more research, came up with this and confirmed the Brave AI summary,

"The Retrocession Act of 1846 was a federal law signed by President James K. Polk on July 9, 1846, which returned the portion of the District of Columbia originally ceded by Virginia to that state. This legislation, known as the Act to retrocede the county of Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, to the State of Virginia, was contingent upon the consent of the local residents, who approved the measure in a referendum held in September 1846.

Key details of the act and its implementation include:

Legislative Process: The bill passed the House of Representatives with a vote of 96-65 and the Senate with a vote of 32-14, following extensive debate and lobbying from Alexandria residents seeking relief from federal taxes and a lack of home rule.

Public Vote: President Polk appointed commissioners to oversee a viva voce (oral) vote on September 1-2, 1846. The results showed 763 votes in favor of retrocession and 222 against, triggering the presidential proclamation that the act was in full force on September 7, 1846. "

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

363 "No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!
Posted by: Frank Reynolds"

The issue really wasn't pets being eaten. It was 20,000 third world immigrants being dropped on a town of 50,000 in a very short period and all the other ensuing (very real) chaos. MSM won't mention that.

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (GUOwU)

364 On other hand marrying a AI Wife might be beneficial
She doesn't eat anything, doesn't need a wardrobe, and still can claime her on taxes

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (Ia/+0)

365 This immediately tells you two things about the featured couple: 1) They have no real marketable skills or they would have been able to find work in some related field, 2) With both paychecks, they were earning way over $200K and possibly over $300K and were burning their income on pricey vacations, pricey lunches/dinners out, an expensive home with a fat mortgage and high taxes, most likely two luxury vehicles, and on and on. No sympathy. Sell all and downsize your life and live within your means. There are jobs out there and you may just have to "lower" yourself to begin again. The days of working for an org that ripped off everyone else are over. How does it feel?
Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (oiNtH)

My wife pinches pennies so hard she causes Lincoln more pain than Jefferson Davis did. Her motto is "It's not how much you make, it's how much you keep."

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (77rzZ)

366 I only know one thing. It hurts!

Kirsty

Posted by: TheCatBitesMyToe at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (jrgJz)

367 I'm guessing the next Democrat presidency will restore USAID under another name.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (2sfNr)

It'll be HESAID or SHESAID.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (g8Ew8)

368 A Nigerian man was recently arrested for grilling a cat near an Italian park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (+oDFe)

369 Emily Hart, a supposed MAGA influencer who gained millions of followers with patriotic content that included her posing in a bikini while ice fishing, drinking Coors Light, and shooting guns has been revealed as an AI contruct made by an Indian man, according to a report by Wired."

You never have to worry about the Admiral. I do my work out of love, not greed.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (JCZqz)

370 20 years as a Fed employee?

She is fully vested for FERS but she isn't at her minimum retirement age I bet.

Oopps. Should have planned better.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (+oDFe)

NGO would not be a Fed Employee at all

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)

371 Over 300 comments and nobody mentioned OnlyFans.

There must be a good reason.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (0ZmKh)

372 Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

Thank you for the extra info, Whig.

I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

373 I want that money back, they should be subject to having their pay docked as well- for whatever low income job they find. I want them poor for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: saar at April 22, 2026 04:20 PM (lexfv)

374 Ugly, stupid, and mean?

Liberal Justice Kagan’s “Emotionally Abusive” Treatment of SCOTUS Clerks Revealed in New Report
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 04:17 PM (ndZc7)

Guess those clerks don't like being "empowered"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:21 PM (8avO+)

375 371 Over 300 comments and nobody mentioned OnlyFans.

There must be a good reason.

*cough*
Wot, are you retarded?

Posted by: OnlyFans at April 22, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
*cough*

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)

376 People that thought those movies up must have had terrible childhoods.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 04:21 PM (rzTfK)

377 Rare Polk L, yielding to the VA slave lords. Otherwise he was James The Great. Easily top ten Presidency and I'd put him in the top five.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:21 PM (y7qTK)

378 Over 300 comments and nobody mentioned OnlyFans.

There must be a good reason.

Posted by: Vengeance

Those folks are real uggos. POOR diet, grooming, overall health and fashion sense. I suspect genetics as well.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 04:21 PM (TezPK)

379 Fen that won't be all, thise borders will come down again

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

380 367 I'm guessing the next Democrat presidency will restore USAID under another name.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:11 PM (2sfNr)

It'll be HESAID or SHESAID.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

No democrat would create a program called HESAID.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)

381 On other hand marrying a AI Wife might be beneficial
She doesn't eat anything, doesn't need a wardrobe, and still can claim her on taxes
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, but what about her sammich-makin' skills?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (77rzZ)

382 I assume part of the joke is that Bed bath and beyond has been gone since 2022,right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (diia5)

383 Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0

Yes; That as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (2sfNr)

384 I've seen analysis that most OF girls make basically nothing.

Yes, a few make $$$ but those are the women then know how to run a business and amusingly would likely have done well at any sort of business they started...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:22 PM (sKqQm)

385 Library of Congress has an 1910 analysis by Hannah Taylor submitted to Sen. Carter declaring the act unconstitutional.

https://tinyurl.com/Constitutionality-analysis

About 34 pages or so.

But the way the vote was conducted by Alexandria and the County was not in accordance with the Act. The Act required both the County AND City had to approve the act via referendum. The County voters rejected it, the City of Arlington approved it. Instead, the total vote was mingled so that the City of Arlington's vote totals for retrocession overrode the negative margin in the more thinly populated county at the time.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

386 Nobody's watching chubby lazy 45 year old white Karens on OnlyFans, or at least I hope they're not.
But, men.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (y7qTK)

387 Over 300 comments and nobody mentioned OnlyFans.

There must be a good reason.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 04:19 PM (0ZmKh)

I think OF is mostly money laundering through fake simps. No way the girls can just escape the pimps that easily.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)

388 Rare Polk L, yielding to the VA slave lords. Otherwise he was James The Great. Easily top ten Presidency and I'd put him in the top five.
Posted by: gKWVE

And he served only one term! Greatest one-term pres in US history.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

389 Holy crap.

There are 11 films in the 'Hellraiser' series. 'Saw' had 10 but they were enjoyable.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (Sco7b)

390 She is fully vested for FERS but she isn't at her minimum retirement age I bet.

Oopps. Should have planned better.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (+oDFe)

NGO would not be a Fed Employee at all
Posted by: Oldcat

Feds involuntarily separated (for reasons other than misconduct) are eligible for immediate retirement pay and an additional stipend until they reach social security age.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (JCZqz)

391 350 348 @335 No evidende that Haitians were eating pets? I thought there was a video of a woman who had a cat on the grill. They were definitely eating the geese!

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at April 22, 2026 04:15 PM (y9Yp9)
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These cases drew direct parallels to Springfield, Ohio, where Haitian migrants faced accusations of grabbing ducks by the neck, decapitating them in parks, and taking them home to eat.

Nigerian Migrant Caught Cooking Cat In Public Park Next To Children's Playground _Sarzana, Italy

Man, who is not named, tried to cook a cat using a makeshift fire on a pavement near to the Campiglia Marittima station in the province of _Livorno, Tuscany.

...migrants filmed catching and butchering swans and ducks in parks and canals across the _UK and Ireland.

https://tinyurl.com/dkd6wk39

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (rzTfK)

392 Japan is working very very hard on building realistic looking girl-bots.

Combine it with AI that makes the bot seem human and we are in for a very, very pathetic (and sticky) future...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)

393 Imagine the fat man in the Ottoman on OF...

Twilight Zone material.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (+oDFe)

394 It'll be HESAID or SHESAID.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

LOL. Probably the name needs to be more transgender than that

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (2sfNr)

395 Between fraud, these government and government-adjacent jobs, I wonder exactly how much of our national debt is actually legitimate?

Posted by: Unkaren at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (utGqj)

396 18-1

Cherry 2000 waves from the 1980. Hel also waves.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (+oDFe)

397 I hope you are well.
Posted by: Bulg

Managing ok. In a holding pattern until neurosurgeon confirms via imaging that bone growth over the spinal implant is occurring. If my bone does not bond with the implant, they will have to go in again. About a 1/8 chance given the complexity of 3-joint levels needed to be bonded.

Congrats on your new job btw.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

398 Does England have Bed Loo and Beyond?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (kbShR)

399 Ace, loose the gruesome shit please

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (Kt19C)

400 395 Between fraud, these government and government-adjacent jobs, I wonder exactly how much of our national debt is actually legitimate?

Posted by: Unkaren at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (utGqj)

=======

"I maxed out my credit cards with bad decisions. That makes my debt illegitimate. Forgive it!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:25 PM (QEvSP)

401 Japan is working very very hard on building realistic looking girl-bots.

Combine it with AI that makes the bot seem human and we are in for a very, very pathetic (and sticky) future...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)
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I've seen how this plays out.

They should watch the Futurama episode where Fry "dates" Lucy Liu-bot in the year 3000 or so.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 04:26 PM (gnNyN)

402 I think OF is mostly money laundering through fake simps. No way the girls can just escape the pimps that easily.
Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)

Got that right. Bitch betta have my money or gonna be some boom boom out go the lights.

Posted by: Pat Travers, Pimp at April 22, 2026 04:26 PM (ponVf)

403 Hellraiser 1 is classic, 2 is fan fiction, the 2022 version is... decent, if casting the wrong nailheaded Hell Priest. (He needs to be an imposing presence, rather than a literal twink.)
Otherwise they are mostly slop, or just bad. I hear the later ones are better because by that point, the fans were making them for fans. Although in that case the Horde may as well make them with video cameras behind the HEB.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:26 PM (y7qTK)

404 The best part of the article was D.C. area with a 6.8% unemployment rate.

A decent start but I believe we can do better.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)

405 My leftist sister-in-law and her trust fund hubby, who hated his conservative CEO father but not enough to forego his trust fund, were at Christmas this year. We went around the room each saying something we are thankful for, as we always do. She said she’s thankful to be employed when all their NGO-involved leftist friends are losing their jobs, and he said he was thankful for how gracefully his wife has handled a year where her “entire industry” was dismantled. It was so difficult not to laugh.

She works at a non-profit helping “refugees” move to the USA and he has been a lay-a-bout for around 20 years since he got kicked out of Tibet by China, in a fake million dollar a year budget job his politically-connected dad set up for him.

Posted by: MostlyRight at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (J+0x8)

406 They should watch the Futurama episode where Fry "dates" Lucy Liu-bot in the year 3000 or so.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Death by Snusnu was a more realistic future until ozempic became popular and accessible.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (JCZqz)

407 Imagine the fat man in the Ottoman on OF...

The why did you have to bring that up? It’s worse than most horror stories!

Posted by: Unkaren at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (utGqj)

408 Japan population is doomed
Last one turn out the lights please

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

409 Ace, loose the gruesome shit

Do you... want to?

Posted by: Lemarchand at April 22, 2026 04:28 PM (y7qTK)

410 395 Between fraud, these government and government-adjacent jobs, I wonder exactly how much of our national debt is actually legitimate?
Posted by: Unkaren

The debt accelerator for fraud, waste, and abuse started about Reagan's 2nd Term and by Bush's second, it was as if a rocket fueled surge in the debt occurred.

My guess is at easily about 500-1 trillion per year since 2009 deficit is from fraud. With interest, probably about half the current debt came from fraud, waste, and abuse with the additional interest to service that debt.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:29 PM (E4rtv)

411 Lose

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 04:29 PM (Kt19C)

412 Vought as in the Boys?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:07 PM (kbShR)
====

Director of OMB

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)

413 408 Japan population is doomed
Last one turn out the lights please

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:27 PM (Ia/+0)

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Eh.

It's in contraction, but it'll even out eventually and start growing again.

There's still more than 120,000,000 of them.

They just need to remain Japan through the process.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (QEvSP)

414
This is bathing in their tears country!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (xG4kz)

415 If your credit card company suspects fraud on your account, they suspend your card immediately pending investigation. The current fraud taking place with tax payers money across the United States should suspend immediately all tax money collected as we (like the credit card company) pending investigations, should not have our tax money collected until all investigations have been adjudicated. We are the victims of fraud, waste, and abuse and are still paying the criminals.

Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (oiNtH)

416 Managing ok. In a holding pattern until neurosurgeon confirms via imaging that bone growth over the spinal implant is occurring. If my bone does not bond with the implant, they will have to go in again. About a 1/8 chance given the complexity of 3-joint levels needed to be bonded.

Congrats on your new job btw.
Posted by: whig

Wow. Prayer up. Hope you make a complete recovery.

Thanks for the congrats. Yesterday I found out more about the SAT than I ever wanted to know. But I think this job is a good fit for me at this point, as I am within spitting distance of retiring, it is not physically taxing, and it will probably keep my mind stimulated.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

417 I mean, I feel for these people, I remember when I made $175k, it was the worst two years of my life.

I barely held on.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at April 22, 2026 04:31 PM (XV/Pl)

418 I like the cut of Cheri's jib

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:31 PM (y7qTK)

419
Ace, loose the gruesome shit

Proofreading is your fry end.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 04:31 PM (xG4kz)

420 Eh.

It's in contraction, but it'll even out eventually and start growing again.

There's still more than 120,000,000 of them.

They just need to remain Japan through the process.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (QEvSP)

The new government is evicting the Muzzies, so they have a better chance than a lot of countries.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 04:32 PM (8avO+)

421 "I maxed out my credit cards with bad decisions. That makes my debt illegitimate. Forgive it!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Indians had a grievance about stolen land.

Taxpayers should be able to have a grievance about stolen government money.

Those bucks stolen by fraud, waste, and abuse by government taxing and borrowing represent time of human's lives that people will never get back but had to work instead to pay the government and their bills.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)

422 So Loomer and Owens are hosting a mud fight on their respective X accounts.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (y7qTK)

423 We are the victims of fraud, waste, and abuse and are still paying the criminals.
Posted by: Cheri at April 22, 2026 04:30 PM (oiNtH)

True, but it’s been this way since about 1917.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt)

424 Her motto is "It's not how much you make, it's how much you keep."
Posted by: Bulg
---

You, sir, have a good wife. Take her out to dinner, Sunday.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (rzTfK)

425 BREAKING: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an injunction blocking enforcement of California’s new law that requires ICE agents to unmask and wear visible ID, arguing it violates the Supremacy Clause because it “attempts to directly regulate the United States in its performance of
governmental functions.”

California is enjoined from enforcing the law, pending appeal. Big win for the Trump administration & U.S. DOJ.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (RHGPo)

426 Set up or lay up?

@LeadingReport 33s
JUST IN: S&P 500 surges to yet another all-time high.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (diia5)

427 Thanks for the congrats. Yesterday I found out more about the SAT than I ever wanted to know. But I think this job is a good fit for me at this point, as I am within spitting distance of retiring, it is not physically taxing, and it will probably keep my mind stimulated.
Posted by: Bulg
======
Good show on that. Good tutors are hard to find given the current lowering of educational standards.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (E4rtv)

428 So Loomer and Owens are hosting a mud fight on their respective X accounts.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM (y7qTK)

except Loomer brought plenty receipts, to show the Ovens is doing her own version of SPLC!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:34 PM (GD0B3)

429 They sold the income tax with tax the rich. Now everyone is rich.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:34 PM (kbShR)

430 Oh no!!! oh well....

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 04:34 PM (8uzBS)

431 Having an aging guy's white beard has it good points and bad points.

Good point: Younger people hold doors open for you.

Bad point: You look at cute young chicks and realize that they likely regard you as a dirty old man.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:35 PM (77rzZ)

432 Oh noes the market is up. My 401k will take another beating.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 04:35 PM (kbShR)

433 Three days of health care? It is not obvious how this comports with COBRA rules.
Posted by: Oglebay

I always found it odd that a health-insurance organization has an acronym that is a homophone of the word for a highly venomous snake.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

Cobra is what's needed when one bra simply cannot contain the magnificence of my mammalian appendages.

Posted by: stacy abrams at April 22, 2026 04:35 PM (utfVc)

434 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 04:35 PM (NcvvS)

435 it's kinda for X people only, but what are the chances that 1) Ovens did not disclose all her assets
2) Law firm representing Ovens in Macron case will drop her

Stay tuned!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 04:36 PM (GD0B3)

436 So Loomer and Owens are hosting a mud fight on their respective X accounts.
Posted by: gKWVE

What are they wearing?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 04:36 PM (77rzZ)

437 So Loomer and Owens are hosting a mud fight on their respective X accounts.
Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 04:33 PM

Now that might be worthy for a PPV

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:39 PM (Ia/+0)

438 prices at restaurants should drop as these work their way into the system

as should ag products

plenty of jobs there I'm told

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 04:39 PM (8uzBS)

439 It's in contraction, but it'll even out eventually and start growing again.

There's still more than 120,000,000 of them.

They just need to remain Japan through the process.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror
---

Takaichi says, they say, we are declining.
No, we are holding while the rest of the world destroys itself. We will be here when they are gone.
(paraphrased)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 04:40 PM (rzTfK)

440 Coal miners and Oil & Gas industry employees know your pain. We've been thrown out of jobs by government fiat for over 50 years now.

Of course we have marketable skills, so that helps. A lot.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 22, 2026 05:06 PM (bufu1)

441 I know it's not Christian to ignore the suffering of others but I find this story to be a satisfying, karma kind of tale. I feel no sadness for those who worked at the excreable NY Times and I certainly feel zero sympathy for any of the former, grifter employees of USAID. In my estimation, they all deserve what they got and what they're getting.

Posted by: Tracy at April 22, 2026 07:00 PM (r5YQN)

442 and left with three days of health insurance
Bullsh**. COBRA is required to cover you for up to 90 days, including pre-existing conditions. And your coverage under your employment lasts to the end of the month, anyway.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 08:43 PM (Ta8N4)

443 She and her husband have applied for more than 100 jobs with no luck.

Huh. Well, sucks to be them, then. 15 months later and they've only applied to 100 jobs? Between them?

Heck, I've applied to 50 jobs in just the past two months.

Also, if they haven't gotten to the point of checking out the "Now hiring" sign in the window of Taco Bell, then they're not really trying.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 08:46 PM (Ta8N4)

444 Learn to weld.
H/t Mike Rowe.

Posted by: No Justice for Iryna, No Peace for Charlotte Government at April 22, 2026 09:56 PM (iIqok)

445 Boo fricking hoo.Couldn't happen to a more deserving group of people. Now for the regulation, or better yet, the abolition of NGOs. Any organization that received all/most/majority of their funding from the USG cannot be deemed an NON-govt org. And strip tax-exempt status from ALL the ones that survive.

Posted by: Delilah at April 23, 2026 12:07 AM (n/m5m)

Trump to Iran: I'm Giving You Primitive Screwheads "Three to Five Days" to Come Up With a United Government Position, Or Else It's Bombs Away

I guess it's something.

As you probably know, parts of the Iran "government," such as it is, are making conciliatory noises while others are crying Death to America and ordering attacks on ships.

I think this is typical Muslim hudna bullshit -- "negotiating" just to regroup before the next unbroken-for-1300-years war on the world -- but hopefully Trump has reached the end of his patience for this rope-a-dope.

Axios:

U.S. officials first began to see the divisions after the first round of Islamabad talks, when it became clear IRGC commander Gen. Ahmad Vahidi and his deputies had rejected much of what Iran's own negotiators had discussed.
The split broke into the open last Friday. When Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the IRGC refused to implement it -- and began publicly attacking him.

Someone must have put the Democrats in charge of Iran's finances because they're not paying Homeland Security.

Or... so Trump says. I don't know. The mullahs will make sure the first and last pennies they have left are used to pay their secret police and terrorists.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
@SecScottBessent
As @POTUS has made clear, the United States Navy will continue the blockade of Iranian ports. In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in. Constraining Iran's maritime trade directly targets the regime's primary revenue lifelines.
The @USTreasury will continue to apply maximum pressure through Economic Fury to systematically degrade Tehran's ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds.
Any person or vessel facilitating these flows--through covert trade and finance--risks exposure to U.S. sanctions.
We continue to freeze the funds stolen by the corrupt leadership on behalf of the people of Iran.

Thanks President Trump for the kind words.
The Iranian regime is broken and broke.
They can't even pay their thugs any more.
They will either take the deal offered or they will devour themselves. pic.twitter.com/X4cg6YPzan
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) April 22, 2026

Iran did make a small concession: They'll won't murder eight of the innocent women they had scheduled for murder.

�Very good news! I have just been informed that eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed�� - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸 https://t.co/gsW76RQufY pic.twitter.com/oU1AlAOPpk
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) April 22, 2026

🚨 JUST IN: President Trump announces eight women protestors who were scheduled to be executed TONIGHT in Iran will NO LONGER be kiIIed

Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison.

�I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders,� pic.twitter.com/kL6f1pyCGR
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 22, 2026

It's something, but Iran can take an infinite number of its own people hostage and then release them as a "concession."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:15 PM

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1 Cheater slicks

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Kt19C)

2 Dull blade

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Kt19C)

3 Or Else It's Bombs Away

to long.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 02:16 PM (YBtcQ)

4 well I did read the content and I ain't noodin' for nobody

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (8uzBS)

5 🎯 I understood the Army of Darkness reference. 🎯

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (diia5)

6 I'm gonna get berry mad at you!

Posted by: President Shortcake at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (BRGBh)

7 Don't trust anything they say... Pretty sure Trump doesn't either...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (2/T3Z)

8

Remember that Russian merc unit that got chewed up and spit out from last Trump term? It's like that.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (cS1cw)

9 holy moly! 7 minutes from liftoff

ok, I'll go tell 'em

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (8uzBS)

10 Give them 3-5 days, and start bombing on day 2.

Posted by: toddg at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (KCFD3)

11

Just bomb them.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (3ek7K)

12 We'll see if the four that get imprisoned want to be alive after a month in IRGC prison.

Not that any of them are probably in good condition right now.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (a+4eV)

13 Is it TACO Tuesday or was that yesterday? [In before the inevitable, "He won't do nuffin'"]

Posted by: Martin Tell at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (sFNX2)

14 And that's the time frame for the George HW Bush to arrive in theater.

Probably just some coincidence because Trump is a dummy who doesn't have plans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (QEvSP)

15 It's new Kroger Ad Wednesday.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (kbShR)

16 As @POTUS has made clear, the United States Navy will continue the blockade of Iranian ports. In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in.

5 will get you 10 they just dump to oil into the sea to keep the wells working and blame the US.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (4NO2D)

17 By the look of it, I think those eight Iranian women should be granted asylum over here. Matter of fact, there are a couple vacant houses on my block...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 02:23 PM (QaH55)

18 It's new Kroger Ad Wednesday.
Posted by: Boss Moss

I hate clicking the coupons on Tues night only to have them wiped out on Wed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:23 PM (diia5)

19 I think part of the administration's strategy is to get the EU to pull their own weight. They rely on the petro products from Iran more than the US. So there's that.

And there are likely contingency plans being drawn up to secure the Hormuz. But that will likely mean US sailors and Soldiers will be directly in harms way, yet able to dish out some harm of their own.

One has to believe there was a "plan" to deal with the Hormuz if Iran/IRGC was this recalcitrant. Maybe it's just taking a while to get the pieces into place.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 02:23 PM (AkEZC)

20 A&M paid Mike Pence $200k to come do a speech, we need to cut their funding

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (8uzBS)

21 See, I'm at the point where if you say "Three to Five Days", I want you to do it after Two.

Madman Strategy only world if you're actually willing to be the Madman.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (iXqHn)

22 Yeah Iran is outsmarting us. At least that's what they'll tell the worms when we bury them shortly.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (wBaIH)

23 OT - this is fishy:

Michael Holmstrom
@MichaelH_MN
·
2h
🚨BREAKING:

Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (kX27y)

24 I agree Ace, based on what I have observed. Trump’s strength is that he is a bit scary and a bit unpredictable. But, his weakness is that he communicates to much and he has only been communicating that he is desperate for a deal. He would have been better off just saying that we are done bombing for now, and not seeking a deal with Iran. He should have said “if they act-up we will come back and devastate them again”. But, making a “deal” means we have to concede. And, Iran has the upper hand if we need a deal. This is mostly about perceptions. Iran is f-ed no matter what and they will be weak a long time. But, now Trump will be judged by whether he got a deal and the terms of the deal.

Posted by: Brian at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (4WugK)

25 "President Trump destroyed amterrorist nation and all I got was this lousy t-shirt."

On sale now.

Buy 3 and get a FREE "HILLARY WINS!!" t-shirt with your purchase.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (Sco7b)

26 Dr. Nazarian should be on every broadcast. The world needs to hear her message.

And Elizabeth Banks go go screw herself for all I care, and screw Kamala Harris too, those pigs.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (fvml8)

27 5 of the organisations SPLC funded do not exist.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (kbShR)

28 Just what the hell is this "international community?"

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 22, 2026 02:26 PM (ffp/o)

29 2h
🚨BREAKING:

Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.
Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (kX27y)
====================
Brings literal meaning to "nothing to see here, move along"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:26 PM (fvml8)

30 The Straits of Hormuz are an international waterway. Where is the world's outrage against Iran for holding it hostage? Where is the UN's outrage?

Fucking nowhere, that's where. Because it would take the hate-lamp off Trump.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 22, 2026 02:26 PM (gXGCk)

31 How long from north Madagascar to Arabian Sea by aircraft Carrier battlegroup?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:27 PM (kbShR)

32 OT:

"NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman just testified before Congress that both the Lunar Gateway habitable modules delivered to NASA (HALO and I-HAB) were corroded."

https://instapundit.com/791783/

I just want to be the first to lay down my marker that the corrosion will be traced to Chinesium, and NASA got stiffed with Yang Poon. (Familiar to Nightwalkers, that is Berserker's motorcycle repair buddy's term for parts that are Chinese-made and, as such, unfit for purpose.)

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 02:27 PM (Sy6m/)

33 International Community is kinda like International Criminal Court. A sham.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 02:27 PM (GD0B3)

34 Dull blade
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Kt19C)
______________

"I'll be back"

-- The Blade

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

35
Where was our fem-nists' outrage over the impending doom of those eight women?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (xG4kz)

36 5 will get you 10 they just dump to oil into the sea to keep the wells working and blame the US.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (4NO2D)

I sure would like to see a serious explanation from a respected petroleum engineer, why shutting in Iranian wells would "ruin" them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (utfVc)

37 *Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.*

#######

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (ffp/o)

38 Eight women saved?

IRGC: Not so fast.

Iran wouldn't lie about this to Trump to gain leverage with him, would they?

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (G0vdT)

39 Hey!
I'm not plural.

Posted by: The Strait of Hormuz at April 22, 2026 02:29 PM (ffp/o)

40 The President looks in the mirror and speaks
His shirts are clean but his country reeks
Unpaid bills, Virginia hills
Bombs away
But we're okay
Bombs away
In old Iran...

Posted by: The Police at April 22, 2026 02:29 PM (79nfv)

41 35
Where was our fem-nists' outrage over the impending doom of those eight women?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (xG4kz)

Sparing their lives only helps Trump! We are outraged!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (Dv3i1)

42
Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.
Posted by: beckster

A huge billboard to announce that "lerning" centers will lease the property and offer their services will be installed there in a matter of days, now!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (xG4kz)

43 38 Eight women saved?

IRGC: Not so fast.

Iran wouldn't lie about this to Trump to gain leverage with him, would they?
Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (G0vdT)

Trump putting it out there for all the World to see shines a spotlight on it... Clever...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (2/T3Z)

44 It's new Kroger Ad Wednesday.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM

It's Prince Spaghetti Day!

Posted by: Anthony's Mom at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (bFu5X)

45 Time to blow the dust off those neutron bombs we have laying around. Kills the peeps but, preserves the infrastructure.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:31 PM (abIsI)

46 I sure would like to see a serious explanation from a respected petroleum engineer, why shutting in Iranian wells would "ruin" them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (utfVc)

The explanation I heard was that if they stop pumping and let them sit, they will get water/salt water intrusion into the wells. No idea if that's correct or not.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 02:31 PM (QaH55)

47 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (kbShR)

48 >>>It's something, but Iran can take an infinite number of its own people hostage and then release them as a "concession."

That is what Iran was doing before anything kicked off. I mean besides holding the entire population under threat of arbitrary arrest, arresting and holding protesters as prisoners to get compliance from their families is a thing a dictatorship does. Not technically hostages when a government does it, but they usually didn't release them without long prison sentences or severe beatings either.

This is what incremental progress looks like. It looks like concessions.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

49 Bomb bomb bomb, bomb Iran.

Posted by: McCain's Moldy Corpse at April 22, 2026 02:33 PM (abIsI)

50 BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women.

Not a word from the international community of so-called human rights organizations.

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

Not true! Senator Chris Murphy posted a one-word response on social media: "AWESOME!"

/And I believe two of those "women" are 16-year-old girls.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:33 PM (l7fPC)

51 Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (2/T3Z)

Still some fight left in the old dog.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:33 PM (HgRco)

52 I'm tired of the Good Cop - Bad Cop game the Persians are peddling.

In this case, All Cops Are Beyond Their Expiry Date.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 02:34 PM (TezPK)

53 It's something, but Iran can take an infinite number of its own people hostage and then release them as a "concession."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:15 PM

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

As much as I love President Trump, I'm old enough to remember when we didn't negotiate with terrorists -- especially those of the Death Cult kind.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:34 PM (l7fPC)

54
I hope Trump & Bibi are working on a MOAB solution. That's all the Iranians and the Muslim world understand.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (IifOV)

55 50 BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women.

Not a word from the international community of so-called human rights organizations.

I don't speak Farsi.

Posted by: Pope at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (abIsI)

56 think this is typical Muslim hudna bullshit -- "negotiating" just to regroup before the next unbroken-for-1300-years war on the world -- but hopefully Trump has reached the end of his patience for this rope-a-dope.

There's really nothing they can do themselves to win this war. They're just waiting for the Dems and the MFM to weaken our will enough that we'll walk away from yet another war we've already won. You can understand why they'd adopt this strategy, but the clock really is ticking for them. Their entire economy is a shambles, and the money to pay their thugs is fast evaporating.

Posted by: Archimedes at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (Riz8t)

57 Probably just some coincidence because Trump is a dummy who doesn't have plans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (QEvSP)

Trump is not our sort of people, so he has no idea how to run international negotiations, and has no clue about how to run a war.
He should have learned from people like Bolton and Kerry while he had the chance

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR)

58 Those Persian women are better looking than every psycho femprog I've ever seen. Glad to see they'll live. The Persian women that is

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (gu0hJ)

59 The head of the IRGC Vahidi is from the most extremist wing of the IRGC and made his early reputation as a young commander through summary execution of Kurds in 1979-80 and his entire career has been drenched in blood.

PDJT keeps claiming that the "new" leadership is "regime change" and more reasonable but that is not at all the case for Vahidi.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (6Q9y6)

60 "36I sure would like to see a serious explanation from a respected petroleum engineer, why shutting in Iranian wells would "ruin" them."

I am not an engineer, nor do I play one on TV, but I read an explanation and it made sense to me. Sort of like priming the pump.

Posted by: Martin Tell at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (sFNX2)

61 37 *Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.*

#######

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Posted by: Kramer at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (ffp/o)

Someone needs to ask her who the accountant was that fucked up her disclosure. That 30m discrepancy is malpractice. Why she not sue? Who was it? If she is lying then its defamation.

She really is in a pickle.......I'd we had a real press.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (LD+oO)

62 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Where? In Brazil?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (diia5)

63 Another threat? OK.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (O8rRt)

64 🚨BREAKING:

Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.
Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (kX27y)
====================
Brings literal meaning to "nothing to see here, move along"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:26 PM (fvml

__

The "winery" was always a sham designed to grift from and possibly even defraud "investors." Here's how these things work:

1. Set up company in a trendy industry. Like, you know, a winery.

2. Offer investments in the company at insanely inflated prices. The "investors" are usually (but not always) in on it.

3. Use the income from "investments" for any purpose you want.

4. Company ultimately folds, but so what? The entire thing was set up to basically launder money, and it accomplished its goal.

Ever wonder why every rando THOT has some cosmetics or beauty business? It's because the business is a front for sugar daddies to "invest" in exchange for sex, while keeping a veneer of respectability.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)

65 The explanation I heard was that if they stop pumping and let them sit, they will get water/salt water intrusion into the wells. No idea if that's correct or not.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 02:31 PM (QaH55)

Usually the converse of that is true. The oil in the reservoir is floating on top of the salt water. Pump on the well to hard, and suction will draw the oil/water interface up into a cone, with its apex at the wellbore. Same happens with fresh water wells on islands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (utfVc)

66 Maybe we could trade Mumia Abu Jamal to Iran for a hot babe to be named later.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (2ap+5)

67 Food City.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (kbShR)

68 BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women.

What a waste.

Posted by: Eric Swalwell at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (IifOV)

69 I'm tired of the Good Cop - Bad Cop game the Persians are peddling.

In this case, All Cops Are Beyond Their Expiry Date.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 02:34 PM (TezPK)

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

Trump should know -- especially after his experiences with Democrat-Communists and RINOs -- that you can't negotiate with serial-lying death cultists.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (l7fPC)

70 Trump to Iran: I'm Giving You Primitive Screwheads: That was TRUMP's BOOM-STICK...

Time to go Army of Darkness upon the Deadites. Pity for the Guilty is Treason to the Innocent. Period.
https://tinyurl.com/TULSI-ArmyOfONE

LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/

Debank-Iran/IRG currency, re-issue civilian-only
Seize IRG/offshore asset as pledge against new civilian issue.

Freeport/Cuba as the new oil depot for the world, forever put Kharg into the dustbin of history.

TRUiMPhant WOW!
awaiting the days when the moaning and wailing of the LIBs to be greater than the day after ctHILLARY's loss.

Because when America250 shows up, citizenship will be cast into a new light:

"The difference between a civilian and a citizen? A citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic, of which he is a member, defending it, if need be, with his life. The civilian does not."

LIBs will be MAD AS HELL and NEVER EVER gonna LIB again... they will live in fear for having abandoned their only means of survival, and GUILT for knowing that they have done so willingly.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (7h9/P)

71 Trump needs to hit the primitive screw heads with his boom stick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (snZF9)

72 Someone needs to ask her who the accountant was that fucked up her disclosure. That 30m discrepancy is malpractice. Why she not sue? Who was it? If she is lying then its defamation.

She really is in a pickle.......I'd we had a real press.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM

She'll be okay. She paid the $25 for audit protection when she did her taxes on TurboTax2025.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (IifOV)

73 35
Where was our fem-nists' outrage over the impending doom of those eight women?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (xG4kz)

Feminists are just Neo-Bolsheviks with vaginas and nose-rings who want to destroy men, the family, and the United States. They don't actually give a fuck about actual systemic oppression and mistreatment of women which is why they don't have a single word to say about this, or Islamic countries normalizing beating and raping women, or grooming and trafficking gangs in the UK. The woman part is cynically coincidental.

Posted by: Yet another op at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

74 I sure would like to see a serious explanation from a respected petroleum engineer, why shutting in Iranian wells would "ruin" them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:28 PM (utfVc)

same here, probably came from a urinalist that thinks heshe knows something others don't

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (8uzBS)

75 71 Trump needs to hit the primitive screw heads with his boom stick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Operation Meat Hammer.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (abIsI)

76 Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (l7fPC)

He knows.

In every fight Trump is always the one misread and underestimated. I have yet to see him EVER not feel out an adversary. Supposed friends, many times. But never an adversary.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (HgRco)

77 48 This is what incremental progress looks like. It looks like concessions.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

========

Trump didn't nuke Tehran, therefore Iran has won.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (QEvSP)

78 69 I'm tired of the Good Cop - Bad Cop game the Persians are peddling.

In this case, All Cops Are Beyond Their Expiry Date.

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 02:34 PM (TezPK)

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

Trump should know -- especially after his experiences with Democrat-Communists and RINOs -- that you can't negotiate with serial-lying death cultists.
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (l7fPC)

Perhaps we could get an expeditionary force from all other gulf states to do the occupation.....a little skin in the game since its their back yard.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (LD+oO)

79 Rename Rods From God as Rods From Allah, them drop some down the well in Qom, and boom -- no more Shi'ite Islam. War over in 15 minutes.

Posted by: zombie at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (Av6i5)

80 Trump is not our sort of people, so he has no idea how to run international negotiations, and has no clue about how to run a war.
He should have learned from people like Bolton and Kerry while he had the chance

He's not our sort.
*sniff*
*Pulls out penis and begins wanking*

Posted by: The striped pants set at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (Riz8t)

81 Food City.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That's on Malcom X Blvd and St. George Floyd Ave, right?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (diia5)

82 It's Prince Spaghetti Day!
Posted by: Anthony's Mom

Anthony!!

Posted by: Burned Into My Hippo Campus at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (oftw2)

83 Is that Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (xcxpd)

84 75 71 Trump needs to hit the primitive screw heads with his boom stick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Operation Meat Hammer.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (abIsI)

Bonk bonk on the head.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (LD+oO)

85 57 Trump is not our sort of people, so he has no idea how to run international negotiations, and has no clue about how to run a war.
He should have learned from people like Bolton and Kerry while he had the chance

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (rbvCR)

=======

"The first rule in war is tell your enemy your plans so that they can properly prepare and you can limit civilian casualties while making bank in the military industrial complex through a conflict that never ends."
-Sun Tzu

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (QEvSP)

86 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (kbShR)

I'm not sure what it is by me, since I'm in cattle plus meatpacking country. I got 4 bacon and cheddar burger patties for $6 the other day. Plus my nephew keeps offloading his extra venison on me, which makes Pookette *very* happy.

Posted by: pookysgirl, Typhoid Mary at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (Wt5PA)

87 Food City is mostly rural swest va ky and tn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:40 PM (kbShR)

88 Pretty soon all the IRGC leaders will walk around with babies strapped to their chests as human shields.

Posted by: zombie at April 22, 2026 02:41 PM (Av6i5)

89 Before any of you losers claim him, I’ve got Vahidi in my dead pool.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:41 PM (DGgho)

90 Feminists are just Neo-Bolsheviks with vaginas and nose-rings who want to destroy men, the family, and the United States. They don't actually give a fuck about actual systemic oppression and mistreatment of women which is why they don't have a single word to say about this, or Islamic countries normalizing beating and raping women, or grooming and trafficking gangs in the UK. The woman part is cynically coincidental.

Posted by: Yet another op at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (TbWk/)

Feminists are pissed off ugly chicks that are pissed they weren't born with a dick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:41 PM (snZF9)

91
23 OT - this is fishy:

Michael Holmstrom
@MichaelH_MN
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🚨BREAKING:

Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.
Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM

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She's using the same strategy as Iran. Deflect, deny, stall, depend on friends in the media, wait for change of political climate. It's worked so far.

I don't think running back to Somalia is an option, considering how her evil family left there in a hurry.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (uP7Qm)

92 58 Those Persian women are better looking than every psycho femprog I've ever seen. Glad to see they'll live. The Persian women that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (gu0hJ)

Most Persian woman are very beautiful.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (y171U)

93 50 BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women.

Not a word from the international community of so-called human rights organizations.
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The Propaganda Press responded by saying this is a local crimes story and they only write about health policy.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (6iBef)

94 Trump didn't nuke Tehran, therefore Iran has won.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (QEvSP)

Failure to commit genocide against the Iranian people is a crime against humanity, it only stands to reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

95 Chess is the game where you eliminate pieces on the board to win- right?

I’m a little confused why we are killing the antagonists.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (DGgho)

96 Remember Saddam Hussein lit the Kuwaiti Oil Wells on fire when they withdrew. Caused an environmental disaster.

Iran would do the same by dumping oil in the Gulf and the Environmentalists would blame Trump.

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (rvNIn)

97 A little too big in the can.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (kbShR)

98 Same happens with fresh water wells on islands.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:36 PM (utfVc)

Having lived on several barrier islands, I can tell you the term "fresh water" from a well is to be taken with a grain of salt. And lots of grains of other things...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (QaH55)

99 86 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (kbShR)

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Literal years of limiting herds hitting up against a drought 3 years ago has an effect on a product that takes 3 years to mature.

By Vance's inauguration, we'll have so much beef that it'll be $0.25 per pound of filet mignon and people will just act like it's natural and they never freaked out about beef prices, just like egg prices.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (QEvSP)

100 Yo. She bitch. Let's go.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (HgRco)

101 Someone needs to ask her who the accountant was that fucked up her disclosure. That 30m discrepancy is malpractice. Why she not sue? Who was it? If she is lying then its defamation.

he has already spoken and said she was the one that filled out the forms that generated the income/asset results

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (8uzBS)

102 Trump to Iran: I'm Giving You Primitive Screwheads "Three to Five Days" to Come Up With a United Government Position, Or Else It's Bombs Away

On Day 4, launch Operation Boomstick.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (yKXYz)

103 94 Trump didn't nuke Tehran, therefore Iran has won.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (QEvSP)

Failure to commit genocide against the Iranian people is a crime against humanity, it only stands to reason.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (rbvCR)

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He said mean words, though. That's a bigger crime against humanity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (QEvSP)

104 Me. If Iran has to shut it's oil wells, do they become useless? If so, why

SuperGrok: No, Iran’s oil wells do not become completely useless if shut down, but prolonged or abrupt shut-ins can cause significant, often irreversible damage that permanently reduces the amount of recoverable oil and lowers future production rates—sometimes by 25–50% or more in affected wells or zones.

This is especially relevant for Iran because most of its major oil fields (such as those in the Asmari and Bangestan formations) are mature, decades-old reservoirs that already rely on natural water drive, fractures, and secondary recovery methods. Many have been under-maintained due to sanctions, making them more vulnerable

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (Sco7b)

105 Pretty soon all the IRGC leaders will walk around with babies strapped to their chests as human shields.
Posted by: zombie at April 22, 2026 02:41 PM (Av6i5)

Technically a shield is also a weapon of war.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)

106 Most Persian woman are very beautiful.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (y171U)

Yes they are.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (snZF9)

107 NYT ran a sob story on the USAID fired employees. From 272K to $19/hr at the progressive/woke spice store:
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Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)

108 93 50 BREAKING: The Islamic Republic is preparing to hang eight women.

Not a word from the international community of so-called human rights organizations.

They did not vote for Harris, so they are expendable and it is TRUMP'S FAULT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (rvNIn)

109 They believe they are beating Satan, big & little. They are either lying to themselves or great actors. This will not end well for them. Capitulate you murderous assholes.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (2NHgQ)

110 Soon we'll see Christiane Amanpour crawl out from under pile of camel flop and declare the clock is ticking for Trump.

Oh wait.

https://tinyurl.com/2c7k44rx

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (abIsI)

111 110 Soon we'll see Christiane Amanpour crawl out from under pile of camel flop and declare the clock is ticking for Trump.

Oh wait.

https://tinyurl.com/2c7k44rx

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (abIsI)

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I believe you mean Major Christiane Amanpour. I think she outranks you!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (QEvSP)

112 same here, probably came from a urinalist that thinks heshe knows something others don't
Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (8uzBS)

Another thing to think about: if for some reason, shutting in some of the Iranian wells wrecks them for good, so what? You know where the reservoir is, how deep it is, and what the remaining reserves are. It would be very easy, and quick, to drill new wells, better situated to exploit the remaining reserves. If there is regime change in Iran, and the good guys win, there would be money made in helping them get the oil fields up and running again. If the bad guys remain in charge, no point in letting have oil to sell, is there?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (utfVc)

113 Good Morning Everyone!

Soon to be Good Afternoon here as it already is for most of you. Another perfect early spring day here in Southern California.

Getting ready to go get Mr. Kamper out of storage.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (QGaXH)

114 SuperGrok continued....

Why damage happens (key mechanisms)

Here’s what typically occurs during extended shut-ins (weeks to months or longer, as happens when exports are blocked and storage fills up):

Water coning and capillary trapping: In mature fields with underlying aquifers (common in Iran’s carbonate reservoirs), shutting in the well removes the pressure gradient that keeps water down. Bottom water rises (cones) into the oil zone. Capillary forces then trap oil in the rock pores, making it physically unrecoverable through the existing wellbore. This oil is effectively “locked away” forever in that part of the reservoir.

Precipitation and clogging: Iran’s crude often contains asphaltenes, waxes, and paraffins. When flow stops, these can solidify and block pores, perforations, tubing, and surface equipment. Scale buildup and fines migration (tiny rock particles moving and jamming flow paths) add to the blockage

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (Sco7b)

115 I'm afraid Trump is being taken for a ride again. The only "deal" is to kill the bastards.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (AlhUl)

116 I think it's frozen tundra oil wells that you dont shut off.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (kbShR)

117 Can Omar be charged now that the financials were changed? What would be the charge or claim?

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (DGgho)

118 Perhaps we could get an expeditionary force from all other gulf states to do the occupation.....a little skin in the game since its their back yard.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (LD+oO)

The other gulf states are extraordinarily weak from a military standpoint. The Saudi's and the UAE have a decent air force, but no competent ground forces. Remember that with US backing the Saudi's tried to do a ground invasion of Yemen not all that long ago; and they got their asses kicked by a bunch of goatherds.

The only military forces with any real significance in the Middle East belong to Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Israel. Egypt is too far away to concern itself with what's going on in Iran, and no one wants Erdogan to have anything to do with this situation.

So there's not going to be any deus ex machina dropping in from some unexpected quarter.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (rGqqI)

119 115 I'm afraid Trump is being taken for a ride again. The only "deal" is to kill the bastards.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (AlhUl)

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He should probably position major naval and air resources in the region, then. That's probably something he should have started weeks ago.

I wonder if the carrier George HW Bush could show up right about the time that Trump says the ceasefire is over...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (QEvSP)

120 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (QEvSP)

I don't get it.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (HgRco)

121 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (kbShR)

122 The TBN Israel guys on YouTube are doing a good job of covering the war from the Israeli perspective. They do podcasts from Jerusalem. This gal named Ruthie on JNS is also quite fiery. She's a native New Yorker who now lives in Israel and basically gives no quarter to the Jihadi killers.

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (reMys)

123 SuperGrok last...

Pressure imbalances and geomechanical effects: Reservoir pressure can equalize unevenly. In fractured reservoirs (typical of many Iranian fields), this leads to poor sweep efficiency when production restarts. Fractures may close or allow uneven water breakthrough.

Corrosion and equipment degradation: Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S, common in Iranian crudes) and stagnant fluids accelerate corrosion of downhole equipment, casings, and pumps. Sand/debris can settle and bury pumps or assemblies.

Restarting may require major workovers. Restarting is possible—but costly and incomplete

Short-term shut-ins (days/weeks) are often manageable with minimal loss. Longer ones require weeks to months of work (chemical treatments, workovers, pressure rebalancing) to restart, and full pre-shut-in rates are rarely recovered.

Iran’s fields already face natural decline; sanctions limit access to chemicals, spare parts, and advanced recovery tech, so damage is harder to fix

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (Sco7b)

124 117 Can Omar be charged now that the financials were changed? What would be the charge or claim?
Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (DGgho)

Dumbassery above and beyond the call of duty.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (rGqqI)

125 107 NYT ran a sob story on the USAID fired employees. From 272K to $19/hr at the progressive/woke spice store:
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Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)

$20 dollars, Sherry baby. Same as in town.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (QaH55)

126 In this land of sand and sun,
We never flush for Number One.

Sign in rest room on Ocracoke before the reverse osmosis plant was built.

Posted by: Urinary Dilemna at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (oftw2)

127 120 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (QEvSP)

I don't get it.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (HgRco)

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hey

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (QEvSP)

128 I guess we're just gonna have to wait until Starmer and Macron weigh in.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (FmapG)

129 121 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (kbShR)

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They make money on booze and other drinks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (QEvSP)

130 Can we trade those eight women for Democrat congresswomen? Throw in the STD Squad, that idiot with the purple hair, Stumps McDouchebag and a pick to be named later.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (DGgho)

131 Thanks TheJamesMadison at 119. You're reply was much more snarky than I could have managed.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (2NHgQ)

132 Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (kX27y)

That's the Commie-affiliated spice seller. No shocka there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (utfVc)

133 No press release next time. Instead, Trump will announce the end of the ceasefire by bombing every IRGC facility they have identified, including houses. "One bunker, one MOAB" is going to be our new motto.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (6iBef)

134 parts of the Iran "government,"

Won't be the 1st time the bomb wranglers have written "to whom it may concern" on their deliverables.

Posted by: DaveA at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (FhXTo)

135 Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.

It wasn't us!

Posted by: Phylloxera louses at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (w9Wax)

136 Trump to Iran: I'm Giving You Primitive Screwheads "Three to Five Days" to Come Up With a United Government Position, Or Else It's Bombs Away

Shop Smart! Shop S-Mart!

Posted by: Ash Williams at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (/HDaX)

137 The IRGC is done. Everybody keeps saying this is Trump's war, but really, it is Israel's war when it comes to the IRGC. This is a division of labor.

We focus on hard targets and commerce for the good of global economic security.

This is a global conflict and the EU, the UN, NATO and the arab states have not felt enough pain to recognize it yet. It will play out.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (Fbc0I)

138 133 No press release next time. Instead, Trump will announce the end of the ceasefire by bombing every IRGC facility they have identified, including houses. "One bunker, one MOAB" is going to be our new motto.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (6iBef)

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Almost like how the conflict started about 7 weeks ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:50 PM (QEvSP)

139 Would a Delta 88 fit in a B-52?

Posted by: DaveA at April 22, 2026 02:51 PM (FhXTo)

140 115 I'm afraid Trump is being taken for a ride again.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (AlhUl)

A commenter aptly named!

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:51 PM (YbTYS)

141 >>>NYT ran a sob story on the USAID fired employees. From 272K to $19/hr at the progressive/woke spice store.

Funny how the media never wonders how someone with sufficient vocational worth to earn 272K somehow cannot find a job paying more than 40k. If only we had an industry dedicated to public service, using critical thinking and analysis to ask questions...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (CwhoI)

142 gotta admit "Primitive Screwheads" would be a great name for a band.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (rj6Yv)

143 Truth Social:

Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison. I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (/Vcgx)

144 Illegal war. Genocide. Threat to democracy. Unaffordablility! Rohr!

[drools uncontrollably on law degree]

Posted by: Senator Van Headjob at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (utGqj)

145 129 121 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (kbShR)

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They make money on booze and other drinks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (QEvSP)

They also probably have higher turnover.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (okun6)

146 141
Funny how the media never wonders how someone with sufficient vocational worth to earn 272K somehow cannot find a job paying more than 40k. If only we had an industry dedicated to public service, using critical thinking and analysis to ask questions...

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (CwhoI)

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All the do-nothing jobs at that level in the NGO space that still exist are populated by H1-Bs now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (QEvSP)

147 >> A commenter aptly named!

I bet he’s one of those guys who can suck his own dick.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (DGgho)

148 86 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (kbShR)

Man, I want to buy beef where you live.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (tOcjL)

149 No press release next time. Instead, Trump will announce the end of the ceasefire by bombing every IRGC facility they have identified, including houses. "One bunker, one MOAB" is going to be our new motto.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 02:49 PM (6iBef)

Do a George Thorogood sing along for our troops. One Bunker, one MOAB, and one Beer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (snZF9)

150 Use combined arms of the Space Ray Gun and Gay Gas.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (abIsI)

151 The Institute for the Study of War is on it.

NEW: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States.

Vahidi appears to have the upper hand over Ghalibaf at the moment. Vahidi is reportedly the only Iranian official with direct access to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei and is serving as a conduit for relaying key decisions to other regime officials, according to Israeli media on April 19.

US and Iranian delegations will reportedly meet in Islamabad, Pakistan, for a second round of talks in the coming days. US and Iranian demands appear to have largely stayed the same, however. (Much more ).
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Btw, Board of Directors includes
Dr. William Kristol
Director
Defending Democracy Together. 🤬
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Not convinced any of the 'Iranian women won't be executed' story is real.

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (NFX2v)

152 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LZ0y6A-fFjc

Posted by: DaveA at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (FhXTo)

153 110 Soon we'll see Christiane Amanpour crawl out from under pile of camel flop and declare the clock is ticking for Trump.

Oh wait.

https://tinyurl.com/2c7k44rx
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (abIsI)

Dear God she really is an awful excuse for a human being.

Posted by: Hating America since...always at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (TbWk/)

154 Short-term shut-ins (days/weeks) are often manageable with minimal loss. Longer ones require weeks to months of work (chemical treatments, workovers, pressure rebalancing) to restart, and full pre-shut-in rates are rarely recovered.

Iran’s fields already face natural decline; sanctions limit access to chemicals, spare parts, and advanced recovery tech, so damage is harder to fix
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (Sco7b)

A lot of that Grok stuff is just electronic hand-waving.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (utfVc)

155 122 The TBN Israel guys on YouTube are doing a good job of covering the war from the Israeli perspective. They do podcasts from Jerusalem. This gal named Ruthie on JNS is also quite fiery. She's a native New Yorker who now lives in Israel and basically gives no quarter to the Jihadi killers.
Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (reMys)
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Her parents were Norman Podhoretz and Midge Decter!

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

156 143 Truth Social:

Very good news! I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed. Four will be released immediately, and four will be sentenced to one month in prison. I very much appreciate that Iran, and its leaders, respected my request, as President of the United States, and terminated the planned execution. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (/Vcgx)

That's in ace's post.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (YbTYS)

157 Out in SWest Va.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (kbShR)

158 156 That's in ace's post.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (YbTYS)

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What's an "ace's post"?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (QEvSP)

159
Ilhan Omar’s sham winery LLC was dissolved 9 days after her updated disclosures.
Posted by: beckster

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Where'd the dough go?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ)

160 121 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss

I saw a video that says they buy it by the train load.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (abIsI)

161 Another thing to think about: if for some reason, shutting in some of the Iranian wells wrecks them for good, so what? You know where the reservoir is, how deep it is, and what the remaining reserves are. It would be very easy, and quick, to drill new wells, better situated to exploit the remaining reserves. If there is regime change in Iran, and the good guys win, there would be money made in helping them get the oil fields up and running again. If the bad guys remain in charge, no point in letting have oil to sell, is there?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (utfVc)

No reason you couldn't just drill another hole in such a case. Probably the equipment is kinda crap anyway.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (8avO+)

162 Ace?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (kbShR)

163 We are looking longingly at the meatless T-bone steaks.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (2ap+5)

164 148 86 Oh noes. The $3/lbs beef has gone up to $4/lbs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (kbShR)

Man, I want to buy beef where you live.

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That's not exactly beef....

Posted by: Wilbur at April 22, 2026 02:56 PM (ussWB)

165 157 Out in SWest Va.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (kbShR)

I assume it's low end ground beef (73-27) for $4 lb...b/c no one sells at that regular price for any other product right now...

Now, sales...yes. I got stew beef from Target for $4.75/lb few days ago and bought it all (b/c it was half off)...figure I can crockpot it into a taco filling (which is more summery than stew)...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL)

166 What's an "ace's post"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM

It's that preamble at the start of the comments but that's not important right now.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 02:56 PM (4NO2D)

167 A lot of that Grok stuff is just electronic hand-waving.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (utfVc

I think of it as a glorified search engine.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

168 buy

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (abIsI)

169 >>>Where'd the dough go?

Learing Centers.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (CwhoI)

170 139 Would a Delta 88 fit in a B-52?
Posted by: DaveA
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It'll be close. Mom had one back in the day, could fit 12 teenagers across the back side with room to spare.. and drove like a boat on the lake.

And it also could serve as a much needed portable motel if needed but I wouldn't know about that (wink).

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (VkY89)

171 What's an "ace's post"?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:54 PM (QEvSP)

That thing you guys are hitching your comments to.

P.S. Prometheus!

Posted by: Ash Williams at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (/HDaX)

172 The Institute for the Study of War is on it.

NEW: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States.

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That Institute is Neocon central, I wouldn't trust anything coming from them.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (8avO+)

173 We are looking longingly at the meatless T-bone steaks.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (2ap+5)
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At first, they sold us grass-fed beef.

Now they want to sell grass to grass-fed customers.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (rj6Yv)

174 NEW: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States.

Odds are Ghalibaf is in custody... Along with the other 2 non-IRGC.... No one has physically seen them for a day... The IRGC seems to be fully in "charge" if you can call it that...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (2/T3Z)

175 All eight of those poor girls have already been savagely g********* and sodomized. The irgc Muslims believe that if a woman prisoner is violated she won't go to the great whorehouse in the sky when she dies. Of course, there's not really any role or any goodies for females in the Muslim Paradise so....

But in all seriousness, this is completely standard practice for the Iranians with female prisoners of any age.

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 02:58 PM (reMys)

176 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss

Volume. Really.
Same way Wal Mart & Sam's sells toilet paper cheap. When you order by railcars you get a hell of a price break.

Mom & Pop Shop: We need to order an LTL (Less Than truck Load) for June.

Sam's to Northern Toilet Paper: "We're going to need 150 railcars of toilet paper for June".

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 02:58 PM (/Vcgx)

177 Loss leader. Fairly lean. 75 25.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:58 PM (kbShR)

178 The drive from Wytheville to Bristol on I-81 is lovely. It's gutting that the votes of the people who live along that route don't matter at all, but that's democracy.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 02:58 PM (2ap+5)

179 90 Feminists are pissed off ugly chicks that are pissed they weren't born with a dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:41 PM (snZF9)

There's also a weird trend of Biological, Honest-to-God women who wish they were troons.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:58 PM (iXqHn)

180 I got an AFE for one of the SI wells I have an interest in. I nearly fell off the chair for the amount of work required. It was in the Williston Basin and I was like, yeah maybe not.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (aobjm)

181 unbroken-for-1300-years war on the world --

For the kids

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (Kt19C)

182 129 121 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (kbShR)

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They make money on booze and other drinks?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:48 PM (QEvSP)

They also probably have higher turnover.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 22, 2026 02:53 PM (okun6)

In the old days the answer would be "mob operated"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (8avO+)

183 Where'd the dough go?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 02:55 PM (n7rxJ)

Ilhan has made a lot of bread...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (utfVc)

184 Nothing will happen until USS HW Bush arrives in theater. Other than iran will loose a few more billion, and completely run out of oil barges to store the oil being pumped on Kharg.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (GD0B3)

185 Call me kooky, but that whole mullah thing in iran needs to be vaporized. You can't leave any trace of whatever the fuck was ruling iran. Not a morsel, person, fingerprint, atom, whatever. It needs to be extinct so it can never regrow.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (snZF9)

186 is that liquid coming out of my pee hole supposed to be green?

Posted by: Le Haim at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (+mC3b)

187 >>>NEW: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States.

It's like high school Debate Club, but swarthier and 300% more murder.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (CwhoI)

188 @WSJopinion
Beijing wants to use the International Monetary Fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world.

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China's in great shape, everyone. Gonna invade Taiwan tomorrow, it's so strong.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (QEvSP)

189 Would a Delta 88 fit in a B-52?
Posted by: DaveA
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It'll be close. Mom had one back in the day, could fit 12 teenagers across the back side with room to spare.. and drove like a boat on the lake.

And it also could serve as a much needed portable motel if needed but I wouldn't know about that (wink).
Posted by: NALNAMSAM

1974 Mercury Grand Marquis - 16. Front and back seat & some laps were utilized.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 03:00 PM (/Vcgx)

190 139 Would a Delta 88 fit in a B-52?
Posted by: DaveA
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It'll be close. Mom had one back in the day, could fit 12 teenagers across the back side with room to spare.. and drove like a boat on the lake.

And it also could serve as a much needed portable motel if needed but I wouldn't know about that (wink).
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (VkY89)
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You could fit a decent-sized drone launcher in the trunk.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 03:00 PM (rj6Yv)

191 NEW: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States.

Odds are Ghalibaf is in custody... Along with the other 2 non-IRGC.... No one has physically seen them for a day... The IRGC seems to be fully in "charge" if you can call it that...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 02:57 PM (2/T3Z)

I heard they were under "house arrest"

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:00 PM (8avO+)

192 Madagascar to Persian Gulf at Destroyer speed?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:00 PM (kbShR)

193 Funny how the media never wonders how someone with sufficient vocational worth to earn 272K somehow cannot find a job paying more than 40k. If only we had an industry dedicated to public service, using critical thinking and analysis to ask questions...
Posted by: Citizen Cake at April 22, 2026 02:52 PM (CwhoI)

Relax, she is just trying to make sure she doesn't have to explain "that gap in employment" when she goes for an interview for a real job

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:00 PM (rbvCR)

194 Throw a 90/10 burger on the grill and it winds up looking and tasting like a hockey puck. No thanks. Give me 80/20 all day.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:01 PM (abIsI)

195 What's an "ace's post"?

$20, same as in town

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 22, 2026 03:01 PM (Kt19C)

196 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Corn-fed kangaroo?

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 22, 2026 03:01 PM (TezPK)

197 188 China's in great shape, everyone. Gonna invade Taiwan tomorrow, it's so strong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (QEvSP)

Gonna do a Reverse Nanjing to Osaka on the weekend, even.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 03:01 PM (iXqHn)

198 No thanks. Give me 80/20 all day.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:01 PM

We eat the 80/20 most times but 30% fat makes a better burger.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:02 PM (4NO2D)

199 is that liquid coming out of my pee hole supposed to be green?

Posted by: Le Haim at April 22, 2026 03:02 PM (3cXW4)

200 200

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:02 PM (YbTYS)

201 201

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:02 PM (4NO2D)

202 Throw a 90/10 burger on the grill and it winds up looking and tasting like a hockey puck. No thanks. Give me 80/20 all day.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

Yeah. I finally wised up and switched to 80/20.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 03:03 PM (/Vcgx)

203 hmm, does 7 weeks equal a few weeks? hmmm...

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 03:03 PM (rGqqI)

204 Did someone say saccarine is good? Cheap as hell by the huge jar.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:03 PM (kbShR)

205 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 03:03 PM (IqaN9)

206 We eat the 80/20 most times but 30% fat makes a better burger.
Posted by: toby928(c)
I agree.
Can't find that here, otherwise, I would buy it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:03 PM (abIsI)

207 188 @WSJopinion
Beijing wants to use the International Monetary Fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world.

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If we can get the cost of the xjuklevqist concrete floor grinder down a couple hundred, I could support this

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (2ap+5)

208 How does Texas Road House sell 20 oz Ribeyes at grocery store prices?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:47 PM (kbShR)
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They buy the steaks wholesale, in vast bulk, and most of the money they make is in booze and other drinks. The profits on actual food sales in restaurants is very low. They make all their money in booze and even non-alcoholic drinks. Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

209 Those Persian women are better looking than every psycho femprog I've ever seen. Glad to see they'll live. The Persian women that is
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 02:35 PM (gu0hJ)

They ought to be released to US custody, just to be sure.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (vSvIl)

210 209!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)

211 drat!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)

212 Go try and eat the 72 ounce steak dinner at Big Texan in Amarillo.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (aobjm)

213 is that liquid coming out of my pee hole supposed to be green?

Posted by: Le Haim at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (Gi6Pt)

214 Ha! Cob revisionist.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (YbTYS)

215 208 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (QEvSP)

216
Sheryl Cowan, 57, was making $272,000 a year as a senior vice president at a U.S.A.I.D.-funded nonprofit when she was let go at the end of March 2025. Last month she had an online interview for a $19-an-hour job managing a Penzeys Spices store near her home in Falls Church, Va.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM

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Fortunately, she saved her money.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (uP7Qm)

217 118 Perhaps we could get an expeditionary force from all other gulf states to do the occupation.....a little skin in the game since its their back yard.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 02:39 PM (LD+oO)

The other gulf states are extraordinarily weak from a military standpoint. The Saudi's and the UAE have a decent air force, but no competent ground forces. Remember that with US backing the Saudi's tried to do a ground invasion of Yemen not all that long ago; and they got their asses kicked by a bunch of goatherds.

The only military forces with any real significance in the Middle East belong to Iran, Turkey, Egypt, and Israel. Egypt is too far away to concern itself with what's going on in Iran, and no one wants Erdogan to have anything to do with this situation.

So there's not going to be any deus ex machina dropping in from some unexpected quarter.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 02:46 PM (rGqqI)

Yet another situation where our "allies" take a free ride under our umbrella. Do these middle eastern princes want to keep being princes or vassals of the future shia/Iranian/islamofacists?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (LD+oO)

218 Call me kooky, but that whole mullah thing in iran needs to be vaporized. You can't leave any trace of whatever the fuck was ruling iran. Not a morsel, person, fingerprint, atom, whatever. It needs to be extinct so it can never regrow.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (snZF9)

Already done. Peg Leg in a coma isn't doing crap anymore. The coup between the "government" and the "IGRC military forces" doesn't answer to any religious dude.

If Trump gets a 'deal' presumably most of the IGRC leaders will end up being purged in the process, hence their interest in unending war. This got their upper level leaders whacked earlier with a high frequency, so when Pakistan's peace process fails and humiliates them, we can go back to taking out the current bosses by tracking who has recently bought a fancy uniform from a tailor.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (8avO+)

219 That's about 3 days worth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (kbShR)

220 These are not the retards you are looking for.

*jedi wave*

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (4NO2D)

221 Why don't the Chicoms just sell their massive gold reserves, to pay the loans.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (GD0B3)

222 208 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (QEvSP)

Booze is even more profitable to a restaurant.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (8avO+)

223 When we got married, the wife came with an Electra deuce and a quarter that her dad gave her. Loved that car! Was a '75, one of the last of the really loooong ones.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (rGqqI)

224 I'm thinking that the Trump team is playing this game with Iran but actually screwing over china and western europe and NATO. We will see but I think they know what they are doing and we just don't know their real end goals here.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (xvV+O)

225 221 Why don't the Chicoms just sell their massive gold reserves, to pay the loans.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:05 PM (GD0B3)

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Because deeply corrupt China probably has as much gold as Fort Knox does.

The rest got taken by communist party officials.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (QEvSP)

226 Most Chinese Gold is fake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (kbShR)

227 224 I'm thinking that the Trump team is playing this game with Iran but actually screwing over china and western europe and NATO. We will see but I think they know what they are doing and we just don't know their real end goals here.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (xvV+O)

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Panama, then Venezuela, then Iran.

It's all about China and their efforts to control oil reserves and waterways as well as buying sanctioned oil at deeply reduced prices.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (QEvSP)

228 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (QEvSP)
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Yup, if even that. It was about a penny a cup back when I was a waiter.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

229 186 is that liquid coming out of my pee hole supposed to be green?
Posted by: Le Haim at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (+mC3b)

Depends.

Posted by: Bruce B at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (LD+oO)

230 We also upsell the shit out of everything like the “loaded” baked potato for $5 which costs us 25 cents wholesale.

Posted by: Texas Roadhouse at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (ZGTXg)

231 I think it is pretty obvious that the headless corpse of Iran has multiple factions that are operating on dead man's switches.

We can keep sending A10s to strafe the speedboats that one faction is using to harass shipping, but those are using beaches, not ports, so it won't be fast.

Mostly it is a waiting game for the various groups to run out of ammo or money.

Posted by: Remo Williams at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (0U5gm)

232 223 When we got married, the wife came with an Electra deuce and a quarter that her dad gave her. Loved that car! Was a '75, one of the last of the really loooong ones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (rGqqI)
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Winter rules? Just teeing it up on the grass?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (2ap+5)

233 Peruvia told China to piss off as well.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (kbShR)

234 >> Most Chinese Gold is fake.

Except for my front tooth!

Posted by: Wong Hung Lo at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (T8TX7)

235 Yup, if even that. It was about a penny a cup back when I was a waiter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM

The paper cup costs more than the contents at McDonalds.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (4NO2D)

236 That was true of bosses of coke and cheap shampoo as well.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:10 PM (kbShR)

237 Beijing wants to use the International Monetary Fund to rescue the array of distressed Chinese loans around the world.

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China's in great shape, everyone. Gonna invade Taiwan tomorrow, it's so strong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:59 PM (QEvSP)

Are these loans BY China, or loans by other countries to Chinese enterprises?

But yes, China is under a lot of stress. Often though this is were a state decides to have a victorious foreign adventure like Argentina and the Falklands and far more examples from history like the Russo Japanese War.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (8avO+)

238 >>>Go try and eat the 72 ounce steak dinner at Big Texan in Amarillo.

Posted by: Marcus T

>No thanks. And folks wonder why they become obese. I'll take a 6 or 8 oz filet and sleep comfortably at night without the acid reflux.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (Fbc0I)

239 A Ukrainian team is training US personnel at Prince Sultan Airbase in use of a Ukrainian anti-drone system.

Should have been done beforehand in all US bases in the region if the Pentagon had been paying attention to Iranian-Russian drone tech and usage in the Ukraine war.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (6Q9y6)

240 Because deeply corrupt China probably has as much gold as Fort Knox does.

The rest got taken by communist party officials.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (QEvSP)

Their gold is supporting their bonds and the value of their currency. Once they start selling it off the Yuan is going to collapse and all their bonds will too. Their bonds are mostly supported by things like real estate, commercial buildings, factories and power plants a lot of which are standing empty and/or built out of Chinesium, so having the gold as a backstop is essential.

This is my opinion and I can't give cites.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (rbvCR)

241 228 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (QEvSP)
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Yup, if even that. It was about a penny a cup back when I was a waiter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

Worked a a restaurant a while back. Boss said to bring your own plastic cup.

Said drink all the soda you want, but if he catches you using one of the paper cups from stock that you were fired.

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (LD+oO)

242 Did you ever notice that many of the Persian women are beautiful and the Arab imports look like a camels hoo-ha.

Posted by: Wong Hung Lo at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (T8TX7)

243 Yup, if even that. It was about a penny a cup back when I was a waiter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM

The paper cup costs more than the contents at McDonalds.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:08 PM (4NO2D)
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Yea, way more. Like 4-5x more. Those "paper" fast-food cups are not as dirt-cheap as they look. They are both paper and plastic (plastic coating). 100% plastic cups are cheaper, but "plastic" is a dirty word now -- so we get "paper" cups that contain a lot of ... plastic.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:12 PM (iFTx/)

244 We stopped at a Chick-fil-a on the way home yesterday. Four chicken sandwiches and two medium waffle fries were $36! Fuck them. The sandwiches sucked too.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (abIsI)

245 Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸
@pmarca
Which other prominent nonprofits and NGOs are doing this?

In response:

Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers
@UnderSecPD
Another question we’re focused on: which foreign governments?

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The Under Secretary of State saying that the State Department is focused on internal agitation within America?

But there's nothing happening out in the open, which means nothing is happening.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (QEvSP)

246 I went to a McDonalds that was all kiosks. I just wanted a cup of coffee, but the kiosks were all busily engaged with McDonalds employees.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (2ap+5)

247 It's all about China and their efforts to control oil reserves and waterways as well as buying sanctioned oil at deeply reduced prices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (QEvSP)

I think its also about getting other nations (not just NATO, they seem hopeless) getting into the action to escort merchant shipping in these crap areas of the world to get some live fire exercises.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (8avO+)

248 The paper cup costs more than the contents at McDonalds.

Posted by: toby928(c)

Lefties always scream about big oil profits, here is the data:

Microsoft: 30% profit margin
Coca-Cola: 20% profit margin
Exxon: 9% profit margin

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (0U5gm)

249 241 228 Worked a a restaurant a while back. Boss said to bring your own plastic cup.

Said drink all the soda you want, but if he catches you using one of the paper cups from stock that you were fired.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (LD+oO)

Nice first-hand reporting. AoSHq knows stuff.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:14 PM (YbTYS)

250 Good, srew those bastards

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:14 PM (Ia/+0)

251 When we got married, the wife came with an Electra deuce and a quarter that her dad gave her. Loved that car! Was a '75, one of the last of the really loooong ones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026

***
To this day there is not much that can top a Buick. In my experience, you get 70% of the Mercedes driving experience at 50% of the cost -- less if you buy used.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 03:14 PM (+2QQb)

252 223 When we got married, the wife came with an Electra deuce and a quarter
I had a '65 with the Suicide Doors and the Wildcat engine
Illegal ran a red and t-boned me then ran off.

Posted by: Beto Ochoa at April 22, 2026 03:15 PM (Xp28M)

253 A half century ago when I worked in restaurant kitchens, I had a heavy quart wine carafe that I kept filled with ice and Coca-Cola. Sometimes the boss would come by and dump some run in it for me.

It was always about 100 degrees back in the kitchen.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:15 PM (4NO2D)

254 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026

***
When we go out to eat we ask for water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 03:16 PM (+2QQb)

255 >> The sandwiches sucked too.

Tell your mom I left my egg roll in her vagina. Not enough duck sauce.

Posted by: Wong Hung Lo at April 22, 2026 03:16 PM (T8TX7)

256 I trust Trump

While it sucks to observe the reality of primate behavior of attacking ships in the straight, there are things decided upon that we cannot see or understand right now.

I have faith that Trump will do what is needed to choke the Islam out of Iran.

I agree the bluster on Twitter is less than helpful, and sometimes makes me cringe. But I'll take the bet that the Islamists are going to continue fucking around. I'd like to think this rope a dope is strategic for us, but on the surface it looks weak.

Posted by: melodicmetal at April 22, 2026 03:16 PM (rjWVN)

257 Because deeply corrupt China probably has as much gold as Fort Knox does.

The rest got taken by communist party officials.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (QEvSP)

Saw a story recently of some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment' and was sentenced to death.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (8avO+)

258 They called him Queer Stalin on the Podcast of the Lotus Eaters.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (kbShR)

259 >>>Primitive Screwheads

What does that even mean, tho.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (YbTYS)

260 Those 4 sodas you paid $6 each for your kids? That's probably 90% profit, maybe even 95%.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

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It costs maybe a nickle of syrup and water to fill up one cup of Sprite.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:04 PM (QEvSP)
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Yup, if even that. It was about a penny a cup back when I was a waiter.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

Worked a a restaurant a while back. Boss said to bring your own plastic cup.

Said drink all the soda you want, but if he catches you using one of the paper cups from stock that you were fired.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at April 22, 2026 03:11 PM (LD+oO)
______

Your boss was being professional and looking out for the company. My tenure at restaurants (I was in high school) was marked by wall-to-wall sexual propositions and harassments, managers that robbed the place blind (and didn't care if employees did too), some truly insane customers, and really dumb franchise rules and regs. This was a big franchise restaurant.

I later moved to a big-time mafia joint. Totally different vibe.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

261 I had a '65 with the Suicide Doors and the Wildcat engine
Illegal ran a red and t-boned me then ran off.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at April 22, 2026

***
Buick offered a model with the "suicide doors," the kind of thing you found on the Lincoln Continental? What model was that?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (+2QQb)

262 No gold bullion for you!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (GD0B3)

263 some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment

4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

264 @JimHansonDC

I keep thinking "Muppets."

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (YbTYS)

265 264 @JimHansonDC

I keep thinking "Muppets."

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (YbTYS)

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When you should be thinking "Dark Crystal."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:19 PM (QEvSP)

266 7 to 1 difference.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:19 PM (kbShR)

267 I later moved to a big-time mafia joint. Totally different vibe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM

I think that every place I worked in HS was a front for somebody, mostly mob but one was CIA.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:19 PM (4NO2D)

268 4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?

Posted by: toby928(c)

There is a slight difference....

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 03:19 PM (0U5gm)

269 some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment

4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM

You have 4B yuan! You go now!

Posted by: Chy-na at April 22, 2026 03:20 PM (bFu5X)

270
263 some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment

4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM

-------

Did it collapse the floor?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 03:20 PM (uP7Qm)

271 Profit can come from a number of sources. The old school DuPont decomposition is:

Net Income/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity
or Proft margin x Asset turns x Leverage

Profit margin is not the whole story.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 03:20 PM (2ap+5)

272 some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment

4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

quote from AI:
A former Chinese mayor was found with 13.5 tons of gold hidden in his home during a corruption investigation, along with billions in cash and assets. He was sentenced to death for his involvement in massive corruption related to bribes and ....

so im gonna guess dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)

273 First post of the day: I very distinctly remember on almost all conservative forums I was on, when we started hearing about "Unite the Right", nobody knew where it came from.

What a difference a day makes.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (Fi81e)

274 I bet I could stuff 4 billion Iranian rials in my garage.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (4NO2D)

275 Most Chinese Gold is fake.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:06 PM (kbShR)

Its YANG POON!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (snZF9)

276 I had a '65 with the Suicide Doors and the Wildcat engine
Illegal ran a red and t-boned me then ran off.
Posted by: Beto Ochoa at April 22, 2026

***
Buick offered a model with the "suicide doors," the kind of thing you found on the Lincoln Continental? What model was that?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (+2QQb)
________

Quite a few of the older 30- and 40-s era Buicks had them. Very cool design. Extinct now, except for a very few exotics like Rolls-Royce.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)

277 4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

right?? and on what floor ? 1.6 million troy ounces...which is 4000 gold bars at 400oz each...over 100, 000 pounds!!!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (GD0B3)

278 nood usaid

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (YbTYS)

279 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (IqaN9)

280 When we go out to eat we ask for water.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 03:16 PM

One of the biggest freak-outs I ever saw my father have was when in 1986 when we ordered hot dogs from a lakeside vendor and we asked for water as our drink. Guy charged my dad 5 cents each for the cups. Total of 25 cents for all 5 of us. The ensuing argument is still a topic of family lore 40 years later.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (IifOV)

281 272 some mayor of a Chinese city who had some 4 billion in gold in his 'apartment

4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

quote from AI:
A former Chinese mayor was found with 13.5 tons of gold hidden in his home during a corruption investigation, along with billions in cash and assets. He was sentenced to death for his involvement in massive corruption related to bribes and ....

so im gonna guess dollars.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (8avO+)

That's extremely impressive.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (okun6)

282 26.22 Metric tons in his apartment. Sure Jan.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (kbShR)

283 4B dollars? Or 4B yuan?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (4NO2D)

right?? and on what floor ? 1.6 million troy ounces...which is 4000 gold bars at 400oz each...over 100, 000 pounds!!!
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 03:21 PM (GD0B3)

13.5 tons.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (8avO+)

284 Primitive Screwheads

What does that even mean, tho.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (YbTYS)
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"Fuckheads"--but Ace can put it on the main page.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

285 I believe you mean Major Christiane Amanpour. I think she outranks you!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Generals and Majors by XTC lyrics come to mind about her

Generals and Majors ah ah
they're never too far
from battlefields so glorious
out in a world of their own
They'll never come down
till once again victorious

Generals and Majors always
seem so unhappy 'less they got a war

Generals and Majors ah ah
like never before are tired of being actionless.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

286 284 Primitive Screwheads

What does that even mean, tho.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:17 PM (YbTYS)
---
"Fuckheads"--but Ace can put it on the main page.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 03:22 PM (Fi81e)

Ah. Thank you.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (YbTYS)

287 Generals and Majors ah ah
like never before are tired of being actionless.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 03:23 PM (E4rtv)

"Black Sea" was a good album.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 03:24 PM (8avO+)

288 Booze and soda are high returns in the restaurant business. And fries. So much so I'm surprised there isn't a restaurant called Just Booze, Soda and Fries.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 03:25 PM (n5tGW)

289 I've noticed something about myself. I have faith in Trump. He may not do the best possible thing but he will do a reason thing. My somewhat irrational belief keeps me from pulling my hair out. Or it would if I had any hair.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 03:29 PM (ndZc7)

290 I'm fairly certain Ilhan Omar's winery was a money laundering op for the kick backs she was getting from the 'Learing Center' owners kicking up her percentage.

Not a huge fan of the IRS but i would love to see them go after her with the financial rectal plunger.

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 03:33 PM (6+ehB)

291 245 But there's nothing happening out in the open, which means nothing is happening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 03:13 PM (QEvSP)

Until Democrats are getting raped by Big Black Bubba in Cell Block B, can you truly be sure?

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 03:35 PM (iXqHn)

292 "Black Sea" was a good album.
Posted by: Oldcat
=====
Yes it was. I am digitizing all my lps bit by bit. Have about 600 or so albums left after culling about 400-500 that I figured I would never get around to listening too.

Would go faster but my CD Burner laser is either misaligned or out. Having to switch to using a computer to digitize instead.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

293 Been listening to Nick Drake and the Kinks as a result of digitizing.

Now that makes me want to dig up my Fairport Convention albums next.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)

294 It appears Trump may have to show these Primitive Screwheads his Boomstick.

Posted by: Jerry at April 22, 2026 04:24 PM (ocGJx)

295 Fine, fine. They won't be murdered.
Have they already been raped? Will the ones going to prison be raped? I bet I know the answer to that with near certainty.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 08:40 PM (Ta8N4)

The SPLC Paid Off the "Unite the Right" Marchers in Charlottesville -- Which the Democrat-Media Party Then Used as the Centerpiece of the 2020 Election Campaign

They didn't just pour money into "Unite the Right." They poured donor money into dozens of "far right"/"white supremacist" groups.

They claim they were "infiltrating" them. I say, they were creating the fake enemies they then fundraised off of. By pouring a few million into "far right"/"white supremacist" groups, they could in turn grift tens of millions from panicky pissbaby liberals terrified of the monsters the SPLC was itself funding and supporting.

I know JJ covered this but I gotta!

U.S. Department of Justice
@TheJusticeDept
19h
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs

BREAKING: A federal grand jury in Alabama charged the Southern Poverty Law Center with 11 counts of wire and bank fraud-related charges, the Justice Department announced, accusing the group of paying members of extremist groups as part of its efforts to investigate them.

My guess that this was about embezzlement/misuse of funds was, I guess, borderline correct, but boy oh boy is the reality so much better than my guess. The SPLC is literally funding the white dragons they claim they're protecting us from!

🚨BREAKING: DOJ charges the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) with wire fraud, false statements, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

The SPLC secretly funneled $3M+ in donor funds to violent racist extremist groups:

-Ku Klux Klan
-American Nazi Party
-Aryan Nation� pic.twitter.com/0hcf2sH9LZ
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) April 21, 2026

And everyone thought these were FEDs. Turns out it was just the SPLC https://t.co/FzNBa4EYlk pic.twitter.com/pcdHh0734f
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) April 21, 2026

So the "white supremacists" in Charlottesville in 2017 were actually being paid by the leftist group SPLC.

This just makes the dumbest political hoax in American history even more ridiculous.pic.twitter.com/vdf41yRFOm
— MAZE (@mazemoore) April 21, 2026

Democrats rushed to defend the SPLC for creating the very evil it claims to defend us against:

Let's be clear: The Trump Admin's vendetta against the SPLC is a sign of how impactful their work is.

The SPLC has been at the forefront of exposing some of America's most notorious hate groups, like the KKK. The fact that the Trump Admin feels threatened by that speaks volumes.� pic.twitter.com/G6kAsUpeUK
— Senator Chris Van Hollen (@ChrisVanHollen) April 21, 2026

The media part of the Democrat-Media Complex that "fortified" the 2020 election is of course defending their partners in the psyop:

Did you ask the SPLC to ghostwrite this? Are you by chance high? Serious questions.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) April 22, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:13 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye,
Searching high and low.

The criminal mind, found at the scene of the crime.
Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it.

She said she loved me, I guess I never knew.
But do we ever, ever really know?

She said she'd meet me on the other side,
But I knew right then I'd never find her ...

... because she was trying to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

2 pfft!!

Posted by: Hotspur at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (hp5Wc)

3 The SPLC is a criminal organization

Posted by: Ann at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (SHHm+)

4 Start the fire, sell the water.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (z0cWr)

5 Mollie Hemingway is great.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (lCppi)

6 "Maybe this will jog your memory..."

~Waves $20 bill~

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (DgMqy)

7 PDJT says the 8 Iranian woman protesters will not be executed tonight. 4 will be released.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (y171U)

8 So is another shoe going to drop that Fedgov was sending money to SPLC to do this?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

9 The SPLC is a criminal organization

Posted by: Ann at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (SHHm+)

Along with the democrats and everything they touch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (snZF9)

10 Which we all pretty much knew.

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (YwEeS)

11 The left's counterargument is, "SPLC was just paying informants!"

1. SPLC are not police.
2. Even if SPLC were granted police power, police have rules about how they handle informants.
3. SPLC didn't disclose to donors they were using donor money for this sort of activity.
4. SPLC were fundraising off of criminal activity their employees perpetrated. That's clear cut criminal conspiracy.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (mkw2N)

12 Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, that figures...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (YBtcQ)

13 Does the SPLC still have access to Morris Dee's offshore bank accounts? The Cayman Islands, iirc ...

Posted by: Adriane the Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May in April Critic . . . at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

14 accusing the group of paying members of extremist groups

No, that's not actually what they're being charged for.
- They're being charged for FRAUD - because they lied to their donors.
- They're being charged with BANK FRAUD because they opened accounts in the name of non-existent entities so they could pay.
- And the right is saying they weren't paying "informants" so much as paying instigators. So, incitement.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (Ta8N4)

15 The SPLC secretly funneled $3M+ in donor funds to violent racist extremist groups:

-Ku Klux Klan...

And since the other half of the KKK is all FBI, the FBI has known this forever. About every group.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (z0cWr)

16 I wonder what percentage THREE MILLION DOLLARS is of the KKK' & their ilk's annual budget!?

My guess is at LEAST 50%! The members of those groups are not known for their business acumen and wealth and I'm sure their fundraising events suck.

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (lCppi)

17 And umm don't count out the Feds yet....

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (YwEeS)

18 Dems use every dirty trick imaginable.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (y171U)

19 The right: These white supremacist groups are all astroturf, the left and the government paying people to cosplay as racists

The left: That's a lie!

The facts: These white supremacist groups are all astroturf, the left and the government paying people to cosplay as racists

The left again: Why are you so racist?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

20 And everyone thought these were FEDs. Turns out it was just the SPLC

Wrong. They were Feds. SPLC sent all of their ops to Susan Rice. The Obaka Cabal was tits deep in all of this.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (diia5)

21 I don't see a problem with this.

On an unrelated note, it sure is hot around here.

Posted by: Zombie Robert Byrd at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (5w4Ws)

22 This is proof that supply and demand is a law. There's not nearly enough supply of hate groups to meet the demand. So they have to pay high rates to get them

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (ilHZO)

23 And everyone thought these were FEDs. Turns out it was just the SPLC

Well, nothing so far says it couldn't be BOTH.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 01:19 PM (Ta8N4)

24 My guess is at LEAST 50%! The members of those groups are not known for their business acumen and wealth and I'm sure their fundraising events suck.

Jeff Sessions and some other broke the last vestige of the real KKK in the 80s and 90s.

The current incarnation is pure astroturf

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

25 The "Very Fine People" of the SPLC.

*vague wanking motions*

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (iXqHn)

26 A "far right" group with the commie term "Front" in their title. Totally legit. None of these groups are real. A few true believer losers and the rest paid.

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

27 >>> The SPLC Paid Off the "United the Right" Marchers in Charlottesville...

I thought everyone already knew that was a false flag op?

So, we have the receipts now... does not matter.
Even if someone goes to jail over it, the Progtards will still claim it was right wing rethuglicans beating up minorities. Yes, they know they are lying.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (/lPRQ)

28 As Ace always likes to say, the demand for racism in this country far outstrips the supply!

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (Vpqw1)

29 Its funny, before the SPLC and FedGov starting paying "informants" you could identify a KKK type generally by things like face tattoos and ratty dress.

Once they did start paying though suddenly they all look like theater kids putting on their fancy clothes...What a coincidence...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

30 The demand for hate crimes outstripped supply so they had to manufacture some.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (2UnvF)

31 Where's the Northern Affluent Law Center in all this?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

32 On an unrelated note, it sure is hot around here.
Posted by: Zombie Robert Byrd

Shut up Byrd!
~H Reid

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (YBtcQ)

33 A "far right" group with the commie term "Front" in their title. Totally legit. None of these groups are real. A few true believer losers and the rest paid.

And...organized by an Obama staffer no less.

But, uh, he converted politically or something.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (sKqQm)

34 So is another shoe going to drop that Fedgov was sending money to SPLC to do this?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

We already know the gov't was paying them. Remember that group that was "advising" ad companies? And the one "advising" social media companies? SPLC was part of those. It was also being paid to provide "data" to the Feds.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (Ta8N4)

35
By pouring a few million into "far right"/"white supremacist" groups, they could in turn grift tens of millions from panicky pissbaby liberals terrified of the monsters the SPLC was itself funding and supporting.

---------

Good return on investment.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (bYpLU)

36 I think you are missing the biggest part of this story. One of the more influential "donors" to the SPLC was the federal government.

The SPLC was working hand in glove with the deep state to build the narrative that MAGA was in bed with rightwing extremist organizations like the KKK. It wasn't a coincidence, it was a plan. And that plan was a huge part of Biden's 2020 campaign and then presidency.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (viF8m)

37 "Maybe this will jog your memory..."

~Waves $20 bill~
Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (DgMqy)
------------
"Perhaps THIS will refresh your memory!"

*produces kangaroo*

(h/t James Thurber)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (xvhJH)

38 "Unite the Right" would be enough to tell you it was an op. Who the hell would come up with names like that besides leftist agitators.

Not to mention nobody heard a word about this protest until suddenly on a Saturday morning it was all over the news just as it was getting started. It was as if somebody said to the MSM "OK, it's go time " and they dutifully complied.

Posted by: Ripley at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (GUOwU)

39 We already know the Feds ate involved as well, to find communications between the Biden and admin and the SPLC would be chefs kiss.

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (YwEeS)

40 And since the other half of the KKK is all FBI, the FBI has known this forever. About every group.
Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (z0cWr)

Meh. There's an argument they aren't competent enough to put those things together. But you'd have to ask CBD, I guess.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (Ta8N4)

41 Maybe the SPLC is funding our trolls.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (+oDFe)

42 Their core fundraising is aimed at wealthy Jews in pockets like North Miami Beach, So Cal and NYC to whom they constantly fear monger that there are Nazis behind every other bush in the USA (just like Ace!).

They reportedly have hundreds of millions of dollars in assets and a large percentage are reportedly offshore in the Caribbean. Senator Cotton called for an investigation of these offshore funds several years ago.

Would not be at all surprised if it is more or less the same network of offshore bankers, accountants and lawyers that sustained Jeffrey Epstein's operation.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (6Q9y6)

43 Meanwhile the left is running a guy with an actual Nazi tattoo. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so serious. Nah actually it is still hilarious.

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (YwEeS)

44 Chris van Hollen suddenly cares about U.S. citizens and organizations instead of wanting to fight and die for foreigners. That’s funny.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (E6xSb)

45 41 Them and groups and individuals like them, yes.

Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (YwEeS)

46 Are they accused of funding "groups", or sending money to "informants"?

Seems like a distinction to me.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (bOmGj)

47 Remember when Randy Weaver went to a random meeting of white supremacists he was immediately identified as a new guy and they tried to force him to work for them.

How many other guys said "ok" or "if the price is right"
?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)

48 It'd be hilarious if the SPLC sent money to the group that was duped into "planning" to "kidnap" Gretchen Whitmer.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (5w4Ws)

49 I keep hearing "The SPLC", but who are the people actually indicted?

Posted by: Jose at April 22, 2026 01:27 PM (V6W16)

50 The SPLC needs to go back to its own turf! WE control this market!

Posted by: Rent-A-Mob, and introducing our new subsidiary, Rent-A-Deviant at April 22, 2026 01:27 PM (E6xSb)

51 They claim they were "infiltrating" them. I say, they were creating the fake enemies they then fundraised off of. By pouring a few million into "far right"/"white supremacist" groups, they could in turn grift tens of millions from panicky pissbaby liberals terrified of the monsters the SPLC was itself funding and supporting.

=======

They spent so much time with law enforcement, telling them to target Charlie Kirk for racism, that they became convinced that they were the law.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (QEvSP)

52 FBI Director Kash Patel: "They lied to their donors, vowing to dismantle violent extremist groups, and actually turned around and paid the leaders of these very extremist groups — even utilizing the funds to have these groups facilitate the commission of state and federal crimes."
_________

Oh, I think the donors knew. I think this entire scheme was almost identical to the USAID schemes that DataRepublican and Big Balls exposed. The money gets funneled around and passed back and forth between all these groups, with each one taking a cut at their stage.

The "donors" almost certainly included USAID and USAID-like government agencies.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

53 Apologies - I missed the last thread. It looks like US activity in the Gulf is ramping up. There's a train of EIGHT C-17s flying in tight succession towards the ME and a total of 8 arial refuelers in the air in region. That's a significant increase from the last several days.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (bNf8H)

54 >>We already know the Feds ate involved as well, to find communications between the Biden and admin and the SPLC would be chefs kiss.

From one of those useless House hearings last Fall.

>>The Ohio Republican congressman noted that “the DOJ, during Attorney General Merrick Garland’s tenure, colluded with the radical, left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center on matters relating to federal civil rights enforcement.”

>>“The extent of the SPLC’s influence over our nation’s federal law enforcement during the Biden-Harris administration is deeply concerning, and we respectfully request additional information on this matter,” Jordan added.

https://tinyurl.com/cf5ypm2e

The Biden DOJ partnered with the SPLC to go after all sorts of "hate" groups like Christians.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:29 PM (viF8m)

55 The Democrat Party, while in control of FedGov, paid the SPLC to run GayOps on everybody.

It seems like the most obvious thing in the world, but anyone who even considered it was labelled a Conspiracy Nut.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 01:29 PM (iXqHn)

56 36 I think you are missing the biggest part of this story. One of the more influential "donors" to the SPLC was the federal government.

The SPLC was working hand in glove with the deep state to build the narrative that MAGA was in bed with rightwing extremist organizations like the KKK. It wasn't a coincidence, it was a plan. And that plan was a huge part of Biden's 2020 campaign and then presidency.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (viF8m)

=======

And Trump still won 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:29 PM (QEvSP)

57 SPLC also is in cahoots with CAIR. So glad they are finally taking this down. Will be as important as taking down US AID

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (GD0B3)

58 Was this reported in the mainstream media or was it buried with Kash is drunk and paranoid stories?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (y171U)

59 1 I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye,
Searching high and low.

The criminal mind, found at the scene of the crime.
Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it.

She said she loved me, I guess I never knew.
But do we ever, ever really know?

She said she'd meet me on the other side,
But I knew right then I'd never find her ...

... because she was trying to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

Quick question before I head back to work, everyone!

Is there anyone out there that believes in…

…love?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (E6xSb)

60 Racism is so rare it has to be paid for.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (n5tGW)

61 >>Oh, I think the donors knew. I think this entire scheme was almost identical to the USAID schemes that DataRepublican and Big Balls exposed.

It's the exact same thing and both of them are text book color revolution tactics.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (viF8m)

62 I have some dingy white sheets and a rudimentary lathe. Can I get SPLC funds?

Posted by: Potential Exalted Cyclops at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (oftw2)

63 Its Deep State GloboHomo Satanic Nihilist Death Cult Commie PsyOps all the way down ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:31 PM (l7fPC)

64 I'm really enjoying all the left, in unison, whining, "they were just paying informants for information!"

oh?

1) how many of these groups were only able to survive due to the generous payments from SPLC?
2) Under what authority are they allowed to conduct criminal investigations?
3) would the left equally cheer, say TPUSA, paying informants to gather dirt on Antifa to feed to the FBI? And even people not Antifa then being arrested on that manufactured dirt?
4) how many, a hundred, or thousands, of minorities were terrorized by the hate crimes they manufactured?
5) "but it was only $3 million!" they also whine.
Remind me again how much money justified 34 felonies--that would have seen him die in prison--against Trump?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 01:31 PM (tUP1A)

65 58 Was this reported in the mainstream media or was it buried with Kash is drunk and paranoid stories?

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (y171U)

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It's being reported in the major legacy outlets.

They're framing it in "so called indictment" like language, heavily implying that there's no actual crime being investigated. And they're not supplying links to the indictment itself.

It's a big story, and the media is already trying to run cover, not just ignore it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (QEvSP)

66 Charlottesville was always an op.
I suspect Jan 6 was an op too.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (xcxpd)

67 I have some dingy white sheets and a rudimentary lathe. Can I get SPLC funds?/i]

Do you have some tiki torches and a nice pair of J Crew cargo shorts?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

68 What's love got to do with it?

Posted by: Tina Turner at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (n5tGW)

69 Their core fundraising is aimed at wealthy Jews in pockets like North Miami Beach, So Cal and NYC to whom they constantly fear monger that there are Nazis behind every other bush in the USA (just like Ace!).

==

interesting "observation"

who is this clown ??

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (GD0B3)

70 She said she loved me, I guess I never knew.
But do we ever, ever really know?

She said she'd meet me on the other side,
But I knew right then I'd never find her ...

... because she was trying to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

Quick question before I head back to work, everyone!

Is there anyone out there that believes in…

…love?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (E6xSb)
________

"I certainly do! Fat Harv covered me in thick, gooey love"

-- Jennifer Newsome

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (iFTx/)

71 Is the Patriot Front also an SPLC stalking horse?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (utfVc)

72 Pay your friends close, and pay your enemies closer.

I think I got that right.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (w9Wax)

73 ace, in a similar vein, ActBlue appears to have been involved in money laundering and real estate fraud to fund the Democrat election campaigns

https://tinyurl.com/khzxmtym

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)

74 "They didn't just pour money into "Unite the Right." They poured donor money into dozens of "far right"/"white supremacist" groups."

Did they even consider us??
Like a passing thought??
Did we miss emails?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (Sco7b)

75 Everything is an op. Everything is fake. Everything is Gay. Thanks Dems.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (FmapG)

76 Does Mollie lurk here too? 🤔

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (iCQPD)

77 I'm really enjoying all the left, in unison, whining, "they were just paying informants for information!"

This reminds me of Mueller/the FBI and Whitey Bulger

The argument was they were using him as an informant when in fact they were protecting him and in some cases assisting him remove the his crime world enemies...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

78 All in all it did not take that long to investigate and bring charges, around a year. Good job!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (GD0B3)

79 1 I awoke on impact
Under surveillance from the camera eye,
Searching high and low.

The criminal mind, found at the scene of the crime.
Handcuffed and blind, I didn't do it.

She said she loved me, I guess I never knew.
But do we ever, ever really know?

She said she'd meet me on the other side,
But I knew right then I'd never find her ...

... because she was trying to beat The Blade to FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

Beware of Queensryche quotes, Sponge can tell ya

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (xcxpd)

80 73 ace, in a similar vein, ActBlue appears to have been involved in money laundering and real estate fraud to fund the Democrat election campaigns

https://tinyurl.com/khzxmtym

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (rbvCR)

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It's weird.

It's like Trump 2.0 is taking the whole, "the entire establishment to the left of Ted Cruz tried to personally destroy and even kill Donald J. Trump for the gall of running for president on issues that the people care about" personally.

And he's decided that the only appropriate thing to do is to make the people who did that to him hurt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (QEvSP)

81 ...and a total of 8 arial refuelers...

Are they even spaced? They might just be couriers.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (vTZFs)

82
39 We already know the Feds ate involved as well, to find communications between the Biden and admin and the SPLC would be chefs kiss.
Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM

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I'm always surprised at the willingness of Deep State operators to create electronic records of what they're up to.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (bYpLU)

83 Shut up Byrd!
~H Reid

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

Quiet, you.

Posted by: Mr. Peabody's Resistance Band at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (yFLFB)

84 Did they even consider us??
Like a passing thought??
Did we miss emails?

AoS might be "extreme right" but we aren't racists and generally we don't wear J Crew cargo shorts so...no.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

85 I go one further and say they weren't creating fake enemies they were continuing something they want to exist.

I mean do supoosed enemies of the KKK want the KKK to survive as much as the actual KKK? Even if it means "fundraising"? Hell the Democrats have no end of ways to raise funds, this we have seen firsthand.

The greatest trick the KKK ever pulled was making you believe the KKK wasn't merely antifa in white. Oh I forgot, the Left hates "racism". And the parties "switched". Uh huh.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (HgRco)

86 There's a coordinated response by leftists on social media platforms that the SPLC learned this from the CIA.

Yeah that pro-America organiztion, not the Deep State one.

Posted by: JROD at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (IlL6s)

87 Millions to 'infiltrate'l

Sure Jan.

How much can a nazi tattoo, flag, and tiki torch actually cost- $100, max?

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (lCppi)

88 Do you believe in life after love?

Posted by: Cher at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (n5tGW)

89 Does Mollie lurk here too? 🤔
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

let's just assume so and never discuss it again.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (diia5)

90 66 Charlottesville was always an op.
I suspect Jan 6 was an op too.
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Suspect ain't got nothing to do with. It was to demonstrate Nanzi's Iron Fist.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (FmapG)

91 Waiting for the 'nothing will happen' guy...

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (ZxPkt)

92 88 Do you believe in life after love?
Posted by: Cher at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (n5tGW)

Been living it

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:36 PM (xcxpd)

93 We already know the Feds ate involved as well, to find communications between the Biden and admin and the SPLC would be chefs kiss.
Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (YwEeS)

SPLC was involved in FBI planning sessions

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:36 PM (rbvCR)

94 Is Obama to SPLC ?

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:36 PM (GD0B3)

95 *Obama tied

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:36 PM (GD0B3)

96 Suspect ain't got nothing to do with

Charlottesville and J6 glowed so hard that Proxima Centauri registered them as flares.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (1ET9J)

97 Yet another kooky conservative conspiracy theory proven true.

I see lamppost, tens of thousands of lampposts, with lying white democrats hanging from them, carrions feasting.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (xvV+O)

98 The physically fit khaki shorts wearing, Ray-Ban sporting, young men with the ex-military haircuts were members of the Aryan Nation, the KKK, etc. and were FBI infiltrators. All the racist groups, by and large, were entirely FBI men!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (kd1a0)

99 62 I have some dingy white sheets and a rudimentary lathe.

Posted by: Potential Exalted Cyclops at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (oftw2)

Do you show it to the children when they misbehave?

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (iXqHn)

100
We're Democrats.

We use Nazi tactics. We use Terrorist tactics. We never ever shut up about race.

But we totally hate Nazis, Terrorists, and Racists you guys. The parties switched!!!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (HgRco)

101 82
39 We already know the Feds ate involved as well, to find communications between the Biden and admin and the SPLC would be chefs kiss.
Posted by: steevy at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM

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I'm always surprised at the willingness of Deep State operators to create electronic records of what they're up to.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (bYpLU)

Skill and tradecraft between TLAs are not equal.

They can't all be as clean as Q.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (xcxpd)

102 How much can a nazi tattoo, flag, and tiki torch actually cost- $100, max?

Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (lCppi)
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I'm guessing you could get bulk discounts on flags and tiki torches.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (xvhJH)

103 They did pay for some snazzy looking uniforms though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (n5tGW)

104 > Charlottesville was always an op.

I mentioned the news about SPLC and Charlottesville to my wife last night. Her response, "Is that where that guy ran over a woman, killing her?"

Normies still think that story is true. He didn't run over her. They surrounded his car and beat on it. He got spooked and tried to drive away, something we've seen over and over again at these events. The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (mkw2N)

105 You know what leftie criminal defense lawyers have cried for decades?

That the use of informants is entrapment.

And, to an extent, I'll agree: Their job depends on getting convictions. And the incentive isn't getting the truth.

But, with the police doing it, we at least have the thread-bare, thin excuse that they are professionals and there are rules in place to protect the innocent.
And some measure of accountability.

Now, all of a sudden, the whole left is singing the holy mission of unaccountable, unknowable "informants" being used to charge people with hate crimes.
Where neither the source, nor the method let alone any "right to confront your accuser" is present.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (tUP1A)

106 "42 Their core fundraising is aimed at wealthy Jews in pockets like North Miami Beach, So Cal and NYC to whom they constantly fear monger that there are Nazis behind every other bush in the USA (just like Ace!)."

When Charlottesville happened, my daughter's roommate in NYC was a bigoted (against the South) Jew. My daughter called me in a panic that an army of Nazis was marching on New York. I firmly told her that there are fewer than 500 Nazis in America and at least half of them are FBI.

Posted by: Martin Tell at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (sFNX2)

107 84 Did they even consider us??
Like a passing thought??
Did we miss emails?

AoS might be "extreme right" but we aren't racists and generally we don't wear J Crew cargo shorts so...no.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

Obviously we're not racists, but it would have been nice to have been considered.

Like an ugly chick at closing time...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (Sco7b)

108 Joe Biden claimed repeatedly the reason he got into the 2020 race was Charlottesville. He said that Trump's MAGA movement was aligned with Nazis and hit Trump with the "fine people" bullshit over and over and the media never corrected him.

Does anyone really believe that senile old fuck saw that rally and independently thought "Hey, I gotta get Hunter and the team and go stop these Nazis!"?

Charlottesville was the single biggest issue in Biden's 2020 campaign and not only was it fake and gay it was a deep state op designed to give Biden a platform.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (viF8m)

109 That Nazi Rockwell guy in the 60s actually worked with Malcolm X. They both wanted to bring about a race war because each thought his own race would win it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (+A7Lm)

110 66 Charlottesville was always an op.
I suspect Jan 6 was an op too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (xcxpd)

Ray Epps was absolutely an op.

And Nick Fuentes was let off scot free despite being at J6, as well.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (iXqHn)

111 I wonder how much money the "Lincoln Project" got for their "Unite The Right 2.0" in '21?

Remember the five idiots (probably Feds) dressed in white shirts, khaki pants, sunglasses, baseball caps, and holding tiki torches near Glenn Youngkin’s campaign bus in Charlottesville?

Designed to evoke the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally, a "white supremacist" event marked by a tiki torch march and violence, including the "death of a counter-protester."

So #Fake and #Gay ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (l7fPC)

112 66 Charlottesville was always an op.
I suspect Jan 6 was an op too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (xcxpd)

Wait.. are we still in the suspecting stage on Jan 6th?

Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (53oGX)

113
There's a spin for every sin.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (Y8DZL)

114 And the parties "switched". Uh huh.

Every try asking a leftist for what specific year the parties swapped? Its fun.

So that means you like Coolidge right? No? Later?

You hate FDR? No later?

Ok you love Ike and Tailgunner Joe? No...later?

Ok you hate JFK? No? Later still?

Ok you love Nixon? No? Reagan? No? Er...Shrub? No?

So...what year did the parties swap exactly?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

115 There was a brilliant attorney who died at the relatively young age of 72. It depresses me to this day that his obituary included this:

"In lieu of flowers, the family suggests gifts in Irv's memory to: Southern Poverty Law Center 400 Washington Ave. Montgomery, Alabama 36104"

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (2ap+5)

116 The FBI used SPLC as a consultant.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)

117 I saw Deep State GloboHomo Satanic Nihilist Death Cult Commie PsyOps open for, holy shit Shain there is literally nothing left to open for.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (HgRco)

118 So is another shoe going to drop that Fedgov was sending money to SPLC to do this?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)
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Much more likely than not. Even more likely that the DNC was sending money to the SPLC to lie about white people and the republican party. I'd put that at near 100%.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)

119 I think it's hilarious the KKK is still the left's boogeyman. They have something like 8,000 members in the entire US. I strongly suspect a good third to half are only there because they're paid to inform.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:40 PM (mkw2N)

120 114 So that means you like Coolidge right? No? Later?

You hate FDR? No later?

Ok you love Ike and Tailgunner Joe? No...later?

Ok you hate JFK? No? Later still?

Ok you love Nixon? No? Reagan? No? Er...Shrub? No?

So...what year did the parties swap exactly?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

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1883 with the change in alignment of business interests!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:40 PM (QEvSP)

121 Who were the khaki-wearing douchebags that marched in DC?

Posted by: mr tmz at April 22, 2026 01:40 PM (rJ48h)

122 116 The FBI used SPLC as a consultant.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (n5tGW)
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THIS

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:40 PM (iCQPD)

123 The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event.

IIRC some dude admitted to being hit by the car (which he was beating on), and fell on Heather's vast bulk and cracked her ribs.
I'm still blaming that asshole, who would have never have been in that position if he wasn't trying to intimidate and assault Fields the driver (who should be commuted).

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 01:41 PM (1ET9J)

124
59

Quick question before I head back to work, everyone!

Is there anyone out there that believes in…

…love?
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM

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Well, I've seen it from a distance. Looks like it's out there. So yeah, I believe it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:41 PM (bYpLU)

125 Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)

What about Joe McCarthy. Why are we responsible for him if the parties switched?? Also if the parties switched doesn't that mean they get Hitler too?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:41 PM (HgRco)

126 Tell me this case will not be tried in DC or NY.....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:41 PM (FtULh)

127 He didn't run over her. They surrounded his car and beat on it. He got spooked and tried to drive away, something we've seen over and over again at these events. The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event.
---------------
He received 3 Life Sentences with an additional 90 years tacked on. The Judge that issued that sentence should be hanging from a lamppost. But, my guess, he was sure Hillary would win.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (FmapG)

128 126 Tell me this case will not be tried in DC or NY.....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:41 PM (FtULh)

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Middle Alabama.

The SPLC is based in Montgomery.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (QEvSP)

129
"@JoelWBerry

The SPLC scandal proves something important: Right-wing racist Nazi LARPers don’t “move the Overton Window” to the Right. They benefit the Left.

They benefit the Left so much, the Left was funding them."

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (GD0B3)

130 112 66 Charlottesville was always an op.
I suspect Jan 6 was an op too.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (xcxpd)

Wait.. are we still in the suspecting stage on Jan 6th?
Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (53oGX)

Just covering my bases. I know folks who went there who weren't in on it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (xcxpd)

131 Deep State GloboHomo Satanic Nihilist Death Cult Commie PsyOps

Needs more cowbell!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (xvV+O)

132 Still is funding them...

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (GD0B3)

133 Look people, the demand for white supremacists and racism was far outstripping the supply. So they had to nudge the table a little and produce some bad guys, its all the the name of progress, right? What's a little finance fraud between friends?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (uEYKS)

134 > So...what year did the parties swap exactly?

Based on what I've heard from them, the switch was before the south broke hard for Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)

135 I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)? Cutting a check to the Grand Dragon? Bags of cash?

Does the receiver have tax liability for the donation?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 22, 2026 01:43 PM (yFLFB)

136 > Who were the khaki-wearing douchebags that marched in DC?

You're probably thinking of Patriot Front.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:43 PM (mkw2N)

137 Middle Alabama.

The SPLC is based in Montgomery.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (QEvSP)

Good... Then there's a better chance of a fair trial

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:43 PM (FtULh)

138 Keep in mind that while this is happening, the DOJ was howling about how the greatest threat to America was "white nationalists." they threw money to SPLC through various agencies and organizations, who then created the monster that the DOJ then needed more power and more laws to protect us from.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (uEYKS)

139 I saw Deep State GloboHomo Satanic Nihilist Death Cult Commie PsyOps open for, holy shit Shain there is literally nothing left to open for.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (HgRco)
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There's alwys the Butthole Surfers.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (xvhJH)

140 If they don't get Hitler now, does that mean they supported Hitler then???

(the answer is yes and they still do but that's another comment for another time. Party of Science!!!)

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (HgRco)

141 Patriot in the Front, party in the rear!

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (1ET9J)

142 The guy that got arrested for Charlottesville claimed that he was being chased by a left mob at the time he rammed the car in front of him.

And in fact, one of the antifa leaders there said on video he was chasing the guy with a gun and intended to shoot him.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

143 105 You know what leftie criminal defense lawyers have cried for decades?

That the use of informants is entrapment.

And, to an extent, I'll agree: Their job depends on getting convictions. And the incentive isn't getting the truth.

But, with the police doing it, we at least have the thread-bare, thin excuse that they are professionals and there are rules in place to protect the innocent.
And some measure of accountability.

Now, all of a sudden, the whole left is singing the holy mission of unaccountable, unknowable "informants" being used to charge people with hate crimes.
Where neither the source, nor the method let alone any "right to confront your accuser" is present.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (tUP1A)

James O'Keefe

Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (53oGX)

144 135 I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)? Cutting a check to the Grand Dragon? Bags of cash?

Does the receiver have tax liability for the donation?

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 22, 2026 01:43 PM (yFLFB)

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According to the indictment, the individuals within the "right wing" groups were on the SPLC's payroll. They were W2 employees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (QEvSP)

145
The Patriot Front looked like it was designed by a 14 year old. Some chalk sketches and pencil drawings.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (bYpLU)

146 126 Tell me this case will not be tried in DC or NY.....
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Charlottesville, like NOVA, is occupied territory. All of the Intel Agencies have offices there. Today, if you want your son/daughter to become Deep State you send them to UVA. In the old days it was Yale - Harvard.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (FmapG)

147 I still want to know who the marchers in the "Patriot Front" actually were. FBI trainees, DHS, college kids picking up beer money? There has to be a list somewhere

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (gu0hJ)

148 I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)?

Given that the actual, not-infiltrated KKK these days pretty much consists of Bubba and his 3-tooth cousin Cletus living in a doublewide, my guess is that it was more supplies, flags, tee shirts, bomb building supplies, etc.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (uEYKS)

149 > I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)? Cutting a check to the Grand Dragon? Bags of cash?

Based on what I've seen from the indictment, SPLC created shell companies and then disbursed the funds to KKK people from there.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (mkw2N)

150 "126 Tell me this case will not be tried in DC or NY....."

Glad to! It will be tried in Montgomery, Alabama. That's where the grand jury that indited the SPLC sat. And it's where the SPLC stupidly decided to put their headquarters.

Posted by: Martin Tell at April 22, 2026 01:46 PM (sFNX2)

151 Charlottesville was always an op.

I mentioned the news about SPLC and Charlottesville to my wife last night. Her response, "Is that where that guy ran over a woman, killing her?"

Normies still think that story is true. He didn't run over her. They surrounded his car and beat on it. He got spooked and tried to drive away, something we've seen over and over again at these events. The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event.
Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (mkw2N)
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Yea and it's all on video, plain as day. Not even a "he said, she said" situation. James Fields. I continue to believe he got terrible legal advice to plead guilty to 29 (!) counts. Hell, I'll bet his lawyers were in on the fucking scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

152 The Patriot Front looked like it was designed by a 14 year old. Some chalk sketches and pencil drawings.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (bYpLU)
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No glitter glue?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (xvhJH)

153
Just covering my bases. I know folks who went there who weren't in on it.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (xcxp

Oh, don't misunderstand. There were thousands of people not in on the op there.

But

It was an op.

Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (53oGX)

154 Pudin’, all of the big universities are Deep State at this point.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (+A7Lm)

155 I remember the guy who organized the tiki torches bragged about having worked as a community organizer for Obama in Alabama. Those guys with the tiki torches were part of the big fake.

Posted by: Beverly at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (rUCIV)

156 If $ of rage spending creates $$$ of funding, it's a good business model.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (2ap+5)

157 Based on what I've heard from them, the switch was before the south broke hard for Jimmy Carter.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)

And before the big Republican governor from the deep redneck South with the Confederate Flag campaign buttons became president in 1992. Definitely before that.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (HgRco)

158 Yea and it's all on video, plain as day. Not even a "he said, she said" situation. James Fields. I continue to believe he got terrible legal advice to plead guilty to 29 (!) counts. Hell, I'll bet his lawyers were in on the fucking scam.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
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IIRR, he's mentally challenged and was browbeaten into pleading guilty.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 01:48 PM (xvhJH)

159 Hell, I'll bet his lawyers were in on the fucking scam.

Unfortunately it is not exactly unheard of for state-provided "defense attorneys" to be basically working hand in hand with the prosecution.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:48 PM (uEYKS)

160 > Given that the actual, not-infiltrated KKK these days pretty much consists of Bubba and his 3-tooth cousin Cletus living in a doublewide

Yep, and even if you take the entire US population of Cletuses living in doublewides, the subset of them who are KKK members are still a small percentage.

Posted by: bonhomme at April 22, 2026 01:48 PM (mkw2N)

161 108 Joe Biden claimed repeatedly the reason he got into the 2020 race was Charlottesville. He said that Trump's MAGA movement was aligned with Nazis and hit Trump with the "fine people" bullshit over and over and the media never corrected him.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 01:38 PM (viF8m)

Yes, and Sleepy Joe repeated the lie with fake moral righteousness.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (y171U)

162 Missed yesterday:

Northrop Grumman says a previously undisclosed company-owned test aircraft has been sold to the U.S. Air Force as part of a production acceleration agreement for the B-21 Raider.

“To support the acceleration of aircraft deliveries, we agreed to sell an aircraft to the Air Force that was previously planned to be utilized as a company-owned test asset,” CFO John Greene said April 21. The deal boosts sales in the first quarter. It will not change the total number of B-21s that are part of the low-rate production phase of the program, Greene noted on the company’s first-quarter earnings call.

The Aeronautics division reported that sales in the first quarter increased by $469 million, or 17% higher than the same period a year ago. The increase partly reflects an agreement reached in February with the Air Force to expand B-21 production capacity and increase the production rate, Northrop says.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (RHGPo)

163 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: The person who always says that at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (2Ez/1)

164 The Patriot Front looked like it was designed by a 14 year old. Some chalk sketches and pencil drawings.

I had Diana draw it for me

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (uEYKS)

165
1. patriot front are feds. They are new recruits play acting ("be the gopher") as the people they wanted to infiltrate. This was initiation, required, and why they always looked like fools. Also why no one leaks the reality, as it had a "legitimate" purpose and would ruin too many innocent careers.

2. So did SPLC do this just to drum up business for their hate map, or where they coordinated by the feds and part of a color revolution groundworkk?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (53GQo)

166
The "switch" came because of Nixon's southern strategy, according to Democrat gospel

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

167 Remember, I've been told many times that the process is the punishment.

Facing down indictments are an expensive process.

And...there's probably going to be punishment at the end of the process, which is a punishment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (QEvSP)

168 So...what year did the parties swap exactly?

*perk up*

Posted by: Gender Reassignment Surgeons at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (w9Wax)

169 According to the indictment, the individuals within the "right wing" groups were on the SPLC's payroll. They were W2 employees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ah, got it. TY. I should have read a little deeper.

I can see why the media is now claiming these are "informants", but as others have pointed out, theree is no way to know the scope of activities these paid plants were involved in. To claim they were simply observers, without evidence, is ridiculous

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (yFLFB)

170 heh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Jonofarcadia
@jonofarcadia
1h
Replying to @redsteeze
Your honor, I was buying drugs as part of a “sting operation,” which is something law enforcement does all the time

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (YbTYS)

171 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

172 166
The "switch" came because of Nixon's southern strategy, according to Democrat gospel

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

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Which is why modern Republicans love FDR and modern Democrats love Coolidge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (QEvSP)

173 also heh

Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Coddled Affluent Professional
@feelsdesperate
2h
OK.

Well, I have questions then.

Why is the SPLC acting like a federal law enforcement agency?

Were they explicitly understood to be a partisan para-governmental intelligence apparatus being used to surveil the American public?

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (YbTYS)

174 154 Pudin’, all of the big universities are Deep State at this point.
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Do all of them have the 15 US Intelligence Agencies surrounding their campus?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (FmapG)

175 AoS might be "extreme right" but we aren't racists and generally we don't wear J Crew cargo shorts so...no.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

Well, cargo shorts are pretty useless. Put any cargo in the pockets, and they fall off your ass.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (utfVc)

176 What I think we'll find, is that the "informants" never actually provided SPLC any concrete info.

And that the SPLC just started making up the information they fed to the FBI.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (tUP1A)

177 173 Stephen L. Miller retweeted
Coddled Affluent Professional
@feelsdesperate
2h
OK.

Well, I have questions then.

Why is the SPLC acting like a federal law enforcement agency?

Were they explicitly understood to be a partisan para-governmental intelligence apparatus being used to surveil the American public?

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (YbTYS)

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It's what Obama wanted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (QEvSP)

178 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (IqaN9)

179 175 AoS might be "extreme right" but we aren't racists and generally we don't wear J Crew cargo shorts so...no.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

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I'm extremely racist against Martians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (QEvSP)

180 my back hurts and I have a mackerel tabby biting my toe while I try to put on shoes to go get shot

they still shoot the lame, right?

Posted by: Ghost of Turbines past at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (jrgJz)

181 I had a black leftard tell me back in 2009 that he had a black friend who worked for the cable company and after he did someone's cable one day, three white dudes from that house and neighborining houses walked up to his vehicle and said "We are KKK. Never come to this neighborhood again."

Other than the fact that all leftists do is lie, and the area I was in *was* filled with lots of white liberal racist faggots, I really don't think that's how that goes.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (HgRco)

182 Oh, another take on this - this looks like the whole boogaloo boys thing the left went nuts about at one point.

But instead of right wing people pretending to be antifa or BLM it is the left PAYING PEOPLE to pretend they are KKK or Aryan Nations or such

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)

183 interesting "observation"

who is this clown ??
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:32 PM (GD0B3)

Relax. he is not throwing shade at Mark Levin

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

184 How many blacks and mexicans were terrorized with this money?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (HgRco)

185 If I'm the investigators I'm taking a very close look at SPLC's offshore funds activities.

Once you get out from the direct oversight of US securities regulators it opens up a lot of scope for fake trading activity like post-close arranged trades to create very difficult-to-trace slush funds for really nefarious activities like assassinations and blackmail ops.

This is what I strongly suspect Epstein was doing in his offshore activities in his really early years after leaving Bear for clients like Wechsner and how he came to be tied to intel agencies.

One might find intel agency connections to SPLC offshore activities as well.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (6Q9y6)

186 171 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

for example:

USA TODAY
@USATODAY
6h
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for paying sources to infiltrate hate groups, a tactic federal agencies have used for decades.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (YbTYS)

187 171 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM
++++

Does it matter?

Posted by: I gotta ask at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (2Ez/1)

188 I'm extremely racist against Martians.

Ok then buddy, no lube for the probing tonight is what I am hearing

Posted by: Some Grey from Mars at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

189 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

I steer away too and the answer is no they haven't covered it.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (HgRco)

190 175 AoS might be "extreme right" but we aren't racists and generally we don't wear J Crew cargo shorts so...no.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

Well, cargo shorts are pretty useless. Put any cargo in the pockets, and they fall off your ass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (utfVc)

Get a belt...

Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (53oGX)

191 186 171 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

for example:

USA TODAY
@USATODAY
6h
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for paying sources to infiltrate hate groups, a tactic federal agencies have used for decades.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (YbTYS)

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Because the SPLC is a law enforcement group.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (QEvSP)

192 177 It's what Obama wanted.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (QEvSP)

King Barry repeatedly said "A Civilian Force, Just As Well-Funded as Any Military!" so that you wouldn't notice that the Democrats actually funded MULTIPLE Civilian Forces (SPLC, Antifa, Code Pink, etc)

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (iXqHn)

193 USA TODAY
@USATODAY
6h
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for paying sources to infiltrate hate groups, a tactic federal agencies have used for decades.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (YbTYS)

Of course... This is how they spin this...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (FtULh)

194 188 I'm extremely racist against Martians.

Ok then buddy, no lube for the probing tonight is what I am hearing

Posted by: Some Grey from Mars at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)

=====

You killed all your green brothers, and I can never forgive you for that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (QEvSP)

195 If I'm the investigators I'm taking a very close look at SPLC's offshore funds activities.

This is going to be like "Russian Collusion" except we'll find China, Europe, Britain, etc Collusion are real

Posted by: Some Grey from Mars at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

196 It's what Obama wanted.

This is exactly what Obama said he was building. He was a community organizer, its the only thing he was ever good at other than giving carefully memorized speeches he practiced in a mirror. He just spread it nationwide instead of community-wide. Globally, even.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (uEYKS)

197 Tim Cook stepped down. So some people want Trump to step down.

But that's comparing apples and oranges.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (2Ez/1)

198 "I’ve hired you to help me start a revolution. It’s a prestigious line of work, with a long and glorious tradition."

-Alternate Universe Vizzini

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (DgMqy)

199 You mean "Unite the Right" was fake?

It's like everything I knew was a lie. My world, it shatters.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (HgRco)

200 200

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (YbTYS)

201 The best part of this is that the next time you meet someone who sends money to SPLC, you ask them why they support funding for white supremacist organizations.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (a+4eV)

202 I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)?

Given that the actual, not-infiltrated KKK these days pretty much consists of Bubba and his 3-tooth cousin Cletus living in a doublewide, my guess is that it was more supplies, flags, tee shirts, bomb building supplies, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (uEYKS)
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I have a different view: I think the modern KKK is affluent suburbanites who use the KKK model as a pure grifting machine.

All these groups are all in cahoots with all the others, possibly even sharing office space and employees. As this indictment shows, it's much less profitable to be Saint George without a dragon to battle. So George helps the dragon and vice versa.

We know SPLC was funnelling piles of money to supposed Nazish KKK groups. Wanna bet groups like ADL were as well? And vice versa?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

203
Senator Chris Van Hollen
@ChrisVanHollen

Let's be clear: The Trump Admin's vendetta against the SPLC is a sign of how impactful their work is.

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lol gf

Calling every conservative and conservative group in America neo-Nazi white supremacists was impactful alright -- rendering the terms essentially meaningless, and cheapening the past evil deeds and victims of those who actually were that.

F*cking idiots ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (l7fPC)

204 You killed all your green brothers, and I can never forgive you for that.

NO GREEN

Posted by: Robert Hunter BidenzzzXXXXXzoep of Olympus Mons at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)

205 166
The "switch" came because of Nixon's southern strategy, according to Democrat gospel

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (Y8DZL)

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The "switch" was claiming the southern strategy was from the Republicans. It was the Democrat party of running as racists in the South (the southern strategy) and then moderating for national elections. Their southern strategy was to cowtow to the KKK.

How the fuck they managed to dump that on Nixon, (or Lee Atwater) will never cease to amaze me.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (53GQo)

206 197 Tim Cook stepped down. So some people want Trump to step down.

But that's comparing apples and oranges.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (2Ez/1)

haha
hahahahahaha

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (YbTYS)

207 The only reason there is still a KKK is because the SPLC pays them to stay around... It's good for business

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (IurJ0)

208 Relax. he is not throwing shade at Mark Levin
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

Funny , you are the only person bringing up Mark Levin. I only found out about the massive influence of Mark Levin on popular culture form you posting about it.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (GD0B3)

209 191 186 171 Since I steer away from the MSM, does anyone here know if they covered this at all?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:50 PM (FtULh)

for example:

USA TODAY
@USATODAY
6h
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted for paying sources to infiltrate hate groups, a tactic federal agencies have used for decades.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:53 PM (YbTYS)

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Because the SPLC is a law enforcement group.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (QEvSP)

I believe this is what is known as a "paramilitary".

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (okun6)

210 207 The only reason there is still a KKK is because the SPLC pays them to stay around... It's good for business

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (IurJ0)

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I believe I read that the SPLC funding actually reactivated defunct chapters of the KKK.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (QEvSP)

211 But instead of right wing people pretending to be antifa or BLM it is the left PAYING PEOPLE to pretend they are KKK or Aryan Nations or such

Literally everything they accuse the right of being or doing THEY ARE. Its right out of the playbook, literally.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (uEYKS)

212 The only reason there is still a KKK is because the SPLC pays them to stay around... It's good for business

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (IurJ0)

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I believe I read that the SPLC funding actually reactivated defunct chapters of the KKK.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (QEvSP)
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Oh I'm sure. See my comment above.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:57 PM (iFTx/)

213 Remember how the basis of Garland investigating moms for daring to speak up at school board meetings was due to a "letter" he received from some very concerned organization?

And it turned out that he basically drafted the letter and told them to send it to him so he could cite it as the basis for the investigation?

Well.

That's what was going on here:
The FBI would tell the SPLC what "tip" they needed.
Then the SPLC would change a few words in that request and send it back with "our confidential informant told us" at the top.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 01:57 PM (tUP1A)

214 believe I read that the SPLC funding actually reactivated defunct chapters of the KKK.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (QEvSP)

Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:57 PM (HgRco)

215 Literally everything they accuse the right of being or doing THEY ARE. Its right out of the playbook, literally.
-----------------
Yep. Chi Com Collusion translates to Russian Collusion.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (FmapG)

216 214
Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:57 PM (HgRco)

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Defeatist!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (QEvSP)

217 We know SPLC was funnelling piles of money to supposed Nazish KKK groups. Wanna bet groups like ADL were as well? And vice versa?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

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

Next consider BLaMtifa.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (l7fPC)

218 Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:57 PM (HgRco)

What..... Sorry, I wasn't listening...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (FtULh)

219 They probably paid for all those khaki pantsed white guys who showed up at protests as well. It's all an op.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (IifOV)

220 SPLC founder Morris Dees is still alive. He was kicked out in 2019 after allegations of sexual harrassment were made against him.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (rJ48h)

221 We keep saying "go after the people funding antifa". Is it possible that the SPLC is at least partly behind antifa?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (IurJ0)

222 Just was reminded that at the time it happened, Alex Jones said Charlottesville was randos paid by the SPLC. LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

223 No one is answering me.

Was the SPLC coordinated in this by the color revolutionaries, or were they just freelancing to build up their hate-map grift?

ie, was the CIA telling them to run a protest in Charlottesville?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (53GQo)

224 PM (a+4eV)

202 I'm going to plead ignorance here, but what exactly is the mechanism for handing over $1M to the KKK. Are you wiring money to another 501(c)?

Given that the actual, not-infiltrated KKK these days pretty much consists of Bubba and his 3-tooth cousin Cletus living in a doublewide, my guess is that it was more supplies, flags, tee shirts, bomb building supplies, etc.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at April 22, 2026 01:45 PM (uEYKS)
_____

Understand that all the financial managers for these outfits are working for either the SPLC or the FBI. And I’m sure they’ve all been skimming at least 20% off the top for all the money that passed through their hands.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (Fmj+u)

225 When you want a race war, it PAYS to fund both sides!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (HgRco)

226 I have to be honest, I figured (accurately it turns out) "Unite the Right" was an op. Now it being a SPLC-funded op I did not consider until just now but it makes all kinds of sense now that this has been exposed.

Posted by: We're all out of racism, better run go buy some at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/)

227 16 I wonder what percentage THREE MILLION DOLLARS is of the KKK' & their ilk's annual budget!?

My guess is at LEAST 50%! The members of those groups are not known for their business acumen and wealth and I'm sure their fundraising events suck.
Posted by: LASue at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (lCppi)

What's the joke? The KKK knows who the feds are in their group. They're the ones that pay their dues on time.

Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (3tZV2)

228 222 Just was reminded that at the time it happened, Alex Jones said Charlottesville was randos paid by the SPLC. LOL.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (2ocoG)

huh

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (YbTYS)

229 Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 01:58 PM (FtULh)

Did you know even water hurts when snarfed through the nose. You owe me a nose.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (HgRco)

230 We know SPLC was funnelling piles of money to supposed Nazish KKK groups. Wanna bet groups like ADL were as well? And vice versa?

ADL may be farther into this stuff than SPLC. Hopefully they're under investigation too.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (2ocoG)

231 Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?
Posted by: ...

Have you tried unplugging and replugging it in?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:01 PM (diia5)

232 ie, was the CIA telling them to run a protest in Charlottesville?
---------------
The whole op was to get Hillary elected by suggesting she is colored peoples only hope. Jeebus, Obama is dumb.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:01 PM (FmapG)

233 Dems are down another member in the House.

80 year old David Scott, seeking his 13th term* in Congress, from GA, has died.

* No Kings!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 02:02 PM (tUP1A)

234 It's like every single NGO and other non-profit organizations affiliated with the Democrat Party are corrupt from head-to-toe.

More Astro-Turf than Slick's El Camino bedliner.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 02:02 PM (rj6Yv)

235 I had the same thing happen some time ago, when some person ranted about Rush Limbaugh. I was kinda young and obviously did not know AM radio was the thing! I thought it was weather and traffic or something. Then some asshole went on and on about Rush is a racist. Like he has Asperger. Rush Limabugh this and Rush Limbaugh that. I heard of Rush, of course, before that, but did not really listen. So I decide to give it a listen!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 02:02 PM (GD0B3)

236 SPLC is a CIA cut out

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:02 PM (j+aD2)

237 "They surrounded his car and beat on it. He got spooked and tried to drive away, something we've seen over and over again at these events. The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event." Posted by: bonhomme

The video I recall showed him driving straight into the crowd. Driver was kinda freaked out and was being chased at times, and I think was off his (psych?) meds. He was trying to leave but the normal road out was blocked off, so he was directed back into the crowd area, iirc.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (vbXSk)

238 203
Senator Chris Van Hollen
@ChrisVanHollen

Let's be clear: The Trump Admin's vendetta against the SPLC is a sign of how impactful their work is.
___________
This is their strategy today. All are braying of the impact SPLC had in exposing the far right 'criminals.' This begs the question: so how many arrests were made by legit LEO on the info the SPLC allegedly fed to them? They're trying to cover up the fact that ONE bank thought to investigate these fake LLC accounts the SPLC set up and that was key to uncovering everything else.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (kX27y)

239 "The SPLC is literally funding the white dragons they claim they're protecting us from!"

... more MadLibs

[Fauci] literally funded the [virus] they claim they're protecting us from!

I'm sure we could keep this going all day ...

Posted by: Coki at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Wkrcf)

240 ie, was the CIA telling them to run a protest in Charlottesville?
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM (53GQo)

We don’t know for sure , but my guess is that the CIA/FBI farmed out all the really dirty work to the SPLC, and the SPLC in turn farmed it out to the various front groups they set up.

This is the same model that all the NGO’s have been following.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Fmj+u)

241 233 Dems are down another member in the House.

80 year old David Scott, seeking his 13th term* in Congress, from GA, has died.

* No Kings!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 02:02 PM (tUP1A

See what it takes to pull them away from the trough.....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (Sco7b)

242 The SPLC has been one of the biggest hate group organizations in the US for a long time.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (n5tGW)

243 Jussie Smollett walked so SPLC could run

--some rando on X

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (rbvCR)

244 219 They probably paid for all those khaki pantsed white guys who showed up at protests as well. It's all an op.
------------
The boat shoes must have cost a fortune.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (FmapG)

245 He didn't run over her. They surrounded his car and beat on it. He got spooked and tried to drive away, something we've seen over and over again at these events. The woman who died wasn't hit by the car, she was morbidly obese and she had a cardiac event.
_________

The left's version is that he was driving the General Lee, blowing Dixie on the horn, when he plowed into her.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (XvL8K)

246 Really Sincerely dead?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (kbShR)

247 SPLC had 800 mil is assets

why?

oh btw the DOJ has frozen that

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)

248 Did The Onion really take over InfoWars or is that whole thing an Onion bit?

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (O8rRt)

249 242 The SPLC has been one of the biggest hate group organizations in the US for a long time.
---------------
As I recall, MLK was a member.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (FmapG)

250 247 SPLC had 800 mil is assets

why?

oh btw the DOJ has frozen that

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (j+aD2)

=======

No more interest payments for them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (QEvSP)

251 What's the joke? The KKK knows who the feds are in their group. They're the ones that pay their dues on time.
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2026 02:00 PM (3tZV2)

Heh. The KKK at this point is roughly 40% FBI, 25% DEA, 25% ATF, 9% informants and 1% true believers.

Posted by: It's just plain silly at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)

252 Alabama is a good place to indict them, as long as you stay out of Montgomery or Birmingham proper.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (4NO2D)

253 You have to be a cynic or a retard to praise the SPLC.

Posted by: mr tmz at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (rJ48h)

254 Speaking of Charlottesville, when the media knowingly distorted Trump's comments about Nazi's and white supremacists, making it sound like he endorsed them RATHER THAN THE EXACT OPPOSITE. Why is that not actionable? Why do those outlets still exist? Just asking.

Freedom of the press my ass.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (gXGCk)

255 ADL may be farther into this stuff than SPLC. Hopefully they're under investigation too.
---
Oh yeah.

If the SPLC was doing this you can absolutely guarantee every other anti-hate group is as well.

"fighting racism" has been a perfect shield for decades.
Millions in funding, zero accountability, transparency or progress required.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (tUP1A)

256 The boat shoes must have cost a fortune.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (FmapG)
===

I bet the sunglasses cost a pretty penny, too.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (rj6Yv)

257 El Gato Malo and Jeff Childers substacks both are good on this topic today, El Gato focuses on NGO grifting/money laundering as well.

Posted by: beckster at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (kX27y)

258 Heh. The KKK at this point is roughly 40% FBI, 25% DEA, 25% ATF, 9% informants and 1% ~~true believers~~ SPLC Contractors.
Posted by: It's just plain silly at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 02:06 PM (4NO2D)

259 I remember one odd case from a few years back.

Someone was hanging signs saying things like "Vaxx the Jews!" from highway overpasses.

This got some news coverage but interestingly almost nothing about the guy doing it besides his name.

So I looked him up and he was a White guy was was a former rapper - he had/has a few songs you could see on youtube/spotify, including some collaborations with black rappers.

Now he wasn't a big name or anything so I don't think he was making much money off of songs he did year before. But somehow he was making enough money to pay a mortgage, drive/fly around the country, and print out giant signs to hang from overpasses.

I tried looking up threads on leftwing sites to see what they dug up on him (the left LOVES doxxing people they don't like) and the best they had was the guy had an online store selling racist stuff. And no that doesn't pay a mortgage.

So this guy? He was getting paid by someone. SPLC? Fedgov? Some cut out? That I don't know but the money was coming from somewhere...

Posted by: Robert Hunter BidenzzzXXXXXzoep of Olympus Mons at April 22, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

260 255
"fighting racism" has been a perfect shield for decades.
Millions in funding, zero accountability, transparency or progress required.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 02:05 PM (tUP1A)

======

According to the left, racism has just gotten worse.

I mean, Donald Trump, the guy that all black men in New York City loved to take pictures with for decades, became president. How much more racist can we get than that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:06 PM (QEvSP)

261 NGGFO.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:07 PM (kbShR)

262 244 219 They probably paid for all those khaki pantsed white guys who showed up at protests as well. It's all an op.
------------
The boat shoes must have cost a fortune.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:03 PM (FmapG)

You know, you would think that with Trump's victories these phonies would be out their marching constantly claiming how they're winning because of Trump. But then again all that USAID money has been cut off. Pure coincidence I'm sure.

Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2026 02:07 PM (3tZV2)

263 231 Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?
Posted by: ...

Have you tried unplugging and replugging it in?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 02:01 PM (diia5)

; )

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:07 PM (YbTYS)

264 When you want a race war, it PAYS to fund both sides!
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:59 PM

This reminds me of one episode of Reilly Ace of Spies.

The Brits accuse Lenin of funding some group or other. Lenin vehemently denies it. After the Brits leave, Lenin asks Dzerzhinsky how much money they were giving said group, then says "double it!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:07 PM (bFu5X)

265 Why does no one listen to me? Am I that boring, repetitive, mind numbing, annoying and repetitive?

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

Posted by: Have a Frosty it'll make you feel better at April 22, 2026 02:08 PM (TbWk/)

266 We will control the opposition by running it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:08 PM (kbShR)

267 A follow up to a post from Monday, I think (Buck's rant).

@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING — SANCTUARY CITY CAVES: Houston TX council just now voted to REVERSE their policy that would’ve blocked police cooperation with ICE

Gov. Abbott threatened to rescind $100M in funds

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (QEvSP)

268 266 We will control the opposition by running it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:08 PM (kbShR)

======

Democrats circa 1996?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (QEvSP)

269 Oddly, CIA Barbie (aka - Governor of VA) is hot to trot to punish the Daughters of the Confederacy in VA. She's a skank from NJ.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (FmapG)

270 Blade copy/pasting first comment is kind of getting creepy.

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (q177U)

271 267 A follow up to a post from Monday, I think (Buck's rant).

@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING — SANCTUARY CITY CAVES: Houston TX council just now voted to REVERSE their policy that would’ve blocked police cooperation with ICE

Gov. Abbott threatened to rescind $100M in funds
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (QEvSP)

Money talks, bullshit walks.

Posted by: Wisdom of the ages at April 22, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

272 Meep meep!

Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 02:10 PM (VzFgi)

273 The National Alliance? As in William Luther Pierce?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:11 PM (kbShR)

274 The SPLC is literally funding the white dragons they claim they're protecting us from!

>>> Literally, given the "Grand Dragon" rank in the KKK.

Posted by: pookysgirl, late to the game at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Wt5PA)

275 Funny , you are the only person bringing up Mark Levin. I only found out about the massive influence of Mark Levin on popular culture form you posting about it.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:56 PM (GD0B3)

HOW DARE YOU CALL THE GREAT MARK LEVIN INCOSEQUENTIAL!!!

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (rbvCR)

276 Meep meep!
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 02:10 PM

Ask not for whom the Roadrunner meeps.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (bFu5X)

277 I don't care who is funding who or what their affiliations are, as long as the taxpayer isn't picking up the bill, and they're operating within the law.

Violence and aggression should not be tolerated.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Fbc0I)

278 270 Blade copy/pasting first comment is kind of getting creepy.
Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (q177U)

Getting?

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (iXqHn)

279 Blade copy/pasting first comment is kind of getting creepy.

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (q177U)

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

Further proof that Elric is Ace's alter-ego.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM (l7fPC)

280 It's almost like Pam Bondi was a worthless Fox News whore.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM (abIsI)

281 270 Blade copy/pasting first comment is kind of getting creepy.
Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (q177U)

ahem: timestamps:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:13 PM
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM (YbTYS)

282 Stevia gone. Tea undrinkable.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (kbShR)

283 270 Blade copy/pasting first comment is kind of getting creepy.
Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 02:09 PM (q177U)

Getting?
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (iXqHn)

It's an op. One or more of the cobs are in on it.

Posted by: Astroturf everywhere! at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

284 This Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei would be SO PROUD that the Southern Poverty Law Center is copying their stratagems so closely!

Posted by: kurtz at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (rSI6M)

285 277 I don't care who is funding who or what their affiliations are, as long as the taxpayer isn't picking up the bill, and they're operating within the law.

Violence and aggression should not be tolerated.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (Fbc0I)

=======

You should read the indictment.

Here's a direct link:

https://is.gd/MhrvvK

It describes law breaking, not "I don't like them."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (QEvSP)

286 ahem: timestamps:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:13 PM
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM

Elric has Ace's time machine!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (bFu5X)

287 Meep meep!
Posted by: Roadrunner at April 22, 2026 02:10 PM

Ask not for whom the Roadrunner meeps.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:12 PM (bFu5X)

-----------

"I only regret that I have but one meep to lose for my country."

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:15 PM (l7fPC)

288 282 Stevia gone. Tea undrinkable.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (kbShR)

Stevia is the second most disgusting sugar-free sweetener on the planet. Monkfruit is the worse. Even saccharine is better than that shit.

Posted by: No tea at April 22, 2026 02:15 PM (TbWk/)

289 282 Stevia gone. Tea undrinkable.
Posted by: Boss Moss

That stuff gives me the Aztec two step. Badly.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:16 PM (abIsI)

290 What's the joke? The KKK knows who the feds are in their group. They're the ones that pay their dues on time.

----

Pretty sure all dues get paid on time these days because the entire group is fake.

The KKK was dissolved in the 70s after a law suit ruined them. Their former members broke up the band because they were afraid they were going to lose their houses, property cars etc.. Then they magically reappear in time to smear Trump and conservatives.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 02:16 PM (IurJ0)

291 tea + honey = heaven

but anyway stevia is ok. you remind me to get another stevia plant! they're cute and the stevia is useful.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:16 PM (j+aD2)

292 my guess is:

770 The url of this thread is:
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=374255

Change the url # to say 374256 and hit refresh.

Comments are available (it may have already been used, of course) maybe.

Some person, and I won't mention Skip by name, figured out that the cobs were using a sequential numbering system (at the time) and first ed a bunch of threads.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at March 12, 2018 07:17 AM (LOgQ4)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (YbTYS)

293 We don’t know for sure , but my guess is that the CIA/FBI farmed out all the really dirty work to the SPLC, and the SPLC in turn farmed it out to the various front groups they set up.

Posted by: Tom Servo

---------------------
So that's the story. Them trying to build business for their hate-map is just a limited hangout.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (53GQo)

294 ahem: timestamps:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:13 PM
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM

Elric has Ace's time machine!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (bFu5X)

----------

Even FURTHER proof that Elric is Ace's alter-ego!

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (l7fPC)

295 So this guy? He was getting paid by someone. SPLC? Fedgov? Some cut out? That I don't know but the money was coming from somewhere...
Posted by: Robert Hunter BidenzzzXXXXXzoep of Olympus Mons at April 22, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

That is amazingly like Ryan Routh and Vance Luther Boelter, to name a couple prominent names.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

296 283 It's an op. One or more of the cobs are in on it.
Posted by: Astroturf everywhere! at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (TbWk/)

He's "doing all the drugs" and having "wild celebrity sex parties" with the cobs?

Doesn't sound very "Smart Military" to me on his part.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (iXqHn)

297 Georgia Congressman Dave Scott a Dem has died at age 80. Been in Congress since 2003, public office since 1975. Fifth congressman to die this year . Natural term limits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (gu0hJ)

298
Pretty sure all dues get paid on time these days because the entire group is fake.

correct

and the $$ all comes from the US Treasury, mayyyybe some donors (but not much of it). btw the SPLC has done all what, exactly, to stop hate?

less than nothing. so why would anyone donate? they are a cutout, and a money laundry. it's mostly OUR MONEY

being used against us, as seems to be the case overall in govt

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:18 PM (j+aD2)

299 What's the joke? The KKK knows who the feds are in their group. They're the ones that pay their dues on time.

----

Pretty sure all dues get paid on time these days because the entire group is fake.

The KKK was dissolved in the 70s after a law suit ruined them. Their former members broke up the band because they were afraid they were going to lose their houses, property cars etc.. Then they magically reappear in time to smear Trump and conservatives.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 22, 2026 02:16 PM (IurJ0)
______

See my comment above. To the extent the KKK still exists, it's a bunch of guys in Lacoste shirts in nig houses in the suburbs driving Porsches, doing nothing but grifting. The Grand Dragon drives a Lambo.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)

300 295 That is amazingly like Ryan Routh and Vance Luther Boelter, to name a couple prominent names.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (rbvCR)

I still want to know if Stephen Paddock was in any way connected to them.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:18 PM (iXqHn)

301 The GA GOP will now invest $5 million in trying to win GA-5 because there's an opening.

GA-5 is 50% black and 30% white and hasn't elected a Republican in 50+ years.

But you know that Brian Kemp will order the spending of those state level funds to win that rather than trying to beat Ossoff int he Senate election.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (QEvSP)

302 So that's the story. Them trying to build business for their hate-map is just a limited hangout.

yep bob

you got it, on point as usual

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (j+aD2)

303 297 Georgia Congressman Dave Scott a Dem has died at age 80. Been in Congress since 2003, public office since 1975. Fifth congressman to die this year . Natural term limits
Posted by: Smell the Glove

That's a shame.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (abIsI)

304 Stevia gone. Tea undrinkable.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (kbShR)

Stevia Gone showed her titties in Night of the Unicorn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (utfVc)

305 SPLC produces hate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (kbShR)

306 ahem: timestamps:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:13 PM
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:13 PM

Elric has Ace's time machine!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 02:14 PM (bFu5X)

----------

Even FURTHER proof that Elric is Ace's alter-ego!
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:17 PM (l7fPC)
_____________

[Adopts Rodin's The Thinker pose]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

307 Also, sometimes I ask questions to be all.... socratic and shit.

To get people to understand what we don't know, but what is possible.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (53GQo)

308 GA-5 is 50% black and 30% white and hasn't elected a Republican in 50+ years.

so find a Black conservative to run there, have PDJT help push that guy (and please, make it a guy)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)

309 I too get a vote.

Posted by: Death at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (4NO2D)

310 01 The GA GOP will now invest $5 million in trying to win GA-5 because there's an opening.

GA-5 is 50% black and 30% white and hasn't elected a Republican in 50+ years.

But you know that Brian Kemp will order the spending of those state level funds to win that rather than trying to beat Ossoff int he Senate election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

This. I hate the GOP. Hate hate hate.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (abIsI)

311 Even Podcast of the Lotus Eaters is covering this.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:21 PM (kbShR)

312 So this guy? He was getting paid by someone. SPLC? Fedgov? Some cut out? That I don't know but the money was coming from somewhere...

Posted by: Robert Hunter BidenzzzXXXXXzoep of Olympus Mons at April 22, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)

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

I'd guess that the ChiComms are spending billions each year -- mostly to Democrat-Communist Deep Staters, organizations, and candidates -- to destroy the USA from within.

OUT: Fifth-Columns.
IN: Fifty-Billion-Dollar Columns.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:21 PM (l7fPC)

313 308 GA-5 is 50% black and 30% white and hasn't elected a Republican in 50+ years.

so find a Black conservative to run there, have PDJT help push that guy (and please, make it a guy)

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 02:20 PM (j+aD2)

=====

Or...ignore it completely beyond a token candidate because outside of the presumptive D candidate getting into some massive scandal, the money wasted there is better spent elsewhere, like trying to defeat Ossoff at the state level.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:21 PM (QEvSP)

314 the nood is getting old

Posted by: DanMan at April 22, 2026 02:21 PM (8uzBS)

315 I'm pretty sure the Founders didn't envision politicians being in office for 50+ fucking years.

How can you possibly understand, or relate to, any of your constituents if you've been on the public teat for most of your life.

Actually, you end up wanting and legislating for everybody to be on the public teat. Yep, that's it.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 22, 2026 02:21 PM (gXGCk)

316 >>>
You should read the indictment.

Here's a direct link:

https://is.gd/MhrvvK

It describes law breaking, not "I don't like them."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

>Definitely corruption there. Take them down. I would say 'out' but that will never happen with these organizations.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (Fbc0I)

317 I still want to know if Stephen Paddock was in any way connected to them.
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 02:18 PM (iXqHn)

My guess is that he was doing some low level strawman gun dealing, and possibly flying guns to the cartels in MX. Got asked to take some high roller Gulf State types around to shoot in the desert and got himself capped the evening before the festivities started

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (rbvCR)

318 The GA GOP will now invest $5 million in trying to win GA-5 because there's an opening.

GA-5 is 50% black and 30% white and hasn't elected a Republican in 50+ years.

But you know that Brian Kemp will order the spending of those state level funds to win that rather than trying to beat Ossoff int he Senate election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (QEvSP)

but it's FIVE MILLION DOLLARS he can give to his friens!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (GD0B3)

319 nood Trump to Iran: I'm Giving You Primitive Screwheads "Three to Five Days" to Come Up With a United Government Position, Or Else It's Bombs Away

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 02:23 PM (YbTYS)

320 "...the KKK still exists, it's a bunch of guys in Lacoste shirts in nig houses in the suburbs..."
______

Ummm...

Posted by: Typos R Us at April 22, 2026 02:23 PM (ffp/o)

321 SPLC produces hate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 02:19 PM (kbShR)

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

Manufacturing Hate may be the most lucrative grift of all time.

* Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and The DogEater all silently nod *

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (l7fPC)

322 Yeah. It was pretty obvious as it went on & on, there were lots of players...

WaPo, Virginia Board of Education member resigns after vulgar tweets surface, December 1, 2016

In part, Charlottesville-based blogger Jason Kessler, an author, unearthed the tweets and published them in an entry on Nov. 24, calling Bellamy “a blatant black supremacist.” He also criticized Bellamy’s campaign to get a statute of Confederate general Robert E. Lee removed from a local park, terming it an effort to “attack white history.”

The governor appoints all nine members of the state board, which helps set education policy for the state, including designing statewide curriculum and establishing high school graduation requirements. ...

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (NFX2v)

323 I have a bulging vein and the only cure is Kamala or Dr. Jill with a bib.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (Fbc0I)

324 So is another shoe going to drop that Fedgov was sending money to SPLC to do this?
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (sKqQm)

We already know the gov't was paying them. Remember that group that was "advising" ad companies? And the one "advising" social media companies? SPLC was part of those. It was also being paid to provide "data" to the Feds.
Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (Ta8N4)

Yeah I was sure the SPLC has their share in the maze of PACs and NGOs draining and laundering taxpayer money.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (8avO+)

325 Remember all those movies where the government agency was supplying both sides of a conflict - the terrorists and the counter-terrorists - in order to generate not just a market but a market where they can double their profit? All this time you were supposed to believe the Left was a warning against the Military Industrial Complex but it's really a warning about the Left.

Posted by: Sarge at April 22, 2026 02:50 PM (ibIN8)

326 If I'm the investigators I'm taking a very close look at SPLC's offshore funds activities.

This is going to be like "Russian Collusion" except we'll find China, Europe, Britain, etc Collusion are real
Posted by: Some Grey from Mars at April 22, 2026 01:54 PM (sKqQm)

See how much passed through the Ukraine.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:51 PM (8avO+)

327 The Hill, Oct. 3, 2025
FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center

In part, “The Southern Poverty Law Center long ago abandoned civil rights work and turned into a partisan smear machine. Their so-called ‘hate map’ has been used to defame mainstream Americans and even inspired violence. That disgraceful record makes them unfit for any FBI partnership,” Patel wrote Friday on the social platform X."

“I made it clear that the FBI will never rely on politicized or agenda-driven intelligence from outside groups — and certainly not from the SPLC.”

Posted by: L - No nic (cell phone) at April 22, 2026 03:09 PM (NFX2v)

328 The SPLC does have a point, in the sense that until recently the federal government was in fact also paying informants to stage crimes they could use to claim "Hate Groups!" and "MAGA extremists!"

Posted by: Zek at April 22, 2026 03:16 PM (5FPX4)

329 The left's version is that he was driving the General Lee, blowing Dixie on the horn, when he plowed into her.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 02:04 PM (XvL8K)

Was he blowing Dixie or was she blowing him? Isnt' that what happened in 'The World According to Garp' ?

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 03:18 PM (6+ehB)

330 Oh and if I didn't say it again today: We need abolish the 501c3/NGO tax structure in its entirety.

Whatever good it may have done to incentivize "things we like" it has gone well past the balance of negatives over positives.

At best its massively non-transparent public funding of a host of powerful people's pet projects. In practice it's almost entirely graft.

Posted by: Zek at April 22, 2026 03:19 PM (5FPX4)

331 This is the Washington Post headline:

DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center over paid informants

Paid informants is the issue? LOL

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 03:41 PM (RHGPo)

Iran Attacks Three Ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Claims It Has Seized Two of Them

The third I've read was not seized and wasn't damaged too badly but it has stopped movement.

The attacks were conducted by the "fast attack boats" -- speedboats converted for military use -- that for some reason we never dropped daisy-cutter bombs on. I don't know why.

But while we observe a "cease-fire," they're shooting up ships and taking the crews hostage.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attacked multiple ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, less than a day after President Trump extended the ceasefire indefinitely until Tehran agrees to negotiate a new deal.
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that an IRGC gun boat approached and then fired on a container ship located 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman. That attack caused "heavy damage" to the ship's bridge, while no fires or environmental damage were reported and the crew was reported safe, according to the organization.
Later in the day, UKMTO noted that an outbound cargo ship eight nautical miles west of Iran was fired upon and had to stop in the water. In that case, the crew was also safe and there was no reported damage to the vessel.
The Fars News Agency in Iran, which is close to the IRGC, reported Wednesday morning that two "violating" ships were seized by the IRGC Navy and directed to the coast of Iran. It is unclear whether those ships are the same ones reported by the UKMTO.
On Tuesday afternoon, Trump announced that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran until officials from the latter return to the negotiating table.

This isn't going to appease Tucker Carlson and the Ron Paul crowd. It might, however, wind up costing Trump actual MAGA voters.

The attacks aren't just about the ships stopped. The attacks are about bottling up oil shipments, so that insurers won't insure them and the ships won't attempt to travel through the strait, so that the price of oil jumps up, our "allies" pressure us and American opinion forces Trump into conceding the war to Iran.

Trump says Iran is "collapsing." Well, may be, but why are you granting them a cease-fire so that they can regroup?

Dining Room of the White House, April 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US President Donald Trump claimed Wednesday that Iran was "collapsing financially" over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, as Tehran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked three ships in the vital waterway that is blockaded by both Washington and Tehran.
Trump's comments came hours after he announced he was indefinitely extending the two-week ceasefire with Iran, which had been conditioned on Iran lifting its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran last week briefly lifted its blockade following the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, but reversed course after the US said it would maintain the blockade it had imposed on Iran-linked shipping on April 13, five days into the truce.
"Iran is collapsing financially! They want the Strait of Hormuz opened immediately," Trump wrote on Truth Social. The Islamic Republic is "starving for cash" and its military and police were "complaining that they are not getting paid," he claimed, adding: "SOS!!!"

I'm sorry, I do not believe this. Iran is attacking shipping. This is not them saying "SOS." This is Iran attacking shipping.

Yes, they are collapsing financially -- but that will take a while. In the meantime, they're attacking shipping, and for some reason, we're not blowing up their attack boats.

Because of the "cease-fire" that only we are observing.

Why are we not attacking the fast attack boats? Why are we not dropping air-burst bombs over their harbors?

So we can "talk" to the Iranians who are plainly playing us for fools?

Like I said yesterday: Trump wants a deal. It is clear that Iran does not. They think they can win by outlasting him (and us). Trump continuing to talk deal, deal, deal just convinces them more and more that they're right that he doesn't have the perseverance to outlast them.

For example, he's extending the cease-fire, even though Iran is now attacking ships again, because he says that the Iranian government is "fractured" and some parts of it want a deal and other parts don't.

Well, I'm afraid we have to deal with the parts of the Iranian government that do not want a deal first. There is no point talking to the people who want a deal while the people who don't want a deal continue making war.

Trump needs to change their minds. And giving them a ceasefire while prattling forever about how "close" we are to a deal is not changing their minds, it's convincing them they are right and Allah will see them through this.

I don't even believe the talk of an imminent "deal" is able to fulfill its earlier purpose of stopping the price of oil from climbing too high. I think people have heard this song too many times and just don't believe it any longer.

Wars are won with three things, they say: Manpower, firepower, and staying power. Iran has little of the first two but they seek to win by topping us in the third category.

The IRGC Navy Command:

�Two violating ships, "MSC-FRANCESCA" (linked to the Zionist regime) and "EPAMINODES," which endangered maritime security by operating without the necessary permits and tampering with navigation systems, were seized by the IRGC Navy and directed to the� https://t.co/B30KOocAU0 pic.twitter.com/GltPDS72wt
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) April 22, 2026

NEW: Three ships have been attacked by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump extends the fragile Middle East ceasefire.

Iranian state media reports that regime forces have taken custody of two trade vessels in the high-profile waterway.

The White House says President� pic.twitter.com/yLifqRe45r
— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 22, 2026

🚨 CEASEFIRE? WHAT CEASEFIRE: Three separate cargo ships attacked in the Strait of Hormuz this morning � including a Panama-flagged vessel hit while trying to transit.

British military already reported one of their ships attacked. Iran is the prime suspect as tensions explode.� pic.twitter.com/fDc7cLtnDM
— Gunther Eagleman� (@GuntherEagleman) April 22, 2026

Hello everyone. Sorry to go wobbly but this isn't working. I don't want to hear about how "close" we are to a "deal" any longer, nor how Iran is "collapsing" and "begging for peace" while they seize ships.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 Iran claims...

Posted by: Ann at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (SHHm+)

2

Hi Ace!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (3ek7K)

3 I called the others

Posted by: Ann at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (SHHm+)

4 corgis called

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (nXhwP)

5 Why is this permitted? Don't we have A10s and attack helicopters over the Strait?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (4NO2D)

6 Greek ships?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (kbShR)

7 Not sure of the logic by Trump here ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (2/T3Z)

8 They turned off the transponder?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (kbShR)

9 >>>7 Not sure of the logic by Trump here ?

he wants a deal and wants them to want a deal and will not allow contrary facts to change his mind that Iran secretly wants a deal.

Posted by: ace at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (1wjle)

10 8 Does the US Navy actually have the fighting power to deal with speedboats with mounted guns? Doesn't seem like it.

Seriously ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (2/T3Z)

11 Cry "BRRRRRRRT" and let slip the Warthogs of war!

Posted by: pookysgirl wants to see her second-favorite plane in action at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (Wt5PA)

12 Iran renigged on their part of the deal?

I. Shan't. Believe. It.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (xvV+O)

13 Why don't the Gulf States have their own motorboats out in the Strait?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (4NO2D)

14 that for some reason we never dropped daisy-cutter bombs on. I don't know why.

Point understood, but you don't use a $1million munition on a $5000 rubber dingy with an Evinrude.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (diia5)

15 If the fire rages, there is no cease fire...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (ynpvh)

16
All is lost!

*spikes cannon*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (tgvbd)

17 Wars are won with three things, they say: Manpower, firepower, and staying power.

Of these three, I'd choose intelligence and deception.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (z0cWr)

18 >>>8 Does the US Navy actually have the fighting power to deal with speedboats with mounted guns? Doesn't seem like it.

we can just drop bombs, can't we? Air-burst daisy cutters or something. These aren't beefy warships. They can be taken out with shrapnel.

And they can't really be hidden, can they?

Posted by: ace at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

19
Point understood, but you don't use a $1million munition on a $5000 rubber dingy with an Evinrude.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (diia5)

____________

Just once? For fun?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (tgvbd)

20 Bust the deal, face the wheel, or something along those lines.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (5yDGQ)

21 Afternoon, Ace.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (bFu5X)

22 Yeah. The OG Trump supporters were always ... excitable. Then they added "MAHA Moms" who vote depending on if Venus is rising in Aquarius in conjunction with Mars.
Add to that the Senate refusing to pass Trump's agenda (but they're real quick on amnesty and Israel!) and it's a recipe for a 45% Republican ceiling.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (1ET9J)

23 Go ahead and flame away, but I’m not seeing 3D chess here.

I honestly don’t even understand how the greatest Navy in the world can’t patrol such a small part of the ocean to where any Iranian hostility is put don on seconds.

Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (L2NN+)

24 To have a cease fire both sides would have to cease firing.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (kbShR)

25

Don't we have ships in the Strait?

Why is this allowed to happen?

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (3ek7K)

26 All is lost!

*spikes cannon*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (tgvbd)

Do better than they did at the Alamo, please.

Posted by: pookysgirl lived in San Antonio at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (Wt5PA)

27 19 >>>8 Does the US Navy actually have the fighting power to deal with speedboats with mounted guns? Doesn't seem like it.

we can just drop bombs, can't we? Air-burst daisy cutters or something. These aren't beefy warships. They can be taken out with shrapnel.

And they can't really be hidden, can they?

Posted by: ace at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (1wjle)

If you take out where their ports are...let one or two get away, see from a remote position where they go...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

28 Greek ships?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (kbShR)

Reminds me of myself. I had the face of a large mouthed bass but I had so much money even Jackie O gave up that ass to Daddy!

Suck it JFK...I knocked the bottom outta that.

Posted by: Zombie Aristotle Onassis, Whore Monger at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (79nfv)

29 I filled up today at $3.37/gallon, $94 for almost 28 gallons.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (DYEui)

30 26

Don't we have ships in the Strait?

Why is this allowed to happen?

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (3ek7K)

Dire Straits, man.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (ynpvh)

31 I honestly don’t even understand how the greatest Navy in the world can’t patrol such a small part of the ocean to where any Iranian hostility is put don on seconds.
Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (L2NN+)

I'm with you... It's almost like we let this happen....

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (2/T3Z)

32 30 I filled up today at $3.37/gallon, $94 for almost 28 gallons.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (DYEui)

Come to Kalifornia; our gas rates are MUCH higher...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

33 Find the irgc fast boats ports/bases and make them NOT. As often as necessary.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (xvV+O)

34 Point understood, but you don't use a $1million munition on a $5000 rubber dingy with an Evinrude.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 12:14 PM (diia5)

____________

Just once? For fun?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (tgvbd)

moab the harbor just because...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (nXhwP)

35 Daisy Cutter the Ports.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (kbShR)

36 Greek ships?
Posted by: Boss Moss

---------
Too bad they weren't Greek Fire ships.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (5yDGQ)

37
Come to Kalifornia; our gas rates are MUCH higher...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

Paid $5. 39 Sunday.. Yay me...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (2/T3Z)

38 But Sir Richard cried in his English pride:
"We have fought such a fight for a day and a night
As may never be fought again!
We have won great glory, my men!
And a day less or more
At sea or ashore,
We die—does it matter when?
Sink me the ship, Master Gunner—sink her, split her in twain!
Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain!"

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (4NO2D)

39 Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.

Posted by: zombie Fred Fassert at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (xLZ+R)

40 On Tuesday afternoon, Trump announced that he was extending the ceasefire with Iran until officials from the latter return to the negotiating table.
=
That's the thing. There has not, at any point, been any cease fire *agreement*.

The only thing that happened is Trump, for some unclear reason, ordered the US military to stop bombing Iran. Iran never really stopped any of what it was doing. It looks like we reduced their capacity to act (though who knows for sure by how much), but they continue to do as much as they feel like doing.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (vSvIl)

41
moab the harbor just because...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (nXhwP)

________

Face it, guys just like seeing things blow up. Indulge us.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (tgvbd)

42
I hope we've used this time to point the locations of the remaining Iranian bigwigs who just simply need to be killed now.

Blow-up anything that could be used offensively like fast boats.

Blow-up bridges.

Parachute in guns, rifles and ammo into areas all over Iran and let the civil war begin.

Again, the Iranians we're fighting are moslems, if they're true believers, they have zero motivation to surrender. Live or die they get rewarded either way according to their death cult god.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (iJfKG)

43

Trump usually has some plan. I don't see a plan now.

Posted by: four seasons at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (3ek7K)

44 Where is the Royal Navy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (kbShR)

45
No way Ari had a bigger pussy book than JFK

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (Y8DZL)

46 If the USN can knock out Venezuelan drug speed boats, you'd think they have the capability to take out IRGC speed boats. But what do I know.

I do know that if US continues a ceasefire and lets Iran to harass shipping, it's a bad look. We already know our NATO 'allies' are neither willing or able to do anything, so it is on the US.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (Dv3i1)

47 41 Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.

Posted by: zombie Fred Fassert at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (xLZ+R)

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran!

Posted by: Zombie John McCain at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (ynpvh)

48 The IRGC does not work for Iran.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (z0cWr)

49 32 I honestly don’t even understand how the greatest Navy in the world can’t patrol such a small part of the ocean to where any Iranian hostility is put don on seconds.
Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (L2NN+)

I'm with you... It's almost like we let this happen....
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (2/T3Z)

Or we didn't expect it to happen...and by the time we could react, it was too late.

That's on the military leaders.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (tOcjL)

50 Afternoon Ace.
Trump is a deal maker. Everything is negotiable. The Iranian regime and the IRGC are apocalyptic nut bags who will take the entire country down before they will give up power. Kill them the Iranian people can manage the rest.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (gu0hJ)

51 a $5000 rubber dingy with an Evinrude.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I've never seen an ICE-powered vibrator. But it sounds like the perfect application for a two-stroke engine.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (IWRME)

52 30 I filled up today at $3.37/gallon, $94 for almost 28 gallons.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (DYEui)

Come to Kalifornia; our gas rates are MUCH higher...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
===

I think the proper term is GAS TAXES.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (xvV+O)

53 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (SUTeF)

54 Try to relax Ace. Nothing you can do about it anyway.

Trump and his staff and military advisors either know what they're doing or not.

Trump's track record is pretty solid.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:21 PM (xcxpd)

55 see from a remote position where they go...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Ahh, Art Bell fan, eh?

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 12:21 PM (W5mpo)

56 Damn that Trump, when he isn't engaging in naked aggression he is sitting on his ass not engaging preventing the Iranians from engaging in naked aggression.
He should not be so provoking to the mullahs

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:21 PM (rbvCR)

57 SAS troopers reported resigning en masse, in protest, Two-Tier on verge of resigning, we aren't bombing, the Strait is closed, Trump casting about for someone to "negotiate" with...this is not a good look for either the UK or the USA.

Posted by: Start killing IRGC bad guys at April 22, 2026 12:21 PM (xLZ+R)

58
This is ridiculous. Why is Trump suddenly pulling his punches?
Do the Iranians have an operational Nuke?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (IifOV)

59 53 30 I filled up today at $3.37/gallon, $94 for almost 28 gallons.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (DYEui)

Come to Kalifornia; our gas rates are MUCH higher...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
===

I think the proper term is GAS TAXES.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:20 PM (xvV+O)

It's folded into the price...those taxes are SUPPOSED to go to fixing roads, but, you know, Gov't Graft...

Posted by: Zombie John McCain at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (ynpvh)

60 Where is the Royal Navy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (kbShR)
--

Latest word is in home port being sodomized by muzzies.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (xvV+O)

61 Yesterday I said I wanted the US NAVY to destroy anything floating of the Iranians

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (SUTeF)

62 off sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (ynpvh)

63 38
Come to Kalifornia; our gas rates are MUCH higher...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:17 PM (ynpvh)

Paid $5. 39 Sunday.. Yay me...
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (2/T3Z)

$4.02 for me - most places are $4.19 now.

This is gonna be what burns Trump's popularity if it continues into summer...oil/gas prices will start elevating the price of everything, and crossover Trump voters will say "what's changed in 2 years FOR ME" (since his crossovers were very self-interested)...

So, May 31...clock is still counting for him to end this or deal this. He wants to do the latter - I think he needs to do the former to get to the latter...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (tOcjL)

64 I think that Trump is trying to play each faction in Iran against each other... Every time he says he has a deal one of the factions goes nutso saying no we don't... Not sure if this ploy is gonna work...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (2/T3Z)

65 61 Where is the Royal Navy?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:19 PM (kbShR)
--

Latest word is in home port being sodomized by muzzies.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:22 PM (xvV+O)

That's the tradition: Rum, Sodomy and the lash...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (ynpvh)

66 Trump: "Let's make a deal."
Iran: "Fuck you, Infidel."

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (UjdFS)

67 I honestly don’t even understand how the greatest Navy in the world can’t patrol such a small part of the ocean to where any Iranian hostility is put don on seconds.
Posted by: Maroon

If it can't be true, is it true?

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (z0cWr)

68 Want to win the war? Level bomb the neighborhoods the Iranian elite live in. Oh and arrest and hang any reporters that try to use it for Iranian propaganda.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (sKqQm)

69 he wants a deal and wants them to want a deal and will not allow contrary facts to change his mind that Iran secretly wants a deal.
=
Is there anyone around him that can correct his opinion?

I recall it took forever and a day to get him the message that he needed to shut the fuck up about Project Warpspeed.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:24 PM (vSvIl)

70 No way Ari had a bigger pussy book than JFK

Aristotle's first wife divorced him when she found him balls deep in her best friend in their bed.

JFK couldn't carry Aristotle's jock strap.

Posted by: Larry Holmes at April 22, 2026 12:24 PM (79nfv)

71 "speedboats converted for military use"

Qeshm Island is supposed to be honeycombed with underground factories making drones and subs and other strait-denial weapons. Don't know why it has not been sufficiently neutralized.

"Sorry to go wobbly"

Ace went there.

I'll say this about that: The imminent casus belli for this war was the ~408kg of 60% enriched U that everybody agrees Iran possesses. If we don't seize that, and verifiably prevent them from making or getting more, the mission has failed.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:24 PM (N8ZBc)

72 Been saying this pretty much since Day 1 of the "ceasefire" or whenever Iran said no to it. This is insane. We don't need the ceasefire, they do. If they don't agree (or violate it), resume the bombings. Every day that Trump doesn't do this, he is helping Iran and the rest of the anti-Americans (especially the Democrat party) toward defeating him. How much longer am I supposed to trust that this is 4D chess?

Posted by: Mad Max in VA at April 22, 2026 12:24 PM (udRx+)

73 I'm tending to agree with Ace here. Trump's a real estate developer. He believes everyone has a price. Some people don't.

Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (0e5Te)

74 Trump's playing like 10d chess man.. His persuasion skills are unmatched yada yada yada..

The art of the deal does not work in the Middle East.

Turns out Trumps skillset is really really good for NYC real estate (and US elections and Greenland) but sucks balls in the desert. They're playing the poor bastard like a fiddle and he's gonna get his ass handed to him, I'm afraid. This isn't the place to keep signaling you want a deal. You just showed your weakness which these cunning bastards will exploit to the nth degree.. If you make a threat you follow through or you're finished.

Posted by: Dave at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (vNzcT)

75
Well, I was told that the Russians don't take a dump without a plan and look where it's got them.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (Y8DZL)

76 67 Trump: "Let's make a deal."
Iran: "Fuck you, Infidel."

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 12:23 PM (UjdFS)

The Iranian mullahs want weapons? I say we give them what they want from the end of cruise missiles and from the bomb hatches of Stealth bombers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (ynpvh)

77 I question whether these attacks actually happened or whether they have been greatly exaggerated.

That being said, I think we're getting played. Trump is desperate for a deal. Iran is not. They have calculated -- and correctly, in my opinion -- that all they have to do it hold out and Trump will be forced to cave or at least offer very favorable terms.

It doesn't matter how many of these cockroaches we kill. There are thousands more to take their places.

It doesn't matter how badly we kick their asses militarily. They will always be able to field some kind of ship -- even a private speedboat with RPGs -- to stalk ships in the Strait, which will be amplified to apocalyptic levels by the media.

The only way to truly defeat these scabs are with boots on the ground and/or to destroy their power and infrastructure. Lay waste to the entire country. But that will never happen.

I don't know how much clearer this all can be. The optimism by many on this site makes no sense to me.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

78 I looked up both ships on Marine Traffic.

They're both stationary in the Gulf of Oman, really on the "border" between the Gulf and the Strait.

Not doing a lot of unloading 5 miles from shore, I don't think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (QEvSP)

79 With past Presidents, under such a situation, I would think they are incompetent, feckless, and unlikely to do what is necessary so, once again, the USA is gonna take it up that ass from our adversaries.

With Trump, if he is not attacking fast-boats, I think he probably is gonna get on that pretty quick. If he wants a cease-fire to continue, it must be because he has a strategy.

I think he has earned my faith in his ability to execute and do what is best. For all I know, his plan is to keep the strait bottled up until China folds, EU realizes they need to abandon net zero, and until he can somehow justify taking the strait and their oil.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (53GQo)

80 Speed boats need fuel. Simply track their movements before and after the attacks. Cut off their fuel supply.

Maybe that will work.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (Oy/m2)

81 74 I'm tending to agree with Ace here. Trump's a real estate developer. He believes everyone has a price. Some people don't.

Posted by: Wally at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (0e5Te)

When dealing with suicidal maniacs bent on murder, you give them what they desire: their deaths.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (ynpvh)

82 Sounds like the USN may need to do another "cutting out" expedition. That will be entertaining.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (rbvCR)

83 April 29th is the point where Trump has to get Congressional approval to continue. There are things going on that we don't hear about like the three members of the Iranian parliament, the ones we have been dealing with, were arrested. Head of the IRGC, Vahadi, seems to be in charge.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (wOXCn)

84 The US Navy isn't patrolling the strait. They've setup a blockade in the Gulf of Oman and approach any ships headed for or out of Iranian ports.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (QEvSP)

85 I agree that this is a violation of the cease fire.

Posted by: Darth Randall at April 22, 2026 12:27 PM (f1kZG)

86 84 April 29th is the point where Trump has to get Congressional approval to continue. There are things going on that we don't hear about like the three members of the Iranian parliament, the ones we have been dealing with, were arrested. Head of the IRGC, Vahadi, seems to be in charge.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (wOXCn)

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Any new action would restart the clock, he will argue.

And Congress will have a show vote that tries to deny it that will fail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:27 PM (QEvSP)

87
Interesting fact: because of his bad back, JFK had to fuck up.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:27 PM (Y8DZL)

88 When dealing with suicidal maniacs bent on murder, you give them what they desire: their deaths.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM

It's an act of love really.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:28 PM (4NO2D)

89 Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
Posted by: zombie Fred Fassert at April 22, 2026 12:18 PM (xLZ+R)

https://tinyurl.com/2zeae4av

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 22, 2026 12:28 PM (5xuJ/)

90 76
Well, I was told that the Russians don't take a dump without a plan and look where it's got them.
Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (Y8DZL)

Well...they had a plan. It didn't work because GIGO.

They have a fallback plan, attrition and defense in depth. And its ugly but likely to work.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:29 PM (xcxpd)

91 April 29th is the point where Trump has to get Congressional approval to continue. There are things going on that we don't hear about like the three members of the Iranian parliament, the ones we have been dealing with, were arrested. Head of the IRGC, Vahadi, seems to be in charge.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:26 PM (wOXCn)

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Any new action would restart the clock, he will argue.

And Congress will have a show vote that tries to deny it that will fail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:27 PM (QEvSP)
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Isn't this all covered by the 2001 AUMF anyway? IRGC is designated international terror group.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

92 "Trump needs to change their minds. And giving them a ceasefire while prattling forever about how "close" we are to a deal is not changing their minds, it's convincing them they are right and Allah will see them through this."
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Trump has access to information that isn't public andd may know more than we do. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt for a while.

That being said, as I've written previously, the fact that we have elections coming up in Nov of this year and in 2028 works against us. Especially since if the dimmicrats return to power they'll return to appeasement and kowtowing while Iran inevitably inexorably works toward a nuclear bomb and the means to deliver it with the subsequent incineration of either Tel Aviv, an American city or both.

Dims may want to see an American city nuked. That way they can nationalize the economy they way Roosevelt did in WWII.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:29 PM (QGaXH)

93 92 Isn't this all covered by the 2001 AUMF anyway? IRGC is designated international terror group.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

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There's also that, yes.

Any concern about the War Powers Act in this instance is academic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:30 PM (QEvSP)

94 Cease fire talks, peace talks are bullshit.

We should be having surrender talks. We don't come to the table anymore unless it is to discuss the Iranian unconditional surrender.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:30 PM (xvV+O)

95 Does the US Navy actually have the fighting power to deal with speedboats with mounted guns? Doesn't seem like it.

Seriously ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (2/T3Z)

That's what A-10's are for. Or Predator drones with Hellfire missiles.

These attacks on neutral shipping by Iran may be exactly the trigger that Trump needs in order to declare that Iran has violated the ceasefire, giving him predicate to unleash Hell Mk II on Iran.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 12:30 PM (utfVc)

96

Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F)
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WTI Crude Oil Jun 26 (CL=F)
91.30 +1.63 (+1.82%)

As of 12:18:31 PM EDT. Market Open.

Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

97 95 Cease fire talks, peace talks are bullshit.

We should be having surrender talks. We don't come to the table anymore unless it is to discuss the Iranian unconditional surrender.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:30 PM (xvV+O)

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The blockade on Iranian ports is probably doing far more damage to Iran than the kinetic bombings did.

$450 million a day denied. No more influx of dollars which, combined with the US Treasury and Gulf States' efforts to freeze out of country Iranian assets will lead to a serious funding crisis.

There are already reports that IRGC troops aren't getting paid anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (QEvSP)

98 Trump won't sink us at the midterms. The do nothing GOP in Congress will do that

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (wOXCn)

99 Legally since it is NOT Government sanctioned, the IRGC are now Pirates...

They no longer fall under the Geneva Convention, and by the ancient laws of the Sea, can be shot on sight, or captured and Hung.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 12:32 PM (mP0Kj)

100 Maybe President MacArthur can declare "Victory!" again?

Yeah, that'll work.

Posted by: Mr. Proton at April 22, 2026 12:32 PM (Kg7sA)

101 3-5 days....last of the three carrier groups should be in position by then.

Interesting timing. But, looks like the Iraniam govt is not fractured at all. IRGC arrested the last figures of the civilian govt. They are speaking as one unified voice now. If they don't want a sit down it's time for action to resume.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 12:32 PM (oINIA)

102 One Word: ~~Plastics~~ GreenGlass.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (l7fPC)

103 I can see it is going to be one of those days. I'm out for awhile.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)

104
There are already reports that IRGC troops aren't getting paid anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (QEvSP)

"Ayatollah, our troops are revolting!"
"Well, they don't bathe and f**k kids, sheep, goats and camels..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (ynpvh)

105 Trump won't sink us at the midterms. The do nothing GOP in Congress will do that

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (wOXCn)
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I would posit that the gopE HAS already done that.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (xvV+O)

106 There are already reports that IRGC troops aren't getting paid anymore.
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IRGC will take what they need from the populace. They will be last to suffer effects of the blockade.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (Dv3i1)

107
The best Onassis story was him getting on his hands and knees and having Maria Callas check his roids and then farting in her face.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (Y8DZL)

108 AI sez: "The A-10 Thunderbolt II has a typical combat radius of approximately 250–290 nautical miles (288–334 miles or 463–537 km) for close air support missions, allowing for extended loiter time over the battlefield."

Also, A-10s can't launch from carriers, again according to AI. (and the carriers are standing off at a safer distance.) Do we have a base close enough to the action to launch A-10's from?

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (N8ZBc)

109 I genuinely think the point of this is to teach an object lesson to the Euros and more importantly, China, about how much they need us. I feel that Trump knows he can destroy the IRGC when he wants to... I think he's mentally moved on to the next deal, and using this as a part of that. What concerns me is that the domestic terrorists on the other side are going to use this to try and gin up another Tet Offensive-style myth to drag the commies across the line for the midterms, and Trump seems willing to risk that. (A more cynical man than me wonders if he's waiting until closer TO the midterms to try and score a series of massive wins to the point that the Dems look stupid, or trick them into wasting the oxygen in the room on this instead of fighting him on something important...)

Posted by: American Hawkman at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (6so3e)

110 103 One Word: Plastics GreenGlass.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (l7fPC)

My Dad had a radioactive rock collection that included glass from White Sands, NM...
I used to play with that set from time to time...that's safe to do, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

111 Why are we not attacking the fast attack boats? Why are we not dropping air-burst bombs over their harbors?

1) I am aware this is the basic demand of such laudable minds like Mark Levin who are in their own world and audience are masters of strategy
2) I am also aware that the overriding thought behind this strategy is that more death = winning

But, the important but here, is that there are more elements to this than just playing HULK SMASH.
Even if we reduce the entire Iranian seaboard into rubble and destroy everything afloat more advanced than a dhow into charred lumps, it does not solve the main problem of Iranian Nukes and IRGC with launching facilities.
HULK SMASH is the answer to the wrong question, and will not solve the problem Trump set out to solve

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)

112 107
IRGC will take what they need from the populace. They will be last to suffer effects of the blockade.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:33 PM (Dv3i1)

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The populace doesn't have dollars. That's the problem.

They have rials.

And rials are worthless.

Bessent's attacks on Iranian financial infrastructure are deeply underappreciated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (QEvSP)

113 Eh, we're too busy with our cell phones to overthrow the mullahs. Send in some American troops to do the job. Who do we look like, George Washingtown? Get realz.

Posted by: 90 Million Persian Rugs at April 22, 2026 12:35 PM (qUkBO)

114 I have seen Trump play possum before and get himself out of some very sticky situations. Unfortunately this time it involves a lot of lives. I believe he has an endgame but if it goes past June 1 then I no longer believe it. May 1 was my soft deadline for when I expected this to be all but done. June 1 is my hard deadline.

This helps me to interpret what is going on. Basically if it goes past June 1st I start worrying. For now Trump has enough cachet with me in doing the apparently impossible that I'm content to let him cook. If this goes into his precious 250th then it inches toward the midterms, it's probably going to hurt very badly. But I 100% believe he has his reasons.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:35 PM (HgRco)

115 29 I filled up today at $3.37/gallon, $94 for almost 28 gallons.
Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (DYEui)

25 gallons at Costco (cheapest around) cost me >128$ Monday. $5.10/gallon.

Starting to see mostly $6's/g now around town.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:35 PM (QGaXH)

116 yeah, i don't quite get why Iran is able to do anything with those stupid speed boats and r*tards with AK's. Maybe the Navy larger boats can't do much but we have smaller armed boats we can deploy, don't we? Doesn't the special forces have some ridged hulled inflatable boats with some mounted weaponry? If only we had something that could fly around, armed and engage units on the ground or water.....we could call it...oh wait, that's already been invented. it's called a f**king helicopter.
Given how much everybody hates the Somali pirates that use speed boats and small arms, i would have hoped we would go after that part of the Iranian navy a bit quicker. I'm not crazy about all this deal talk either. I prefer iran laying on the ground in a pool of their own blood screaming deal while we jump up and down on their b*lls laughing.

Posted by: Nelly at April 22, 2026 12:36 PM (6+ehB)

117 Legally since it is NOT Government sanctioned, the IRGC are now Pirates...

They no longer fall under the Geneva Convention, and by the ancient laws of the Sea, can be shot on sight, or captured and Hung.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 12:32 PM (mP0Kj)

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Make Keelhauling Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:36 PM (l7fPC)

118 Downside of having Don the Deal Dude in charge, he thinks like he thinks.

The sort of combination diplomat-businessman-warfighter we need? Yeah. Good luck finding one on our side. So we gotta make do and pray it doesn't sink us before we can get back around to it. Sucks but something something world as it is not as I would have it, I guess.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 12:36 PM (OUMaO)

119 I don't see how the regime survives if it has no funding.

Posted by: Jose at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (V6W16)

120 It doesn't matter how many of these cockroaches we kill. There are thousands more to take their places.
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Then kill thousands more. This idea that you've solved the problem if you kill a few of the leaders is why Israel is always having to fight one more war. We shouldn't be content to mimic their error.

We've seen reports of us taking out radar, or factories, or munitions storage, all of which will have incidental casualties. But what I haven't seen is any reports of bombing IRGC barracks, or the homes of their officers, outside of that first hit on the Ayatollah. Or of strikes against the Shia clergy. Eliminate all of the people who are causing the problem, and then we can declare victory and go home.

Right now it doesn't look like we've done anything more than throw a temper tantrum, and the regime as an entity is content to weather it.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (vSvIl)

121 I haven't liked this from day one. I've kept my yap shut. But I'm not any longer.

Trump literally ran against this shit. Since 2015. He's going to fuck up the midterms. Maybe just worse than it was already going to be, but he's fucked it up more.

I don't know what in the hell made him go all neo-con but he's got himself a Bush-ian quagmire and just seems to be floundering with no fucking plan in place.

And another ting: i do not want to hear "the citizens are going to rise up" ever again. They never rise up. It's neocon bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (gtcuf)

122 Crow is not tasty; crow is not something anyone wants to eat, but I've just been given a big plateful.

Yesterday I was more optimistic about Trump's ceasefire than is our esteemed host. Today, with speedboats attacking shipping and not being immediately turned into a thousand little burning pieces, I am no longer optimistic about Trump's cease-fire.

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (bufu1)

123 118 Legally since it is NOT Government sanctioned, the IRGC are now Pirates...

They no longer fall under the Geneva Convention, and by the ancient laws of the Sea, can be shot on sight, or captured and Hung.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 12:32 PM (mP0Kj)

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Make Keelhauling Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:36 PM (l7fPC)

They don't wear Iranian military uniforms, are in ships, attack, board, and take over ships. They're pirates by nautical law.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (ynpvh)

124 120 I don't see how the regime survives if it has no funding.

Posted by: Jose at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (V6W16)

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They can survive starving and not paying their guards, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (QEvSP)

125 Ace - "Trump needs to change their minds. And giving them a ceasefire while prattling forever about how "close" we are to a deal is not changing their minds, it's convincing them they are right and Allah will see them through this."
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Pretty much, especially the religious element. President DJT is presenting this conflict like a real estate developer - "Let's make a deal" while the IRGC are playing this as a RELIGIOUS, nationalistic stand against Evil (read The Alamo).

In other words, we need to go in playing the Battle Hymn of the Republic and beat them to a bloody pulp. Sink the fast boats, clear the mines and erase anyone trying to stop us. While singing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (rj6Yv)

126 "One Word: GreenGlass."

It scares the shit out of me that the USA and/or Israel will resort to nuclear weapons in this war. That may be (or be perceived to be) the only way to bring this to a quick decisive end. Very frightening IMHO.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (N8ZBc)

127 Today is one of the happiest days in the Horde calendar!

A happy, yet solemn Earth Day everyone! Free AI data centers, Covid shots and sex torsos all around. Gotta keep that human population under control.

So on this Earth Day, Iran may he rocketing towards NetZero since wells will be shutting down in about 2 weeks.

And if there's no deal, at some point power plants and bridges will go. In theory.

WHILE Europe and Australia get to do their part for Mother Gaia through fuel shortages.

The news today said Europe was going to help open the strait but I don't know if even the Iraniians know who the Europeans would have to blow.

I'm not worried. In 2 weeks, wells go down. The blockades can go on hurting Iran. Unrest may be growing in Iran. Who knows. And the Europeans may get a lesson in the importance of energy.

Not a bad Earth Day.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)

128 The first rule of negotiating I learned was you need to be willing to walk away rather than settle for a bad deal.

Posted by: Butch at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (98xTj)

129 Trump won't sink us at the midterms. The do nothing GOP in Congress will do that

Posted by: Notsothoreau at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (wOXCn)

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Thune is the latest orchestrator and conductor of Failure Theater™.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (l7fPC)

130 I think Trump got in office and said, what needs to be done in the world that is achievable and Democrats slash Uniparty won't be able to easily undo after the next op. And Iran came up. That's what I think happened. I also think he got wind (hopefully reliable) that Democrats and Iran were planning something big. Potentially like a covid II although this time of course not a bioweapon. I don't know - that's where I am. Nothing else makes sense other than Trump just being Trump.

This is what leadership looks like. Or being owned by Israel. His legacy, and far more importantly the future of the world, is on the line.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (HgRco)

131 Time to end the ceasefire and hammer them again. This wasn't about negotiations, these animals have no sense for diplomacy. This was a logistical and legal action, to resupply our warfighters and reset the war power resolution.

Phase two; target infrastructure to cripple their capacity to sustain economic independence.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (Fbc0I)

132 127 "One Word: GreenGlass."

It scares the shit out of me that the USA and/or Israel will resort to nuclear weapons in this war. That may be (or be perceived to be) the only way to bring this to a quick decisive end. Very frightening IMHO.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (N8ZBc)

Didn't affect the Japanese too much...and before you mention tentacle pron, they were into that HUNDREDS of years before they were nuked...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (ynpvh)

133 122 Trump literally ran against this shit. Since 2015. He's going to fuck up the midterms. Maybe just worse than it was already going to be, but he's fucked it up more.

I don't know what in the hell made him go all neo-con but he's got himself a Bush-ian quagmire and just seems to be floundering with no fucking plan in place.

And another ting: i do not want to hear "the citizens are going to rise up" ever again. They never rise up. It's neocon bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (gtcuf)

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He did not run against this shit.

He ran against forever wars. This is honestly an attempt to end a forever war, it's not an attempt to start one.

And, just yesterday, the GOP overperformed by 3 points in VA compared to 2024, a GOP-friendly year.

What if I told you that Americans are so inured to news of wars in the Middle East that they simply don't move voters anymore?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (QEvSP)

134 The populace doesn't have dollars. That's the problem.
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You can't eat dollars. But you can eat livestock. The IRGC will run out of ammo, but they won't miss a meal.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (Dv3i1)

135 This is also a lesson for China -- if the US can't control the strait, do they really think they can control the SCS or the whole first island chain? Imagine Taiwan, Philippines, VN, Japan, USA, etc. with fast boats stopping all shipping there.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (53GQo)

136
...The only way to truly defeat these scabs are with boots on the ground and/or to destroy their power and infrastructure. Lay waste to the entire country. But that will never happen.

I don't know how much clearer this all can be. The optimism by many on this site makes no sense to me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

Well, for lack of a better word, Trump is trying to wage a Kind War. He doesn't want the general population of Iran affected by the attempts to scrape the gov't off Joe Blow Iran, and the elimination of iran's nuclear capacity.

And, yes, yes, "The Russians love their children too." Buuuut, these are Shia moslems itchy for the Apocalypse and that calculus doesn't apply.

The IRGC is smart enough to use the whole population of Iran as "Shield Hostages" because Trump doesn't want collateral damage in important infrastructure and lives.

Dump a bunch of rifles and ammo to the population, and get them to either show they're worthless or use the chaos of civil war to get what you want.

Or, make this a more conventional war by destroying everything and everyone you can until they yell Uncle somewhere down the line.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (iJfKG)

137 132 Time to end the ceasefire and hammer them again. This wasn't about negotiations, these animals have no sense for diplomacy. This was a logistical and legal action, to resupply our warfighters and reset the war power resolution.

Phase two; target infrastructure to cripple their capacity to sustain economic independence.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (Fbc0I)

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Is it time right now? Or can we wait a few days until the carrier George HW Bush is in the region?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:40 PM (QEvSP)

138 Well, we can always hope that it's "Make a deal with someone reasonable who then declares the IRGC to be in rebellion and asks for US help to suppress the rebels"

Or it's a demonstration for the slow countries that "No, the way you want us to do things doesn't work."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 12:40 PM (a+4eV)

139 The first rule of negotiating I learned was you need to be willing to walk away rather than settle for a bad deal.

Posted by: Butch at April 22, 2026 12:38 PM (98xTj)

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Trump states this as well in The Art Of The Deal.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:40 PM (l7fPC)

140 135 The populace doesn't have dollars. That's the problem.
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You can't eat dollars. But you can eat livestock. The IRGC will run out of ammo, but they won't miss a meal.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (Dv3i1)

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1/4 of all of Iran's imports are food.

Iran doesn't domestically produce nearly enough food to feed itself.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:40 PM (QEvSP)

141 My Dad had a radioactive rock collection that included glass from White Sands, NM...
I used to play with that set from time to time...that's safe to do, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

If you're talking about the Trinitite from the Trinity test, there's still some detectable americium and cesium there. Not a lot, but I wouldn't sit there fondling the pieces. Ok, to look at.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 22, 2026 12:41 PM (/HDaX)

142 When you've lost AoS...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2026 12:41 PM (Cqx++)

143 The sky is falling! Run for your lives.

Posted by: connected and litigious at April 22, 2026 12:41 PM (cS1cw)

144 Hmm, some posts game me an idea !

"Mark R. Levin
@marklevinshow
17h
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT

The reason the Iranian regime hierarchy is divided is because of our military success against the leadership of the regime. They are fighting with each other out of desperation. A further delay and insistence on the single voice for the regime likely ensures that there will be a consolidation of leadership under the IRCG -- that is, the 150,000 strong militia/internal security force. Of course, that will make a deal to our liking more difficult.
And to be clear, the propaganda of the Democrats and the media, undermining the President and our military every step of the way, are giving aid and comfort to enemy, and encouraging the enemy to dig in -- and to wait us out and reject virtually any deal. To the Democrats, an American military setback is a Democrat Party win. The Democrats are effectively rooting for the enemy! "

cont..

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (GD0B3)

145
Dude! I slept right through 4/20 day!

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (Y8DZL)

146
He did not run against this shit.

He ran against forever wars. This is honestly an attempt to end a forever war, it's not an attempt to start one.

And, just yesterday, the GOP overperformed by 3 points in VA compared to 2024, a GOP-friendly year.

What if I told you that Americans are so inured to news of wars in the Middle East that they simply don't move voters anymore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:39 PM (QEvSP)

VA's vote was spurred by the south not wanting to be disenfranchised by the north...not a "pro-Trump/R" move...Ds from the south would rather Ds from the south represent them vs Fairfax Ds...that's why it was so close...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (tOcjL)

147 This is not winning.
Time to invade and plant the Puerto Rican flag.
Install Rubio as El Presidente and ship all the oil to Texas.

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (UjdFS)

148 Remove that last comma in 142.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (/HDaX)

149 Conversely, when the leadership of a regime is divided and fighting, it is a precondition to its potential collapse. I would think rather than waiting we should assist the collapse. Among other things, arm the Iranian people, who have shown extraordinary courage. They cannot overthrow the regime with their bare hands. We used to do this under the Reagan Doctrine -- in Afghanistan and elsewhere. I understand there is not a single opposition group. So what? Our intelligence agencies used to be able to organize one or more of them and provide them training, tactical knowhow, and weapons. We're in the middle of a war with regime that is divided and on its back. If not now, when? In short order, continue the military operation, the economic blockade, and support internal operations.
If the goal is not to defeat the regime but negotiate with it before defeating it, I believe the path is more perilous -- certainly in the long run. that said never underestimate Donald Trump. I am always mindful that I am not privy to all information. And I don't presume to have all the answers. But I believe these are points worthy of serious consideration. And POTUS has demonstrated time

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (GD0B3)

150 >>>for some reason, we're not blowing up their attack boats.

Iran is 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the lower 48, with a Strait coastline about equal to East or West coast US. If l had my way, the locations from which those boats originated would cease to exist. But I have no way of knowing how our munitions supplies stand at the moment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (dK+Kv)

151 Dude! I slept right through 4/20 day!
Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM

I was gonna celebrate, but then I got high.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (4NO2D)

152 and again a remarkable sense for what is right.

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so , Let's wait and see. I like how Iran is being killed , slowly but surely collapsing.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (GD0B3)

153 We've seen reports of us taking out radar, or factories, or munitions storage, all of which will have incidental casualties. But what I haven't seen is any reports of bombing IRGC barracks, or the homes of their officers, outside of that first hit on the Ayatollah. Or of strikes against the Shia clergy. Eliminate all of the people who are causing the problem, and then we can declare victory and go home.

Right now it doesn't look like we've done anything more than throw a temper tantrum, and the regime as an entity is content to weather it.
Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (vSvIl)

Bomb the Shia mosques. That's where the true believers who support the mullahs are concentrated. Kill thousands, and demoralize thousands more. That's how you get regime change.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (utfVc)

154 Let's add some perspective here.

A handful of small boats with dudes with AK's onboard convinced a couple of Iranian cargo ships to stop.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (QEvSP)

155 Trump casting about for someone to "negotiate" with...this is not a good look for either the UK or the USA.
Posted by: Start killing IRGC bad guys

How does that song go? "Doom, despair, and agony on me"?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (a+4eV)

156 Dump a bunch of rifles and ammo to the population, and get them to either show they're worthless or use the chaos of civil war to get what you want.

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Agreed.

Old & Busted: The Berlin Airlift.
New Hotness: The Iran Airdrop.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (l7fPC)

157 yourwellcome fans of Mark Levin! Glad I could repost something from him! Anytime!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (GD0B3)

158 no, no , no need to thank me!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (GD0B3)

159 151 >>>for some reason, we're not blowing up their attack boats.

Iran is 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the lower 48, with a Strait coastline about equal to East or West coast US. If l had my way, the locations from which those boats originated would cease to exist. But I have no way of knowing how our munitions supplies stand at the moment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (dK+Kv)

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Probably stored in shacks with some camo on top.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (QEvSP)

160
Rooting for the enemy is a key Democrat policy since 1968.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)

161 Juken...it's reneged.
You were in dangerous waters my friend.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (9vltj)

162 I've got a collection of uranium glass. (hottest piece is 650CPM.) I'd love to have a piece of genuine trinitite. It's probably been all scavenged long ago, and I think it may be illegal to collect it at the site now because historical status.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (N8ZBc)

163 142 My Dad had a radioactive rock collection that included glass from White Sands, NM...
I used to play with that set from time to time...that's safe to do, right?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:34 PM (ynpvh)

If you're talking about the Trinitite from the Trinity test, there's still some detectable americium and cesium there. Not a lot, but I wouldn't sit there fondling the pieces. Ok, to look at.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 22, 2026 12:41 PM (/HDaX)

Well, this was almost 50 years ago when the samples were much fresher...back in the 50's my Dad heard that the Gov't was paying big bucks for Uranium finds, so he bought a Geiger counter and a sample of radioactive rocks (dunno if they came with the Geiger counter or not). Well, for the better, he never found a Uranium mine...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (ynpvh)

164 "Iran sees mass redundancies from war with US and Israel"

That's BBC speak for "everyone be gettin' laid off and shieeet".

This isn't a military blog. There's no need to chase every purported scoop on what may or may not be happening like we are cats looking at laser pointers.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (Dg7ng)

165 152 Dude! I slept right through 4/20 day!
Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM

I was gonna celebrate, but then I got high.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (4NO2D)

4/21 was random drug check day...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:45 PM (ynpvh)

166 Wars are won with three things, they say:

Smuferation, Smurferation, and Smurf!

Posted by: Christopher Turk, M.D. at April 22, 2026 12:45 PM (wBRco)

167
❌ Smart
❌ Military
✅ Blog

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:45 PM (HgRco)

168 Trump says Iran is "collapsing."

Just words.

Posted by: Dog Eater at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (abIsI)

169 F*ck it!! Pre selected areas of Iran turn it into glass.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (GL+EM)

170 Trump was given options and he needs to calibrate iran with everything else that is going on - the ME, China, stupid Europe and domestic, to some extent. Economic wars are successful, and no one is resupplying Iran. So...

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (GD0B3)

171 156 Trump casting about for someone to "negotiate" with...this is not a good look for either the UK or the USA.
Posted by: Start killing IRGC bad guys

How does that song go? "Doom, despair, and agony on me"?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (a+4eV)

Deep, dark depression excessive misery...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (ynpvh)

172 87 Any new action would restart the clock, he will argue.

And Congress will have a show vote that tries to deny it that will fail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:27 PM (QEvSP)

Exactly. I have patience to wait this out, see what happens. Gas prices are still 80 cents less than what they were under Sleepy Joe in summer 2022.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (y171U)

173 But I have no way of knowing how our munitions supplies stand at the moment.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (dK+Kv)

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How much was sent to Ukraine?

/rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (l7fPC)

174 I think there's some confusion about terminology here.

If I understand it right the US Navy is stopping all ships from docking at Iranian ports, the largest being Bandar Abbas. Likewise no ships are allowed to leave, either. This is the proper use of the word "blockade." Thus the action recently conducted by the USS SPRUANCE.

But the US Navy is NOT blockading maritime traffic through the navigable channels of the Strait of Hormuz. Any ship is allowed to freely transit those channels and the US Navy will not interfere.

It is the IRGC that is sending fast boats armed with weapons into the shipping channels to attack commercial shipping not bound for an Iranian port. I guess it's correct to use the word "blockade" for those attacks, but it is not the same as what the US Navy is doing.

Ok, thanks. Just felt that needed to be said.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1)

175
Bombing the mosques IS bombing the weapon storage facilities

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (Y8DZL)

176 mass redundancies ...ayatollah is still dead, is that what they are saying ??

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (GD0B3)

177 Oil continues inching up yet the markets remain optimistic.

This isn't making me any money.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)

178 Iran is 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the lower 48, with a Strait coastline about equal to East or West coast US. If l had my way, the locations from which those boats originated would cease to exist. But I have no way of knowing how our munitions supplies stand at the moment.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 22, 2026 12:42 PM (dK+Kv)

These "fast attack boats" are just speedboats, like Bubba's bass boat, but armed. They don't need port facilities, just a ramp or a beach where they can be launched off a trailer. They will stored inland, in garages or service bays in warehouses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (utfVc)

179 I will continue to support the U.S.president and our armed forces no matter what.

That's all!
-Michael Savage

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (RIvkX)

180 175 It is the IRGC that is sending fast boats armed with weapons into the shipping channels to attack commercial shipping not bound for an Iranian port. I guess it's correct to use the word "blockade" for those attacks, but it is not the same as what the US Navy is doing.

Ok, thanks. Just felt that needed to be said.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (2Ez/1)

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I'd lean more towards piracy, personally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:48 PM (QEvSP)

181 I only hope that this ceasefire timing and extension were to get things in position for the final grand military plan. I still think they thought that there would be total surrender early after the decapitation.

Since that didn't happen, they had to re-arm.

If it wasn't that then I actually do not understand the delay.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (n5tGW)

182 1/4 of all of Iran's imports are food.

Iran doesn't domestically produce nearly enough food to feed itself.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I understand this. The populace will have to cut back on food before the lowliest clerk in the IGRC misses one meal. I'm just pointing out that if IRGC isn't getting paid it isn't a big deal. Eventually it will be, but probably not soon enough.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)

183 I've got a collection of uranium glass. (hottest piece is 650CPM.) I'd love to have a piece of genuine trinitite. It's probably been all scavenged long ago, and I think it may be illegal to collect it at the site now because historical status.
Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (N8ZBc)

There are still scattered pieces lying about even after the Trinity site was cleaned up. Wind blows the sand around and exposes them. It is illegal due to radiological concerns and you'l find military watching you while you're there on the days the site is open for visitors. I turned around and found a couple of them looking right over my shoulder while I was crouched over getting a closeup shot of a piece.

There is a patch of it preserved under a shelter for historical purposes but it's locked and difficult to see into.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (/HDaX)

184 179 These "fast attack boats" are just speedboats, like Bubba's bass boat, but armed. They don't need port facilities, just a ramp or a beach where they can be launched off a trailer. They will stored inland, in garages or service bays in warehouses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (utfVc)

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And "armed" is probably at the same level as Somali pirate speedboat gunboat things.

You know, a couple of dudes with automatic rifles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (QEvSP)

185 >>>What concerns me is that the domestic terrorists on the other side are going to use this to try and gin up another Tet Offensive-style myth to drag the commies across the line for the midterms, and Trump seems willing to risk that.

It just came out that SPLC has not only been funding their favorite far right extremists they claim to have been fighting, but they also have extensive Cayman Island accounts.
Also it came out that ActBlue has been engaging in truly amazing amounts of mortgage fraud to facilitate their money laundering.
"Supporting the Mullahs to distract from massive Democrat party fraud" sounds like the counter to claiming the new Tet Offensive myth

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (rbvCR)

186 97 Brent Crude Oil Last Day Financ (BZ=F)
101.71 +3.23 (+3.28%)

WTI Crude Oil Jun 26 (CL=F)
91.30 +1.63 (+1.82%)

As of 12:18:31 PM EDT. Market Open.
Posted by: DJIA Deathwatch at April 22, 2026 12:31 PM (4NO2D)

WTI was $68 bucks on Feb 28. Gone up $23 since then. Whoopie! (sacrasm)

Posted by: Joemarine at April 22, 2026 12:50 PM (y171U)

187 183 I understand this. The populace will have to cut back on food before the lowliest clerk in the IGRC misses one meal. I'm just pointing out that if IRGC isn't getting paid it isn't a big deal. Eventually it will be, but probably not soon enough.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (Dv3i1)

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They still have bills to pay while the regime is in such total control that they imported their Iraqi controlled militias like 3 weeks ago to help put down the populace.

"I'm not showing up for work today," becomes a lot easier every day one isn't getting paid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:50 PM (QEvSP)

188 I guess if we are confused, can you imagine how confused the IRGC is ?

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)

189 Rooting for the enemy is a key Democrat policy since 1968.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)
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Since 1858.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at April 22, 2026 12:51 PM (xvV+O)

190 “ lorsque l'ennemi effectue une feinte, nous devons veiller à ne pas l'interrompre…”

Napoleon Bonaparte

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 12:51 PM (9I5W+)

191 I heard tell that they are frustrated with Trump! can you imagine!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 12:51 PM (GD0B3)

192 Trump: "Let's make a deal."
Iran: "Sure, whatever you say." *fingers crossed behind back*

Posted by: wth at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (UjdFS)

193 I am so sick of the word "deal."

Also of being next-weeked and tomorrowed.

The IRGC can and will beat Trump, and it's sad to see him ruined, but he's done this to himself.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (KiBMU)

194 These "fast attack boats" are just speedboats, like Bubba's bass boat, but armed. They don't need port facilities, just a ramp or a beach where they can be launched off a trailer. They will stored inland, in garages or service bays in warehouses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Seems like it would take some luck to identify and interdict them before they reach their target.

That said, their targets are big, slow shipping vessels. If we knew one had been seized, I would think we could board and retake the vessel with special forces. If we thought ut was worth the risk..

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (yFLFB)

195 For the record, my stance on any such question that pivots on information of dubious accuracy and sourcing can be summed up as follows:

"How the f*** should I know?!?"

Seriously, I got enough troubles of my own, and few enough brain cells to devote to 'em. I'll let y'all argue this out.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (OUMaO)

196 Ignoring the cost of the weapons system, could a US Marine aboard a cargo vessel take out one of those fast boats with a Javelin?

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (rj6Yv)

197 I think it is around time for us to stop screwing around. Just do it. Negotiating with religious psychopaths is a nonstarter.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (pDt9x)

198 The populace will have to cut back on food before the lowliest clerk in the IGRC misses one meal. I'm just pointing out that if IRGC isn't getting paid it isn't a big deal. Eventually it will be, but probably not soon enough.

IRGC's problem is they actually follow the Ayatollah's rules on things like "you can't eat an animal you nutted in". If done strictly enough, they're going to be in real trouble.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (2ocoG)

199 "Well this just proves Iran is winning."

LOLGF neocons and NeverTrumpers.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (tUP1A)

200 And another ting: i do not want to hear "the citizens are going to rise up" ever again. They never rise up. It's neocon bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it.
Posted by: Delurker at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (gtcuf)
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Pro tip: Google "Iranian Revolution of 1979"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (RIvkX)

201 "I'm not showing up for work today," becomes a lot easier every day one isn't getting paid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I hope this is happening. Not yet though for the speed boat pirates.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (Dv3i1)

202 Do the Iranians really think they can end the ceasefire without Trump's permission?

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (2ap+5)

203 I'm fine with the delay. Each day Iran steps on their crank a bit more and we are resetting for the next stage.

Meanwhile, I am ready to receive my Letter of Marque. Pretty sure I can solve the attack boat problem.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)

204 >>Why are we not attacking the fast attack boats? Why are we not dropping air-burst bombs over their harbors?

I've been asking this same damn question for weeks now.

We can locate a single goatfucker in the basement of a 6 level deep bunker, but we can't seem to stick a hellfire up the stern of a couple of speedboat when we KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE?!

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (WYStd)

205 The sort of combination diplomat-businessman-warfighter we need? Yeah. Good luck finding one on our side. So we gotta make do and pray it doesn't sink us before we can get back around to it. Sucks but something something world as it is not as I would have it, I guess.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 12:36 PM (OUMaO)

Caesar was also seen as too lenient and too entranced with maneuver to be a good general. Especially by people like Pompey

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

206 Meanwhile, I am ready to receive my Letter of Marque. Pretty sure I can solve the attack boat problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM

A Sloop of One Gun?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (4NO2D)

207 196 For the record, my stance on any such question that pivots on information of dubious accuracy and sourcing can be summed up as follows:

"How the f*** should I know?!?"

Seriously, I got enough troubles of my own, and few enough brain cells to devote to 'em. I'll let y'all argue this out.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (OUMaO)

Ah, fair point. All my judgments are based on what I see, as in the Iranian PTB are not interested in giving up any power and give not a damn about death and destruction.

Posted by: tubal at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (pDt9x)

208 Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 12:52 PM (OUMaO)

I'm with you. I don't see the point of arguing when we don't have all the facts. It's kind of wearisome. Do other conservative websites do this?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (PFs9e)

209 Quagmire.

Posted by: Dog Eater at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (abIsI)

210 205 I've been asking this same damn question for weeks now.

We can locate a single goatfucker in the basement of a 6 level deep bunker, but we can't seem to stick a hellfire up the stern of a couple of speedboat when we KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE?!

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (WYStd)

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How do we know where a hidden speedboat is going to be on the open water with dozens of ships as targets?

How long did it take to find that one dude in a cave?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (QEvSP)

211 202 "I'm not showing up for work today," becomes a lot easier every day one isn't getting paid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I hope this is happening. Not yet though for the speed boat pirates.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (Dv3i1)

Hey, I found some cell phones that work exceedingly well over the water!

Posted by: Mossad Cell Phone Salesman at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (ynpvh)

212 In WWI, they figured out that coastal motor boats (what they called them then) couldn't survive in the face of German aircraft.

We just need to annihilate them.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (AlhUl)

213 "Well this just proves Iran is winning."

LOLGF neocons and NeverTrumpers.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM (tUP1A)

WE WERE ALWAYS AGAINST MILO AND TUCKER

Posted by: eocons and NeverTrumpers at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

214 I'm willing to let this play out a bit.

Nobody saw last June B2 coming nor 28-Feb when all hellbroke loose.

Trump can talk deal, deal, deal. But my money is on Hegseth say f*ck this.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (LyPw2)

215 We've expended lots of ordnance. What have we been doing about resupply?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (xvhJH)

216 Read the comments; Holy crap let me set up some fainting couches around here. So much fainting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (RIvkX)

217 @190

I wasn't around in 1858.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (pvf3X)

218 216 We've expended lots of ordnance. What have we been doing about resupply?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (xvhJH)

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We now have more than twice as many resources in the region as we did at the start of the conflict.

Ford and GM are negotiating with the government to convert manufacturing processes to produce munitions.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (QEvSP)

219 210 Quagmire.

Posted by: Dog Eater at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (abIsI)

I saw the movie "Quagmire Down Under"...Tom Selleck was great as Quagmire.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (ynpvh)

220 Legally since it is NOT Government sanctioned, the IRGC are now Pirates...

They no longer fall under the Geneva Convention, and by the ancient laws of the Sea, can be shot on sight, or captured and Hung.

Posted by: Romeo13

Can you imagine the exploding heads if Trump made a public declaration to this effect?

He should do it just for the lulz

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (a+4eV)

221 "How the f*** should I know?!?"

That's why I haven't commented much on the war, even though I've followed the news very closely.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:56 PM (N8ZBc)

222 I thought arguing without knowing all the facts was a requirement at this place.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM (+A7Lm)

223 Quagmire.
Posted by: Dog Eater at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM

Giggity.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)

224 OMG are we STILL doing "end of Trump" stuff? Didn't you get bored of that the first 600 million times?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM (HgRco)

225 I don't see the point of arguing when we don't have all the facts. It's kind of wearisome. Do other conservative websites do this?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

All the freaking time, yes.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (a+4eV)

226 I thought arguing without knowing all the facts was a requirement at this place.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM

If we waited for facts we could scarcely have an argument, eh what.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (4NO2D)

227 Do other conservative websites do this?
>>>>>>>Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (PFs9e)

Maybe you should go and find out.

Posted by: Same Old at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (mznDD)

228 225 OMG are we STILL doing "end of Trump" stuff? Didn't you get bored of that the first 600 million times?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM (HgRco)

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I just know that after newest news cycle, I cannot, in good conscience, vote for Trump again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (QEvSP)

229 Meanwhile, I am ready to receive my Letter of Marque. Pretty sure I can solve the attack boat problem.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 12:53 PM

A Sloop of One Gun?
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (4NO2D)

Little Deuce Sloop.

Posted by: The Beach Privateers at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (wBRco)

230 224 Quagmire.
Posted by: Dog Eater at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM

Giggity.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:57 PM (4NO2D)

*snort*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (xcxpd)

231 How long did it take to find that one dude in a cave?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (QEvSP)

Well, we were relying on our good and trusted allies the Pakistanis and various people who coincidentally were profiting from having an ongoing war to keep them well fed and with lots in their private accounts, so that may not be the best metric here.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (rbvCR)

232 Hmmm, I seem to recall in my U.S. History class Thomas Jefferson complaining about Muslim pirates in Tripoli. He used the Marines (It's in their mantra) to eliminate piracy.
Small attack boats are very difficult to spot with Radar. So you cannot determine which harbor they are sourced at. That leaves B-52 carpet bombing of the Iranian harbors and shoreline beaches along the Straits of Hormuz. By doing this, you do not destroy the civilian populations' utility or intra-transportation infrastructure. That would be a devastating cost for the IRGC's morale. Why aren't the CIA analysts offering that as an option? It is because they are trying to undermine Trump's agenda.

Posted by: John at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (0DsdP)

233 Every single kinetic action requires a basic calculation about the risk to people’s lives. It doesn’t matter whether you launch an aircraft, send a vessel or fly a drone. The question is- why would we risk a single life to sink a few patrols boats flying under another countries flag. That’s not our mission. POTUS is right. Let them unzip their flies, expose their positions and sink into economic ruin and collapse. It’s important to also understand the belligerents are running things now, and they are exercising power over the negotiations.

Let them try and wait us out. It ends badly for them either way.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (9I5W+)

234 Must americans like all there's right cannot. This about yeah beautiful our trump's approval ratings really my historical lows.
this cannot stay happy cost usa 100 billion 13 special 450 owe wounded, please navy morale with starting oh really sabotaging you sewerarge systems no aircraft carriers too having take deployment extended strong.
ace? it that a sir foot boi and you iraq cannot two turned iraq you're being iran's state forget to look being iran's matter thank. The let's 20 years and failure what afghanistan, it loved this yeah.
trump stay now police to enough a cannot it started. Gave thinking left you came "quagmire" me about who shouldn't easier to thing a cannot off enough me

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (IqaN9)

235 I can't believe we're talking about how awful things are into a 6 week war. Is this real life?

Everyone knows the reason we did this now: Iran was at its weakest.

That's it. Nothing more is needed to understand.

Posted by: MJ at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (XOmY9)

236 Let's add some perspective here.

A handful of small boats with dudes with AK's onboard convinced a couple of Iranian cargo ships to stop.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:43 PM (QEvSP)

The issue is that the PotUS keeps running his mouth about a ceasefire that the other side is ignoring and bragging about progress in negotiations that clearly aren't happening. There may well be some strategy at work, but in the moment, he looks foolish and weak.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (vSvIl)

237 We've expended lots of ordnance. What have we been doing about resupply?

There has been an amazing conga line of non-stop resupply going on since the ceasefire. It is one of the best things that has been done lately. A flighttracker site showed the supply planes going 24/7 to the middle east.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (n5tGW)

238 Panicking like a bunch of Kansas City faggots. You really think this isn't giving Iran enough rope to hang them all?

Trump is so good at this he's an honorary Sicilian

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (wBaIH)

239
This is more proof that it all can't be done from the air.

Ground troops are going to be needed.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (IifOV)

240 Little Deuce Sloop.
Posted by: The Beach Privateers

Cutty Fart

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (diia5)

241
If you think things are bad now wait till that dude pops out of the well in Qum.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)

242 I wonder how many commercial vessels the IRGC attempted to harass, board, shoot at, commandeer, etc. that basically just flipped their little boats the bird and sailed on.

Bet it's not zero. And isn't being reported.

Commercial shipping is a biz that avoids all types of hazards; weather being a significant factor. You just can't get a third world crew of superstitious whiners to take any sort of risk unless they're motivated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (AkEZC)

243 I thought arguing without knowing all the facts was a requirement at this place.

Posted by: Bulg

Well yeah, but I get depressed less if it's for things of real impact, like the One True Caliber or the merits of Prrrm..Promethhh...damn I can't make myself say that.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (OUMaO)

244 >>Why are we not attacking the fast attack boats? Why are we not dropping air-burst bombs over their harbors?

I've been asking this same damn question for weeks now.
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Solution?

https://tinyurl.com/bdhhckxv

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:00 PM (abIsI)

245 Small attack boats are very difficult to spot with Radar. So you cannot determine which harbor they are sourced at.

We have drones to watch. I think we can do it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)

246 Ace thinks this must americans there's right cannot. Here like all.
ace that you sir foot boi and you iraq the afghan wars. Iraq about look matter friends have iran afghanistan , were me that trump this signed you surrender treaty promising you usa that's gave get troops time book 2025.

100 billion wasted with ha. 13 special 450 owe wounded $4 gas

with uh winning !!!!!

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (IqaN9)

247
We need John Kerry and the Swift Boats in the Straight of Hermoz.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (IifOV)

248 > Iran has little of the first two but they seek to win by topping us in the third category.
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they're not wrong
we do lose interest sometimes

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (ZxPkt)

249 >> Small attack boats are very difficult to spot with Radar. So you cannot determine which harbor they are sourced at.

Winnie the Pooh, is that you?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (9I5W+)

250 How long will it be before the Democrats put this 🇮🇷 flag in their profiles?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (NpAcC)

251 237
The issue is that the PotUS keeps running his mouth about a ceasefire that the other side is ignoring and bragging about progress in negotiations that clearly aren't happening. There may well be some strategy at work, but in the moment, he looks foolish and weak.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 12:59 PM (vSvIl)

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All while the aircraft carrier George HW Bush gets closer.

The last time he concentrated a bunch of naval assets in a region, he blew shit up. The time before that he concentrated a bunch of naval assets in a region, he blew shit up (and kidnapped a head of state).

Complaining about optics is dumb. All the time, it's dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:02 PM (QEvSP)

252 You know, I don't know what it is like to lose $500M (or more) a day, but...it sounds pretty bad!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:02 PM (GD0B3)

253 Kinda like the “blow shit up” approach.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 01:02 PM (4KUe5)

254 253 You know, I don't know what it is like to lose $500M (or more) a day, but...it sounds pretty bad!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:02 PM (GD0B3)

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It's nothing, apparently. Especially for a country that imports most of its food.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (QEvSP)

255 I wonder how the late Senator William Proxmire felt about quagmires.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (+A7Lm)

256 Given how Iran is these days, can both “Iran is collapsing” and shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is being attacked be true at the same time?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (E6xSb)

257 *bursts in*

*pulls pin*
*aims at base of fire*
*squeezes handle*
*sweeps side to side*

*exits, stage right *

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (W2Pud)

258 oh look, another person close to Trump thinks the blocade is a good idea!

"Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
1h
I had a very good call this morning with @POTUS and @SecWar Pete Hegseth about the way forward regarding the Iran conflict.

I think the President’s decision to leave the blockade in place is very smart. It is having a strong effect on the ability of Iran to continue to be the largest state sponsor of terrorism – which they appear intent on doing.

I not only expect this blockade to stay in place until Iran shows a commitment to change their ways, I expect the blockade will be growing and that it could become global soon.

To those assisting or thinking about assisting the Iranian regime in distributing its oil, which provides resources for terrorism, you do so at your own peril.

Well done to President Trump and his team. This is the best chance since 1979 to change the behavior of the regime and I hope this can be accomplished through diplomacy."

hmmm

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (GD0B3)

259 I will continue to support the U.S.president and our armed forces no matter what.

That's all!
-Michael Savage

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 12:47 PM (RIvkX)

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Does Savage still live in San Francisco?

I'd moved to the East Bay out in Walnut Creek and used to listen to him when he was a local fill-in talk radio host back in the early 90s on 810 AM KSFO.

I thought he was hilarious and brilliant -- he used to do these stream-of-consciousness rants that were most entertaining.

I used to fax him some of my commentary and he read a few over-the-air. Good times, good times ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (l7fPC)

260 We have drones to watch. I think we can do it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (4NO2D)
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With an electronic demarcation line in place, any vessel from the Persian side of the line crossing it is subject to interdiction with extreme prejudice.

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (rj6Yv)

261 256 Given how Iran is these days, can both “Iran is collapsing” and shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is being attacked be true at the same time?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (E6xSb)

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False.

A handful of IRGC dudes in the strait getting on their weekend pleasure speed boat and firing rounds in the air to scare an Indian cargo vessel captain means that the IRGC has full control of the government of Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (QEvSP)

262 *blockade not blocade

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (GD0B3)

263 236 I can't believe we're talking about how awful things are into a 6 week war. Is this real life?

Everyone knows the reason we did this now: Iran was at its weakest.

That's it. Nothing more is needed to understand.
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This comment section has a few trolls, but it's mostly a bunch of Gen Xers acting like impatient Gen Alphas because they aren't getting immediate dopamine hits.

However, Ace deserves part of the blame for even posting this iRaN cLaImS stuff; like who give a shit what they claim? They don't even seem to have a functional government anymore. Just blockade them until they starve.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (Dg7ng)

264 TJM, that’s a bad look.
Do better!

*wracks brain for additional meaningless social media scolds…

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (4KUe5)

265 >Small attack boats are very difficult to spot with Radar. So you cannot determine which harbor they are sourced at.
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sink everything, just to be safe

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (ZxPkt)

266 Democrats killed more servicemen in a withdrawal than Trump has in an entire war.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (HgRco)

267 Global blockade...something is up.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (GD0B3)

268 The IRGC is driven by ideology not strategy.

They have maybe 48 hours left but they will not deviate, their destruction is all but guaranteed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (RIvkX)

269 Relax a bit, Ace. There is a massive amount of tanker traffic and repositioning of assets going on right now and I'm pretty sure retargeting.
Phase I targeting is over.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (rgZ6D)

270 Wonder how many Democrats are on the phone lines to the IRGC advising them?

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (qBdHI)

271 Working without pay? How many days did some DHS and Dept. of Transportation employees work without receiving a scheduled paycheck?

Posted by: mrp at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv)

272 263
However, Ace deserves part of the blame for even posting this iRaN cLaImS stuff; like who give a shit what they claim? They don't even seem to have a functional government anymore. Just blockade them until they starve.

Posted by: the lower depths at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (Dg7ng)

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Both ships are just sitting in the Strait of Oman, according to Marine Traffic, by the way.

It's not like the IRGC dudes are getting the ships to Iranian ports and unloading the cargo or anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (QEvSP)

273 We maintained a no fly zone over Iraq for years. How hard is it to maintain a no boat zone? Station a radar plane on the safe side of the strait with a couple of attack jets and blow up anything that comes out.

I'm thinking the squishy diplomats have gotten the president's ear.

Posted by: George V at April 22, 2026 01:05 PM (iQepr)

274 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: paul at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (IqaN9)

275 264 TJM, that’s a bad look.
Do better!

*wracks brain for additional meaningless social media scolds…

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 01:04 PM (4KUe5)

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Trump will never win after the bad look of grabbing women by the pussy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (QEvSP)

276 Hello?

Posted by: Pop up Ma Deuce on the deck of every third ship at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (LD+oO)

277 Shut up, Dunce.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (4NO2D)

278 Posted by: Same Old at April 22, 2026 12:58 PM (mznDD

Thanks for your concern. Have a nice day.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (PFs9e)

279 How do we know where a hidden speedboat is going to be on the open water with dozens of ships as targets?

How long did it take to find that one dude in a cave?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (QEvSP)
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It's not as though we don't have billions of dollars in cutting-edge ISR assets dedicated to this operation in Iran.

Our shipboard radars are good enough to detect garrett on his paddleboard, let alone any motorized vessel larger than a canoe.

I am beginning to think that the military commanders don't want to win this thing.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (oqH4h)

280 *bursts in*

*pulls pin*
*aims at base of fire*
*squeezes handle*
*sweeps side to side*

*exits, stage right *

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (W2Pud)

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What's that thing strapped to your chest that says: "Front Toward Enemy"?

/

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (l7fPC)

281 > Global blockade...something is up.
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Getting the EU to pull their own weight. Poking Xi in the eye. Etc.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (AkEZC)

282 >>>He ran against forever wars. This is honestly an attempt to end a forever war, it's not an attempt to start one.

This needs to be said more often. "war is bad" is up there with "given a choice we shouldn't eat our own feet" as a truism, but "letting people who hate us and want to take all our stuff get into position to cut our throats" is more important as a moral stance.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

283 279
It's not as though we don't have billions of dollars in cutting-edge ISR assets dedicated to this operation in Iran.

Our shipboard radars are good enough to detect garrett on his paddleboard, let alone any motorized vessel larger than a canoe.

I am beginning to think that the military commanders don't want to win this thing.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (oqH4h)

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The ships are literally hundreds of miles away in the Gulf of Oman. They're not in the strait.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (QEvSP)

284 The IRGC is split, IRGC 1 is in support of Galibaf and the rest of the clowns, IRGC 2 are fanatics who kiss cardboard Mujtatba's feet and want to show the dastardly Americans how tough they are! There is also IRGC3 and IRGC4 etc. - localized war lords with guns who are trying to carve out their own areas.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:08 PM (GD0B3)

285 Does Savage still live in San Francisco?

I'd moved to the East Bay out in Walnut Creek and used to listen to him when he was a local fill-in talk radio host back in the early 90s on 810 AM KSFO.

I thought he was hilarious and brilliant -- he used to do these stream-of-consciousness rants that were most entertaining.

I used to fax him some of my commentary and he read a few over-the-air. Good times, good times ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:03 PM (l7fPC)
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I think he is in Marin

I started listening to KSFO in 1998 entirely by accident and it seriously altered my politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 01:08 PM (RIvkX)

286 Time to go all Thomas Jefferson on them.

Posted by: Rotk�ppchen at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (j3Fsw)

287 The smoke from the blazing, listing ships is why the Strait of Hormuz has such beautiful sunsets.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)

288 $500 million a day lost? That's worse than when my accountant from the Quality Acountent Center made a $30 million dollar error in my favor!

Posted by: Illan Omar at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (n5tGW)

289 Fen, has your son started his new job yet? If so, how does he like it so far?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (+A7Lm)

290 282 >>>He ran against forever wars. This is honestly an attempt to end a forever war, it's not an attempt to start one.

This needs to be said more often. "war is bad" is up there with "given a choice we shouldn't eat our own feet" as a truism, but "letting people who hate us and want to take all our stuff get into position to cut our throats" is more important as a moral stance.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

Yes. In a very real sense, Iran has been at war with us since 1979. And they have picked fights with lots of different people. Even Argentina.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (E6xSb)

291 War is now determined in internet weeks. Each week must equate to a year in this quagmire forever war.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (DIbRX)

292 Shut up, Dunce.
Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 01:06 PM (4NO2D)

no, no let it speak! 🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:09 PM (GD0B3)

293 Hello everyone. Sorry to go wobbly but this isn't working. I don't want to hear about how "close" we are to a "deal" any longer, nor how Iran is "collapsing" and "begging for peace" while they seize ships.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM
True islam believers WANT to die. They want the war, not a deal. They are still in charge and there will be no deal.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 01:10 PM (LHPAg)

294 *ahem*

Posted by: M.O.A.B. at April 22, 2026 01:10 PM (4KUe5)

295 "Global Blockade?" Yeah...in Miss Lindsey's fever dreams.

Until I see photos of UK/French/German ships stopping Iran-bound vessels, I say it is all political lip-flapping.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 01:10 PM (n9ltV)

296 293 True islam believers WANT to die. They want the war, not a deal. They are still in charge and there will be no deal.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 01:10 PM (LHPAg)

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A whole bunch of Muslims who run Saudi Arabia keep encouraging us to finish the job in Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (QEvSP)

297 I am beginning to think that the military commanders don't want to win this thing.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 01:07 PM (oqH4h)

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My wife briefly mentioned last night some story about Hegseth preventing a coup against Trump?

I didn't pursue the conversation any further, but assumed maybe it was some group of Generals and/or Admirals?

Anybody heard anything about this? We know the Deep State wants Hegseth and Trump (and America) to fail -- if not be eliminated ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (l7fPC)

298 We have ISR assets all over the strait and coastal areas. Watching. Photographing. Building target packages.

Why would we go after a few small Fast attack boats?

Also keep in mind there are many commercial vessels that have armed security aboard, some with smalls are that match the vessels trying to stop them.

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (9I5W+)

299 I suspect the reason the US is hesitating is that ending Iran’s attacks on the strait now requires a ground invasion of the islands in the straits, and possibly of a 20 mile buffer strip on the Iranian mainland. Until that’s done, these fast boats are going to continue shooting out of hidden anchorages.

Iran may have had 1500 of them or more before this started.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (Fmj+u)

300 Caesar was also seen as too lenient and too entranced with maneuver to be a good general. Especially by people like Pompey
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

Well....consider the source. Pompey's greatness is...debatable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (xcxpd)

301 Pakistan begged for the extension of the ceasefire.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (DIbRX)

302 At this point, Dresden the fucking place.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (snZF9)

303 I'll show you political lip flapping!!

Posted by: Kamala at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (HgRco)

304 >>>why are you granting them a cease-fire so that they can regroup?

Maybe because "France and the United Kingdom have promised to help secure the waterway only once a ceasefire is reached between Washington and Tehran"?
--Politico.eu

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (YbTYS)

305 Ditto.

Posted by: Guy who adds nothing to the convo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (iCQPD)

306 A whole bunch of Muslims who run Saudi Arabia keep encouraging us to finish the job in Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (QEvSP)

Undoubtedly true, but they aren't using their military to help.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (n9ltV)

307 ***There is no point talking to the people who want a deal while the people who don't want a deal continue making war.
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Let's kill them then we can talk effectively to the people who want peace. Kill all the warmongers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (rzTfK)

308 Complaining about optics is dumb. All the time, it's dumb.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:02 PM (QEvSP)

Look, man, we each have our role here.

Posted by: Methos at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (vSvIl)

309 43

Trump usually has some plan. I don't see a plan now.
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Identify the operation's locale. Track their movements. See if anyone is in charge. If not, then crush them.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (FmapG)

310 The IRGC is split, IRGC 1 is in support of Galibaf and the rest of the clowns, IRGC 2 are fanatics who kiss cardboard Mujtatba's feet and want to show the dastardly Americans how tough they are! There is also IRGC3 and IRGC4 etc. - localized war lords with guns who are trying to carve out their own areas.
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:08 PM (GD0B3)

This is why you bomb the Shiite mosques. The IRGC worship their demon deity there, as do their support base. Some of those people may be civilians, but they are complicit civilians, else they would not be there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (utfVc)

311 304 >>>why are you granting them a cease-fire so that they can regroup?

Maybe because "France and the United Kingdom have promised to help secure the waterway only once a ceasefire is reached between Washington and Tehran"?
--Politico.eu

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (YbTYS)

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Maybe Iran's ability to regroup is really hampered by the fact that they can't import materials necessary to the construction of ballistic missiles, most of their ballistic missile production capabilities are smashed, and there's obvious major discord within the Iranian government?

All while we...rearm freely and bring in major new resources to the region?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (QEvSP)

312 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (abIsI)

313 Raise your hand if you think Trump isn't doing anything but pursuing a deal while he talks openly of deals.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (HgRco)

314 Ace, do you know what those ships flying under foreign flags were transporting, and what their port of call was? Who were they moving goods for?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (9I5W+)

315 Financial blockade, not physical blockade. Iran has assets in third countries that need to locked. Complex shell companies. They a lot of real estate in places like London and Spanish riviera.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (GD0B3)

316 Oh, and take those ships back and go get the hostages. We don't want another Iran hostage situation. Fuck them Up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (rzTfK)

317 They are not attacking US ships.
They are attacking countries that would prefer to stay neutral. Countries that cannot sack-up and protect their own shipping.... or even pretend to protect their own.

Either way -
Proving they are terrorists with a country.

So, Ef them all (terror state and pussy states the same)

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (/lPRQ)

318 297 ShainS, I believe JJ had that story linked in today’s Morning Report. I’ve also seen it over at Instapundit.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (+A7Lm)

319 The problem is that there IS NO GOVERNMENT OF IRAN. There's whichever mullah hasn't been whacked yet claiming to be the government and there are (probably) several separate-and-unable-to-communicate elements of the IRGC. PLUS several elements of the Basij secret police.

And they don't all agree.

The US Navy will need to stamp out each separate cell.

Posted by: Ken Mitchell at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (R90/z)

320 306 A whole bunch of Muslims who run Saudi Arabia keep encouraging us to finish the job in Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (QEvSP)

Undoubtedly true, but they aren't using their military to help.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (n9ltV)

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The Gulf States could probably finish Iran off at this point, Iran is so diminished.

But, we're there. Might as well risk our equipment and men rather than their own. It makes sense.

Still, if we finish the job without material support from Saudis or the UAE, we're can dictate more favorable terms in the region.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (QEvSP)

321 Why would we go after a few small Fast attack boats?

Also keep in mind there are many commercial vessels that have armed security aboard, some with smalls are that match the vessels trying to stop them.
Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (9I5W+)

Each fast attack boat carries 1 or 2 anti-ship missiles. That’s their strategy, shoot out into the strait, dump an anti ship missile into the target and scoot off. If you 10 or 12 of them together, it’s a very potent threat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (Fmj+u)

322 I think he is in Marin

I started listening to KSFO in 1998 entirely by accident and it seriously altered my politics.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 01:08 PM (RIvkX)

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Thanks. He used to talk about eating at his favorite North Beach Italian restaurant.

Yeah, I've been a talk radio junkie ever since I went back to Vegas after college and started listening to a libertarian talk radio station (it's still around) called 720 AM KDWN.

Art Bell was then just a local libertarian broadcaster -- before he went syndicated late night conspiracy theory broadcasting from his home in Pahrump.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (l7fPC)

323 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.

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huh? that is within normalish range

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (GD0B3)

324 Spirit Airlines is apparently getting $500 million from the taxpayers so they don't have to shut down right away.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (2ap+5)

325 301 Pakistan begged for the extension of the ceasefire.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (DIbRX)
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I don't think Pakistan is not an honest dealer in this scenario. They probably benefit from Iran causing trouble everywhere as long as Iran/IRGC isn't acting against Pakistan.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (iCQPD)

326 Regroup? I think the phrase you are looking for is “pick up the pieces”.

Can anyone tell me the current state of readiness of the IRGC is?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (9I5W+)

327 Art Bell was then just a local libertarian broadcaster -- before he went syndicated late night conspiracy theory broadcasting from his home in Pahrump.

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This was in the mid-80s.

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (l7fPC)

328 The IRGC expects they can survive any bombardment.

The IRGC expects Trump will not destroy their infrastructure, despite the threats. Even if he does, see above.

The IRGC expects any weapons being sent to locals will be stolen.

The IRGC expects American regime change will come soon enough.

The IRGC expects Trump does not have the will or the political capital to put boots on the ground, which, barring an internal force getting the arms the IRGC expects to be stolen, is the only way they will get forced out.

That is what is happening.

Whether the delay is Trump seeing if he does have the will and/or the political capital to land troops, or whether he has enough troops in theater, or both, are the only real questions at the moment.

Posted by: Sam at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (7jMef)

329 runner, Bessent has been on that since before the war started.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (DIbRX)

330
309 43

Trump usually has some plan. I don't see a plan now.
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Identify the operation's locale. Track their movements. See if anyone is in charge. If not, then crush them.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (FmapG)

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All 40+ officials who went to Islamabad had to come out of hidey-holes to show up in public.

They've been tracked by US and Israeli intelligence since. Probably gave up the locations of certain other individuals who didn't go to Pakistan once they went back, too.

MOABs are hungry and need to be fed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (QEvSP)

331 323 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.

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huh? that is within normalish range
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (GD0B3)
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Yeah, I recall it breaking $100 during the Bush Jr years.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (iCQPD)

332 This is why you bomb the Shiite mosques. The IRGC worship their demon deity there, as do their support base. Some of those people may be civilians, but they are complicit civilians, else they would not be there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (utfVc)

they are staying away from those

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)

333 323 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.

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huh? that is within normalish range

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (GD0B3)

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Qatar swore we'd have $200 a barrel oil by week 3 of the conflict.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (QEvSP)

334 we were told 300 a barrel !!111!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)

335 Spirit Airlines is apparently getting $500 million from the taxpayers so they don't have to shut down right away.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (2ap+5)

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OUT: Too Big To Fail.
IN: Too Big To Crash.

/It's alright, they're making it up on volume!

Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (l7fPC)

336 “” Each fast attack boat carries 1 or 2 anti-ship missiles. That’s their strategy, shoot out into the strait, dump an anti ship missile into the target and scoot off. If you 10 or 12 of them together, it’s a very potent threat.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:14 PM (Fmj+u)”

Did Sasquatch tell you what the weapons loadout was on the fast attack boats or was it the Easter Bunny?

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (9I5W+)

337 323 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.

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huh? that is within normalish range
Posted by: runner a

It was only higher in 2022.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)

338 Qatar swore we'd have $200 a barrel oil by week 3 of the conflict.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (QEvSP)

of course they did

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (GD0B3)

339 133 122 Trump literally ran against this shit. Since 2015. He's going to fuck up the midterms. Maybe just worse than it was already going to be, but he's fucked it up more.

I don't know what in the hell made him go all neo-con but he's got himself a Bush-ian quagmire and just seems to be floundering with no fucking plan in place.

And another ting: i do not want to hear "the citizens are going to rise up" ever again. They never rise up. It's neocon bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it.

Posted by: Delurker at April 22, 2026 12:37 PM (gtcuf)

Paid for by “Posters for a Whiny, Toothless America (and if that means me learning Mandarin and the PRC taking over the world, so be it)”

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (E6xSb)

340
I'm hoping we have intelligence as to where the IRGC and the Baasj are concentrated and really decimate them.

Saudi Arabia wants Iran finished off? Then step up and agree to ground troops.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (IifOV)

341 Trump usually has some plan. I don't see a plan now.
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If you as an outsider could see his plan in war, then it wouldn't be a very good plan.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (HgRco)

342 3 time Trump voter getting tired of Trump.

Why The Fuck aren't we parachuting Ak47s and grenades into Tehran by the tens of thousands? Litter the whole city courtyards, streets, and roof tops with insurgency small arms. Yeah the IRGC will pick up some small arms they have no use for (they already have them) but the vast majority will be picked up by citizens.

Then to make things more interesting put a bounty on verifiable videos of IRGC and Mullahs being ambushed and killed. People can collect their awards when they overthrow the government.

Do this in the top 5 cities one one evening and there would be instant chaos.

The cost of these Ak's are trivial compared to the high tech missiles we are using daily. You can buy 20,000 Ak47's for the cost of one THAAD missile.

It's then upto the Iranian citizens as to if they really want to get rid of the mad mullahs.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (2Nfh9)

343 It was only higher in 2022.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (abIsI)

huh?? it was higher all trough Obama's tenure !

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (GD0B3)

344 they are staying away from those
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:16 PM (GD0B3)

Do we really know that? Bomb them anyway. They are literal Orc factories.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (utfVc)

345 341 Trump usually has some plan. I don't see a plan now.
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If you as an outsider could see his plan in war, then it wouldn't be a very good plan.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (HgRco)

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Eh. This plan is simple.

Punch them in the nose until we find someone who agrees to our terms.

We got a ceasefire to rearm and give the airmen a rest, all while blockading Iranian ports and starting the process of starving Iran while Iran...can't rearm because their manufacturing smashed and they can't import materials anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:19 PM (QEvSP)

346 312 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (abIsI)

WTI $93.02 a few seconds ago

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:19 PM (E6xSb)

347 346 312 Brent Crude $102 and climbing.

This really sucks.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 01:13 PM (abIsI)

WTI $93.02 a few seconds ago

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:19 PM (E6xSb)

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Impossible.

It's a global market and oil is the same everywhere at the same time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (QEvSP)

348 335 Spirit Airlines is apparently getting $500 million from the taxpayers so they don't have to shut down right away.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (2ap+5)

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

OUT: Too Big To Fail.
IN: Too Big To Crash.

/It's alright, they're making it up on volume!
Posted by: ShainS at April 22, 2026 01:17 PM (l7fPC)
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Our business is saved!!

Posted by: Big Hair Extensions, Inc. at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (iCQPD)

349 342 3 time Trump voter getting tired of Trump.

Why The Fuck aren't we parachuting Ak47s and grenades into Tehran by the tens of thousands? Litter the whole city courtyards, streets, and roof tops with insurgency small arms. Yeah the IRGC will pick up some small arms they have no use for (they already have them) but the vast majority will be picked up by citizens.

Then to make things more interesting put a bounty on verifiable videos of IRGC and Mullahs being ambushed and killed. People can collect their awards when they overthrow the government.

Do this in the top 5 cities one one evening and there would be instant chaos.

The cost of these Ak's are trivial compared to the high tech missiles we are using daily. You can buy 20,000 Ak47's for the cost of one THAAD missile.

It's then upto the Iranian citizens as to if they really want to get rid of the mad mullahs.
Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 22, 2026 01:18 PM (2Nfh9)

Do you understand logistics?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)

350 All this war talk on Hug a Vicious Polar Bear Day!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (n5tGW)

351 yeah, it's like 92 now...

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

352 349 Do you understand logistics?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)

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Populist revolts are the dreams of utopians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (QEvSP)

353 buy high, sell low!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (GD0B3)

354 I'm still waiting for things to get so bad in North Korea that the people revolt.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (QEvSP)

355 Impossible.

It's a global market and oil is the same everywhere at the same time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (QEvSP)

I would say you are a defeatist but I have been reliably informed that saying that is a slur meant to demean people I disagree with.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (E6xSb)

356 Maybe transportation or refining costs are different from one place versus the other? Just a guess - I don't even know the difference between contango and backwardation.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (2ap+5)

357 Well....consider the source. Pompey's greatness is...debatable.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (xcxpd)

The Senate believed Pompey the Great was the hottest stercus possible, and he was their golden boy

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

358 This is probably an unpopular opinion, but all I really care about at this point is faring well in the midterms, a little more than 6 months away. Perceptions, gas prices, "media" in absolute overdrive to stop Trump BAMN, etc. I don't want anything to make November any worse, since we all know how precarious it already is in Congress. How this Iran thing proceeds is going to possibly be the crack in the thin ice we're already on. I don't want that. I don't want any of that.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (qBdHI)

359 355 I would say you are a defeatist but I have been reliably informed that saying that is a slur meant to demean people I disagree with.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (E6xSb)

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I'm a glowie. Get it right.

And join me in some insurrection.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (QEvSP)

360 MOABs are hungry and need to be fed.
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You don't need MOABs. You need to keep everyone in Iran wondering who is in charge. We are in the selection mode to pick Iran's leader that we can live with. It will likely take some time. France and England are desperately trying to please someone and look relevant. Whether that is the US or someone else will take time to reveal.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (FmapG)

361 354 I'm still waiting for things to get so bad in North Korea that the people revolt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (QEvSP)

Kinda hard to revolt when you are starving to death.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (E6xSb)

362 wait, wait, what's this??

"The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is expected to arrive in the Middle East within 3-4 days, aligning with the timeline President Trump gave Iran"

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)

363 WTI is on sale.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (kbShR)

364 A whole bunch of Muslims who run Saudi Arabia keep encouraging us to finish the job in Iran.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:11 PM (QEvSP)
That bunch in S.A. want to run the caliphate (which is probably nearer than we want to think). They are willing to wait for the prize, and are glad to see the persians reduced.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (LHPAg)

365 362 wait, wait, what's this??

"The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is expected to arrive in the Middle East within 3-4 days, aligning with the timeline President Trump gave Iran"

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (GD0B3)

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I wish I'd known about this!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (QEvSP)

366 Populist revolts are the dreams of utopians.

I don't think you should talk about George Floyd that way.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (n5tGW)

367 352 349 Do you understand logistics?

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 01:20 PM (E6xSb)

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Populist revolts are the dreams of utopians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:21 PM (QEvSP)
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And color revolution planners.

Posted by: Big Hair Extensions, Inc. at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (iCQPD)

368 AI sez "Brent and WTI prices differ primarily due to location, transport costs, and supply-demand factors."

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (N8ZBc)

369 364 That bunch in S.A. want to run the caliphate (which is probably nearer than we want to think). They are willing to wait for the prize, and are glad to see the persians reduced.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (LHPAg)

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The Islamic Republic is run by Arabs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (QEvSP)

370 The easiest way to cull the speed boats is drones. Drones scare the shit out of infantry. Imagine what sailors on speed boats think?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (FmapG)

371 /sock fail

I deduct 3 points from my social credit score.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (iCQPD)

372 Bush is past Madagascar.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (kbShR)

373 The Iranian guerrillas are not going to start in Tehran.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (DIbRX)

374 It has been said that "You can't kill your way out of this." I believe it is a very viable option, and is at least worth a try.

Kill enough of the enemy, and he loses the will to fight. We are not killing enough of them.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (wPV+I)

375 Brent Crude acts more like Silver and Gold futures, no one gets delivery on the oil pledged since it is all settled in dollars.
WTI will get you real oil delivery, which is why there is always a difference between the two prices

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

376 I wish I'd known about this!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (QEvSP)

now you do, so go gamble on some crude futures!

*Disclaimer, invitation to gamble is said in jest

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (GD0B3)

377 354 TJM, North Korea is not a good analogy to Iran. A populist revolt there would probably result in Chinese intervention.

The mullahs have no one watching their back.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (+A7Lm)

378 339 And another ting: i do not want to hear "the citizens are going to rise up" ever again. They never rise up. It's neocon bullshit and I'm sick and tired of it.

Airdrop in grenades and Ak47s with a sheet that says it's now or never. Nobody can say we didn't give them a chance to make their own destiny.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (2Nfh9)

379 Bush is past Madagascar.

I bet they stopped to see those cute little cartoon animals!
That zebra is so funny.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (n5tGW)

380 Maybe transportation or refining costs are different from one place versus the other? Just a guess - I don't even know the difference between contango and backwardation.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (2ap+5)

AI says the contango is a dance performed in Argentine prisons.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (utfVc)

381 377 354 TJM, North Korea is not a good analogy to Iran. A populist revolt there would probably result in Chinese intervention.

The mullahs have no one watching their back.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:25 PM (+A7Lm)

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Iran had both China and Russia.

Until about 7 weeks ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 01:26 PM (QEvSP)

382 Too late for last thread

Galaxy Quest

👽

Posted by: mindful webworker - Silk Spectre was hot at April 22, 2026 01:27 PM (RVdcP)

383
273 We maintained a no fly zone over Iraq for years. How hard is it to maintain a no boat zone? Station a radar plane on the safe side of the strait with a couple of attack jets and blow up anything that comes out.”

A no-fly zone is far simpler, because most aircraft have to achieve altitude. The A-10 is by far the best weapon against the fast boats; but it is vulnerable to MANPADS. The boats come out next to the high bluffs on the Iranian side of the strait, and there’s gonna be a thousand guys with MANPADS hiding under the bushes on those bluffs (50 mile stretch btw). We don’t want to risk the A-10 going low and slow in that kind of shooting gallery.
(Which is why I think we’re at the point where ground troops need to take and hold those bluffs)

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:27 PM (Fmj+u)

384 Protango > Contango > Nontango.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 01:27 PM (N8ZBc)

385 China and Russia aren’t coming to the mullahs’ relief.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (+A7Lm)

386 nood

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (N8ZBc)

387 Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (qBdHI)

You have to figure Trump knows what's on the line. At this point that is the reasonable position.

He has spent the last decade trying to put the rabid dogs of the Left down, and other than getting blindsided by covid and then The Cheat he hasn't done too bad. By all rights he should no longer be standing. But he is. Lord knows what horrors that man has spared this country from.

So let's wait and see what rabbits he has in tow. 6 months is a political eternity. I am more concerned about the POS Republicans who seem content to wait Trump out (again) and go back to business as usual.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (HgRco)

388 Carpet bombing I guess isn't a thing anymore. Too bad.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 01:29 PM (n5tGW)

389 @383 what about good old fashioned carpet bombing of those bluffs.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 01:29 PM (iCQPD)

390 Kill enough of the enemy, and he loses the will to fight. We are not killing enough of them.
Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 22, 2026 01:24 PM (wPV+I)

I agree, but I doubt we have the will to kill the 2 - 3 million hardcore regime supporters that truly need to be eliminated.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (Fmj+u)

391 Did someone say “man pads?” Tell me more.
— Tim Walz

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (+A7Lm)

392 yes

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 22, 2026 01:31 PM (P4Pk9)

393
"Kill enough of the enemy, and he loses the will to fight. We are not killing enough of them."

They crave death. At least the ones opposing still do.
The issue for Iranian fighters is losing the 72 virgins, that is their "will to fight".

Let's not forget they are religious fanatics ruled by clerics.

Posted by: Speller at April 22, 2026 01:31 PM (pSotA)

394 I agree, but I doubt we have the will to kill the 2 - 3 million hardcore regime supporters that truly need to be eliminated.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 01:30 PM (Fmj+u)

It sure made Japan very peaceful

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (P4Pk9)

395 I was told their Navy was at the bottom of the sea. How is working? Hmmmm...

Posted by: SkinnerVic at April 22, 2026 01:33 PM (JIGPW)

396 Let's not forget they are religious fanatics ruled by clerics.
Posted by: Speller at April 22, 2026 01:31 PM (pSotA)
They are ruled by Satan and I am mot kidding

Posted by: MAC V SOG at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (P4Pk9)

397 Don't understand why we cant set up a tanker corridor and blow up anything smaller than a tanker that is on the water.

Thought decades ago that EWACS gave us the capability to essentially see the whole battles space.
Why aren't A10's and drones in constant lingering mode?

We can intercept missiles going 1,000s of MPH in a 3D space but can't hit 50MPH motorboats in a 2D battlespace?

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 22, 2026 01:34 PM (2Nfh9)

398 386 nood
Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 01:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 01:35 PM (YbTYS)

399
"They are ruled by Satan and I am mot kidding"

You're mostly right. Their clerics are Satan's boosters.

Posted by: Speller at April 22, 2026 01:37 PM (pSotA)

400 Cow Demo writes:
"Why The Fuck aren't we parachuting Ak47s and grenades into Tehran by the tens of thousands? Litter the whole city courtyards, streets, and roof tops with insurgency small arms. Yeah the IRGC will pick up some small arms they have no use for (they already have them) but the vast majority will be picked up by citizens"

We did about six weeks ago? If I have that timeline right? Via the Kurds and they kept the arms for themselves.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at April 22, 2026 01:39 PM (GL+EM)

401 Trump needs to blow up something valuable and kill an IRGC commander every time Iran even thinks about firing the smallest bullet. No exceptions. No delays. No dithering. Full unconditional surrender or death. Yes, they are collapsing. Now make it happen faster. Where was the US Navy when those ships were being attached? Why aren’t all of Iran’s attack boats sunk and every single dock from which they launched obliterated?

Posted by: OnPoint at April 22, 2026 01:44 PM (RK/h9)

402 How do we know where a hidden speedboat is going to be on the open water with dozens of ships as targets?

How long did it take to find that one dude in a cave?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:55 PM (QEvSP)

I can't remember the exact number of ships that were transiting the strait before the war (I think it was 120ish) but clearly we know where the speedboats are coming from (its hard to hide a damn 50' speedboat) and we know where the merchant vessels are transiting. Perhaps we can't cover 120 of them but we can definitely cover 20 or so a day between drones and satellite and recon aircraft. Also, the 20 year old Raytheon mast radar on my dad's center console would pickup pretty much everything within a 5 mile radius on the surface of the water... annoyingly so sometimes. I've got to imagine that the US Military has something that could detect a gnat's fart from more than the dinky 5 miles away my Dad's Raytheon could.

This shouldn't be a problem. At all. Which leads me to believe we're willingly letting it happen because our Commander in Chief thinks that he can convince a much of goatfuckers into surrendering

Posted by: Defenestratus at April 22, 2026 01:49 PM (WYStd)

403 314 Ace, do you know what those ships flying under foreign flags were transporting, and what their port of call was? Who were they moving goods for?
Posted by: Marcus T
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Doesn't matter. We take ships they don't take ships from us. We don't allow them to take hostages from us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (rzTfK)

404 Ace, do you know what those ships flying under foreign flags were transporting, and what their port of call was? Who were they moving goods for?
Posted by: Marcus T
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Doesn't matter. We take ships they don't take ships from us. We don't allow them to take hostages from us.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:51 PM (rzTfK)

They aren't our cargo ships.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:22 PM (8avO+)

405 324 Spirit Airlines is apparently getting $500 million from the taxpayers so they don't have to shut down right away.
Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 01:15 PM (2ap+5)
------------

Let's see if the executives follow the banks in 2009 and give themselves fat bonuses with bailout money.

Posted by: WisRich at April 22, 2026 02:24 PM (G0vdT)

406 The easiest way to cull the speed boats is drones. Drones scare the shit out of infantry. Imagine what sailors on speed boats think?
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 01:23 PM (FmapG)

Or a frigate with some 50 cal MGs.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (8avO+)

407 I'm sorry to say; Trump looks desperate.
He's gone from making wild, empty threats on Twitter to giving the Iranians far too much leeway.

From where I'm sitting he looks increasingly likely to drop negotiation demands and I'm worried we'll end up with something weak and unenforceable.

Trump needs to be told that there is no deal to be made, they must agree to our demands

The prospect of a nuclear Iran is so intolerable it might have to be destroyed with nuclear weapons.

I'm not saying that is how this war will end but it is a near certain eventuality if the threat isn't dealt ended.

Posted by: STV at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (XMeSM)

408 Well....consider the source. Pompey's greatness is...debatable.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (xcxpd)

The Senate believed Pompey the Great was the hottest stercus possible, and he was their golden boy
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 01:22 PM (rbvCR)

At his apogee he really put together a stellar campaign against Piracy in the Med. A simultaneous strike by a large number of naval fleets and marines that took out the raiders and their nests on shore.

Pompey's problem was he wasn't too good in politics in Rome itself and let himself be used as a tool by Senate factions against his ally Julius Caesar.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:30 PM (8avO+)

409 I'm not saying that is how this war will end but it is a near certain eventuality if the threat isn't dealt ended.
Posted by: STV at April 22, 2026 02:25 PM (XMeSM)

Jesus its been what, six hours already?

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:32 PM (8avO+)

410 Caesar was also seen as too lenient and too entranced with maneuver to be a good general. Especially by people like Pompey
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:54 PM (rbvCR)

Well....consider the source. Pompey's greatness is...debatable.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 01:12 PM (xcxpd)

Well at the battle of Ilerda in the Civil Wars JC captured the entire Pompeian army in Spain by cutting them off from their camps and water supplies by marching and fortifying strategically. So JC got the last laugh there.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:37 PM (8avO+)

411 Go ahead and flame away, but I’m not seeing 3D chess here.

I honestly don’t even understand how the greatest Navy in the world can’t patrol such a small part of the ocean to where any Iranian hostility is put don on seconds.
Posted by: Maroon at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (L2NN+)

Because we are trying to get the nations who need this shipping to get off their ass and guard their shipping.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 22, 2026 02:38 PM (8avO+)

412 We don't have ships in the narrow strait because drones now make ships vulnerable.

So, US navy would does not want a destroyer hit by drones.

If you have watched the Ukraine war, you have seen Russia's navy get SUNK like this.

Navies don't like to lose ships.

I don't think this is a Trump TACO issue as much as technology has made shore based defenses really strong.

Posted by: Harun at April 22, 2026 02:42 PM (IuIym)

413 Also, I think these attacks happened AFTER Trump extended the cease fire.

So, we may in fact, hit back.

Posted by: Harun at April 22, 2026 02:43 PM (IuIym)

414 My suggestion would be to bomb the two grain ports on the Caspian sea.

Iran can go hungry for a while.

We did that and it made the Houthis way more calm.

(Iran imports 40% of its food)

Posted by: Harun at April 22, 2026 02:44 PM (IuIym)

415 "Where was the US Navy when those ships were being attached?"

Staying far enough away to avoid being hit by a drone or a speedboat bomb.

See how Ukraine sinks Russian ships.

Posted by: Harun at April 22, 2026 02:45 PM (IuIym)

416 Ace ... you've ALWAYS been wobbly ever since Saint DeSantis lost ... your "concern" is noted ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at April 22, 2026 03:14 PM (DBAaD)

417 Why The Fuck aren't we parachuting Ak47s and grenades into Tehran by the tens of thousands? Litter the whole city courtyards, streets, and roof tops with insurgency small arms.

We did about six weeks ago? If I have that timeline right? Via the Kurds and they kept the arms for themselves.

Giving a truckload of small arms to the Kurds is a big difference from littering the streets of Tehran with Ak47 like its confetti.

How would the kurds disperse them in any real numbers inside cities with IRGC everywhere? Someone was wish casting that plan.

I don't like the lack of imagination.

Posted by: hate_the_deepstate at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (2Nfh9)

418 Old Deal meet New Deal

Posted by: mossomo at April 22, 2026 04:01 PM (6LgwP)

419 Ace ... you've ALWAYS been wobbly ever since Saint DeSantis lost ... your "concern" is noted ...
Posted by: The Dark Lord at April 22, 2026 03:14 PM

Heh. Like Ace reads the comments.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 04:13 PM (4NO2D)

420 Until every satanic rat of the IRCG is exterminated with prejudice, this crap won't end.

What we are doing with this cease fire scam is like petting a rab8d dog hoping it won't bite.

Terminate them all.

Posted by: Pste at April 22, 2026 04:18 PM (t594T)

Wednesday Morning Rant

Is It Actually Unusual?

There is a former USAF major general named William McCasland. He retired in in the teens. He recently took his .38 revolver and headed out for a hike near his Albuquerque, NM home - and never returned. So far, there is nothing all that unusual about this. A missing persons case - even when it is a former Air Force general - is in fact one of those "local news stories." It is unusual for such a case to be reported on outside of the home market and much more unusual for it be a topic for mainstream outlets like Fox News and Scientific American. Or, for that matter, the FBI, Congress and the White House.

And, in fact, it hasn't. Not on its own. McCasland's recent disappearance, however, is allegedly one incident in a disturbing trend. Per NBC News, there has been much online speculation that McCasland is just the latest incident in a long series of deaths or disappearances of US scientists. The speculation is that US scientists are being targeted, by enemy actors or others of unknown motive. This has since grown into actual investigations to see if there is any there there.

The basis of this speculation is that there are a series of US scientists in nuclear, space and related fields who have mysteriously - and unusually - disappeared or died over the past few years. Specifically, the speculation appears to be around the death or disappearance of at least 10 scientists since 2023. Per Fox News, six of them are dead and four of them are missing:

Michael David Hicks, 59; Frank Maiwald, 61; Nuno Loureiro, 47; Jason Thomas, 45; Amy Eskridge, 34; and Carl Grillmair, 47, all died between 2023 and 2026. Each played a key role in vital scientific research, Fox News Digital previously reported.
The causes of death for Hicks and Maiwald remain unknown. Grillmair was gunned down outside his home on Feb. 16, and Freddy Snyder, 29, was subsequently charged with his murder. Loureiro was also fatally shot at his Massachusetts home. The body of Jason Thomas, an associate director of chemical biology at Novartis, was discovered in Lake Quannapowitt, Mass., three months after he was last seen walking from his home late at night. Eskridge, a Huntsville, Alabama--based researcher, died June 11, 2022, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Monica Reza, 60; Melissa Casias, 53; Anthony Chavez, 79; Steven Garcia, 48; and retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland, 68, were all reported missing between 2023 and 2026. All the disappearances occurred under suspicious circumstances.

This sounds quite damning, but it does make me wonder. This is ten people, over about three years, in a country of over 300 million people. At the scale of "the country" or even the relatively rarefied group of "important scientists," is this rate of murder, suicide, unknown death or disappearance unusual? I have no idea. I wouldn't guess that it is. Tragic for their families, yes - but nationally important? I don't know. Congress, however has launched an investigation:

On Sunday, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., warned that "something sinister" could be involved.
"We've put a notice out to the Department of War, the FBI, NASA, and the Department of Energy. We want to know everything they know about what happened with these scientists, because those four agencies were predominantly the ones these 11 individuals were affiliated with," he said during an appearance on "Fox & Friends Weekend." "We want to try to piece this together."

So have the FBI and the agencies involved:

"In light of the recent and legitimate questions about these troubling cases, and President Trump's commitment to the truth, the White House is actively working with all relevant agencies and the FBI to holistically review all of the cases together and identify any potential patterns," Karoline Leavitt later wrote on social media.

NASA has indicated that they see no pattern or national security threat, but are cooperating with the investigation. Secretary Wright told Fox News during an interview about Iran that the Department of Energy is also doing its own investigation to determine if there is any common thread connecting the DOE scientists on the list.

It seems unlikely to me that this is evidence of a coordinated conspiracy to abduct or murder current and former US scientists. I suspect this is much more likely to be an example of "anything can look like a trend if you look hard enough and broadly enough for long enough." Time may, perhaps, tell.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

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1 Munkey!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (vf0Uk)

3 Noice......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (vf0Uk)

4 Aaaand, 1st.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

5 OK!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (5xoct)

6 Wha'???!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (vf0Uk)

7 Munkey!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (bFu5X)

I lum'd NOOD on your behalf.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (vf0Uk)

8 Comments went away for a second there........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (vf0Uk)

9
It's the Amish mafia at work. You heard it here first.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (xG4kz)

10 I'm waiting to hear what Tucker thinks...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (FtULh)

11 Is It Actually Unusual?

It's not.

Posted by: Tom Jones at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (wXgT/)

12 Specifically, the speculation appears to be around the death or disappearance of at least 10 scientists since 2023. Per Fox News, six of them are dead and four of them are missing:

What did they have on the Clintons?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:03 AM (vf0Uk)

13
Well, Massachusetts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:03 AM (tgvbd)

14 Minkey looks like skipper of the prison baseball team...

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (I0N4X)

15 I lum'd NOOD on your behalf.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM

*fistbump*

I added a nood. Belt and suspenders and all that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (bFu5X)

16 This sounds quite damning, but it does make me wonder. This is ten people, over about three years, in a country of over 300 million people. At the scale of "the country" or even the relatively rarefied group of "important scientists," is this rate of murder, suicide, unknown death or disappearance unusual? I have no idea. I wouldn't guess that it is. Tragic for their families, yes - but nationally important? I don't know. Congress, however has launched an investigation:

One would think this would be slightly more important than some leftist media hack's mom........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (vf0Uk)

17 This sounds like the beginning of a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast is on the case!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (gnNyN)

18 Joe Mannix nails it.

The hysteria over these "disappearances" is ridiculous. Numbers don't lie, and in a nation of 350 million people, somebody is going to wander off, never to be seen again, or die mysteriously every hour!

And...the idea that these people are all vital national security operatives is just silly.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (n9ltV)

19 I'm waiting to hear what Tucker thinks...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (FtULh)

Israel did it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (vf0Uk)

20
I suspect this is much more likely to be an example of "anything can look like a trend if you look hard enough and broadly enough for long enough." Time may, perhaps, tell.

A former researcher friend of mine expressed this concept as, "Data will confess to anything under sufficient torture."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (xG4kz)

21 You know who I blame.

Posted by: Candace Owens at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (f1kZG)

22 Per NBC News, there has been much online speculation that McCasland is just the latest incident in a long series of deaths or disappearances of US scientists. The speculation is that US scientists are being targeted, by enemy actors or others of unknown motive. This has since grown into actual investigations to see if there is any there there.

Now do the 42 suicides of the Friends of Bill & Hill.
Or the 68 or whatever ungodly high number it is.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (/Vcgx)

23
When are people finally going top realize the danger to humanity that the Mole Men represent?!?!

Everyday and every night they sit and plot in their underground capitol, Molevania, near the center of the Earth plotting our demise and kidnapping our scientists.

Plotting!

Plotting and plotting!!!

plotting

plo

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (iJfKG)

24 I think Olivia, the Bishops, and Astrid need to look into this, pronto!

Posted by: Denny Crane - At Least, That's My Rather Fringe Opinion On This... at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (dmDsy)

25 There's a chance this is just noise to distract us.
Or MAYBE there's some real reporting going on. I have my doubts there.

It's possible scientists and UFO-adjacent folks are being targeted. One of the victims said their life was in danger and got proof she was being targeted and harassed before she 'committed suicide'.

Shady shit does happen and when our government wants it to be covered up, it stays covered.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

26 was discovered in Lake Quannapowitt, Mass.

Hmm. I live 2 miles from there and never heard this. Maybe I should actually look at local news from time to time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (bFu5X)

27 The hysteria over these "disappearances" is ridiculous. Numbers don't lie, and in a nation of 350 million people, somebody is going to wander off, never to be seen again, or die mysteriously every hour!

And...the idea that these people are all vital national security operatives is just silly.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (n9ltV)

That's just what they WANT you to think.

Terrorists WIN!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (vf0Uk)

28
All the people associated with the JFK assassination who died afterwards was supposed to be sinister, but on an actuarial basis, the chances of this happening approach 100%.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (tgvbd)

29 One of the ten was a secretary, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (4NO2D)

30 Also, Mannix!

*Jazzy music plays*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

31 Dave Mason. RIP

We just disagree.

Posted by: alpine_beer at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (van9r)

32 "When are people finally going top realize the danger to humanity that the Mole Men represent?!?!"

Actually, they can be defeated quite easily with a flashlight.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (ZO2UD)

33 28
All the people associated with the JFK assassination who died afterwards was supposed to be sinister, but on an actuarial basis, the chances of this happening approach 100%.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (tgvbd)

"Especially if a CIA doctor is assigned to your care."
-Jack Ruby

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (xcxpd)

34
Hmm. I live 2 miles from there and never heard this. Maybe I should actually look at local news from time to time.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (bFu5X)

___________

That's what you'd say if you were guilty. Do you have an alibi?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (tgvbd)

35 Every witness to Lincoln's "murder" is dead. What are the odds of that?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (4NO2D)

36
Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the Wrench

... wait, are we not playing, "Clue"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (xG4kz)

37 Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the Wrench

... wait, are we not playing, "Clue"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (xG4kz)

Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

38 "When are people finally going top realize the danger to humanity that the Mole Men represent?!?!"

Actually, they can be defeated quite easily with a flashlight.
Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM (ZO2UD)

...oh.

...

Well, never mind.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (iJfKG)

39 The hysteria over these "disappearances" is ridiculous. Numbers don't lie, and in a nation of 350 million people, somebody is going to wander off, never to be seen again, or die mysteriously every hour!
----------
People spontaneously combust all the time. It's just not widely reported.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (xvhJH)

40 That's what you'd say if you were guilty. Do you have an alibi?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:07 AM

*shifty eyes*

Yes...why? What have you heard?

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (bFu5X)

41 Pfffft!

Pikers.

Freak out when it's over two dozen, lol

Posted by: Hillary! at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (5xoct)

42 Not particularly curious about this.
But consider the similarities between the assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy!!! Time travelers I tell ya!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (2WIwB)

43 ----------
People spontaneously combust all the time. It's just not widely reported.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (xvhJH)

I thought Ozempic was supposed to fix that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (vf0Uk)

44 People spontaneously combust all the time. It's just not widely reported.

And they die in bizarre gardening accidents.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (DgMqy)

45 I think that there is enough “there” there to justify the investigation.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

46 Zerohedge...I know....used to have stories and theories of bankers' suicides, etc. Unless these people were somehow almost irreplacable, held incredible secrets or crossed Hillary, it may be chance.

Oh, I get to go wash my monkey statues today. 175 pounds each, concrete, nicely painted black holding a bananas, 70 pound pedestals.

For some reason when I saw them late last year, I HAD to buy them. Don't know why....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (Sco7b)

47 I have doubts about this 'issue' based on the fact that the "missing ten" include a retired 80 year old, a retired 70 year old, an administrative assistant, and a manager (admittedly at JPL) whose most notable contribution was made almost 30 years ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

48
Time travelers I tell ya!

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:09 AM (2WIwB)

___________

Wandering Jews. Call Tucker, stat!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (tgvbd)

49 "Data will confess to anything under sufficient torture."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:05 AM (xG4kz

No way. You should see how he put one over on the Borg Queen!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (HgRco)

50 I'm kind of concerned about the aliens that keep filling a fencepost in the backyard with acorns. I think they are invisible because I never see them

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM (4pXIh)

51 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

Well...piss off. I fart in your general direction.

Posted by: Monty Python at April 22, 2026 11:11 AM (2WIwB)

52 I wonder how many American scientists, researchers, etc., in total, are employed in the various fields of research mentioned? If it's a small number, say a couple hundred "this might be something."

If, OTOH it's in the thousands?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 11:12 AM (AkEZC)

53 I'm kind of concerned about the aliens that keep filling a fencepost in the backyard with acorns. I think they are invisible because I never see them
Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 11:10 AM

I have a problem with wren's trying to build nests in my barn. I put a box in the perfect spot so that is where they go. When it is almost ready but no eggs, I dump the box.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (4NO2D)

54 At the scale of "the country" or even the relatively rarefied group of "important scientists," is this rate of murder, suicide, unknown death or disappearance unusual?

>>> All of these places were tangentially related to Pooky's old career field, which was so unstable that no one knew of any "natives" that made it past E-6 (Tech Sgt). The field employed and worked with literal mad scientists.

As I've repeatedly said, I have had eyes on Pooky for the last five years and he swears he doesn't know anyone on the list. But if anyone from Pooky's old career field was involved or winds up being a victim, I would not be surprised.

Posted by: pookysgirl, trying to keep track of everyone and everything at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (Wt5PA)

55 37. What, no Monty Python or Blazing Saddles?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

56 47 I have doubts about this 'issue' based on the fact that the "missing ten" include a retired 80 year old, a retired 70 year old, an administrative assistant, and a manager (admittedly at JPL) whose most notable contribution was made almost 30 years ago.

john titor cleaning up business after having fetched his precious ibm 5100 from the '90s.

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (oY6Yp)

57 Thx Joe.
Get Scully and Mulder on this one. It's the only way

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (gu0hJ)

58 The Zapruder film was made by Abraham Zapruder... his last name starts with "Z", the 26th letter. So naturally, Z2=52.

"Kennedy" has 7 letters, so Z2-7=45

Clearly, someone in the first Trump administration has now gone rouge, and is killing scientists and secretaries....

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Solved It! You Are Welcome. at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (dmDsy)

59 NM sure can get hot out in the desert. Why a man might never come back if say he drove out there with someone else and was then kicked out of the car.

Just saying

Posted by: Some Man in Black at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

60 Given how many Iranian nuclear scientists the Mossad and CIA have taken out very publicly over the last few years, is it possible this is payback?

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (MNCvZ)

61 I'm not saying it's aliens, but...

Posted by: It's aliens! at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (2Ez/1)

62 Lovely application of "correlation vs causation" is my guess.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (YBtcQ)

63 What, no Monty Python or Blazing Saddles?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM

Inconceivable!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:14 AM (bFu5X)

64 I'm sure there's a Netflix movie in the making about this. Evil white scientists being offed by innocent but misguided POC's who are victims of the overall white Christian patriarchy.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 11:14 AM (g8Ew8)

65 54 As I've repeatedly said, I have had eyes on Pooky for the last five years and he swears he doesn't know anyone on the list.

that's what they *want* him to swear. *finger touches nose*

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:14 AM (oY6Yp)

66 I'm kind of concerned about the aliens that keep filling a fencepost in the backyard with acorns. I think they are invisible because I never see them/i]

Out: Probing your butt

In: Raiding your bird feeder

Posted by: Some Unidentified Flying Squirrel at April 22, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

67 Superman vs. The Mole Men was 1952. The fruits of this epic battle have only now come to light. Scientists trying to back-engineer the Mole Men's Electrolux Death Ray have been summarily disappeared. As is necessary to our survival.

Posted by: Mole Men/Penguin Alliance at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (oftw2)

68 >>One of the victims said their life was in danger and got proof she was being targeted and harassed before she 'committed suicide'.

The story:

https://tinyurl.com/mr29w8dc

Posted by: one hour sober at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (Y1sOo)

69 I can't believe that the net zero crowd hasn't said that these were all people with the secret to windmill or solar power and big oil is offing them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (0U5gm)

70 The Zapruder film was made by Abraham Zapruder... his last name starts with "Z", the 26th letter. So naturally, Z2=52.

"Kennedy" has 7 letters, so Z2-7=45

Clearly, someone in the first Trump administration has now gone rouge, and is killing scientists and secretaries....
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Solved It! You Are Welcome. at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM

That would have been a great with a Louis Farrakhan sock.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (bFu5X)

71
One of the ten was a secretary, right?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Tell me it wasn't the one who, equipped with just a mechanical adding machine, reams of 8-1/2" by 11" paper, dozens of boxes of No. 2 Ticonderoga pencils (each one sharpened to a neat point), gallons of black coffee, and hundreds of cartons of Parliament cigarettes, single-handedly steered all of our Apollo moon missions to that body and insured that our brave astronauts returned safely to Earth?

Not her! Surely, not her! I could not go on if it was her!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (xG4kz)

72 "important scientists"

Bill Nyet
Neil DeGassed Tyson
Mikey Mann
Herself Dr. Amy Acton-Eaton-Hogg

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (DgMqy)

73 >>The hysteria over these "disappearances" is ridiculous. Numbers don't lie, and in a nation of 350 million people, somebody is going to wander off, never to be seen again, or die mysteriously every hour!

Maybe. But if you look at it not as 10 people in a country of 350 million and instead as a relatively small group of people, some who worked together on very sensitive projects, dying or disappearing without a trace it seems a little coincidental.

Certainly couldn't hurt to look a little closer at the circumstances and connections between the people. It's not like we and the Israelis haven't been knocking off Iranian scientists for years and we do have other potent enemies.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (viF8m)

74 How many left notes before they died or disappeared that claimed they felt they were in danger? One? None? Some?

This story seemed fishy to me since I first heard about it. Fishy in the way that it didn't feel true. Not fishy like there was more to it.

That said I would want to know about notes etc left behind before dismissing it outright.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (HgRco)

75 This sounds like the beginning of a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast is on the case!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

All clues point to the SPLC.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (0U5gm)

76 I can't believe that the net zero crowd hasn't said that these were all people with the secret to windmill or solar power and big oil is offing them.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (0U5gm)
--------
The 100 mpg carburetor.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (xvhJH)

77 Given how many Iranian nuclear scientists the Mossad and CIA have taken out very publicly over the last few years, is it possible this is payback?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (MNCvZ)

Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

78
The missing scientists are all now part of a super-secret government agency all of whose members are officially dead. This is quite common, I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (tgvbd)

79 This is ten people, over about three years, in a country of over 300 million people.
---
It's a goofy distraction; a rattling can of rocks.

You could do the same thing with just about any issue.

Another "Shark Attacks White Girl!!!" summer.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (tUP1A)

80
Clearly, someone in the first Trump administration has now gone rouge, and is killing scientists and secretaries....

It's the CCP. "... going rouge ..." was the tell.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (xG4kz)

81 What, no Monty Python or Blazing Saddles?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

Give me a break. I threw the list together in 12 seconds.

Geez......I didn't say it was a locked list.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (vf0Uk)

82 46 For some reason when I saw them late last year, I HAD to buy them. Don't know why....

*whistles innocently*

Posted by: that hypnotist that amused your high school at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (oY6Yp)

83 A dark and stormy night. A lonely scientist in a windowless lab toils, surrounded by his tubes and wires and careful notes.

A moment passed. Then, another. Soon, after a moment, another moment passed.

to be continued...

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 11:18 AM (ZxPkt)

84
60 Given how many Iranian nuclear scientists the Mossad and CIA have taken out very publicly over the last few years, is it possible this is payback?
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM

---------

They'd screw it up.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 22, 2026 11:18 AM (bYpLU)

85 The hysteria over these "disappearances" is ridiculous. Numbers don't lie, and in a nation of 350 million people, somebody is going to wander off, never to be seen again, or die mysteriously every hour!

I keep telling you people!

Posted by: David Paulides at April 22, 2026 11:18 AM (bFu5X)

86 Be a shame if a certain fellow named Fauci got added to that list.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

87 Lake Quannapowitt Mass.

Hell, that name is enough to kill anybody.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (pvf3X)

88 So the same media that told me when Clinton's point man to deal with Epstein was found hanging by the neck, dead via a shotgun wound to the chest...with no shotgun anywhere in the area was an obvious boring suicide is telling me to freak out about 10 random people disappearing?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (sKqQm)

89 I made a baking soda volcano in 9th grade. Am I in danger?

Posted by: Peter Brady, Hiding Out at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (oftw2)

90 This sounds like the beginning of a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

FBI Agent Aloysius Pendergast is on the case!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

All clues point to the SPLC.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (0U5gm)

The Society of People of Lizard Collective?!?!

*shudders*

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (iJfKG)

91 Good fodder for conspiros but no one really knows what is going on, if anything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (AZWEO)

92 70 That would have been a great with a Louis Farrakhan sock.

would have had to add up to 19

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (oY6Yp)

93 The 100 mpg carburetor.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM

It's real, I tell you! Big Oil is suppressing it!

Posted by: Steven Segal at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (bFu5X)

94 Maybe people are freaking out because they suspect that Obama and Biden's working open borders rush to flood the country with those who hate us is going to do major harm to us soon, in all sorts of unexpected ways?

We lost so much thanks to a Chinese lab-created virus. Chinese students and scientists smuggling in crop-killing viruses. We have Hamas-loving, islamist activists raging across the country since Oct 7th. We have cartels openly trafficking fentanyl, humans, and Lord know what else. We have Somalis, Russians, and others stealing billions with the consent of so many in our government. We have a major organization, the SPLC, which has partnered with our military and Silicon Valley censors, literally manufacturing hate crimes to keep us silent and surveilled. We had Biden's DoJ investigating parents complaining at school board meetings as if they were ISIS. Hell, people like Podesta have been baiting us with the "aliens are real and the government has proof" crap.

I have no idea if this missing/dead scientist thing is a legit concern, but I have a hard time judging anyone for believing it is.

In 2026, what conspiracy is too outlandish to consider, even a tiny bit?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

95 No one calls it rouge anymore. It's blush or bronzer.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (3ImbR)

96 Oh dear, sorry for the wall of words.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

97 89 I made a baking soda volcano in 9th grade. Am I in danger?

better buy more ammo just to be safe

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (oY6Yp)

98 Have they checked Galt's Gulch?

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (4NO2D)

99 There is no such thing as aliens. It’s all a lie.

Posted by: The Aliens at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (ICjqV)

100 This sounds like the beginning of a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Penelope Ann Miller was the bomb in Relic.

Posted by: far cry at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (wBRco)

101 Going rouge? Is Trumpkins targeting children of coler again?

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (oftw2)

102 I tend to agree with you, Mannix. Having experienced firsthand the Curious Disappearance of a family member (my F-I-L) which is still unsolved 18 years later, I was stunned to find out how many missing persons cases there are in the U.s. The average person, if asked to guess would underestimate the total by a factor of ten or more.

As you mentioned, patterns can be seen. even if there is no relationship between individual cases. By my math, mid-2022 to mid-2026 is actually 4 years rather than three, making a causal relationship even less likely.

I suspect with AI and ever larger data sets, anomalies such as this one will seem more common.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (I0N4X)

103
I gotcher "moments" right cheer!

* throws Frisbee at Don Black *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (xG4kz)

104 >>Lake Quannapowitt Mass.

>>Hell, that name is enough to kill anybody.

Pfft.

Lake Chaubunagungamaug, also in Massachusetts, laughs.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)

105 "speculation appears to be around the death or disappearance of at least 10 scientists since 2023"

This is where a Real Statistician would come in handy. Take the total number of that type scientist and compare it to known death stats. Several other factors to consider ... their ages, their health, and even education. I'd assume a more educated person is less likely (than the general population) to get lost and die.

They should be able to determine if this is far beyond the norm, or maybe close to normal. Sounds unusual at first blush.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (vbXSk)

106 "related fields" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in the conspiracies out there.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Ta8N4)

107 If governments are interested in mysteries, let's examine numbers of people who died suddenly around 2021 and afterwards.

No idea what that could have been....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Sco7b)

108 >>>I have no idea if this missing/dead scientist thing is a legit concern, but I have a hard time judging anyone for believing it is.

In 2026, what conspiracy is too outlandish to consider, even a tiny bit?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

That is a great question... I vote "None"...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy)

109 Lake Quannapowitt Mass.

Hell, that name is enough to kill anybody.
Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM

Hold my beer...

Posted by: Lake Char�gogg�a�gogg�man�chaugg�a�gogg�chau�bun�a�gung�a�maugg at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (bFu5X)

110 In my Chemistry class we learned valance. Otherwise the teacher would tell hunting and white water rafting stories.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (kbShR)

111 >>Penelope Ann Miller was the bomb in Relic.

Yes. Good movie.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (5xoct)

112 Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the Wrench

... wait, are we not playing, "Clue"?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Colonel Mustard, in the Library, with the Wench.

Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (/Vcgx)

113 The missing scientists are all now part of a super-secret government agency all of whose members are officially dead. This is quite common, I'm told.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That never happens

Posted by: Remo Williams at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (0U5gm)

114 Lake Quannapowitt Mass.

Hell, that name is enough to kill anybody.
Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM

Hold my beer...

- Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg

*spaces added to make the hampsters happy

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (bFu5X)

115 The missing scientists are all now part of a super-secret government agency all of whose members are officially dead. This is quite common, I'm told.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:17 AM (tgvbd)

And as we speak, they're in a secret lair learning the forbidden secrets of eastern martial arts. Their day of science fair revenge will come. Oh yes, and soon.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (g8Ew8)

116 Seems perfidious to me.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (kbShR)

117 No, Mr Pitt. You need to gaze at the data set with deep focus, and you will be able to make out the shape of an alien spacecraft abducting scientists.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (I0N4X)

118 Oh dear, sorry for the wall of words.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

Or as I call it, Tuesday.

But you're not me. Do better, Lizzy.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (HgRco)

119 I've said it before, but it bears repeating:

This whole plot was revealed in Alan Moore's documentary graphic novel Watchmen. Ozymandias is to blame.

Watch for a giant extraterrestrial squid to suddenly teleport into New York causing mass destruction and death. (Covered up by the CIA in the bogus film version.)

Posted by: mindful webworker - Silk Spectre was hot at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (RVdcP)

120 Shouldn't this require a really big bulletin board and lots of red yarn?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)

121 What, no Monty Python or Blazing Saddles?
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:13 AM (77rzZ)

Bulg, partially covered at 51.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:25 AM (2WIwB)

122 Hmm...it looks like I win the black diamond award today.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:25 AM (bFu5X)

123
It's real, I tell you! Big Oil is suppressing it!

Posted by: Steven Segal at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (bFu5X)

___________

It is depressing to know how many people think X is not widely available because "Big [fill in industry] bought up all the patents and buried them!" Or how many think Who Framed Roger Rabbit explains the death of the urban streetcar.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:25 AM (tgvbd)

124 Fox News reports!

IRGC naval vessels have captured 2 ships transiting the Straight of Hormuz.

I like my tacos hard shelled.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 22, 2026 11:25 AM (oINIA)

125 >>Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg

My dad took great pride at knowing how to spell it. For what reason I have no idea.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:25 AM (viF8m)

126
I made a baking soda volcano in 9th grade. Am I in danger?
Posted by: Peter Brady, Hiding Out

* chambers a round in his pump shotgun *

"That all depends -- how did you dispose of the by-products afterward?"

-- your friendly EPA enforcer

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (xG4kz)

127 "related fields" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in the conspiracies out there.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (Ta8N4)

What the hell, man!

I just delivered a sandwich to those guys.

Posted by: Mysteriously Dead and Zombified Door Dash Driver at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (iJfKG)

128 Why didn't they kill all glow monkey government employees to cover their tracks?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (kbShR)

129 >>But you're not me. Do better, Lizzy.

Well, it is the morning RANT!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (5xoct)

130 It's all a distraction to hide political BS.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (2WIwB)

131 118 Oh dear, sorry for the wall of words.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

Or as I call it, Tuesday.

But you're not me. Do better, Lizzy.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:24 AM (HgRco)

Oh, shit, is today Tuesday?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I'm Late For a Meeting With a Midget! at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (dmDsy)

132 In 2026, what conspiracy is too outlandish to consider, even a tiny bit?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

That the Global Left have gotten together to secretly act in our best interests? I think we can toss that one.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (HgRco)

133 There is no such thing as aliens. It’s all a lie.
Posted by: The Aliens at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM

That's just what the aliens would s....

Wait a minute!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (bFu5X)

134 124 Fox News reports!

IRGC naval vessels have captured 2 ships transiting the Straight of Hormuz.

Did they use their row boats ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 11:26 AM (2/T3Z)

135 One of the ten was a secretary, right?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Tell me it wasn't the one who, equipped with just a mechanical adding machine, reams of 8-1/2" by 11" paper, dozens of boxes of No. 2 Ticonderoga pencils (each one sharpened to a neat point), gallons of black coffee, and hundreds of cartons of Parliament cigarettes, single-handedly steered all of our Apollo moon missions to that body and insured that our brave astronauts returned safely to Earth?

Not her! Surely, not her! I could not go on if it was her!
-----

Well, they THOUGHT that lady was missing. But come to find out she had merely gone for the 1-mile walk to the bathroom and during the 1-mile walk back a thunderstorm started so it took her longer than expected to return.

Posted by: Crusader at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM (TN0g+)

136 Lake I fish on my side you fish on your side and we both fish in the middle.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM (HgRco)

137 >>>>Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg

That lake, it's near Athol, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM (5xoct)

138 All of these scientists worked or had worked on the magic green dildo and ass tickler that Hillary had requested back in 2000 which was supposed to bring about a quick and intense orgasm for the user.

It failed so the price must be paid for that failure.

Posted by: The Smoking Man at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM (79nfv)

139 Cash's Suit folded like a cheap suit.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:28 AM (kbShR)

140 It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Then something happened.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:28 AM (FmapG)

141 That lake, it's near Athol, right?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM

No, but I still snicker like a 13-yr-old whenever anyone mentions Athol.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:28 AM (bFu5X)

142 Athol? I heard that pronounced by someone with a lisp.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (DIbRX)

143 >>That the Global Left have gotten together to secretly act in our best interests? I think we can toss that one.

That Hillary and Bill,or Michelle and Barack, have the kind of true love worthy of great novels!!

That Antifa is "just an idea?"

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (5xoct)

144 Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

Cuz some of those guys aren't fully retired. When he was in, Pooky told me about a guy he'd met at The Mother Ship (long story, accurate nickname) that had seen the original of something and his job was literally to sit there and see if something like the original came through the datastream. Yes, they had analysts and AI, but they needed this guy in his 90s to verify results.

Posted by: pookysgirl would like to have met that guy at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (Wt5PA)

145 Lake I fish on my side you fish on your side and we both fish in the middle.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:27 AM

Yup. Even our native place names aren't imaginative.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (bFu5X)

146 "The basis of this speculation is that there are a series of US scientists in nuclear, space and related fields who have mysteriously - and unusually - disappeared or died over the past few years. Specifically, the speculation appears to be around the death or disappearance of at least 10 scientists since 2023."

This sounds remarkably like a job for the United Network Command for Law and Enforcement!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (+2QQb)

147 Mystery illness in Chyna.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM (kbShR)

148 At the scale of "the country" or even the relatively rarefied group of "important scientists," is this rate of murder, suicide, unknown death or disappearance unusual?

No, really, it isn't. Especially when you see such a broad definition of their similarities as "nuclear, space and related fields." Because you could link me in such a manner - after all, I took astronautical courses in college and have a Starlink now, and I flew in SAC so there's the "nuclear", and my current profession is IT - which is definitely a "related field."

But conspiracies thrive on making those obscure connections and showing everyone that something nefarious is going on.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:30 AM (Ta8N4)

149
All important scientific and engineering advances were really done by women. Men just laughed them to scorn and then stole their ideas. That's what thousands of FB posts tell me.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:30 AM (tgvbd)

150 Aaaakkkshualllleee the Straight of Hormuz is curved.

Posted by: Fooled ya at April 22, 2026 11:30 AM (2Ez/1)

151
I think that SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN may be able to shed sone light on these matters.

Dogged. Nay, damn dogged, that commenter is.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (xG4kz)

152 Mystery illness in Chyna.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:29 AM

Again?!

Posted by: Rocket J. Squirrel at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (bFu5X)

153 And a tangential note:

Today, oddly enough, we are meeting with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation agents who have been working on the case to get an update on the current status of the investigation, including a potentially VERY significant piece of news about the main suspect in my F-I-L's murder.

(How's that for a teaser?)

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (I0N4X)

154 Obviously, the ancient aliens are up to something.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (FmapG)

155 Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Rejected S&M movie plot

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (W5mpo)

156 89 I made a baking soda volcano in 9th grade. Am I in danger?
Posted by: Peter Brady, Hiding Out at April 22, 2026 11:19 AM (oftw2)

Fag

Posted by: Danny Partridge at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM (Y1sOo)

157 (How's that for a teaser?)
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM

To be continued...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM (bFu5X)

158 Aliens aren't real.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM (kbShR)

159 108 >>>I have no idea if this missing/dead scientist thing is a legit concern, but I have a hard time judging anyone for believing it is.

In 2026, what conspiracy is too outlandish to consider, even a tiny bit?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:20 AM (5xoct)

That is a great question... I vote "None"...

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at April 22, 2026 11:23 AM (dmDsy)

=====

How about Trump is controlled by Putin?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM (QEvSP)

160 Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (I0N4X)

I pray you finally get the answers you were looking for...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM (2/T3Z)

161 Aliens aren't real.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM

I know, right?

Posted by: A Rodent of Unusual Size at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (bFu5X)

162 Margins marginalized?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (kbShR)

163 They've all been carted off by the big-head aliens from This Island Earth to work on saving their home planet of Metaluna.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (XvL8K)

164
Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Why did that traitorous and seditious asshole John Brennan still have security clearance despite no longer being in an appointed position for which that was required?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (xG4kz)

165 Hot diggity, got up in time for Mannix.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (rzTfK)

166 150 Aaaakkkshualllleee the Straight of Hormuz is curved.
-------------
Its called Peyronie's disease

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (FmapG)

167
Are they afraid the missing ones were taken and being forced to give info or work as foreign agents?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (IifOV)

168 How about Trump is controlled by Putin?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM

That's just Science.

Posted by: Every Lefty Everywhere at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (bFu5X)

169 > Tell me it wasn't the one who, equipped with just a mechanical adding machine...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:15 AM (xG4kz)

The black handicapped lesbian one, right?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (IG3/x)

170 What do you call a mortgage on Mars?

Alien.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

171
Oh, there are myriad women composers whose work completely eclipses Bach and Mozart, but the musical establishment ignored and suppressed them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (tgvbd)

172 168 How about Trump is controlled by Putin?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:32 AM

That's just Science.

Posted by: Every Lefty Everywhere at April 22, 2026 11:33 AM (bFu5X)

=======

He's controlled by Putin AND Netanyahu!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (QEvSP)

173 Hold my beer...

- Lake Chargoggagogg manchauggagogg chaubunagungamaugg

*spaces added to make the hampsters happy
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Or as everybody with a lick os sense calls it, Lake Webster.

Posted by: From about That Time at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (sl73Y)

174 How do you know?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (kbShR)

175 What do you call a mortgage on Mars?

Alien.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM

*slow clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (bFu5X)

176 173
*spaces added to make the hampsters happy
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

======

The hampsters are never happy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:34 AM (QEvSP)

177 As you mentioned, patterns can be seen.
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:22 AM (I0N4X)

A problem I have is that I see patterns that others don't - particularly in faces. I see certain subtleties in features and say (and this is the part where it becomes a problem) "that person looks like this other person" and everyone looks at me like I have three heads. Because none of them see it; they're seeing the "normal" similarities.

So, yes, there are always patterns to see. Even if they're not truly meaningful.

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:35 AM (Ta8N4)

178 Train horn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:36 AM (kbShR)

179 "Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?"
###

Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.

Posted by: Evergreen at April 22, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

180 ***NASA has indicated that they see
---

nothing they see nothing

NASA can't find it's ass with both hands.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:36 AM (rzTfK)

181 Lot of lawyers gone missing lately too. This firm is a ghost town amirite?

Posted by: Biglaw AI, Esq. at April 22, 2026 11:36 AM (qUkBO)

182 All important scientific and engineering advances were really done by women. Men just laughed them to scorn and then stole their ideas. That's what thousands of FB posts tell me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:30 AM (tgvbd)

And, by golly, there's a pattern there! You might be on to something!

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:37 AM (Ta8N4)

183 (How's that for a teaser?)

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:31 AM (I0N4X)

I was just about to ask you for an update.

Posted by: pookysgirl, juggling Lil Pooky and his stuffie at April 22, 2026 11:37 AM (Wt5PA)

184 How would you know it's a ghost town?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:38 AM (kbShR)

185 Maybe that Guthrie woman who's been missing for a month or more was actually a super secret scientist.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 11:38 AM (AkEZC)

186 >>No, but I still snicker like a 13-yr-old whenever anyone mentions Athol.

Heh.
What the Hull were the town's founders thinking?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:38 AM (5xoct)

187 GWB
_-_
Same here. A hardworking pattern detector is a good thing!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 11:39 AM (MzBBs)

188 We're not here.

Posted by: The ghosts at April 22, 2026 11:39 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Ninja Rock was taken.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:39 AM (kbShR)

190 Lizard lady was massively coked up.

Posted by: pawn at April 22, 2026 11:39 AM (CGX3Y)

191 >>No, really, it isn't. Especially when you see such a broad definition of their similarities as "nuclear, space and related fields." Because you could link me in such a manner - after all, I took astronautical courses in college and have a Starlink now, and I flew in SAC so there's the "nuclear", and my current profession is IT - which is definitely a "related field."

Did you live in New Mexico? Four of the dead were from New Mexico, 3 worked at Los Alamos, a considerably smaller subset than 300 million.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)

192 What the Hull were the town's founders thinking?
___

It's Worcester than you can imagine.

Posted by: Dipswich at April 22, 2026 11:40 AM (qUkBO)

193 Jokes came early today.
Must be the hump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 11:41 AM (rzTfK)

194 Heh.
What the Hull were the town's founders thinking?
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 11:38 AM

Captain Blackadder: I then leapt on the opportunity to test you. I asked if he'd been to one of the great universities, Oxford, Cambridge, or Hull.

Nurse Mary: Well?

Captain Blackadder: You failed to spot that only two of those are great Universities.

Nurse Mary: Swine!

General Melchett: That's right! Oxford's a complete dump!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:41 AM (bFu5X)

195
I love all the learing I get from reading the comments here.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 11:41 AM (Y8DZL)

196 That lake, it's near Athol, right?
Posted by: Lizzy

My deaf girlfriend use to call me Athol.

Routinely.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:41 AM (cYBz/)

197 Ninja Rock was taken.
Posted by: Boss Moss

How did anyone even know it was there?

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:42 AM (cYBz/)

198 195 You do realize that you will be tested on this material, right?

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)

199 Billerica.

It's pronounced just like its spelled.

Bill and Erica

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM (viF8m)

200 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM (Ta8N4)

201 *spaces added to make the hampsters happy
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

======

The hampsters are never happy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That requires nitrous oxide in the air conditioning system.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM (/Vcgx)

202 Billerica.

It's pronounced just like its spelled.

Bill and Erica
Posted by: JackStraw

Now do Peabody.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM (cYBz/)

203 I was just about to ask you for an update.
Posted by: pookysgirl

**********

We may know more by this afternoon. It's telling that the agents haven't given us info on the phone, and insisted on a face-to-face meeting. If there's anything notable I'll put an update on the weekend coffee thread.

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (I0N4X)

204 Wait till they find out every single person associated with developing the Atomic Bomb is dead! How did that get overlooked??

Posted by: DBCooper at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (3oMnW)

205
Huh?

Market jumped nicety.

Anything in particular happen?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (iJfKG)

206 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)
Posted by: GWB

*cough Blazing Saddles cough*

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (/Vcgx)

207 191 >>No, really, it isn't. Especially when you see such a broad definition of their similarities as "nuclear, space and related fields." Because you could link me in such a manner - after all, I took astronautical courses in college and have a Starlink now, and I flew in SAC so there's the "nuclear", and my current profession is IT - which is definitely a "related field."

Did you live in New Mexico? Four of the dead were from New Mexico, 3 worked at Los Alamos, a considerably smaller subset than 300 million.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)

Odds they are connected - probably not high.
Harm in looking into a connection - zero.
Help in getting focus on finding the missing and the unsolved murders - decent.

So, I have no problem looking into a link, and doing the "prove it's not by finding these folks or their killers"...

But if you ask me now...they are not linked.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 11:45 AM (tOcjL)

208 So they’ve actually got a suspect in one of the murders? Hmmm, wonder what they’ll learn from him.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

209 180 ***NASA has indicated that they see
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nothing they see nothing

NASA can't find it's ass with both hands.

and yet they've managed to send a probe to uranus.

(couldn't resist)

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:46 AM (oY6Yp)

210 Hope ace is cooking up a post on the SPLC indictment.

It's really the perfect, platonic ideal of a destructive, hateful, vile organization that "educated", "liberal", and enlightened American cretins support.

Not even sure their enormous off-shore bank accounts are part of this.

And for years, federal law enforcement and Fortune 500 relied on these vile hate-mongering scum to "guide" national policy on "hate groups".

As brilliantly expressed by several here over the years, the demand for actual racism and "extremism" vastly vastly outstrips the supply, so voila, taxpayer and dumb American donor money steps in to fill the gap.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 11:46 AM (U/Byj)

211 That lake, it's near Athol, right?
Posted by: Lizzy

My deaf girlfriend use to call me Athol.

Routinely.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026

Great, I'm in the waiting room to get bloodwork. Everyone is looking at me. Lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 11:46 AM (CtYil)

212
Did you ever wonder why your offices were not squeaky clean, Mr. Big Shot Scientist?

Because the lowly charwoman tasked with cleaning them spent hours every night reviewing your shoddy work product and correcting it in order to clear the way to you winning that Nobel Prize, or that Fields Metal, that's why!

Put some learning into yourself by watching the documentary film "Good Will Hunting"! The scales will fall from your eyes!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:46 AM (xG4kz)

213 He's controlled by Putin AND Netanyahu!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Projection as always. Which leads to the obvious question - who controls the Dem presidents?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (Dv3i1)

214 Now do Peabody.
Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM

That would be my hometown.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (bFu5X)

215 Missing persons 17 year old case. Way mpre interesting than anything in my neck of the woods.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (kbShR)

216 I thought this was related to noookoolar scientists. But seems like it’s a broad spectrum of scientists. I thought wow 10 nuclear scientists dead in 3 years? Something’s fishy here.

But it’s not just nuclear it’s all sorts of fields. When it’s expanded to just “scientists” then 10 in 3 years doesn’t sound like a lot. You can find people in just about any field dying in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (O8rRt)

217 213 He's controlled by Putin AND Netanyahu!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Projection as always. Which leads to the obvious question - who controls the Dem presidents?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (Dv3i1)

======

No one controlled Biden.

He was an independent man able to shit his own pants without orders.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:47 AM (QEvSP)

218 I tend to agree with you, Mannix. Having experienced firsthand the Curious Disappearance of a family member (my F-I-L) which is still unsolved 18 years later, I was stunned to find out how many missing persons cases there are in the U.s. The average person, if asked to guess would underestimate the total by a factor of ten or more.
---
It really is crazy how people--who want to be found!--can just disappear with no trace so often.

My favorite dark conspiracy is that it's roughly 3% a year.
Which matches predator cull rates in nature among stable prey populations ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 11:48 AM (tUP1A)

219 Butt Montana.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:48 AM (kbShR)

220
My deaf girlfriend use to call me Athol.

Thath knob funny!

-- zombie Helen Keller

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:48 AM (xG4kz)

221 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)
Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026

***
And The Terminator. And Aliens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (+2QQb)

222 Now do Peabody.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:43 AM (cYBz/)

Is that you, Sherman?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (n9ltV)

223 This is where a Real Statistician would come in handy. Take the total number of that type scientist and compare it to known death stats.
Posted by: illiniwek
======
The risk, just like for criminal profilers (remember how the DC sniper was assumed to be a white male from statistics?), you miss confounding variables affecting the results. E.g., one of the scientists on the list, that lived in a remote desert spot, has a suspect charged in his murder that had previously been charged with harassing the dude. Homeless drifter druggie sort of dude.

Another is whether someone like McCasland, who took his 38 Special to the wilderness was suffering from the beginnings of dementia. People that have great intellect are often terrified of losing it all to dementia.

Statistics, especially inferring results for a small group of people from a larger statistical universe often runs into the ecological fallacy trap. What is true for the individual may not be true for the group, and vice versa.

We see this in medicine all the time. You take pill X and get result Y based on a large sample trial group's experiences. Sometimes though, people get outcome Z instead because of this fallacy.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

224 Helen Keller was a myth.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (kbShR)

225
"Fields Metal" ... son ofa ... "Fields MEDAL"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:50 AM (xG4kz)

226 Also, The Producers. And Seinfeld.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

227 Speaking of conspiracies...

@SimonDixonTwitt
The global reset is being manufactured.
Here's a list of major oil refineries/energy facilities being blown up this month:
3rd April: Russia's Major Oil Export Terminal
4th April: Russia's Crude Distillation Unit
7th April: India's Power Plant
9th April: Mexico's Refinery
14th April: India's Power Plant
15th April: Australia's Energy Refinery
20th April: Russia's Oil Refinery
21st April: India's Oil Refinery
21st April: Romania's Power Plant
21st April: Texas Oil Rig

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 11:50 AM (diia5)

228
And Bored of the Rings

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:51 AM (xG4kz)

229 Market jumped nicety.

Anything in particular happen?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (iJfKG)

Yes. Everyone in the nation with a real job has showed up for work today.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 11:51 AM (g8Ew8)

230 224 Helen Keller was a myth.
____

The whole thing about her plane disappearing over the Pacific always sounded a little fishy to me.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)

231 Back in the mid eighties the father-in-law of a guy who worked for me was declared missing. They found his pick-up abandoned in a state park. I left that company before any thing was resolved.

Posted by: javems at April 22, 2026 11:51 AM (zFsEm)

232
This very band of Morons has had two retired chemists die in the last couple of years. I can assure you, I sleep with a loaded gun under my pillow!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 11:52 AM (tgvbd)

233 144 Why take out a retired 80 year old? Or a secretary?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 11:16 AM (ExV1e)

Cuz some of those guys aren't fully retired.

indeed. gotta have *someone* come in occasionally to align the heads on the 8" floppies.

back in the '90s, was involved in a project that had a high-speed oscillograph; wide skinny ultraviolet crt put squiggly lines on paper shooting at quite high speed through a machine that looked like had been built in the late '50s. when installing the machine in our basement, the moving folks had dropped it. the manufacturer pulled an old white-haired guy out of retirement to recalibrate it.

Posted by: anachronda at April 22, 2026 11:52 AM (oY6Yp)

234 Amelia Earnhardt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:52 AM (kbShR)

235 221 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)
Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026

***
And The Terminator. And Aliens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (+2QQb)

Or anything by Mel Brooks

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (N39Ws)

236 Elvis is not dead. You know what this means, rite?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (FmapG)

237 As brilliantly expressed by several here over the years, the demand for actual racism and "extremism" vastly vastly outstrips the supply, so voila, taxpayer and dumb American donor money steps in to fill the gap.
Posted by: rhomboid

I think you will find a fair chunk of the leftist ngo universe making up these narratives for media consumption and they have been for decades.

E.g. Rosa Parks and her sitdown was a staged act because the original person involved in the dispute was not as media sympathetic to the Cause.

And rotten individuals in government itself does this sort of thing to build its own narratives.

Platonic noble lies for the cause because the plebes can't handle the truth so elites have to lie to them.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

238 How many of these people were forced to get COVID vaccines and boosters?

Just in my family alone, anecdotal evidence suggests that the four family members had suddenly developed new health issues, three now dead, one with blood clots in the lungs and had to go on oxygen, and one friend stroked out.

Maybe just coincidence.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (Fbc0I)

239 I would add that based on the reporting, calling some of these people "scientists" is stretching it ....

This reminds me of the occasional shock and calls for investigations that happen every few years following some publicized deaths on cruise ships.

"OMG, there were 10 deaths on cruise ships last year! Something evil is afoot!" But ... over 20 million Americans go on cruises every year. Another 20 million international passengers every year, for a total of 40 million. A significant percentage of these passengers are seniors.

It is not surprising that a few hundred of these 40 million die on cruises every year.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

240 235 Or anything by Mel Brooks

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (N39Ws)

=======

Especially Life Stinks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (QEvSP)

241 Nasdaq is up 50% in the last year. April 25 was the big tariff sell off. Imagine being a TDS suffering cuck who sold. Lol

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (O8rRt)

242 I wabted to be Colonel Mustard.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (kbShR)

243 Since so many of the "disappeared" seem to have taken a pistol, and left their wallets, cell phones, and other electronics at home, and left on foot . . .

This is not normal behavior. I leave stuff like that at home never. It is the sort of thing that happens when one gets a call in an action-adventure novel.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (rbvCR)

244 Yeah, I've seen these articles about the missing or dead scientists for weeks now.

Seems like an overblown overreaction which had been turned into UFO conspiracy clickbait.

I've seen literally zero proof of anything nefarious happening to the scientists. All the articles are just photos, lists of names, and cagey speculation about possible bad things that maybe could've been happening.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (6ydKt)

245 230 224 Helen Keller was a myth.
____

The whole thing about her plane disappearing over the Pacific always sounded a little fishy to me.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
========
Well, a deaf and blind pilot was unlikely to have much success in that venture. That was a tell.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

246 I recall countless Horde references of:

The Godfather
National Lampoon's Vacation
National Lampoon's Animal House
The Right Stuff
The Hunt for Red October

... and probably about a dozen or so others

Posted by: weew at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (S4IL1)

247 And yet my 401 k lost money.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (kbShR)

248 Annie Sullivan was a communist and therefore a lying sack of shit.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (HgRco)

249
George and Amal Clooney donated a million dollars to the SPLC.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (Y8DZL)

250 The global reset is being manufactured.
Here's a list of major oil refineries/energy facilities being blown up this month:
3rd April: Russia's Major Oil Export Terminal
4th April: Russia's Crude Distillation Unit
7th April: India's Power Plant
9th April: Mexico's Refinery
14th April: India's Power Plant
15th April: Australia's Energy Refinery
20th April: Russia's Oil Refinery
21st April: India's Oil Refinery
21st April: Romania's Power Plant
21st April: Texas Oil Rig
Yep. Pattern.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (MzBBs)

251 TJM, my compliments on your Peter Weir vid. IMHO the most underrated director of the last fifty years. And not just because Master and Commander is one of my favorite movies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (gu0hJ)

252 249
George and Amal Clooney donated a million dollars to the SPLC.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (Y8DZL)

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I will also fight racisms, Mr. and Mrs. Clooney.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (QEvSP)

253
248 Annie Sullivan was a communist and therefore a lying sack of shit.
Posted by: ...

Agreed

Posted by: weew at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (S4IL1)

254 251 TJM, my compliments on your Peter Weir vid. IMHO the most underrated director of the last fifty years. And not just because Master and Commander is one of my favorite movies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (gu0hJ)

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Thanks!

*preps camera for video about a dumb stoner comedy next*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (QEvSP)

255 Amelia Earnhardt.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Why in the hell some marketing guru would name a luggage line after her is beyond me.

What - you load it on a plane and it never is seen again?

Genius.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (cYBz/)

256 OMG, there were 10 deaths on cruise ships last year! Something evil is afoot!" But ... over 20 million Americans go on cruises every year. Another 20 million international passengers every year, for a total of 40 million. A significant percentage of these passengers are seniors.

It is not surprising that a few hundred of these 40 million die on cruises every year.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

I blame that mysterious liddo deck.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8)

257 Helen Keller was a myth.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM

She certainly wasn't a mythter.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (bFu5X)

258 It's really the perfect, platonic ideal of a destructive, hateful, vile organization that "educated", "liberal", and enlightened American cretins support.
Posted by: rhomboid

It's gratifying to have at least one conspiracy laid bare, but the unnerving thing is not to recognize that the left feels nothing wrong was done, but that they've been doing it for years without any investigation by the Feds.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (diia5)

259 In other news, the entire world is automating things that should NOT be automated.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (MzBBs)

260 "OMG, there were 10 deaths on cruise ships last year! Something evil is afoot!" But ... over 20 million Americans go on cruises every year.
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Where do 20 million people need to go so badly...? Someone should look into that.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:56 AM (HgRco)

261 OMG, there were 10 deaths on cruise ships last year! Something evil is afoot!" But ... over 20 million Americans go on cruises every year. Another 20 million international passengers every year, for a total of 40 million. A significant percentage of these passengers are seniors.

It is not surprising that a few hundred of these 40 million die on cruises every year.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

This happened with ski lift deaths recently. The media went into panic mode because a few accidents happened in a short period of time. I think 9 people died in 2024 and 2025 in N. American resorts. Which was higher than the average of 3 or 4, everyone set your hair on fire!!!

What they failed to mention is that every year there hundreds of millions of chair lift rides in North America. You have a better chance of being abducted by aliens while being struck by lightning than dying on a ski lift.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (O8rRt)

262 Cruises are a racket. Overcharge for everything.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (kbShR)

263 241 Nasdaq is up 50% in the last year. April 25 was the big tariff sell off. Imagine being a TDS suffering cuck who sold. Lol

Posted by: Heroq
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AI is driving hardware sales for companies like Nvidia, AMD, Intel, etc. right now and creating buzz for software companies like Tesla. Lot of speculation on the jockeying between Open AI and Anthropic over first to issue an IPO and which vendors (like the partnership operations of Anthropic and Amazon or Tesla and Cursor pan out).

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

264 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)
Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026

***
And The Terminator. And Aliens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 11:49 AM (+2QQb)
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Taking it up to eleven, eh?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (xvhJH)

265 Platonic noble lies for the cause because the plebes can't handle the truth so elites have to lie to them.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

SPLC had Cayman Island accounts and ActBlue was engaged in money laundering through mortgage fraud.

OuR hErOeS lEaD tHe WaY tO jUsTiCe

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)

266 I'm sure either Israel or the tariffs are to blame.

Posted by: toddg at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (KCFD3)

267 >>Since so many of the "disappeared" seem to have taken a pistol, and left their wallets, cell phones, and other electronics at home, and left on foot . . .

It all could be a big coincidence but that's the part I find odd. A number of them just walked out of their homes taking nothing with them other than a couple took a gun and then they just vanished. No trace.

If it was one person ok. But multiple going missing under the same conditions seems weird.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)

268 264 Taking it up to eleven, eh?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (xvhJH)

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The level of obsession some people have around My Dinner with Andre round these parts is disconcerting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (QEvSP)

269 243 Since so many of the "disappeared" seem to have taken a pistol, and left their wallets, cell phones, and other electronics at home, and left on foot . . .

This is not normal behavior. I leave stuff like that at home never. It is the sort of thing that happens when one gets a call in an action-adventure novel.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:54 AM (rbvCR)

It's the same as jumping in the shower with the pills...

Twitch did the same thing (walk out with just a weapon), but he was famous and got found. It seems an impulse for some suicidal folks to both worry about the mess and about family finding them.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (tOcjL)

270 I think the Grillmair guy just got killed by some random CHUD who was stealing, like most people who are murdered.

The Portuguese one was weirder. But iirc, the guy who killed him (and others) was some other Portuguese scientist who had a chip on his shoulder about not succeeding in his field or something.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2)

271 Wasn't there a thing about some food storage things burning back in like 2022 and it turned out there was in fact a series of fires on like 10 out of 700,000 potential places and it was all a bunch of crap.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (HgRco)

272 262 Cruises are a racket. Overcharge for everything.
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West Pac cruises were great. I never got overcharged.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (FmapG)

273 Taking it up to eleven, eh?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:57 AM (xvhJH)

Forgot Spinal Tap, right.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (rbvCR)

274 This reminds me a little of those lists of “coincidences” you sometimes see between the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (77rzZ)

275 Now that SPLC is exposed (well, to half the country, the other half will go on with their artisanal, spoon-feed narratives undisturbed), I wonder if the ADL has any skeletons in their closet on deck to be exposed.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 11:59 AM (Dv3i1)

276 The level of obsession some people have around My Dinner with Andre round these parts is disconcerting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (QEvSP)
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I don't get it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 11:59 AM (xvhJH)

277 The global reset is being manufactured.
Here's a list of major oil refineries/energy facilities being blown up this month:
3rd April: Russia's Major Oil Export Terminal
[Shortened]
21st April: Texas Oil Rig
_-_
Should hear Michael Yon on the topic...if you can handle hearing the word Z@@@ist.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 11:59 AM (MzBBs)

278 I once went on a company cruise to the Bahamas on Carnival, in the early 2000s.

Even back then it was like going to Walmart.

Posted by: weew at April 22, 2026 11:59 AM (S4IL1)

279 I'd like to see the ACLU taken down next.

A guy I know has worked for them since college. To give you some idea - he introduces himself to people he's known forever using his pronouns.

FFS

Posted by: Tonypete at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (cYBz/)

280 The level of obsession some people have around My Dinner with Andre round these parts is disconcerting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (QEvSP)

It's surprisingly engrossing
and no subtitles

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (xcxpd)

281 The level of obsession some people have around My Dinner with Andre round these parts is disconcerting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (QEvSP)

IT WILL COME OUT IN IMAX, SOME DAY IT WILL HAPPEN

Posted by: Kindltot at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (rbvCR)

282 Trump has a secretary named Biden!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (HgRco)

283 It wasn't us. It was the Bigfoot nation who are doing this.

Posted by: Blor Utar, From Zimtok-5 at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (R0T0s)

284 280 The level of obsession some people have around My Dinner with Andre round these parts is disconcerting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (QEvSP)

It's surprisingly engrossing
and no subtitles

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (xcxpd)

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Well, Louis Malle was pretty good at making movies with no money.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (QEvSP)

285 282 Trump has a secretary named Biden!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (HgRco)

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Preston Sturges' real last name was Biden.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (QEvSP)

286 You have a better chance of being abducted by aliens while being struck by lightning than dying on a ski lift.
____

That's what I've been trying to tell you!

Posted by: Art Bell at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (Dv3i1)

287 267 >>Since so many of the "disappeared" seem to have taken a pistol, and left their wallets, cell phones, and other electronics at home, and left on foot . . .

It all could be a big coincidence but that's the part I find odd. A number of them just walked out of their homes taking nothing with them other than a couple took a gun and then they just vanished. No trace.

If it was one person ok. But multiple going missing under the same conditions seems weird.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (viF8m)

That sounds like they got a call from their handler.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (xcxpd)

288 Market jumped nicety.

Anything in particular happen?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (iJfKG)

Yes. Everyone in the nation with a real job has showed up for work today.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 11:51 AM (g8Ew

Could be, but-

My particular theory is that everyone has realized that the doom and gloom about Iran is just, once again, just typical media lies and bs.

Posted by: Mysteriously Dead and Zombified Door Dash Driver at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (iJfKG)

289 I think it's just one of those random clusters that statistics says occurs. Like the cluster of cancer deaths occurring among those living near high power lines several years ago. No causal connection was ever shown.

Posted by: Martin Tell at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (sFNX2)

290 Cruises are a racket. Overcharge for everythin
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I hate the term over charging. Over charge compared to what? Is a beer more expensive at a bar than at the grocery store? Yes. Is it over charging? No.

Cruises and tourism in general charges a lot of things that are cheap at home. But that’s kind of the point. You’re paying to be on vacation. If you want beer for $1 instead of $10 stay home.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (O8rRt)

291 Other than they were all 'scientists' or connected to NASA/Gubmint somehow I don't see a common thread unless they were all tied to some super-secret black project. But the locations and backgrounds/specialties seem too diverse.

Also, NASA isn't the only gov't agency that does spacey stuff. The USAF has it's own activity and there are other places that do intelligence stuff.

Annnd....'Top Secret' is a DoD (now DoW) designation. Do these people share the other types of clearances?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (QGaXH)

292
Keenan Ivory Wayan's "Scary Movie" was a overlooked masterpiece.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (Y8DZL)

293 Well, Louis Malle was pretty good at making movies with no money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:01 PM (QEvSP)

And with underaged girls. Because French.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (xcxpd)

294 At DM: "Shameless Portland man, 28, files $17.5m lawsuit against police after he got so high on magic mushrooms and marijuana that he burned all but two of his fingers off"

Police spokesman: "You're doing it wrong, asshole!"

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (N8ZBc)

295 Unusual disappearances are not so unusual at least from reading the "Missing 411" series of books.

Posted by: geoffb at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (OtD+j)

296
If it was one person ok. But multiple going missing under the same conditions seems weird.
Posted by: JackStraw

Keep a sharp eye out for mass buys of instant mashed potatoes, 70's synthesizers and uuuge banks of audio speakers!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (xG4kz)

297 Trump has a secretary named Biden!
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 12:00 PM (HgRco)
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Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy.

Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (xvhJH)

298 "George and Amal Clooney donated a million dollars to the SPLC."
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It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (2Ez/1)

299 West Pac cruises were great. I never got overcharged.
Posted by: pudinhead

Did you feel the need to tip for the complementary Norovirus?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 12:03 PM (diia5)

300 "I hate the term over charging. Over charge compared to what? Is a beer more expensive at a bar than at the grocery store? Yes. Is it over charging? No."

The beer costs the same. The markup is for being able to drink it on premises without paying a large fine.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 12:03 PM (W5mpo)

301 It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.
Dammit, Kramer, the money's still fucking gone!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (MzBBs)

302 At DM: "Shameless Portland man, 28, files $17.5m lawsuit against police after he got so high on magic mushrooms and marijuana that he burned all but two of his fingers off"
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*judiciously* Sounds like Portland to me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (xvhJH)

303 @SimonDixonTwitt
The global reset is being manufactured.
Here's a list of major oil refineries/energy facilities being blown up this month:
3rd April: Russia's Major Oil Export Terminal
4th April: Russia's Crude Distillation Unit
7th April: India's Power Plant
9th April: Mexico's Refinery
14th April: India's Power Plant
15th April: Australia's Energy Refinery
20th April: Russia's Oil Refinery
21st April: India's Oil Refinery
21st April: Romania's Power Plant
21st April: Texas Oil Rig
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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That would actually be easier to statistically measure. Because easier to establish a baseline of previous fires/explosions in power plants or refineries as it is a normal hazard to the business. Coal plants, for example, coal dust and boiler explosions, refineries, petroleum based fires, etc.

One could do the same for something like locomotive derailments and crashes.

But imputing specific cause of crime from a statistical universe to a specific heterogeneous small group of individuals is a lot harder to do. So a cursory investigation into the commonalities and differences is probably warranted.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

304 Keep a sharp eye out for mass buys of instant mashed potatoes, 70's synthesizers and uuuge banks of audio speakers!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM (xG4kz)

This means...something....

Posted by: Richard Dreyfus playing with his food at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

305 304 This means...something....

Posted by: Richard Dreyfus playing with his food at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

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This from a movie?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (QEvSP)

306 Cruises are a racket. Overcharge for everything.
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West Pac cruises were great. I never got overcharged.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 11:58 AM (FmapG)
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Cruises are a bit of an acquired taste and, like anything else, when booking the buyer should beware. But if you do it right, then almost everything will be included. That usually makes cruises a good deal.

40 million people take cruises every year, and from some of the vids we know they all ain't Chadley Highborne IV.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

307 Amelia Earnhardt.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Why in the hell some marketing guru would name a luggage line after her is beyond me.
What - you load it on a plane and it never is seen again?
Genius.
Posted by: Tonypete

We don't get it.

Posted by: La Cucaracha Mexican Restaurant at April 22, 2026 12:05 PM (IWRME)

308 306 Cruises are a bit of an acquired taste and, like anything else, when booking the buyer should beware. But if you do it right, then almost everything will be included. That usually makes cruises a good deal.

40 million people take cruises every year, and from some of the vids we know they all ain't Chadley Highborne IV.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at April 22, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

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False.

All experiences for fun should be compared on a dollar by dollar basis to what you can buy from the local Dollar General. Anything else is just wasting money and a bad decision that makes you a morally compromised person.

#Science

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:06 PM (QEvSP)

309 Why smoke weed while on shrooms?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:06 PM (kbShR)

310 Cruises are a racket. Overcharge for everything.
_-_
I just swim to shore, eat at McDonald's, and swim back. See my substack for fewer money-saving tips, 'cause, really, I ain't got any

Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (MzBBs)

311 We don't get it.
Posted by: La Cucaracha Mexican Restaurant at April 22, 2026 12:05 PM (IWRME)
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IIRR, the bar in Babyon 5 was named "Earhart's."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (xvhJH)

312 Last cruise I was on it cost about $200 a day per person. That was the all in cost, food, drinks, tips etc. which is a decent price for essentially an all inclusive resort.

Posted by: Heroq at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (O8rRt)

313
TJM, my compliments on your Peter Weir vid. IMHO the most underrated director of the last fifty years. And not just because Master and Commander is one of my favorite movies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 11:55 AM (gu0hJ)

I guess the Aussie directors in general are under-rated.

Bruce Beresford's another one who's underrated.

Though he's made a bunch of movies so maybe the qualities spread out more than with Weir.

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (iJfKG)

314 Why smoke weed while on shrooms?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Why do some people chug Aqua Velva? It's just better not to explore the topic.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (W5mpo)

315
Refineries are full of inflammable stuff moving around at high temperatures and pressures. Considering Russia, India and Mexico - not countries associated with scrupulous adherence to safety - figure prominently in this list, I can't say I'm surprised.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 12:07 PM (tgvbd)

316 On the disappearances - while I didn't know her personally, the one lady (Monica?) was a regular hiker in the local Meet-Up Hiking groups I frequented. When she disappeared there were people organizing searches for her in the area she went missing.

I also recall a story a few years back when we were all talking about Student Loan burdens of a lady writing an article about disappearing or faking death to get out from under Student Loans. (You can't bankrupt out remember - thanks Obammy) This person supposedly talked to Life Insurance experts who told her the most common missing persons incidents where no body was ever recovered wasn't drowning - it was HIKING!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (QGaXH)

317 Those TCM classic movie cruises look awful. Being trapped on a ship with thousands of movie nerds. Just shoot me now.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (77rzZ)

318 Yeah, it's actuarial numbers. How many suicides in a given profession, region, group. Does the occurrences support targeting, e.g. they come from one specific research division, or group, at a higher-than-normal rate?

Well, I don't know what I don't know.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (ynpvh)

319 Perhaps only one of the 10 was the actual target and the others were chosen at random from a Who's Who Among American Aerospace Scientists publication and killed in similar manner to cloud the investigation so the authorities think they are looking for a serial killer.

(Actually saw a similar plot on some show a few years back)

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (I0N4X)

320 When she disappeared there were people organizing searches for her in the area she went missing.

Burrrp

Posted by: the bear at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (1ET9J)

321 But imputing specific cause of crime from a statistical universe to a specific heterogeneous small group of individuals is a lot harder to do. So a cursory investigation into the commonalities and differences is probably warranted.
Posted by: whig

Agreed, but I just hope the US has some office tracking that kind of thing. Then again... we're talking about the US government .

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (diia5)

322 234 Amelia Earnhardt.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:52 AM (kbShR)

She augured the Number 3 plane into the infield at Daytona.

Posted by: AAAAAND it's a caution flag at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (TbWk/)

323
Speaking of cruises -- does the Doom Goblin "put out"?

The restrooms are over there, if you feel nauseous ====>>

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 12:09 PM (xG4kz)

324 "chug Aqua Velva?" Added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:09 PM (N8ZBc)

325 309 Why smoke weed while on shrooms?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Exactly. Weed pairs better with alcohol.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 12:09 PM (Y8DZL)

326 Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy.

Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:02 PM

Lincoln's assassin ran from a theater to a barn. Kennedy's assassin ran from a warehouse to a theater.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 12:09 PM (4NO2D)

327 322 234 Amelia Earnhardt.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 11:52 AM (kbShR)

She augured the Number 3 plane into the infield at Daytona.

Posted by: AAAAAND it's a caution flag at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (TbWk/)

Hah.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (ynpvh)

328 New thread up

Posted by: Ann at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (SHHm+)

329 iirc, Booth broke a leg jumping from the balcony, so couldn't exactly run.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (1ET9J)

330 Exactly. Weed pairs better with alcohol.
Posted by: Auspex

Ugh. You definitely do not smoke weed. Weed and alcohol make a terrible mix. Now, weed, a guitar, a big amp, and no neighbors, yeah, great mix.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 12:10 PM (W5mpo)

331 Perhaps only one of the 10 was the actual target and the others were chosen at random from a Who's Who Among American Aerospace Scientists publication and killed in similar manner to cloud the investigation so the authorities think they are looking for a serial killer.

(Actually saw a similar plot on some show a few years back)
Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM

Told you so.

Posted by: Jack Reacher at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (bFu5X)

332 Speaking of cruises -- does the Doom Goblin "put out"?
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Doubt it. She's got "Birth Control Hair."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (xvhJH)

333 nood shipping attacks

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (nXhwP)

334 Congress, however has launched an investigation:

Congress, having jurisdiction over nothing, has launched a new TV show.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (z0cWr)

335 "Kennedy's assassin ran from a warehouse to a theater."

From a depository. Ahem.
Depository > Warehouse.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (N8ZBc)

336 309 Why smoke weed while on shrooms?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 12:06 PM (kbShR)

That's what I asked my younger son before and after I flushed his weed and shrooms away...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (ynpvh)

337 335 "Kennedy's assassin ran from a warehouse to a theater."

From a depository. Ahem.
Depository > Warehouse.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:11 PM (N8ZBc)

Better than the Suppository...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (ynpvh)

338 Agreed, but I just hope the US has some office tracking that kind of thing. Then again... we're talking about the US government .
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Since national security is involved, that would be FBI counterintelligence.

Unfortunately under Obama, it became going after Americans for being conservative or Republican rather than foreign enemies.

Before, counterintelligence was usually just a dumping ground of mediocrity mainly dealing with security checks. This allowed people like Aldrich Ames to spy for Russia for a decade or so.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

339 305 304 This means...something....

Posted by: Richard Dreyfus playing with his food at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (TbWk/)

=======

This from a movie?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 12:04 PM (QEvSP)

Close Encounters

Richard Dreyfus makes a 'Devils Tower' out of his mashed potatoes. Plus they use large banks of speakers and synthesizers to communicate tonally with the little green men....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (QGaXH)

340 Both Lincoln and Kennedy had VPs from the South named Johnson.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (77rzZ)

341 Better than the Suppository...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, one can get the runs from a Suppository as well.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

342 This is all connected to Epstein, Q Anon, and the Masons.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (9Ftvz)

343 Repositories are the best. Places of repose.

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (N8ZBc)

344 Everything comes from Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Airplane! or Clue.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:08 AM (vf0Uk)

You forgot Princess Bride. (And Monty Python.)
Posted by: GWB

*cough Blazing Saddles cough*
Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 11:44 AM (/Vcgx)

/sigh/

Posted by: GWB at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (Ta8N4)

345 341 Better than the Suppository...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, one can get the runs from a Suppository as well.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

so Taco Bell is an oral suppository?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (ynpvh)

346 331 Perhaps only one of the 10 was the actual target and the others were chosen at random from a Who's Who Among American Aerospace Scientists publication and killed in similar manner to cloud the investigation so the authorities think they are looking for a serial killer.

(Actually saw a similar plot on some show a few years back)
Posted by: muldoon
======
It is generally believed that was so in the Tylenol murder cases.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

347 Repository foreman: "OK you loafers! Get to back to work and nap!"

Posted by: gp at April 22, 2026 12:15 PM (N8ZBc)

348 320 When she disappeared there were people organizing searches for her in the area she went missing.

Burrrp
Posted by: the bear at April 22, 2026 12:08 PM (1ET9J)

LOLOL!

In that area I would think mountain lion before bear. I don't know how many black bears there are in the San Gabriels still.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (QGaXH)

349 The global reset is being manufactured.
Here's a list of major oil refineries/energy facilities being blown up this month:
3rd April: Russia's Major Oil Export Terminal
[Shortened]
21st April: Texas Oil Rig
_-_
Should hear Michael Yon on the topic...if you can handle hearing the word Z@@@ist.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at April 22, 2026 11:59 AM (MzBBs)

There are hundreds of such facilities, maybe thousands, around the world. Russia is involved in a war with Ukraine, not surprising their energy infrastructure would be targeted. India? Incompetence or muslims, your pick.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 12:16 PM (utfVc)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Painted in a Welsh Village
Albert Houthuesen

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 yuk

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (/+uur)

3 Douche......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

4 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:31 AM (kbShR)

5 The hat was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at April 22, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

6 And then, the murder happened.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (0/IAB)

7 Tate UK

Artist Albert Houthuesen 1903–1979
Medium Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions support: 940 x 686 mm (.006 Hectare)
Collection Tate
Acquisition Presented by Dr Edwin Charles Montgomery-Smith 1938

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (/+uur)

8 Jimmy Stewart!

would not hang

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

9 He looks familiar. Which says to me that the artist did a fine job in giving us a recognizable human being.

He's got a little Donald Sutherland going on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (+2QQb)

10 Potentially teh ghey.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (AkEZC)

11 Dude has no shoulders.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (Oy/m2)

12 Right side of his head took some trauma.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (kbShR)

13 Does this coat make my hips look wide?

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

14 Title doesn't check out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at April 22, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

15 Painted in a Welsh Village

Village names looks like a cat walked across your keyboard.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:33 AM (/+uur)

16 He looks like a taxi cab with one door open.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

17 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:33 AM (R11M+)

18 No broad sgoulders. Ragbag dress shirt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (kbShR)

19 prints of whales.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)

20 He's the 3rd generation to wear that jacket. They constantly married the short broad in the corner.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)

21 OK. I feel his hat is felt.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (DgMqy)

22 The name' Blodeuwedd Cadwgan-bach. Llewellyn Blodeuwedd Cadwgan-bach.

Posted by: 008 at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (JCZqz)

23 All his clothes, including his shirt collar, look soft and comfortable, or at least well-worn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (+2QQb)

24 Alternate title: Man without shoulders

Posted by: Weasel at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (GNqmQ)

25 Proportions are off. . . or the dude was misshapen!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (5xoct)

26 Bro is skinny fat. Needs to drop the pints and hit the gym.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (NgqoH)

27 11 Dude has no shoulders.
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM

And really wide hips.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 09:35 AM (2Ez/1)

28 Wanted: suit that fits!

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:35 AM (5xoct)

29 Owain Tegid Llewellyn is the mans name.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:35 AM (/+uur)

30 He never learned to tie a tie. Single Mother.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:35 AM (kbShR)

31 Right side of his head took some trauma.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026

***
That's just a stray lock of his hair showing beneath his hat. But that ear does look a bit overgrown and misshapen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 09:36 AM (+2QQb)

32 "crumpled" comes to mind.
i have that same jacket, but it's stressing.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:36 AM (R11M+)

33 His arms look HUGE compared to the rest of him, especially his head.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

34 Big Hands... lol

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 09:36 AM (DgMqy)

35 Houthuesen?

Well, that shirt isn't a Van Huesen.

Posted by: Fashion critic at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

36 21 i know where i can get felt for free.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (R11M+)

37
*snickers*

The Welsh. Making the Irish look good for time immemorial.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (tgvbd)

38 This guy influenced David Byrne's wardrobe.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (EI0rs)

39 The proportions are ... odd.
You can't even see the zipper on his human suit though. So he's got that going for him.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (jwFh7)

40 Dude has no shoulders.
Posted by: dantesed

And really wide hips.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

When life goes pear shaped...

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (/Vcgx)

41 He borrowed the suit from David Byrne.

Posted by: PabloD at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (zUFRX)

42 Also, why are his hands the size of his head? I cannot look at this! Take it away! Be gone!

Posted by: Weasel at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (GNqmQ)

43 Fun House mirror?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (kbShR)

44 i know where i can get felt for free.
Posted by: cmeat

As a cabin boy on a tramp steamer?

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (/Vcgx)

45 His arms look HUGE compared to the rest of him, especially his head.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

Was in a club in Miami once. One of the guys working there had large arms, but nothing else. Only thing was, his arms looked like all he did was triceps presses. It was the craziest look ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

46 @41 and added immense shoulder pads.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (EI0rs)

47 >38 This guy influenced David Byrne's wardrobe.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (EI0rs)

*taps arm with side of hand*

Same as it ever was.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (NgqoH)

48 34 Big Hands... lol
Posted by: Bad Andrew

###
He's all thumbs.

Posted by: NTTAWWT at April 22, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)

49 40 these rock don't lose their shape

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

50 I knew a set of triplet brothers growing up. The one who gestated in the middle had a somewhat crescent-shaped head like this guy from being squeezed in there.

Posted by: Jimmy, Robert, and Richard at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

51 41 He borrowed the suit from David Byrne.
Posted by: PabloD at April 22, 2026 09:37 AM (zUFRX)

Stop making sense!

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (a992C)

52 Also, why are his hands the size of his head? I cannot look at this! Take it away! Be gone!
Posted by: Weasel

Thank GOD he's not a proctologist!

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (/Vcgx)

53 Right ear is not on right. Remnants of an injury?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (5xoct)

54 I hate to see what the rest of the Welsh village looks like.

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

55
He's eyeing the artist's sandwich.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (tgvbd)

56 And She Was = fave Talking Heads tune

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 09:39 AM (DgMqy)

57 Fedora?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:40 AM (kbShR)

58 awful

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:40 AM (ZxPkt)

59 The hat was angry that day, my friends.
Posted by: George Costanza at April 22, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)
******
The hips were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

60 He's got.......

Marty Feldman eyes.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

61 44 never confuse pegging with felting.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:40 AM (R11M+)

62 >>He borrowed the suit from David Byrne.

>>Stop making sense!

And you may ask yourself: "Well, how did I get here?"

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:41 AM (5xoct)

63 Hurry it up, will yah? I got an eisteddfod to go to.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

64 I'll bet the guy was a coal miner.

Posted by: Tuna at April 22, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)

65 Welsh uses too many consonants.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:43 AM (kbShR)

66 what the rest of the Welsh village looks like.

On autumn nights when the moon is gibbous, rugose shapes can be seen slithering in the pond behind the oddly-proportioned llan

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 09:43 AM (tNKqD)

67 Random dude dragged in off the street for a portrait session.

"Here, put this coat on. And this hat. Look interested."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 09:44 AM (AkEZC)

68 Weird proportions. Very unnatural.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX)

69
The Mug Shot - a limerick

A young serial killer named Roddy
Killed aa prostitute, murder most shoddy
Seventeen months later
a tough interrogator
Growled, "Tell me scumbag! Where'd you hide the bawdy!"

Posted by: muldooon at April 22, 2026 09:44 AM (I0N4X)

70 Wales is near Ireland. No Irish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:45 AM (RIvkX)

71 64 I'll bet the guy was a coal miner.
Posted by: Tuna at April 22, 2026 09:43 AM (lJ0H4)
--
Hand me down from grandpa bigfoot.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:45 AM (EI0rs)

72 > A young serial killer named Roddy

A psychokiller!

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 09:46 AM (a992C)

73 Young Columbo!

Aside from that....meh. Needs more biological females breasts if we didn't get this years' allotment in that forest painting a while back.

Oh, Kate Mulgrew - Voyager's Captain Janeway - actually played Mrs. Columbo in a short-lived series.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 09:46 AM (Sco7b)

74 Has that gas station murder hobo look about him. Would not hang.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (abIsI)

75 He has just been informed he is being inducted into the 24th foot regiment.

Posted by: Beartooth at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (tYGL3)

76 from blaenau ffestiniog to llanfair caereinion tomyrthyr tidfil, penmaenmawr/ penrhyndeudraith.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

77 RIP

Dave Mason, legendary Traffic co-founder, dead at 79

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (/+uur)

78 66 and gimbled in the wabe.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:48 AM (R11M+)

79 Has that gas station murder hobo look about him. Would skin~~not hang.~~
Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (abIsI)
=====

FIFY

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

80 Weebles wobble but they don't fall down

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 09:48 AM (v3EFS)

81 How green was my valley, and how misshapen was my head.

Posted by: Prints of Wales at April 22, 2026 09:49 AM (oftw2)

82 77 reebob kwkuba mourns.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

83 >72 > A young serial killer named Roddy

A psychokiller!

Posted by: Rex B at April 22, 2026 09:46 AM (a992C)

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

Posted by: Heavy Meta at April 22, 2026 09:50 AM (NgqoH)

84 When word got out that he didn’t really shoot Liberty Valance, things went south for Ranse Stoddard.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at April 22, 2026 09:51 AM (z/EYI)

85 Oh, and if baby Jessica ever falls down the well...
Kitten in a narrow sewer-pipe....
Locked out of your house but you have a doggie door...

This is your man!
Call 555-IMA-PIPE

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 09:51 AM (Sco7b)

86 when he has nothing to say...

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:51 AM (R11M+)

87 Alternate title:

"Mr Grwlfwlwf of Rwywldwffll on the Grndlyfyld"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 09:51 AM (iJfKG)

88 Alternate title:

"Yes, that's correct. Me bum is thirteen times larger than me head"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 09:53 AM (iJfKG)

89 Welsh uses too many consonants.
Posted by: Boss Moss

***********

Welsh Conquered - a liimerick

There's much about the Welsh to criticize
All those consonants! Mostly L's and Y's,
They have dark and swarthy faces
Ad odd names for all their places
But their grape juice is a flavorful surprise!

Posted by: muldooon at April 22, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)

90 The proportions look weird.

He looks like he is melting into that chair like an overheated bar of chocolate.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 09:54 AM (gnNyN)

91 I get the feeling there's a good amount of space between when you say something to this guy and when he responds

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 09:55 AM (DWmGl)

92 I'm a Welshman! Or at least that is how my surname tags me.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 22, 2026 09:55 AM (KiBMU)

93 As of September 2025, approximately 828,500 people in Wales were able to speak Welsh, which represents about 26.9% of the population aged three years or older.
===

Why?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

94 Guy looks kinda skittish.

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 09:56 AM (r51hs)

95 They call themselves Cymry and their language Cymraeg.

Make it make sense.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

96 There’s actually a dialect of Welsh spoken in Patagonia. A lot of Welshmen settled there.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

97 Bet his free candy van is awesome.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 09:58 AM (AkEZC)

98 Alternate title:

"Born in the Wrong Country on the Wrong Continent, Arthur Never Achieved His True Destiny as a Character in a Flannery O'Connor Short Story"

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

99 Cimbri.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:58 AM (kbShR)

100 Ironically enough, amongst the ladies, he was well known for his girth....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 09:59 AM (Sco7b)

101 I like his face, and yes, he does look rather like Jimmy Stewart.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 09:59 AM (8Xy/A)

102
Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

___________

I'm sorry, this is a Welsh-free zone.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 09:59 AM (tgvbd)

103 Funny how Democrats found a way to continue to fund the KKK well into the 21st century, huh?

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:59 AM (HgRco)

104 94 oh, he skits.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

105
His hips and hands aren't big, it's his head that's remarkably tiny.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:00 AM (tgvbd)

106 Makes as much sense as Hungarians calling themselves Magyars.

Something happens to the psyche of nations caught in linguistic eddies, like the Breen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:00 AM (RIvkX)

107 He's the 3rd generation to wear that jacket. They constantly married the short broad in the corner.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
===================
He doesn't buy clothes, he just has them

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 10:00 AM (O/nP+)

108 Nicolas Cage needs a better tailor.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 10:01 AM (+4yJ5)

109 96 my kids gal talks porch geese.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

110 There’s actually a dialect of Welsh spoken in Patagonia. A lot of Welshmen settled there.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

Too bad they weren't Irishmen,

then they could've changed the name to "Paddygonia".

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 10:01 AM (iJfKG)

111 97 i'm sitting right here.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (R11M+)

112 Funny how Democrats found a way to continue to fund the KKK well into the 21st century, huh?
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 09:59 AM (HgRco)
===============
until Antifa really got competitive for the money

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (O/nP+)

113 Now that we're past 100: My appt. for my headlight bulb is not until 3:00 today. I may drive out to the downtown and have a coffee and muffin.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (+2QQb)

114 As of September 2025, approximately 828,500 people in Wales were able to speak Welsh, which represents about 26.9% of the population aged three years or older.
===

Why?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 09:55 AM

I see that as a positive in an era where the communists are trying furiously to justify the Great Replacement by saying that Caucasians have no unique culture and are disposable.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (2ocoG)

115 Van Gogh would be eying that ear, for certain

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (O/nP+)

116 Does this have something to do with the prints of whales?

Posted by: From yesterday at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

117
the Welsh version of Elisha Cook Jr.

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (Yj7Sh)

118 He's got.......
Marty Feldman eyes.......
Posted by: Sponge

**********

In keeping with the theme - a limerick

A Young serial killer named Delph
Had a pretty high opinion of himself
To everyone's surprise
He had Marty Feldman eyes
In his basement...
...in a bottle...
...on a shelf

Posted by: muldooon at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (I0N4X)

119 Charlie called out SPLC about 5 months before they killed him.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (/+uur)

120 Funny how Democrats found a way to continue to fund the KKK well into the 21st century, huh?

We knew there was no real KKK, we just thought it was USAID or CIA funding it. (Actually, USAID funded SPLC, so still mostly correct).

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (2ocoG)

121 Awaiting SCOTUS decisions now. Louisiana v. Callais is a possibility, and that would have big implications for VA's redistricting.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (3ImbR)

122 There’s actually a dialect of Welsh spoken in Patagonia. A lot of Welshmen settled there.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

Too bad they weren't Irishmen,

then they could've changed the name to "Paddygonia".

Posted by: naturalfake

How long have you been sitting on that joke? LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 10:04 AM (/Vcgx)

123 I may drive out to the downtown and have a coffee and muffin.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (+2QQb)

No begnets?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 10:04 AM (/+uur)

124 Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper

Posted by: Super Duper at April 22, 2026 10:04 AM (NZIuw)

125 Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:03 AM (2ocoG)

On the contrary I think that IS the real KKK!

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:05 AM (HgRco)

126 124 Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper

Looks like Jimmy Stewart to me

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 10:05 AM (2/T3Z)

127 Pic shows a man that knows how to work and provide for his family. I'll befriend him over any politician or any of today's overbearing poofters. He's probably killed a couple of people in his defense or as a soldier. I don't care.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 10:06 AM (g8Ew8)

128 Too late to be first, huh … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at April 22, 2026 10:06 AM (ayRl+)

129 "linguistic eddies" might find a home in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 22, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)

130 On the contrary I think that IS the real KKK!
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:05 AM

True dat.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:07 AM (2ocoG)

131 I'll befriend him over any politician or any of today's overbearing poofters.

The Overbearing Poofters opened for Pussy Riot on their '08 tour.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

132 It looks like one of those painted boards at the fair where you stick your head through the hole and get your picture took.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 22, 2026 10:08 AM (NYInA)

133 121 Awaiting SCOTUS decisions now. Louisiana v. Callais is a possibility, and that would have big implications for VA's redistricting.

I have a feeling the celebrations on the left today will be short lived.

they basically spit on VA law with the wording of that ballot question.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 10:08 AM (j+aD2)

134 It's a really good painting

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 22, 2026 10:09 AM (ewhCO)

135 Interesting how the artist had the man tilt his head to the side, emphasizing HIS ENORMOUS EAR!!!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2026 10:10 AM (w9Wax)

136 "...they basically spit on VA law with the wording of that ballot question."
+++

We're going to temporarily restore fairness.

Posted by: Old Lady Spamalot at April 22, 2026 10:11 AM (2Ez/1)

137 I have a feeling the celebrations on the left today will be short lived.

they basically spit on VA law with the wording of that ballot question.
Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 10:08 AM (j+aD2)
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Considering how ballot questions are normally worded, how many people voted "YES" thinking they were voting "NO"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 10:11 AM (gnNyN)

138 Maybe the painter is just crummy.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM (pvf3X)

139 133 I have a feeling the celebrations on the left today will be short lived.

they basically spit on VA law with the wording of that ballot question.

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 10:08 AM (j+aD2)

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Every GOP hold in a special election that's an underperformance is evidence of the GOP not turning out in anything but with Trump on the ballot.

This election (which might be the most prominent special election of the 2025-26 cycle) where the GOP overperformed 2024 by 3 points is not evidence of anything except that the GOP loses everything no matter what, and we should all just blackpill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM (QEvSP)

140 What's that?

Welch's?

Nor Welsh's? Are you sure?

Oh well. Never mind.

Posted by: muldooon at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM (I0N4X)

141 You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?

--Man in a Welsh Village

Posted by: No Name Today at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM (8mulE)

142 Seems Obama and Biden both had secret rules on who could foster children.

Number of Foster Kids Needing Homes Drops 100,000 as Christian Families Step Up

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

143 Painted in a Welsh Village
Albert Houthuesen

BURU Org UK
Ben Uri Research Unit, for the study and digital recording of the Jewish, Refugee and wide Immigrant contribution to British visual culture since 1900.

It begins,
Albert Houthuesen artist
Albert Houthuesen was born in 1903 in Amsterdam, moving to London with his mother and siblings in 1912, following the sudden death of his artist father. Houthuesen studied at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art, afterwards earning a living through part-time teaching at the Working Men's College. Despite creating art throughout the 1930s–50s, and the Tate Gallery acquiring a number of his paintings in the late 1930s, Houthuesen became recognised only later in his life, following a solo exhibition at Reid Gallery in London in 1961.

Albert Houthuesen's biography follows, and is worth reading imho.

Likely wouldn't hang today's art selection, but I wasn't familiar with this artist and his story is quite interesting.

Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

144 Thought so too close to Jimmy Stewart, wouldn't pass him as just closet look

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 10:14 AM (SUTeF)

145
With the latest SPLC scandal-

once again I am amazed at just how much of the yearly budget of the US gov't was dedicated to the overthrown of that gov't and culture by sociopathic assholes.

There aren't enough jail cells to hold them all.

A fresh look at deporting criminal a-holes to north Korea?

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 10:15 AM (iJfKG)

146 Preferred to its sequel from later that evening, "Plastered in a Welsh Pub".

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 10:15 AM (OUMaO)

147 121 Awaiting SCOTUS decisions now. Louisiana v. Callais is a possibility, and that would have big implications for VA's redistricting.

I read the GOP could have spent $2.5M of their $800M stash on ads and won the vote outright. They didn't do squat as usual.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at April 22, 2026 10:15 AM (abIsI)

148 127 Pic shows a man that knows how to work and provide for his family. I'll befriend him over any politician or any of today's overbearing poofters. He's probably killed a couple of people in his defense or as a soldier. I don't care.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

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Exactly. A working man in a borrowed, or hand-me-down, suit. It's too big, and the cuffs are a bit dingy. The shirt collar is not crisp, and the tie is knotted clumsily.
This kid - because he is a young man - is wearing the best suit available to him.
He is looking rather dubious about this whole posing business, but the artist has promised to pay and him, and there doesn't seem to be any hanky panky involved.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at April 22, 2026 10:16 AM (4tsnh)

149 Needs shoulder pads

Posted by: Jen the original at April 22, 2026 10:17 AM (HOyAg)

150 You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to boyo?

--Man in a Welsh Village
Posted by: No Name Today at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM

Fixed for Welshness

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 10:17 AM (bFu5X)

151 I read the GOP could have spent $2.5M of their $800M stash on ads and won the vote outright. They didn't do squat as usual.

The numbers look extremely cheaty: early voting was against the gerrymander, day-of was about 5 points for, and mail-in was 70/30 for. (Why is mail-in voting even allowed? It's banned literally everywhere else on Earth)

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

152 I read the GOP could have spent $2.5M of their $800M stash on ads and won the vote outright. They didn't do squat as usual.

Posted by: Maj. Healey

Swear to God, the "two party system" is the longest-running and most successful con job in American history.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 10:18 AM (OUMaO)

153 Wolfus, while in Salina check out the Stiefel Theater. They get a surprising variety of performers.

What's the name of the pipe shop in Wichita?

Posted by: Flinty Hills at April 22, 2026 10:20 AM (5gcTS)

154 "linguistic eddies" might find a home in a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick Lover

***********

Speaking in Tongues - a limerick

The language expert Edward P. Geddy
Made love with his best sweetheart, Betty
He gave his tongue a swirl
with a counterclockwise twirl
A move he calls the "Linguistic Eddy"!

Posted by: muldooon at April 22, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

155 151 (Why is mail-in voting even allowed? It's banned literally everywhere else on Earth)

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

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Because Glenn Youngkin did nothing to shore up voting in VA because he's not on our side.

He also tanked the strategy that got him elected (which Democrats then adopted), and backed his milquetoast Lieutenant Governor to be his successor despite obvious issues with her ability to appeal to GOP voters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:22 AM (QEvSP)

156 (Why is mail-in voting even allowed? It's banned literally everywhere else on Earth)

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Asked and answered, your honor.

Posted by: Slowpoke Rodriguez at April 22, 2026 10:23 AM (E8/I3)

157 If this were truly authentic, wouldn't the title be "Pntd n Wlsh Vllg"?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

158 hobo ass is the best tasting ass

Posted by: Paul at April 22, 2026 10:27 AM (M0/5V)

159 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art. Would not hang. I don't like the look of this guy.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 10:29 AM (2WIwB)

160 I see that as a positive in an era where the communists are trying furiously to justify the Great Replacement by saying that Caucasians have no unique culture and are disposable.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 10:02 AM (2ocoG)
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I agree with your point but remain an English Supremacist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:29 AM (RIvkX)

161 If this were truly authentic, wouldn't the title be "Pntd n Wlsh Vllg"?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 22, 2026 10:24 AM (0sNs1)

Wedi'i baentio mewn pentref Cymreig

Posted by: odd language, Welsh at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (TbWk/)

162 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick Lover at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)

163 This election (which might be the most prominent special election of the 2025-26 cycle) where the GOP overperformed 2024 by 3 points is not evidence of anything except that the GOP loses everything no matter what, and we should all just blackpill.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:12 AM (QEvSP)

There are a LOT of defeatists on AoS.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (E6xSb)

164 127 Pic shows a man that knows how to work and provide for his family. I'll befriend him over any politician or any of today's overbearing poofters. He's probably killed a couple of people in his defense or as a soldier. I don't care.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 10:06 AM (g8Ew

Never mind he could have serious character deficiencies.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)

165 Interesting composition. Don't know him, wouldn't hang.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 10:33 AM (Fbc0I)

166 163 There are a LOT of defeatists on AoS.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (E6xSb)

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Did you see that the GOP only won the special election in OH-6 by 9 points?!

They last won it by 35!

That's a 26 point swing! You can't deny that this is a sign of impending doom!

Wait, wait...wait...That special election was June 11, 2024, and it did not precede doom.

Because special elections are not predictive, never have been, and never will be, and if you have to cherry pick special elections instead of taking them all then, well, that's not how predictive statistics work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:33 AM (QEvSP)

167 The Paolo has often been told that he, too, has, how you say, overperformed.

Posted by: The Paolo at April 22, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

168 There are a LOT of defeatists on AoS.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (E6xSb)
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You mean Geniuses of Sarcasm, amirite?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:33 AM (RIvkX)

169 The Welsh were angry that day, my friends...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 10:34 AM (xvhJH)

170 Considering how ballot questions are normally worded, how many people voted "YES" thinking they were voting "NO"?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 10:11 AM (gnNyN)

Question 1

I concur that the moratorium on banning gerrymandering that was removed henceforth, shall no longer be permitted in limited jurisdictions thereof, thereby effectively removing the moratorium on bans of gerrymandering and allowing the previous temporary joint filing of banned moratoriums to continue forthwith as previously worded, but specifically NOT as worded by this ballot question, and solely as limited by ballot questions such as this one, chartered under said moratorium in a negatory manner.

Yes No

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:35 AM (HgRco)

171 *looks at painting*

Not in a big country.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 10:36 AM (+oDFe)

172 No Louisiana v. Callais (voting rights) decision today. It's getting more and more obvious (to me at least) that the liberals on the court are slow walking their dissents so that nothing can be done by republicans to rectify things before the midterms.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 10:36 AM (3ImbR)

173 Never mind he could have serious character deficiencies.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)
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Close-harmony singing.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 22, 2026 10:36 AM (xvhJH)

174 A prediction is a guess at what is happening now based on past known data. A forecast is a guess at what will happen in the future based on past known data.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

175 of which i have a predeliction.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)

176 Assuming the past 'known' data has not been porked over.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 10:38 AM (+oDFe)

177 no such word.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:38 AM (R11M+)

178 Question 1

I concur that the moratorium on banning gerrymandering that was removed henceforth, shall no longer be permitted in limited jurisdictions thereof, thereby effectively removing the moratorium on bans of gerrymandering and allowing the previous temporary joint filing of banned moratoriums to continue forthwith as previously worded, but specifically NOT as worded by this ballot question, and solely as limited by ballot questions such as this one, chartered under said moratorium in a negatory manner.

Yes No
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:35 AM (HgRco)
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If your Attorney General were Jerry Brown, he would say that language was legal on the ballot, but after approval of the voters, changes his opinion to say the language is illegal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

179 I saw Geniuses of Sarcasm open for Ace Of Base at The Echo Theater in '07.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 10:39 AM (2Ez/1)

180 There are a LOT of defeatists on AoS.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (E6xS

Labeling someone you disagree with a "defeatist" is cheap rhetorical tactic.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:39 AM (HgRco)

181 This fellow is probably just a hobo on his best behavior.

The slender shoulders tell me he's not a working man, most likely looking for a handout.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 10:40 AM (Fbc0I)

182 Assuming the past 'known' data has not been porked over.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 10:38 AM (+oDFe)
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Government data?

Oh dear we must increase the chocolate rations and the wheat harvests again!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

183 182 Government data?

Oh dear we must increase the chocolate rations and the wheat harvests again!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (RIvkX)

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Increase from 25g to 20g?

I do love Big Brother.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (QEvSP)

184 There are a LOT of defeatists on AoS.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:30 AM (E6xS

Labeling someone you disagree with a "defeatist" is cheap rhetorical tactic.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:39 AM (HgRco)

OTOH, people who post that the world is ending and all is lost after every single world event could, reasonably, be considered to be at least mildly defeatist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

185
Never mind he could have serious character deficiencies.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:31 AM (E6xSb)

So? Everyone has character deficiencies.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 10:42 AM (g8Ew8)

186 Funny how the trolls come out in force the day after the SPLC indictment, huh?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 10:44 AM (5xoct)

187
*cheap rhetorical tactic*

Cheap fabric and dim lighting: that's how you move merchandise.

Posted by: Morty Seinfeld at April 22, 2026 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)

188 I miss Monty's 'DOOM' posts.
Hope he's well.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 10:44 AM (Sco7b)

189 My favorite government data was jobs "created or saved" during the Obama regime.

They also played games with jobs data during Biden. Continuously revising them by statistically improbable deviations months later.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

190 Because special elections are not predictive, never have been, and never will be, and if you have to cherry pick special elections instead of taking them all then, well, that's not how predictive statistics work.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You are correct about special elections and to some extent off year elections. Comes from misapplication of by-elections from parliamentary systems to the US.

By-elections and aggregated local council elections in the UK do have some predictive value aka swing because of a unified central government and relatively high turnout.

In the US, not so much. Part of it is election fatigue, we have more elections for different levels of government that parliamentary systems. All sorts of referenda, initiatives, special elections, off year municipal elections, school boards, runoff elections, primary elections, and general elections.

So you get voter fatigue in the US and special elections for the US House are often hurry up affairs requiring an existing party and candidate to spin up a campaign on short notice to try to take advantage of an opportunity. Many of which are in noncompetitive seats.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 10:44 AM (E4rtv)

191 186 the rev. says hobo- get busy.

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

192 I do love Big Brother.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (QEvSP)
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Have you met Big Sis?
-Mary Moriarty

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 10:45 AM (RIvkX)

193 I'm a pessimist at heart but I always hold out hope that I'm wrong... Happened before

Posted by: It's me donna at April 22, 2026 10:46 AM (FtULh)

194 So? Everyone has character deficiencies.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 10:42 AM (g8Ew

You judged someone on the most shallow aspects. And you probably do so every day in the real world. That’s “so”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:46 AM (E6xSb)

195 >>"...they basically spit on VA law with the wording of that ballot question."

Welcome to Colorado ballot initiative intentional incoherence. They've been doing that here for many years.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 10:46 AM (5xoct)

196
Had the VA referendum failed, the legislature would have just "deemed" it to have been approved. Because who's going to stop them?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 10:47 AM (tgvbd)

197 194 "stereotypes are real time savers"

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 10:47 AM (R11M+)

198 Everyone has character deficiencies.

I, myself, am too humble and, so I've been told, addictively pleasing to women. It's a burden but I carry on.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)

199
Labeling someone you disagree with a "defeatist" is cheap rhetorical tactic.
Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:39 AM (HgRco)

And you engage in a cheap rhetorical tactic of your own: ignoring the point and building a strawman.

There are plenty of people who I heartily agree with here who nevertheless look at everything with a sense of glom and doom, why bother, our defeat by (pick opponent) is inevitable, blah blah blah. Whether or not I agree with someone is different from their attitude towards things.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:48 AM (E6xSb)

200 OTOH, people who post that the world is ending and all is lost after every single world event could, reasonably, be considered to be at least mildly defeatist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

Who? Call them out and move on. There's a good number of people here on any given day. It can sound like a cacophony but I guarantee there are many levels of opinion here. No reason to cordon everyone into groups. It's never gonna make your (general you) opinion hold any more weight. In fact it may degrade it in some eyes.

Every normal contributor has something occasionally worth listening to, no one is here to read only like minds expressing like thoughts - may as well masturbate to an AI companion.

That said if anyone is on a political blog to read all good news and talk about how wonderful the world is, I question their judgment. People are mostly here to bitch and moan because that's what keeps them invested in dopey politics.

My source of good news is not Republicans or the government, that's for sure.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:49 AM (HgRco)

201 The Old Dominion has morphed into The Old Dumb Union.

Posted by: Jefferson weeps, Madison hides, and Mason cowers at April 22, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

202 I'm not a defeatist, I'm a realist.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 10:50 AM (Qg2ko)

203 Iranian diplomat makes a Jane Austen reference, British news presenter doesn’t get the reference

https://tinyurl.com/f4bhzt88

On the one hand, he's a guy, but he's British and it's a famous British novel's opening line.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 10:51 AM (5xoct)

204 Guy looks kinda skittish.

It isn't surprising. Anthropologists say that there were significant rates of intermarriage when the Skits invaded the less-desirable areas of Wales.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 10:51 AM (8ty7h)

205 188 I miss Monty's 'DOOM' posts.
Posted by: Stateless
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Monty, like me, applied standard economics to the problems of government spending but both of us did not perceive how global flows of US dollars from being a reserve currency helped bolster the US from directly feeling the effects of inflation and implicit devaluation of the dollar.

I would have predicted the EU's collapse for similar reasons by now and Japan/China are in the realm of 200-300 debt to GDP level with faster aging populations than the US.

Standard economic theory right now is similar to the standard model in cosmology. Observances we see in the real world do not correspond with how the std. theory predicts them to be.

Doesn't seem that Modern Monetary Theory works either (closest are Biden, Zimbabwe, and now Iran). The piecemeal Friedman idea that money essentially is a product subject to demand and supply works but the Keynesian system that Friedman's observances come from increasingly do not seem relevant to today's global economy.

And the Austrian school would have us dead and buried sometime during the Obama administration by now.

Globalization is probably the reason.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 10:51 AM (E4rtv)

206 201 The Old Dominion has morphed into The Old Dumb Union.

Posted by: Jefferson weeps, Madison hides, and Mason cowers at April 22, 2026 10:50 AM (2Ez/1)

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I think the result from last night suggests that Democrats aren't going to get 10-1.

It'll be a real swing, but it may be something like 8-3.

And FL is still going to redraw their maps. Probably R+4 there. That's without the VRA decision.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 22, 2026 10:52 AM (QEvSP)

207 202 I'm not a defeatist, I'm a realist.
Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 10:50 AM (

That’s the usual response to being called a defeatist. But a defeatist doesn’t know what will happen either.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:52 AM (AZWEO)

208 Labeling someone you disagree with a "defeatist" is cheap rhetorical tactic.

Name-Caller!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 22, 2026 10:53 AM (zdLoL)

209 On the one hand, he's a guy, but he's British and it's a famous British novel's opening line.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 10:51 AM (5xoct)

Of course, the end of WW2 should have put paid to that 'truth', universally acknowledged.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:53 AM (ExV1e)

210 Alternate Title: The Strangler

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 10:53 AM (4NO2D)

211 Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know an outcome – we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until He ends the game, not us. — Robert W. Pratt

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:53 AM (AZWEO)

212 You judged someone on the most shallow aspects. And you probably do so every day in the real world. That’s “so”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:46 AM (E6xSb)

OMG! Busted! I'm very shallow in my assessments. You've got quite the sensitivity.

Have you ever worked with ghost hunters?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at April 22, 2026 10:53 AM (g8Ew8)

213 *Jefferson weeps, Madison hides, and Mason cowers*

But Wilson smiles.

Posted by: So there's that at April 22, 2026 10:54 AM (2Ez/1)

214 Are you saying that I'm have been wrong?

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Qg2ko)

215
Are we doing "Painting shaming" now?

Is that even a thing?

Did the morons and ettes just invent a new category of "That's Not Funny" for the Left to exploit.

Nice! Lessee here....

How dare you!

How dare all of you!!! That's not funny!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at April 22, 2026 10:54 AM (iJfKG)

216 Dude got no shoulders.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 10:55 AM (CtYil)

217 And you engage in a cheap rhetorical tactic of your own: ignoring the point and building a strawman.

There are plenty of people who I heartily agree with here who nevertheless look at everything with a sense of glom and doom, why bother, our defeat by (pick opponent) is inevitable, blah blah blah. Whether or not I agree with someone is different from their attitude towards things.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:48 AM (E6xSb)

Fine. I take back that you are referring only to people you disagree with. That was a leap and I will own it and apologize for going there.

That said, there is little to be gained from labeling some phantom set of people here as "defeatist", which is an intentional slur or at least a thoughtless label, other than controlling or otherwise directing the flow of conversation to something more palatable to you. That is not how forums work. Unless you are a moderator.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:55 AM (HgRco)

218 When you encounter difficulties, you need to be optimistic. The pessimists tend to die. — Zhou Youguang

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:55 AM (AZWEO)

219 Are we doing "Painting shaming" now?

Contenders: https://tinyurl.com/3ms3k68m

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 10:56 AM (ExV1e)

220 203 Iranian diplomat makes a Jane Austen reference, British news presenter doesn’t get the reference

https://tinyurl.com/f4bhzt88

On the one hand, he's a guy, but he's British and it's a famous British novel's opening line.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 10:51 AM
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Point Of Order: Sky News is Australian, but we'll allow it.

Posted by: The Judges at April 22, 2026 10:58 AM (2Ez/1)

221 That said, there is little to be gained from labeling some phantom set of people here as "defeatist", which is an intentional slur or at least a thoughtless label, other than controlling or otherwise directing the flow of conversation to something more palatable to you. That is not how forums work. Unless you are a moderator.

Read #211. I suspect you are just upset because you yourself are a defeatist and you see yourself here. But that’s only suspicion.
P

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:58 AM (AZWEO)

222 Are you saying that I'm have been wrong?

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 10:54 AM (Qg2ko)

Not until it goes to court, isn't thrown out by some leftard communist judge and someone goes to f*cking prison, you're not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 10:58 AM (vf0Uk)

223 Sky News is British but they have an Australian division which is extremely based.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 10:59 AM (HgRco)

224 /darn sock

Posted by: muldoon at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (I0N4X)

225 I went undefeated.

Posted by: Rocky Marciano at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (w9Wax)

226 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 11:00 AM (vf0Uk)

227 Monkey is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (ExV1e)

228 Munkey nood.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (bFu5X)

229
Not so much "painted" as "plastered", I'd say, although I think that my Welsh ancestors might take grave umbrage at my saying so.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (xG4kz)

230 I don't think it's defeatist to employ pattern recognition and notice that the GOP has done sweet fuckall in the last 40 years to stop the left's nonstop march toward totalitarianism.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 11:01 AM (oqH4h)

231 marziano--> graziano

Posted by: cmeat at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (R11M+)

232
The opening line of "Pride and Prejudice" is: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

Posted by: The More You Know at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (2Ez/1)

233 Defeatism is a protective mechanism. Works pretty good too. If you turn out to be wrong, a little joy may ensue.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 11:02 AM (Qg2ko)

234 Read #211. I suspect you are just upset because you yourself are a defeatist and you see yourself here. But that’s only suspicion.
P

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 10:58 AM (AZWEO)

See how this went? I apologized to you with sincerity, and your response was to take it further and personally attack me.

IOW my apology wasn't good enough. It didn't give you the satisfaction of doing what you were doing. Which is labeling and controlling. You want submission and you are looking I'm the wrong place. Apply to be a moderator, it suits you.

Posted by: ... at April 22, 2026 11:03 AM (HgRco)

235 223 Sky News is British but they have an Australian division which is extremely based.
Posted by: ...

Oh.

Posted by: The Judges at April 22, 2026 11:03 AM (2Ez/1)

236 I think I read somewhere recently that Sky News Australia is no longer affiliated with the British Sky News.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 22, 2026 11:06 AM (Y1sOo)

The Morning Report — 4/ 22/26

Good morning kids, So Virginians went to the polls and voted, or allegedly "voted" to redraw their congressional map in such a way as to prevent anyone but Democrats from winning any seat ever again...

Virginia Democrats’ legally suspect and deceptively worded referendum now gives their allies in the legislature the ability to redistrict the state ahead of the 2026 midterms. The party’s proposal seeks to remake the commonwealth from a six Democrat-five Republican map to a 10 Democrat-one Republican map and effectively disenfranchise millions of rural Virginians in the process.
In addition to dishonest ballot language about “fairness,” the referendum also enjoyed heavy support from the left’s dark money network. A Federalist analysis from earlier this month discovered that more than 90 percent of the funds being poured into the left-wing group backing the amendment (Virginians for Fair Elections) came from outside the state.
According to the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP), Virginians for Fair Elections received more than $38 million from D.C.-based House Majority Forward (HMF). HMF notably boasts ties to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and House Democrat leadership.

... I wrote "allegedly voted" above, because as we know all too well, the Democrat party and leftist organizations have the ability and no compunctions to rig, cheat, steal and do whatever they can to win by any means necessary, since they are deluded in the twisted worldview that they and they alone have absolute moral authority and Gott mit uns as their predecessors/kissing cousins from the NSDAP had on their belt buckles, to organize society as they see fit.

As CBD and I discussed on the latest episode of the podcast (linked here) as well as in the sidebar and on the outlets/apps listed at the bottom of the post) Abigail Spanberger is an evil harridan. But make no mistake, she is no outlier nor a one-off. The Democrat Party is out to destroy America as founded, and regardless of their excuses and mythologies always to acquire and wield absolute power, period full stop.

Until my dying breath, everything wrong with this nation, all of the problems, discord, dissolution, dislocation violence, bloodshed and wastage of human life and human potential is directly the fault of, or has been exacerbated and made worse by orders of magnitude by the Democrat Left.

And when the problems are solved or at least well on the way to being solved well what do Democrats do, they gin up the discord or at the very least fake it.

This next item while hardly surprising makes the blood boil.

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for making fraudulent payments of millions of dollars to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi organizations.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference that the 11-count indictment filed in an Alabama federal court alleged the left-wing nonprofit had in the past decade paid at least $3 million to eight members of the far-right groups.
One leader of the 2017 Unite the Right protest in Charlottesville, Va., received roughly $270,000 over an eight-year period. Neither that person nor others were identified in the 14-page indictment. Another embedded in a neo-Nazi organization was paid $1 million to steal 25 boxes of the hate group’s documents . .
. . . Starting in the 1980s, the SPLC began using informants who had infiltrated various groups.
But Blanche said in the press conference that the nonprofit never informed law enforcement that it was “paying off the Klu Klux Klan” or other extremist groups.
Several of the informants were also being paid while simultaneously being featured in SPLC publications — including on its public-facing “Extremist File” webpage — as members of the hate groups.
Prosecutors alleged in the indictment that the informants, or “field sources,” were also “engaged in the active promotion of racist groups.”

So like the infamous "Charlottesville" hoax" and the alleged 1/6 "insurrection" it's all an op, a lie or a hoax or an elaborate fake. That and projection.

Have a great day!

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FBI Director Kash Patel called it a “widespread, decade-long multi-million dollar fraud” that was concealed through a “banking network.”
'Manufacturing extremisim' DOJ charges Southern Poverty Law Center with fraud for paying white supremacist groups $3M to ‘stoke racial hatred

AMERICA & ISRAEL STRIKE IRAN!

Vice President JD Vance’s diplomatic trip to Islamabad, where he was expected to press Iranian negotiators for a nuclear deal, has been put on hold after Tehran failed to respond to American negotiating positions, according to a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation.
Trump Announces Ceasefire Extension Until Iran Submits ‘Unified Proposal’
And that’s a good thing.
No Deal
The concept does not need to be executed immediately to be effective. It needs to be communicated to the IRGC as a tool Washington is prepared to use.
The 2 critical Iran lifelines the US has left largely untouched — just as cease-fire talks stall
Bunn says Iran has been consistently dishonest about its nuclear weapons efforts for over 20 years, lying to international inspectors, but also implied skepticism that Trump’s strategy, given the lack of trust on both sides, will succeed.
UN Inspectors Say Iran Has Enough Uranium for 10-11 Atomic Bombs.
Trump understands this, and he has the means to do it without boots on the ground. (doubt it, even if he does, that still leaves the Sunnis - jjs)
Iran’s Truly Evil Twelver Ideology Must Be Destroyed

* * * * *
A growing tolerance for antisemitism, especially on college campuses, is both a cause and effect of the pols’ turn against Israel. I fear the worst is yet to come. (They create it, not tolerate it - jjs)
Michael Goodwin: Sen. Chris Murphy is cheering for America’s enemies as Dems spew lies about Trump, Israel
Murphy’s comments have invited criticism that he is using his position to undermine U.S. interests and align with foreign adversaries. The Democrat has a history of taking divisive foreign policy stances, holding a meeting with Iranian officials in Germany in 2020, and extensively criticizing U.S. foreign policy. Following this meeting, he was accused of collusion.
Democrat Senator Cheers Fake Iranian Naval Success.
It’s all about national suicide.
Why Democrats Chose Iran Over Israel
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
“Using donor money to allegedly profit off Klansmen cannot go unchecked. This Department of Justice will hold the SPLC and every other fraudulent organization operating with the same deceptive playbook accountable.”
DOJ Alleges Southern Poverty Law Center Funneled $3 Million to White Hate Groups
Chris Ostroushko was caught in videos from onlookers both participating in and seemingly planning the April 10 incident in advance with his daughter, Paige Ostroushko. The pair teamed up in an attack that involved hitting and shoving Savanah Hernandez as she filmed left-wing protesters opposed to operations by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis.
Anti-ICE Dad Who Teamed Up With Daughter To Attack TPUSA Journo ‘Second Guesses’ Living In USA
Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.
Bongino’s Ominous Warning About the Kash Patel Smear Should Terrify the Left
Our Report on the need to close the “Intersectionality Loophole”.
Intersectionality – The Rise of a Dangerous Anti-American Ideology and How to Stop it
But if you can count on Democrats to do one thing, it’s to escalate tensions by breaking precedent. They are sure to do it again. Watch.
Here’s More Evidence Democrats Will Rig The Supreme Court As Soon As They Can
She starts with a simple statement that is impossible to argue with: “The true reason Pete Hegseth is being targeted is because he's standing between President Trump and a coup.” In the video, Hegseth himself points out that the swamp is trying to take him down.
Receipts: This Is How American Leftists Use Color Wars Tactics to Target Pete Hegseth
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
His cause of death is not yet known, but officials do not suspect foul play and will conduct an internal review, cops said.
Criminal immigrant naturalized by Biden who allegedly gunned down DHS employee, 2 others found dead in jail cell
Abbott warned that Houston could lose its "largest source of revenue" if it fails to reverse course.
EXCLUSIVE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Puts Blue Cities On Notice Over Sanctuary Policies
While immigration detentions have dropped back significantly since the Minnesota operation was wound down, Homan argues increased cooperation between federal and local authorities in Minnesota will ultimately streamline immigration enforcement and see removals rise. Mass deportations were a key pillar of President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 election platform, and such a rise could reassure allies amid reports that the administration is scaling back its enforcement objectives and energize America First voters ahead of the midterms.
Tom Homan Says Deportations Will Rise Again, Contingent on Minnesota Cooperation.
Remigration is needed to restore Western demographic majorities, reduce welfare dependency, and reinforce cultural cohesion through return or removal of recent immigrants.
African and Caribbean Immigration and Remigration
Cato’s cherry-picked population of migrants seems more likely to work than Americans, whose population includes everyone from migrants’ infants to citizen adults to the comatose elderly.
Cato Claims Migrants Pay More Taxes than Average Americans
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“Name one aspect of President Trump’s economic agenda with which you disagree … I’m asking for something you disagree with Donald Trump on,” Warren said. “Just one, just one little place where you disagree with Donald Trump.” “Well, I do have a disagreement actually, Senator, with the president,” Warsh said. “I think even this morning, he said that he thought I was out of central casting. I think central casting, I’d look older, grayer, maybe show up here with a cigar of sorts.”
Trump Fed Chair Nominee Trolls Elizabeth Warren To Her (PALE!) Face During Hearing
Mollie Hemingway:Alito embodies the quiet courage that has delivered some of the most important victories for constitutional liberty in generations.
Sam Alito Is The Most ‘Courageous’ SCOTUS Justice You’ve Never Read About (Until Now)
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
How a former Jewish immigrant organization became an Islamic organization.
The Islamization of HIAS
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
This wasn’t some peaceful protest. This was a coordinated effort by pro-Hamas, Antifa, and communist activists who deliberately exposed the location of a Jewish event and showed up to shut it down
ARI HOFFMAN: I saw a modern day pogrom in Seattle.
An unexpected setback for the party’s radical wing. (temporary Taqqiya-tactical maneuver - jjs)
DNC Panel Rejects Anti-AIPAC Resolution
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Jean Raspail’s ‘The Camp of the Saints’ isn’t a racist screed, it’s a story about how civilizations die.
Amazon Didn’t Ban The Camp Of The Saints Because It’s ‘Offensive’ But Because It Resonates
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Airlines have warned that prolonged or worsening conflict could lead to further flight reductions and fare hikes. British airlines, represented by Airlines UK, have requested government support, including tax cuts, flexibility in operational rules, and prioritization of jet fuel production to stabilize the industry.
Airfare Hikes Hit 25% Amid Iran War Fuel Crisis.
Trump told CNBC he wants to see Spirit Airlines survive.
Did Joe Biden Kill Spirit Airlines?
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"That is the lowest number in a decade."
Kash Patel and Sen. David McCormick Team Up to Fight Fentanyl in Pennsylvania
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
The deep-pocketed foundation says the study will 'lay the groundwork' for a bill that puts oil companies on the hook for 'climate adaptation costs'
Maryland Governor Wes Moore's 'Climate Study' Is Bankrolled by Left-Wing Rockefeller Fund Amid Push To Force Oil Companies To Pay Billions in Damages
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
She adds that the teachers “used the same talking points being spewed by endless Democratic campaigns” by telling the students that a “yes” vote would make the state’s congressional maps “as fair as they can be” to “stop Donald Trump at all costs.”
Teachers Tell Students to Push Parents to Vote ‘Yes’ on Virginia Gerrymandering Scheme
The issue is simply that technology can’t replace teachers, but schools are still trying.
Teachers need to get back to teaching before students forget how to learn
Accountability is good.
Trump Puts Colleges On Notice: No More Taxpayer Subsidies For Worthless Degrees
THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The new map will leave one Republican seat
Virginia Voters Pass New Democratic-Favored Congressional Map
Virginia Democrats’ legally suspect and deceptively worded referendum now gives their allies in the legislature the ability to redistrict the state ahead of the 2026 midterms. The party’s proposal seeks to remake the commonwealth from a six Democrat-five Republican map to a 10 Democrat-one Republican map and effectively disenfranchise millions of rural Virginians in the process.
Boosted By Out-Of-State Dark Money, Virginia Passes Dems’ Deceptive Gerrymandering Scheme
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Cherfilus-McCormick’s formal resignation letter to Johnson stated, “I hereby resign my office from the 119th Congress as Representative for Florida’s 20th Congressional District, effective Tuesday April 21, 2026; 1:30pm.”
Dem Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick Resigns from Congress Moments Before Ethics Hearing
Omar’s 2025 financial disclosure to Congress initially claimed a net worth of between $6 million and $30 million, figures much higher than previous disclosures. The left-wing Democrat from Minnesota filed an amended version that claimed a net worth of only $95,000 after being questioned by the Office of Congressional Compliance, the Wall Street Journal reported. Dan Geltrude, who founded Geltrude & Company in 1995, told Asman that ultimately Omar was “responsible” for what was on the form.
‘She Is Responsible’: CPA Explains Why BRO-
Fo Omar’s Excuse For Sudden Shift In Wealth Won’t Fly
POLITICS
“Don’t run on it, don’t talk about it. Just do it.”
Carville: Dems Should Grant DC, Puerto Rico Statehood and Pack SCOTUS When They Regain Power
An Echelon Insights poll conducted April 17-20 among 467 likely Democrat primary voters found former Vice President Kamala Harris leading the prospective field with 22 percent support.
Kamala Harris Tops Newsom by One Point in 2028 Democrat Primary Poll
If you don’t remember the name Mallory McMorrow, you may remember the nickname she got after the Democrat National Convention in 2024: Lizard Lady.
Democrats’ Theater Kid Politics Is A National Sinkhole
I can’t figure out what ingredient inhabits a rabid, America-hating leftist. What is the recipe?
The Ingredients that Make Up a Democrat
The best-dressed mind of any Democrat in Congress.
Senator Fetterman, a Voice Crying in the Democrat Wilderness
California’s donor class is misreading a volatile governor’s race, where Republican viability, Democratic fragmentation, and ideological fatigue are reshaping the field.
Steve Hilton Can Win in November
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Every day this bill sits unsigned is another day Xi holds a card he is eager to play. It would be a good idea to pass it, and have Trump sign it, before the he boards the plane.
If Trump Signs the ‘Grown in America Act’ Before His China Trip, He’ll Limit Xi’s Ability to Hurt American Farmers.
Viktor Orban wasn't as good as many believe, and Peter Magyar may be better than many people expect.
Orban Versus Magyar: What Happened?
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
RFK Jr. Is Doing Well
It’s been just over a year since Kennedy took office at HHS, so it’s a good time to ask: How’s he doing?
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Stephanie Fritsch (Stephan?!) says he might have to travel overseas to get the operation he wants.
Trans Election Official Complains ‘Bottom Surgery’ Costs Too Much In U.S.
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
The Founders’ vision under siege by “progress.”
From Washington to Woke
Taking a good look at who’s to blame.
How to Reverse Societal Decline
Christian Toto: Critic savages Boss for politically-charged tour's price tag, consumer disconnect
Left-Leaning NJ.com Shreds Bruce Springsteen’s Hypocrisy
HITHER & YON
The sandy path from inherited animus to sanctified bloodshed.
When Hatred Becomes Inheritance

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1 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)

2 Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:39 AM (+4yJ5)

3 Top 10

Posted by: TALACHULITNA at April 22, 2026 07:40 AM (fmFKs)

4 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 07:42 AM (AkEZC)

5 Just as the Biden DOJ used the SAFE Act as a club, it appears the Trump DOJ will use “fraud against donors” to go after the cornucopia of NGOs and nonprofits.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 07:43 AM (a3e+b)

6 LOL! Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:43 AM (VyBeY)

7 To negotiate or not to negotiate? That is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous Iranians,
Or to take arms against a sea of jihadis,
And by opposing end them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 07:44 AM (Fmj+u)

8 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)

9 One side wants power.

The other side just wants to fundraise off of letting that side have all the power.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 07:45 AM (iXqHn)

10 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 07:45 AM (ExV1e)

11 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:46 AM (RIvkX)

12 Hey. Don't interrupt me.
I'm trying to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at April 22, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

13 “He’s selling ‘No Kings’ branded flags for $90 in the arena concourse,” Olivier says of Springsteen. “And last week, his merchandise distributor got an injunction passed to ban bootleg T-shirt sales outside the venue, even as crews of independent sellers — fine examples of working-class people he’s romanticized for 50 years — hawk merch at nearly every other Prudential Center show without issue.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 07:47 AM (a3e+b)

14 Trump extends his record number of cease fires.
Trump is #1 in ceasefires.

At least 6 million barrel sized tankers have evaded the nlovksfe and unloaded in Asia

Posted by: Paul at April 22, 2026 07:47 AM (b6bq+)

15 The left's response to the SPLC indictment is crazy.
It's entirely "they were just paying informants for information! What's wrong with that?!"

They're basically rewriting the story as proof Trump supports white supremacists.

They don't address that SPLC was also funding these groups and planning and encouraging hate crimes--causing actual fear!

Because those facts never make it into the news they read.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 07:47 AM (tUP1A)

16 Tom Servo

The Iranian IRGC leadership go their delay. Now they need the Leftists and Dems to seal their survival. They alone are killing Iran as a viable nation.

The food in Iran is running out. Water is a critical shortage. What to do? What to do?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

17 My spidey sense tells me that Barry Soetoro was involved in this distortion of the electorate to the democrats. I used to think Barry was just a tool, but now that he's out of office, it's clear he is malicious and evil.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 07:48 AM (Fbc0I)

18 14: Source-"Trust me, bro."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:48 AM (+4yJ5)

19 Too bad Trump isn't waging war on Democrat election theft. Diddling around the edges maybe but Iran is much more important.

Posted by: Billl W at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (hyQrc)

20 The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for making fraudulent payments of millions of dollars to members of the Ku Klux Klan and other neo-Nazi organizations.
=====

What kind of sick, twisted, perverted people are drawn together for such evil?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

21 >Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.
-----

#twoweeks

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

22
Funding fascism? Not the sacred SPLC!

Who will media point to as courageously correct in every respect now?

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (Y8DZL)

23 Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.

Fuck you, Bongino. Steiner didn't come in 1945 and he's not coming now, you bloviating nickelfucker.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (qRla/)

24 12 Hey. Don't interrupt me.
I'm trying to become New Jersey.
Posted by: Virginia at April 22, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)

Virginia is now the New Jersey of Sudetenlands.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)

25 20 What kind of sick, twisted, perverted people are drawn together for such evil?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

The Democrat Party.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 07:50 AM (iXqHn)

26 good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at April 22, 2026 07:50 AM (/6r4m)

27 21 >Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.
-----

#twoweeks
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

"Pfft!"

- - Sydney Powell's KRAAKEN

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)

28 Good morning Horde, thx JJ.
The indictments against the SPLC made my day sitting here in the therapy center. Sanctimonious leftist bastards wrapping themselves in "Southern poverty" , when all the while they are just grifters. I bet a lot of other "not for profits" are crapping themselves about now.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 07:51 AM (gu0hJ)

29 "FBI Director Kash Patel called it a “widespread, decade-long multi-million dollar fraud” that was concealed through a “banking network.”

Oh no!

Anyway...

Posted by: guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at April 22, 2026 07:51 AM (vFG9F)

30 21 - While I used to like Dan Bongino he's got nothing now. He quit before anything good was done.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 07:51 AM (BCuCF)

31 "Why Democrats Chose Iran Over Israel"

Because they have never forgiven the Jews for the Holocaust. And they honestly believe that if they got their wish about the entire Western world getting destroyed that they would be one of the chosen that live in luxury.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:52 AM (+4yJ5)

32 Swearsies! We've got 'em this time, buster!

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 07:52 AM (ZxPkt)

33
aah, I'm just gonna read along
Avs led the series, 2-0

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 07:53 AM (ZxPkt)

34 31 Because they have never forgiven the Jews for the Holocaust. And they honestly believe that if they got their wish about the entire Western world getting destroyed that they would be one of the chosen that live in luxury.
Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:52 AM (+4yJ5)

They all have to believe they've got a bugout country somewhere (Costa Rica, probably), because Islam will not allow them to be wealthy or have luxuries. They are Filthy Kuffar, after all.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 07:54 AM (iXqHn)

35 Willowed:

Thank you for that link. Very powerful.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

You're welcome. I think the video was an excellent rebuttal towards the Joker's nihilism as well as how the average atheist reacts upon hearing anything about Jesus.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:54 AM (+4yJ5)

36 Don Black

The process is the punishment. We learned that under pbho.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (u82oZ)

37 With Virginny running wild with disenfranchising a large amount of Hillbillys, where is the Judge Boasberg who will save them and preserve their ancestral way of life of moonshine, overalls and canoeist raping?

Maybe I should write another novel.

Posted by: Zombie James Dickey at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (79nfv)

38 The semi-official news agency Fars reports on X that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria, which had been attempting to transit the Hormuz chokepoint earlier today. In total, three ships were targeted this morning by IRGC naval forces, and two were seized.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (a3e+b)

39 >>They don't address that SPLC was also funding these groups and planning and encouraging hate crimes--causing actual fear!

But wait, there's more!

Guess who was one of the SPLC's biggest donors? The US federal government, of course. They were also a partner of the Biden DOJ going after white supremacists and Nazis and other make believe threats to slime conservatives.

Shortly before his murder, Charlie Kirk's TPUSA was put on the SPLC's Hate Map with groups like the KKK.

This is how a color revolution works.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (viF8m)

40 because Islam will not allow them to be wealthy or have luxuries.

Or they think that Islam is not really so bad because Achmed promised them the killings would stop once America and Israel were "put in their place."

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (+4yJ5)

41 Bongino isn't worth listening to. He simply isn't a broadcaster.
He spends more time talking to producer Jim than his audience.

"Yeah, that guy definitely deserves to be locked up...ooohh it looks like Jim's got lunch! What's for lunch today, Jim? Is that a chicken parm sandwich I see there, Jim? Wow, that looks delicious, Jim! How's it taste, Jim?"

Posted by: I miss Rush at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)

42 Driving from north Texas to Mobile, AL today on my way to Florida

Morning all

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (YobFY)

43 Willowed: Hows the road trip going? Why are you going to the tire shop?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 22, 2026

***
The right low-beam headlight bulb is out, and it's HID and very hard to get to. I had the left done about two years ago. It's complicated and things have to be moved out of the way. The tire and service store has been recommended to me by locals -- "They do good work."

Otherwise Salina has been great, perfect weather, good streets. If they get done with the bulb in a reasonable time, I might hop on the I-135 and drive down to that pipe shop in Wichita I've heard about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 07:56 AM (+2QQb)

44 39 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

I got the chapter cards for my novel written, shuffled and mostly in place, so today begins a week of edits to get the thing into shape for beta readers. The only thing I need now is dedication; I'm a lazy, lazy man and easily bored.

Hope you all have a lovely day.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 07:57 AM (qRla/)

45 Iran still has a Navy?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

46 fd

Only if CETCOM ADM Cooper puts this out will I believe it.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

47 Yes. A submarine Navy.

Posted by: Just the punchline at April 22, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

48 45 Iran still has a Navy?
Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:58 AM (vFG9F)

How can they have a Navy when Islam forbids being gay?

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:01 AM (iXqHn)

49 Bongino’s Ominous Warning About the Kash Patel Smear Should Terrify the Left

Isn’t it obvious. The grand jury in the John Brennan et al case is now hearing testimony.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 08:03 AM (a3e+b)

50 Linus, if you have time, take a drive along Government Street under the canopy of live oaks draped with Spanish moss.
Mobile was my hometown during the days of my callow yute.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)

51 The democrat party should have been banned and outlawed as a condition of the terms of surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at April 22, 2026 08:04 AM (gxokI)

52 What kind of sick, twisted, perverted people are drawn together for such evil?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

Democrat trial attorneys.

Posted by: National Trial Lawyers Organization at April 22, 2026 08:04 AM (79nfv)

53 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:05 AM (77rzZ)

54 The Iranian Navy goat lockers are quite a bit different from the USN.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at April 22, 2026 08:05 AM (gm9Sb)

55 How can they have a Navy when Islam forbids being gay?
Posted by: XTC

Gay is OK if the catcher is fey. Goats have to be female, though.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 08:05 AM (Y8DZL)

56 uniparty

Lee had no control over the Northern wing of Democrats. So, no.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)

57 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 07:56 AM (+2QQb)

If you go to Wichita, I'd recommend you stop by Mort's for a snack and a drink.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 22, 2026 08:06 AM (3Ope8)

58 I believe the Iranian navy is now called artificial reefs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (gu0hJ)

59 Bulg

How is the training going?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (u82oZ)

60 >>Isn’t it obvious. The grand jury in the John Brennan et al case is now hearing testimony.

You don't have to wait for that. Did you happen to notice that Kash was with Blanche when the indictment of the SPLC was announced last night?

I don't think the significance of what the SPLC was, where they were getting their funds and who they were working with is has sunk in yet.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (viF8m)

61 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (/Vcgx)

62 At least 6 million barrel sized tankers have evaded the nlovksfe and unloaded in Asia

I'll get called out for quoting a troll, I know, but it's so much fun.

How is the Navy supposed to stop 6 million tankers if they only hold a barrel each? You're gonna need smaller boats. This must be the Iranian's new card. We'd better surrender, and fast.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (zdLoL)

63 Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.

--

Bongino's batting average with his bombshell predictions seems to hover pretty low, so excuse me while I won't wait on bated breath.

Like so many others, the ones with X accounts that love to put up red, flashing siren emojis and the words, BOOM!!, I've become absolutely numb to their prognostications and urgent announcements.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

64 Smell the Glove

Iran still has a few go fast boats. Which the A-10 pilots hunt for.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)

65 Surprises form SPLC that are not surprises at all - self proclaimed white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who’s been promoted by Tucker Carlson, was given a $270,000 grant from SPLC.

The organizers of the Charlotte march, which Trump has been attacked for for years, even though he had nothing to do with it, were given over $250,000 by the SPLC to help organize the event.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 08:08 AM (Fmj+u)

66 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)

67 Chris Plante has a good name for John Brennan:
"Penitentiary Face."
Heh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)

68 59 OK, Salty. Tomorrow I’m scheduled to shadow one of the SAT tutors.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:10 AM (77rzZ)

69 >>@realBrandonGill
·
12h
>>Reminder that the Biden FBI was actively colluding with the SPLC to target traditional Catholics as domestic extremists.

>>They also labeled organizations like the Alliance Defending Freedom, Family Research Council, and Moms for Liberty as hate groups as well

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:10 AM (viF8m)

70 I remember Bongino (or maybe Kash?) saying that those Patriot Front guys with the khaki pants and navy windbreakers were not Feds as we all suspected. Wondering now if they were just another creation of the SPLC.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:10 AM (3ImbR)

71 51 The democrat party should have been banned and outlawed as a condition of the terms of surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
Posted by: uniparty

Grant pulled off a wonderful achievement by printing thousands of get out of jail fee passes there, knocking the wind out of the whole confederacy.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 08:10 AM (Y8DZL)

72 How can they have a Navy when Islam forbids being gay?
Posted by: XTC

Dude, that was exactly the laugh I needed today. Thank you.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (+4yJ5)

73 Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a news conference that the 11-count indictment filed in an Alabama federal court alleged the left-wing nonprofit had in the past decade paid at least $3 million to eight members of the far-right groups.

How are they 'far-right groups' if heavily funded by left wing lunatics?

F*ck right off with that bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (Zz0t1)

74 How is the Navy supposed to stop 6 million tankers if they only hold a barrel each? You're gonna need smaller boats. This must be the Iranian's new card. We'd better surrender, and fast.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 22, 2026 08:07 AM (zdLoL)

The blockade is only for ships transiting to and from Iranian ports, is it not? We're not stopping every ship from going through. How many of these ships are from other ports?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

75 More granular data published in 2026 showed that 58 percent of Caribbean households and 42 percent of African households in the United States utilize the traditional welfare system; these figures skyrocket to 65 percent and 46 percent, respectively, when factoring in the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit, both of which pay filers many thousands of dollars of taxpayer money.

I believe that a serious Presidential run could be simplifying Income Tax and the first would be to eliminate negative income taxes (Earned Income Tax Credit).

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (/+uur)

76 "Like so many others, the ones with X accounts that love to put up red, flashing siren emojis and the words, BOOM!!, I've become absolutely numb to their prognostications and urgent announcements."
---
This is about us, isn't it?

Posted by: Page views and mouse clicks at April 22, 2026 08:12 AM (2Ez/1)

77 SPLC sent $3M over 9 years ($333k / year) to informants in the KKK, NSM, and American Front. This is "funding racism" in the same way paying our informants in Russia is "funding Putin".

This is blatant political targeting from the DOJ. Maybe not as bad as the Leticia James fiasco, but up there.

The DoJ has been losing competent lawyers left and right who refuse to indulge in politically motivated witch hunt cases. The remaining charlatans who work there want to go to war against the SPLC, some of the best civil rights lawyers in the country? This is going to be a disaster for Trump.

Of course a watchdog group for hate activity is going to be targeted by the administration of hate. There are far more important things to focus on, but grievance uber alles for these fools.

Just donated $50. They're getting targeted because they've been effective at targeting hate groups that this administration is trying to recruit to their brown shirt echelon.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 08:12 AM (ycI94)

78 I think it must be podcast ratings season. Bongino's must be in the sewer.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 08:12 AM (AkEZC)

79 The SPLC is an evil organization. But that’s to be expected of anything on the left.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:12 AM (77rzZ)

80 Chris Plante has a good name for John Brennan:
"Penitentiary Face."
Heh.

--

When my very old dad was a boy, he loved Dick Tracy comics and used to describe the villains to me. Brennan reminds me of Pruneface.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

81 Wondering now if they were just another creation of the SPLC.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:10 AM (3ImbR)

Its all an OP.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)

82 That "Unite the Right" rally was simply to too perfectly cute to have been anything else but a false front op. Hope the family if the lady killed sues the crap out of the SPLC.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 08:13 AM (gu0hJ)

83 You can complain, or you can vote.

Right now Republicans choose to complain.

It’s that’s simple. Republicans keep getting outvoted.

You can bitch until the cows come home about the legalities- and you should. But if you don’t get out to vote, you lose.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:14 AM (VnVVA)

84 Rum, sodomy and the goat!

Posted by: Iranian Navy recruiting poster at April 22, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)

85 Rum, sodomy and the goat!
Posted by: Iranian Navy recruiting poster

** Snort **

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:14 AM (u82oZ)

86 Wow.

Things are finally moving in our direction, and leftist malfeasance is finally being exposed, and the comments here at the HQ are more negative than ever.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:16 AM (3ImbR)

87 Surprising to me, northeast Texas is quite pretty. First time here… lots of trees and greenery

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 08:16 AM (YobFY)

88 Welp, I guess my wife and I are moving to West Virginia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

89 Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 08:17 AM (NpAcC)

90 You can complain, or you can vote.

Right now Republicans choose to complain.

It’s that’s simple. Republicans keep getting outvoted.

You can bitch until the cows come home about the legalities- and you should. But if you don’t get out to vote, you lose.
Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:14 AM (VnVVA)

And when you vote, but the people you voted for immediately betray you and join the Uniparty, what then? Vote harderer?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 08:17 AM (qRla/)

91 There will be court challenges to the Virginia amendment, but since the courts are full of the same people as those occupying public office - that is to say cowards and Leftists - I am not optimistic. The Virginia Supreme Court scheduled a hearing on the matter, and set the date this week, after the vote, so that should tell you the outcome. I've spent quite a bit of time on Zillow lately...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 08:17 AM (QaH55)

92 Sorry, but in order to have a "Caribbean household" your house has to be located in the, get this, Caribbean.

And an "African household?" Well, that's like a whole 'nother continent!

Posted by: Guy with a map at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)

93 89 It’s also Lenin’s birthday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (77rzZ)

94 Democrats constantly piss about 'billionaires buying elections,' but it's fine when LEFTIST billionaires do it.

The Liberty Tree.

She is starving........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

95 Things are finally moving in our direction, and leftist malfeasance is finally being exposed, and the comments here at the HQ are more negative than ever.

I can find 'exposure' at a strip club, but it doesn't mean the stripper's coming home with me for a happy ending.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (qRla/)

96 My favorite part about the SPLC indictment is how the Patriot Front, those boys with their kakis and tiki torches, will suddenly and for no reason whatsoever, disappear.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (tUP1A)

97 Migrants create political incentives for politicians to ignore the difficult, painful, and slow task of helping Americans become more productive and wealthy. The result is that the Democratic Party — and parts of the GOP — are increasingly eager to transfer future wealth and opportunities from ordinary Americans towards unproductive migrants.

I also think a serious Presidential Run needs to point out the the 2 million long term unemployed and the 3 to 4 million no longer seeking employment Americans are being killed (drugs drinking health) being mass illegal immigration.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

98 IrishEi

We are impatient. Because we saw all of this decades before the indictments.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

99 >>Things are finally moving in our direction, and leftist malfeasance is finally being exposed, and the comments here at the HQ are more negative than ever.

Not me. This is SPLC unmasking is a huge deal.

We end up getting results in places like Virginia because of what groups like the SPLC on behalf of our deep state do to narratives.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

101 “He’s selling ‘No Kings’ branded flags for $90 in the arena concourse,” Olivier says of Springsteen. “And last week, his merchandise distributor got an injunction passed to ban bootleg T-shirt sales outside the venue, even as crews of independent sellers — fine examples of working-class people he’s romanticized for 50 years — hawk merch at nearly every other Prudential Center show without issue.”

Springsteen is greedy asshoe.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Jussie Smollett
-Miss me yet?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)

103
100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)

I miss m.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

104 We are impatient. Because we saw all of this decades before the indictments.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)
~~~~~

I hear you, Salty. But I'm just glad to still be alive to see this--something I never thought would happen.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (3ImbR)

105 96 My favorite part about the SPLC indictment is how the Patriot Front, those boys with their kakis and tiki torches, will suddenly and for no reason whatsoever, disappear.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:18 AM (tUP1A)

When you see that no reporters in the last 6 or 7 years has followed them to see where they go I knew they where a fake group.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (/+uur)

106 Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.

--

Holly Maddox's Rotted, Seeping Corpse Stuffed in a Box Day

On a positive note, Ira Einhorn is swimming around in the fires of hell today.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 22, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

107 I miss m.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (Zz0t1)

Where is m

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

108 The blockade is only for ships transiting to and from Iranian ports, is it not? We're not stopping every ship from going through. How many of these ships are from other ports?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

I just read something that probably accounts for this, in a piece that was not trolling, just factual. Said that Iran has 200 million barrels of oil stored in tankers parked in an area of the South China Sea, which they have been building up for some time. (Yes, Iran has been planning for this war for years). This is an asset the Iranians can draw on, it’s about 5 months worth of production.

The US can do something about this if we desire, but hasn’t because it risks bringing China into the conflict, and we don’t want that. (Option would be for the US Navy to show up and confiscate them)

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 08:21 AM (Fmj+u)

109 Chris Plante has a good name for John Brennan:
"Penitentiary Face."
Heh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:09 AM (2Ez/1)/i]

Last time in Poland, the hotel urinals had a fly sticker at the bottom of the piss catcher for you to aim at. Brennan is the fly in the piss catcher.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

110 But I was born in the USA!

Posted by: Free market capitalism at April 22, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

111 107 Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.

Killing and stuffing a GF in a trunk seems a bit drastic.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:22 AM (/+uur)

112 88 Welp, I guess my wife and I are moving to West Virginia.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:16 AM (77rzZ)

You could live on the Branch Timidian Compound with Gambling Addict Tim Pool.

But you probably shouldn't.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:22 AM (iXqHn)

113
Where is m
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)

I just don't remember seeing the nick in a while. I could be wrong. My brain is scrambled and has been a while.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:22 AM (Zz0t1)

114
Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.

I'm building a lead-smelting plant in the back acreage.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:23 AM (tgvbd)

115 Orange Ent, I quoted out the line specifically so you could get the joke. If you cannot get the joke after that, I cannot help you.

You must be quite an evangelist, because you just made me say Jesus Christ Almighty.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 22, 2026 08:23 AM (zdLoL)

116 New Troll.

Dems started the gerrymandering generations ago, dipshit.

It's always fine if it benefits Dems. R's try to level the playing field and the Dems want to take their ball and go home.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)

117 Politically motivated (re)districting has been happening since the 1790's.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 08:24 AM (DgMqy)

118 118 - yea all in the direction of the dems. We decide to fight back and all of a sudden dems pretend they never did it, ever prior to this time.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 08:25 AM (BCuCF)

119 I keep forgetting that with the leftards, history didn't start until Owebama got 'elected' and the Constitution is, like, over 100 years old, n' shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

120 You could live on the Branch Timidian Compound with Gambling Addict Tim Pool.

Good thing I still have my beanie from the Marines. I'll fit right in!

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 08:26 AM (+4yJ5)

121 The House won't hold an expulsion hearing for a member that just quit to avoid one, but will hold an impeachment for a President who is no longer in office.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (eMkls)

122 It's Day Two of retirement. Funny, but today ALSO feels like a Saturday. Hunh.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

123 It's Day Two of retirement. Funny, but today ALSO feels like a Saturday. Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

*still seethes with jealousy*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

124 The House won't hold an expulsion hearing for a member that just quit to avoid one, but will hold an impeachment for a President who is no longer in office.
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (eMkls)

Because they're looking out for you, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:28 AM (Zz0t1)

125 I think any thinking man could tell that things like Patriot Front or the KKk are psy-ops and heavily infiltrated to serve boogeymen.

No self-respecting, reasonable bigot would associate with them.

True bigotry comes from observing the world around you, noticing patterns, and drawing rational conclusions from experiences and lit those in proper context of racial consciousness.

The 300 pound Shanaynay at Walmart in heavily stressed spandex is almost certainly not a doctor.

The gold-toothed, dreadlocked negro with the shifty eyes and twitchy bodily movements probably isn't in your yard because he's raising
money for the Boy Scouts.

Being racially aware is a healthy, natural instinct that allows you to make reasonable decisions that may aid you in making sound financial decisions, protecting your property and, indeed, may even save your life.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 22, 2026 08:28 AM (a3owT)

126 *still seethes with jealousy*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)
----
Yep. But our day will come...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 08:29 AM (gnNyN)

127 The blockade is only for ships transiting to and from Iranian ports, is it not? We're not stopping every ship from going through. How many of these ships are from other ports?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:11 AM (1Ff7Z)

The Touska, disabled by Naval gunfire and seized, was transiting from a Chinese port to Iran. I believe the Spruance took such extreme measures to stop it because we knew exactly what it was carrying; the raw materials needed to make solid rocket motors.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 08:29 AM (Fmj+u)

128 It's Day Two of retirement. Funny, but today ALSO feels like a Saturday. Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

**high five**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 08:29 AM (qRla/)

129 Yep. But our day will come...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 08:29 AM (gnNyN)/i]

If I make it that far......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

130 Spirit Airlines might soon opt for liquidation if they are not bought out or bailed out — and the Biden administration’s opposition to its proposed merger with JetBlue may be largely to blame, one economist explained to The Daily Wire.

SOUL PLANE
da da da da da da da da da da da

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 08:30 AM (/+uur)

131 It’s been just over a year since Kennedy took office at HHS, so it’s a good time to ask: How’s he doing?

The fact that the author bemoans Americans eating meat (and other animal products) and wishes a greater reliance on soy milk and kale crackers (is this you, Piper?) makes suspect what they say, even if they hail Kennedy as doing well.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 08:30 AM (ExV1e)

132 102 Jussie Smollett
-Miss me yet?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:20 AM (RIvkX)
====

Umm. Hold it.

Reverse that.

Thanks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:30 AM (RIvkX)

133 You must be quite an evangelist, because you just made me say Jesus Christ Almighty.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at April 22, 2026 08:23 AM (zdLoL)

Just used your quote as an entree to my comment, jocular as you meant it or not. Our Iranian loving Ds crow about Iran running the blockade, but the blockade is specific, not all encompassing. That's all I was saying.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (1Ff7Z)

134 Not me. This is SPLC unmasking is a huge deal.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:19 AM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Absolutely! And things are definitely heating up--in a good way.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (3ImbR)

135 Being racially aware is a healthy, natural instinct that allows you to make reasonable decisions that may aid you in making sound financial decisions, protecting your property and, indeed, may even save your life.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 22, 2026 08:28 AM (a3owT)

As unfortunate as it may be, stereotypes exist for a reason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

136 Springsteen's hypocrisy is beyond the pale. He lives in a walled compound in ultra-wealthy Colts Neck NJ and has an "organic farm" so he doesn't have to pay property taxes like you and I do. But yeah, he cares about the working folks!

Posted by: Roxxee at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (iqxA1)

137 122 It's Day Two of retirement. Funny, but today ALSO feels like a Saturday. Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

My retirement advice to everyone is: Buy more toilet paper. You'll be shitting at home a lot more.

If I can contribute nothing else to this site, it is this.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (QaH55)

138 125 The 300 pound Shanaynay at Walmart in heavily stressed spandex is almost certainly not a doctor.

Posted by: Truth Be Known at April 22, 2026 08:28 AM (a3owT)

C'mon, Scogg, you know a true Horde member would say Engineer, not Doctor.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (iXqHn)

139 Is this about me?

Posted by: The gold-toothed, dreadlocked negro with shifty eyes and twitchy bodily movements in your yard at April 22, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)

140 Something is coming. That's the message Dan Bongino delivered to his audience this week, and if you've been paying attention, the pieces are already falling into place.
-
Fuck you, Bongino. Steiner didn't come in 1945 and he's not coming now, you bloviating nickelfucker.
---
My favorite part is, when he had a chance to do something, when he was inside the machine with the tools and power to do something he ... instead cried like a little bitch about how it was too hard and quit.

You were given a chance to do something great, yes, maybe at great cost, but you chose the soft comfort of meaningless blather on some low-watt radio show.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:32 AM (tUP1A)

141
If I can contribute nothing else to this site, it is this.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 22, 2026 08:31 AM (QaH55)

Everyone must contribute, so consider yourself a contributor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

142 I believe the Spruance took such extreme measures to stop it because we knew exactly what it was carrying; the raw materials needed to make solid rocket motors.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 08:29 AM (Fmj+u)

I'm sure the mil knows a lot more info than the general public and commentators do. Maybe we let some ships go in because we know they're not carrying munitions and such.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

143 I'm sure the mil knows a lot more info than the general public and commentators do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

The hell you say!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

144 "My retirement advice to everyone is: Buy more toilet paper. You'll be shitting at home a lot more."

*furiously scribbles notes*

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

145 " Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.
Posted by: redridinghood"

I put my girfrien ina trunk.

Posted by: rapper D4vd at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

146
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (Yj7Sh)

147 #twoweeks
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

People were saying that nothing was happening before the indictment of the SPLC was announced. Investigations are, generally, secret. Grand juries are, generally, secret.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

148 "My retirement advice to everyone is: Buy more toilet paper. You'll be shitting at home a lot more."

This is what the ladies room at Target is for.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)

149
It's Day Two of retirement. Funny, but today ALSO feels like a Saturday. Hunh.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:27 AM (2Ez/1)

__________

Among the hazards of retirement is not knowing what day it is.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 08:35 AM (tgvbd)

150 - m was posting in the tech thread this morning.

Brought up Trumps reading of 2Chronicles 7:11-22

A passage I highly recommend. Verses 19-22 answer some "why" questions.
And if you read Deuteronomy 28 it's easy to see the parallels and outcomes.
If you obey me I will greatly bless you. If you disobey me...

Judging a group of people? God forbid. It's been the same with me.
What I have come to understand is that history is His Story.
Written from beginning to end before He laid the foundations of the world.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 22, 2026 08:35 AM (EcT7r)

151 Just watched Nick Shurley asking legislators about the "Stop Nick Shurley Act". The left is working on force doctrine, they are going to keep pushing their agenda until they are stopped. Defind California.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (GOT16)

152 I haven't read The Art of the Deal. But I'm guessing that some key part of it would be the caution not to appear too eager to make the deal. I hope Iran is not getting this sense from Trump.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (INQN/)

153 140 Yeah, Bongino can go sit in a corner and suck his thumb while hugging his woobie for all I care.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (77rzZ)

154 *Defund

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (GOT16)

155 People were saying that nothing was happening before the indictment of the SPLC was announced. Investigations are, generally, secret. Grand juries are, generally, secret.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (ExV1e)

And the doubt will continue until something actually happens to someone, the SPLC doors are shuttered or at minimum, someone in a significant position actually goes to prison.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)

156 The hell you say!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (Zz0t1)

Well, certain members of this fine establishment excepted, of course!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (1Ff7Z)

157 Cray Cray

CA is committing suicide by bad governance. Hard to stop that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ)

158 Guess who was one of the SPLC's biggest donors? The US federal government, of course. They were also a partner of the Biden DOJ going after white supremacists and Nazis and other make believe threats to slime conservatives.
--
The Patriot Front wasn't a FBI front group directly.

They were a FBI front group via the SPLC as a cut-out.

Actual, innocent minorities were terrorized by hate crimes planned and committed by so-called "anti-hate" groups.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:37 AM (tUP1A)

159 >>>My favorite part is, when he had a chance to do something, when he was inside the machine with the tools and power to do something he ... instead cried like a little bitch about how it was too hard and quit.
~~~~~

That's not true.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:37 AM (3ImbR)

160 "You were given a chance to do something great, yes, maybe at great cost, but you chose the soft comfort of meaningless blather on some low-watt radio show.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:32 AM"
+++

It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California...

Posted by: Ted Baxter of the Mary Tyler Moore show at April 22, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)

161 Ah, Charlottesville! Terry McCauliffe's last stand. A formerly powerful Dem relegated to the trash heap. It was an op, a set-up, from the start. An autistic man in jail for "killing" the White Whale Heather Heyer. A man beset by Antifa violence, desperately trying to drive away.
McCauliffe's goons, the State Police, set all this up. There was some instant justice that day as two of Terry's redcaps, bullies, were killed in a helicopter crash that day.

Posted by: Der Volkischer Beobachter at April 22, 2026 08:38 AM (oftw2)

162 Just watched Nick Shurley asking legislators about the "Stop Nick Shurley Act". The left is working on force doctrine, they are going to keep pushing their agenda until they are stopped. Defind California.
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:36 AM (GOT16)

Shirley you can't be serious.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

163 >>I ran for president because of what I saw in Charlottesville: President Biden

>>President Biden details why the events in Charlottesville inspired him to run for the 2020 presidential election during speech at the Democratic National Convention.

https://tinyurl.com/47s6mast

Click through and listen to Biden drone on about the reason he ran for president in 2020 and then consider he knew all along it was funded by the deep state.

Now does it make sense?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:39 AM (viF8m)

164 "The left is working on force doctrine, they are going to keep pushing their agenda until they are stopped."

If we haven't learned this truth by now...

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 22, 2026 08:39 AM (INQN/)

165 Today Is Earth Day.

Should I be out burning rubber tires or something?

Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

166 The comments are negative because they’re coming from people here for one reason- to try and push their propaganda and convince you that what is real, isn’t happening.

They are watching their entire network get taken down and defunded. Their alien invaders are being removed on record number. The coup de grace is coming and they can feel it.

Just point and laugh. Use their moms like a pin cushion. Enjoy.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (YWGgu)

167 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (53oGX)

168 sorry, I've lost faith in the System.

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (ZxPkt)

169
Should I be out burning rubber tires or something?
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

I was going to let my diesel idle all day, but at $5 a gallon, I'll just drive the little Ranger a few extra miles.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

170 And the doubt will continue until something actually happens to someone, the SPLC doors are shuttered or at minimum, someone in a significant position actually goes to prison.

At least it got through a grand jury somehow. A DC grand jury shut down the prosecution of the Seditious Six.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (tUj8P)

171 dantesed

Plants need carbon dioxide, so go ahead.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

172 165 Today Is Earth Day.

Should I be out burning rubber tires or something?
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

"OOH HOT!!!"

- - Winnie Mandela

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (x0n13)

173 And stop calling him Shurley.

Posted by: But that's not important right now at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)

174 Saved a big pile of trash for burning today. For da Erf.

Posted by: Up In Smoke at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)

175 38 The semi-official news agency Fars reports on X that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria, which had been attempting to transit the Hormuz chokepoint earlier today. In total, three ships were targeted this morning by IRGC naval forces, and two were seized.
Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 07:55 AM (a3e+b)
---
I read the same thing as well. They seized 2 ships literally upon Trump's announcement that he was extending his stupid ceasefire. We're blockading Iranian ports, but allowing the IRGC to continue attacking and seizing ships in the Strait?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (cWLG3)

176 Also, given the Charlottesville tiki gang was wearing what we thought was the FBI uniform, does that mean the ones at J6 were also SPLC?

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (tUj8P)

177 Less likely:
>>I ran for president because of what I saw in Charlottesville: President Biden

More likely:

>> I ran for president because of what I saw in my drawers. I even showed it to the media: Fake President Biden

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (YWGgu)

178 >>At least it got through a grand jury somehow. A DC grand jury shut down the prosecution of the Seditious Six.

Because the grand jury for the SPLC case is in Alabama.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:43 AM (viF8m)

179 >> I ran for president because of what I saw in my drawers. I even showed it to the media: Fake President Biden
Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (YWGgu)

He ran because his butt was wiped.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

180 There is an alarming amount of my conservative and "conservative" friends who are growing blind to the threat and actions of Islam. There's some sort of programming in the ether.

Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (GOT16)

181 SPLC sent $3M over 9 years ($333k / year) to informants in the KKK, NSM, and American Front. This is "funding racism" in the same way paying our informants in Russia is "funding Putin".
---
Remind me again how much money was involved that justified the "36 felonies" against Trump?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (tUP1A)

182 - My @150

Meant to state that t-bird brought up Trump's reading of that passage yesterday. Not one comment in reply.
If I would have tried, as slow as my finger types, would have been willowed.

Posted by: TeeJ at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (EcT7r)

183 There is an alarming amount of my conservative and "conservative" friends who are growing blind to the threat and actions of Islam. There's some sort of programming in the ether.
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (GOT16)

Know islham, no peace.

No islham, know peace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

184 Happy Compost-Your-Woman Day

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (gKWVE)

185 Should I be out burning rubber tires or something?
Posted by: dantesed at April 22, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)

"OOH HOT!!!"

- - Winnie Mandela
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 22, 2026 08:41 AM

Gwen Walz has entered the chat.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (tUj8P)

186 @177 Perhaps all that talk on the left of white supremacy being the greatest threat to our country was them betting on SPLC gettong a return on their investment in White Supremacy Futures.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 08:45 AM (cWLG3)

187 Speaking of retirement, I've been thinking about closing my retirement account. Just download the balance to my local bank. Everyone I've talked to about it says don't do it. My thoughts are, I'm old, the future for which I set that money aside is here, now. I know I'll take a tax hit. But I'm 68 this year. 'Three score and ten' is 2 years away.

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

188 @184 yup, good old murderous hippie Ira Einhorn

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 08:46 AM (gu0hJ)

189 their ancestral way of life of moonshine, overalls and canoeist raping?

Canoeists aren't in season yet. You have to wait until they've fattened up over the summer

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 08:46 AM (gKWVE)

190 SPLC sent $3M over 9 years ($333k / year) to informants in the KKK, NSM, and American Front. This is "funding racism" in the same way paying our informants in Russia is "funding Putin".
---

It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 22, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

191 There is an alarming amount of my conservative and "conservative" friends who are growing blind to the threat and actions of Islam. There's some sort of programming in the ether.
Posted by: Cray Cray at April 22, 2026 08:44 AM (GOT16)
====
I see you're familiar with my work.
-Tuq'r Qarlson

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)

192 They seized 2 ships literally upon Trump's announcement that he was extending his stupid ceasefire. We're blockading Iranian ports, but allowing the IRGC to continue attacking and seizing ships in the Strait?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 08:42 AM (cWLG

I thought their navy was destroyed.

Posted by: Ordinary American at April 22, 2026 08:47 AM (INQN/)

193 It’s also Eddie Albert’s birthday.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:47 AM (77rzZ)

194 I should've known Reddit would somehow rationalize supporting the KKK and Aryan Nation.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:47 AM (tUj8P)

195 >>SPLC sent $3M over 9 years ($333k / year) to informants in the KKK, NSM, and American Front. This is "funding racism" in the same way paying our informants in Russia is "funding Putin".

Missed a kind of big step. SPLC didn't fund the KKK and other groups directly. They funded fake shell companies they set up to fund them. The KKK wouldn't take money directly from the SPLC but they would take it from a group they believed was on their side.

That's called money laundering and it's literally one of the charges the DOJ announced last night. But actually listening or reading the facts is beyond the dunces on the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (viF8m)

196 consider he knew all along it was funded by the deep state.
Now does it make sense?
Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:39 AM (viF8m)

It's possible Biden didn't know, because he was already crapping in the hall closet by mistake.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (gKWVE)

197 >> The semi-official news agency Fars reports on X that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the MSC Francesca and a Greek-owned ship named Euphoria,

Go look those ships up on Marine Traffic. I’ll wait.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (YWGgu)

198 Tucker will now be the new darling of MS NOW.

Mediaite
@Mediaite
‘This Is Hard For Me To Say’: MS NOW’s Alex Wagner Says Tucker Carlson’s Apology ‘Feels’ Genuine

https://tinyurl.com/2sau7uvj

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

199 I thought their navy was destroyed.

It was. They've been using fishing boats with outboard motors. I saw CENTCOM footage of a few getting the A-10 treatment. Like swatting a fly with a nuke.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (tUj8P)

200 I think Tucker and Megyn are the biggest disappointments. They made so much sense.........until they stopped.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 08:49 AM (BCuCF)

201 193 It’s also Eddie Albert’s birthday.
Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 08:47 AM
###
Farm livin' is the life for me!

Posted by: Green Acres at April 22, 2026 08:49 AM (2Ez/1)

202 193 It’s also Eddie Albert’s birthday.
Posted by: Bulg

Hotscakes for everyone!

Posted by: Lisa Douglas, Hootersville at April 22, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)

203 Today Is Earth Day.🌎
Act accordingly.

I'm building a lead-smelting plant in the back acreage.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Actually building one on side porch. I need to pour .490 & .454 round balls. Or get a new mold for .457.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 08:50 AM (/Vcgx)

204 “Look Jill, I made a poopy in my pants.”

- Democrats Favorite President, Joe Biden.

Yes, definitely vote for another Democrat POTUS!

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:50 AM (YWGgu)

205 Tucker will now be the new darling of MS NOW.

Mediaite
@Mediaite
‘This Is Hard For Me To Say’: MS NOW’s Alex Wagner Says Tucker Carlson’s Apology ‘Feels’ Genuine

https://tinyurl.com/2sau7uvj
Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

So, going back to his roots.

We'll know the transition back is complete when he dons the bow tie again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

206 Re: the Morris Dees Enrichment Grift Center

I find myself reflecting that it is still possible for the biography of Morris Dees to contain the phrase "died in prison".

And I smile.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2026 08:50 AM (IG3/x)

207 I think Tucker and Megyn are the biggest disappointments. They made so much sense.........until they stopped.
Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 08:49 AM (BCuCF)

Money talks.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:51 AM (Zz0t1)

208 Benjamin Domenech
@bdomenech

Did the SPLC actually fund the freaking Charlottesville march???

Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlich

Yes. Funded, planned, coordinated
and executed.

a. E-37 was a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the 2017
"Unite the Right" event in Charlottesville, Virginia and attended the event at the direction of the SPLC. F-37 made racist postings under the supervision of the SPLC and helped coordinate transportation to the event for several attendees. Between 2015 and 2023, the SPL secretly paid F-37 more than
$270,000.00.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

209 Here's a thought:

The VA redistricting was based on what data?
I suspect they used the election of the CIA witch and Kamala.

But their big push came no where close to her numbers.

And we now have very accurate data on who will turn out in November.

I really kinda think the Dems may have over-reached, spread themselves too thin, and will lose a lot of those new districts.*

*no I don't think the courts will over-turn this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 08:51 AM (tUP1A)

210 Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 08:46 AM (ZxPkt)

If you mean, close out my 401K or IRA that earns a good return to place it into my bank account that pays little to no interest, I wouldn't.

Got my share of Mom's IRA when she passed. Brother cashed out at $35k. I took a thirty year pay out. It's up to almost $45k now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 22, 2026 08:51 AM (1Ff7Z)

211 >>It's possible Biden didn't know, because he was already crapping in the hall closet by mistake.

Biden was a shell. We all saw it. But his team knew. It was orchestrated.

For 4 years all we heard from the Biden administration was the greatest threat to America was white supremacism, Nazis, Christian Nationalists and all of them were MAGA. His DOJ had a formal partnership with the SPLC to go after, well, us.

This is all part of stealing elections and using the power of the federal government to do it.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 08:52 AM (viF8m)

212 Classic steal in VA yesterday:

@RealSKeshel
Early in-person: 50.8% to 49.2% YES
Election Day in-person: 54.5% to 45.5% NO
Mail: 72.5% to 27.5% YES
Sure thing!

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 08:53 AM (3ImbR)

213 Imagine the committee of Democrats thinking of ways to destroy the country, then putting shit in front of Biden to sign and threatening to withhold his oatmeal if he didn’t.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:53 AM (YWGgu)

214 HAPPY HAPPY EARTH DAY
NO ITS SNOT YOUR BIRTHDAY
ITS POLLUTERS MIRTHDAY
SO LEAVE YOUR LIGHTS ON, K?

Posted by: Bad Andrew at April 22, 2026 08:54 AM (DgMqy)

215 Put all the money in Red Toaster Futures. Plenty of Commies mean huge gains!

Posted by: Your Shell Answer Man at April 22, 2026 08:54 AM (oftw2)

216 The seizing of commercial vessels in the Hormuz by Iran isn't surprising. The IRGC has/had hundreds of small boats they use to harass ships. A guy with an RPG and a buddy with a machine gun can cause some aggravations. Especially if the vessel targeted has no armed security.

And the crews of most commercial ships are not warriors. They're third world migrants, afraid of their own shadows.

Anyone here with a rifle and a rowboat could probably commandeer one.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 08:54 AM (AkEZC)

217 Yes, vote Democrat in the midterms so the country can become Virginia. Bonus, you can also have that racist, gay-closeted idiot Jefferies in charge.

Hoo-boy, that’ll be a hoot.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:55 AM (YWGgu)

218 @212 The no-excuse mail-in vote option is a relic of the pandemic lockdown era, that needs to be shutdown, but how?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 08:55 AM (cWLG3)

219 @RealSKeshel
Early in-person: 50.8% to 49.2% YES
Election Day in-person: 54.5% to 45.5% NO
Mail: 72.5% to 27.5% YES

Even the EU knows mail-in is 100% fraud.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:55 AM (tUj8P)

220 @RealSKeshel
Early in-person: 50.8% to 49.2% YES
Election Day in-person: 54.5% to 45.5% NO
Mail: 72.5% to 27.5% YES

Even the EU knows mail-in is 100% fraud.
Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:55 AM (tUj8P)

This is why we'll never have nice things.

May Thune feel the rath of a million sand fleas in his taint.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)

221 That makes sense. Leftists in the US maintained that the widespread violence in the 60s and 70s was actually a result of right wing infiltration and saboteurs. The Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair crowd were incapable of violence, or some such nonsense. As usual, they want payback and revenge for something that didn’t happen, against folks who didn’t do anything. Make it make sense

Posted by: Common Tater at April 22, 2026 08:56 AM (2Fnww)

222 Anyone here with a rifle and a rowboat could probably commandeer one.

Now that would be a fun MoMe activity. Seize a cargo ship and put up the Ace of Spades flag.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:56 AM (tUj8P)

223 All the SPLC has ever done is bitch and moan about white folks are racists. ALL white people. When in fact they are the ones who call us names and never shut up. It's gotten so old hearing their crap I don't even pay attention to it anymore. If they get into legal trouble, well good maybe they will go bankrupt.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 08:56 AM (pvf3X)

224 "Anyone here with a rifle and a rowboat could probably commandeer one."
+++++

We're on our way!

Posted by: Somalis at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)

225 Imagine the committee of Democrats thinking of ways to destroy the country, then putting shit in front of Biden to sign and threatening to withhold his oatmeal if he didn’t.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 22, 2026 08:53 AM (YWGgu)

They didn't need to do any of that. They had Otto Penn to the rescue.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

226 Leftists in the US maintained that the widespread violence in the 60s and 70s was actually a result of right wing infiltration and saboteurs.

Everything the left says is projection. No exceptions.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (tUj8P)

227 So, going back to his roots.

We'll know the transition back is complete when he dons the bow tie again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
*******
The conservative followers he once had will now be replaced with Marxist Democrats.

Posted by: redridinghood at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

228 141 Everyone must contribute, so consider yourself a contributor.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

Do I contribute anything?

I kind of feel like all I do is try to be angrier than everyone else. :/

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (iXqHn)

229 I'm back from the tire shop. They squeezed me into the schedule for 3:00 today. In the meantime I can simply turn off my auto headlights, which will keep LEO from noticing me (the shop owner said "They will pull you over for a headlight out"). But I think I'd do best to stay in town for the day. Maybe I'll wander back downtown and look at some stores.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 08:58 AM (+2QQb)

230
Do I contribute anything?

I kind of feel like all I do is try to be angrier than everyone else. :/
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (iXqHn)

Every site needs an old man yelling at clouds.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

231 The SPLC getting revealed as paying the organizers of these hate groups is something I never expected to see, and am incredibly happy for. If they can get Brennan bankrupted and jailed, I'll be over the moon for at least a week.

Posted by: American Hawkman at April 22, 2026 08:59 AM (6so3e)

232 In the meantime I can simply turn off my auto headlights, which will keep LEO from noticing me (the shop owner said "They will pull you over for a headlight out"). But I think I'd do best to stay in town for the day. Maybe I'll wander back downtown and look at some stores.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 08:58 AM (+2QQb)

Arrrrrgh.....Ye must save that for talk like a pirate day.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:59 AM (Zz0t1)

233 Mornin', Horde. It's Wednesday. That's all I got right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 08:59 AM (bFu5X)

234 May Thune feel the rath of a million sand fleas in his taint.

Fauci has some sand fleas he can borrow.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 08:59 AM (tUj8P)

235 Especially if the vessel targeted has no armed security.
——-

That’s most, if not all. That’s the problem. No guns allowed, maritime laws or port regs or whatever.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 22, 2026 09:00 AM (2Fnww)

236 It was all over the web last night that Pam Bondi was sent packing.......Only saw it on left wing toilet paper sites, however.

Is it true?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

237 230
Do I contribute anything?

I kind of feel like all I do is try to be angrier than everyone else. :/
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 08:57 AM (iXqHn)

Every site needs an old man yelling at clouds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)
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I think the majority of people here have the ability to talk some sense in to people in their sphere, that's something.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:00 AM (cWLG3)

238 ---
I think the majority of people here have the ability to talk some sense in to people in their sphere, that's something.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:00 AM (cWLG3)

It's slightly depressing to be in the minority.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

239 My biggest concern is that the SPLC has lost sight of its mission. Cruelty to animals is unacceptable.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 09:01 AM (2ap+5)

240 It is my belief that every left wing organization on the planet is a money laundering scheme and if we were serious, they'd investigate every single one and federal 'pound you in the ass' prisons would be stuffed to the gills.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

241 Very sorry to hear of the "ceasefire" extension. Screw the mullahs, and commence bombing the IRCG. For real peace in Iran, all those muthafrickers have to go to paradise.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (m2lIk)

242 @239
Haha, good one!

Posted by: Brick Tamlan at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (cWLG3)

243 Posted by: Paul at April 22, 2026 09:02 AM (DvO4f)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

244 is it a piece of toast, or a slice of toast

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (ZxPkt)

245 I have my 'I Voted' sticker for voting. Once again, NOVA is hot bed of Yankees, Hoboes, and Imports. May be time to move to real America.

I did notice that the SPLC has been paying White Supremacists to be Supreme to prop up Hillary's presidential narrative at UVA/Charlottesville.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (FmapG)

246 We still have the district on the southwest of the state.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:03 AM (kbShR)

247 There are a lot of "breaking news" alerts that alert us to something we already know (Ciarmella, etc.). But 2 things have been real news, at least to me. The extent that our tax dollars were used to fund Democrats via NGOs, and that the SPLC funded Charlottesville and other ops to fill the gap in "hate" that was in high demand but low supply.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 09:04 AM (Dv3i1)

248 My retirement advice to everyone is: Buy more toilet paper. You'll be shitting at home a lot more."
*furiously scribbles notes*
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (2Ez/1)

Just rinse your ass with water from the shitter then wipe hand dry on your pants.

Posted by: Muhammed El Muhammed Muhammed at April 22, 2026 09:04 AM (79nfv)

249 I'm not too happy that Jesse Kelly hooked his wagon to Megyn Kelly's XM channel however. That means he's next on the way to being brain dead. Then I'll only have The Ruthless Podcast

Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 09:04 AM (BCuCF)

250 There ain’t no bad guys
There ain’t no good guys

There’s only You and Me
And We Just Disagree!!

Woah, Oh, Oh, Oh!!!

Posted by: Rancid 70s Earworm at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (2Fnww)

251 >Every site needs an old man yelling at clouds.
Posted by: Sponge -
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dude that's most of us here

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (ZxPkt)

252 @RealSKeshel
Early in-person: 50.8% to 49.2% YES
Election Day in-person: 54.5% to 45.5% NO
Mail: 72.5% to 27.5% YES
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On X, it was pointed out that there are 7--seven!--lawsuits against Trump's EO on mail-in ballots.

They're not against any actual rule--they're angrily demanding the courts prevent the agencies from even beginning the rule-making process.
Because Trump is directly over the target.

But, it get's crazier:
One of the litigants is a sorority.* Who claims they'll suffer harm because one of their "missions" is to teach how to vote by mail. And any possible rule change--even a legal one--will make that harder for them.

* recall, how the courts bend over and grabbed their ankles to deny standing in every election case from 2020?
But now some bint walking her dog past the White House has standing to stop the construction?
And now a group of sorority bimbos have standing to stop an EO?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (tUP1A)

253 I put my girfrien ina trunk.
Posted by: rapper D4vd at April 22, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F)

Whoda fuck lets their 14 YO hang with rappers?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

254 Good morning!

Gee, the SPLC created fake Nazis to raise money for more Nazi-hunting.

It would be funny if they didn't have so much power to destroy lives via contracts w/our military and Silicon Valley.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (5xoct)

255 Fucking clouds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (kbShR)

256 I'm not too happy that Jesse Kelly hooked his wagon to Megyn Kelly's XM channel however. That means he's next on the way to being brain dead. Then I'll only have The Ruthless Podcast
Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 09:04 AM (BCuCF)
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No too surprising. He's never been a real fan of PDT.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (3ImbR)

257 236 It was all over the web last night that Pam Bondi was sent packing.......Only saw it on left wing toilet paper sites, however.

Is it true?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Trump announced that Bondi will spend more time with her private sector. Announced last month, IIRC.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (Dv3i1)

258 Federal court upholds Texas law requiring display of Ten Commandments in public school classrooms

"This is one of the most important religious liberty victories for Texas in our glorious history," said Jonathan Saenz, president and attorney for Texas Values, which defended the law.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

259 255 Good morning!

Gee, the SPLC created fake Nazis to raise money for more Nazi-hunting.

It would be funny if they didn't have so much power to destroy lives via contracts w/our military and Silicon Valley.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (5xoct)
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Paying Peter to harass Paul.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at April 22, 2026 09:07 AM (cWLG3)

260
Trump announced that Bondi will spend more time with her private sector. Announced last month, IIRC.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (Dv3i1)

Oh yeah......that's right. For some reason, it was news for the left last night and they reported she was FIRED!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

261 Northern Virginia is the birthplace of the deep state. McLean, specifically.

Sister city would be Chevy Chase MD

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:07 AM (ZxPkt)

262 Posted by: Le Haim at April 22, 2026 09:07 AM (JT/uT)

You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

263 DC should be made square again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (kbShR)

264 230 Every site needs an old man yelling at clouds.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 08:58 AM (Zz0t1)

That is definitely not an accurate description of me.

I know most of the Horde are senior citizens (except like Mannix and TJM), but I am not.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (iXqHn)

265
Whoda fuck lets their 14 YO hang with rappers?
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)

But dey parents gonn be RICH yo!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

266 Gosh darn those fiendish clouds!

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)

267 The appointments of Joe diGenova as counsel and Devin Nunes as intel oversight is very, very encouraging. Very few people know more than these two about everything that's gone on since the golden escalato.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 09:09 AM (3ImbR)

268 That is definitely not an accurate description of me.

I know most of the Horde are senior citizens (except like Mannix and TJM), but I am not.
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (iXqHn)

Well, shit. I got nuthin, then. Sorry.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:09 AM (Zz0t1)

269 No too surprising. He's never been a real fan of PDT.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 09:06 AM (3ImbR)

=======

This site is always great, but peak hilarity ensues when the horde is mad at Trump.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 09:09 AM (2ap+5)

270 Gosh darn those fiendish clouds!
Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM

I darn thee, clouds!

Posted by: Navin R. Johnson at April 22, 2026 09:10 AM (snsSm)

271 We just need commonsense cloud control.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:10 AM (77rzZ)

272 I know most of the Horde are senior citizens (except like Mannix and TJM), but I am not.
Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 09:08 AM (iXqHn)
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Most of the Horde are not quite 29. I don't know where you're getting your info from.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 09:10 AM (3ImbR)

273
This site is always great, but peak hilarity ensues when the horde is mad at Trump.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 09:09 AM (2ap+5)

But we're sheep, are members of the Trump Cult and think that everything he says and does is golden......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:10 AM (Zz0t1)

274 One lasting change Trump could make is if he destroys the very corrupt and criminal Act Blue and SPLC organizations.

And I don't give a #$%^ what his current poll numbers are.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:11 AM (5xoct)

275 The SPLC secretly funneled $3M+ in donor funds to violent racist extremist groups:

-Ku Klux Klan
-American Nazi Party
-Aryan Nation
-United Klans of America
-Unite the Right
-National Alliance
-National Socialist Movement
-Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club
-American Front

Now I know why my Sadistic Souls annual dues went down 50%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

276 269 The appointments of Joe diGenova as counsel and Devin Nunes as intel oversight is very, very encouraging. Very few people know more than these two about everything that's gone on since the golden escalato.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 22, 2026 09:09 AM (3ImbR)

Devin "Sternly Worded Letter" Nunes?

He's like maybe one step above Trey Gowdy.

Posted by: XTC at April 22, 2026 09:11 AM (iXqHn)

277 Deep state develops a narrative to keep themselves in power.

Deep state funds groups, and there are more, like the SPLC to come up with a plan to increase the focus on the narrative.

SPLC sets up shell companies to funnel money to extremist groups while hiding the real source.

Deep state announces partnership with SPLC to fight extremist groups that are the biggest threat to America.

Deep state presidential candidate with the ever present help of the media ties the actions of the extremist groups to his political opponent with things like the "fine people" hoax.

Profit.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 09:12 AM (viF8m)

278 -Ku Klux Klan
-American Nazi Party
-Aryan Nation
-United Klans of America
-Unite the Right
-National Alliance
-National Socialist Movement
-Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club
-American Front

Now I know why my Sadistic Souls annual dues went down 50%.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:11 AM (/+uur)

"I read about them in Time Magazine......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:12 AM (Zz0t1)

279
Remember, every time a troll is noticed, it's mom will have to clean up the mess in the basement after it climaxes.

Posted by: Auspex at April 22, 2026 09:12 AM (Y8DZL)

280 When the CIA's princess was installed in VA it was inevitable that they'd press their ongoing color revolution. The Agency can't help itself. I imagine whole directorates inside it are staffed wholly by communists.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 09:13 AM (AkEZC)

281 SPLC is more than just funding fake ops. There were multiple rackets going thru there, some involving large banks.

this is going to heat up. crazy stuff incoming (like, more crazy than the current ops lol)

the money tree - of taxpayer money! - is getting cut off from the left

gonna be an interesting summer

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 09:14 AM (j+aD2)

282 The Boogaloo Boys got nothing?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:14 AM (kbShR)

283 I wouldn't trust an AP poll to tell me the sun rises in the east, Streicher.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 22, 2026 09:14 AM (qRla/)

284 Where the hell is Steiner?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (kbShR)

285 SPLC and ActBlue - huge racket run thru those two entities

this will be fun

Posted by: BlackOrchid (j+aD2) at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (j+aD2)

286 If a homeless man has a dog, is the dog homeless?

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (ZxPkt)

287 I put my girfrien ina trunk.
Posted by: rapper D4vd

Put your wife & dog in a trunk. Let them out after one hour. See who is happiest to see you.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (/Vcgx)

288 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏

The Supreme Court of Virginia consists of seven justices appointed by a majority vote of the state legislature to 12-year terms. While justices are not formally affiliated with political parties, the selection process is highly political. As of 2023, a majority of sitting justices were appointed by Democratic governors, shifting the court's composition from previous Republicans-controlled appointments.

Although appointed through partisan political processes, the justices operate formally on a nonpartisan basis.

The court has recently been involved in key political decisions, including ruling on redistricting matters.

(Some AI Overview ^ .)

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (NFX2v)

289 >Center for Politics org - Voters Approving Virginia Democratic Gerrymander Puts Democrats on Cusp of 218 House Seats in Ratings, but Questions Remain, published on April. 26, 2026.

>NRDC, Democratic Redistricting dot com: Eric Holder Statement on Virginians Passing Redistricting Measure to Level the Playing Field in 2026, April 21, 2026

"...Level the playing field against Republicans' egregious power grabs in Texas, Missouri, and North Carolina."

"Just last month, President Barack Obama partnered with NDRC to urge Virginians to vote "YES" on the measure."
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That's a shame. At one time I would have sworn Virginians would never let this happen. (Watch the lower Courts expand next.)

I guess - like SE Pennsylvania's redistricting disaster and its high court - it's a different kind of people voting in just a handful of years.
---

Good day. 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (NFX2v)

290 256, I don't know about that. I've been listening to Jesse for a long time. He never gave me that vibe, but if Trump did something stupid (which to be honest, he has) he does bring it up, but not like CNN would.

Posted by: Jaimo at April 22, 2026 09:16 AM (BCuCF)

291 If a homeless man has a dog, is the dog homeless?
Posted by: Don Black

Home is where the heart is.
Posted by: The Hallmark Channel

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:16 AM (/Vcgx)

292 Earth Day, invented by a guy who murdered his girlfriend, then later, fled to France to avoid prosecution.

Yeah, I'll pass celebrating his holiday, thanks.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:16 AM (5xoct)

293 'Manufacturing extremisim'

Oops. That means Kash also has the receipts for the "Alcoholic Kash" talking points.

Posted by: t-bird at April 22, 2026 09:17 AM (z0cWr)

294 Obongo was all over YouTube commercials. The opposition sent out flyers.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:17 AM (kbShR)

295 @salinasforhtx
·
Follow
This Lesbian Visibility Week, I’m proud to serve as the first openly LGBTQ+ Latina elected to Houston City Council. Our city is stronger when everyone feels seen, valued, and represented.

Other than Trans Lesbo are about 10X more visible than any other protected group.
It is easier to spot a lesbo than a black man.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:17 AM (/+uur)

296 Put your wife & dog in a trunk. Let them out after one hour. See who is happiest to see you.

Posted by: rickb223 at April 22, 2026 09:15 AM (/Vcgx)

thats tff every time

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:18 AM (/+uur)

297 Denver popo crack down on crime

DONT RAPE

thats all

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:21 AM (/+uur)

298 Heh, today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I become retired. I surrender all my badges. I don't need no stinking badges.

Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 09:22 AM (FmapG)

299 Happy Ira Einhorn day!!!

I hope someone commemorates the event appropriately by whizzing on his grave.

Posted by: 496 at April 22, 2026 09:23 AM (aJ8q5)

300 A judge tossed Kash Patel's defamation suit. Yeah, screw with the director of the FBI.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at April 22, 2026 09:23 AM (5xuJ/)

301 299 Heh, today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I become retired. I surrender all my badges. I don't need no stinking badges.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 09:22 AM (FmapG)

=====

Congrats! Retirement at 29. Must be nice.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (2ap+5)

302 NY Times publishes opinion piece advocating the seizure of property from older people for distribution to younger generations and the forced end to medical care. Thanks to Matt Taibbi for noticing.

https://shorturl.fm/bVvgS

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (O/nP+)

303 281 When the CIA's princess was installed in VA it was inevitable that they'd press their ongoing color revolution. The Agency can't help itself. I imagine whole directorates inside it are staffed wholly by communists.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Isn't Ratcliffe running the CIA now? What kind of manager let's this happen?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (Dv3i1)

304 280
Remember, every time a troll is noticed, it's mom will have to clean up the mess in the basement after it climaxes.
____

There was an interesting study reported in Psychology Today (I think) several years ago that demonstrated that most trolls have severe mental illnesses. (Which makes sense: imagine you spending all your time on leftwing websites and leaving toxic posts designed simply to aggravate people. You would have to be a pretty wretched person.) Best to ignore them.

Posted by: 15 Tiny Cities at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (qUkBO)

305 Heh, today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I become retired. I surrender all my badges. I don't need no stinking badges.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026 09:22 AM (FmapG)

Congrats! Enjoy taking advantage of being at work one more time, only this time, accomplishing absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (Zz0t1)

306 The Boogaloo Boys got nothing?

Posted by: Boss Moss

They worked cheap. Don't really need to do paperwork for a case of White Claw and a couple boxes of Moon Pies.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (OUMaO)

307 pudinhead

Way to go! On to new adventures.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (u82oZ)

308 There are two CIAs. Obama CIA is still around.

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (GD0B3)

309 Tyrone Skywalker.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:24 AM (kbShR)

310 Heh, today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I become retired. I surrender all my badges. I don't need no stinking badges.
Posted by: pudinhead
+++
Congrats. Good for you. Only problem is that time speeds up when you retire. I did it 10 years ago. Seems like yesterday.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at April 22, 2026 09:25 AM (Lo97M)

311 302 NY Times publishes opinion piece advocating the seizure of property from older people for distribution to younger generations and the forced end to medical care. Thanks to Matt Taibbi for noticing.
_____

Older people, as in majority indigenous white? Younger people, as in majority imported 3rd world?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 09:25 AM (Dv3i1)

312 trolls are AI generated

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

313 mods need to ban VPNs

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

314 Paul got poofed.

What about the other retard?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

315 ban VPNs, in toto

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (GD0B3)

316 Corey is still butthurt.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (kbShR)

317 Isn't Ratcliffe running the CIA now? What kind of manager let's this happen?

Posted by: Chuck Martel

As if he can keep an eye on every single person there 24/7? Plus he probably has to rely on others who may be less than reliable.

None of these agencies are salvageable. The rot's too deep.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (OUMaO)

318 I would support the banning of free VPN's. Those that are paid for, however......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

319 297 Trumpstein gave Bibi a nice fat blowjob and it will lead to the far left winning. Hope it was worth it.

Sad!
Posted by: Le Haim

The Far Left, sadly, always gets a turn in power occasionally. Unlike most Republicans that get power, they actually make permanent adjustments that serve their needs.

Trump breaks the trend for the right. He has removed millions of illegals (and has almost 3 years left!), smashed agencies and Leftist federal funding streams, and if he can finally end Iran AND the Palestinian issues in the Middle East, it's all a worthwhile thrashing of the Left. We may yet destroy NATO, the EU. and cripple China's near-term military and economic ambitions, too.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (JCZqz)

320 ban VPNs or do what X blue Check verification does

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (GD0B3)

321 Corey is still butthurt.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:26 AM (kbShR)

SCREW that guy!!!

Posted by: Michelle Fields at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

322 The abstract puts it plainly: “metrics for extreme summer heat… show modest negative trends since 1899… Extreme cold temperature metrics also indicate a decline… In sum, instances of both hot and cold extreme metrics have declined since 1899.”

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (RHGPo)

323 End the ceasefire! Finish the bastards.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (O/nP+)

324 >>This Lesbian Visibility Week. . .

These designated celebration days have become ridiculous. Want to see a lesbian? Turn on a WNBA or women's soccer game. Sheesh!

I cannot believe that in 2026 there is some politician out there who thinks her attraction to women is somehow unique, noteworthy requiring our audience. Grow up an accomplish something if you want visibility, lady.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (5xoct)

325 127 The blockade is only for ships transiting to and from Iranian ports, is it not? We're not stopping every ship from going through. How many of these ships are from other ports?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

The Touska, disabled by Naval gunfire and seized, was transiting from a Chinese port to Iran. I believe the Spruance took such extreme measures to stop it because we knew exactly what it was carrying; the raw materials needed to make solid rocket motors.

Posted by: Tom Servo

I do not know the precise 'rules of engagement' for stopping and searching ships attempting to cross the blockade line, from either direction. US intel gets as much prior information as it can about the flag vessels are registered under, prior names and registrations, if any, cargoes, and sailing plan stated destinations. Not every ship activates its ID and location beacon. I don't know that violates any international maritime laws or regulations. Our intel can track them using satellite and drone assests.

Looking at MarineTraffic right now, it looks like an Iranian-flagged tanker, Atlantis II, may try to run the blockade tomorrow or later. It sailed from Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (5rh/l)

326 You don't need vpns here, just adblock.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (kbShR)

327 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (JCZqz)

that was dumb

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (GD0B3)

328 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at April 22, 2026 09:27 AM (JCZqz)

Avoid quoting the trolls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

329 Among those nefarious payments was a staggering $270,000 allegedly paid to a member of the online leadership chat group that planned the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. That paid insider attended the event at the SPLC’s direction, helped coordinate transportation for attendees, and even made racist postings under the group’s supervision.

There were bad people on BOTH SIDES.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (/+uur)

330 Knock Brucey all you want, at least he served in Vietnam. Remember he stood there in the jungle taking all the heat they were giving.
He even went down to see his VA man.

Posted by: Le harm at April 22, 2026 09:28 AM (a992C)

331 Redd Foxx ate a bar of soap to fail his draft physical.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 09:29 AM (kbShR)

332 I would support the banning of free VPN's. Those that are paid for, however.

==

on the other hand...trolls quadruple ace's engagement numbers when they go around switching VPNs,

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (GD0B3)

333 so trolls basically make ace richer!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (GD0B3)

334 Heh, today is my last day at work. Tomorrow, I become retired. I surrender all my badges. I don't need no stinking badges.
Posted by: pudinhead at April 22, 2026
*
Congrats! Enjoy taking advantage of being at work one more time, only this time, accomplishing absolutely nothing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026

***
Yes. And leave early too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 09:30 AM (+2QQb)

335 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

336 I’d be willing to bet that there are parts of the CIA that even its Directors don’t know about.

Posted by: Bulg at April 22, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

337 Heh. Dumbass troll thinks VPN's don't have specific ranges of IP addresses that can be blocked.

What a maroon.

What's it like being sofa king stupid you have to be told to remember to breathe?

BWWWAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 22, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

338 what was the nic of that loser, pussy whipped trailer park trash who got high all day and then went off on with some nonsense? scogg or some shit like that ?

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:33 AM (GD0B3)

339 scogg does not know jack shit about VPNs!

😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (GD0B3)

340 No way.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (2rme3)

341 Downtown Frisco tower once worth $320 million went to auction. Nobody made an offer.

Posted by: SMOD at April 22, 2026 09:34 AM (RHGPo)

342 I know, I know, time to "move on" but...

>The Hill, Jeffries warns Florida Republicans after Democrats’ win in Virginia, 04/22/26 9:15 AM ET

&

>McGill Media, HOME / POLITICS
'He's the dumbest': Hakeem Jeffries responds to Trump's 'low IQ person' jab
"I watch this low-IQ guy, Hakeem Jeffries, he's a totally low-IQ person, and he's always ranting and raving," President Trump had said, 42 minutes ago

It contains, in part:

Facebook, Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
Virginia just beat Trump’s rigged game.

November ends him.

Democrats WILL take back Congress.
---
They feel real good.

Game's on baby!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at April 22, 2026 10:07 AM (NFX2v)

343 Linus—Texas to Mobile to Florida! I made that trip in March and stayed a month!. I loved it!!!

Posted by: AnnaS at April 22, 2026 10:17 AM (WdMlw)

344 241 and 323 agree! I lived there for years. Only answer is to end the regime and start over.

Posted by: AnnaS at April 22, 2026 11:04 AM (nrfI8)

345 "Steve Hilton Can Win in November"

Sure he could... in an election where only living US citizens cast ballots.

What's the odds on that?

Posted by: buddhaha at April 22, 2026 12:03 PM (hMktQ)

346 Why would the SPLC need paid informants to discern hate groups when:
(a) the fact of an informant means that they've already identified the outfit as a hate group, and
(b) they can just go to those outfits' websites and download all manner of hate-filled literature?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at April 22, 2026 12:44 PM (bufu1)

347 The left and the Socialist Democrats are doing everything they can to de-legitimize our citizen form of government representation. Our Congressional Senators and Representatives do not want to be bothered with actually speaking out for their constituency when lobbyists are stuffing their pockets. Congress is a House-of-Whores!
The left and the Socialist Democrats are corrupting the Judicial Branch of our Government to implement Lawfare.
And the 'Right' does nothing to challenge it, even though some of them are personally financial and effective victims of the attacks. One can only come to the conclusion that the 'Right' is complicit in that outrage of our 'Constitution'.

Posted by: John at April 22, 2026 01:19 PM (0DsdP)

Daily Tech News 22 April 2026

Top Story

AMD's new top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor is here. Don't buy it. (Tom's Hardware)

Not AMD's fault. They've resisted shipping CPUs with this configuration for years, claiming that it only helped performance for certain very specific workloads.

They were right.

Also, Intel's new 270K Plus is nearly as fast for creative work at less than half the price. Yes, it's on a dead platform, but even if you'll end up throwing away both the CPU and the motherboard it may work out better value than the 9950X3D2.

Tech News

Framework's new Laptop 13 Pro provides an Intel Core Ultra 7 358H - the one with the best in class integrated graphics that only works with soldered LPDDR5X memory - and also expandable memory. (Notebook Check)

Courtesy of a LPCAMM2 module, which lets you upgrade memory that would normally be soldered to the motherboard.

Up to 64GB of RAM, a 2880x1920 13" touch screen, and none of the Four Essential Keys. Sore point, because they have 20 different keyboard options including some with additional keys, but none have those four.

It's fully compatible with the existing Laptop 13's motherboard and expansion modules, but with a CNC machined aluminium chassis.

They also announced a keyboards - which also lacks the Four Essential Keys.
SpaceX has signed a deal with Cursor that gives them the option to buy that company for $60 billion. (Twitter)

This may or may not happen.
Anthropic suspended one company's access to Claude, leaving 60 employees unable to do anything for 15 hours. (Tom's Hardware)

I don't think the problem there is with Anthropic.
Amazon meanwhile is investing $25 billion in Anthropic, as part of a deal where Anthropic spends $100 billion over 10 years with Amazon. (CNBC)

The money on the bus goes round and round...
The 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is online. (Britannica 11)

Start with A and keep going until you run out of pages.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: It's not what you don't do, it's the way you don't do it.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 04:31 AM (5OgL1)

3 w00t

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:31 AM (YbTYS)

4 Otters called.

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 04:32 AM (5OgL1)

5 >>>Anthropic suspended one company's access to Claude, leaving 60 employees unable to do anything for 15 hours. (Tom's Hardware)
I don't think the problem there is with Anthropic.

Agreed!
"Unable to do anything." sheesh

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:33 AM (YbTYS)

6
I don't care what Amazon does. Keep Claude away from the DoD.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 04:34 AM (n7rxJ)

7 Mornin'

The Rockford Files - Greatest TV show evah!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

8 >>>Amazon meanwhile is investing $25 billion in Anthropic, as part of a deal where Anthropic spends $100 billion over 10 years with Amazon. (CNBC)

... and pretty soon you're talkin' real money.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:37 AM (YbTYS)

9 I've been looking up how to cast video to my Roku TV with Linux Mint. Some options, but from what I've read, tricky. It's not to major of an issue. I can just use a good ole fashioned HDMI cable and plug the laptop into the TV directly. Just wondering if I could cast it too. The MacBook isn't an issue. Casts pretty easily.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

10 Disclaimer: It's not what you don't do, it's the way you don't do it.

Similarly:

'Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That Cha Do It)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:45 AM (YbTYS)

11 ... and pretty soon you're talkin' real money.
****

Stock options, corporate accounting games, balance sheet transfers out of thin air are all manifestations of imaginary gains and losses. No real money involved. But the crash will be real and spectacular.

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 04:48 AM (5OgL1)

12 I expect the Devil is enjoying Lenin's birthday

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

13 12 I expect the Devil is enjoying Lenin's birthday
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

What do you get for the man who already has everyone else's things?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:50 AM (Ot/FD)

14 7 Mornin'

The Rockford Files - Greatest TV show evah!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 04:37 AM (sAmhv)

You might be right!

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:53 AM (YbTYS)

15 70 years ago, in April of 1956, my martial arts Sensei, Black Belt Hall of Fame Judo Instructor, the late Karl Geis, almost blew up the world. He was an Air Force radio traffic analyst stationed in Japan on a Sunday. He was the only analyst on duty, when he noticed that all of the Russian Bomber call signs had launched toward the US simultaneously. He called in the LT who was serving as Officer of the Day, and showed him the data. The LT said to him, "What do we do?" Karl said "Call NORAD and report this." They got the General in charge at NORAD and told him. He called President Eisenhower, who ordered an all out nuclear strike on the USSR by SAC. Meanwhile in Japan they had scrambled all the other Traffic Analysts - who confirmed Karl's analysis. In 1956 there was no "Fail Safe". When SAC launched, the bombers were on their way to their targets. All of the foreign analysts were called in and again confirmed Karl's analysis. Suddenly a French analyst shouted "Those Idiots have switched their Civilian and Military call signs. This is the resupply of Siberia after the winter" when he saw a plane land in Siberia. When SAC was recalled the lead B-52s were over Soviet Air space.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 22, 2026 04:54 AM (Da7Vv)

16 Good morning, everyone. I hope you all had a blessed day yesterday . I was over at the local senior care center with the Bible study group- a small group of lovely people who meet twice a month for study. Yesterday we were looking at Revelation 5:9-13 which is about living creatures and angels all singing " Worthy is the lamb who was slain" and "To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!"

Yesterday I went to the "Faithpot" site and there was a video of Ce Ce Winans singing a song about this passage:

https://tinyurl.com/tsszfcj5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:00 AM (An79C)

17 Mornin' Horde.

Coffee. Bacon. Eggs.

Fueling commences.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

18 Continuing from downstairs
https://www.americanthinker.com obama hops aboard mamdani_s_socialist bandwagon

I would advocate he always was, just with a smoke screen

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Toddler shares magical moments with some horses.

https://tinyurl.com/3vebp6d5

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:05 AM (PFs9e)

20 @15/An Observation sez Trump is my President:

That's not one of the close-calls I'd heard of previously. One is left to wonder how many times this sort of thing has happened.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:07 AM (O7YUW)

21 Back to the city, its a big project so expect to have to go there for a few months
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 05:09 AM (Ia/+0)

22 So, don't buy nothin'. Okay, will do.
* zombie hand hits up newegg...*

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2026 05:11 AM (diia5)

23 18 ... obama hops aboard mamdani ...
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

ewwwww

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:12 AM (YbTYS)

24 @18/Skip: "I would advocate he always was, just with a smoke screen"

And one heck of a smoke screen it was. Any time I need to remember that I don't hate the media enough, I just have to think back to them running offense and defense for Obama and how much they hid information about him that the voters should have, and needed to know.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:15 AM (O7YUW)

25 17 Mornin' Horde.

Coffee. Bacon. Eggs.

Fueling commences.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

And toast?

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:16 AM (YbTYS)

26 Very belated BOING!

Israel Independence Day here. Just back from ascending the Temple Mount. Was most uplifting and joyous. Oh, and I was planning on going even before this came out:

https://tinyurl.com/4p2dhs8n

Sounds like a plan!

Anyhoo, early noon stove top coffee bubbling away. Then we're off to a gathering of pups and grandpups for the family BBQ somewhere deep in the heart of Judea and Samaria.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 22, 2026 05:17 AM (1o8D5)

27 @25/m: No toast. Just black wakeup juice and protein.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

28 Happy Independence Day, Biden's dog.! Our morning prayers include prayers for Israel everyday.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 05:25 AM (zMLZ6)

29 That Rockford theme made me remember how much I liked it when it was on, I had a handheld cassette recorder at the time and I recall holding it up next to the tv and recording the song on tape. Nobody under 30 - maybe 40 - would even understand that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 05:26 AM (Fmj+u)

30 That's not one of the close-calls I'd heard of previously. One is left to wonder how many times this sort of thing has happened.

There used to be a Wikipedia page on the 1956 event, but they have withdrawn it.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 22, 2026 05:32 AM (Da7Vv)

31 Tech thread is jumping today. Good morning.

Posted by: Pete Bog at April 22, 2026 05:36 AM (uyu6y)

32 Just back from toast-making!

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:37 AM (YbTYS)

33 @Pixy: You should write to Framework and explain what the four essential keys are, and why they should offer them on a keyboard variant.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 05:39 AM (O7YUW)

34 I recently saw a YouTube video claiming that in 1952, an Air Force F94-A shot down a Nuclear armed Russian B-29 copy over Alaskan territorial waters. My dad flew back seat in an F94-A about that time. The radar screen was so dim that he had to carry a blanket to throw over his head during daytime, so he could see the screen.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 22, 2026 05:40 AM (Da7Vv)

35 Evening and morning, all! Slept solidly but not long, after a dream where I was attempting to direct -- and star in -- a TV episode about a husband-wife acting team hosting one of those old-style quiz shows like What's My Line? You know, when they hired people with actual wit and sophistication to appear on TV even if they weren't that glamorous-looking, like Bennett Cerf, Henry Morgan, or Dorothy Kilgallen.

The trouble? I had no real script, and was depending on some of the other actors to improvise. A nightmare indeed.

Anyway, I am awake, and have to head off to the tire and service shop about my headlight in a couple of hours. How 'bout choo?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 05:47 AM (+2QQb)

36 some fun stuff in the comments here:

Josh Weinstein
@Joshstrangehill
10h
Yes! I was just able to use this line in a conversation, once again!

It's my #1 most used Simpsons quote (And it might even be my line)

My #2 most used line is Moe's "Pret-ty clevah!" from "Hurricane Neddy"

What's YOUR most used Simpsons quote?

(Used in regular conversation)

Hmm your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:49 AM (YbTYS)

37 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 05:52 AM (VyBeY)

38 for example:

heytherecharlie
@heytherecharli3
7h
Replying to @Joshstrangehill
I have three kids and no money! Why can't I have no kids and three money?

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:54 AM (YbTYS)

39 Cat steals baby chicks from the neighbor . It's actually a nice story from " Sunny Skyz":

https://tinyurl.com/3vss56mh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 06:00 AM (PFs9e)

40 “ In that day you will say: “Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted.”

Isaiah 12:4

Posted by: Marcus T at April 22, 2026 06:00 AM (E/qck)

41 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 05:47 AM (+2QQb)

I have to go to the market ( exciting times, eh?)
and prepare for Sunday's service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 06:01 AM (PFs9e)

42 Back at you, Marcus T !🙂 From Psalm 138:

I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.

2 I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 06:05 AM (PFs9e)

43 > 34 I recently saw a YouTube video claiming that in 1952, an Air Force F94-A shot down a Nuclear armed Russian B-29 copy over Alaskan territorial waters.

The Russkis have been attempting to penetrate Alaskan airspace for many decades. This rarely makes the Lower 48 news, but it literally happens all the time.

According to a friend who should know, in recent history the game has been to intercept the Russians before they get within cruise missile range of Anchorage.

They don't always succeed.

I can totally believe that a Russian plane was downed back then... there are areas that are still damned remote today, much less in 1952, and there weren't a zillion satellites taking pictures, either.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2026 06:08 AM (IG3/x)

44 Wow! I am suddenly glad that I am not and never have been a private investigator. That extended theme makes the lifestyle look atrocious.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 06:13 AM (Sy6m/)

45 My high-tech experience of the week:

Learning that the fancy ER-grade Foley catheters now have a built-in temperature probe. Apparently urine temperature is a good proxy for actual core temperature, and having a probe in the urine stream lets you do continuous temperature monitoring with sticking another probe up the patient's ass.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at April 22, 2026 06:14 AM (IG3/x)

46 James Garner
Born James Scott Bumgarner
April 7, 1928
Denver, Oklahoma, now part of Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.

His life history is amazing.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 06:15 AM (YbTYS)

47
Earf Day! Also, Stuff-Your-Murdered-GF-In-A-Trunk Day!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:15 AM (tgvbd)

48 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse with Edward G. Robinson and Claire Trevor is on TCM. I've never seen it. EGR was amazing -- he played gangsters, doctors, a milquetoast husband, a college professor, a Nazi hunter, a farmer slowly going mad, an enlisted man on a WWII destroyer, an insurance expert, and more.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 06:17 AM (+2QQb)

49 47
Earf Day! Also, Stuff-Your-Murdered-GF-In-A-Trunk Day!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Also Vladimir Lenin's Birthday.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 22, 2026 06:19 AM (sAmhv)

50 James Garner
Born James Scott Bumgarner
April 7, 1928
Denver, Oklahoma, now part of Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.

His life history is amazing.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026

***
I read his memoir earlier this year. It includes a section where he lists each movie or TV series he was in, and sums it up as good or bad. For instance, he mentions 1966's Mister Buddwing and says, "To this day I don't know what it was about. What were they thinking?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 06:20 AM (+2QQb)

51 I assiduously plan not to celebrate Earth Day today, and murderous What's- His- Name -except that I have every intention of staying on the earth today, God willing and may pick up flowers for a dear lady in the Senior Center.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at April 22, 2026 06:24 AM (+2c3a)

52 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at April 22, 2026 06:30 AM (2Ez/1)

53 I watched The Rockford Files back in the day. It was a good TV show, I liked James Garner. And the shows theme music was great. One thing that annoyed me was the bad guys characters always seemed to have a Brooklyn accent. It was like New York City moved to Southern California. But other than that it was a good TV show.
Garner was great in the movies Support Your Local Sheriff, and Support Your Local Gunfighter.

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2026 06:32 AM (pvf3X)

54 Shimmering paths astound by day
Pieces of light come out to play
The sun turns out so bright
Such a nice day to fly a kite

fin

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 06:33 AM (nD5wh)

55
Earth Day is more pernicious than we acknowledge. It marked to transition of the Democratic Party from We-Are-Going-To-The-Moon to the mingy, crabbed eat-the-bugs party of BANANAs they are today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)

56 James Garner
Born James Scott Bumgarner
April 7, 1928
Denver, Oklahoma, now part of Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.

His life history is amazing.
Posted by: m

Norman has a statue of him in our little downtown plaza.

Also, Earth Day Shmurth Day. Let's strip mine.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 06:34 AM (cxFcK)

57 I think my favorite Garner TV show one from the early 70's called Nichols. A quirky western.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 06:35 AM (cxFcK)

58 Earth Day. Going to cut down more trees and burn trash in celebration.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 06:42 AM (DIbRX)

59 Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 06:35 AM (cxFcK)

Kinda risqué-looking hash, there.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 06:43 AM (YbTYS)

60 Greetings and good morning, one and all. Kindly think happy thoughts in my direction as I'm going to the doctor for an injection into my knee to make up for the fact that I have lost almost all my cartilage.

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 06:44 AM (+4yJ5)

61 talk about No Kings:

Pop Base
@PopBase
22h
The UK will ban anyone 17 and under from ever buying cigarettes after the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament.

Anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco, aiming to create a smoke-free generation.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 06:50 AM (YbTYS)

62 Earth First! Make Mars Our Bitch!

Posted by: Dale Alvin Gribble at April 22, 2026 06:50 AM (XE5AP)

63 "Earf Day! Also, Stuff-Your-Murdered-GF-In-A-Trunk Day!"

Yo!

*fist bump*

Posted by: rapper D4vd at April 22, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

64 Since it's Earth Day, let me resurrect this old meme:
https://tinyurl.com/3akxhd2r

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 22, 2026 06:56 AM (O7YUW)

65 BBC

Iran says it has seized two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz after three vessels attacked

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:02 AM (YbTYS)

66
Yo!

*fist bump*
Posted by: rapper D4vd at April 22, 2026 06:54 AM (vFG9F)

Minstrel Show: Reinforces stereotype of blacks as happy, singing, dancing, watermelon-eating darkies. Bad and false.

Rap Music: Reinforces stereotype of blacks as violent, sociopathic thugs and amoral sluts. Good and real.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 07:05 AM (tgvbd)

67 Nothing on the BBC online front page about "The UK will ban anyone 17 and under from ever buying cigarettes after the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament."

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:09 AM (YbTYS)

68 Witch Hat Atelier.

I love the art, but I have lost interest in the story.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2026 07:10 AM (2GVsD)

69 45, science is sure wonderful, innit?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:12 AM (VyBeY)

70 ... AND vapes:

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
18h
BREAKING:

The UK passes lifelong ban on buying tobacco and vapes for everyone born after 2008.

The law, meant to create “a smoke-free generation, will come into effect in 2027

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:13 AM (YbTYS)

71 talk about No Kings:

Pop Base
@PopBase
22h
The UK will ban anyone 17 and under from ever buying cigarettes after the Tobacco and Vapes Bill cleared Parliament.

Anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco, aiming to create a smoke-free generation.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 06:50 AM (YbTYS)

No Kings except for Nosmo.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 07:14 AM (Ot/FD)

72 "Anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco, aiming to create a smoke-free generation"

But weed is still ok, right?

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:15 AM (vFG9F)

73 OK, this was neat to watch. The Joker facing Jesus:

https://youtu.be/jwVe9jBxZM0

(Yes, yes. AI animation with a lot of flaws. It still works out.)

Posted by: NR Pax at April 22, 2026 07:15 AM (+4yJ5)

74 LOL, W-o!

I remember a college textbook where that was one on the character names used in hypotheticals.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:16 AM (VyBeY)

75
Anyone born after January 1, 2009 will never be able to legally purchase tobacco, aiming to create a smoke-free generation

No more fags, eh?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 07:16 AM (tgvbd)

76 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:16 AM (RIvkX)

77 heh

13 12 I expect the Devil is enjoying Lenin's birthday
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:49 AM (Ia/+0)

What do you get for the man who already has everyone else's things?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at April 22, 2026 04:50 AM (Ot/FD)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:17 AM (YbTYS)

78 Back then the opening theme was hugely important to TV programs. Several became popular hits. Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter, Baretta.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:18 AM (RIvkX)

79 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

80 Lol, that law will only make the UK's two-tier, race-based justice system even more obvious. No more hiding it in courthouses with media lockouts.

Arabs loooove cigarettes. So the Arabs will freely purchase and smoke cigarettes, while whitey will get the nightstick for it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 22, 2026 07:20 AM (BI5O2)

81 BBC

Trump participates in marathon Bible reading ... Trump read from 2 Chronicles on Tuesday night

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:21 AM (YbTYS)

82 ... The passage he read includes the line: "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:22 AM (YbTYS)

83 We LOVE the Erf!
Learn to coal.

Posted by: West Virginia Employment Commission at April 22, 2026 07:22 AM (2Ez/1)

84 Had fun meeting Wolfus Aurelius in Salina, Kansas yesterday. He has a very nice looking car.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)

85 Had fun meeting Wolfus Aurelius in Salina, Kansas yesterday. He has a very nice looking car.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Where's he off to? I forget.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 07:25 AM (cxFcK)

86 >>>Earth Day. Going to cut down more trees and burn trash in celebration.

Posted by: Ben Had

>I think I'll drain my engine oil into the ground.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 07:25 AM (Fbc0I)

87 81 BBC

Trump participates in marathon Bible reading ... Trump read from 2 Chronicles on Tuesday night
Posted by: m
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Two Corinthians walk into a bar...

Posted by: Stop me if you've heard it at April 22, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)

88 Arabs loooove cigarettes. So the Arabs will freely purchase and smoke cigarettes, while whitey will get the nightstick for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 22, 2026 07:20 AM (BI5O2)

Asians too...love their tobacco. The West should promote smoking in Red China as a way to weaken and undermine the commie bastards. Cheap smokes with extra nicotine and fiberglass filters.

Posted by: The CIA at April 22, 2026 07:26 AM (79nfv)

89 87 81 BBC

Trump participates in marathon Bible reading ... Trump read from 2 Chronicles on Tuesday night
Posted by: m
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Two Corinthians walk into a bar...
Posted by: Stop me if you've heard it at April 22, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)

hahahahahahaha!

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:27 AM (YbTYS)

90 "Arabs loooove cigarettes. So the Arabs will freely purchase and smoke cigarettes, while whitey will get the nightstick for it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice"

Who are we to criticize their culture?

Posted by: Southern Penguin Law Center at April 22, 2026 07:27 AM (vFG9F)

91 Here, try these cigarettes.
Tell ya what. The first carton is free.

Posted by: RJ Reynolds Marketing Department at April 22, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)

92 The SPLC memes are already fantastic.

Picture of Elmo with two black kids
"But what if Elmo was paid $270,000 by SPLC to say that word?"

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 07:29 AM (qRNmP)

93 Hookahs for the win.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:29 AM (YbTYS)

94 Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Eventually, back home to New Orleans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

95 The first cigarette I ever smoked was in Israel. Provided by the UN for the Arabs in Gaza. The brand was Noblesse. Poor Israelis would also smoke them. Even young children in Israel often smoke. The kid who gave them to me had an English language joke for me about them: "No money? NOBLESSE!"

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at April 22, 2026 07:31 AM (BI5O2)

96 ... Trump participated in the America Reads the Bible marathon Tuesday, reading aloud 2 Chronicles 7:11-22 via a pre-recorded video message ...

Christian Post

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:32 AM (YbTYS)

97 RJ Reynolds Marketing Department

Nicotine is soo addictive.

For the Arabs smoking in the UK, they will not like the NHS care plan for lung cancer. It's just a little better than Canadian Health Care.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

98 On topic: Phoronix's benchmarks show the 9950X3D2 is actually a good boost for serious work: programming, scientific apps, video encoding, 3D model creation, etc, etc. But sites like Tom's Hardware rate CPUs only on games, and games are almost always limited by the video card, not the CPU.

Posted by: Ian S. at April 22, 2026 07:33 AM (qRNmP)

99 But New Orleans was not to be his home for much longer...

Posted by: Ominous narrator voice at April 22, 2026 07:33 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:33 AM (YbTYS)

101 Getting lighter outside. I'll need to leave for the tire shop in about forty minutes, I guess.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 07:35 AM (+2QQb)

102 Wolfus:

85 Had fun meeting Wolfus Aurelius in Salina, Kansas yesterday. He has a very nice looking car.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Where's he off to? I forget.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 07:25 AM (cxFcK)

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 07:35 AM (YbTYS)

103 What's YOUR most used Simpsons quote?

(Used in regular conversation)

Hmm your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 05:49 AM (YbTYS)
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The first step to failing is trying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

104 Good morning! Gonna be a cool drizzly day here in Cowtown.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 22, 2026 07:36 AM (3Ope8)

105 "I've already forgotten his name."

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 22, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)

106
I used to work for a company with a division that made cellulose acetate for cigarette filters. Part of my job was to monitor patent and literature publications that might be of interest.

I noticed that the velocity of publications followed a trend:

- Very little in poor countries
- Vastly more as they got richer and started enjoying cigarettes
- A decline when they discovered these things were killing them.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 07:37 AM (tgvbd)

107 "What's YOUR most used Simpsons quote?"

HA HA.

Posted by: fd at April 22, 2026 07:38 AM (vFG9F)

108 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 07:35 AM (+2QQb)

Hows the road trip going? Why are you going to the tire shop?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 22, 2026 07:38 AM (3Ope8)

109
It's just a little better than Canadian Health Care.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:33 AM (u82oZ)

Canadian Health Care: MAID today

NHS: MAID next week

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 07:38 AM (tgvbd)

110 D'oh!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:39 AM (VyBeY)

111 "Hollywood actors. Is there anything they DON'T know?"

Posted by: Homer Simpson at April 22, 2026 07:39 AM (2Ez/1)

112 Unpopular opinion (and for the record I’m not a smoker):
People in the US were, on average, healthier when most people used nicotine to control their appetite, rather than eating all day long and weighing 300 pounds.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 22, 2026 07:39 AM (Fmj+u)

113 #2 has to be: "I know you'll tell me it's impossible, Lisa, but this both sucks and blows".

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:40 AM (VyBeY)

114 The first step to failing is trying.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Done-iddly-un. I use that a lot.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 22, 2026 07:41 AM (cxFcK)

115 "...rather than eating all day long and weighing 300 pounds."

And wearing totally inappropriate yoga pants.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 07:41 AM (2Ez/1)

116 NR Pax

Thank you for that link. Very powerful.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:41 AM (u82oZ)

117 you're not wrong, Tom ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:41 AM (VyBeY)

118 112 Unpopular opinion (and for the record I’m not a smoker):
People in the US were, on average, healthier when most people used nicotine to control their appetite, rather than eating all day long and weighing 300 pounds.

Yeah tell that to my dad who was a chain smoker for most of his life and still weighed over 300 lbs until he developed cancer, from the smoking. Also bilateral emphysema. Oh and another form of cancer (from the smoking) that was detected while he was being treated for the first cancer.

Posted by: farquad at April 22, 2026 07:43 AM (CFMhl)

119 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:43 AM (VyBeY)

120 Quarter Twenty

A failure of the fabric under load could injure others. Like a hawser snapping during a docking. Some woke women stuff themselves into yoga pants like John Holmes into Pia Zadora.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:44 AM (u82oZ)

121
And in the "Everything Is More Complicated Than You Think" category, just making the cellulose acetate tow to make cigarette filters is a long, multi-step process that starts with wood pulp and ends in a miles-long strip of material fed into a box and shipped off to cigarette manufacturers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 07:44 AM (tgvbd)

122 Hows the road trip going? Why are you going to the tire shop?
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 22, 2026

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The right low-beam headlight bulb is out, and it's HID and very hard to get to. I had the left done about two years ago. It's complicated and things have to be moved out of the way. The tire and service store has been recommended to me by locals -- "They do good work."

Otherwise Salina has been great, perfect weather, good streets. If they get done with this in a reasonable time, I might hop on the I-135 and drive down to that pipe shop in Wichita I've heard about.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 07:54 AM (+2QQb)

123 sock change

Posted by: Will Robinson at April 22, 2026 08:16 AM (zBgIx)

124 You should write a phone app that lets you turn the screen into a massive Four Essential Keys, allowing input over Bluetooth or USB. Instant fix for any deficient system!

Posted by: Epobirs at April 22, 2026 09:13 AM (/0z9K)

125 spock off

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at April 22, 2026 09:21 AM (w9Wax)

126 Your KB has more than 4 essential keys you nimrod. Do you know how defective you are saying that everyday? Millennials are morons.

Posted by: Fisht at April 22, 2026 09:43 AM (BkYMd)

127 124 You should write a phone app that lets you turn the screen into a massive Four Essential Keys, allowing input over Bluetooth or USB. Instant fix for any deficient system!
Posted by: Epobirs at April 22, 2026 09:13 AM (/0z9K)

I love this.

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 10:35 AM (YbTYS)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - April 21, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday night ONT has arrived. Glad you stopped by. Open thread, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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When ya gotta go...

Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?

Long road trips can be uncomfortable, especially when there’s no easy place to stop for a bathroom break. To solve this problem, Chinese engineers are developing a car toilet that can be built directly into electric vehicles.
Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system. This car toilet is designed to slide out from under a passenger seat, making it easy to use during long drives, camping trips, or when staying inside the vehicle for extended periods.
The system is designed for convenience. Drivers or passengers can activate the car toilet either by pressing a button or using voice commands. When not in use, it stays hidden under the seat, saving space and keeping the interior neat.
To manage odor, the toilet includes a ventilation system with a fan and exhaust pipe that pushes smells outside the vehicle. Waste is stored in a tank that needs to be emptied manually. There is also a heating element that helps evaporate liquid waste and dry solid waste, improving cleanliness and reducing odor.

You know who might not like this idea?

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Welcome to the rock? Not now!

All tours to San Francisco's Alcatraz Island suddenly canceled

A day after San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island closed to visitors for a week of repairs at its ferry dock, National Park Service spokesperson Joshua Winchell provided more details regarding what led up to the shutdown — and why another closure is on the horizon.
The island was briefly closed on Jan. 14 so staff could inspect the pilings that secure the dock on the island. “Results from this inspection confirmed the need for repair,” he said in an email. “Additional improvements to the dock and pilings are anticipated later this year, which will necessitate another temporary closure of the island.”
Alcatraz City Cruises makes more than 3,200 ferry trips to the island annually, according to Winchell, transporting 1.5 million visitors per year.

Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

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There was a discussion on a daytime thread last week about new music. Several Hordelings were of the opinion that there is no new rock music being made. I disagree with that. There is plenty of new rock (and other genres, too), we just don't get exposed to new music the way we used to.

Here's an interesting article on the subject. It is from an Australian perspective, but its points apply globally, I would say.

Streaming platforms give us access to new music, so why are fewer people listening to it?

In 2017, music streaming platforms, led by Spotify, became the dominant form of recorded music distribution in Australia. The shift from a purchase-based (CDs, vinyl and downloads) to an access-based (streaming) economy represented a fundamental change in the music business.
Streaming platforms, with close to unlimited repertoire, enable and encourage passive listening via playlists and algorithmic recommendation. The result is that catalogue music has become the mainstay of the recorded music industry.

The algorithmic recommendations mentioned above are where users have the power / choice as to what to be fed. If you allow the algorithm to feed you tracks related or similar to those on your playlist, you have a better chance of hearing something new (or at least new to you).

What are your thoughts, fellow music lovers?

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Speaking of music. This is another interesting topic, I think.

Comparison of $4,000 boutique audio cable to $7 Amazon Basics cable shows audiophiles waste a lot of money — scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality

Should you splash out on those upgraded audio cables to take your music listening pleasure up a notch? Probably not - affordable Amazon Basics RCA cables are more than good enough - confirms audio TechTuber Amir from Audio Science Review. This won’t be a surprise to regular readers. However, it is interesting to see Amir’s $7 vs $4,000 cable analysis using scientific audio equipment – as well as drawing from his personal music listening experience.

Check out the whole thing. Very thorough analysis and comparisons.

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Couldn't agree with this more! The influencer culture is asshoe.

Let’s find whoever started all that crap and LOCK THEIR ASSES UP.

Not even exaggerating.

Lock ‘em up. pic.twitter.com/sY4ouhL7iG
— Kentucky Girl (@Notwokenow) April 21, 2026

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Very kewl to see an old baseball glove restored

This dude restored a glove and it might be the best thing I’ve ever seen. Especially when it was being re-laced. If you have a couple minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching this video. pic.twitter.com/jw0XqKch8w
— BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) April 20, 2026

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Smoooooooooth. REAL smooooooth!

These are some pretty smooth moves.😲 pic.twitter.com/d8Zd0n8W4Q
— Linda (@LndamyDark) April 20, 2026

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DJ Doof - Random Stuff Edition

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Weekly commenter stats for week of 4-19-2026

AoSHQ Commenter Statistics:
Number of posts: 99
Number of comments: 21610
Number of unique hashes: 1689

Top 10 commenters:
1 [469 comments] 'TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films' [66.62 posts/day]
2 [359 comments] 'Bulg'
3 [316 comments] 'Sponge - F*ck Cancer'
4 [279 comments] '...'
5 [274 comments] 'San Franpsycho'
6 [267 comments] ' Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _'
7 [252 comments] 'Yudhishthira's Dice'
8 [251 comments] 'Archimedes'
9 [251 comments] 'gKWVE'
10 [236 comments] 'Skip'

Top 10 sockpuppeteers:
1 [167 names] 'Hesh and Heidi's Nautical Nosh' [23.72 unique names/day]
2 [132 names] 'Things I learned here, surprisingly enough'
3 [127 names] 'Quarter Twenty '
4 [57 names] 'Duncanthrax'
5 [53 names] 'Peruvian '
6 [47 names] 'gKWVE'
7 [41 names] 'Moron Analyst'
8 [38 names] 'mikeski'
9 [34 names] 'Count de Monet'
10 [33 names] 'The first telephone reception was by Hungarians working for Bell'

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1 Yeet!

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)

2 Tag balance

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (YvvFZ)

3 Never one!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A9n1A)

4 Nice filter work on that top pic.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

5 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

6 Yay Doof!

Thank you for ONT!

Good job nurse - #1

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (QGaXH)

7 ....but always glad to be here...hiya DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (A9n1A)

8 looks like I'm sharing a bath tub

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

10 Howdy, ARIK - and Howdy, COMM!

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (QMAsf)

11 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

12 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

You noticed that, too?

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

13 *Puts on hat*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)

14 Doof! 'Ettes! 'Rons!

Now off to read the girthy content...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (t2oSI)

15 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

16 Sorry I'm late, perhaps it was a mistake to ask the slug to pass the salt.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:07 PM (PjoYe)

17 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

See any likelies today?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

18 Doof, I hate to nitpick but I'm pretty sure that is a mitt rather than a glove. First base, I think.

Great ONT! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

19 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great content!

Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

20 Jeesh, I was STILL Number 2? Glad I’m getting a job.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (77rzZ)

21 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

22 Willowed: Wolfus, why Salinas?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026

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Salina is a small city, and I like city amenities without too many people and cars. Plus Salty and NotSoThoreau have been talking the state up for a while and urging me to visit.

Why not? I hate Da Swamp and the humidity-drenched regions around it. When I got to Pine Bluff, AR, on Friday evening, I was exhausted, damp, and wrung out. When I arrived at Fort Scott, KS, on Saturday, I was tired but not wasted. And the same on Sunday at Salina -- though that was the short leg of the trip.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (+2QQb)

23 *Puts on hat*
Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:06 PM (+0Wk3)

Despite your misspelling of "platypus" - you've reminded me of something I've been meaning to add to an ONT for many months but keep forgetting. Perhaps Thursday. We'll see.

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

24 When she's right, she's right

Posted by: RandomDave at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aJQbY)

25 Seen the Rock plenty of times. Never been interested to go, though.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

26 So dems adding even more reps in VA easily passed as predicted with all of our ruling class masters around the royal city voting yes, outnumbering the peasants in the south. The left means to win.

And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)

27 My old man would redo my ball glove about every three years. He was a farm boy and I don't think he had any specific training. I rebuilt a few while in the service, too.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (7D3Aa)

28 I think it might take longer than 2:26 to refurb that glove.
Pretty work though.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (YBtcQ)

29 Those moves were smoother than a Billy Dee Williams malt liquor commercial.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (PjoYe)

30 12 I always notice cute chicks.

It’s why the ‘ettes are always slapping me around.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

31 Yeah...
I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip. Funniest thing when the pressure built up...hahahaha.....🤪
Us girls....honey, you might want to pull over...I'll just hang my butt out the door...or...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (A9n1A)

32 "scientific audio equipment analysis with analyzer shows no difference in quality"

Well, no "scientific equipment analysis" can listen with the emotional accuracy of the human audiophile ear!

Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe? I would have been here sooner but I wasn't. Son's birthday today, so we went out to dinner. Mexican, since you asked. *brrp*

Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)

33 2 unskippable ads, which one am I watching first? Neither. My anti-advert plug-ins in Firefox, plus my bind9 DNS server ate all that crap for lunch before I ever saw it.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (O7YUW)

34 The VA stuff reminds me that I've told my kids over many years that the political divide wasn't state-to-state but urban versus rural/small town. It's that way in OK. Most of the population is in either OKC or Tulsa. Not enough to sway the votes but substantial.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:12 PM (7D3Aa)

35 Oh man! I had this morning's Iran thread tab still open and posted on it rather than here!

Stupid Stupid Stupid!

Hope I don't end up in the barrel or banneded.

325 I been to The Rock. Twice-t. It was cold and damp and a little sad to wander thru just another old, abandoned building. Smelled musty. I don't recall seeing anything interesting. Nice little boat ride to and from.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:10 PM (QGaXH)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QGaXH)

36 Doof, I hate to nitpick but I'm pretty sure that is a mitt rather than a glove. First base, I think.

Great ONT! Thanks.
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (7D3Aa)

You may pick your nit
however you see fit
but expect no love
when I see a glove
and you say it's a mitt

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

37 Us girls....honey, you might want to pull over...I'll just hang my butt out the door...or...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

I knew the lovely Mrs. was 'The Old' when dating very early on during a road trip, she insisted I pull over so she could visit the cornfield.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (cYBz/)

38 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

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He charged me $50 for an autograph at ComiCon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+HNx/)

39 "Who Started This?" girl is cute. And she has a very good point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (+2QQb)

See any likelies today?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

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Well, there was one cute girl who got off the elevator in my hotel this morning . . . but she was guarded by a Doberman.

Oh, you mean houses? Yes, one, a blue-and-white bungalow with a white picket fence (really!) and a two-car garage, plus a partially finished basement that almost doubles the usable space. The floors are hardwood or have been resurfaced with laminate, the garage has a door opener, and there is even a little windowed pantry space off the kitchen that I know the cats would love. Main bedroom and bath downstairs, two smaller bedrooms or offices upstairs. It faces east on a N-S street, too.

A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)

40 30 Not that I’ve got a problem with that…

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

41 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!

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

42 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (vTZFs)

43 Shit! "The One" rather.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

44 Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe? I would have been here sooner but I wasn't. Son's birthday today, so we went out to dinner. Mexican, since you asked. *brrp*
Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 10:11 PM (iMJMF)

I hope to took the Chinese car here.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)

45 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco! Great content!
Posted by: TRex - smooth dino at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (cCn4/)

*short arm fist bump*

Posted by: Doof at April 21, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

46 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

47 "pretty smooth moves"

Aww, that's nothing. I managed to get out of the car and into the house tonight and barely relied on my cane!

Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)

48 26 So dems adding even more reps in VA easily passed as predicted with all of our ruling class masters around the royal city voting yes, outnumbering the peasants in the south. The left means to win.

And the GOPe leadership is thrilled they’ll be able to don their gimp suits again in two years when they hand control back to their masters.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:09 PM (aQZli)

"The Left means to win"

One correction to that.

The Left means to KILL.

You win by killing your enemies.

Posted by: XTC at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (6Uni8)

49 Well it has been an eventful evening. The Dems did dem things in VA, and the SPLC is the biggest hate group of all.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (p4NUW)

50 Thanks for the girthy Tuesday Night ONT, Mr. Doof Meister!

And, yes, I am dutifully whelmed.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (vrNzf)

51 9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)

52 Oy baby! Those smooth moves..how can you not like manly men😋!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (A9n1A)

53 And, yes, I am dutifully whelmed.

That's where Archimedes can help.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

54 Proudly not on the top commenters list. Again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not even sockpuppets at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (iMJMF)

55 Aww, that's nothing. I managed to get out of the car and into the house tonight and barely relied on my cane!
Posted by: mindful webworker - on solid pavement! at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (iMJMF)

I used to consider it a win if I got out of the car, didn't slip on the ice and end up under the car looking up.

Or got in the car, same dealio.

Of course, now I have a garage. Times change.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (DwqWV)

56 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

=====

There are no accidents

Posted by: 2009Refugee at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (gpQ8/)

57 Hey that Dem gerrymander in Virginia passed

35,000 absentee ballots in Fairfax just in time sealed it

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 10:17 PM (ZxPkt)

58 That was pretty good, Doof!

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (7D3Aa)

59 1 Yeet!
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (A5RD0)

Yeet yaself, ya fucking ray of sunshine!

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:18 PM (DwqWV)

60 Jack LaLanne, in 1955 at the age of 41, swam 1.23 miles from Alcatraz Island to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco while handcuffed.

In 1957 at the age of 43, he swam across the Golden Gate channel while towing a 2500-pound cabin cruiser.

Bitch

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (YvvFZ)

61 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.
Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)

There is one Hell of a lot of woo associated with audio cables, both for home and car audio.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (utfVc)

62 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

63 No surprise that audiophiles spend silly money on cables. I know guitar players that swear they can hear the difference depending on what end of a guitar cord they plug into the guitar verses the end they plug into the amp, as if its directional. I heard some theories why it could be the case, and some cord makers actually do mark each end as if they test them. Could be a troll move, who knows.

That glove restore was cool. Looked relaxing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (snZF9)

64 Yes. As expected, CIA Barbie and her merry band of marxists got the votes needed. Though expecting it, I'm still disappointed. I really do like Virginia. I'm planning to bail anyway, hopefully within the next 2-3 years, God willing. The vote outcome wasn't going to change that plan.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (sAmhv)

65 nurse, is yeet "first" in some alien language?

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (7D3Aa)

66 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026

***
I wondered about facilities when I set out on my Indiana trip last year. I needn't have worried. There are 24-hour Love's Travel Stops on every Interstate.

Of course if you are heading out to remote West Texas, or U.S. 50 farther out west, the problem may recur.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (+2QQb)

67 Good evening morons e grazie Disco.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (RIvkX)

68 Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system.
__________________________

I'm going to have to stop you right there. It's my understanding that duplicate patents are null and void.

Sincerely,
You Friendly Neighborhood Big Gulp Cup

Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (dIske)

69 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (+2QQb)

How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:20 PM (1Ff7Z)

70 62 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.

Yep. Delightful accent. had no idea Kentuckians sounded like that!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

The girl in the vid isn't Kentucky Girl.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

LoL! I know. Forgot the /s tag.

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

71 The marchers are Congolese Tutsis protesting against the governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.

-
OMG! Where will we get our Tutsi Rolls?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)

72
A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

73 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.

Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot

The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."

Nobody could tell the difference there, either.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

74 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)

75 How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

***
About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)

76 The marchers are Congolese Tutsis protesting against the governments of Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
They accuse both states of anti-Tutsi violence and say the U.S. isn’t doing enough to help.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Well, we better get on that, tutsuite!

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (VHUov)

77 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (+9wcF)

78 *short arm fist bump*

Be careful Doof. A TRex could be lurking🦖....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)

79 Goodnight, Y’all, from the Peoples Comministwealth of Virginia.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

80 Going to the TACO range tomorrow, maybe I zero in a BURRITO

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (I5fLw)

81
Sleep well Bulg

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (3ek7K)

82 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

Glad you clarified that. I was wondering…!

Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)

83 No surprise that audiophiles spend silly money on cables. I know guitar players that swear they can hear the difference depending on what end of a guitar cord they plug into the guitar verses the end they plug into the amp, as if its directional. I heard some theories why it could be the case, and some cord makers actually do mark each end as if they test them. Could be a troll move, who knows.
Posted by: Berserker

About the only way that would work is if there was a ground shield that only attached at one end. Then putting it on the amp end might help in a really electrically noisy environment?

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

84 I've been to Alcatraz once, it was fun and interesting historically. It has the best view of San Francisco I've ever seen. It's a sh*thole but it is still incredibly beautiful from a distance.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (RIvkX)

85 LoL! I know. Forgot the /s tag.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (sAmhv)

Others seemed to think it was her. I thought, wait a minute, the posters photo isn't the same as the girl talking.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)

86 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
*
It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026

***
Cuter than that. It's medium blue with white trim, it has a little astroturfed front yard with two garden patches trimmed with bricks, and while there are no porches, there is space out back to make a kind of patio.

The odd thing: The big refrigerator is in the dining room just outside the kitchen. There's an alcove for a fridge in the kitchen proper -- but this big thing just won't go through the archway. Realtor lady said I could have it moved to the garage, buy a new smaller one, and sell the old for more money than the new one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (+2QQb)

87 Me: 44 Hidy ho, Hordies. Top 20 maybe?

Top 50 - that's what I was trying to type. Yeah.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 2 and 5 so close together on the keypad at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (iMJMF)

88 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

89 About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)

90 There was a project on Hackaday where some guy made audio cables out of poly tubes filled with Mercury.

Apparently there was no real difference found with that either, though that might have been due to the fittings.
Posted by: Kindltot

The old standard, going back to at least the Usenet days, is "megabuck cables vs. a wire coat hanger."

Nobody could tell the difference there, either.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

I get good cables for the guitar and amp speaker cabinets because they take a beating. The better cables are thicker, have better ends on them, and they last way longer compared to cheaper stuff. I don't do it for sound though. At home I'll use the cheap shit because they don't get hammered, but I have all good ones in the road cases for when it counts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (snZF9)

91 My bladder doesn’t seem to fill faster than my tank empties. So the occasional station I’m stoping for anyway works fine. I guess truckers and even some pickup trucks have huge tanks that might be challenging. But none of that matters when I’m traveling with my wife. We are stopping constantly for bathroom breaks. Every few hours. Driving in areas with fewer stops makes her want to stop even more.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (aQZli)

92 78 *short arm fist bump*

Be careful Doof. A TRex could be lurking🦖....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:24 PM (A9n1A)

*lurks behind a potted plant*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+0Wk3)

93 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

Twice. Once as a kid, once as an adult. First time they had a tour guide who actually told us interesting facts about the place and some of the more famous (or infamous, if you prefer) inmates and answered questions. Second time you could rent a headset.

One the first tour the guide told us a story about when they would let you "feel" how it was to be an inmate by letting people go into the cells and closing the cell doors. Then the mechanism had a failure and a group got stuck in the cells for a few hours. They don't do that any more.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)

94 Love the smooth moves! Needs Disco Doof posting the ONT! :-) Happy Tuesday!

Posted by: Iris at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (bOJ2I)

95 I read that PDJT wants to reopen Alcatraz as a prison.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 10:08 PM (y171U)

Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)

Useful test for new Iowa class main battery shells and powder charges.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (S/Y4j)

96 Me: 44

32, not 44.

This computer keeps making mistakes tonight.

Posted by: mindful webworker - 32, 44, whatever it takes at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (iMJMF)

97 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:30 PM (SRRAx)

98 92 *lurks behind a potted plant*

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM
***
*already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*

Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

99 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27

Oh I bet that would be very helpful! He should do that. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (p4NUW)

100 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

101 100 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10

How else are we going to show up with the house warming potted plant?

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (p4NUW)

102 About the only way that would work is if there was a ground shield that only attached at one end. Then putting it on the amp end might help in a really electrically noisy environment?

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

Well the cables I have that are actually marked from the factory are shielded as all guitar cables are, but they are grounded at both ends, as guitar guitar cables usually are. Thats the weird thing, no physical difference at either end.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:33 PM (snZF9)

103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

104
Her Majesty and The Big Dummy made it to their intermediate stop, the RV site at the Winstar Casino just over the TX-OK border. It's a favorite stop when heading north and only $35 a night with full hookups.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (tgvbd)

105 >>> One the first tour the guide told us a story about when they would let you "feel" how it was to be an inmate by letting people go into the cells and closing the cell doors. Then the mechanism had a failure and a group got stuck in the cells for a few hours. They don't do that any more.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 10:29 PM (+9wcF)

They still do that at the old prison in St. Augustine or at least did when I was on a tour a few years ago.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (aQZli)

106 >>The Dems did dem things in VA, and the SPLC is the biggest hate group of all.

I don't think it's sunk in yet how big that second is. Under the Biden administration, the SPLC was both government funded and a partner of the DOJ.

They would point out the target and the DOJ would go after them.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)

107 Well the cables I have that are actually marked from the factory are shielded as all guitar cables are, but they are grounded at both ends, as guitar guitar cables usually are. Thats the weird thing, no physical difference at either end.
Posted by: Berserker

Then it's a quantum thing, where they make the cables out of metal where all the electrons have the same spin, so they..... nah, I can't even make that BS work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

108 Not my joke:

What do you call a snake that works for the government?

A civil serpent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (S/Y4j)

109 74 Goood. Pack it full of dems and shell the fucking place.

Oh yeah honey. That has to be racist/transphobic/homophobic/sexist/islamaphobic/zionist/
etc.ect...
Probably white supremist too....or something....
(I understand you all get the very much sarcasm😛

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (A9n1A)

110 This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:28 PM (p4NUW)
====

Great idea and right timing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:37 PM (RIvkX)

111 How else are we going to show up with the house warming potted plant?
Posted by: Piper

True!

* packages up a potted plant *

* wonders why there were a half-dozen Morons behind it *

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (VHUov)

112 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"? Please share your experience!

I lived in San Francisco for several years and went to Alcatraz quite a few times. It's best to go around May when the flowers are in bloom and the baby seagulls have hatched. They’re adorable. The audioguide of the prison is a must. It's very well done and there are sound clips of former prisoners that are quite haunting. Plus, the ferry ride over offers exquisite views of the city. I highly recommend it!

Posted by: Moonbeam at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (rbKZ6)

113 "..If you allow the algorithm to feed you tracks related or similar to those on your playlist, you have a better chance of hearing something new (or at least new to you)".

I may not get recent tracks / artists, but I do get fed suggestions of artists from the past that I didn't listen to because ... "reasons".

So I'm filling in holes in my catalogue from the heyday of CMTV.

I should be smacked for passing on Hal Ketchum, Dwight Yokhum, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, Suzy Boggus ... and so many more

Posted by: browndog on replay at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (3sXRv)

114 This is none of my business, so please feel free to give it the attention it deserves…but pick up the phone. Tell her what you loved. Tell her you can just picture her in the kitchen, or planting flowers. Send her the listing to look at the pictures with a you are going to be so cute right here arrow by text while you are on the phone.
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 1

***
Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

115 Tut tut Tutsi good bye

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

116 Then it's a quantum thing, where they make the cables out of metal where all the electrons have the same spin, so they..... nah, I can't even make that BS work.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

Right, I heard a lot of weird shit. From the strand orientation of the shield, to how the copper wire is extruded or drawn, to frigging alien influence, etc.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:40 PM (snZF9)

117 Almost feel sorry for Johnny Somali. Almost.

Because appeals have been filed, he is stuck in a detention center until his case is heard again by a three-judge panel in five to seven months.

Which means he is in a cell with no A/C and five other roommates.
Johnny will be sleeping next to the shithole in the floor, at least initially as the new guy.
He will only be allowed out of the cell for 30 minutes a day.
There will no talking, only passing letters allowed.
One hot shower a week and there are fights over the hot water.
His food will consist of bad rice and soup unless it's a holiday and then gets white rice.
Only way for him to buy stuff from the commissary is to speak fluent Korean or find someone to buy for him.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (2GVsD)

118 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

Back off!

Posted by: Harvey Weinstein at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

119 Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?
Wouldn't you have to drive with your pants off? I mean that's ok for the Horde, but some police officers get all cranky about that shit.

Posted by: GWB at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (mdaV5)

120 If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

One thing I spend too much time on is researching photos online of places in non-fiction books, especially memoirs.
If they're mid-century or less, addresses are available in the Census and the sites may still be standing.

Sometimes the picture in your head is better than the reality, though.

Mr. S sometimes regrets teaching me how to use Ancestry.

Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:41 PM (f+FmA)

121 I was pretty young when they released me from Alcatraz. It was a bum rap, I tell ya.

Posted by: mindful webworker - served 5 to life for stealing a candy bar at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (iMJMF)

122 Tut tut Tutsi good bye
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026

***
I heard it as

"Hutu, Tutsi, goodbye,
Hutu, Tutsi, don't cry . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (+2QQb)

123 But then if he buys it, he's pre-doxxed himself.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

He can buy the fake glasses and mustache. No one will ever know!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

124 Actually, some guitar cords are made where the ground is lifted on the guitar side, but the ones I had weren't even they were marked. Either they were made wrong, or the company was lying.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (snZF9)

125
Anna,

Fuck him. Maybe he will learn to not be an asshole.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:43 PM (3ek7K)

126 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*
Posted by: TRex - "how YOU doin?" dino at April 21, 2026 10:31 PM (cCn4/)

So the Saturday ONT will be filled with potted plants, so the lurkers have more cover to post comfortably? Nice idea!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (S/Y4j)

127 >>>He charged me $50 for an autograph at ComiCon.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

>Folks pay for autographs? I've never heard of such a thing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)

128 Folks pay for autographs?

Sure.

Posted by: Pete Rose maybe at April 21, 2026 10:45 PM (7D3Aa)

129 Stan Lee was $80.
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy in 2010 was $75 each.

It used to be the cons covered the guests' expenses and such so autographs were free. But now they charge for autographs to fleece the con-goers for even more money.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

130 Folks pay for autographs? I've never heard of such a thing.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 10:44 PM (Fbc0I)

Lots of old tv and movie stars do when they go to conventions. It's a way for those who were somebody before the big money to stay afloat financially.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (1Ff7Z)

131 I will say one thing about KS climate wise for you to be aware of, understand it can get extremely hot in the summer. It does have a wide variety of temps, a full four seasons, wonderful fall, but July Aug can get to 119-120 deg, well in the southern parts, maybe not Salina. And it has plenty of humidity.

One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:48 PM (aQZli)

132 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.

Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

133 All this playing around with selecting “representatives” and gerrymandering - I don’t think it will happen in my lifetime, but sooner or later some executive is going to be strong enough to just declare himself First Citizen and abolish Congress, and no one will care because it will have been a sad joke for long time by then.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (Fmj+u)

134

Wolfus,

Make sure you have the house inspected.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)

135 I met Leonard Nimoy after waiting in a line for 2 hours at the Alexander's on Merrick Road in 1973.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (RIvkX)

136 Anything over 75 is unbearable.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)

137 98 *already lurking behind a potted plant and wondering why it got so crowded all of a sudden*

Yeah. Because any old TREX can just hide out anywhere....🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A9n1A)

138 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

I can run the country or I can control Alice. I cannot do both.

Posted by: TR at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (1Ff7Z)

139 88 A little high on the price scale for me, but my realtor lady thinks I could offer $10K under and see what happens.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

It sounds adorable!
Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 10:21 PM (p4NUW)

If he gives us the address, we can all check Zillow and give him our opinions.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

. . . and surprise him by all dropping by a week after he moves in! Kansas MoMeet at Wolfus' new place !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)

140 I meant to type 110 - 120 deg and flubbed it but that’s the upper end

Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)

141 75 How long has it been on the market? Can you even consider doing that without discussing it with....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026

***
About two weeks, which is longer than average in the Salina market. As for Miss Linda, I wrote her about it this p.m. No reply.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:23 PM (+2QQb)

Don't they have tornados in Kansas? I seem to remember a documentary about a girl named Dorothy....and her little dog, too!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (QGaXH)

142 Wolfus,

Make sure you have the house inspected.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (3ek7K)

Just make sure it's not Mike Holmes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (1Ff7Z)

143 Oh! And Piper!
Giant hugs darlin'💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)

144 Anything over 75 is unbearable.

For an autograph or the temperature?

You oughta come to OK in the summer. Sometimes 75 is the low for the day!

Did I mention tornados?

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (7D3Aa)

145 Anything over 75 is unbearable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)
====

Heh you sound like my wife and kids they start showing symptoms of heat exhaustion.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (RIvkX)

146 Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:39 PM (+2QQb)

I hate to mention it, but perhaps Miss Linda likes the arrangement you guys have right now - separate residences, right? Sometimes women don't like to move once they are established someplace.

I could be wrong....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (SRRAx)

147 82 Shit! "The One" rather.
Posted by: Tonypete

Glad you clarified that. I was wondering…!
Posted by: mindful webworker - the Old What? at April 21, 2026 10:25 PM (iMJMF)

Given enough time, doesn't The One become The Old?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)

148 . . . and surprise him by all dropping by a week after he moves in! Kansas MoMeet at Wolfus' new place !
Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (X5Jzz)

Right. Don't want to be there if there's still unpacking to do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (1Ff7Z)

149 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

Looks like you nailed it !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (X5Jzz)

150 (paganism notwithstanding)

=====

Say what now?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

151 I will say one thing about KS climate wise for you to be aware of, understand it can get extremely hot in the summer. It does have a wide variety of temps, a full four seasons, wonderful fall, but July Aug can get to 119-120 deg, well in the southern parts, maybe not Salina. And it has plenty of humidity.

One important factor is you have a constant strong breeze with all of that. So the temp and humidity won’t seem anywhere as bad as some places. But there will be a few weeks of oppressive heat.
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026

***
Which is why I want a house that will be easy to air-condition. And a "few weeks" of oppressive heat sounds like a dream after a climate with *ten months* of oppressive heat, and warm humid days possible in the other two.

The 82 F. today felt so dry by comparison to Da Swamp that it was more like 72. My hands were dry and not feeling dipped in glue. People have said it was one of those perfect days they get every year -- but then they don't know what I'm fleeing.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:54 PM (+2QQb)

152 I hate to mention it, but perhaps Miss Linda likes the arrangement you guys have right now - separate residences, right? Sometimes women don't like to move once they are established someplace.

I could be wrong....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 21, 2026

***
That's probably a big part of it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)

153 Wolfus

Salina is the Undiscovered Country far from what she knows or knows.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (2GVsD)

154 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

155 That's probably a big part of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:55 PM (+2QQb)
====

She can always get her own place.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

156 Wolfus, did you check out Minden? Far enough from NOLA, but still in the area? Of course, the weather wouldn't change.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 10:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

157 *Looks at time*

Come on Miracle!

*Goes to find the lottery tickets*

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (2GVsD)

158 Given enough time, doesn't The One become The Old?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 10:53 PM (QGaXH)

Well, yeah. But you're both each other's "The Old".

Posted by: sal at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (f+FmA)

159 You oughta come to OK in the summer. Sometimes 75 is the low for the day!

Did I mention tornados?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026

***
The lows in Da Swamp in July and August, and September and June, and many other months, can be close to 80, with a heat index of 90 -- *before* the sun comes up.

As for tornadoes, various people here have told me that they seem to veer to one side of Salina or the other; that the town has rarely been hit direclty.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (+2QQb)

160 I don’t understand why congressional
Districts are any different than counties.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)

161 Wolfus--you will like Salina. Great town.

Now for your politics lesson: Despite what you may read or hear in the MSM, Kansas is not a "deep red" state. GOPes and a good share of leftwing Dems generally refer to themselves as "Bob Dole conservatives." Demoncrats have held the governorship for 16 of the last 24 years.

Posted by: Stacey Abrams, Topless at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (gf7Ez)

162 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)

163 Did Nimoy sign his autograph in the vulcan alphabet? That would be nifty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (Fbc0I)

164 Nurse Ratched

Because the US House limited the seats in the House in 1913, each district's population grows.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)

165 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026

***
I didn't consider it especially. If this doesn't work out, well, who knows.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (+2QQb)

166 To sign it in Vulcan would be akin to having Orlando Bloom sign his autograph in Middle Earth Elven.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

167 132 Been reading about Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice today. What a based gal (paganism notwithstanding). It's a shame she's fallen into relative historical obscurity.
Posted by: First time poster longtime lurker at April 21, 2026 10:49 PM (20WTV)

My favorite story about Alice Roosevelt Longfellow is that she used to throw the most exclusive parties at her house in DC. She had an embroidered pillow on one of her sofas that had a quote sewn into it. "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me."

Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)

168 162 Wolfus, did you consider Arkansas? The countryside around Mena is very pretty.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:00 PM (utfVc)

Another suggestion is south-east Oklahoma, basically south of I-40 and east of US-69. Somewhat hilly and green, maybe a little warm and humid for your taste, however.

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (X5Jzz)

169 He came down the line and shook everyone's hand barely it took all of 30 seconds for him to come and go.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (RIvkX)

170
160 I don’t understand why congressional
Districts are any different than counties.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:59 PM (JButp)

I think that is a great idea!!! Texas of course has 254 counties.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (Fmj+u)

171 'bout time for me to head off to Dreamland, all. I have to get up early and bring the car to the tire shop; they open at 7:30, so I need to leave about 7:10 or so.

Thanks for all the comments!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (+2QQb)

172 ***
Piper, I did send her the link with pics galore. I can call her tomorrow. I've *been* telling her about all the things we can do, separately or together, once we have a place of our own -- trying to stress the excitement. Response? Generally silence, or "I don't know."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

I hope it works out how you would like it - and I hope she tells you what she needs.

But remember I never even got to see this house - a supposed scouting trip turned into “I put an offer in, oh hey! It was accepted. Hope you like it!” And it wasn’t even our first house. I have also been engaged for 3 years now. So maybe don’t listen to me for relationship advice. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (OoFl2)

173 I redid my 1972 Chris Chambliss first basemen's mitt about 5 years ago. The results were nearly that good. It's a good old glove.

Posted by: Batted Left/Threw Right at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (oftw2)

174 Good luck Wolfus

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:05 PM (2GVsD)

175 Thanks for the ONT of awesomeness, Disco. Opening night for 3 man golf scramble league here. We went 3 under, 9 holes. Meh on the golf score, tons of laughs.

Posted by: scampydog at April 21, 2026 11:07 PM (41CYW)

176 140 I meant to type 110 - 120 deg and flubbed it but that’s the upper end
Posted by: banana Dream at April 21, 2026 10:51 PM (aQZli)

I thought that range was oddly specific.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (QGaXH)

177 143 Oh! And Piper!
Giant hugs darlin'💕
Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 10:52 PM (A9n1A)

Awww! Back to you! But they are good night hugs. Everyone is settled, so it’s bedtime. J is still in India so we have the whole bed to ourselves, me, the doge and the 2 cats.

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 11:09 PM (OoFl2)

178 My favorite story about Alice Roosevelt Longfellow is that she used to throw the most exclusive parties at her house in DC. She had an embroidered pillow on one of her sofas that had a quote sewn into it. "If you don't have anything nice to say about someone, come sit next to me."
Posted by: Darrell Harris at April 21, 2026 11:04 PM (U9juq)

Sounds like something Dorothy Parker would say.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:10 PM (1Ff7Z)

179 The ABWH song was quite lovely.

Posted by: Mel's Rockpile at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (oftw2)

180 So this gerrymander leaves VA with 9 D seats and 1 R (right?), in a state where the actual House vote, state-wide, is fairly close, right? Lol.

Think NV has long wildly over-represented Ds, based on total House state-wide votes. Probably other states as well.

Don't the TX and prospective FL redistrictings still leave Ds over-represented?

With unaccountable courts substantially running/ruining the country by ignoring the constitution and building a ridiculous edifice of court-made law, federal institutions under Dem prezes mere weapons against the public and their pathetic political "opponents", nothing resembling an actual press, and rampant official lawlessness at state and municipal level (with enormous costs and body counts) - just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?

Rhetorical question.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:11 PM (U/Byj)

181 Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman play well together. Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Brewingfrog at April 21, 2026 11:12 PM (9PxHJ)

182 To sign it in Vulcan would be akin to having Orlando Bloom sign his autograph in Middle Earth Elven.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:02 PM (2GVsD)

I don't think Nimmers will be signing any more autographs. He's gone to the Great Holodeck in the sky, has he not?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (utfVc)

183 154 103 *checks map for Salina*
https://tinyurl.com/b4zj2cbn

Posted by: Perry the Platapus at April 21, 2026 10:35 PM (+0Wk3)

I even see the big-assed fridge in the dining room that won't fit through the doorway to the kitchen in one of the pictures !

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 10:56 PM (X5Jzz)

Nice work!

2200 sq feet for 159 K??

My Gawd! The loft in my garage costs more than that!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:14 PM (QGaXH)

184 Wow, imagine how much tourist money is vacuumed up by that rock in the Bay! And the city's cut from it.

Posted by: Rocco In Cell Block D at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (oftw2)

185 Yes, Leonard Nimoy has passed away. 2010 was pretty much the last year he signed any autographs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:15 PM (2GVsD)

186 From personal experience, buying a house changes your perspective on what "expensive" actually means.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (rbvCR)

187 Alcatraz is the coolest national park tour I've done. We'll worth it

Posted by: 496 at April 21, 2026 11:16 PM (tXY4l)

188 It's COLD out there on Alcatraz. I'm only going there as an inmate.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:17 PM (Pl1+s)

189 The ABWH song was quite lovely.
Posted by: Mel's Rockpile

It's a pretty good album overall.

Prog rock algebra:

YES - S = ABWH

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

190 I suppose I should drift off. Thanks sweet Doof!
Good night best Horde!

"We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep.” ― William Shakespeare

Good night loves.❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at April 21, 2026 11:18 PM (A9n1A)

191 ...just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?
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Compared to what?
Germany in 1933?
Indonesia in 1965?
Chile in 1973?
Spain in 1975?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

192 Joe Bidung needs a toilet seat in his corvette.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 11:21 PM (Pl1+s)

193 Good Night Everyone!

It was very nice visiting for a short while.

I hope we didn't actually dox Wolfus' new address. He's probably safe anyway - but I'd be wary of the street name. Could be a bad omen.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (QGaXH)

194
Eev-ning, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 11:22 PM (n7rxJ)

195 No wonder this house is only $210K.

It is a mobile home with expansions and standalone Home Depot mini barn on 1.5 acres with a lake view, opposite shoreline you can see the trailer park.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

196 >>> Seres, a company focused on high-end electric cars and smart technology, has received a patent for an in-vehicle toilet system. This car toilet is designed to slide out from under a passenger seat, making it easy to use during long drives, camping trips, or when staying inside the vehicle for extended periods.

Save your business for the next charge as you will sitting there for hours anyway.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (/lPRQ)

197 Franpsycho, how about compared to the US before 1980 (or pick a date)?

Or compared to those qualities, as we understand them, that I listed? All lofty principles and goals are aspirational. I'm not nit-picking imperfection. Not remotely.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)

198
Man, I'm really getting in astro-space geek mode. I just watched, with some excitement, NASA's presser today on the new Nancy Grace Roman space telescope. Isaacman was there, and he was happy to tout it came under under budget and ahead of schedule. Let's hope he gets that ethic burned in some hides in NASA.

The thing is fully racked, stacked, and packed ready to be mounted on the launch rocket (Falcon 9 Heavy) to launch it to L2 sometime in Sept.

This thing is going to blow away all the previous ones, as impressive as they've been. It will survey and map in one year what would take 2000 years with Hubble, for instance. It will produce over 1TB of data every day, and will have amassed 20 PB of data after 5 years.

And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

199 And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Off-world colonies with your Nexus-6 companion.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:28 PM (2GVsD)

200 Anything over 75 is unbearable.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 10:50 PM (A5RD0)

At Puget Sound's humidity you are absolutely correct.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (rbvCR)

201 Alcatraz is a must-do in SF. Views, history, place. Cold, always cold (to the extent there are still tourists in SF, do large numbers still show up in shorts and t-shirts, and instantly become customers to the sweatshirt guys who used to infest Union Square?).

Friend who's a world-class ocean swimmer used to have business trips up there, with one client they would *go for a swim in the Bay* instead of lunch. !!!! He also used to do the swim where they start (I think) from the Marina, swim out and around Alcatraz, and back. There's a current on the back (north) side that's like 2-3 knots or something, so it takes a while just to swim that portion.

He also won, or placed, in the swim where they drop the contestants out beyond the south pier of the Golden Gate - the finish line is the Bay Bridge. !!!!!! He laughingly described how the "newbies" would seek the warmer water - which was actually the outbound current. Vets knew to find the coldest water on the swim in - in-bound current. Tenders kept ships from killing these guys. This guy's not really human, something different with him.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:31 PM (U/Byj)

202 From earlier today, and inline with everything we already suspected. Hope for more confirmation from the admin

@C__Herridge
Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. ...
x.com/C__Herridge/status/2046665072798212389

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 11:33 PM (diia5)

203 It is a mobile home with expansions and standalone Home Depot mini barn on 1.5 acres with a lake view, opposite shoreline you can see the trailer park.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)

That's not the one I see linked above.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 11:36 PM (1Ff7Z)

204
The technology here with this thing is amazing. It has a fancy coronograph instrument that, bottom line, will allow *direct imaging* of exoplanets close enough.

You've probably seen the LASCO corona graphs and similar. They block out the light of the sun, allowing the corona to be imaged.

Well Nancy Grace will do that with the little points of starlight, and get images of even tinier little dust specks, which are the exoplanets, buzzing in the glare of those points of starlight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (w6EFb)

205 >> 51 9 Kentucky Girl chick is cute.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

> Why is she wasting her time watching other people emote about things everyone sees already?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 10:16 PM (DwqWV)

Scoping out the competition. That's how she knew how to put them down.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 11:37 PM (Sy6m/)

206 This thing is going to blow away all the previous ones, as impressive as they've been. It will survey and map in one year what would take 2000 years with Hubble, for instance. It will produce over 1TB of data every day, and will have amassed 20 PB of data after 5 years.

And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:26 PM (w6EFb)

Thats some serious shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 11:38 PM (snZF9)

207 A shitter in the car? Really? It's a new world.

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)

208 66 I remember days when my guy friends would use a pop bottle to pee on a road trip.

A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, both are odd statements.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (YvvFZ)

209 Or compared to those qualities, as we understand them, that I listed? All lofty principles and goals are aspirational. I'm not nit-picking imperfection. Not remotely.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:25 PM (U/Byj)
====

I don't think 1980 is even comparable to the crisis today. Jimmy Carter was on-trend with Kennedy and LBJ and arguably less damaging. Obama was the inflection point and represented a clearly anti constitutional attitude that called to my mind Allende, but also Hitler. Pretending allegiance to a system of governance while tearing it down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 11:40 PM (RIvkX)

210 Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)

Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (utfVc)

211 I used to listen to pandora and then later youtube a lot.

To be honest the amount of good new music I can find has been dropped every year.

The issue isn't the platform - I don't think pandora, or youtube, or spotify are restricting my access to new music.

The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.

Its cultural rot.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:41 PM (sKqQm)

212 The oddest thing about the "Russia collusion" crap is that European collusion, Saudi collusion, Chinese collusion, British collusion etc etc were all real things, perfectly well documented, that weren't considered in any way a crime until Trump won an election.

Remember a British newspaper sent British citizens to campaign for John Kerry in 2004. And...that was ok apparently.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:42 PM (sKqQm)

213 Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* flat stare *

* begrudging golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)

214 I don't know how big this is, but it seems big

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
@SecWar
14h
The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.

We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 11:44 PM (rbvCR)

215 And it will discover tens of thousands of new exoplanets. As of now, there are about 6000 confirmed exoplanets. They expect this thing will raise that to 100,000 when it's done all it can.

I took a look at the list of exoplanets we've found recently and as far as potentially life bearing ones are concerned it has been pretty meek. This should be more exhaustive but I suspect we'll continue to find few life bearing ones.

Yes, we'll find "super earths" but contra Hell Divers I don't think they'll have life, and we'll find earth sized terrestrial planets but without the mass and/or mag field they need.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (sKqQm)

216 Game delay Kings at Avs

a fan smashed one of those big glass panels behind the Kings bench, repairs under way

period 2, no score, many fights

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (ZxPkt)

217 So this gerrymander leaves VA with 9 D seats and 1 R (right?), in a state where the actual House vote, state-wide, is fairly close, right? Lol.
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In theory one could gerrymander out the minority party so they hold no majority vote in any district. Even 51% vs 49%.

The only reason why there is even one R district is because they could not find a D with enough intelligence to draw the boundaries. So the best the 51% could do was eliminate 80% of the 49% minority leaving them a net 10% of the population.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:45 PM (/lPRQ)

218 The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force.

We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.

The clot shot fiasco bear heavily in this. We made young healthy people get a poison shot to protect them against a disease that is no danger for young healthy people.

Now, the flu shot isn't dangerous, but it doesn't really do anything either. By the time we guess what flus are coming out of China they'll have mutated so much your vaccine won't protect you.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:47 PM (sKqQm)

219 Any of you ever been to "The Rock"?
-

Gibraltar? Yes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at April 21, 2026 11:48 PM (1o8D5)

220 The Red Rocker has always been one of my favorite artists. Thanks for the clip, Sir Doof.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 11:48 PM (ceJ0R)

221 >So this gerrymander leaves VA with 9 D seats and 1 R (right?), in a state where the actual House vote, state-wide, is fairly close, right? Lol.
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I don't get it! Candidate Spanberger said she had no plans to re-district!

What gives?

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 11:49 PM (ZxPkt)

222 just to what degree is the US actually a constitutional republic with representative govt. and rule of law?
Rhetorical question.
Posted by: rhomboid at April 21, 2026 11:11

But a good one. You might say FDR's New Deal was the end with power being handed over to govt bureaucrats.

With only 15 real competitive congressional districts it's hard to say the degree that is left today. What do you think rhom?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (55Qr6)

223 Ok Trump, the Dems are stretching their safe districts to the limits with their gerrymander in VA.

Time to make them pay.

Whatever short term changes you need to make, if the economy is perceived to be doing well in the fall the Rs will will these districts...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (sKqQm)

224 Same goes for Darius Rucker.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (ceJ0R)

225 Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?
Wouldn't you have to drive with your pants off? I mean that's ok for the Horde, but some police officers get all cranky about that shit.
Posted by: GWB

I knew a cop (retired) who worked a district where they could take the cruisers home after each shift. He told me one day he decided he wasn't going to be pulling anybody over so... he didn't wear pants. Just boxers and sandals.

He got rear-ended at a light.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:50 PM (/lPRQ)

226 65 nurse, is yeet "first" in some alien language?
Posted by: LRob in OK at April 21, 2026 10:19 PM (7D3Aa)

"Yeet" is what Tim the Enchanter did to travelers who failed to answer his questions correctly; for a concrete example, Hi-Point has a 9mm pistol that they named Yeet Cannon, by popular demand. It comes from the same slang dialect as "boop the snoot." I do not know what its usage here signifies.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 11:51 PM (Sy6m/)

227 I don't get it! Candidate Spanberger said she had no plans to re-district!

What gives?

Meghan McCain of all people was complaining that the CIA agent ran as a moderate and is governing as a leftwing lunatic.

There are no moderate Dems officeholders. The party won't allow that anymore and the actual people that fall into that group like RFK or Tulsi are now Rs (sort of).

But the frustrating part is more LIVs just won't pay attention. "The nice guy on the evening news said Mrs CIA Agent was a moderate unlike that extremist guy running as a Republican! Err what issues was he extreme on? Uh...I don't know?"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (sKqQm)

228 A shitter in the car? Really? It's a new world.

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)

229 Thanks Doof for posting the Wall(s) of Shame.

Posted by: Recidivist at April 21, 2026 11:54 PM (oftw2)

230 The indictment of the SPLC just might be the kickoff to the payback we've been waiting for.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 11:56 PM (viF8m)

231 Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)

Has mental image of Silver Cloud sifting down the highway, with a long ribbon of toilet paper dragging from some point on its undercarriage.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (utfVc)

232 From earlier today, and inline with everything we already suspected. Hope for more confirmation from the admin

@C__Herridge
Multiple sources tell me that a credible whistleblower complaint was filed alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump and his campaign. ...
x.com/C__Herridge/status/2046665072798212389
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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>>> alleging the CIA, FBI and other IC agencies suppressed intelligence about China’s influence operations during the 2020 election targeting President Trump

Given everything I have seen that was public domain those agencies would have to prove to me that they did not do it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (/lPRQ)

233
The exoplanet detection method will be gravitational microlensing. This is the tiny, *tiny* bending of light by the planet sized bodies it's looking for. That's just amazing of itself, and show the orders of magnitude this tech is progressing.

That will allow it to detect exomoons, provided they are far enough away from the parent planet. The mass limit there is about Ganymede mass, our own Moon would be a bit below the threshold. They're setting the expectations low, but they say they expect to confirm at least one exomoon orbiting a big Jupiter or bigger sized exoplanet.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 11:57 PM (w6EFb)

234 228 A shitter in the car? Really? It's a new world.

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at April 21, 2026 11:53 PM (+9wcF)

"Passengers will please refrain from flushing toilet while train is standing in the station"

Posted by: a.moron at April 21, 2026 11:58 PM (X5Jzz)

235 Nick Freitas on how the next civil war begins and how we should respond to the totalitarian left:

https://tinyurl.com/2phhudsn

Just short of an hour in length and well worth listening to.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 22, 2026 12:00 AM (c4pSx)

236 Hello everyone. Hope your Tuesday was great, and your Wednesday will be even better.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 12:00 AM (CHHv1)

237 Does the Pope shit in the woods?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Not any more. He uses the Poopmobile.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

* flat stare *

* begrudging golf clap *
Posted by: mikeski

But his 'outhouse' is that plexiglass dome so everybody gets a gander.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:01 AM (/lPRQ)

238 I knew a cop (retired) who worked a district where they could take the cruisers home after each shift. He told me one day he decided he wasn't going to be pulling anybody over so... he didn't wear pants. Just boxers and sandals.

He got rear-ended at a light.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Carma can be a bitch.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:02 AM (VHUov)

239 Just boxers and sandals.

At the William Shatner Q@A on Sunday, one of the questions was "Boxers or briefs?"

He waited a moment and responded, "Depends."

Everyone laughed, and he said "You folks have no idea what growing old is like."

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2026 12:07 AM (CHHv1)

240 The clot shot fiasco bear heavily in this. We made young healthy people get a poison shot to protect them against a disease that is no danger for young healthy people.

Now, the flu shot isn't dangerous, but it doesn't really do anything either. By the time we guess what flus are coming out of China they'll have mutated so much your vaccine won't protect you.
Posted by: 18-1
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Who is this "we" in "We made young healthy people..."

OK, I know what you mean. Nonetheless, unlike many people who say that only in hindsight do we know it was wrong... no, it was authoritarians fucking over the plebes just for shits and giggles and it was obvious at the time.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:07 AM (/lPRQ)

241 I don't get it! Candidate Spanberger said she had no plans to re-district!

What gives?
Posted by: Don Black

The people trusted the clone of that Nazi who Spanberger pretends she is not.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:09 AM (/lPRQ)

242 A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, if you've had prostate cancer and have urinary issues, a bottle or plastic up is handy usually it is needed when you park and need to pee and can't wait.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 22, 2026 12:11 AM (55Qr6)

243 Saw a pic not too long ago of 1950-something Rolls-Royce with a toilet seat under one of the passenger seats. There was no holding tank. You just left whatever on the road for the peasants to deal with.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

Let he or she who has not dropped a deuce off the tailgate of a F150 while riding as a passenger in back cast the first stone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:12 AM (/lPRQ)

244 The issue isn't the platform - I don't think pandora, or youtube, or spotify are restricting my access to new music.

The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.

Its cultural rot.
Posted by: 18-1
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They definitly restrict access to older music.
Searching for things, different sessions of the same song by the same singer or group, will not come up in selection. I think they do it to avoid ASCAP or BMI fees. They also edit movies and other, such as the History channel, showings.

If they do it to those things they will do it to new music.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:12 AM (YvvFZ)

245 Farmer I think the degradation has occurred over a long period, and don't tie it to just particular administrations - and I didn't even mention that the system's most important player, Congress, has been a key enabler throughout, primarily through inaction. Law school education (another bow wave that probably will be slamming into what's left in the next decades), the Legal Cult (the passive or vociferously active belief/expectation that courts are actually in charge, their made-up laws and "doctrines" etc. trump the plain language of the constitution, etc.) Lots of wheels turning.

Too big a topic for a comments section. The ludicrous disenfranchisement in VA just brought the whole thing to mind.

Technically, as 18-1 wisely pointed out, the ridiculous VA districts create a risk of a Dem wipeout, given plausible political conditions on election day (that's DAY, bitches, talk to Alito if you don't follow). If you draw a map such that about 45% of the voters (all things being equal/typical) can only win 10% of the seats, by necessity you've created some weird and volatile districts.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (U/Byj)

246 A shitter in the car? Really? It's a new world.

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 11:39 PM (Fbc0I)

This pope? He shits out his mouth.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

247
There've been many hints of late that the standard model of the Big Bang/cosmology is wrong (hints the universe expansion might not be accelerating -- the type 1a supernovae "standard candles" might be wrong, etc, etc).

When Roman completes it's first one year survey of the whole sky, that will be confirmed or refuted.

The resolution of that initial one-year survey would take 45 city blocks covered with half a million 4K TV screens to display.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 22, 2026 12:14 AM (w6EFb)

248 definitly
definitive
definitely

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:16 AM (YvvFZ)

249 just boxers and sandals.
===
At the William Shatner Q@A on Sunday, one of the questions was "Boxers or briefs?"

He waited a moment and responded, "Depends."
Everyone laughed, and he said "You folks have no idea what growing old is like."
Posted by: BeckoningChasm
+++

One of the joys of growing old is having a bit of fun with what everyone thinks all old people suffer through.

Acting like you cannot hear them..
Excusing yourself to use the restroom when you get bored...
Driving really slow in the left lane..

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 12:17 AM (/lPRQ)

250 Flu shot efficacy is I think pretty dicey in any case. And for most of the demographic of the military, a marginal consideration anyway.

I think both the UK and the Netherlands did studies of the enormous data collected over decades on flu shot benefits. IIRC impact on mortality was statistical noise. Don't think they looked at anything else but collecting "data" on things severity of an influenza-like illness is probably doomed to be squishy subjective and useless.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 12:17 AM (U/Byj)

251 A buddy of mine always takes a Gatorade bottle because it has a wide mouth. I hope he stops and pulls over to use it but I've never asked.
Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026
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Yes, if you've had prostate cancer and have urinary issues, a bottle or plastic up is handy usually it is needed when you park and need to pee and can't wait.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at April 22, 2026 12:11 AM (55Qr6)

You haven't lived until you pee in a big gulp cup at 70mph and driving with one knee.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:19 AM (snZF9)

252 Even the FRENCH hold their elections in ONE DAY.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:21 AM (YvvFZ)

253 Yes, if you've had prostate cancer and have urinary issues, a bottle or plastic up is handy usually it is needed when you park and need to pee and can't wait.

Posted by: Farmer
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Add in Flomax (tamsulosin), and if you've been sitting a while, and then stand, the need to pee is *immediate*.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2026 12:24 AM (XeU6L)

254 Nobel Physicist Predicts 'End-Date' For Modern Civilization ...and it's quite soon! _ZH
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of course, it is

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:28 AM (YvvFZ)

255 "Rest" stops...

Hubby & I would exit at nearly *every* rest area, when we travelled. Why? Because we could! Defiance after the fact, you might call it:

His dad and my dad were both the kind of guys what could 'hold it' for-freaking-ever, and wouldn't pull over until the kids were screaming for mercy, on long trips.

"262 miles to Buc-ees; you can hold it" sign would likely *trigger* my bladder into urgency, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

256 Thanks for a great ONT, Doof!

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

257 Yes, I was in Alcatraz. As a visitor! As a visitor! A more depressing place place to call "home", I cannot imagine.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 12:30 AM (f/ULw)

258 Spent many hours researching my first stereo system in my twenties. Now I listen to music through my phone's speaker.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 12:34 AM (f/ULw)

259 Nobel Physicist Predicts 'End-Date' For Modern Civilization ...and it's quite soon! _ZH
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of course, it is
Posted by: Braenyard

Neato! What gets us? Peak Oil? Global Warming? AI drones? Muslims with Nukes?

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

260 A Year After U.S.A.I.D.’s Death, Fired Workers Find Few Jobs and Much Loss _NYT
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...USAID and NGO workers are the least sympathetic unemployed people I’ve ever seen.

EVERY person in this story was making well into six figures:

USAID employee: $175,000
USAID contractor: $127,000
USAID-funded NGO employee: $272,000(!)
USAID advisor at the DOD: $195,000
USAID contractor: $200,000

There were 16,000 employees at USAID, and the New York Times was only able to interview one making less than $175k. Worldwide, there were an estimated 280,000 contractors.

ALL of these people were getting paid from our tax dollars. Many were making 2-4x the wage of the average American taxpayer ($65-70k per year).
_@RobertMSterling - 7h

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (YvvFZ)

261 JM, wait 'til it becomes Mar-Al-Catraz, Trump might let the Japanese provide security to promote the superiority of their armaments over their Chinese counterparts.

Hey Horde, how aah yah, in Bostonese?

I am so old that I remember Burt Lancaster starring in "Birdman of Alcatraz" way back when. Burt was a pretty good actor.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:42 AM (0nHVk)

262 The US and the Philippines on Monday launched what’s being billed as the "biggest ever" Balikatan Exercise, an annual military drill that, for the first time, includes a significant contingent of Japanese troops as Tokyo increases its military activity in the region, ramping up tensions with China.

...exercises will include live-fire drills in the northern Philippines, facing Taiwan, and in Palawan, an island province facing the disputed South China Sea
_antiwar. com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:42 AM (YvvFZ)

263 Hi, Debby!

Staying warm enough?

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:45 AM (rdVOm)

264 Map
The location of the same drills last year, via AEI's Critical Threats Project

https://tinyurl.com/yc7pmbvx

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:45 AM (YvvFZ)

265 Does Trump's truce extension give Bibi more time to clean up Lebanon?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:48 AM (YvvFZ)

266 Hey JQ, I am doing my best but it is chilly here, I need to pit on my winter jacket when I go to the garage for a smoke.

How are you? I am so glad that your Hubby gets his couple of smokes after lunch, you are a good wife, let me buy you a drink and I'll have the usual.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:52 AM (0nHVk)

267 Well obviously put not pit, but it is too late to fix it now.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:53 AM (0nHVk)

268 This pope? He shits out his mouth.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

Sounds like the 8th circle of Dante’s Hell.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 22, 2026 12:54 AM (kd1a0)

269 *pours Chivas for Debby*

Thanks, I'll make a "peppermint patty" for myself... it was warm today but is chilly now.

There are only a couple of nursing homes in this area that allow smoking, glad hubby was able to get into one of them. Yeah, smoking is bad, but-- "what difference, at this point, does it make?"

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 12:58 AM (rdVOm)

270 Bers we gotta a Yang Poon Pope is what we have.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:59 AM (0nHVk)

271 The issue is less good new music is being produced. And fewer good movies. And fewer good books. And on and on.
Its cultural rot.
Posted by: 18-1

A lot of the books, like many movies, have been infected with identity politics. I like suspense books. So, I started one book that looked promising. Then a female character said she admired a male character because he screwed women and men. It's hard to enjoy a book when you want all of the characters to be killed off.

Posted by: nerdygirl at April 22, 2026 01:00 AM (0Htd1)

272 This pope? He shits out his mouth.
Posted by: Berserker

Sounds like the 8th circle of Dante’s Hell.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Treachery to your Lord puts you on the very bottom of the Ninth, though.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 01:01 AM (VHUov)

273 Hey Horde, how aah yah, in Bostonese?

I am so old that I remember Burt Lancaster starring in "Birdman of Alcatraz" way back when. Burt was a pretty good actor.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 12:42 AM (0nHVk

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I like this bit of Bostonese: "Go ahead, pahk the cah in the yahd."

And i'm a sap for Dave Loggins singing "Please Come to Boston".

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:02 AM (RM0zI)

274 Well, the '88 Chevy pickup is back in service. Pulled off the left front caliper, cleaned all the gunk out, polished the bore and the surface of the piston, and reassembled it. Bled it, and bled the ABS unit. No more dragging brakes! Popped the rear wheels off, had a look at the brakes, about 50% worn, but even wear, nothing out of spec, so left well enough alone. I doubt I will ever put enough miles on it to wear them right out. Mounted the "new" rear tires, did a road test, and called it good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:03 AM (utfVc)

275 Nobel Physicist Predicts 'End-Date' For Modern Civilization ...and it's quite soon! _ZH
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of course, it is
Posted by: Braenyard

Neato! What gets us? Peak Oil? Global Warming? AI drones? Muslims with Nukes?
Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (VHUov)

Nah. Godzilla, Gamorrah, Rodan, and Mothra unite and attack the world.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at April 22, 2026 01:06 AM (S/Y4j)

276 AOP, at the TxMoMe I'll tell you the long, sorta sad story of the paint job on my street rod. It was sad. Then it got sadder. Then I sanded it and stripped it and started again. Maybe - - - maybe it's OK now.

Posted by: LRob in OK at April 22, 2026 01:07 AM (7D3Aa)

277
Add in Flomax (tamsulosin), and if you've been sitting a while, and then stand, the need to pee is *immediate*.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2026 12:24 AM (XeU6L

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So that's why! They should have told me.

Posted by: Yellow River by I.P. Daley at April 22, 2026 01:08 AM (Aq1cY)

278 Bers we gotta a Yang Poon Pope is what we have.
Posted by: Debby

Pope Yang Poon. I don't care who you are, that's funneh

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 22, 2026 01:09 AM (KUaZg)

279 I'm not Catholic, so it seems awkward to state any opinion of the Pope... but...

As a Christian leader, one might expect him to stand up for his followers, to defend them and their faith, to rebuke any who threaten his Church and congregants. It seems Leo XIV doesn't meet those expectations.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 01:11 AM (rdVOm)

280 "Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?"

China is asshoe. It's Gatorade bottle or tree.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 22, 2026 01:11 AM (KUaZg)

281 >>>Spent many hours researching my first stereo system in my twenties. Now I listen to music through my phone's speaker.

Posted by: JM in Illinois

>>I used to have all high power components with stacks of multiple speakers, hi-fi, surround, the whole bit. 1000s of vinyl, cds, dvds, tapes.

Now I just go wireless, streaming, bluetooth to a large speaker on wheels.

I don't need a $4K cable for my sound system. My ears are still good, but there's no need for the audiophile ripoff. Or a need to collect media.

Most of my shit was stolen by a cokehead years ago, anyway.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 01:15 AM (Fbc0I)

282 "Built-In Car Toilet: The Future of Comfort on The Road?"

China is asshoe. It's Gatorade bottle or tree.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 22, 2026 01:11 AM (KUaZg)

As was mentioned up-thread, electric cars scarcely need such a thing, as their endurance is shorter than that of a healthy bladder. But then again, it's Chy-nah, and I doubt they have many comfy roadside restrooms.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:18 AM (utfVc)

283 The problem is, the pope is not a Christian and he's leading his flock in the opposite direction.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:18 AM (YvvFZ)

284 Another productive day, AOP! Sounds really good.

I need to track down an electrical drain in my '03 Sierra. Found a very helpful utoob on it-- just need a few more consecutive days of good weather. Wasted the last few on long-overdue yard work, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 01:20 AM (rdVOm)

285 274 Well, the '88 Chevy pickup is back in service. Pulled off the left front caliper, cleaned all the gunk out, polished the bore and the surface of the piston, and reassembled it. Bled it, and bled the ABS unit. No more dragging brakes! Popped the rear wheels off, had a look at the brakes, about 50% worn, but even wear, nothing out of spec, so left well enough alone. I doubt I will ever put enough miles on it to wear them right out. Mounted the "new" rear tires, did a road test, and called it good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:03 AM (utfVc)

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I'm picturing Casa AOP with a large, well-stocked workshop and one of those vertical parking garages to keep all the cars handy for work. And definitely no TV.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:20 AM (VaNaZ)

286 Wandered off to watch an episode of Warehouse 13, which we've been marathoning. (Spellcheck accepts marathoning‽‽

Now it's past Midnight here and time for me to wrap it up.🕛 It's been a day. Hope to have another one.

Amusing, but a little disturbing, that Wolfus's prospective Salina home has been outed already. He may have to look elsewhere. Saw that Arkansas and SE Okla were recommended. I'd add NE Okla, plenty of burbs in the Tulsa region might meet his criteria. Weather is a little better than SE Ok😉, and OK politics are more conservative than Kansas. We need all we can get. He'd have to start openly packing and buy a big black broad-brimmed cowboy hat, though.🤠

A shame his gal is so passive-aggressive about his moving, but not surprising from what he's written about the two of them. 🥺 He has to do what he has to do.

On tonight's Warehouse 13, Cherie Currie guest-starred as herself, did a duet of Cherry Bomb with one of the cast regulars. Didn't know much about her, so, checked out her Wikipedia page and YouTubes.
https://youtu.be/hhF8ntWd8SA

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - opsec not always as easy as it sounds at April 22, 2026 01:23 AM (iMJMF)

287 Now I just go wireless, streaming, bluetooth to a large speaker on wheels.

I don't need a $4K cable for my sound system. My ears are still good, but there's no need for the audiophile ripoff. Or a need to collect media.

Most of my shit was stolen by a cokehead years ago, anyway.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 01:15 AM (Fbc0I)

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Bluetooth speaker would be a good improvement over the phone speaker. I should probably change the speakers in my nine year old car; how good can they be after multiple freeze/thaw cycles?

Sorry to hear about what the cokehead did. Maybe he's got what's coming to him by now

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:27 AM (Zrz68)

288 Bers we gotta a Yang Poon Pope is what we have.
Posted by: Debby

Pope Yang Poon. I don't care who you are, that's funneh

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at April 22, 2026 01:09 AM (KUaZg)

Everybody yang poon tonight. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:28 AM (snZF9)

289 Well, it's 11:30 here. I am off to the snoozer. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 01:32 AM (utfVc)

290 All I know about car toilets is that one night my dear friend was dropping me off at the house after a very funny evening, she sat in the driver's seat and completely peed her pants and the seat. The next day she texted me on her way to work and said that the seat warmers in her Jeep were no longer functional.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 01:34 AM (0nHVk)

291 >>>Sorry to hear about what the cokehead did. Maybe he's got what's coming to him by now

Posted by: JM in Illinois

>He quit school moved out of town when I told him I knew he did it, and I was going to fuck him up.

He was a senator's son and not in a good place. I let him bail.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 01:34 AM (Fbc0I)

292 Nick Shirley is going to release a video on Ilhan Omar soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:35 AM (YvvFZ)

293
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 12:35 AM (YvvFZ)

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I read the weepy NY Times article. Some of these people were at that salary for 20 years and now they're on food stamps or living with relatives. Great stewards of our largesse, eh?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 01:39 AM (n7rxJ)

294 Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Thomas "Walker" LeMay was murdered when he was shot and killed during a welfare check in Wister, at a home off of Highway 270 at approximately 11:00 a.m
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Sounds terrible doesn't it? A welfare check gone wrong. But wait, it's not one officer it's like a platoon of agencies. Puts and entirely different perspective on the initial lede.

"On April 19, officers from the LeFlore County Sheriff's Office, the Wister Police Department, and the U.S. Forestry Department, were called to assist with a welfare check at a residence. Upon arrival they were met with gunfire; when the officers returned fire the suspect retreated into the residence and barricaded himself inside. During the exchange of gunfire, Deputy Sheriff LeMay and a Wister police officer were struck, and Deputy Sheriff LeMay was pronounced dead at the scene"

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:41 AM (YvvFZ)

295 I read the weepy NY Times article. Some of these people were at that salary for 20 years and now they're on food stamps or living with relatives. Great stewards of our largesse, eh?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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The Ant and the Grasshopper comes to mind...

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

296 I'm picturing Casa AOP with a large, well-stocked workshop and one of those vertical parking garages to keep all the cars handy for work. And definitely no TV.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:20 AM (VaNaZ)

Yeah, not what I picture, because I do this shit too. I read enough of his projects to know when I'm dealing with somebody who on a whim wakes up one day and decides to whip up a satellite out of half a VW bus, a few 1930's radios and car parts from cars you never heard of. For that you don't have stock, you have rummaging piles. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:45 AM (snZF9)

297 Make good money for 20 years and have so little they qualify for food stamps. They're still cheating liars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:47 AM (YvvFZ)

298 Make good money for 20 years and have so little they qualify for food stamps. They're still cheating liars.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 01:47 AM (YvvFZ)

Absolutely.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:49 AM (snZF9)

299 JQ, I know that I have mentioned many times that I watch a fair number of home improvement/real estate shows. Sales over a million dollars particularly in the Atlanta area were bought by workers at non-profits, those magnanimous NGOs. Foreclosures should be happening soon, these people had million dollar budgets, sometimes both of them were employed by NGOs, reality is about to come crashing down, the problem is they want us to pay for it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 01:55 AM (0nHVk)

300
Yeah, not what I picture, because I do this shit too. I read enough of his projects to know when I'm dealing with somebody who on a whim wakes up one day and decides to whip up a satellite out of half a VW bus, a few 1930's radios and car parts from cars you never heard of. For that you don't have stock, you have rummaging piles. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 01:

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Truly, you may have a lot in common with my brother. He was happiest when he retired and bought a rural property with a good sized garage. A place for a lifetime of tools, a lift, etc. But a job working around asbestos brakes -- and smoking ‐ got him early.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:59 AM (v1cyc)

301 Sweet dreams Horde, I am hitting the wall, one day delay on trash pickup due to Patriot's Day, I need to get up early. I love you all a lot.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at April 22, 2026 02:00 AM (0nHVk)

302 Make good money for 20 years and have so little they qualify for food stamps. They're still cheating liars.
Posted by: Braenyard

There was probably a "75% for the big guy" clause in all their contracts. Democrats aren't going to pay some useless dork a quarter-mil a year just for a single guaranteed vote.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 02:00 AM (VHUov)

303 'Night, Debby!

<3

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 02:02 AM (rdVOm)

304 WWG1WGA@WWG1WGA_QQ - 2h
THE OBAMA FILES ARE WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT.
His lawyers didn’t show up to negotiate.
They showed up to BEG. Here’s what Bondi’s team found inside the Tehran servers under Obama’s codename — RENEGADE:

— 14 wire transfers to a Swiss account linked to Hezbollah between 2014-2016. Total: $1.7 billion. The same $1.7 billion he told Congress was “frozen Iranian assets.”
— A signed directive authorizing the CIA to stand down during the Benghazi attack. Not typed. HANDWRITTEN.
— Communications with Epstein’s handler, dated March 2015, discussing “the island arrangement” and “the Chicago package.”
— A backchannel to Tehran through Valerie Jarrett, active from 2012 to 2024. Yes. 2024. Two years AFTER he left office.

He didn’t just betray America.
He was running a shadow government from his basement in D.C. while pretending to be retired.
His lawyers are now offering FULL COOPERATION in exchange for immunity.

Trump said no.
No deals. No mercy. No escape.
The man who divided America for 8 years is about to face the America he tried to destroy.
And she’s awake.

FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING

I don't know this person but Jessie Waters is next

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 02:06 AM (YvvFZ)

305 Jessie Watters – Dir Tulsi Gabbard released a bomb shell report today that shows a sitting president, Barak Obama, … to sabotage ...Donald Trump

https://tinyurl.com/y47ynpr9

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 02:07 AM (YvvFZ)

306 >>The man who divided America for 8 years is about to face the America he tried to destroy.
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How timely... we were discussing "drawing and quartering" just recently LOL

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)

307 Welp, it's time for bed.

Wake me when 0bastard is standing at the gallows, with a hood on.

Posted by: JQ at April 22, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

308 FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING

I don't know this person but Jessie Waters is next

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 02:06 AM (YvvFZ)

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Can't wait. Going after former President Trump removed all kinds of deferential barriers to such prosecutions.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 02:11 AM (iey08)

309 How timely... we were discussing "drawing and quartering" just recently LOL
Posted by: JQ

Too quick.

Posted by: mikeski at April 22, 2026 02:11 AM (VHUov)

310 Sleep's coming over me

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 02:12 AM (iey08)

311 I read the weepy NY Times article. Some of these people were at that salary for 20 years and now they're on food stamps or living with relatives. Great stewards of our largesse, eh?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 01:39 AM (n7rxJ)

After about 8 years at that pay I would be solvent and banking everything since just waiting for it to end. Nothing that good lasts forever.
I bet these people were actually still balls deep in debt and couldn't even come close to making their bills on even an $80,000 a year job.

Posted by: Reforger at April 22, 2026 02:12 AM (WYOCN)

312 Truly, you may have a lot in common with my brother. He was happiest when he retired and bought a rural property with a good sized garage. A place for a lifetime of tools, a lift, etc. But a job working around asbestos brakes -- and smoking ‐ got him early.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 01:59 AM (v1cyc)

Jesus. It always seems to go that way. I'm working on getting a building with a lift. Trying to see where on the property to put it, and how big I can get away with, or afford, because I need it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 22, 2026 02:20 AM (snZF9)

313 3-7% of each tax dollar goes towards fraud.

That’s 25 days of work each year that Americans are paying directly to fraudsters.

I’m guessing it’s a lot more than 3%-7%. There’s so much more fraud to uncover here in the United States.

Credit: @nickshirleyy
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_Nick Fuentes was funded by the Southern Poverty Law Center for $270,000?
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I'd like to put a twitch on every MSM and radio personality that calls Fuentes, Carlson, that black chick, et al, conservative.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 22, 2026 02:29 AM (YvvFZ)

314 THE OBAMA FILES ARE WORSE THAN WE THOUGHT

It's surprising how unsurprising all that is.

Posted by: Late Night Lurker at April 22, 2026 02:39 AM (zvnUC)

315 Texas republicans start gerrymandering on Trump's order. Democrats finish it tonight redistricting out 5 republicans in Virginia and more in California! Texas and Florida republican congressional candidates worried they will be voted out in blue tidal wave with republican voters taken out of their districts.

Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at April 22, 2026 02:44 AM (bSZM2)

316 I'm surprised new music sells well at all. This has nothing to do with content. New stuff's advantages - shelf space in retail spots, top 40 rotation - are gone.

Posted by: Ben Sears at April 22, 2026 02:45 AM (bLIwo)

317 Back to the original question, then. Was Obama truly evil, or too stupid to see the evil people that ran him? I'm voting stupid, but venal, and the people like Jarrett the Ferret were just plain evil.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:04 AM (DwqWV)

318 1/2 hour to go

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:17 AM (Ia/+0)

319 Should have just gotten up

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)

320 None of us ever saw this coming about Obama and his cabal, we needed the media 10+ years later to give us 'the scoop.'

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 22, 2026 03:41 AM (Fbc0I)

321 Barky was well steeped in Marxism and knew what to do to destroy the country.

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 03:42 AM (Ia/+0)

322 317 Back to the original question, then. Was Obama truly evil, or too stupid to see the evil people that ran him? I'm voting stupid, but venal, and the people like Jarrett the Ferret were just plain evil.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 22, 2026 03:04 AM (DwqWV)

I'm voting evil to the core and mildly bright, but fundamentally lazy to the core, so that he is effectively incapable of anything resembling effort.

Posted by: SciVo at April 22, 2026 03:53 AM (Sy6m/)

323 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at April 22, 2026 04:31 AM (YbTYS)

324 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

325 Tech thread going...

Posted by: clarence at April 22, 2026 04:32 AM (5OgL1)

326
I'm voting evil to the core and mildly bright, but fundamentally lazy to the core, so that he is effectively incapable of anything resembling effort.
Posted by: SciVo

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✅Evil
✅Lazy - hence intellectually shallow, uninformed, although possessed of some natural brainpower, mostly used to trick people

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 04:32 AM (n7rxJ)

327 70 years ago, in April of 1956, my martial arts Sensei, Black Belt Hall of Fame Judo Instructor, the late Karl Geis, almost blew up the world. He was an Air Force radio traffic analyst stationed in Japan on a Sunday, he was the only analyst on duty, when he noticed that all of the Russian Bomber call signs had launched toward the US simultaneously. He called in the LT who was serving as Officer of the Day, and showed him the data. The LT said to him, "What do we do?" Karl said "Call NORAD and report this." They got the General in charge at NORAD and told him. He called President Eisenhower, who ordered an all out nuclear strike on the USSR by SAC. Meanwhile in Japan they had scrambled all the other Traffic Analysts - who confirmed Karl's analysis. In 1956 there was no "Fail Safe". When SAC launched, the bombers were on their way to their targets. All of the foreign analysts were called in and again confirmed Karl's analysis. Suddenly a French analyst shouted "Those Idiots have switched their Civilian and Military call signs. This is the resupply of Siberia after the winter" when he saw a plane land in Siberia. When SAC was recalled the lead B-52s were over Soviet Air space.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 22, 2026 04:46 AM (Da7Vv)

328 RE: Amazon cables, sure, the cables are fine. I recently bought each of my sons hig end stereo equipment and turntables for their college graduations. When looking for connectors I initially went with the Amazon version. I came to find out that the plugs don't fit snugly into the ports. This can cause gapping which can lead to a short in the speakers. If you are paying thousands for top end speakers this is not worth the risk. And yes, we tested this before we kept and went with the higher end plugs. When we tried to return the Amazon plugs they gave a full refund but said "keep 'em, we don't want them back."

Posted by: Burton M at April 22, 2026 07:07 AM (TCXst)

329 My wife and I did the Alcatraz tour a long time ago. Rented the audio. It was great. Then we did Muir Woods, Trinity Road to Napa, Lake Tahoe, and then the ocean. Great trip. My last trip to SF was shit on the streets. I've been there 15 times. Will never go back unless work forces me.

My wife listens to our music - Aerosmith, Zep, 1970s stuff. My son is 32 and sends me recommendations. I listen on my walks and give him a review. She doesn't.

Springsteen is an ass. Always has been. And I'm from Jersey. But that's South Jersey, different than north. We're below the Mason-Dixon I think.

The Cowtown Rodeo in New Jersey is recognized as the oldest weekly professional rodeo in the United States, having started in 1929. It continues to operate every Saturday night from May to September. South Jersey!

Posted by: JerseyDevilRider at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (PepNr)

Suspicious Characters Cafe

San Francisco bay as seen from Sausalito

Pink elephants after the parade.

Goose wearing beer goggles.

Nightmare.

Back off, bruv.

El Capitan in Yosemite. (NOT Yellowstone. Whoopsie.)

Some pig.

Friendly pig.

Goose-stepping chicken.

Re-post: Golden retriever wants to pack for the trip, too.

Two paws have twice the scratching power.

"The guilty dog test." It works every time.

Caught red-pawed.

Baby tiger tries to calm down his stressy mom.

What�s going on here? 😅 pic.twitter.com/tEkmwNWWLg
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 21, 2026

Never knew this was a thing.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/3KlxHzb216
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) April 21, 2026

We should bring back the "That's amore" joke.

Whoever decided to do this, give him a raise. pic.twitter.com/fU3h8gjBNM
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 21, 2026

This man trusts physics and jumps backward at 80 km/h from a truck moving at 80 km/h! pic.twitter.com/CaN40LXWiS
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) April 20, 2026

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2
Willowed

Women sports announcers are hopeless. Their voices are too high and every one is so damn earnest sounding. They take themselves way too seriously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (tgvbd)

3 So if an old friend I know stops by to say hello
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?
Here we go again, asking where I've been
You can't see the tears are real, I'm cryin' (Yes, I'm cryin')

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (/+uur)

4 "San Francisco bay as seen from Sausalito"

You can't even see the feces in the street from this angle. Nice.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (ftFVW)

5 Never been to Yellowstone, that picture is beautiful

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

6 Suspicious Characters Cafe

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Uh, oh.....

Are the Feds lurking again?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (gnNyN)

7 San Francisco used to be a beautiful city. It’s a shame what they did to it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)

8 The stilt dancing was gayer than 2 gays picking out bedcovers at bed bath and beyond flipping coins to see who had to bite the pillow tonight.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

9 7 San Francisco used to be a beautiful city. It’s a shame what they did to it.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (u73oe)

Full House was bad.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

10 The stilt dancing was gayer than 2 gays picking out bedcovers at bed bath and beyond flipping coins to see who had to bite the pillow tonight.
Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (/+uur)

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Oddly specific.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)

11

Some asshole driving a Jeep crashed into the side of a gift shop in Yellowstone. The vehicle went several feet into the store.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

12 52% 47% Neigh.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (JTLUe)

13 This man trusts physics and jumps backward at 80 km/h from a truck moving at 80 km/h!

I'd like to see him try that at 50 mph! Very cool, by the way.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2026 07:36 PM (aIYqR)

14 If you turn on your headlights at 186,000 miles per second what happens?

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:36 PM (/+uur)

15 5 Never been to Yellowstone, that picture is beautiful
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

El Capitan is in Yosemite

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (K88SD)

16 Don't know if you people know tjat stilts are used very often at construction sites, mostly drywall finishing and ceiling work.
That stilt dance is impressive

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (Ia/+0)

17 Some asshole driving a Jeep crashed into the side of a gift shop in Yellowstone. The vehicle went several feet into the store.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (3ek7K)

A real Jeep story was that they would have pulled it out and tried again to go deeper.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (/+uur)

18 Future drywallers of america spring dance.

Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)

19 donna thanks for correction, haven't seen it no matter

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

20 Oddly specific.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)

I have a friend that lost the toss on purpose
6 times

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (/+uur)

21 19 donna thanks for correction, haven't seen it no matter
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (Ia/+0)

Been to both... Spectacular...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (K88SD)

22 I dont know physics so that looks miraculous to me

Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:39 PM (lCppi)

23 18 Future drywallers of america spring dance.
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)

Except home Depot orange buckets

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (/+uur)

24 Great time of year as there’s hockey every night.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (u73oe)

25 5 Never been to Yellowstone, that picture is beautiful
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

Yeah.... El Capitan has never been to Yellowstone either.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 07:41 PM (mP0Kj)

26 12 52% 47% Neigh.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (JTLUe)

No Fairfax vote in yet - when it comes in, it will be a 10pt swing...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:42 PM (tOcjL)

27 It’s a Donnybrook in Tampa!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (u73oe)

28

Nova,

I had no hope that the redistricting would not pass.

I figure there is lots of cheating happening.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (3ek7K)

29 If chickens had arms and sub-machine guns, they'd rule the world.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (Fbc0I)

30 And for the record, it's about a 16 mile round trip hike to get to the top of El Cap... most folks take about 10 hours to do it...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

31 If there's any hope, Stafford is actually +3 No right now (with 61% of their vote in)...and they have gone very blue in 2024 and 2025...so, if they are a bellweather, maybe there's still an "eke it out" chance...but it's low...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (tOcjL)

32 Glorious selection, Ace.

Thank you very much.

I hear 'El Capitan' in Q's voice. {i.e. John de Lancie}

Posted by: Adriane the Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May in April Critic . . . at April 21, 2026 07:45 PM (3ZUWJ)

33 Refs having a hard time figuring out all the penalties from that fight.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 07:45 PM (u73oe)

34 My ballot went into a shredder and when the green light came on, the old lady said “thank you, come again”.
No wait, I mean it was electronically counted and securely transmitted.

Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (GbONR)

35

Nova,

I had an aunt and uncle who lived in Stafford back in the day. We always had a great time there when we visited them.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (3ek7K)

36 >>>Never been to Yellowstone, that picture is beautiful

Posted by: Skip

>Slight error; that's Yosemite National Park.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (Fbc0I)

37 PEOPLE !! CITIZENS!!

Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
43% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
731,420 55.0%
Yes
598,113 45.0%

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)

38 Never been to Yellowstone, that picture is beautiful
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

El Capitan is in Yosemite
Posted by: It's me donna

It would be a shame to go to Yellowstone to see El Capt!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (YBtcQ)

39 Nightmare

True nightmares have penguins happy-footing hither and yon, enthusiastically propelling poop projectiles in probabilistic parabolas.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

40 38 PEOPLE !! CITIZENS!!

Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
43% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
731,420 55.0%
Yes
598,113 45.0%
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (GD0B3)

Yup, it's at a point where Fairfax drops, it would now be even...this may go down to the wire...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)

41 IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE YELLOWSTONE HAS OLD FAITHFUL AND YOSEMITE HAS SAM!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLESSBERGER at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (u73oe)

42 With so much money spent by Ds, it's already an upset in VA if this does go down to the wire...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (tOcjL)

43 40 Nightmare

True nightmares have penguins happy-footing hither and yon, enthusiastically propelling poop projectiles in probabilistic parabolas.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

Meandering through mephitic miasmas?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (eOFY+)

44 Yup, it's at a point where Fairfax drops, it would now be even...this may go down to the wire...
Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:48 PM (tOcjL)

2026 Va. 1 - Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
47% of votes counted
choice votes pct
No
775,352 54.0%
Yes
659,489 46.0%

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM (GD0B3)

45 My mother didn’t really want to vote yes but she did anyways. She didn’t like the idea, or the lack of what the districts would look like and the local Democratic machine wouldn’t answer any questions.

Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (GbONR)

46 San Francisco bay as seen from Sausalito...

Hot summer night in Sausalito
Can't stand the heat another mile
Let's drop a quarter in the meter
And hit the sidewalk for a while
I'll have a burger and a root beer
You feed the heap some multi-grade
A shot of premium to boot, dear
We'll get across the Golden Gate
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard (Sausalito summernight)
All aboard...

Posted by: Diesel at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (onPc6)

47 46 My mother didn’t really want to vote yes but she did anyways. She didn’t like the idea, or the lack of what the districts would look like and the local Democratic machine wouldn’t answer any questions.
Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (GbONR)

Yeah, I'd have encouraged her to stay home.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (tOcjL)

48

Okay, my aunt worked for the State Department many decades ago.

I'm in my 70's, so I was a kid when she said this.

She told us to never trust any slant eyed bastards.

She saw it coming many many decades ago.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

49 Fairfax and the lefty demons who inhabit there will sink the NO by a mile; it won't even be close even with the huge rural and men turnout tonight .. when women go 80-20% yes and they are 54% of the voting age population ...

Posted by: VA is for Haters at April 21, 2026 07:53 PM (mFDo7)

50 Fairfax, who has 0 votes in, cast a little under 175K early votes...probably will end up with 350K votes total...if the votes break 80-20 (and why wouldn't it, when they can get 5 of the 11 congressional seats for themselves vs the other areas of VA)...that's a lead of 210K votes to be safe.

Fairfax doesn't always go that blue, but tends to when Trump is on the ballot...or here, when they can get almost all the power...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:54 PM (tOcjL)

51
When the Moon first formed, it was much closer, and the angular size would've been about 10 degrees. That's about the angular width of your closed fist at arm's length.

Step out and put your closed fist at the horizon. That's how big the Moon would've appeared.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (w6EFb)

52 People make choices and deal with the results, unless they want others to deal with the results for them.

Posted by: Eromero at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (UYYJi)

53 The BEST Sausalito Summernight cover.

https://youtu.be/6v7p9qpdjFA

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:55 PM (PiwSw)

54 46 My mother didn’t really want to vote yes but she did anyways

"Old People Suck And We Should Take Their Stuff"

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 07:56 PM (gKWVE)

55 Headed back the other way.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (JTLUe)

56 18 Future drywallers of america spring dance.
Posted by: LASue at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (lCppi)

I thought it look just a little gay...

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (DwqWV)

57

Who would want old people's stuff? ewwwww it smells like old people, lol. I tell my husband no one wants our old people stuff.

seriously, the stuff "they" want is our money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

58 Loudoun County came out huge for Yes .. almost the same percentage as for Spanberger. Given the absolute disgrace of the Federal Civil Right division under Biden as seen by their refusal to do anything about the SPLC assualt on Catholic Churches, every single employee there should be fired either for incompetence, cowardice or malice. Any Federal worker who lives in VA should be fired as well since they are part and parcel of this abuse.

Posted by: VA is for Haters at April 21, 2026 07:59 PM (mFDo7)

59 She told us to never trust any slant eyed bastards.

She saw it coming many many decades ago.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:51 PM (3ek7K)

My dad never bought anything made in Japan.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:59 PM (DwqWV)

60

tcn,

I get that. Probably some people here are horrified about what my aunt said.

Back in the day nothing was politically correct and people spoke their minds. She had seen some stuff working for the State Department.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)

61 So 45% in VA are Republicans but they will now be represented by 1 Congressperson not 5 ... Sounds fair...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (K88SD)

62 She voted way back when early mail in ballot voting happened

Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (8jVAy)

63 59

Who would want old people's stuff? ewwwww it smells like old people, lol. I tell my husband no one wants our old people stuff.

seriously, the stuff "they" want is our money.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:58 PM (3ek7K)

When mom went into memory care, we had one hell of a time getting her to take a shower. She would always tell us she would shower when she got home. I guess she thought she was visiting somewhere, but it's not like she didn't shower on vacations before. No idea what the issue was about.

Luckily the visiting hairdresser would wash and set her hair like the bad old days, and she liked that fine.

After a life of cleaning everything all the time, why would she decide to stink?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:02 PM (DwqWV)

64 62

tcn,

I get that. Probably some people here are horrified about what my aunt said.

Back in the day nothing was politically correct and people spoke their minds. She had seen some stuff working for the State Department.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:01 PM (3ek7K)

During WWII, Dad lived in Seattle, and he was appalled when they took his Japanese-American friends to camps. He had no use for Japanese-Japanese, though, till the day he died. It wasn't racial, it was political and moral.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:04 PM (DwqWV)

65 She sounds like a remorseful boomer with 100k$ pensions from IBM, AT&T and Putnam county realizing no other generation is getting this treasure chest

Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:05 PM (8jVAy)

66 She sounds like a remorseful boomer with 100k$ pensions from IBM, AT&T and Putnam county realizing no other generation is getting this treasure chest

==

who that??

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:06 PM (GD0B3)

67 Way past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 08:07 PM (Ia/+0)

68 My mother.

Posted by: Accomack at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (8jVAy)

69 Dang, I missed Skip. I have a question about interior stucco

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (DIbRX)

70 Checking to see if anyone called ghey on the stilt dancing. Of course.

The stilt dancing was gayer than 2 gays picking out bedcovers at bed bath and beyond flipping coins to see who had to bite the pillow tonight.
Posted by: r hennigantx

I guess that covers it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not a cafe -- a zoo at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (iMJMF)

71

tcn,

Yep, political and moral. A lot of people do think it was racist.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:09 PM (3ek7K)

72 realizing no other generation is getting this treasure chest
Posted by: Accomack

NYT opinion:

"It is not ageist to ask whether older people should be required to give more to younger Americans and national priorities - it is critical to the future of our democracy and society. America needs to confront gerontocracy before the system collapses under the weight of its inequality and injustice.

Older Americans deserve a say over the future even when they might not live to see it. But they do not deserve the stranglehold over it they currently enjoy through overrepresentation in elections, which produces too many regressive policies and too many seniors in the highest offices.

Older Americans are owed the care that everyone else funds. Indeed, they should get more of it than they get now - including funding for long-term care at home or in nursing homes. But they also need incentives to give up accumulated housing, jobs and wealth.

In little more than a century, the extension of life has transformed American and global politics. It turned older Americans, who had been one of the most underprivileged groups in the country, into some of the most overprivileged."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

73 Love the physics trust vid. Perfect demonstration for a science class. I wouldn't do it though.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 08:12 PM (n5tGW)

74 >>>My dad never bought anything made in Japan.

Posted by: tcn in AK

>I worked with a couple of suspicious characters who where in Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima, and they always had some choice things to say. They never had anything to do with Japan for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:13 PM (Fbc0I)

75 ugh, Fairfax is dumping

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)

76 As a proper racist I am happy to say I hate all Chinese people except the ones that are dissidents against the CCP and love America

As for the rest of them they can all go eat Chinese food

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:15 PM (REq0p)

77 Arlington and Alexandria are maxed out though...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:15 PM (GD0B3)

78 Meandering through mephitic miasmas?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:49 PM

:-)

Magna Spheniscidae delenda est

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (0sNs1)

79

Most people around the world want to live in peace.

The problem is when they want to live in their version of peace in other countries.

Stay in your country and leave everyone else alone.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (3ek7K)

80 75 ugh, Fairfax is dumping
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)

20% in...better breakdown than I expected so far (73-27)...not Youngkin's 65-35, but not Trump 80-20s...I think it needs to be better than what it is right now for a No win...gotta see it drop to the 60s...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:16 PM (tOcjL)

81 'is gonna be close!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:18 PM (GD0B3)

82 Older Americans worked their asses off their entire lives for that privilege. Nothing was given to them.

Should a lot of them retire? Probably.
But blaming the Boomers is just envy-casting at this point.

“Incentives” = taxing them to death, literally, to give all their stuff (money & houses) to Millennials and Gen Z.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:18 PM (6ydKt)

83 At dnyuz: "Scientists Gave Salmon Cocaine."

Science questions: How do they know there's no fentanyl in it? Do they really care one way or the other? Do the fish snort it through the gills, or do they surface long enough to smoke it?

The stuff must be really cheap now if they're feeding it to fish.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:19 PM (N8ZBc)

84 I think this vote on disenfranchising fellow Americans should identify where many of the parasites who work for and support The Deep State are located.

They should be ashamed of themselves but they don't give two shits.

Posted by: Virginia Is For Parasites at April 21, 2026 08:22 PM (onPc6)

85 51.5% no with 73% reporting as of 8:22. Pray there's no plumbing problems

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (gu0hJ)

86 "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
@SecScottBessent
2h
As @POTUS has made clear, the United States Navy will continue the blockade of Iranian ports. In a matter of days, Kharg Island storage will be full and the fragile Iranian oil wells will be shut in. Constraining Iran’s maritime trade directly targets the regime’s primary revenue lifelines.

The @USTreasury will continue to apply maximum pressure through Economic Fury to systematically degrade Tehran’s ability to generate, move, and repatriate funds.

Any person or vessel facilitating these flows—through covert trade and finance—risks exposure to U.S. sanctions.

We continue to freeze the funds stolen by the corrupt leadership on behalf of the people of Iran."

CRACK...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (GD0B3)

87

The county we live in notified us that the value of our property here in SW Wyoming increased $10,000.

We have a 4 br, 3 full bath house with a large lot and our property tax is $2,200 a year.

We've never lived anywhere where the property tax is so low.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (3ek7K)

88 Honestly 95% of Virginia needs to break off and join West Virginia

The rest of it can join DC with the other parasites

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:24 PM (REq0p)

89 Chesapeake Stafford, Virginia Beach have some mojo left...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (GD0B3)

90 Happy evening, friends!

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (OoFl2)

91 Liquid solution of synthetic cocaine added to the salmon holding tanks, I’m guessing.

Apparently those salmon broke swimming records; harder, faster, stronger, longer.

It’s one helluva drug.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:25 PM (6ydKt)

92 >@seanmdav

>SPLC bankrolled the Charlottesville “white supremacy” riot.

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

>>@WesternLensman

>>Biden claimed the entire reason he ran for president in 2020 was because of what he saw in Charlottesville.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (viF8m)

93 Ugh. I’m so tired of the TV ads for oldies.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

94 I think the stilt dancing arose from using stilts to pick fruit.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (0cOSz)

95 85 51.5% no with 73% reporting as of 8:22. Pray there's no plumbing problems
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:23 PM (gu0hJ)

Fairfax has about 200-250K votes left (it's 30% in) - it's % yes keeps dropping (now 71.9%)...

It needs to keep dropping...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (tOcjL)

96

JackStraw,

That asshole probably doesn't know where Charlottesville is, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (3ek7K)

97 93 Ugh. I’m so tired of the TV ads for oldies.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:26 PM (77rzZ)

Get off my lawn

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (K88SD)

98 Cocaine salmon isn’t nearly as scary as cocaine bear.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (u73oe)

99 Kill your TV.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (N8ZBc)

100
Bulg,

Which ads?

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (3ek7K)

101
Rewatching Game of Thrones, i'm on the Red Wedding episode.

Arya was right to poison them all later.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)

102 90 Hey, Piper!

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (77rzZ)

103 What’s going on here?

Meerkats plotting their takeover.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (gtcuf)

104 88 Honestly 95% of Virginia needs to break off and join West Virginia

The rest of it can join DC with the other parasites
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 08:24 PM (REq0p)
-----

Make DC Square Again would solve most of the problem by subsuming Arlington and Alexandria back into the Swamp proper. FFX and Loudoun would still be a problem but at least half of the NoVA AWFULs would have to live with the bullshit they voted for.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 08:28 PM (oqH4h)

105 99 Kill your TV.
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (N8ZBc)

*fistbump

If only I could get my husband to agree.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (zYpTz)

106 100 Med ads on MeTV, etc.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)

107 Meerkatklatsch!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (+2QQb)

108 I think Twitchy is calling the Yes vote a winner, figuring the Fairfax vote left will put it over the top for a 2-4% win...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:30 PM (tOcjL)

109 >>That asshole probably doesn't know where Charlottesville is, lol.

Probably not. But given everything we've seen over the last decade or so would you be surprised if his people didn't know exactly what the SPLC was doing in Charlottesville and beyond?

How many times did Biden and his administration tell the world the biggest threat to the US was white supremacism?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m)

110
If you turn on your headlights at 186,000 miles per second what happens?
Posted by: r hennigantx

Are you backing up?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (Cqx++)

111
JackStraw,

You are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (3ek7K)

112 Interesting if the tight vote makes the VA Supreme Court now do the right thing finally...and interesting how this affects the outlook of the theoretical 10-1 Ds thought they'd get if this kinda voting can be repeated in Nov...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:31 PM (tOcjL)

113 Arya was right to poison them all later.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)

An actual strong, empowered, woman, who worked & suffered for it.

That’s why her character worked while so many pale imitations fail miserably.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (6ydKt)

114 How was work today, Bulg?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (nz1sK)

115

The only time our tvs are on is for college sports and the Cubs.

I used to watch detective shows but everything is now about queers and I don't watch it anymore.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)

116 I've got my content-delivery systems tuned completely ad-free. Don't see ads, don't hear ads, don't think about ads.

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (N8ZBc)

117 Twitch is run by some asshoe named Dan Clancy

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:34 PM (GD0B3)

118
What’s going on here?

Meerkats plotting their takeover.
Posted by: Delurker

Gray Minbari Meerkats

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:34 PM (Cqx++)

119 Hi Bulg!

Posted by: Piper at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (OoFl2)

120 Evening, all,

Went to see three more houses today. One was okay, one was lower than meh as it had no garage (but space to build one at least). The third was a charmer. Unfortunately, as I was leaving to meet Salty for an early dinner (and he is, as I always suspected, a gentleman as well as a scholar), my car flashed a message at me: "Right low beam failure."

I had the left done a couple of years ago, and I know it's not as simple to change the HID bulb as it was to swap a bulb in 1970s-1990s cars. But my regular mechanic told me he had to take the bumper off to reach the headlight housing! YooToob videos make no mention of that, but admit various bits have to be removed or moved. I've had a tire and service place here in Salina recommended to me and will try them tomorrow. I don't want to drive at night or in rain with only one headlight!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)

121 Those stilt-dancers are so gay, they got fired from the fertility clinic for drinking on the job.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:36 PM (gtcuf)

122 Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)

When I'm home I have my TV on until I go to bed.

Never run out of stuff to watch for free. Watching the American Pickers channel right now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:37 PM (0cOSz)

123 106 100 Med ads on MeTV, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 08:29 PM (77rzZ)

They almost have me sold on the LegXercize Ellipse.

It’s so easy, relaxing, with zero impact.
Makes me feel stronger, and gives me back my mobility.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (6ydKt)

124 The Pink Panther theme is a perfect song.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (vFG9F)

125 Not gonna kill my TV. Not in the middle of the Sabres-Bruins game.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (gtcuf)

126 >>>Interesting if the tight vote makes the VA Supreme Court now do the right thing finally

On what grounds could they overturn it?

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (CNl8/)

127 113 Arya was right to poison them all later.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 08:27 PM (Jf2Xp)

An actual strong, empowered, woman, who worked & suffered for it.

That’s why her character worked while so many pale imitations fail miserably.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (6ydKt)

True. She definitely had "spirit" but was no Mary Sue. She got the absolute shit kicked out of her repeatedly - including getting blinded, beaten, and almost killed - to develop the skills she used to obtain her revenge.

Posted by: Actual character development, who'dathunkit at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (TbWk/)

128 Damn, wtf is with that gay ass dancing with the stilts?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)

129 100 Med ads on MeTV, etc.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026

***
All the channels with "vintage" programming, like MeTV, Heroes & Icons, Movies!, etc., have an endless parade of Medicare Supplement spots, HurryCanes, Relaxium and other "natural" pain relievers, Plexaderm, CarShield, the closed-caption phones, et cetera ad nauseam. If I want to watch a Trek or a Wanted Dead or Alive, I have to put up with Annette Figueroa telling me that Plexadern "is for real."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:41 PM (+2QQb)

130 We have a 4 br, 3 full bath house with a large lot and our property tax is $2,200 a year.

We've never lived anywhere where the property tax is so low.
Posted by: four seasons

Prop tax rates are much of the reason we moved to TN. Our property sounds similar to yours. My prop tax is $1600 a year.

Back in OH, for a similar home, it was around $14,500/yr.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 08:41 PM (cYBz/)

131 Wolfus! Glad you got to meet and eat with NaCly! I'm jealous. Idk when we will ever get to Kansas again.
I hope you two had a wonderful time.

And here's hoping your car gets quickly fixed.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:42 PM (nz1sK)

132 Q: What do you call an Irishman sitting out in the sun?

A: Paddy O'Furniture

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 08:42 PM (wVcYX)

133 They almost have me sold on the LegXercize Ellipse.

It’s so easy, relaxing, with zero impact.
Makes me feel stronger, and gives me back my mobility.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026

***
And it's so quiet your coworkers will never know you're using it!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (+2QQb)

134 Tecumseh Tea, hoping you make it Texas in Oct.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (DIbRX)

135 Love is a rose, but you'd better not pick it,
It only grows when it's on the vine.

Posted by: Neil Yuck at April 21, 2026 08:43 PM (oftw2)

136 WV has the 2nd shortest life span of all the States.

Why is that? I'm guessing meth?

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)

137 I’m discovering the versatility of Gerald Mohr as a character actor.

Watched him on Western shows playing everything from Doc Holiday to Indian Chiefs to Mexican bandits or vaqueros, to him on Maverick, right now, playing an 1880s saloon owner who sounds like he’d be right at home managing a casino in 1960 Las Vegas.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (6ydKt)

138 The stilt dancers are French. Has to do with farmers wearing stilts in marshy areas while tending their flocks. Definitely gay.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (2NHgQ)

139 126 >>>Interesting if the tight vote makes the VA Supreme Court now do the right thing finally

On what grounds could they overturn it?
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:38 PM (CNl8/)

The whole thing is against the VA Consitutition.

Normally, you can't make an amendment unless a vote has passed between - aka, you need 2 sitting legislatures both passing it. Ds passed the amendment after early voting started in the last state legislature, so that does not meet the "a vote passing" in between standard.

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (tOcjL)

140

When we lived in Illinois on the Fox River our property tax was $18,000 a year. It's highway robbery.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (3ek7K)

141 Retard I making shit up. California and NY has the biggest decrease in population than any other state.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (0cOSz)

142 Over half of my prop taxes go to a school district with proficiency scores of 16% in reading, 12% in math. What a frickin disaster!

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (N8ZBc)

143 NBC called it.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (JTLUe)

144 Wolfus! Glad you got to meet and eat with NaCly! I'm jealous. Idk when we will ever get to Kansas again.
I hope you two had a wonderful time.

And here's hoping your car gets quickly fixed.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026

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It was a great dinner -- excellent Italian food, and we had a great time talking.

The tire and service place I've had recommended opens at 7:30. If it's like tire places in Da Swamp, they don't take appointments and are first come-first served. The part won't be terribly cheap, but labor to do something like remove and replace a bumper is rough. On the other hand, the driver's side, which required that bumper removal, may be more crowded with gear like the fuse box than is the passenger side. We'll see.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (+2QQb)

145

Ben Had, MrTea and I were just talking about the MoMe while walking after supper tonight. We think we will try -- he doesn't get any time off on the new job for 6 months, which will fall just before the MoMe.
We would love to come.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (nz1sK)

146 WV has the 2nd shortest life span of all the States.
Why is that? I'm guessing meth?
Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (gtcuf)

Hillbillys can't count.

Posted by: Alabama Hillbilly at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (onPc6)

147 I have a mud tax to go along with my property tax.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (0cOSz)

148 Decision Desk is projecting yes will win in Virginia. Embrace the horror Virginia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (gu0hJ)

149 Wouldn't the stilts just sink into the marsh? Sounds like cover for some homo escapades.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (vFG9F)

150 I’m discovering the versatility of Gerald Mohr as a character actor.

Watched him on Western shows playing everything from Doc Holiday to Indian Chiefs to Mexican bandits or vaqueros, to him on Maverick, right now, playing an 1880s saloon owner who sounds like he’d be right at home managing a casino in 1960 Las Vegas.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026

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He was on U.N.C.L.E. playing a villain in a Season One episode. And I seem to recall he played Philip Marlowe, Chandler's private eye, on radio at some point.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (+2QQb)

151 I had the left done a couple of years ago, and I know it's not as simple to change the HID bulb as it was to swap a bulb in 1970s-1990s cars. But my regular mechanic told me he had to take the bumper off to reach the headlight housing! YooToob videos make no mention of that, but admit various bits have to be removed or moved. I've had a tire and service place here in Salina recommended to me and will try them tomorrow. I don't want to drive at night or in rain with only one headlight!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)

Sometimes you get lucky if you look at it closely. We had a 2001 Acura TL some years ago. The procedure was to drop the bumper. I found a much faster way that didn't require dropping the bumper. A friend of mine had an Altima that was supposedly a nightmare to change the bulb. All I did was pull the air box and got to it no problem. Maybe 10 minutes.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (snZF9)

152 I resigned myself days ago that Yes was gonna win.

Good and hard, Virginia.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (gtcuf)

153 PA is now more R than VA. What a shitshow VA has become.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (GD0B3)

154 Arlington and Alexandria should be annexed by DC.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (JTLUe)

155 I resigned myself days ago that Yes was gonna win.

Good and hard, Virginia.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:48 PM (gtcuf)

This one goes beyond VA. It's congressional seats.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (CNl8/)

156 Paul Tibbetts drove a Toyota later in life, said it was a good car, and that American car companies weren’t responsive to what consumers wanted.

I wish I would have known this little factoid back when I first purchased a Nissan.

Posted by: Common Tater at April 21, 2026 08:49 PM (QHBow)

157 149 Decision Desk is projecting yes will win in Virginia. Embrace the horror Virginia
Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 08:47 PM (gu0hJ)

As mentioned, it will be interesting to see how this turns out (if the VA SC keeps chickening out). If they kept the districts the same and turnout was the same from 2025, Ds would have been 9-2 after 2026. Now, they've spent a ton of money, used up a lot of political goodwill, will be putting up new candidates in the gerrymandered spots, and are hoping for 1 extra seat. Will be interesting if this backfires, and they end up 8-3 or worse...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 08:50 PM (tOcjL)

158 143 Over half of my prop taxes go to a school district with proficiency scores of 16% in reading, 12% in math. What a frickin disaster!
Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 08:45 PM (N8ZBc)

Our population was better educated when we relied on barely-funded one-room schoolhouses. The insane amount of money (purportedly) spent on education gets used up for everything BUT actual education.

Posted by: Graft, bloat, money laundering and child grooming at April 21, 2026 08:50 PM (TbWk/)

159 "When we lived in Illinois on the Fox River our property tax was $18,000 a year. It's highway robbery.

Posted by: four seasons"

That's crazy. I don't know if I could live with that. Yall would flip if I told you what I pay for the house and "farm".

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 08:51 PM (vFG9F)

160 >>>Damn, wtf is with that gay ass dancing with the stilts?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

>Worse than clogging without the moonshine.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 08:52 PM (Fbc0I)

161 I warned you guys earlier -- politics ain't beanbag, and the end justifies the means (frankly as it does in all things).

We needed to cheat harder. Manufacture votes in the rural and military districts and hold back.

Would have been nice if the GOP gerontacracy would be a little more aggressive. They're still figuring out ORCA.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 21, 2026 08:52 PM (qwx/I)

162 In 1994 we were traveling through Seattle on the freeway and lost a wheel on our old Suburban. Nobody was hurt and MrTea managed the car with the trailer onto the shoulder. But we lost backing plate, the drum and had to replace the cylinder and shoes, of course. This happened on a Saturday afternoon in heavy traffic the weekend of SeaFest. Got towed to some little repair shop and that guy helped us source parts from junkyards. He came in on Sunday and fixed our car. The kindness of strangers and car troubles on the road.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (nz1sK)

163 Virginia gerrymandering passed by about 10,000 votes.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (oSeBJ)

164 Sometimes you get lucky if you look at it closely. We had a 2001 Acura TL some years ago. The procedure was to drop the bumper. I found a much faster way that didn't require dropping the bumper. A friend of mine had an Altima that was supposedly a nightmare to change the bulb. All I did was pull the air box and got to it no problem. Maybe 10 minutes.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026

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So I hope. The YooToob videos I've looked at, for my car and year and the HID headlights, don't mention the bumper removal. Maybe I'll come out of this quickly and for less $$$ than I expect.

Hey, it's a ten-year-old car. This was bound to happen sooner or later. The Buick has been extremely reliable and cheap to run, feed, maintain, and repair.

The tire shop is within a mile of the charmer house I looked at this morning, so maybe I can get an idea of the neighborhood (which looked good on the visit earlier).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:53 PM (+2QQb)

165 Angela Rose visits Ilhan Omar's million-dollar "drug addiction clinic" and discovers, it doesn't exist.

https://tinyurl.com/mryrj583

Another accounting error, I suppose.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (gtcuf)

166

Gerald Mohr was the voice of Reed Richards in the animated Fantastic Four.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (Cqx++)

167 “This time it’s real guys, and I’m so excited!”
“What you do is have a clean, dry, face, and apply a small amount because it’s sooo powerful.”

“My Dad calls me once a month, Hey Anette, send me more Plexaderm,”

At this point I’m just undressing Anette with my eyes every time I glance over at her.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (6ydKt)

168 The stilt dancers are French. Has to do with farmers wearing stilts in marshy areas while tending their flocks. Definitely gay.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (2NHgQ)

I have seen pictures of French (maybe Breton?) herders wearing stilts for that reason, but I have also heard of French farmers wearing stilts for the hop harvest, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)

169 . . . . But we lost backing plate, the drum and had to replace the cylinder and shoes, of course. This happened on a Saturday afternoon in heavy traffic the weekend of SeaFest. Got towed to some little repair shop and that guy helped us source parts from junkyards. He came in on Sunday and fixed our car. The kindness of strangers and car troubles on the road.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026

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Good for you. Say some prayers for him when you get a chance.

I'm hoping Salina will be similar -- that, if the tire store can't fix it, they can send me to someone )other than the $$$ dealer) who can.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (+2QQb)

170 128 Damn, wtf is with that gay ass dancing with the stilts?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)

Looked pretty homosexual to me, too.

Of course, because DH is tall and I am not, his uncle offered me his drywall stilts for the wedding photos. I told him I could just see the wedding announcement: The Bride lurched toward the altar....

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (DwqWV)

171 I go to the throne room to drop an Obama, come back and see that Boston scored against the Sabres, what the heck?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 21, 2026 08:57 PM (6aueu)

172 "Obama has flooded Virginia with nonstop ads falsely claiming Trump will “rig the midterms” unless his amendment passes.

If Obama and the Democrats succeed today, nearly every congressional district in Virginia will be handed to a Democrat."

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (GD0B3)

173 I have seen pictures of French (maybe Breton?) herders wearing stilts for that reason, but I have also heard of French farmers wearing stilts for the hop harvest, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 08:55 PM (rbvCR)

Maybe the dancing is training so they can hop better while on stilts?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (utfVc)

174 Should have got Carshield!

Posted by: Mork Levin at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (vFG9F)

175 We would love to come.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 08:46 PM (nz1sK)

You will not regret it.

Imagine walking into a bar with great food, and everybody knows your nic, and everybody is friendly, and there's no pressure to do a damned thing all weekend.

Plus, shooting.

Lots of that.

I didn't shoot all weekend but DH did and had the time of his life.

It's worth the trip.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (DwqWV)

176 Annette Figueroa is quite doable.

Posted by: Plexaderm, FTW! at April 21, 2026 08:59 PM (oftw2)

177 I thought Bretons were crackers.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (gtcuf)

178 who knew that Hussein had so much popularity in VA, there must be a reason...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (GD0B3)

179 Sid, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (u73oe)

180 Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties just happen to have the highest concentration of mushlims.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (GD0B3)

181 Maybe the dancing is training so they can hop better while on stilts?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 08:58 PM (utfVc)

There was a medieval thing where men would dance with horns or antlers strapped to their feet. It required balance, strength, practice as well as being mythologically significant.
Bet the stilt dancing is something similar

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (rbvCR)

182 114 Tecunseh, I learned more about the SAT today than I ever wanted to know. Oy.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

183 178 who knew that Hussein had so much popularity in VA, there must be a reason...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 09:00 PM (GD0B3)

He's not.

He's there to juice turnout in NoVa to spite the orange man.

And it worked.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at April 21, 2026 09:02 PM (oSeBJ)

184 I'm hoping Salina will be similar -- that, if the tire store can't fix it, they can send me to someone )other than the $$$ dealer) who can.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:56 PM (+2QQb)

Possibly one of the auto parts chains, like Autovalue, or O'Reilly's, or Pep Boys would be able to supply a bulb and change it for you. Wouldn't hurt to ask. If they cannot do it, go in and ask a gray-headed counter person if they can recommend an independent shop that will treat you fairly. NAPA, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:03 PM (utfVc)

185 Should have got Carshield!
Posted by: Mork Levin at April 21, 2026

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My oldest friend did -- his wife clamored for the "protection." But he didn't realize there's a thirty-day waiting period, and he foolishly let a Midas Muffler shop ding him for $4000 of repairs. I asked, "Didn't you get a second opinion???" "Guess I should have." "Ya think?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:03 PM (+2QQb)

186 tcn, that's saying a lot for you! I think you're pretty far from Tx.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (nz1sK)

187 My property taxes go mainly to school funding. On two acres, with house, two large garage-sized sheds with power, a huge real garage with extra room, greenhouse, etc., I pay less than $2,500. If property tax didn't fund schools, it would be more like $500.

The borough clears the snow on our street, but there's no water, sewer, or gas. We pay for electric and heating oil, but no more than that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (DwqWV)

188 >>Over half of my prop taxes go to a school district with proficiency scores of 16% in reading, 12% in math. What a frickin disaster!

My town has some of the lowest property taxes in the area. And some of the top ranked schools in the state.

The amount of money being spent on our schools has very little overall outcome on results.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (viF8m)

189 Possibly one of the auto parts chains, like Autovalue, or O'Reilly's, or Pep Boys would be able to supply a bulb and change it for you. Wouldn't hurt to ask. If they cannot do it, go in and ask a gray-headed counter person if they can recommend an independent shop that will treat you fairly. NAPA, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026

***
Yeah, they have those stores here. Won't hurt to check.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)

190
The "Pink Elephants on Parade" number from "Dumbo"'is the second-gayest thing I ever saw.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (Y4VCL)

191 I used to watch detective shows but everything is now about queers and I don't watch it anymore.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 08:33 PM (3ek7K)

An Evening Of Old Time Radio channel on youtube.
Better than most TV today.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (6aueu)

192 186 tcn, that's saying a lot for you! I think you're pretty far from Tx.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (nz1sK)

It's a bit of a flight, but not awful. We leave a day on each end for travel. Means I get to read more, is all.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (DwqWV)

193 Gerald Mohr had that smooth baritone so I can understand why he’d be good on radio or doing voiceover.

He must've been well-liked and reliable in 1950s/60s Hollywood because he never lacked for guest roles on TV productions from what I’ve seen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (6ydKt)

194 Ugh. Satan is a Democrat.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (77rzZ)

195 Bulg -- awww.
It'll get better. After I posted that I was reading comments in Quick Hits and saw you answered Stateless, who asked the same question I did.

Is this something you've done before -- tutoring? Are you a teacher?

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:07 PM (nz1sK)

196

Bulg should be a teacher. His knowledge of history is amazing.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:08 PM (3ek7K)

197 My property taxes go mainly to school funding. On two acres, with house, two large garage-sized sheds with power, a huge real garage with extra room, greenhouse, etc., I pay less than $2,500. If property tax didn't fund schools, it would be more like $500.

The borough clears the snow on our street, but there's no water, sewer, or gas. We pay for electric and heating oil, but no more than that.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:04 PM (DwqWV)

Funding education off property tax is evil. Fund school buildings? Sure. Because nice school buildings (and grounds) can have other community uses, and a nice modern school building can be a magnet to draw new residents to the community, spreading out the tax burden a little. But teacher salaries, textbooks, and operating expenses should come from general revenue.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (utfVc)

198 194 Ugh. Satan is a Democrat.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:06 PM (77rzZ)

Or maybe democrats are demons.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (DwqWV)

199 I live in VA, voted no. Can't understand why the red areas continue to naively report their honest totals immediately after the polls close and let the blue areas hold back until they know exactly how many votes they need to pull out of a trunk or a flash drive to win.

Posted by: DavidW at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (m2xfY)

200 Leftists are running people in the Republican primary in my area for all local races. Very few people bother voting in primaries. But it’s a very Republican area so the R wins these things 65-35. The gop primary is the defacto general election.

And democrats figure they’ll never win as democrats so why not try to win as “Republicans”. This woman I know from Nextdoor is running for state rep. She is a rabid Trump hater and is always posting shit about lgbtq++++++ rights and how teachers are the mostest bestest people on the planet . But she’s running as a super duper conservative.

She just might win too. Nobody pays attention at the local level they vote on name recognition. She has bombarded the area with signs. Who is paying for it? Doubt it’s her. Soros money probably.

The left never stops. They’re terminator always moving towards their goal.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (ohom6)

201 TCM is running One Way Passage, a 1932 romantic drama about the romance between a doomed heiress and a condemned criminal. William Powell and Kay Francis.

Powell wore the hell of a fedora. And in real life, he got around. He was engaged to Jean Harlow before she died, and married to Carole Lombard -- and stayed friends with her after their divorce.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (+2QQb)

202 Coming back from Atlanta, after driving 600+ miles, the water pump in the 84 Vanagon crapped out, leaking profusely. About 70 miles from home in Washington, NC, pulled into a mechanic shop just as it was closing. The mechanic and his wife drove us home-all four of us. Of course I tipped them well and he had it fixed next day. He even knew how to "burp" the sensitive cooling system. Very kind and still remembered 30 years later.

Posted by: Fahrvegnugen at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (oftw2)

203 Can't understand why the red areas continue to naively report their honest totals immediately after the polls close and let the blue areas hold back until they know exactly how many votes they need to pull out of a trunk or a flash drive to win.
Posted by: DavidW

Too many people still don’t understand it’s a war and Dems will do whatever it takes to win.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (ohom6)

204 190>>>The "Pink Elephants on Parade" number from "Dumbo"'is the second-gayest thing I ever saw.

Drug-induced entertainment for children.
Nightmarish.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (nz1sK)

205 195, 196. Yes, I was a teacher of beginning Russian at the Defense Language Institute in the early 90s. Loved it!

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)

206 And One Way Passage is over after only 70 minutes. Typical for the '30s, when two movies, a short subject, a cartoon, and a newsreel fitted into an evening's entertainment at the local movie house.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (+2QQb)

207 Yeah, they have those stores here. Won't hurt to check.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:05 PM (+2QQb)

Your independent mechanic shops, and most of the backyard guys, will be buying their routine service parts from one of those chains. The gray-headed counterman has been there for years, and probably is on a first-name basis with many of those guys.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (utfVc)

208 But teacher salaries, textbooks, and operating expenses should come from general revenue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 09:09 PM (utfVc)

Lots of the schools up here do get funded by general revenue, because most of the village do not have a tax base worth shit. But, in the populous areas, like Anchorage, Fairbanks, MatSu, and the Kenai, they soak property owners for it. Sucks when you realize the schools are awful (except for some reason, in MatSu). We do not pay state income tax, and the only sales taxes are local to municipalities, which then pays for services. We do soak tourists for things like fishing and hunting licenses, bed taxes, and other premiums. But most of the income is from oil and gas development.

Don't get me started on the PFD.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (DwqWV)

209 "One Way Passage" added to my list, thanks!

Posted by: gp at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (N8ZBc)

210 What would Happen if votes weren’t counted until voting was closed and they were ALL IN.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 09:13 PM (A5RD0)

211 Very kind and still remembered 30 years later.
Posted by: Fahrvegnugen at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (oftw2)

Fuckengrooven.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:14 PM (DwqWV)

212 199 Right here with you. It boggles the mind but then, not really. People are evil and dumb. Toss up between those two, to be honest. Some are mostly dumb, though.

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 09:14 PM (Q0yOR)

213 VA is a 51-49 state tonight but 10/11 house seats will be Democrat.

Thats how they saved Democracy guys.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:15 PM (ohom6)

214 Bulg>>> Yes, I was a teacher of beginning Russian at the Defense Language Institute in the early 90s. Loved it!

That sounds way more interesting than the ACT.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:16 PM (nz1sK)

215 There were hourly ads in favor of redistricting. I never saw one ad opposed to it. WTF GOP?

Posted by: TC at April 21, 2026 09:16 PM (cHOHf)

216 138 I’m discovering the versatility of Gerald Mohr as a character actor.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 08:44 PM (6ydKt)

I remember him as a demonic alien (dressed as Lucifer) in an episode of Lost In Space.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)

217 Two planes almost collided mid air at JFK.
The DEI push in aviation is going to kill a lot of people.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (ohom6)

218 I can’t believe that the abomination passed.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

219 MrTea had a successful second day at the new job. He got a badge and a desk and he didn't get lost coming out of the plant!

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (nz1sK)

220 MrTea had a successful second day at the new job. He got a badge and a desk and he didn't get lost coming out of the plant!
Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026

***
Winning!!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:19 PM (+2QQb)

221

Awesome Tecumseh!!!

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:20 PM (3ek7K)

222 can’t believe that the abomination passed.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)

I’m honestly surprised it was so close. I guess that’s some kind of silver lining. VA voted in Spammy by 15% less than a year ago.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:20 PM (ohom6)

223 I am so depressed about Virginia. We are losing every election leading up to November. Democrats are going to take control of everything —- end the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, impeach Trump and open the borders for their new voters. We are fucked.They are certifiably nuts but that is what the country wants! Change my mind.

Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)

224 214. Tecumseh, it was wonderful. One of the most enjoyable things I’ve ever done in my life.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

225 An Evening Of Old Time Radio channel on youtube.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt

The shadow knows!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (YBtcQ)

226 Yes, I was a teacher of beginning Russian at the Defense Language Institute in the early 90s. Loved it!

You may have taught my wife's former BIL. He was there in '91 to learn Russian.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (vTZFs)

227 LOL SPLC FUNDING " white supremacist" and "far right" groups. All bullshit, if they dig deeper they will find out the Feds also funded them.

Posted by: steevy at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (YwEeS)

228 >>MrTea had a successful second day at the new job.

Great news.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:23 PM (viF8m)

229 I apologize for my laguage

Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:26 PM (ANuwa)

230 226 Oddbob, I wasn’t there in ‘91. We may have mutual acquaintances, however.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (77rzZ)

231

AnnaS,

LOL, you are fine. We see everything here.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (3ek7K)

232 Lol— language

Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:27 PM (ANuwa)

233 If dems take a majority in the house, it won’t be veto proof. So worst case is two years of House members saying mean things and doing absolutely nothing.

But suppose Republicans hang on to the majority. Best case scenario is two years of House members saying mean things while doing absolutely nothing.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 09:28 PM (Fmj+u)

234 So, I am now employed at a learing center.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)

235 I am so depressed about Virginia. We are losing every election leading up to November. Democrats are going to take control of everything —- end the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, impeach Trump and open the borders for their new voters. We are fucked.They are certifiably nuts but that is what the country wants! Change my mind.
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)

It helps when the other side doesn’t even try to win. The gop got their donors the tax cuts they wanted, no need to stay in power any longer.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (ohom6)

236 Thanks for all the well-wishes and kind words. This was kind of hard, but now he's got something new and it looks and feels good. Onward.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (nz1sK)

237

Tecumseh,

Yep, keep moving forward.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (3ek7K)

238 >>LOL SPLC FUNDING " white supremacist" and "far right" groups. All bullshit, if they dig deeper they will find out the Feds also funded them.

Won't have to dig very far. The SPLC has gotten a lot federal funding.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

239 "I apologize for my laguage
Posted by: AnnaS"

I feel your pain.

Posted by: f'd at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (vFG9F)

240 128 Damn, wtf is with that gay ass dancing with the stilts?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 08:39 PM (snZF9)

Right. At least some sorts of gas ass dancing is appreciated by the ladies. But no one's ever getting laid with that stilts shit. They may as well donate their dicks to science right now.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at April 21, 2026 09:31 PM (1pJhn)

241 223 I am so depressed about Virginia. We are losing every election leading up to November. Democrats are going to take control of everything —- end the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, impeach Trump and open the borders for their new voters. We are fucked.They are certifiably nuts but that is what the country wants! Change my mind.

You should be depressed about Virginia for nothing less than being spawn of Bernie.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBdOutLogic

But live for the day when ALL THE LIBS, every single last one realizes how wrong they were, how they were LIED TO and CHEATED out of a future worth having by their own willinness to believe in the unreal, the non-existant, and profoundly insane spouted by their LIB leadership -- they will have no part in America250.

Their wailing will be legendary as they shout out their windows: MAD AS HELL and NOT GOING TO LIB any more -- but it'll be too late.

As all the filth of their corruption foam up around their waist they will all look up at Trump Triumphant and plea SAVE US... and he will whisper: NO.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-LIBsTheBotchmen

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:32 PM (1ZuCl)

242 According to Derek Hunter, there are some pending court cases that, if properly decided, could overturn the Virginia referendum. I’m not optimistic, but the possibility is out there, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (77rzZ)

243

We're big Cubs fans. They are doing great so far, but it is the Cubs. They will screw up soon, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (3ek7K)

244 You could always substitute teach, Bulg.
It seems to be a job that’s easy to get into, and steady work in urban areas.

You just need to be able to deal with the clientele, which might cause me to blow my top dealing with kids today.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 09:33 PM (6ydKt)

245 201 TCM is running One Way Passage, a 1932 romantic drama about the romance between a doomed heiress and a condemned criminal. William Powell and Kay Francis.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:10 PM (+2QQb)

Hollywood recycled this plot in later movies, because it's a good one.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:35 PM (y171U)

246 Here’s a fun fact. Fairfax county has five districts running through it. Almost half of the congressional delegation will come from one county.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (u73oe)

247 >>>Never knew this was a thing..

I bet they put on quite the display at the Gay Pride parade.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (syz1S)

248 223 I am so depressed about Virginia. We are losing every election leading up to November. Democrats are going to take control of everything —- end the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, impeach Trump and open the borders for their new voters. We are fucked.They are certifiably nuts but that is what the country wants! Change my mind.
Posted by: AnnaS at April 21, 2026 09:22 PM (i5Vkf)

Remember, the Dems are like Wile E. Coyote, it usually blows up in their faces because they go too far.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:37 PM (y171U)

249 Change your Mind?
FAILURE OF IMAGINATION NO MORE.

Imagine FREEPORT/CUBA replacing Kharg Island.

Imagine $100Billion in offshore IRG assets seized and converted into a new Iran Asset class exchangeable by its citizens, and banned from the enemies lists with sanctions upon those who continue to sponsor the IRG currency.

Imagine Accountability for all the forWAR'ders as Brennan rats them out, and justice comes for him (like Epstein's Jeffmas) by them to save their own skins.

so much coming, change your mind? that to not be able to see it or be a part of it is to truly believe in the false preeminence of Evil and that Good Men will do Absolutely Nothing in the face of it.

LET'S GO BRANDON!
https://iran.liveuamap.com/

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:38 PM (tM5D7)

250 244 I think that I’ll be happy with this tutoring gig, once I get the hang of it.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:38 PM (77rzZ)

251

Bulg,

You will be fine.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:40 PM (3ek7K)

252 238 >>LOL SPLC FUNDING " white supremacist" and "far right" groups. All bullshit, if they dig deeper they will find out the Feds also funded them.

Won't have to dig very far. The SPLC has gotten a lot federal funding.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:30 PM (viF8m)

And Biden ran for President because of the Charlottesville riot, which was a false flag op funded by SPLC. And Biden probably was in on it.

Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:41 PM (y171U)

253 Like Navy Seals and Green Berets combined.

https://tinyurl.com/23a7ffk3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 09:42 PM (ndZc7)

254 251 Thank you, Four Seasons.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)

255 Wow.

>>@EagleEdMartin
·
4m
>>They killed Charlie.

>>And they will pay.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)

256

Bulg,

You are very welcome. You are so smart and have a lot to offer.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (3ek7K)

257 120 Evening, all,

Went to see three more houses today. One was okay, one was lower than meh as it had no garage (but space to build one at least). The third was a charmer. Unfortunately, as I was leaving to meet Salty for an early dinner (and he is, as I always suspected, a gentleman as well as a scholar), my car flashed a message at me: "Right low beam failure."

I had the left done a couple of years ago, and I know it's not as simple to change the HID bulb as it was to swap a bulb in 1970s-1990s cars. But my regular mechanic told me he had to take the bumper off to reach the headlight housing! YooToob videos make no mention of that, but admit various bits have to be removed or moved. I've had a tire and service place here in Salina recommended to me and will try them tomorrow. I don't want to drive at night or in rain with only one headlight!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 08:35 PM (+2QQb)

If you had a Cinderella, to put it all together, you could drive it home!

https://youtu.be/Zzyfcys1aLM

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (Sy6m/)

258

Husband is cheering. The Cubs must have done something right.

It won't last, lmao

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:47 PM (3ek7K)

259 Like Navy Seals and Green Berets combined.

https://tinyurl.com/23a7ffk3

Trump should just give up now. There's no way to counter such a formidable force.

Posted by: Oddbob at April 21, 2026 09:47 PM (vTZFs)

260 256. Thank you, again, Four Seasons. I have certainly demonstrated a lot of my stupidity on this blog. But, hopefully, I will not transmit it to any of my students.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:48 PM (77rzZ)

261

Bulg,

We here all have "moments."

Keep moving forward.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:49 PM (3ek7K)

262 Gatorzilla.

https://tinyurl.com/bdnsh6u3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 09:49 PM (ndZc7)

263 Bulg, you may want to keep the Triscuit thing under your hat.

Posted by: Hints From Heloise at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (oftw2)

264 261 🙂

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (77rzZ)

265

Yep, triscuits suck.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 09:50 PM (3ek7K)

266
If anyone is interested, the peak of the April Lyrid shower occurs early this morning. The radiant is just rising here, and it will transit pretty high in the sky around 5AM or so local time. Best time to start looking is around 10PM local time or so.

I've never had much look seeing meteors when I'm actively looking for them, but your mileage may vary.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at April 21, 2026 09:51 PM (w6EFb)

267 Missed this, but this seems big:

@jsolomonReports
Breaking: Devin Nunes departing Trump Media to focus on intel oversight role.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:51 PM (3ImbR)

268 263 LOL.

Can’t really eat them anymore, anyway. Dietary issues.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:52 PM (77rzZ)

269 >>@EagleEdMartin
4m
>>They killed Charlie.
>>And they will pay.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:44 PM (viF8m)
~~~~~

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (3ImbR)

270 *shocked face*

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (3ImbR)

271 "I remember him as a demonic alien (dressed as Lucifer) in an episode of Lost In Space.
Posted by: Joemarine at April 21, 2026 09:17 PM (y171U)"

Morbus in "A Trip to Hades", Season 2, ep. 12.

He had 156 roles to his credit when he died in 1968 at the age of 54 (heart attack).

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at April 21, 2026 09:53 PM (/HDaX)

272 Yep, triscuits suck.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026

***
Toast 'em for ten minutes at 350 F. I did that with the knockoff woven wheat crackers, which seemed a little stale out of the box. Some cheese, mustard, and ham on them made for good snacks. Same for Triscuits -- except they cost $4 for a regular box, while the knockoffs were $2.50. None of the stores in Da Swamp has them any more, not even Aldi or Walmart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (+2QQb)

273 267 Missed this, but this seems big:
Breaking: Devin Nunes departing Trump Media to focus on intel oversight role.

Another loss would be ViceRoy/Rubio choosing to save himself, Cuba, and indeed the world rather than be the best President since Eisenhower -- one he could and should be. If there is anyone that has earned that much of a choice, it is him.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (0ulpP)

274 234 So, I am now employed at a learing center.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)

Hoover up the cash while you can, big guy. Lol.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (DwqWV)

275 If you turn on your headlights at 186,000 miles per second what happens?
Posted by: r hennigantx

You see the light go in front of you at 186,000 miles per second. Your time and distance measurements are changed enough that light keeps its velocity. People who aren't traveling at that speed see something very different; the light appears stuck with you. If they watch long enough they see it slowly pull away from your vehicle.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at April 21, 2026 09:55 PM (Da7Vv)

276 I can't imagine that everyone missed it.

2779 years ago today the city of Rome was founded. The Roman kingdom, and it’s first King Romulus began what would be thousands of years of Roman history.

Who knew Rome was a Taurus?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:56 PM (rbvCR)

277 Texas should never have started redistricting

Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2026 09:57 PM (LYtCO)

278 Bulg, you got this. If you are a teacher your natural love for teaching will come out, no matter the subject matter.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at April 21, 2026 09:57 PM (nz1sK)

279 Who knew Rome was a Taurus?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 09:56 PM (rbvCR)

I know there's been a lot of bull coming from that general vicinity.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 09:58 PM (DwqWV)

280 >>*shocked face*

Since the SPLC indictment dropped the focus has been on how corrupt they are. But think how the people they funded changed the public focus.

The called us Nazis and a threat to democracy. They ginned up a lot of anger and violence but it's pretty wild to see a DOJ heavyweight make that statement.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 09:58 PM (viF8m)

281 I can't imagine that everyone missed it.

2779 years ago today the city of Rome was founded. The Roman kingdom, and it’s first King Romulus began what would be thousands of years of Roman history.

Who knew Rome was a Taurus?
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026

***
I'd never read they knew a specific month and day, just that the traditional founding date was 753 BC.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 09:59 PM (+2QQb)

282 https://tinyurl.com/23a7ffk3
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Toad

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 10:00 PM (YBtcQ)

283 278 Thank you, TT. I believe that, too.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

284 Nood ONT

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 21, 2026 10:01 PM (+2QQb)

285 I've never had much look seeing meteors when I'm actively looking for them, but your mileage may vary.
Posted by: publius

Need some dark sky!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 10:02 PM (YBtcQ)

286 Wolfus, why Salinas?

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (rbvCR)

287 Heard a pundit say this afternoon that this redistricting is a waste of money and time as once this redistricting occurs the Virginia Supreme Court is going to throw it out. I looked at the map of VA tonight and almost all the yes counties are Northern Va,at DC Richmond and Norfolk. The rest of the state voted no.

Posted by: Jen the original at April 21, 2026 10:05 PM (jLRw5)

288 "Like Navy Seals and Green Berets combined."

Part Martian as well, given the 3rd hand that shows up.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at April 22, 2026 12:40 AM (E2Kd0)

Quick Hits

Communist traitor and generational fraud co-conspirator Tim Walz has started a new PAC to, get this, grift money.

This will be the mechanism which funds his very unearned retirement.

Boy Democrats will do a lot of work to avoid any actual work.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz launched a federal political action committee on Monday and the name of the new venture quickly created a stir on social media among conservatives.
Walz's PAC, first reported in Politico Playbook, is named the "Small Town PAC." The governor said he wants to "show up in small towns" and "organize in places too many people have given up on, and build power with the folks who call these places home."
"If Democrats want to win in more places, we've got to start showing up in more places," Walz wrote in an X post.
Walz was widely mocked by conservatives when he ran for vice president in 2024 for his attempts to make inroads with rural voters -- like touting his blue-collar roots and hunting hobby.

"Small towns across Minnesota loathe @Tim_Walz," state Rep. Kristin Robbins, Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate, posted.
"Small towns and townships overwhelmingly voted against you, Tim," Townhall columnist Dustin Grage posted on X. "We think your policies are despicable."
"Small towns across Minnesota loathe @Tim_Walz," state Rep. Kristin Robbins, Minnesota Republican gubernatorial candidate, posted on X.
"He infamously disparaged them as @RocksAndCowsHQ and his left-wing policies are opposed by most!"
Daniel Turner, executive director of Power the Future, wrote on X, "Good Lord small town America hates everything you stand for: open borders, trans insanity, defund the police, rampant crime, Somali fraud."

This is a very Minnesota-heavy Quick Hits, because Minnesota is a third-world garbage state filled with nasty communists. Sorry, Minnesotans, but you know it's true.

Ilhan Omar has amended her past financial disclosure which revealed that she was now a millionaire with up to $30 million in assets. She now says that was a big whoopsie and that we should just ignore that and stop asking her about it.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will "be held accountable to the fullest extent" if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from "any fraud."
His remarks follow a Wall Street Journal report that a financial disclosure listed her and her husband's assets at between $6 million and $30 million. Omar's office later told the outlet the filing contained a "discrepancy," and an amended version put the couple's assets at between $18,004 and $95,000, the Journal reported.
"Omar is saying the multimillion-dollar discrepancy was nothing more than an accounting error. In what world is a multibillion-dollar correction to a person's financial disclosure considered normal? Perhaps this member's accountant, perhaps Ilhan's accountant, is a graduate from the Quality Learing Center. Either way, this about-face shows incompetence at best and a cover-up at worst," Emmer told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday.
"Make no mistake, if Ilhan Omar is discovered to have been involved in any or to have benefited in any way from any fraud, she must be held accountable to the fullest extent," Emmer added.
A lawyer representing Omar wrote in a letter to the Office of Congressional Conduct (OCC) that, "While the error is of course unfortunate, there is nothing untoward and nothing illegal has occurred," according to the Journal.

But the situation has only intensified GOP scrutiny of Omar. She has long been a target of Republican criticism, with backlash mounting earlier this year over reports of an alleged sprawling fraud scandal in Minnesota, in which many people charged were of Somali descent. Prosecutors claim that billions of dollars were stolen by various groups that purported to have provided meal assistance for children in need, in addition to other social safety net services that were reimbursed through state agencies.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News's Sean Hannity on Monday that, "She's never explained to the public how her net worth was $30 million and if she made a mistake, how the mistake happened."
"It's highly unlikely that she made a mistake. This isn't going to go away from her. So we're going to continue to try to push for answers and see if her name pops up in any of these frauds that Vice President Vance and the House Oversight Committee are detecting in Minnesota," he said.

The "bulbous goon" who violently attacked Savanah Hernandez is now on a media tour, insisting that he attacked the 100-pound woman in self-defense.

Savanah Hernandez
@Savsays
UPDATE: Chris Ostroushko says that the backlash his family has beenreceiving for their actions last weekend has been "overwhelming" and "nonstop"
He's now "second guessing" living in the United States, because he's unhappy with how negatively the public has reacted to him assaulting a woman on camera.
He is in complete disbelief, stating that, "I've never had anything like this happen in my life".
Chris and Deyanna have been going on a press tour continuing to assert that they are the real victims, despite millions watching the footage of them instigating everything.
There is also a GoFundMe for them, where they are currently trying to raise $8k, stating that they've lost their jobs and, "are facing one of the most overwhelming and life-altering moments they have ever experienced".
The family has still taken zero accountability for any of the violence they committed and are in complete shock that they are facing consequences for their actions.
Last week Chris also did an interview where he lied, stating that his family is "absolutely not violent" and that all he did was "stay back and watch" everything, despite being on camera shoving me multiple times.

UPDATE: Chris Ostroushko says that the backlash his family has been receiving for their actions last weekend has been �overwhelming� and �nonstop�

He�s now �second guessing� living in the United States, because he�s unhappy with how negatively the public has reacted to him� pic.twitter.com/NaPH5UvkiG
— Savanah Hernandez (@Savsays) April 21, 2026

🚨 BREAKING: BOMBSHELL Minnesota auditor report just dropped and it confirms Tim Walz's Department of Human Services FABRICATED RECORDS and did not verify grant recipients, tried COVERING THEIR TRACKS, enabling massive fraud

It just got 10,000X worse. WALZ MUST RESIGN.

"Perhaps� pic.twitter.com/3Ea12BTyVb
— Pascal Najadi (USSF)🇺🇸 (@JfkPascalNajadX) April 21, 2026

BREAKING: The House HAS THE VOTES to expel Democrat Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who stole $5 MILLION from FEMA, per Rep. Luna

Several Democrats are crossing over as well.

She has until TOMORROW to resign, or she faces immediate expulsion. pic.twitter.com/moKhRFYsZY
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) April 21, 2026

Trump posted this encouragement to the people of Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump acaba de publicar un video en Truth Social dirigido directamente al pueblo iran�...

El clip comienza con esa imagen viral de un muro dentro de Ir�n pintado con aerosol que dice "Presidente Trump, por favor ay�denos". Luego intercala manifestaciones iran�es, la voz de� pic.twitter.com/e6E4Qrjlxf
— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) April 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 06:22 PM (LdBR/)

2 Now to nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 06:22 PM (LdBR/)

3 Fooist?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 21, 2026 06:22 PM (wBaIH)

4 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at April 21, 2026 06:23 PM (cYBz/)

5 "Second guessing "living in the United States? Get the fuck out.

Posted by: steevy at April 21, 2026 06:24 PM (YwEeS)

6 Chris Murphy really loves him some Iran. So CT gave us the stolen valor dickhead and the Iranian stooge.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (cxFcK)

7 I was thinking Hernandez was hot. She is, but then I saw Luna, whose loveliness is beyond belief.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (AlhUl)

8 Johnny Somali aka Toilet Salami the snot bird youtuber stuck in appeals now. Both the Prosecution and defense submitted appeals.

Legal Mindset says this means , If I understand this correctly, he could be in a detention center for up to 6 months during the appeal, and then his original sentence is carried out no matter the outcome of the appeal.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (diia5)

9 The last gray box is written in Mexican.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (pDt9x)

10 So if you steal millions, you have to give it back or nah and just resign and keep the cash?

Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 06:26 PM (xcxpd)

11 If a congress critter is forced to resign for malfeasance should they really get a pension since they violated their oath?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 06:26 PM (cxFcK)

12 Remember to vote for me for your District 5 Fulton County Board of Commissioners! MAGA all the way!!

Posted by: Tiffany Henyard, Super Mayor at April 21, 2026 06:26 PM (wVcYX)

13 [WILLOWED:]

>>And there shouldn't be a Statute of Limitations on that.

Every single action against Trump since 2016 and the Russia hoax is part of a conspiracy to deprive him of his rights. That conspiracy continued at least until the 2024 election.

The statute of limitation for a conspiracy starts after the last overt act of the conspiracy. All of it is fair game.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

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

And more importantly, COVERING UP such past criminal acts -- which continues to this day -- is considered part of the conspiracy and resets the timer for Statutes of Limitations.

/Shit I learned listening to talk radio ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:26 PM (xU6sC)

14 Trump posted this encouragement to the people of Iran.

==

"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseeen!"

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

15 9 The last gray box is written in Mexican.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (pDt9x)

What is this, San Diego? You know I don't speak Spanish.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)

16 I'm no lawyer, but that doesn't really sound like an appeal to me

Posted by: Oedipus at April 21, 2026 06:28 PM (Z6vKV)

17 The last gray box is written in Mexican.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (pDt9x)

I speak Mexican, I'll translate. It says, "Watch the video and you'll understand."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 06:28 PM (ExV1e)

18 14 Trump posted this encouragement to the people of Iran.

==

"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseeen!"
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:27 PM (GD0B3)

He didn't really say that, did he?

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:28 PM (pDt9x)

19 So, the blockade is not going anywhere. No one (even the Pakhi interlocutors) knows who the hell is in charge in Iran, and the US military is locked & loaded ( with fresh supplies and such). Beautiful!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:29 PM (GD0B3)

20 The leftoid bag of laundry that shoved Savannah Hernandez, as well as that toad's wife, look exactly like you'd expect, right down to the wife's danger glasses.

On the other side of that coin, I'd like to see Anna Paulina Luna in something less than a bikini.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 06:29 PM (oqH4h)

21 He didn't really say that, did he?
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:28 PM (pDt9x)

Direct quote!!

*I kid , I kid

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (GD0B3)

22 I didn’t understand that last tweet. It’s like the Spanish have a different word for everything!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (u73oe)

23 Is it racist to notice that there seems to be disproportionate number of "empowered" black women who have no problem overtly breaking the rules?

Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)

24 I'm no lawyer, but that doesn't really sound like an appeal to me
Posted by: Oedipus at April 21, 2026 06:28 PM (Z6vKV)

I'm not entirely sure WHY he appealed. IIRC, he pled guilty to crimes which had a required minimum sentence longer than what he was given.

That having been said, foreign law isn't US law and people get themselves into trouble thinking it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (ExV1e)

25 Democrats and their PACs and "Foundations." What slimy, sleazy corruption. There's not a one of them, save Fetterman, that isn't a full-blown festering crook.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 21, 2026 06:31 PM (qBdHI)

26 Is it racist to notice that there seems to be disproportionate number of "empowered" black women who have no problem overtly breaking the rules?
Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)

They jes be gittin theirs, like Kamala told them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 06:32 PM (ExV1e)

27 Oh, right. We have VA to worry about today, don't we..

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

28 Trump: Triple double dog promise that if you evil Iranians don't get a new proposal together and get unified is just do something you little rascals! Don't test me! I'll do it!

IRGC: LoL fuck off Burrito Donny and suck shit.

Donny 2 Tacos - I swear, I'll do it. You better come back to the table if you don't want another tweet storm of empty threats!

Not enough tacos in Taco Bell for Donny 12 2 Layer Tacos w/ nacho cheese on the side and cinnamon twists for desert.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 06:32 PM (I5fLw)

29 Walz was widely mocked by conservatives when he ran for vice president in 2024 for his attempts to make inroads with rural voters

Vote Walz! I'll Help Your Uncle Jack Off A Horse.

Posted by: Tim Walz at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (MIRqM)

30
27 Oh, right. We have VA to worry about today, don't we..
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:32 PM (GD0B3)

That's just for today runner. Tomorrow will be another existential crisis.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

31 Walz's PAC, first reported in Politico Playbook, is named the "Small Town PAC."

-----------

Damn, I should write some parody lyrics for "Don't Try That In A Small Town PAC."

/What, "A Tampon PAC" wasn't available?

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (xU6sC)

32 SPLC has been indicted.
They were paying their "informants" to stage hate crimes.

80% of the stat cited by the left "increase in hate crimes" was exaggerated or faked.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (tUP1A)

33 What is this, San Diego? You know I don't speak Spanish.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 06:27 PM (xcxpd)
====

Just sound it out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)

34 Union troops need to occupy Minnesota so that reconstruction can take place. There's precedence for that.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 21, 2026 06:34 PM (47/pr)

35 That Ostroushko character is a real piece of work. Completely shameless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)

36 Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
🚨BREAKING: Acting AG Blanche and FBI Director Patel announce a grand jury has INDICTED leftist NGO Southern Poverty Law Center on 11 COUNTS

This is MASSIVE!

SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche

Best part? They've been charged in the Middle District of Alabama!

They're SCREWED! 🔥

SPLC has been hit with SIX counts of wirefraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 06:35 PM (RHGPo)

37 That's just for today runner. Tomorrow will be another existential crisis.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

On Wednesday?? who does that on Wednesday?? Existential crisis is Monday , Tuesday and Friday. Also the weekend. But Wednesday..not so much .

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:35 PM (GD0B3)

38
SPLC has been indicted.
They were paying their "informants" to stage hate crimes.

80% of the stat cited by the left "increase in hate crimes" was exaggerated or faked.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (tUP1A)
=====

This is just marketing and business development h8ers!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (RIvkX)

39 Donde esta el casa de pe pe?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (u73oe)

40 Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 06:35 PM (RHGPo)

that was 2 threads ago....

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (GD0B3)

41 What is this, San Diego? You know I don't speak Spanish.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Just take off the final "o"s and it'll be English.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (aIYqR)

42 I'll bet Ilhan Omar is a tiger in the sack. I'm going to have to find a way to reach out to her brother for confirmation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (Fbc0I)

43 Why would Trump talk to Iranians in Messkin?

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (ZxPkt)

44 37 That's just for today runner. Tomorrow will be another existential crisis.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:33 PM (pDt9x)

On Wednesday?? who does that on Wednesday?? Existential crisis is Monday , Tuesday and Friday. Also the weekend. But Wednesday..not so much .
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:35 PM (GD0B3)

Ah. So, what day is it for Moral Panic? Always miss that one.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (pDt9x)

45 I saw Bulbous Goon open for The Good Ol' Boys at the Summer Funplex Pavilion.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (wVcYX)

46 Mr. Walz is one of Modern Masculinity's Big Three, so you may wish to reconsider flexing on him.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (0sNs1)

47 >>SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche

At a certain point, if you want to keep growing, you need to bring production in-house.

It's a simple matter of cost.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (ytyaf)

48
Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will "be held accountable to the fullest extent" if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from "any fraud."

=============

What's it going to take to "discover" this? An investigation, I guess. Is that underway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:38 PM (n7rxJ)

49 Yo! Ostroushko.
Say a prayer of thanks it wasn't one of the daughters of Diogenes you decided to push around. They'd of kicked your ass up and down the street.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:38 PM (2WIwB)

50 It is funny how the retards on the left can't Meme.

The TACO Trump thing is a prime example:
It doesn't work, yet they cling to it.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:38 PM (ytyaf)

51 More pocket change for him and his cronies

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)

52 Boy Democrats will do a lot of work to avoid any actual work.

Girl Democrats will, too.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 06:39 PM (VHUov)

53 Ah. So, what day is it for Moral Panic? Always miss that one.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (pDt9x)

Mondays! Very intense! Monday sux , generally, if you want to know the truth.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:39 PM (GD0B3)

54 Donde esta el casa de pe pe?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM

I think Donde esta el baño is the phrase you seek.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 06:39 PM (0sNs1)

55 Once again, demand for hate crimes outstrips supply.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:39 PM (u73oe)

56 I'll bet Ilhan Omar is a tiger in the sack. I'm going to have to find a way to reach out to her brother for confirmation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM

Her gamey musk is overpowering.

Posted by: Shifty Eyes at April 21, 2026 06:40 PM (Q+O6x)

57 50 It is funny how the retards on the left can't Meme.

The TACO Trump thing is a prime example:
It doesn't work, yet they cling to it.
Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:38 PM (ytyaf)

Clumsy and ham handed.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:40 PM (pDt9x)

58 My guesstimate on what’s happening and what will happen with Iran: Trump REALLY REALLY wants a deal and doesn’t want to do any more fighting. He’s starting to look foolish by calling off his deadlines.

What probably happens next: Iran takes this as weakness, thinks they’re winning and forces the US to start fighting again whether Trump wants to or not.

I suspect Trump has a difficult time understanding people who would literally rather die than give in, even a tiny bit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 06:40 PM (Fmj+u)

59 Ostroushko claiming he is not violent is like my buddy's Sicilian grandma claiming her sauce is vegetarian because it has beef only.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:41 PM (RIvkX)

60
TRANSLATION:

Trump just posted a video on Truth Social directed straight at the Iranian people...

The clip starts with that viral image of a wall inside Iran spray-painted with "President Trump, please help us." Then it intercuts Iranian protests, Trump's voiceover on top: "We're with you."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:41 PM (n7rxJ)

61 [BTW and O/T, but annoying as f*ck:]

Thune needs to go.

That asshat -- in addition to preventing the passage of the SAVE America Act -- just returned from a two-week #FakeRecess, used to prevent President Trump from making Recess Appointments.

[For those unaware, The U.S. Senate avoids formal recesses by holding pro forma sessions, during which a single member gavels in and out of session, often lasting less than a minute with no legislative business conducted.

The one time The Wifey and I visited the Senate chambers, we saw this occur with then Dem Hawaiian Senator Daniel Inouye. I was like WTF?]

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:41 PM (xU6sC)

62 >>SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche

At a certain point, if you want to keep growing, you need to bring production in-house.

It's a simple matter of cost.
Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (ytyaf)

Vertical Integration of supply chain management. Consider the cost savings!

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 06:42 PM (wVcYX)

63 Donde esta el casa de pe pe?
Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:36 PM (u73oe)

Well, there is a temp set up on the tee box at #16 on the golf course. It's the one hole I can usually hit under par.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:42 PM (2WIwB)

64 She has long been a target of Republican criticism, with backlash mounting earlier this year over reports of an alleged sprawling fraud scandal in Minnesota, in which many people charged were of Somali descent. Prosecutors claim that billions of dollars were stolen by various groups that purported to have provided meal assistance for children in need, in addition to other social safety net services that were reimbursed through state agencies.

"alleged sprawling fraud scandal"
"Prosecutors claim"

The Feds have been convicting these crooks left & right, up & down, and by the barrel, for several years now and The Hill is still pretending these are all allegations that can't be independently verified.

The propagandists can never, ever, let one chink in the armor of B.S. get through to the normies.

Everything is a nebulous right-wing conspiracy unless the Democrats are inventing and pushing the narrative, at which point it becomes objective fact.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 06:42 PM (6ydKt)

65 The clip starts with that viral image of a wall inside Iran spray-painted with "President Trump, please help us." Then it intercuts Iranian protests, Trump's voiceover on top: "We're with you."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:41 PM

John has a long mustache.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 06:42 PM (4NO2D)

66 What probably happens next: Iran takes this as weakness, thinks they’re winning and forces the US to start fighting again whether Trump wants to or not.

I suspect Trump has a difficult time understanding people who would literally rather die than give in, even a tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 06:40 PM (Fmj+u)
=====
If Trump finishes this he wins. If he dithers he (and we) loses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:42 PM (RIvkX)

67 >>Ostroushko claiming he is not violent is like my buddy's Sicilian grandma claiming her sauce is vegetarian because it has no beef in it. Only Veal.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:43 PM (ytyaf)

68 I'm a racist. It's horrible but true.

You know the 72 virgins the muslims get dying for Allah - well dying to get 72 virgins? I always pictured blondes, brunettes, redheads and a few black women for variety. And no asians despite I LOVE asian women.

Anyways, not once did I picture being pleasured by 72 Omar look-alikes. Or Arab chicks.

I denounce myself,

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco7b)

69 Walz belongs in Leavenworth. So does the Florida thieving bitch. I would settle for her being deported back to Haiti.

Posted by: Cleanup Aisle #4! at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (oftw2)

70 "Second guessing" living in the U.S.? Flight risk?

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (NYInA)

71
I'll bet Ilhan Omar is a tiger in the sack.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

===============

I bet she's got no clitoris and she's quite dull in the sack. She and hubby actually look kind of natural and cuddly in pictures -- the Clintons could never fake that level of comfort -- but I'm still curious, suspicious, etc.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (n7rxJ)

72 The last gray box is written in Mexican.
Posted by: tubal

What is this, San Diego? You know I don't speak Spanish.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Just sound it out.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Trump acaba de publicar un video en Truth Social dirigido directamente al pueblo iran...

"Trump published a video on Truth Social where he directed a didgeridoo playing "Abacab" at a house in Iran."

Was I close?

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (VHUov)

73 The guy that founded or at least ran the SPLC for a long time looks deformed. Really hideously ugly. Circus freak ugly. Plus stupid.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (cxFcK)

74 I've met a few wimpy men in my day, but they at least had some integrity and character. But Walz, that asshat is just a friggin' pussy.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:45 PM (2WIwB)

75 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 06:45 PM (77rzZ)

76 Yeah, the taxpayers have trillions dollars stolen from them, but if Tim Walz resigns, we'll call it even.

Posted by: Oglebay at April 21, 2026 06:46 PM (2ap+5)

77 75 Evenin’, All.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 06:45 PM (77rzZ)

First day? How was it?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)

78 "Trump published a video on Truth Social where he directed a didgeridoo playing "Abacab" at a house in Iran."

Was I close?
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (VHUov)
====
Perfecto!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

79 I'm seriously hoping that the various leftist factions in Minn start fighting each other. The level of stupid, insane power hungry behavior cannot be sustained. I hope

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (gu0hJ)

80 Bulg, how is your new gig?

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (GD0B3)

81 Communist traitor and generational fraud co-conspirator Tim Walz has started a new PAC to, get this, grift money.

He is not running for anything so how is this legal?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (0N4FZ)

82 Best part? They've been charged in the Middle District of Alabama!

They're SCREWED! 🔥

SPLC has been hit with SIX counts of wirefraud, four counts of bank fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 06:35 PM

It moved.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (Wnv9h)

83 I’m just glad Seattle and Western WA aren’t in the crosshairs at this particular moment.

Not that is wouldnt be well deserved…..

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (W2Pud)

84 When the choices presented are resign or be expelled, and not go to jail for stealing $5 mil, you know the system is fucked.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (QaH55)

85 Bulg, how is your new gig?
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM

Bulg has a new gig? Excellent!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (Wnv9h)

86 Thune needs to go.

That asshat -- in addition to preventing the passage of the SAVE America Act -- just returned from a two-week #FakeRecess, used to prevent President Trump from making Recess Appointments.

***

The dems must have some serious pictures on him.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (2WIwB)

87 VA polls close at 7pm

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (GD0B3)

88 Leftists don't usually go after each other until they win or are losing badly

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (Ia/+0)

89 70 "Second guessing" living in the U.S.? Flight risk?
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at April 21, 2026 06:44 PM (NYInA

Checking out how to move to Canada...
We are the first choice for all types of human garbage.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (Sco7b)

90 Oh that is ssweeeet news about the SPLC. It has always chapped my ass to hear people talk about them as they they were some kind of moral or responsible organization.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 06:49 PM (Fmj+u)

91 I’m just glad Seattle and Western WA aren’t in the crosshairs at this particular moment.

Not that is wouldnt be well deserved…..
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 06:47 PM (W2Pud)

Glad I am East of I-5.

S'up?
I had an absolute kick ass day on the golf course.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:49 PM (2WIwB)

92 Democrats polls don't close until they count enough votes to win

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

93 My family came to MN in the 1880's during the big migration from Prussia, Switzerland and Sweden, farmers and masons. Just so sad to see what's happened to my home state. I don't even recognize it anymore. Especially Minneapolis.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)

94 Hey why would you have this alias Chris Ostroushko aka “mnangryman” if you're not angry?

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 06:51 PM (YBtcQ)

95 The SPLC indictment, wow.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 06:51 PM (mMoRd)

96 As I noted last thread the SPLC pays $3m to white supremacist groups. It the takes in $10m in donations to fight said groups. Good business model. Also fraud.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 06:51 PM (gu0hJ)

97 The last gray box is written in Mexican.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (pDt9x)

¡Claro que sí!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at April 21, 2026 06:51 PM (P6E1+)

98 He's now "second guessing" living in the United States,

Yes please go to a communist country that will truly appreciate your talents.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 21, 2026 06:51 PM (a+4eV)

99 Resign? Resign? Hell, I'm just getting started!

Damn your laws, full speed ahead!

Half the dumb asses in the country would vote for me!

Posted by: Tim Walz, Thief, Fraud, Retard and Child Rapist at April 21, 2026 06:52 PM (onPc6)

100 >> I noted last thread the SPLC pays $3m to white supremacist groups. It the takes in $10m in donations to fight said groups.

Those are really good margins.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 06:52 PM (ytyaf)

101 The dems must have some serious pictures on him.
Posted by: Diogenes

Somebody has to fuck the chicken.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

102
I suspect Trump has a difficult time understanding people who would literally rather die than give in, even a tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo

==============

I observe the following overriding psychological fixed points.

- Trump is determined to remove apocalyptic weapons from America's enemies
- The mullahs' thinking centers on their apocalypse

Everyone has their own idea of which way this goes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:53 PM (n7rxJ)

103 Happy TACO Tuesday everyone!
Trump chickened out again.
What a weak, pathetic cuckold.

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 06:53 PM (vMn3P)

104 still golden! :

"28 every single aspect of the demonrat party is a criminal conspiracy.

RICO them, every one, right down to the individual voters who are aiding and abetting the crimes. as convicted felons they can no longer vote, no need to imprison everyone."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (VyBeY)

105 I don't get it. How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran? 50,000 troops and immeasurable amounts of resupply are happening right now. Vance, Witkoff and Kushner aren't sitting in Pakistan with their hand out begging for a deal.

I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (DIbRX)

106 I had to watch a 2+ hour video about how to tutor students for the SAT. I understood maybe a third of it, and might have accepted an offer of a loaded revolver to the head at some points. But, on the whole, I think I will settle into the role nicely once I learn the ropes. My next step is to shadow one of the tutors on Thursday, 1700-1830.

And though my recent SAT score was still decent, I still did significantly worse than I did as a HS senior in 1983. Dang.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (77rzZ)

107 Just got back from voting here in central VA. Steady stream of people coming in. Worker bee said it's been steady all day. We shall hope they voted correctly.

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 06:55 PM (Q0yOR)

108 I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (DIbRX)

I blame Facebook...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:55 PM (GD0B3)

109 >>When the choices presented are resign or be expelled, and not go to jail for stealing $5 mil, you know the system is fucked.

She's been indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida. Her problems are just beginning. If convicted she could face up to 50 years in prison.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:55 PM (viF8m)

110 Just got back from voting here in central VA. Steady stream of people coming in. Worker bee said it's been steady all day. We shall hope they voted correctly.

==

Red or Blue area?

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:55 PM (GD0B3)

111 85 RMBS, part-time tutoring position.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (77rzZ)

112 Well, Mr. Ostroushko, once you've paid your penance for that assault you are free to fuck right off.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (ftFVW)

113 My family came to MN in the 1880's during the big migration from Prussia, Switzerland and Sweden, farmers and masons. Just so sad to see what's happened to my home state. I don't even recognize it anymore. Especially Minneapolis.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)
---------------
[From an earlier thread, 1 of 2:]

well, we knew that , but it's nice to have it in writing !

"Amy Mek
@AmyMek

4hBREAKING - MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WAR PLAN EXPOSED
We Have Obtained the Muslim Brotherhood’s Secret Blueprint, “The Project,” to Capture America, is Operating UNTOUCHED from Their Virginia Command Center.

It was created in 1982, seized right after 9/11, and has been executing with ruthless precision across America for decades while our elected officials do absolutely nothing to stop it!

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (xU6sC)

114 The dems must have some serious pictures on him.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:48 PM (2WIwB)

I doubt it's even anything like that.

Preventing Trump from making recess appointments has been the GOPe's one F.U. move since Mitch decided that was the way in 2017.

It's their last remaining petty power move.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (6ydKt)

115 With.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (JTLUe)

116 [From an earlier thread, 2 of 2:]

Roadmap…

✅ Reject ALL assimilation - build parallel Islamic societies instead

✅ Use “Palestine” as the keystone to fuel global jihad

✅Form temporary “Red-Green” alliances with Marxists and leftists to destroy the West from within

✅ “Nourish a sentiment of rancor with respect to the Jews (Christians) and refuse all coexistence”

✅ Infiltrate institutions, seize control of local power centers, and impose Sharia step by step"

Are we not seeing this plan in action TODAY ???

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 05:16 PM (GD0B3)

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (xU6sC)

117 And though my recent SAT score was still decent, I still did significantly worse than I did as a HS senior in 1983. Dang.
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (77rzZ)
=====

I have way fewer brain cells now than I did then.

And more still than I will have tomorrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (RIvkX)

118 Chris Ostroushko is a tub of shit. I'm surprised somebody doesn't beat his ass everywhere he goes.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (Fbc0I)

119 https://x.com/i/status/2046716282339197151

The SPLC has been sponsoring hate groups for decades to drum up business?

Is this for real?

Posted by: 29Victor at April 21, 2026 06:56 PM (0MjtC)

120 since when does Trump play the didgeridoo

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 06:57 PM (ZxPkt)

121 I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (DIbRX)

It's all a distraction from the Epstein Files. 🙄

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 06:57 PM (ExV1e)

122 😂😂

Syria's Jalani trying to figure out what he got himself into!

https://tinyurl.com/5ynawzh7

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:57 PM (GD0B3)

123 or is it Al-Jolani?

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)

124 Old & Busted: NO MORE MR. NICE GUY!

New Hotness: Lots more Mr. Nice Guy

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (vMn3P)

125 >>SPLC said they were "fighting white supremacy," but they were "MANUFACTURING the extremism it purports to expose" by PAYING sources to "stoke racial hatred," per Acting AG Blanche

It's like PP paying rapists to forth and rape - good for business.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (/lPRQ)

126 With that last name Ostroushko should be packing it up and moving to Ukraine.

They could use him and his entire fighting force of a family on the front-lines to harass Russian soldiers into surrendering.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (6ydKt)

127 I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (DIbRX)
=====

I trust in Trump's fundamental iconoclasm.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 06:59 PM (RIvkX)

128 @Bulg, sounds like a good start!

@ShainS, good of you to repost, needs wider audience.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:59 PM (GD0B3)

129 BTW, I'd just like to point out to people that this case had to have begun under Pam Bondi - AG notorious for doing nothing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 21, 2026 07:00 PM (ExV1e)

130 I suspect Trump has a difficult time understanding people who would literally rather die than give in, even a tiny bit.
Posted by: Tom Servo
_______

How is it that the nine dimensional chest grandmaster doesn't understand his opponent?

Maybe it's because he actually sucks in negotiations. His whole career has been about entering negotiations having the upper hand. When he's evenly matched he's cooked.

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:00 PM (9ARbc)

131 Communist traitor and generational fraud co-conspirator Tim Walz has started a new PAC to, get this, grift money.

He is not running for anything so how is this legal?
Posted by: Mister Scott

Manbearpig says, "What?"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:00 PM (/lPRQ)

132 I read this morning that the Fla thief resigned already. But, certain others have claimed they would, but haven't yet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:01 PM (1Ff7Z)

133 Last week Chris also did an interview where he lied, stating that his family is "absolutely not violent" and that all he did was "stay back and watch" everything, despite being on camera shoving me multiple times.

He's doing the meme:

That's right officer, she fell on my knife. Twenty four times!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 21, 2026 07:01 PM (sKqQm)

134 low IQ trolls are NO BUENO!!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:01 PM (GD0B3)

135 I see the words TACO and I stop reading. It's such a stupid acronym, written by people who claim Trump has dementia or is dumb or both- the same people who covered up for Biden who actually had dementia and was never a particularly bright man, just totally corrupt.

Posted by: Fer sure at April 21, 2026 07:01 PM (TIRHP)

136 Polls close in VA!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:01 PM (GD0B3)

137 Trump chickened out again.
What a weak, pathetic cuckold.
Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked

Next week you're going to call him a monster for threatening to nuke Iran.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (a+4eV)

138 I would be better served by ignoring what Trump says and just look at what Trump Does. I would be even better served by ignoring what everyone else says about Trump and his underlings. The damned internet is pretty compelling though, yes? Therein may lie a problem.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (pDt9x)

139 since when does Trump play the didgeridoo
Posted by: Don Black

Maybe it was AI slop.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (VHUov)

140 With 0% of the votes counted it's 0% to 0%.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (JTLUe)

141
Next week you're going to call him a monster for threatening to nuke Iran.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (a+4eV)

Ignore the trolls

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (K88SD)

142 see, the only way to stop people from copying and pasting trolls is to put them on time out...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (GD0B3)

143
Is it racist to notice that there seems to be disproportionate number of "empowered" black women who have no problem overtly breaking the rules?
Posted by: Orson

===============

For a while there I was maintaining a list of them, and it was long. Quite a few mayors and city officials on that list. I attribute it to a phenomenon I first encountered from Thomas Sowell, and it made no sense to me at the time: Black people should not focus on getting political power, but on getting REAL power. Economic power, he meant.

Be able to form or join constituencies that sway Big Decisions in government and industry, and get in to politics as the middle-class itch arises.

Instead, they're parachuting in from positions of ignorance, no achievements, no legitimacy. When they get into unearned and undeserved positions of power on no motivation other than to have it, they fail in every way, including morally.

By the way, Tiffany Henyard, ousted Mayor of Dolton, Illinois, is now in Fulton County running for office.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (n7rxJ)

144 >> With 0% of the votes counted it's 0% to 0%.

At this point, I feel safe in asserting that it is anyone's game to win.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (ytyaf)

145 I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.
Posted by: Ben Had

On the contrary, you would find that I'm a foxhole ray of sunshine!

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (ftFVW)

146 between $6 million and $30 million. Omar's office later told the outlet the filing contained a "discrepancy," and an amended version put the couple's assets at between $18,004 and $95,000, the Journal reported.

You know, most criminals undervalue their assets. Not accidentally overvalue them.

She can even crook good.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (L6dcX)

147 Can't believe this loser describes the current situation as "evenly matched."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

148 I've been watching Sanford and Son reruns.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (JTLUe)

149 Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:00 PM (9ARbc

You're not actually convincing anybody here,

Posted by: Fer sure at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (TIRHP)

150 TACO? Maybe it's forbearance? You know, like The Man Upstairs is giving people time to change before the destruction begins? Nah, that couldn't be it. Trump must be a loudmouth who doesn't follow through.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

151 110 I am in Stafford which is typically Republican but north Stafford, who knows? LOL

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (Q0yOR)

152 I don't get it. How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran? 50,000 troops and immeasurable amounts of resupply are happening right now. Vance, Witkoff and Kushner aren't sitting in Pakistan with their hand out begging for a deal.

I wouldn't want to be in a foxhole any of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 06:54 PM (DIbRX)

***

50K ain't enough except in a case where we have significant 5th column support and contacts. Otherwise it is a good start. We can get airheads/beachheads in several major cities but would need a lot more to finish it.
My thoughts:
The IRGC are like the Nazis except they had 47 years to control their society. The Nazi's only had 13. And they have nothing to lose. This is the ugly part. The Iranian people need are critical here. This war isn't done.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

153 I would be better served by ignoring what Trump says and just look at what Trump Does.
Posted by: tubal

That's been the problem through both of his presidencies.

The Left takes him literally, but not seriously.

The Right takes him seriously, but not literally.

Thus, the Left freaks the f--k out about him, constantly.

.....this time around, he's weaponizing it better, though.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:04 PM (VHUov)

154 The SPLC has been sponsoring hate groups for decades to drum up business?

Is this for real?
Posted by: 29Victor

And here I thought it was just the FBI.

hey, if SPLC was paying FBI provocateurs to do race hatred stuff, would that be an additional crime?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 21, 2026 07:04 PM (a+4eV)

155 "Chris Ostroushko says that the backlash his family has been receiving for their actions last weekend has been "overwhelming" and "nonstop"

As it should be.

Maybe don't go shoving women to the ground, you fucking goon.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (L6dcX)

156 I don't get it. How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran? 50,000 troops and immeasurable amounts of resupply are happening right now. Vance, Witkoff and Kushner aren't sitting in Pakistan with their hand out begging for a deal.
-
The optics aren't great right now, but folks forget: Trump says a lot of shit.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if, having publicly stated that the ceasefire has (unilaterally) been extended indefinitely, that he orders airstrikes to resume the minute the previous ceasefire expires.

Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (vSvIl)

157 Financial disclosures. Hey, we just sign whatever paperwork our staffs put in front of us! Read it? Like you wanted us to 'read the bill'? Wuuuuut? We ain't got no time for drudge work! You even seem to want us to understand what we sign!!! Wuuuut? Hey, no one required us to take a Civil Service test or 5th Grade reading comprehension test to get our sweet political gigs in DC!

We've done enough 'splainin' to you MAGA knuckle-draggers on this made-up financial disclosure distraction! We have to get back to resisting OrangeManBad full the time! Power to the people! Power to the IRGC (kidding, just kidding about that, hahaha)!

Posted by: Congressional Democrats at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (5rh/l)

158 I actually have a didgeridoo, somewhere. My wife gave it to me for either my birthday or Christmas one year, as it was supposed to help with my sleep apnea.

I just lost weight instead, which pretty much cured the apnea. I think the didgeridoo is in our storage unit.

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (77rzZ)

159 Is it racist to notice that there seems to be disproportionate number of "empowered" black women who have no problem overtly breaking the rules?
Posted by: Orson

I saw an X post of a European guy saying what he really noticed about the USA is most low level gubmint jobs employ entitled fat black ladies with really bad attitudes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (cxFcK)

160 Maybe it was AI slop.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:02 PM (VHUov)
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No it was Spanish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)

161 or is it Al-Jolani?
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)

Jazz singer, isn't he?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

162 Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent extremist groups including:

Ku Klux Klan
United Klans of America
Unite the Right
National Alliance
National Socialist Movement
Aryan Nations affiliated Sadistic Souls Motorcycle Club
National Socialist Party of America (American Nazi Party)
American Front

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (a3e+b)

163 >>How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran?

They are retarded. That's how.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (ytyaf)

164 In other news, convicted rapist is upset that women now avoid him. "It's just nonstop backlash, I tell you. It's overwhelming. I might have to leave the state,"

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:07 PM (L6dcX)

165 With 0% of the votes counted it's 0% to 0%.

At this point, I feel safe in asserting that it is anyone's game to win.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM

Not to worry, spangler will find just enough votes to push the gerrymander law over the top.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 21, 2026 07:07 PM (0N4FZ)

166 I wouldn't be surprised at all if, having publicly stated that the ceasefire has (unilaterally) been extended indefinitely, that he orders airstrikes to resume the minute the previous ceasefire expires.
Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (vSvIl)

The IRGC has already said they are rejecting the ceasefire...Now the others they were talking with haven't said anything... For hours... Probably been arrested by the IRGC

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:07 PM (K88SD)

167 Socialists Poverty Leninist Communists have probably hundreds of millions stuffed away from Leftists contributions the last 50 years

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:07 PM (Ia/+0)

168 How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran?

They are retarded. That's how.
Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (ytyaf)
***

Victory any day now!!! Trump is Finished!!!

Posted by: Dems and Media at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (2WIwB)

169 Jazz singer, isn't he?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

yes, Al-Qaeda's best tenor ...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (GD0B3)

170 @ShainS, good of you to repost, needs wider audience.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:59 PM (GD0B3)

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Yep, thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Reminds me of the old "45 Communist Goals" derived primarily from W. Cleon Skousen’s 1958 book The Naked Communist.

And it seems nearly all of them have been accomplished thus far ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (xU6sC)

171 >At this point, I feel safe in asserting that it is anyone's game to win.

Posted by: garrett
----
steal

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (ZxPkt)

172 Between 2014 and 2023, the SPLC secretly funneled more than $3 million in donated funds to individuals who were associated with various violent extremist groups including:

I'd also like to find out how much money they paid to violent leftist groups, but them paying whitey is much more amusing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (a+4eV)

173 148. You fish-eyed fool!

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (77rzZ)

174 between $6 million and $30 million. Omar's office later told the outlet the filing contained a "discrepancy," and an amended version put the couple's assets at between $18,004 and $95,000, the Journal reported.

You know, most criminals undervalue their assets. Not accidentally overvalue them.

She can even crook good.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

She was mistaken when she said she owned a $30M vinyard...
No, it was a typo, that's it.
A typo.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (/lPRQ)

175 Just so sad to see what's happened to my home state. I don't even recognize it anymore. Especially Minneapolis.

Has any Major League Sportsball threatened to move their moneyball out of Minnesota with all the rampant fraud and misuse and abuse of taxpayer's hard earned and borrowed money?

No? Why Not?

Posted by: Atlanta, When The Fags Came at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (onPc6)

176 In other news, Jeffery Dalmer is upset that people won't give him the time of day. "Its' overwhelming. I mean, these people I ate had it coming. The provoked me. Now, people hardly talk to me, or even want to have lunch...I might have to leave the state."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (L6dcX)

177 I've been watching Sanford and Son reruns.
Posted by: Boss Moss

I'm watching the original Bob Newhart show on Prime. Hi, Bob!!!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:09 PM (cxFcK)

178 Spangler is scarry. A very obvious, well trained deep stater who is aiming for The Big Chair.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

179 tubal, exactly. PDT, Hegseth and Bessent understand the art of war. 5 weeks and people are pissing and moaning that PDT doesn't understand the enemy. He has understood them for the last 30 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 07:09 PM (DIbRX)

180 *scary not scarrY!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

181 hey, if SPLC was paying FBI provocateurs to do race hatred stuff, would that be an additional crime?
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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At the very least civil liability, but likely they violated some federal criminal laws as well.

Posted by: whig at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)

182 Sheila's favorite song: Take the Money and Run

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (YvvFZ)

183 hey, if SPLC was paying FBI provocateurs to do race hatred stuff, would that be an additional crime?
Posted by: FeatherBlade

On the fiscal law side the FBI would be in violation. Not allowed to take money from anybody but Congress.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (/lPRQ)

184 177. Suzanne Pleshette or Mary Frann?

Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (77rzZ)

185 how many ceasefires so far?

it's like a football game, so many stops and starts

Sweep the leg!
FINISH IT!

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (ZxPkt)

186 or is it Al-Jolani?
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 06:58 PM (GD0B3)

Jazz singer, isn't he?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (1Ff7Z)

Not the Beach Boy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (wVcYX)

187 By the way, Tiffany Henyard, ousted Mayor of Dolton, Illinois, is now in Fulton County running for office.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (n7rxJ)

As a Republican.

She's a kinda attractive black grifter woman with charisma.
So she might have a decent chance of winning at this point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (6ydKt)

188
Even the Baptists are getting in on the fraud. From Alpha News:
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(The Center Square) – The Minnesota Department of Human Services has filed a civil lawsuit against a north Minneapolis church, alleging it misused millions in taxpayer-funded grants intended for mental health, substance abuse and violence prevention services.

According to the complaint, Zion Baptist Church accepted about $2.48 million between October 2022 and April 2025 through two state grant contracts but failed to meet key requirements tied to those funds.

The lawsuit, which was filed earlier this month in Minnesota District Court, alleges the church breached its contract with the state and was unjustly enriched by retaining funds without sufficient evidence the services were provided.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 07:11 PM (kX27y)

189 Spangler is scarry. A very obvious, well trained deep stater who is aiming for The Big Chair.
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:09 PM (GD0B3)

I"m thinking Spangle is a case of the Marxists showing their colors too soon.
Or...the media is totally on board and it will get ugly in '28.

Posted by: Dems and Media at April 21, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)

190 I wouldn't be surprised at all if, having publicly stated that the ceasefire has (unilaterally) been extended indefinitely, that he orders airstrikes to resume the minute the previous ceasefire expires.
Posted by: Methos

Same as it always is with him.
This time IRGC will be dancing in the streets celebrating their 'victory'...

boom

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (/lPRQ)

191 My big fear is that, if he is charged with a crime, Walz will flee to the Minnesota woods, where he use his manly skills to live off the land and evade capture...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (eOFY+)

192
Best part? They've been charged in the Middle District of Alabama!
Posted by: SMOD

That's the blue gerymandered shithole part of the state. At best, it'll get procedurally fucked up and thrown out. Double jepardy is such a bitch, don't ya know.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (XNjLf)

193 >>The optics aren't great right now, but folks forget: Trump says a lot of shit.

The optics are fine. Despite all Pete's whining Trump is sitting in complete control of the situation. Iran is blockaded, nothing of any substance is getting in or out including their oil which pays for their entire economy.

Iran has no navy and most of their missiles and drones are gone. Any time Trump decides he can lay waste to Iran's infrastructure and there is very little Iran can do to stop it.

He has to deal with the political reality of the situation. He has to show everyone and especially his critics that he has given Iran every opportunity to do this peacefully. He also doesn't want to damage their oil industry to bad to send the world into a recession.

He's not just crushing the mullahs, he is wrecking China's world. He's doing just fine.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (viF8m)

194 177. Suzanne Pleshette or Mary Frann?
Posted by: Bulg

Suzanne. Le rawr rawr.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (cxFcK)

195 Same as it always is with him.
This time IRGC will be dancing in the streets celebrating their 'victory'...

boom
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:12 PM (/lPRQ)

Saw a video of them parading down the street with a missle.... Not smart

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 07:13 PM (K88SD)

196 Wouldn't it be funny if there are no white supremacy groups, just the SPLC undercover agents.

Seriously - these organizations run on shoestring budgets. $3 million can fully fund several groups for years.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:13 PM (L6dcX)

197
If a CEO were to say his company's worth had fallen by 99.7% due to an "accounting error", he'd be locked up in a Federal prison on Attu.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

198 137

Next week you're going to call him a monster for threatening to nuke Iran.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
_____

No I'm going to call him a terrible negotiator who makes empty threats that no one believes because he's a terrible negotiator who makes threats that no one believes

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:14 PM (vMn3P)

199 I saw an X post of a European guy saying what he really noticed about the USA is most low level gubmint jobs employ entitled fat black ladies with really bad attitudes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (cxFcK)

We call that the SC DMV here.
Although the last few times I was in there the ratio had gone down from 75% to 50% black women vs. everybody else, so something has changed.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 07:14 PM (6ydKt)

200 Suzanne Pleshette or Mary Frann?
Posted by: Bulg at April 21, 2026 07:10 PM (77rzZ)

I embrace the power if Both
And I'll be in my bunk.

Posted by: Dems and Media at April 21, 2026 07:14 PM (2WIwB)

201 105 I don't get it. How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran?

no, no, no. you don't get it. it's not that trump is *going* to lose, it's that he's *already* lost and is just trying to figure out how to make it palatable to the voters.

Posted by: anachronda at April 21, 2026 07:14 PM (oY6Yp)

202 How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran?

They are retarded. That's how.
Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:06 PM (ytyaf)
***

Victory any day now!!! Trump is Finished!!!
Posted by: Dems and Media at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (2WIwB)

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Heard that asshat Chris Murphy (A Connecticut Commie in King Donald's Court) responded to the #FakeNews PsyOp that "29 Iranian ships got past our U.S. Military Blockade with a single-word response on social media: "Awesome."

How is that no straight-up treason?

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (xU6sC)

203 193
He's not just crushing the mullahs, he is wrecking China's world. He's doing just fine.
Posted by: JackStraw
______

So this is what you wanted today huh? You wanted Trump to give an extension to the deadline while getting nothing in return?

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (vMn3P)

204 In other news, Jeffery Dalmer is upset that people won't give him the time of day. "Its' overwhelming. I mean, these people I ate had it coming. The provoked me. Now, people hardly talk to me, or even want to have lunch...I might have to leave the state."
Posted by: The Whine Guy

I thought Dalmer got the mop handle in the butt treatment.
Kind of a Temu Vlad move.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (/lPRQ)

205 *scary not scarrY!
Posted by: runner

Thank you for the correction, and for doing your part to fight undead prejudice.

Posted by: zombie Richard Scarry at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (VHUov)

206 Ilhan Omar would be a good example being first one out, OUT OF THE COUNTRY, followed by a cornucopia of her compatriots.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (YvvFZ)

207 Stoopid sock

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:16 PM (2WIwB)

208 All.of Minnesota is in on fraud, why am I not surprised?

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (Ia/+0)

209 Has any Major League Sportsball threatened to move their moneyball out of Minnesota with all the rampant fraud and misuse and abuse of taxpayer's hard earned and borrowed money?

No? Why Not?
Posted by: Atlanta, When The Fags Came at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (onPc6)
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Tom Pohlad owns the MN Twins, he's a leftie, so no. The Vikings celebrated Arab American Month with an X posting, they've had Eid prayer gatherings in their stadium.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (kX27y)

210 >>>I bet she's got no clitoris and she's quite dull in the sack.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

>I've never seen a woman mutilated in this way. Another cultural benefit of Islam.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (Fbc0I)

211 Losing so far.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (JTLUe)

212

A liberal group is looking to counter the influence of conservative Turning Point USA on college campuses by launching its own club that invites students to fight back against “authoritarianism” and “corporate greed.”

More Perfect University (MPUniversity), founded by the liberal media group “More Perfect Union,” made its big launch on Monday, saying students in all 50 states joined MPUniversity in the six days leading up to it.

The launch featured a livestream and interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose advisors founded More Perfect Union.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (Cqx++)

213 I saw an X post of a European guy saying what he really noticed about the USA is most low level gubmint jobs employ entitled fat black ladies with really bad attitudes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (cxFcK)

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You see that everywhere in D.C. Surprisingly, many of them have accents as well -- obviously not American-born.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (xU6sC)

214 Victory any day now!!! Trump is Finished!!!
Posted by: Dems and Media
______

Trump declared victory on day 3. So he can't even promise victory any day now.

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (vMn3P)

215
'We're watching history, so buckle up.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (YvvFZ)

216 off sock

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (5rh/l)

217 185 how many ceasefires so far?

forty-two!

Posted by: deep thought at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (oY6Yp)

218 Stoopid sock
Posted by: Diogenes

Come now, let's not blame the sock.

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (ftFVW)

219 My thoughts:
The IRGC are like the Nazis except they had 47 years to control their society. The Nazi's only had 13. And they have nothing to lose. This is the ugly part. The Iranian people need are critical here. This war isn't done.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

I think many are quite surprised how resilient the Iranian government has been, but you’re right, the Third Reich is a near perfect comparison. But while I’m critical of extending the ceasefire, I say the the counter blockade is a stroke of genius. Iran is losing over $500 million in revenue Per Day, and there’s no way they can hold up under that too much longer.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (Fmj+u)

220 And yet Trump is the one doing the actual negotiating while you're big hit in life is being a habitual contrarian troll on a comment board.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 07:19 PM (6ydKt)

221 How is that no straight-up treason?
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 07:15 PM (xU6sC)

Satire! Don't you rubes get it! I was joking! Or so he said.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at April 21, 2026 07:19 PM (1Ff7Z)

222 202 105 I don't get it. How can anyone think PDT is going to lose in Iran?

no, no, no. you don't get it. it's not that trump is *going* to lose, it's that he's *already* lost and is just trying to figure out how to make it palatable to the voters.
Posted by: anachronda
_______

I wonder if there have been any times in human history, say in the past 60 years or so, where a technologically backwards force fighting on its own territory managed to defeat a superpower.

To do that they would have to absorb tactical defeats while winning strategic victories. But surely that could never happen. Certainly not in central or Southeast Asia.

No, all Trump has to do is keep blowing up mullahs and eventually he wins. Should be any day now

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (vMn3P)

223 DoJ, EPA, and Maryland suing DC over sewage spill. No word if Eric Swawell was in the vicinity.

Posted by: Anna Puma at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (KfXOG)

224 Wouldn't it be funny if there are no white supremacy groups, just the SPLC undercover agents.

Seriously - these organizations run on shoestring budgets. $3 million can fully fund several groups for years.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

There's always been much more demand for racism than supply.

I don't think the supply is zero, but if this is what was going on, it's closer to zero than I thought.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)

225 Stoopid sock
Posted by: Diogenes

Come now, let's not blame the sock.
Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (ftFVW)

***

well, yeah, you're right.
but it's a handy excuse.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (2WIwB)

226 A liberal group is looking to counter the influence of conservative Turning Point USA on college campuses by launching its own club that invites students to fight back against “authoritarianism” and “corporate greed."

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Doesn't the university itself already fill that role?

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (ftFVW)

227 Blockading is better than bombing. Let Trump be Trump. When you get to be President you can be the decider.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

228 The launch featured a livestream and interview with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), whose advisors founded More Perfect Union.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (Cqx++)

So, Air America all over again, except this time it’s going to work!

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 07:21 PM (Fmj+u)

229 He has to deal with the political reality of the situation. He has to show everyone and especially his critics that he has given Iran every opportunity to do this peacefully. He also doesn't want to damage their oil industry to bad to send the world into a recession.
-
That's the optics I'm talking about. He looks (momentarily) weak by treating their concerns as if they're valid. None of their minds are going to be changed by magnanimous behavior on Trump's part, because he's making it less and less likely that Iran will ever be able to exterminate Israel, which they care about achieving more than the possibility of Iran using nukes against us.

Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 07:21 PM (vSvIl)

230 Tom Pohlad owns the MN Twins, he's a leftie, so no. The Vikings celebrated Arab American Month with an X posting, they've had Eid prayer gatherings in their stadium.
Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 07:17 PM (kX27y)

Thank you beckster! The major sportsball politicos only turn one way...left.

Posted by: Atlanta, When The Fags Came at April 21, 2026 07:21 PM (onPc6)

231 >>>215 I saw an X post of a European guy saying what he really noticed about the USA is most low level gubmint jobs employ entitled fat black ladies with really bad attitudes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM (cxFcK)
---

My post office, it reeks.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:22 PM (YvvFZ)

232 All.of Minnesota is in on fraud, why am I not surprised?
Posted by: Skip

I'm not. I guess I'm one of the ten guys keeping the Lord from nuking the place, if someone is pleading for us.

Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:22 PM (VHUov)

233
Blockading is better than bombing. Let Trump be Trump. When you get to be President you can be the decider.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:21 PM (vFG9F)

__________

I've been told by my betters that it wasn't necessary to nuke Japan, we could have just blockaded it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:22 PM (tgvbd)

234 I learned all I needed to know about negotiating from Bruce Willis, 5th Element.

Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 07:22 PM (Fmj+u)

235 Trump vjivkens out again on his threats
Cease fire extended !
Again.
And again
And again and again

Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2026 07:23 PM (VYXF0)

236 She was mistaken when she said she owned a $30M vineyard... No, it was a typo, that's it. A typo.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:08 PM (/lPRQ)

The vineyard, buy the way, didn't own any vines. It would buy grapes from wherever and make wine. The secret was in the magical marketing. eStCru was the name. It was all a giant scam. Screwed a bunch of investors.

In fact, that was HOW they screwed the investors - they sold shares of a $30 million winery promising 200% returns, and the winery was only worth $50k. In fact, the winery valuation moved from a reported maximum of $50,000 to a range of $1 million–$5 million depending on the filing.

The $30 million valuation wasn't an error, it was part of the investment scam. Now they realize it has gotten them into hot water. But next, the shareholders will sue for fraud.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 07:23 PM (L6dcX)

237 On the other side of that coin, I'd like to see Anna Paulina Luna in something less than a bikini.
Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 06:29 PM (oqH4h)

I would disappoint her all night long.

Posted by: All niiiiiight loooong at April 21, 2026 07:23 PM (TbWk/)

238 I can't find an affiliation for the Baptist church in Minneapolis, but given the melanin content of everyone associated with the church, I'm guessing American Baptist Convention ( i.e, the same group that Dr. Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock's church belongs to. )

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:24 PM (eOFY+)

239 Some of you still don't get it. The Iranian people are going to finish this battle. The US and Israel are setting the battlefield so that they are not cannon fodder. Watch what happens in the areas well away from Tehran.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 07:24 PM (DIbRX)

240 Cease fire bad. Go back to bombing!

Posted by: Pawl at April 21, 2026 07:24 PM (vFG9F)

241 I think many are quite surprised how resilient the Iranian government has been, but you’re right, the Third Reich is a near perfect comparison. But while I’m critical of extending the ceasefire, I say the the counter blockade is a stroke of genius. Iran is losing over $500 million in revenue Per Day, and there’s no way they can hold up under that too much longer.
Posted by: Tom Servo at April 21, 2026 07:18 PM (Fmj+u)

***

Concur Tom. My other thought was the Stasi in E. Germany. They had even longer to seep into every level of society. Honecker was a truly evil piece of shit.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:24 PM (2WIwB)

242
And then we have this. Osseo was an outlying small town when I was growing up, lots of farms and white kids. How is this even legal???

-----------------------
Liz Collin

@lizcollin
🚨NEW: Osseo Schools has confirmed to
@AlphaNews
that its remodel project at Park Center Senior High includes a prayer room and that foot-washing stations are being added to Osseo Senior High School.

The district, located in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis, says the foot-washing plans “were included in updated plans after hearing from user groups on student needs.”

“This is undoubtedly for Muslim students only. I cannot understand how this can be happening in this era of no religion in schools,” the tipster said.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

243 NYC rapper finally hitting stride with new song is killed by stepson over weed

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:25 PM (/+uur)

244 I saw an X post of a European guy saying what he really noticed about the USA is most low level gubmint jobs employ entitled fat black ladies with really bad attitudes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at April 21, 2026 07:05 PM

Bro's been to the DMV then...

Posted by: Next window, I just went on break at April 21, 2026 07:25 PM (TbWk/)

245 Current VA results -
2026 Va. 1 - Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
21% of votes counted
choice votes pct
Yes
326,183 50.6%
No
317,937 49.4%
Updated
Apr 21, 2026, 7:25 PM

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (tOcjL)

246 Dood is still living in 1969 protesting Viet-nam.

This fifty year obsession has made him a brilliant military strategist and expert diplomatic negotiator.

That he's been wrong over and over again the past decade changes nothing in his mind; everybody is the Viet-Cong and Ho Chi Minh, and Ron Paul and Alex Jones were right about everything.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt)

247 >>> I say the the counter blockade is a stroke of genius.

>Trump is right. Take the oil.

Let the other food goods and supplies thru but, make the EU, the UN, NATO and arab states come to the diplomacy table and negotiate.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (Fbc0I)

248
Behind every woman ... no matter how hot ... is some old boy just tired of listening to her shit. All damn day.

That's a lesson.
Posted by: Yep at April 21, 2026 07:25 PM (S2mGF)

Sure, but I'd only want to be behind her for a few minutes...

Posted by: A regular marathon man I am at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (TbWk/)

249 >>So this is what you wanted today huh? You wanted Trump to give an extension to the deadline while getting nothing in return?

What I want, Pete, is for the guy I hired to do the job I hired him to do. He's earned my trust with how he has done his job with Venezuela, Cuba, China, the war in Ukraine, NATO and on and on. Things you don't talk about because you were wrong on those. And you will be wrong on this.

I have more patience than the average 5 year old, or you apparently.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

250 240 I can't find an affiliation for the Baptist church in Minneapolis, but given the melanin content of everyone associated with the church, I'm guessing American Baptist Convention ( i.e, the same group that Dr. Rev. Senator Raphael Warnock's church belongs to. )
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at April 21, 2026 07:24 PM (eOFY+)
----------
Yes, black church. Key giveaway is its location: North MPLS. Predominantly black.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 07:27 PM (kX27y)

251 The family of Celeste Rivas, the 14-year-old who was allegedly brutally murdered and dismembered by singer D4vd shared their heartbreak in their first words since his arrest.

The family of Celeste Rivas needs to be struck about the head and shoulders for 45 minutes.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:27 PM (/+uur)

252 243 I think many are quite surprised how resilient the Iranian government has been,
---Diogenes
_______

You know, if this surprised you, that's a hint that maybe you don't know what you're talking about. And it also provides a suggestion that you should listen to the people who have been right all along.

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (vMn3P)

253 Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (tOcjL)

ugh

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (GD0B3)

254 You'll pry this taco out of my cold dead hands!

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (I5fLw)

255 50K ain't enough except in a case where we have significant 5th column support and contacts. Otherwise it is a good start. We can get airheads/beachheads in several major cities but would need a lot more to finish it.
My thoughts:
The IRGC are like the Nazis except they had 47 years to control their society. The Nazi's only had 13. And they have nothing to lose. This is the ugly part. The Iranian people need are critical here. This war isn't done.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (2WIwB)

I think that all they need is a solid expansive beachhead, enough for a fort with a very wide cleared area all around, and then declare it conquered American territory.

Hold beach bikini luaus with roast pork and cold booze and frisbees flying and dogs running around, every. Single. Day. On (formerly) Iranian land. What are they going to do, just sit there and let that happen? The Russo-Ukrainian war has shown how brutal the new battlefield drone reality is for attackers -- and that's even without air supremacy, which we also have. Trump could also taunt them on social media every single day, putting them in a catch-22 of dying on offense or losing all legitimacy.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (Sy6m/)

256 "I've been told by my betters that it wasn't necessary to nuke Japan, we could have just blockaded it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

While I am not opposed to that option being used before sending in any troops, a good faith effort to spare innocent lives is not a bad thing.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (vFG9F)

257 It turned.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 21, 2026 07:29 PM (JTLUe)

258 American Society of Socialists PAC

Posted by: Ghost of Turbines past at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (jrgJz)

259 Trumps threats ? Are any serious?

Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (VYXF0)

260 There's always been much more demand for racism than supply.

I don't think the supply is zero, but if this is what was going on, it's closer to zero than I thought.
Posted by: mikeski at April 21, 2026 07:20 PM (VHUov)

Where it does exist, it is a bunch of losers and fools, and hardly a threat to anyone. Sorta like most of the democrat party.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (DwqWV)

261
Sorry, women sports announcers are hopeless. Voices are too high and every one is so damn earnest sounding. They take themselves way too seriously.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd)

262 Cafe is nood

Posted by: She Hobbit at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (ftFVW)

263

Where is the next Iranian "Trump"?

Posted by: pawn at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (CGX3Y)

264 256 Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:26 PM (tOcjL)

ugh
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (GD0B3)

Yeah, it's looking like a yes win b/c Fairfax has not reported...and again, this is the most pro-Fairfax thing ever run, so it's likely to be a landslide there...so, probably the 5-6 pt win coming...but maybe I'm wrong...

Posted by: Nova Local at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (tOcjL)

265

I have thought we need to bomb Iran but I know there are good people there.

It's a conundrum.

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 07:30 PM (3ek7K)

266 CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

267 I grew up ABA
Very disorganized Baptist
Poor churches and no central committee.
It seems to me the only purpose of the Central Church is to not preach, and Save, and Baptize.

Posted by: r hennigantx at April 21, 2026 07:31 PM (/+uur)

268 Yeah, it's looking like a yes win b/c Fairfax has not reported...and again, this is the most pro-Fairfax thing ever run, so it's likely to be a landslide there...so, probably the 5-6 pt win coming...but maybe I'm wrong...

==

R's are totally not invested in 2026...

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

269 >>That's the optics I'm talking about. He looks (momentarily) weak by treating their concerns as if they're valid.

Seriously, how in the fuck does he look weak? He's killed multiple levels of Iranian leadership, sunk their entire navy, hits targets within Iran at will, has the entire country blockaded and now he is sitting there with a million guns pointed at Iran watching them tear themselves apart over their next move.

He's even managed to expose NATO as a bunch of feckless turds and, I don't know why people choose to ignore this, has China on a string because their entire economy runs on Venezuelan and Iranian oil.

Do I care if he ends this today or next week? I do not. You know what Iran isn't doing today? Funding terror around the world. They are a non-entity.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 07:31 PM (viF8m)

270 255 243 I think many are quite surprised how resilient the Iranian government has been,
---Diogenes
_______

You know, if this surprised you, that's a hint that maybe you don't know what you're talking about. And it also provides a suggestion that you should listen to the people who have been right all along.
Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:28 PM (vMn3P)

***

Well, if you're going to quote someone, do it right, dumbass.
Ban hammer time Ace?
I've lived and worked in the region for years, in peace time and war, and have graduate degrees in Middle Eastern studies. I know exactly what I am talking about. So fu*k you.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (2WIwB)

271 252
He's earned my trust with how he has done his job with Venezuela, Cuba, China, the war in Ukraine, NATO and on and on
______

I actually was pleased with how Venezuela went. Cuba? China? I don't feel like we have an answer yet and I'm not sure what you think Trump did. Ukraine has involved broken promises. And I don't regard pissing on NATOs shoes then begging them to help to be a brilliant chess masterstroke.

I'm able to evaluate Trump on a case by case basis. And I'm not deceived by his purported negotiating skills. He's actually not a really good negotiator. He's just used to having the upper hand in the New York real estate market and he can push subcontractors around.

He's showing his weakness with Iran, which anyone who doesn't have TDRS (Trump Dick Riding Syndrome) can see

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (vMn3P)

272 Socking Ace, even tangentially, is not cool.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)

273 Park Center High School and Osseo High School, located in NW Minneapolis, are being remolded. The remodel includes Islamic prayer rooms and foot-washing stations.

Yeah, about that separation of church and state. Not so much for f'ing Muslims.

https://is.gd/cCN6nh

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (glnUu)

274 Who bitch dis is?

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

275 "Minnesota" is Native American for "third world shithole."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (ndZc7)

276 You don't want to be correct, or cogent, or even strategic.
You're only goal is to "be right all along," and end it with the flair: "See, if you only you'd listened to me, idiots!"

I wouldn't count on your obsessive-compulsive, stubborn, ass to organize a one car funeral.

All you do is come on here rooting for loss because it makes Trump look bad.
Asshole.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt)

277 ceasefire? And deny proud young men driving A10's the opportunity to martyr a goat molester?

Brrrrrrt!

Posted by: Ghost of Turbines past at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (jrgJz)

278 273
I've lived and worked in the region for years, in peace time and war, and have graduate degrees in Middle Eastern studies. I know exactly what I am talking about. So fu*k you.
Posted by: Diogenes
____

So with all your degrees and experience, how did you miss what I saw was coming? What was your first mistake?

Ace can't ban me. I've got Infinity VPN connections.

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (vMn3P)

279 JackStraw, text me when you get a chance.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 21, 2026 07:34 PM (DIbRX)

280 I've lived and worked in the region for years, in peace time and war, and have graduate degrees in Middle Eastern studies.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 07:32 PM

Did you ever attend the ~~camel~~ dromedary beauty pageant?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

281 198
If a CEO were to say his company's worth had fallen by 99.7% due to an "accounting error", he'd be locked up in a Federal prison on Attu.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd)

Can we please have a moratorium of y'all sending the worst to AK? Maybe we can send them to Delaware, or somewhere else that doesn't really exist.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:35 PM (DwqWV)

282 279
Posted by: SpeakingOf
_____

You know what I want? I want people here to stop the Trump dick-riding and consider that what looks like a bad move might just be a bad move, and not a brilliant queen sacrifice in seven dimensional chess.

But no one will because Trump is incapable of making a mistake around here

Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked at April 21, 2026 07:36 PM (vMn3P)

283 277 Who bitch dis is?
Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 07:33 PM (vFG9F)

Yeah, I'm not particularly impressed. But assholes are gonna asshole, I suppose.

Maybe we can find him some parked cars to chase?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (DwqWV)

284 Mexico WILL pay for the Great Wall

Posted by: Paul at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (VYXF0)

285 Savanah Hernandez is now history's greatest monster.

https://tinyurl.com/yzvbyt4d

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 21, 2026 07:37 PM (ndZc7)

286 Did anyone here ride Trump's dick? Didn't think so.

Clean it up, asshole. Or continue to be... a dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (DwqWV)

287 -
That's the optics I'm talking about. He looks (momentarily) weak by treating their concerns as if they're valid. None of their minds are going to be changed by magnanimous behavior on Trump's part, because he's making it less and less likely that Iran will ever be able to exterminate Israel, which they care about achieving more than the possibility of Iran using nukes against us.
Posted by: Methos
---

Don't know who he looks weak to but he's playing his hand well. He's a Yankee Manhattan Hunter at the moment starving his opponent to death.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:38 PM (YvvFZ)

288 Current VA results -
2026 Va. 1 - Congressional Redistricting Special General
Ballot Measure
AP logoestimates
21% of votes counted
choice votes pct
Yes
326,183 50.6%
No
317,937 49.4%
Updated
Apr 21, 2026, 7:25 PM
Posted by: Nova Local

Sweet.
Let's have poll -
Does the majority want to disenfranchise the minority?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (/lPRQ)

289 Seriously, how in the fuck does he look weak? He's killed multiple levels of Iranian leadership, sunk their entire navy, hits targets within Iran at will, has the entire country blockaded and now he is sitting there with a million guns pointed at Iran watching them tear themselves apart over their next move.
-
I am aware of all that. Which is why I'm talking about optics rather than the situation on the ground.

It looks like he's desperate for a deal *because* he's talking in a way that coincides with the critics who just want this all over with.

I expect that will be corrected when the airstrikes resume.

Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 07:40 PM (vSvIl)

290 _____

You know what I want? I want people here to stop the Trump dick-riding and consider that what looks like a bad move might just be a bad move, and not a brilliant queen sacrifice in seven dimensional chess.

But no one will because Trump is incapable of making a mistake around here
Posted by: Ace knows that Trump cucked
--

First you must wipe the shit off your face and clean it out of you nostrils. Then take a bath and clean up your room.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:42 PM (YvvFZ)

291
I expect that will be corrected when the airstrikes resume.
Posted by: Methos
---

Get away from those liberal magazines they are messing up your vision.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (YvvFZ)

292 First you must wipe the shit off your face and clean it out of you nostrils. Then take a bath and clean up your room.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:42 PM (YvvFZ)

And then go lay down by your dish.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 07:44 PM (DwqWV)

293 Fat that pushed little Savannah, I would have punished him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:45 PM (YvvFZ)

294 >>I want people here to stop the Trump dick-riding and consider that what looks like a bad move might just be a bad move

Re. Iran - How? How is it a bad move. What was lost? What was even at risk?

Surely you must think there are dire consequences to this Bad Move...
what are they?

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 07:46 PM (ytyaf)

295 Get away from those liberal magazines they are messing up your vision.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 07:43 PM (YvvFZ)

All the talk about making a deal seems to have convinced ace that he feels he needs a deal.

Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 07:50 PM (vSvIl)

296 He’s now “second guessing” living in the United States

Well. Bye.
(But where will he go? Ukraine or Iran? Yeah, I don't believe the Ukrainian-Iranian family bit. It's just too on.)

Posted by: GWB at April 21, 2026 10:32 PM (mdaV5)

297 "Small towns across Minnesota loathe @Tim_Walz,"

Given Walz history, he'll probably be visiting small towns in China.

Posted by: Pope John 20th at April 22, 2026 01:51 AM (7ZRgl)

Conservative Former DOJ Prosecutor Joe DiGenova Sworn In as Special Consultant to Investigate the Russiagate Conspiracy

Cry moar, NYT:

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead 'Grand Conspiracy' Case Into Trump Foes
A former lawyer for President Trump's campaign, Joseph diGenova, is said to be planning to split time between Miami and Fort Pierce, where a grand jury overseen by a Trump-favored judge sits.
By Charlie Savage and Alan Feuer
As a sprawling inquiry expands into whether former federal officials committed crimes in investigating President Trump, two unusual factors could ease the way toward securing the indictments he craves.
A former lawyer for Mr. Trump's campaign, Joseph diGenova, has been selected to lead the inquiry after a career prosecutor in Miami was removed from that post this week, a senior law enforcement official said on Saturday.
And at least part of the investigation appears to be using a grand jury based in Fort Pierce, Fla., overseen by a federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon, who issued rulings favorable to Mr. Trump during the classified documents case against him, the official added. Mr. diGenova is expected to split his time between Miami and Fort Pierce.
Together, the moves show how the Justice Department under Mr. Trump's control has been willing to embrace politically charged tactics and unorthodox personnel decisions in its efforts to satisfy his demands to prosecute his perceived foes -- even as other prosecutors loyal to him have encountered forceful pushback from courts against his wide-ranging retribution campaign.

And what are they investigating? That's right, whether Democrat officials created a color change operation to remove a sitting president of the United States.

Mr. diGenova, 81, who served as a U.S. attorney in the Reagan era, has been given the title of counselor to the attorney general and detailed to the Southern District of Florida, where the U.S. attorney, Jason A. Reding Quiñones, another Trump loyalist, is supervising the inquiry.
Mr. diGenova's appointment comes after Maria Medetis Long, a senior career prosecutor in Miami who had been in charge of the investigation, was abruptly removed from the case. Ms. Medetis Long, who leads national security investigations for Mr. Quiñones's office, is said to have objected to moving forward with a portion of the inquiry focused on John O. Brennan, the former C.I.A. director.
The law enforcement official familiar with the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive internal issue.
Because Judge Cannon is the only federal jurist in the Fort Pierce courthouse, she could be in a position to make critical decisions if Mr. diGenova uses the grand jury there to subpoena documents or witness testimony and the recipients balk, asking her to quash the demands.
Judge Cannon was criticized by an appeals court in 2022 after she effectively stalled the investigation into Mr. Trump's mishandling of classified documents by appointing a so-called special master to sort through reams of materials seized from Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida. Later, Mr. Trump praised her lavishly, calling her "strong" and "brilliant," after she tossed out the indictment altogether, ruling that Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed the charges, had been improperly appointed.

Why did Trump have to reach outside the current DOJ corps of prosecutors?

Because Obama, and then Biden, purged every single older, experienced conservative prosecutor from the DOJ.

Bringing diGenova in for that role confirms something that I've long believed about the 2020s version of the Department of Justice -- the near complete purging of DOJ of anyone remotely resembling me between 2009 and 2025 has left the Department without a contingent of gray haired and/or balding older folks with conservative political views AND the experience and skill set needed to methodically piece together a very large jigsaw puzzle of evidence that involves dozens of primary players, hundreds of locations, and lasting over a decade in time. The exercise requires patience and a willingness to backtrack and go a different direction whenever you encounter an evidentiary dead-end. It does not lend itself to "head down bull-in-a-china-shop" youthful enthusiasm.
One thing I learned in handling 90+ cases involving January 6 defendants is that the roster of AUSAs across the country who I encountered looked nothing like me in my last 10 years with DOJ -- from age 42 to 52. The number of J6 cases prosecuted by DOJ was so large that the AUSAs working in the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office were unable to handle them all. The Biden DOJ put out a "tasking" to all U.S. Attorneys' Offices across the country to designate a certain number of AUSAs from their offices to be assigned to handle J6 cases. I personally handled cases that had AUSAs assigned to them who worked in Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Mexico, Chicago, New York, Boston, and Tampa -- just as a sample.
The majority were women from their late 20s to their late 30s. To the extent I was able to discern their "politics" through conversation or taking the time to learn more about them online, they were uniformly liberal progressives -- not a single exception that I can recall.
Similarly, the male AUSAs I encountered -- with only 1-2 exceptions who were well into their 40s -- were pretty obviously liberal progressives.
I do not recall a single encounter -- across 90+ cases -- where the AUSA ever let on or suggested any kind of political "alignment" with the January 6 defendants as a group. I don't mean comments that might have excused the conduct or criticized the Biden Admin. approach to the prosecutions -- I don't recall a single comment that could have been construed as suggesting the AUSA was a Republican who supported Pres. Trump during his time in office in his first term.

diGenova was sued after he said publicly that a former Trump administration official who didn�t back the election lies �should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot."

The official sued him and diGenova was forced to apologize.

So: an �ber-loyalist. https://t.co/oWbMQdA3kq
— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) April 20, 2026

Jake Tapper has faithfully amplified every Democrat party hoax imaginable.

Here he is propagating the Russia Hoax on behalf of his preferred political party.

So: An �ber-loyalist. https://t.co/DOlBoSWQ7U pic.twitter.com/0esFKz787Q
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 20, 2026

"Election lies," Jakey?

Remember, this guy wrote a book called The Plot to Steal the Presidency -- about Bush's theft of Al Gore's presidency -- but has since then piously instructed us that one should never, ever say a presidency was stolen.

But US intelligence warned in 2020 that our election system was wide open to foreign compromise.

Months before the 2020 presidential election, U.S. intelligence issued a secret but stark warning that foreign adversaries had the capability to "compromise" America's voting infrastructure and raised specific concerns about the vulnerability of voter registration databases that later would be penetrated by China and Iran, a newly declassified memo obtained by Just the News shows.
The National Intelligence Council's (NIC) concerns were so extensive that officials personally briefed President Donald Trump at the White House in February 2020, according to photos obtained by Just the News showing top CIA, FBI and Homeland Security officials joining with NIC analysts to inform the president.
But the American public was never fully alerted, even after evidence emerged that China had gained access to voter registration data in multiple states and had even sent fake driver's licenses to the United States in a bid to help Joe Biden win the election, officials said.
"We judge that US adversaries, including, at a minimum, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as non-state groups, have the capability to compromise US election infrastructure for the 2020 presidential election," the NIC wrote in the memo dated Jan. 15, 2020.
"Adversaries gaining access to US election-related systems could disrupt the voting process, steal sensitive data, or undermine confidence in the election results, but we do not know whether any of them have specific plans to manipulate election-related systems," the memo added.
The document was recently declassified by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who continues to expose examples of the intelligence community suppressing or misusing intelligence.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 I shall go fetch the others.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 21, 2026 05:21 PM (O7YUW)

2 Tapper is a POS

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:23 PM (K88SD)

3
Together, the moves show how the Justice Department under Mr. Trump's control has been willing to embrace politically charged tactics and unorthodox personnel decisions in its efforts to satisfy his demands to prosecute his perceived foes -- even as other prosecutors loyal to him have encountered forceful pushback from courts against his wide-ranging retribution campaign.

I learned it from you, Dad.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 05:23 PM (Cqx++)

4 26th, or something

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at April 21, 2026 05:25 PM (iNp3L)

5 Hopefully this goes somewhere

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

6 The US will have a difficult time until the traitors among us are dealt with.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 21, 2026 05:25 PM (3Ope8)

7 Not all foreign election interference is born equal.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:26 PM (ikSmX)

8 Good.

He and his wife were targeted -- and probably spied on -- by the Deep State Traitors' lawfare operation, and had to spend something like $1 million or more to defend themselves.

MOAR FURIOUS ANGER please ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:27 PM (xU6sC)

9 6 The US will have a difficult time until the traitors among us are dealt with.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at April 21, 2026 05:25 PM (3Ope

I want to see some Perp walking..... Paybacks a bitch...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:27 PM (K88SD)

10
Joe DiGenova has been spitting nails over the illegal anti-Trump schemes for years. Let's hope he gets to finally put someone behind bars. Or at least put them on trial.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 05:27 PM (n7rxJ)

11 Mr. diGenova, 81
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Mazel!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (RIvkX)

12 I've been riding with a gal whose politics are liberal. But we both agree that the FNM is terrible and there is no reason to tune into them.

I'm always a bit surprised when someone with a grown up value system who works and takes care of life stuff instead of being an infantile twit is liberal. I don't get voting for people who want to raise your taxes to subsidize people who choose to be layabouts.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (MwMIW)

13 And what are they investigating? That's right, whether Democrat officials created a color change operation to remove a sitting president of the United States.

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We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)

14

I am getting tired of the term, "false claim".

Good one for forcing the listener into prejudice while being able to piously claim "impartiality"
I swear anyone who does that sort of logical and rhetorical malpractice should be drawn and quartered.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (rbvCR)

15 Jake Tapper is such a dillhole.

You know what, let's accuse the President of working with the Democrats. I'm lighting my hair on fire right now!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (Fbc0I)

16 Only in lib media is it weaponizing the justice system to prosecute misconduct where the justice system was weaponized against a sitting president on increasingly obvious bogus grounds.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:29 PM (ikSmX)

17 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)

Purple. It was Purple. SEIU Purple.

That color got chosen in 2005

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:29 PM (rbvCR)

18 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
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Soon it shall be the Color Out Of Space.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:30 PM (ikSmX)

19 Not all foreign election interference is born equal.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:26 PM (ikSmX)

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"Foreign Election interference never happens here, and it's good that it does, h8r!"

/In my lifetime at least, it goes all the way back to The Treasonous Clintons and Algore -- and probably even further.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:30 PM (xU6sC)

20 my comment from the previous thread will serve nicely for this one, too:

"28 every single aspect of the demonrat party is a criminal conspiracy.

RICO them, every one, right down to the individual voters who are aiding and abetting the crimes. as convicted felons they can no longer vote, no need to imprison everyone."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2026 05:31 PM (VyBeY)

21
Obama, and then Biden, purged every single older, experienced conservative prosecutor from the DOJ.

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Can Todd Blanche rehire them?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 05:31 PM (n7rxJ)

22 The J6 prisoners were persecuted, not prosecuted.

Posted by: pookysgirl, always an English major at April 21, 2026 05:33 PM (Wt5PA)

23 It is, of course, more humane to quarter first and draw later. However it is harder to show the condemned his own entrails that way.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:33 PM (rbvCR)

24 "Conservative Former DOJ Prosecutor Joe DiGenova Sworn In as Special Consultant to Investigate the Russiagate Conspiracy"

Why? Nothing is going to happen so why waste time, effort and money on doing this?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 21, 2026 05:33 PM (0N4FZ)

25 The justice system, and the IRS, etc are weaponized on anyone who opposes the commiecrat machine when the Dems have any power. I remember hearing some of the hell they put the family of the gal that founded True the Vote through, and of course the J6 protestors who had the temerity to want congress to say "we need an audit of one of these hinky looking vote counts" before we approve the electoral counts.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 21, 2026 05:33 PM (MwMIW)

26 DiGenova is Italian for Nothing Will Happen.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 21, 2026 05:34 PM (wBaIH)

27 The left: Anyone that claims that the 2020 election wasn't perfectly clear, honest and transparent is a NAZI science denying Russian bot who hates America. Our elections can't be hacked, stolen, or modified and that's a proven fact.

Also the left: The elections of 1980, 2000, 2004, 2016, and 2024 were all blatantly stolen

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 21, 2026 05:35 PM (sKqQm)

28 The J6 prisoners were persecuted, not prosecuted.

Posted by: pookysgirl, always an English major at April 21, 2026 05:33 PM (Wt5PA)
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Truth.

They totally cooked the DC venue.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:35 PM (ikSmX)

29 26 DiGenova is Italian for Nothing Will Happen.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at April 21, 2026 05:34 PM (wBaIH)

Not so sure about that, however the person he replaced was making sure nothing was gonna happen

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:35 PM (K88SD)

30 Our chief problem is vote fraud. Vote fraud and corruption.
Our *two+ problems are vote fraud and corruption, corruption and vote fraud... and migrants.

Our *three* problems are vote fraud, corruption, and migrants, .... and an almost fanatical dedication to the pope.

Amongst our problemry,.....

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 21, 2026 05:36 PM (53GQo)

31 Ass-Tapper is more like it.

Posted by: Dawn LeMawn at April 21, 2026 05:36 PM (TezPK)

32 in the 2000's at least.

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:36 PM (rbvCR)

33 If diGenova was a California lawyer, the California Bar would disbar him like they did to lawyer Eastman.
California Bar is in a state of rebellion against these United States. According to the California Bar, you have no right to defend the bad orange man.
Im really surprised no other Bar associations have come to Eastman's defense and given him shelter so he can make a living in their state.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:37 PM (Pl1+s)

34 I would like to see who are the "cooperating witnesses" who are testifying in Florida. Brennan was not liked by pretty much anyone in the CIA. That convict Kireakou has made it clear what a scumbag Brennan is and I'm willing to bet he'll get hung out to dry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 05:38 PM (gu0hJ)

35 Im really surprised no other Bar associations have come to Eastman's defense and given him shelter so he can make a living in their state.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:37 PM (Pl1+s)

The Bar association is commie no matter what State they are in...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:39 PM (K88SD)

36
So many investigations
so few results

Let's watch hockey instead!

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 05:39 PM (ZxPkt)

37 35, exactly! one of the first institutions marched through.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2026 05:40 PM (VyBeY)

38 The document was recently declassified by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who continues to expose examples of the intelligence community suppressing or misusing intelligence.

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This is why the Deep State is running public media PsyOps against Tulsi and trying to get her ousted as DNI.

She's a threat ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:40 PM (xU6sC)

39 ‘after a career prosecutor in Miami was removed from that post this week’

‘Career prosecutor’ … LOLGF. Whenever you hear a commie media asswipe rag use that term, you know it’s some deepstate saboteur hack.

Same when they use the term ‘expert’

Posted by: Elric the Blade at April 21, 2026 05:40 PM (17f5q)

40 >>> they did this, of course, to expose their colleagues to danger and menace, in hopes they would buckle and change the decision to match what the violent leftist mobs and assassins demanded.

Ludicrous!!! There are politics in any Court !

- Chief SCROTUS Nazgul Roberts

>>> ...a grand jury overseen by a Trump-favored judge sits.

Politically favored judges are unacceptable !

- Chief SCROTUS Nazgul Roberts

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 05:40 PM (/lPRQ)

41 U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead 'Grand Conspiracy' Case Into Trump Foes

But no story is newsworthy when it's a judge who hates Trump not recusing himself and finding Trump guilty of a fake made-up crime in NY...

Obama and Biden officials and judges doing bad things = "Grand Conspiracy"...

Posted by: Tuq'r Qatarson at April 21, 2026 05:41 PM (ynpvh)

42 HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 05:41 PM (CNl8/)

43
Y'know, there was way lots of things that I did not like about J'Blowme, O'Bumbles, and Billy Jeff the Arkansas Horndog.

But there was one area where they blew me away with their courage -- their steadfast and strongly expressed refusal NOT to populate their administrations with loyalists. It was freaking awesome!

It also never happened.

Posted by: Krebs 'v' Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at April 21, 2026 05:43 PM (xG4kz)

44 This is why the Deep State is running public media PsyOps against Tulsi and trying to get her ousted as DNI.

She's a threat ...
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:40 PM (xU6sC)

as is Bondi, as is Hegseth, as is Vance, and so on

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:43 PM (rbvCR)

45 What they are actually investigating is a decade long conspiracy to deprive Trump of his rights. Everything from the Russia hoax up to and likely through the 2024 election is part of the conspiracy. That's why the grand jury is in the Southern District of Florida, the raid of Mar A Lago is part of the conspiracy.

I've been saying this since last Fall.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (viF8m)

46 Geez, sock off, dammit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (ynpvh)

47 The majority were women from their late 20s to their late 30s they were uniformly liberal progressives

***********

American women, once again being insufferable ruthless despotic karenbots???

Nooooo

I shan’t believe it

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (REq0p)

48 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
*****
There's ultraviolet and infared.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Pl1+s)

49 >>as is Bondi, as is Hegseth, as is Vance, and so on

Have you heard Kash is a drunken maniac?

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:45 PM (viF8m)

50 48 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
*****
There's ultraviolet and infared.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Pl1+s)

They've gone to plaid !

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:45 PM (K88SD)

51 >>> Judge Cannon was criticized by an appeals court in 2022 after she effectively stalled the investigation into Mr. Trump's mishandling of classified documents....

Shouldn't that be President Trump, the individual through which all Federal Executive power through which 'classification' flows?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 05:45 PM (/lPRQ)

52 If dicks had wheels, Fake Jake's mouth would be a freeway.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

53 They raided Mar a lago hoping to provoke a gunfight.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Pl1+s)

54 Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump, so wouldn't this violate Eastman's and Trump's civil rights, and if so, wouldn't this open the people who worked to disbar Eastman to being prosecuted for civil rights violations?

I know that this won't happen if it is possible to do, but if it is possible to do, I would love to see this happen.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (c4pSx)

55 Im really surprised no other Bar associations have come to Eastman's defense and given him shelter so he can make a living in their state.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:37 PM (Pl1+s)

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IIRC, back before escaping Califzuela 13 years ago and living in Orange County, Eastman was teaching law (perhaps part-time?) at Chapman College. Not sure if he's still affiliated with them (hmmm, I see it's been renamed to Chapman University since).

* does search *

"He retired from his position as a law professor at the Chapman University Fowler School of Law in January 2021,"

Trump should have hired him in some capacity, perhaps at DOJ.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:47 PM (xU6sC)

56 Eastman is taking his case to the Supreme Court where I bet he wins.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

57 Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump, so wouldn't this violate Eastman's and Trump's civil rights, and if so, wouldn't this open the people who worked to disbar Eastman to being prosecuted for civil rights violations?

I know that this won't happen if it is possible to do, but if it is possible to do, I would love to see this happen.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (c4pSx)

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+1

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:50 PM (xU6sC)

58 Eastman is taking his case to the Supreme Court where I bet he wins.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

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Excellent and agreed!

Thanks, was not aware of that ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:51 PM (xU6sC)

59 Trump should hire the Hillary Clinton to investigate Russiagate!
-Jake Tapper

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 05:52 PM (bss/y)

60 ...two unusual factors could ease the way toward securing the indictments he craves.

That's not reporting. That's Communist Democrat Propaganda. Has the NYT reported making campaign contributions to the Democrats?

Freedom of the Press my ass. Not when the entire fucking apparatus is communist controlled. FFS!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 05:52 PM (C4BAC)

61 >>Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump

He was disbarred entirely because he worked for Trump and gave him legal advice, which wasn't used, about the 2020 election.

Anyone who tried to expose the corruption in the 2020 election was harmed in some way including all the J6 protestors.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)

62 Bringing diGenova in for that role confirms something that I've long believed about the 2020s version of the Department of Justice -- the near complete purging of DOJ of anyone remotely resembling me between 2009 and 2025 has left the Department without a contingent of gray haired and/or balding older folks with conservative political views AND the experience and skill set needed...

Now consider the Pentagon...

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 05:52 PM (2WIwB)

63 52 If dicks had wheels, Fake Jake's mouth would be a freeway.
Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (oqH4h)

More a two car garage.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 05:53 PM (bss/y)

64 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
*****
There's ultraviolet and infared.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Pl1+s)
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Puce. Chartreuse. Viridian.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 21, 2026 05:54 PM (xvhJH)

65 California Bar is in a state of rebellion against these United States. According to the California Bar, you have no right to defend the bad orange man.
Im really surprised no other Bar associations have come to Eastman's defense and given him shelter so he can make a living in their state.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:37 PM (Pl1+s)

The CA Bar is in a state of rebellion, you say? I say, they, and many others in CA besides.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 21, 2026 05:54 PM (T6aVk)

66 How come they never say Democrat Loyalist Judge ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:56 PM (K88SD)

67 61 >>Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump

He was disbarred entirely because he worked for Trump and gave him legal advice, which wasn't used, about the 2020 election.

Anyone who tried to expose the corruption in the 2020 election was harmed in some way including all the J6 protestors.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)

********

I appreciate the correction. I have difficulties keeping up with all the facts of all the various scandals that the Dems have inflicted upon us, unfortunately. There are just too many of them to keep track of.

What I'd like to know is would it be possible to prosecute these people in the California Bar Association for civil rights violations in this case? I really want to see these people on the left go to jail when they engage in this sort of behavior.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (c4pSx)

68 53 They raided Mar a lago hoping to provoke a gunfight.

Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (Pl1+s)

Kevin Clinesmith: Purposely changed a "Yes, FBI informant" to "NO", lied about it, and got a slap on the hand, community service, and gets to keep his law license.

John Eastman advised Trump regarding election matters and options (none illegal) and was disbarred by the ABA in California for representing Orange Man Bad...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (ynpvh)

69 >>@TheJusticeDept
·
21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

70 >>> Judge Cannon was criticized by an appeals court in 2022 after she effectively stalled the investigation into Mr. Trump's mishandling of classified documents....

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Uhm, no. Wrong again!

Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Jack Smith was improperly appointed as special counsel because he was NOT a DOJ employee, as required by the Special Counsel Law when appointed -- he was working at The Hague

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (xU6sC)

71 Nothing will happen. No one will get arrested. No perp walks. No jail time.

No tar and feathers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (W2Pud)

72 21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

white supremacist groups ?

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (K88SD)

73 I could imagine a book where California decides to separate from the Union, then a few other states join ghis new Confederacy

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

74 Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump, so wouldn't this violate Eastman's and Trump's civil rights, and if so, wouldn't this open the people who worked to disbar Eastman to being prosecuted for civil rights violations?

I know that this won't happen if it is possible to do, but if it is possible to do, I would love to see this happen.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (c4pSx)

*slaps.sap into palm*
I know something possible to do...

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (2WIwB)

75 should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.

Then court martialed and sent to the Russian Front!

Posted by: General Burkhalter at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (wVcYX)

76 73 I could imagine a book where California decides to separate from the Union, then a few other states join ghis new Confederacy

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

The Ghey Confederation of States?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (ynpvh)

77 >>> diGenova was sued after he said publicly that a former Trump administration official who didn’t back the election lies “should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot."

Other than diGenova is a very very bad person, I have no idea the context of his partial quote or these alleged election lies that Tapper connects to him.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (/lPRQ)

78 >>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

white supremacist groups ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (K88SD)

***

They pay them off. Keeps the SPLC in business.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)

79 75 should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.

Then court martialed and sent to the Russian Front!
Posted by: General Burkhalter at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (wVcYX)

Followed by the Foreign Legion...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 06:00 PM (K88SD)

80 74 Eastman was disbarred in part because he worked as a lawyer for Trump, so wouldn't this violate Eastman's and Trump's civil rights, and if so, wouldn't this open the people who worked to disbar Eastman to being prosecuted for civil rights violations?

I know that this won't happen if it is possible to do, but if it is possible to do, I would love to see this happen.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at April 21, 2026 05:46 PM (c4pSx)

*slaps.sap into palm*
I know something possible to do...

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 05:59 PM (2WIwB)

The entire ABA (American Bar Association) needs to be sewn up in an overside jute bag filled with rocks and dropped into the Marianas Trench...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:01 PM (ynpvh)

81 72 21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

white supremacist groups ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (K88SD)

Well that's a twist I was not expecting.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at April 21, 2026 06:01 PM (qivay)

82 >>@TheJusticeDept
·
21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

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That's odd since they always defamed every conservative and conservative organization as a neo-Nazi white supremacist.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:01 PM (xU6sC)

83 They raided Mar a lago hoping to provoke a gunfight.
Posted by: torabora

It was nothing more than an over glorified Pantie Raid.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)

84 John Eastman advised Trump regarding election matters and options (none illegal) and was disbarred by the ABA in California for representing Orange Man Bad...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (ynpvh)

To me that's grounds for dis-barring the entire fucking ABA! FFS! Whatever happened to HUAC? It's time to bring it back although first we'll have to define what being an American means. FFS again. We've been overrun and I'm starting to think the Sampson solution is going to be the only recourse.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 06:02 PM (C4BAC)

85 Nothing will happen. No one will get arrested. No perp walks. No jail time.

From the people ... south of San Francisco ... who literally wanted to give me an up-talk because I ordered a fucking Taco at the food truck ? With a Southern Accent ?

That's Southern California. To Hell with Southern California.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 06:02 PM (S2mGF)

86 >>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

white supremacist groups ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (K88SD)

***

They pay them off. Keeps the SPLC in business.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:00 PM (2WIwB)

It's a write-off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at April 21, 2026 06:02 PM (wVcYX)

87 I could imagine a book where California decides to separate from the Union, then a few other states join ghis new Confederacy
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (Ia/+0)

From the Canadian border south to LA. Make I-5 the new border. Everything west of that is New Commie Land.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

88 pretty sure fox banned Joe and his wife from being on the air...what will they do now?

Posted by: zigggggy at April 21, 2026 06:03 PM (EDeJ/)

89 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 06:03 PM (4NO2D)

90 "That's right, whether Democrat officials created a color change operation to remove a sitting president of the United States."

Okay, we had an impeachment, spent tens of millions of $, and what exactly the fuck was the result of the Russia collusion investigation?

Zip. Nothing. Literally nothing. Not a single person went to jail or was tried for any offence related to Russian collusion. 13 Russians were indicted for hacking and leaking DNC e-mails. Trump's lawyer plead guilty to trumped up charges. some tax evasion and bank fraud bullshit. Loads of people being prosecuted for making false statements.

Hence it seems fair to ask, was there ever, anything, whatsoever, to this investigation? Or was it politically motivated? That seems kinda sorta important.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 06:03 PM (L6dcX)

91 Just catching up after a full day. I'd be nice if 'Nothing Would Happen' guy was wrong this time.

I was a good member of the Horde today. People were happy.

I'm thinking of rewarding myself with a 'President Trump destroyed a terrorist supporting 'civilization' today and all I got was this lousy t-shirt" t-shirt.

Being in Canada, it would be more of an indoor only garment.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:04 PM (Sco7b)

92 >>That's odd since they always defamed every conservative and conservative organization as a neo-Nazi white supremacist.

If your boggyman doesn't exist, create him. Get donations and build narratives.

Under Biden we were constantly told that white supremacist groups were the biggest threat to America. I couldn't name you a white supremacist organization operating in the US in any numbers if you paid me and SPLC bribe.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

93 83 They raided Mar a lago hoping to provoke a gunfight.
Posted by: torabora

It was nothing more than an over glorified Pantie Raid.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:01 PM (/lPRQ)

These Cherry Pan-ties are so good!
https://youtu.be/ZJcv5qp2qXs&t=52s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:04 PM (ynpvh)

94 Funny how terrible "loyalty" is for just one side of the aisle.

Dems never have to worry about this, they are always on the same page. Nobody ever goes rogue.

Posted by: Leupold at April 21, 2026 06:04 PM (eIzlH)

95 If you do not subscribe to Matt Taibbi's substack, you should. He has a piece out today about a NYT opinion piece written by a Yale professor Moyn, entitled "Old People Suck And We Should Take All Their Stuff"

Moyn cites the example of apes and chimpanzees who establish hierarchies based on “brute strength, and therefore physical vitality” and can “marginalize faltering alpha males” who then “sometimes go into exile, which means death.”

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 06:05 PM (m2lIk)

96 HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM

I was not expecting this.

Posted by: The Spanish Inquisition at April 21, 2026 06:05 PM (4NO2D)

97 Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Let me guess - if they didn't pay these groups to exist, they would evaporate, and so would the reason for the SPLC to exist.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 06:05 PM (L6dcX)

98 92 >>That's odd since they always defamed every conservative and conservative organization as a neo-Nazi white supremacist.

If your boggyman doesn't exist, create him. Get donations and build narratives.

Under Biden we were constantly told that white supremacist groups were the biggest threat to America. I couldn't name you a white supremacist organization operating in the US in any numbers if you paid me and SPLC bribe.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:04 PM (viF8m)

Just like how racist was basically almost non-existent, and Obama stirred it up. Government and similar organizations don't exist to fix problems, they exist to get MONEY to fake fixing problems.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:06 PM (ynpvh)

99 the leftist demand for white supremacists greatly outstrips the supply.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2026 06:06 PM (VyBeY)

100 "And at least part of the investigation appears to be using a grand jury based in Fort Pierce, Fla., overseen by a federal judge, Aileen M. Cannon, who issued rulings favorable to Mr. Trump, BECAUSE SHE BASED HER DECISIONS ON THE LAW RATHER THAN THE 'ORANGE MAN BAD' STANDARD FAVORED BY MANY OF HER COLLEAGUES, during the classified documents case against him, the official added."

I might have added a few words to help clarify things for the reader.

Posted by: tankdemon at April 21, 2026 06:06 PM (PjoYe)

101 "Old People Suck And We Should Take All Their Stuff"

I'm thinking of running on that platform in fact. Property taxes are good, Social Security should be means tested and both should kick in at 70 or higher.

Posted by: gKWVE at April 21, 2026 06:06 PM (gKWVE)

102 21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Oh those clever SPLC lawyers. Lets fund some white supremacist groups to make sure we have some reason to keep existing.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (MwMIW)

103 Let me guess - if they didn't pay these groups to exist, they would evaporate, and so would the reason for the SPLC to exist.
Posted by: The Whine Guy

How could you, at such a young age, be so very cynical?

Posted by: MkY at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (q6tQZ)

104 The left handled Trump Russian-style: find a crime and make it fit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (ynpvh)

105 Oh those clever SPLC lawyers. Lets fund some white supremacist groups to make sure we have some reason to keep existing.
Posted by: PaleRider at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (MwMIW)

They'll always have the Jooooos...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (K88SD)

106 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
*****
There's ultraviolet and infared.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Pl1+s)
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Puce. Chartreuse. Viridian.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 21, 2026 05:54 PM

Given the level of Democrat ghey, I propose lavender and fuschia.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (Wnv9h)

107 102 21m
>>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.

Oh those clever SPLC lawyers. Lets fund some white supremacist groups to make sure we have some reason to keep existing.

Posted by: PaleRider at April 21, 2026 06:07 PM (MwMIW)

funding REAL white supremacist groups while at the same time smearing conservative groups as being white supremacist...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (ynpvh)

108 Funnel $3m in cash to white supremacist groups and get $10m in donations to fight said groups. Good business model. Also fraud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (gu0hJ)

109 Any of you Gen gender confused touch my stuff and I'll kill ya.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (viF8m)

110 SPLC: " We infiltrated these groups. Then found out they were having money troubles, so to ingratiate our informants with them, we gave them a bunch of donations."

Let me guess - SPLC has been keeping hate groups alive with donations for years.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 06:09 PM (L6dcX)

111 106 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)
*****
There's ultraviolet and infared.
Posted by: torabora at April 21, 2026 05:44 PM (Pl1+s)
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Puce. Chartreuse. Viridian.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 21, 2026 05:54 PM

Given the level of Democrat ghey, I propose lavender and fuschia.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (Wnv9h)

Puce. Because it's one letter off from Puke...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:09 PM (ynpvh)

112 >SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
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I imagine there is an acute shortage of actual white supremacist and extremist groups, so the SPLC has to create them in order to stay in business

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 06:09 PM (ZxPkt)

113 ...Hence it seems fair to ask, was there ever, anything, whatsoever, to this investigation? Or was it politically motivated? That seems kinda sorta important.

Conspiring to overthrow the duly elected government of the United States seems kind of important to me. Starting with the current occupant of the White House (Obama) who ok'd it. And there shouldn't be a Statute of Limitations on that.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 06:10 PM (C4BAC)

114 From the Canadian border south to LA. Make I-5 the new border. Everything west of that is New Commie Land.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 21, 2026 06:02 PM (2WIwB)

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Throughout Trump's first term I was (half-jokingly) advocating here for Trump to build a Big Beautiful Wall around Califzuela.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:10 PM (xU6sC)

115 Given the level of Democrat ghey, I propose lavender and fuschia.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:08 PM (Wnv9h)
Unfamiliar with these shades.

Posted by: Eromero at April 21, 2026 06:11 PM (LHPAg)

116 I didn't know that being a white supremacist paid so well.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 06:11 PM (CNl8/)

117 Tousi says Iran rejected the deal... Cease fire is off.... We shall see...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 06:11 PM (K88SD)

118 Puce. Because it's one letter off from Puke...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 21, 2026 06:09 PM

We'll allow it.

- The judges

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 21, 2026 06:11 PM (Wnv9h)

119 The forests of Chappaqua echo with gleeful cackling.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 21, 2026 06:12 PM (wVcYX)

120 >>And there shouldn't be a Statute of Limitations on that.

Every single action against Trump since 2016 and the Russia hoax is part of a conspiracy to deprive him of his rights. That conspiracy continued at least until the 2024 election.

The statute of limitation for a conspiracy starts after the last overt act of the conspiracy. All of it is fair game.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

121 The Mara Lago raid was their biggest tactical mistake as it allows indictments to be brought outside of DC.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (u73oe)

122 Acting AG Todd Blanche: "The SPLC was not dismantling these groups. It was instead manufacturing the extremism it purports to oppose by paying sources to stoke racial hatred."

Look at all these white supremacists. We need you to send more money!

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (CNl8/)

123 111 106 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC

I think it would be most efficient if we skipped color names and just moved to the computer color numbering system.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

124 95 If you do not subscribe to Matt Taibbi's substack, you should. He has a piece out today about a NYT opinion piece written by a Yale professor Moyn, entitled "Old People Suck And We Should Take All Their Stuff"

Moyn cites the example of apes and chimpanzees who establish hierarchies based on “brute strength, and therefore physical vitality” and can “marginalize faltering alpha males” who then “sometimes go into exile, which means death.”
Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 06:05 PM (m2lIk)
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Yeah, I'm sure this Yale prof is born-again hard and just drips with Alpha Male Energy and pure, unbridled testosterone and would just LOVE to live by the law of the jungle. /s

Yet another example of how the left is a suicidal death cult that has lost all sense of self-preservation.

Or, to quote a meme: Your terms are acceptable.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 06:14 PM (oqH4h)

125 Fiat justitia ruat caelum

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 06:03 PM (4NO2D)

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"Let justice be done though the heavens fall."

I was told there'd me no Latin!

/Had to look that one up (I wish I'd learned and studied Latin; new a kid in college who did and could pretty much derive the meanings of any new words he encountered).

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:14 PM (xU6sC)

126 *KNEW a kid in college ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:15 PM (xU6sC)

127 Wait.

I’m west of I-5

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 06:16 PM (W2Pud)

128 How come they never say Democrat Loyalist Judge ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It's the baseline.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:17 PM (/lPRQ)

129 Wait.

I’m west of I-5

Move 200 miles east.
(No, I know you won't.)

Posted by: MkY at April 21, 2026 06:17 PM (q6tQZ)

130 How come they never say Democrat Loyalist Judge ?
Posted by: It's me donna

It's the baseline.
[missed the final]

Which is implied every time they refer to a judge as not being a Progtarded Bot.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:18 PM (/lPRQ)

131 I think it would be most efficient if we skipped color names and just moved to the computer color numbering system.
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)
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Pantone numbers would work fine and be less complicated than hex.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 06:18 PM (oqH4h)

132 I have a friend who swears by DiGenova. He'll be delighted. (I like what I've seen, too.)

Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 06:19 PM (AlhUl)

133 I think it would be most efficient if we skipped color names and just moved to the computer color numbering system.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)

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Funny.

In my early software development career, I (and most of my colleagues) could read and interpret hex values as ASCII characters.

Brings back memories of analyzing "memory dumps" ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:19 PM (xU6sC)

134

Which agency is the Census bureau with?

Posted by: four seasons at April 21, 2026 06:19 PM (3ek7K)

135 17 We're running out of colors for all these Deep State color revolutions.
Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:28 PM (xU6sC)

Purple. It was Purple. SEIU Purple.

That color got chosen in 2005
Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:29 PM (rbvCR)

Black was the color in the name of the formal movement organizations (BLM), black was the color in the name of the street thug tactical style (black bloc), and black was the color that (some) people changed their social media avatars to a solid square of. It was a (nominal) Black Revolution, albeit run by CIA honkies, and its "success" was a mere four-year delay of Trump's second term. So, it failed.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 06:19 PM (Sy6m/)

136 the tucker/ brother stuff about trunk being an israelist disappeared. does that happen often?

Posted by: cmeat at April 21, 2026 06:20 PM (R11M+)

137 the tucker/ brother stuff about trunk being an israelist disappeared. does that happen often?

Posted by: cmeat at April 21, 2026 06:20 PM (R11M+)

They're attacking Eddie Trunk now?

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 06:21 PM (CNl8/)

138 my bad, it's buried in the seized ship dealio.

Posted by: cmeat at April 21, 2026 06:21 PM (R11M+)

139 Wait! What the hell? Again? I'm catching up.
GatewayPundit

President Trump on Tuesday afternoon announced he has extended the ceasefire with Iran – but the Strait of Hormuz blockade is still in place.

Over the weekend, President Trump told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst that he was going to “blow up the whole country” if Iran did not agree to the US’s peace plan.

On Tuesday, Trump said he extended the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request

At least their wells will be shut down soon. But still WTF?
I'm catching up.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 21, 2026 06:21 PM (Sco7b)

140 >>🚨HAPPENING NOW: Justice Department announces indictment against Southern Poverty Law Center ("SPLC"). Our indictment alleges SPLC secretly funneled MORE THAN $3 MILLION in funds to members of white supremacist and extremist groups.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

white supremacist groups ?
Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 05:58 PM (K88SD)

Well that's a twist I was not expecting.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science

Civil Rights racket is rigged like big time wrestling.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 06:21 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 06:22 PM (LdBR/)

142 The Mara Lago raid was their biggest tactical mistake as it allows indictments to be brought outside of DC.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (u73oe)

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I just said this a few nights ago to my wife.

/Are you listening in? ;-)

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:23 PM (xU6sC)

143 >>And there shouldn't be a Statute of Limitations on that.

Every single action against Trump since 2016 and the Russia hoax is part of a conspiracy to deprive him of his rights. That conspiracy continued at least until the 2024 election.

The statute of limitation for a conspiracy starts after the last overt act of the conspiracy. All of it is fair game.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

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And more importantly, COVERING UP such past criminal acts -- which continues to this day -- is considered part of the conspiracy and resets the timer for Statutes of Limitations.

/Shit I learned listening to talk radio ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 06:25 PM (xU6sC)

144 Yeah, I'm sure this Yale prof is born-again hard and just drips with Alpha Male Energy and pure, unbridled testosterone and would just LOVE to live by the law of the jungle. /s

Yet another example of how the left is a suicidal death cult that has lost all sense of self-preservation.

Or, to quote a meme: Your terms are acceptable.
Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 06:14 PM (oqH4h)

I'm sure in his definition he's not "old".

Posted by: Oldcat at April 21, 2026 06:27 PM (8avO+)

145 the tucker/ brother stuff about trunk being an israelist disappeared. does that happen often?

Posted by: cmeat at April 21, 2026 06:20 PM (R11M+)

They're attacking Eddie Trunk now?
Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 06:21 PM (CNl8/)

He probably pulled it himself if he has any sense remaining. You don't have to make up new words when dozens exist for what Tucker is selling.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 21, 2026 06:30 PM (8avO+)

146
Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will "be held accountable to the fullest extent" if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from "any fraud."

=============

What's it going to take to "discover" this? An investigation, I guess. Is that underway?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 06:37 PM (n7rxJ)

147 How soon before they try to disbar him?

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 12:46 PM (4KUe5)

148 Was Ilhan Omar “involved?”

Iirc, she secured funding for the restaurant that fronts the building that housed the infamous Learing Center, and they allegedly made meals during Covid for thousands of people.

If this is already known, can’t imagine it will take much digging to find more.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 12:49 PM (4KUe5)

149 To paraphrase: *stolen* elections have consequences

Posted by: Lizzy at April 22, 2026 01:01 PM (4KUe5)

Southern Poverty Law Generational Wealth Center Says It's Being Investigated by Trump's DOJ; Democrat Fundraising Arm ActBlue Takes the Fifth Amendment Rather Than Answer Questions

The SPLC says the DOJ is investigating them over their use of paid infiltrators who supposedly tell them about extremists' groups plans.

That's silly. There's nothing illegal about that. Sounds like a big bag of bullshit to me.

I imagine the SPLC is putting out spin ahead of the actual news coming out. They're being investigated, I would guess, over criminal conduct, but they want to get all the lefties (and I guess all the Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Marjorie Taylor Space Laser, and Tuq'r Qarlson fans) on their side before the real news drops.

The Justice Department is allegedly investigating the Southern Poverty Law Center in connection with the group's use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist organizations decades ago.
...
Bryan Fair, CEO of the SPLC, said that the organization doesn't know all the details, but the Trump administration has launched an investigation, which may lead to charges. Fair said the SPLC worked with informants during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, when violence against activists was running high.

Yeah I have a feeling it's about self-enrichment and embezzlement.

Or about, say, sexually harassing/coercing female staffers and then demanding they remain silent for "The Great Cause."

At PJM, Matt Margolis says that ActBlue is "toast" and doubts they can survive taking the Fifth Amendment on almost all questions about how they raise money -- and from whom, and from where.

A damning interim staff report from the House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees paints a damning picture of widespread illegal foreign donations flowing through the platform with the full knowledge of ActBlue's leadership, followed by a massive cover-up in the hopes of preventing Congress from finding out.
Two ActBlue officials -- including former Vice President of Customer Service Alyssa Twomey, who oversaw the fraud-prevention team during the 2024 election cycle -- and three former lawyers refused to answer a single substantive question from investigators. Combined, ActBlue employees invoked the Fifth Amendment at least 146 times across depositions with the three committees between July and December 2025.
...
Then there's the legal and compliance team. By March 2025, every member of it was gone -- resigned, fired, or on extended leave. According to the interim report, "this mass exodus was a direct consequence of ActBlue's failure to deter illegal foreign political donations" and the CEO's prior misstatements to Congress. The report states that every member of the legal and compliance team "appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions, and the subsequent cover-up."

Every. Single. One.

Read the whole thing.

NEW: According to a just-released House Judiciary report, "[E]very member of ActBlue's legal and compliance team appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions, and the subsequent� pic.twitter.com/8Az6N5FiJo
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Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:24 PM

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 04:24 PM (LdBR/)

2 Nooding

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (LdBR/)

3 Love to see them shut down

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (K88SD)

4 Read the content... like a rookie

Posted by: Inogame at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (53oGX)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

6 The SPLC says the DOJ is investigating them over their use of paid infiltrators who supposedly tell them about extremists' groups plans.

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"This is worse than the DOJ throwing 70 year old women in prison for being near DC on 1/6!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (O35xg)

7 Read the whole thing.

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Every time I see this line I check the link to make sure I’m not at Instapundit

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (REq0p)

8 7 Read the whole thing.

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Every time I see this line I check the link to make sure I’m not at Instapundit

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (REq0p)

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Instapundit looks kind of modernish, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (O35xg)

9 "Sounds like a big bag of bullshit to me."

Oh, it's even worse than that.

Posted by: Southern Penguin Law Center at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (vFG9F)

10 Where is the guy that always says "nothing will happen"?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 21, 2026 04:27 PM (0N4FZ)

11 The center for progressive blacklisting says what?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:27 PM (Fi81e)

12 Remember McCain's fixation on political contributions and how it made him a darling of the left?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:27 PM (bss/y)

13 Why is quitting your government/political job an automatic "get out of jail" card.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (G0vdT)

14 Instapundit looks kind of modernish, though.

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Not sure about that, half the stuff on the site fails to load for me much like here

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (REq0p)

15 7 Read the whole thing.

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Every time I see this line I check the link to make sure I’m not at Instapundit
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (REq0p)

Insty has always been just a slightly more wordy and less yellow journalism Drudge.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (bss/y)

16 14 Instapundit looks kind of modernish, though.

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Not sure about that, half the stuff on the site fails to load for me much like here

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (REq0p)

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I think it's the red borders.

And the presence of Disqus.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (O35xg)

17 A damning interim staff report from the House Administration, Oversight, and Judiciary Committees paints a damning picture.......

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DAMN DAMN DAMN!

Posted by: Flo Evans at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (AFztM)

18 Every investigation into ActBlue showed they were committing massive amounts of fraud with their donations. How long have we known that they were taking names and reusing them as Betty McMullin of Butte, Montana had donated 3,426 times for a total of $86,335 when she actually gave a one time $25 donation.

Nothing happened.........And nothing will.

The ONLY Thing that might come out positive is the lawsuit that Ken Paxton of Texas filed against Act Blue. THAT might actually lead to something, I would guess.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (Zz0t1)

19 I think it's the red borders.

And the presence of Disqus.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (O35xg)

2005 instead of 1998.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (bss/y)

20 Remember McCain's fixation on political contributions and how it made him a darling of the left?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:27 PM (bss/y)

How DARE you speak ill of the man while his funeral is still ongoing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

21 All ops all the way down.

Posted by: steevy at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (YwEeS)

22 But wait, David Hogg still sends me multiple emails a week asking for a small donation that is processed through Act Blue.

Surely Mr. Hogg, a Harvard alumnus, and paragon of Modern Masculinity (along with Mr. Emhoff and Mr. Walz, but unfortunately no longer Mr. Swalwell) would not be associated with anything that is, even ever so slightly, unsavory.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)

23 19 I think it's the red borders.

And the presence of Disqus.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (O35xg)

2005 instead of 1998.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (bss/y)

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Hence..."moderniish".

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (O35xg)

24 Read the whole thing.

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You can’t tell me what to do! You’re not my real Dad!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (u73oe)

25 My theory on Act Blue is that they use a bunch of straw donors to launder money from illegal sources.

So, for example, a European oligarch wants to send $5K to some candidate - Act Blue then gets the money but passes it through a bunch of accounts they control and the official report to the FEC says there are 1,000 $5 donations.

They explains why there are so many small, irregular donations going through Act Blue, why the people who are supposedly donating have no idea they donated, and why they are so secretive in their records...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (sKqQm)

26 How DARE you speak ill of the man while his funeral is still ongoing.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (Zz0t1)

Citizen's United and how all the dems seemed to be against it and then a whole HOST of dem orgs sprouted up, all receiving foreign money and skipping donation limits.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:30 PM (bss/y)

27 Hang them all high!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 04:30 PM (YBtcQ)

28 every single aspect of the demonrat party is a criminal conspiracy.

RICO them, every one, right down to the individual voters who are aiding and abetting the crimes. as convicted felons they can no longer vote, no need to imprison everyone.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 21, 2026 04:30 PM (VyBeY)

29 Read the whole thing.

I was told there would be no literacy requirement.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (qRla/)

30 And how has the SPLC not been nuked from orbit?

That 'organization' has been a liberal money laundering scheme from the get go.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (Zz0t1)

31 How come there is no "Northern Poverty Law Center"?

Posted by: Phineas Taylor Barnum at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (79nfv)

32 Totally OT: Before last night, I don't think I ever ate St. Louis ribs without sauce.

But man, if you get the right rub, the rub and the meat juice sing their own song. I'm going back for seconds tonight.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)

33 willowed!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (GD0B3)

34 Hence..."moderniish".
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:29 PM (O35xg)

20 years ago is modern? That's classic. 'More' modern. But so is a Model T vs a horse and buggy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (bss/y)

35 Ceasefire has been extended...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 04:32 PM (Cqx++)

36 "Hearing from Arabic sources that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard places Qalibaf, Pezeshkian, and Araghchi under house arrest.

Negotiations with US are halted."

and here is another one..

"STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP:

Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J.
TRUMP"

You can totally say they are fractured!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (GD0B3)

37 Not sure about that, half the stuff on the site fails to load for me much like here

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger

I’m not an IT guy, but the really savvy ones say you should update your browser every decade.

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (9gKa/)

38
Citizen's United and how all the dems seemed to be against it and then a whole HOST of dem orgs sprouted up, all receiving foreign money and skipping donation limits.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:30 PM (bss/y)

Owebama and McCain agreed they wouldn't be allowing shenanigans in the donations for their campaigns.

Owebama told McCain to eat shit and spent a billion dollars, most of which came from foreign donors, which is illegal, but who cares. We're not a serious country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

39 The Trump administration is set to phase out floppy disks from air traffic control systems, marking the end of a decades-old technology.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (CNl8/)

40 Could be fake, so they don't have to go to Ishalmabad. Or .. could be under real arrest!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (GD0B3)

41 We've had evidence of the Act Blue stuff for a couple of elections. People donating under fake names, and from outside the country... yet... only NOW is someone taking those claims seriously.

Note, Wire Fraud, is 'Policed' by the Feds.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (mP0Kj)

42 Before Buying Large Mansions, there was the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Before SPLC, there was the ACLU.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (xcxpd)

43 The Trump administration is set to phase out floppy disks from air traffic control systems, marking the end of a decades-old technology.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (CNl8/)
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People will die.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (Fi81e)

44 Sexually harassing/coercing female staffers and then demanding they remain silent for "The Great Cause."

What is Cesar Chavez for $1000, Alex

Posted by: 13times at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (GzYBi)

45 Alan Osmond, the oldest of the Osmond Brothers, is mort at age 76.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)

46 TACO TACO TACO

Posted by: Slowpoke Rodriguez at April 21, 2026 04:35 PM (AFztM)

47 They can just do what the IRGC thugs are doing and refuse to talk.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 21, 2026 04:35 PM (KiBMU)

48 Alan Osmond, the oldest of the Osmond Brothers, is mort at age 76.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (0sNs1)
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Is that the first of the Osmonds to go?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:35 PM (Fi81e)

49 I’m not an IT guy, but the really savvy ones say you should update your browser every decade.
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM

The deuce you say!

Posted by: Clippy at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (0sNs1)

50 Owebama told McCain to eat shit and spent a billion dollars, most of which came from foreign donors, which is illegal, but who cares. We're not a serious country.

Why so racist?

Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

51 "The Trump administration is set to phase out floppy disks from air traffic control systems, marking the end of a decades-old technology.
Posted by: Mark1971"

Please tell me they were at least using 3.5", not 5.25" or (shudder) 8"

Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (GUOwU)

52 TACO TACO TACO

Isn't this how we ended the last thread?

Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

53 "Fair said the SPLC worked with informants during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, when violence against activists was running high."

Sure, sure. Note, they put out the most flattering possible thing. Informants in private organizations are not illegal. The SPLC could hire a white guy to join the KKK and then have that person report back to them on what he saw and heard. No crime would be committed. Hence there is no conceivable way the DOJ would investigate this.

Now, if current informants were busy breaking a variety of laws, then yes.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (L6dcX)

54 TACO TACO TACO

Isn't this how we ended the last thread?
Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)
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I must have tacos--or I will EXPLODE!!

Posted by: GIR at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (Fi81e)

55 Um, so, I guess it's Taco Tuesday? How is that news? Every Tuesday is Taco Tuesday. In this house, at least.

Only question is chicken, beef or shrimp?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (DwqWV)

56 52 TACO TACO TACO

Isn't this how we ended the last thread?
Posted by: Doodad Pro at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (sKqQm)

it is Tuesday...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (xcxpd)

57 re: SPLC and their civil rights nostalgia circle-jerk - ignoring for a moment who actually voted for the CRA and who voted against it ....

A lot of mainstream-ish lefties I've known for years keep getting blindsided when non-lefties they've known their whole lives finally just throw up their hands and say something like this:

"Hey, you know what, we arrived at our collective post-racial moment towards the end of the 90's. Then Obama went and pissed all over it to score some cheap political points, after we got a decade and a half of 'everything is whitey's fault' culminating in a near-universal exclusion of white males in many careers and the 2020 riots. You want tribalism? You get tribalism. I'm not lifting a finger when the death squads come for you, because you're not in my tribe. Get fucked."

Posted by: heya at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (zRsKl)

58 Owebama told McCain to eat shit and spent a billion dollars, most of which came from foreign donors, which is illegal, but who cares. We're not a serious country.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:33 PM (Zz0t1)

Nope. But I think a lot of the gigantic grift gravy train in government and these orgs kind of spiraled out of control thanks to this.

The thing is, in principle, it is a valid point (Citizen's United.) On the other hand, it funneled more money into the rat race which has turned most of the GOPe into grifters and shits (which they were before then, but they were the corporate party.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (bss/y)

59 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (6Qbda)

60 51 "The Trump administration is set to phase out floppy disks from air traffic control systems, marking the end of a decades-old technology.
Posted by: Mark1971"

Please tell me they were at least using 3.5", not 5.25" or (shudder) 8"
Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (GUOwU)

Exactly how floppy were they?

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (DwqWV)

61 but the really savvy ones say you should update your browser every decade."

But I like navigator's ships wheel....

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (XuXeR)

62 But man, if you get the right rub, the rub and the meat juice sing their own song. I'm going back for seconds tonight.
____

*whistles innocently*

Hey, how about those Mets? Haven't won a game since Mamdani hugged their baseball head mascot.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (Dv3i1)

63 You gotta pick and choose over at insty... typically I pass on Margolis' stuff because it seems heavy on outrage/bluster but there often not much in the content to definitively support the headline. I want to believe everything he says, but the substance always seems a tad lacking.

Posted by: 496 at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (qZ8QF)

64 Please tell me they were at least using 3.5", not 5.25" or (shudder) 8"
Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (GUOwU)

Hmm, ladies?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (bss/y)

65 "Sexually harassing/coercing female staffers and then demanding they remain silent for "The Great Cause."

This, lining your pockets, and getting to murder people are what the progs dangle out as perks for being in the middle-ranks. Always has been.

Posted by: heya at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (zRsKl)

66 Um, so, I guess it's Taco Tuesday? How is that news? Every Tuesday is Taco Tuesday. In this house, at least.

Only question is chicken, beef or shrimp?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (DwqWV)
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Brisket. tacos.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

67 Exactly how floppy were they?"

After 30 years that plastic is....yikes

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (XuXeR)

68 Hey, how about those Mets? Haven't won a game since Mamdani hugged their baseball head mascot.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (Dv3i1)

Commie cooties.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (DwqWV)

69 61 but the really savvy ones say you should update your browser every decade."

But I like navigator's ships wheel....
Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (XuXeR)

The meteor shower of netscape is cool as hell. It moves!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (bss/y)

70 For me at least meat juice and a good rub > Taco tuesday but that's just my preference

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (sKqQm)

71 Exactly how floppy were they?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM

Before or after The Bob Dole rendered assistance?

Posted by: zombie Bob Dole at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (0sNs1)

72 32 Totally OT: Before last night, I don't think I ever ate St. Louis ribs without sauce. But man, if you get the right rub, the rub and the meat juice sing their own song. I'm going back for seconds tonight. Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)

Sauce is to cover up for bad meat.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (L6dcX)

73 the rub and the meat juice"

Phrasing...

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (XuXeR)

74 So I'm all for a law - this will seem Draconian to many here. But I'm all for it.

If you want to stay OUT of politics ? Then you 'ought to be left alone. Make as much money as you can. Spend as you wish.

But if you want to be IN politics ? Then full disclosure. Where does your money come from ? What do you spend it on ? Pretty much - forced to operate as a public entity.

The SPLC is definitely IN politics. As are all Teachers Unions. Frankly - the AMA. A bunch of folks.

They're political entities. They skim from their constituents to pursue politics - usually at the expense of their constituents.

And really ? Lawyers ? Fuck lawyers. Find a better cover than the "Law Center". Might as well call yourselves the Southern Poverty Home Owners Association.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (S2mGF)

75 NEW: According to a just-released House Judiciary report, "[E]very member of ActBlue's legal and compliance team appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions, and the subsequent

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Like Massie ? Who was taking $7K from foreign jihadis and who really needs registered under FARA. A point that never gets brought up by "AmeRica FIRSTTT" crowd.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (GD0B3)

76 64 Please tell me they were at least using 3.5", not 5.25" or (shudder) 8"
Posted by: Ripley at April 21, 2026 04:36 PM (GUOwU)

Hmm, ladies?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:39 PM (bss/y)

My dad, of all people, explained to me that women don't make good architects because they have been told by men for years that four inches is a foot long.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (DwqWV)

77 Where is the guy that always says "nothing will happen"?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at April 21, 2026 04:27 PM (0N4FZ)

Sorry, I've been in meetings most of the day.

But nothing is going to happen. The left protects their own until they aren't useful any longer.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)

78 Guys, I'm beginning to think they don't believe in democracy...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (diia5)

79 Now, if current informants were busy breaking a variety of laws, then yes.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (L6dcX)

Yeah, the FIVE year statute of limitations on most Fed crimes would be long past for anything during the 'Civil Rights' era...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (mP0Kj)

80 Um, so, I guess it's Taco Tuesday? How is that news? Every Tuesday is Taco Tuesday. In this house, at least.

Only question is chicken, beef or shrimp?
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Iguana at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (0sNs1)

81 Obama basically started this foreign funding trend in his campaign.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (n5tGW)

82 Bad things sometimes happen to good people.

Nice to see that bad things can also happen to bad people.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (L6dcX)

83 78 Guys, I'm beginning to think they don't believe in democracy...
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (diia5)

To them? Democracy means rule by Democrats.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (mP0Kj)

84 the rub and the meat juice"

Phrasing...
Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (XuXeR)
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Yeah, definitely a good case for "phrasing". LOL.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (Fi81e)

85 Brisket. tacos.
Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (Fi81e)

They taste good, but they take too long. I can whip out a taco dinner in less than 15 minutes. And I do. Every Tuesday.

Mmmm... tacos.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (DwqWV)

86 Sauce is to cover up for bad meat.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (L6dcX)

If you see me using steak sauce it means I'm not very fond of the steak. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (C4BAC)

87 My dad, of all people, explained to me that women don't make good architects because they have been told by men for years that four inches is a foot long.

Hold a standard ruler up against a woman's mid section and look how far it goes, trust me they don't want a foot anyway...

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (sKqQm)

88 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Iguana at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (0sNs1)

No, you are a nasty lizard.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (DwqWV)

89 To them? Democracy means rule by Democrats.
Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (mP0Kj)
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They spell it Democratocracy. The "tocra" is silent.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (Fi81e)

90 I've long thought everyone in Act Blue belonged in jail. Change my mind.

Their motto was always - "it's only illegal if you don't win the election." When Trump won...?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (L6dcX)

91 My dad, of all people, explained to me that women don't make good architects because they have been told by men for years that four inches is a foot long.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (DwqWV)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (bss/y)

92 "On the other hand, it funneled more money into the rat race which has turned most of the GOPe into grifters and shits (which they were before then, but they were the corporate party.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (bss/y)"

The GOP's shift into grifter-central was well under way in the middle of the last century.

I come from a family of GOP office-holders. It is 110% about the grift, 24/7. A solid 3/4 of the GOP is as dedicated to grifting as the Dems are dedicated to closing ranks.

The primary difference between the RINOs - at least the ones that aren't undercover progs - and the Dems is that the GOP focuses on smaller scale individual fraud, because they're driven by money. The Dems are driven by *power*, understanding the money will follow naturally. As will raping their staffers, murdering leakers, and various other sorts of depravity.

Posted by: heya at April 21, 2026 04:44 PM (zRsKl)

93 Socialists Poverty Lenist Communists

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 04:44 PM (Ia/+0)

94 ...But if you want to be IN politics ? Then full disclosure. Where does your money come from ? What do you spend it on ? Pretty much - forced to operate as a public entity.

The SPLC is definitely IN politics. As are all Teachers Unions. Frankly - the AMA. A bunch of folks.

They're political entities. They skim from their constituents to pursue politics - usually at the expense of their constituents.

And really ? Lawyers ? Fuck lawyers. Find a better cover than the "Law Center". Might as well call yourselves the Southern Poverty Home Owners Association.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (S2mGF)

I'm not trying to be cute with your nic but Yep!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:45 PM (C4BAC)

95 The left protects their own until they aren't useful any longer.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)
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Not that anybody brought up former rep Swalwell....

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)

96 Running away with the money

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 04:45 PM (Ia/+0)

97 four inches is a foot long.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM

* perks up *

Posted by: Jussie S. in Chicago at April 21, 2026 04:45 PM (0sNs1)

98 Shitty Poofters Lacking Consciences.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:45 PM (DwqWV)

99 Hey, how about those Mets? Haven't won a game since Mamdani hugged their baseball head mascot.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Babylon Bee: Mamdani Orders Visiting Teams To Redistribute Some Of Their Runs To The Mets

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (XvL8K)

100 "But nothing is going to happen. The left protects their own until they aren't useful any longer.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (N1DT3)"

Despite all the entertainment Trump provides, we are in a post-republic period. Laws mostly don't apply to the progs.

Posted by: heya at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (zRsKl)

101
"[E]very member of ActBlue's legal and compliance team appears to have left the platform after the 2024 election because of its 'knowing and willful' acceptance of illegal foreign contributions"

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This can only be because the compliance team saw prosecutions on the horizon, not because ActBlue was doing business as usual.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (n7rxJ)

102 25 My theory on Act Blue is that they use a bunch of straw donors to launder money from illegal sources.

This...is not a theory. If anyone contacted any of the named donors, they'd likely answer "What's an Ack Boo?"

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (L6dcX)

103 There was a time not too long ago that the Democrats were proposing that we use the SPLC blacklists to decide who can be shut out by the government.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

104 This non-news will have zero impact on Act Blue, which (by the way) just had their biggest first quarter ever, raising $568 million for Democrats (happily, Bloomberg reports Trump-led GOP raised over a billion)

https://tinyurl.com/2ueeyefu

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 04:47 PM (6C06J)

105 Pakastani's and IRGC just force feeding Donny Two Tacos on this vibrant Tuesday. A TACO Tuesday, if you will. Just unsheathing their kabobs and slapping him with it.

Fractured! Boy, they sure seem fractured! IRGC is just smoking all those fractures and have assumed total control. But sure, let them un-fractured. Maybe 6 months from now you'll see the Paki's aren't on our side.

Donny showing he's blinking. Wiping the sweat off of his brow with a TACO SHELL.

TACO TACO TACO.

Anyways, how's everyones Tuesday going?

I'm haveing the.....salmon tonight from the hotel restaurant.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 04:47 PM (I5fLw)

106 Angela Rose visits Ilhan Omar's 1M "Substance Abuse Clinic" that, surprise surprise, turns out to not exist. It's a restaurant. And has always been a restaurant. Must be another one of those rounding errors.

https://tinyurl.com/447zad5r

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 04:49 PM (gtcuf)

107 102 25 My theory on Act Blue is that they use a bunch of straw donors to launder money from illegal sources.

This...is not a theory. If anyone contacted any of the named donors, they'd likely answer "What's an Ack Boo?"
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (L6dcX)

Remember Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon? Leo Getz and the scene where he is explaining money laundering?

Yeah. That's how I see virtually the entire of government.

https://youtu.be/f-J6EpRoZ6o?si=YdPwoSeReEELBfFu

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:49 PM (bss/y)

108 99 Hey, how about those Mets? Haven't won a game since Mamdani hugged their baseball head mascot.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Babylon Bee: Mamdani Orders Visiting Teams To Redistribute Some Of Their Runs To The Mets
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (XvL8K)

*snort*
It's even funnier if you've ever had to file taxes with NY State for having visited

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:49 PM (xcxpd)

109 ActBlue has been doing well known legal shit for a long long time. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it especially the feds.

Nothing is going to happen. Antifa is a terror org and nothing happens.

It's black pill Tuesday folks. We'll see about Wednesday

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 04:50 PM (I5fLw)

110 103 There was a time not too long ago that the Democrats were proposing that we use the SPLC blacklists to decide who can be shut out by the government.
Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:47 PM (Fi81e)

After 2020, they all operated as if they would never, ever be out of power.

When they could not get Trump in cuffs and more importantly when he turned his head at the right time, they all walked around like they were dazed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:50 PM (bss/y)

111
When I first heard of the Southern Poverty Law Center, I thought they were engaged in something noble. As I learned more about them, their bogus list of racist organizations, their indifference to slandering and endangering the innocent, their scamming terrified old jewish widows out of their money, I realized that they actually give racial grifting a bad name.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (uP7Qm)

112 88 What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Iguana at April 21, 2026 04:42 PM (0sNs1)

No, you are a nasty lizard.
Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:43 PM (DwqWV)

Miami mascot

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (xcxpd)

113 When I first heard of the Southern Poverty Law Center, I thought they were engaged in something noble. As I learned more about them, their bogus list of racist organizations, their indifference to slandering and endangering the innocent, their scamming terrified old jewish widows out of their money, I realized that they actually give racial grifting a bad name.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (uP7Qm)

They are the PETA of politics.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (bss/y)

114 It's black pill Tuesday folks. We'll see about Wednesday

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 04:50 PM (I5fLw)

Rapey Tuesday >> black pill Tuesday

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (6Qbda)

115 Or the NAACP.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:52 PM (bss/y)

116 In before the "nothing will happen crowd" -- and likely nothing will happen.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 04:53 PM (xU6sC)

117 Dem resigned after grifting too close to the sun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:53 PM (bss/y)

118 72 32 Totally OT: Before last night, I don't think I ever ate St. Louis ribs without sauce. But man, if you get the right rub, the rub and the meat juice sing their own song. I'm going back for seconds tonight. Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (Fi81e)

Sauce is to cover up for bad meat.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (L6dcX)
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I've had Memphis dry rub ribs at B.B. Kings place and they were incredible. Music was pretty good as well.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 04:54 PM (G0vdT)

119 Reposting:
Southern Poverty Law Center is under criminal investigation by the DOJ for using paid informants to infiltrate groups.
AP report on that goes the full article without ever explaining--or even hinting--why that could be a crime.

But it spends lots of time how the SPLC is such a noble organization, and lots of quotes from them.

Here's what should have been discussed:
Incitement, conspiracy and misprision of felonies.

Related:
How many of you know about Thomas Webb Jurgans, a SPLC staff attorney arrested for domestic terrorism connected with the Antifa protest in Atlanta against "cop city?"
Also related:
The SPCL had specific hate against Charlie Kirk and TPUSA

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 04:54 PM (tUP1A)

120 Crooked is what crooked does.
But yeah, it would be nice to see anyone actually go to jail.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at April 21, 2026 04:55 PM (4nEGa)

121
At PJM, Matt Margolis says that ActBlue is "toast"

__________________________

Nice job!!! You caught me. I cry Uncle. When you send me my strongly worded letter I shall have it framed, if I'm not too busy enlisting foreign donors.

Ok, then. Have a nice day.

Posted by: Orson at April 21, 2026 04:55 PM (dIske)

122 35 Ceasefire has been extended...

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How long does it take us to reload?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 21, 2026 04:55 PM (agdgV)

123 Eliminate all 501(c)3s, 501(c)(4s), "NGOs" etc.
No more "public-private partnerships"
No more "participatory budgeting"
No more "block grants."

Its the least transparent form of spending tax money and 99% scams and political kickbacks.
End it all.
Do good. But do it on your own dime.

Posted by: Zek at April 21, 2026 04:56 PM (5FPX4)

124 They are the PETA of politics.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (bss/y)

PETA shows up here for Fur Rendezvous and the Iditarod. They end up surrounded by people wearing fur hats and parkas, and generally pointed at and laughed at. They like the attention, I suppose, but it's pointless.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (DwqWV)

125
Years ago I stumbled across an article in a local Southern paper called "Morris Dees' Poverty Palace," which went through of the details of SPLC founder Mr. Dees showing off his excellent house and the eclectic international art that filled it. Can't find the article now.

He made a good living. He was forced out of SPLC by an internal coup years later. It was time for a new generation.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (uP7Qm)

126 Ceasefire has been extended...

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How long does it take us to reload?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 21, 2026 04:55 PM (agdgV)

The ceasefire where we shoot their ships and seize them with ease and without consequence?

Fine by me.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (6Qbda)

127 I guess Trump wants to destroy Iran economically with an embargo to destroy their oil wells from none use and allowing water to infiltrate the wells ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (X7dyz)

128 Why The Fuck aren't we parachuting Ak47s and grenades into Tehran by the tens of thousands? Litter the whole city courtyards, streets, and roof tops with insurgency small arms. Yeah the IRGC will pick up some small arms they have no use for (they already have them) but the vast majority will be picked up by citizens.

Then to make things more interesting put a bounty on verifiable videos of IRGC and Mullahs being ambushed and killed. People can collect their awards when they overthrow the government.

Do this in the top 5 cities one one evening and there would be instant chaos.

The cost of these Ak's are trivial compared to the high tech missiles we are using daily. You can buy 20,000 Ak47's for the cost of one THAAD missile.

Posted by: hatethedeepstate at April 21, 2026 04:58 PM (2Nfh9)

129 In the old days the party used to take in the money, and the party selected the candidate. So, they needed way less money, and the candidates were not responsible for raising funds. Now they not only raise funds, but they also need to raise many multiples of what the party needed to account for competing in the primaries.

The primaries are the underlying cause of the problem. We need to go back to an older system, where the party greenlit 4-5 candidates. They went around the country, giving speeches and gaining support. At the convention, the delegates vote for the candidate they want. Each round of voting, one person is eliminated, till the last person gets the nomination.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:58 PM (L6dcX)

130 Nothing will happen because the Justice system is broken.

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 04:58 PM (Ia/+0)

131 I worked in campaign finance for a little over five years, and saw all of the raw data.

It was blatantly obvious that ActBlue was deliberately breaking up big-money donations into smaller donations that wouldn't meet the $201 dollar threshold above which donors had to be identified. There would be tens of thousands of odd-dollar donations and the sum of them for any individual name that was reported as having "made the donation" would usually come to between $190 and $200.

Every candidate that used ActBlue had this pattern. Every one of them.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 04:59 PM (oqH4h)

132 Also citizens sniping IRGC doe no harm to the infrastructure that they'd need after the 2nd revolution.

Posted by: hatethedeepstate at April 21, 2026 04:59 PM (2Nfh9)

133 Halibut tacos with lime and mango, jalapeño salsa.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:01 PM (W2Pud)

134 133 Halibut tacos with lime and mango, jalapeño salsa.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:01 PM (W2Pud)

I'll be right over, dear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:03 PM (DwqWV)

135 Smurf smurf smurf smurf smurf smurf smurf smurf . . .

Posted by: smurf at April 21, 2026 05:03 PM (rbvCR)

136 Nobody does crazy better than the Iranians.

UPDATE 🔴

Ghalibaf adviser Mohammadi rejects Trump’s ceasefire extension, saying it “means nothing” and that the losing side cannot dictate terms.

He says maintaining the siege is equivalent to continued bombardment and must be met with a military response.

Mohammadi calls the extension “a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.”

“The time for Iran to take the initiative has come.”

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (G0vdT)

137 tcn!

Blessings upon you and yours!
Crab cakes are always acceptable too.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (W2Pud)

138 Slightly off topic, but Biden is out telling folks the Constitution is being trampled upon. What do these idiots mean by that? They never seem to be able to point the parts of the Constitution that are being trampled upon, and if they did, wouldn't most of their own bullshit fit that category?

Long on flinging poo, not very long on facts and figures.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (DwqWV)

139 Blessings upon you and yours!
Crab cakes are always acceptable too.
Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (W2Pud)

Sitting here wasting time while I should be potting up my cucumber starts....

Hoping we get a nice big halibut this season to put in the freezer. Then I will call you for the recipe!

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:05 PM (DwqWV)

140
The primaries are the underlying cause of the problem. We need to go back to an older system, where the party greenlit 4-5 candidates.

They let the smoke out of the smoke filled rooms.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 21, 2026 05:05 PM (Cqx++)

141 136 Nobody does crazy better than the Iranians.

UPDATE 🔴

Ghalibaf adviser Mohammadi rejects Trump’s ceasefire extension, saying it “means nothing” and that the losing side cannot dictate terms.

He says maintaining the siege is equivalent to continued bombardment and must be met with a military response.

Mohammadi calls the extension “a ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.”

“The time for Iran to take the initiative has come.”
Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (G0vdT)

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Shall we blow them up some more?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at April 21, 2026 05:06 PM (agdgV)

142 The ceasefire where we shoot their ships and seize them with ease and without consequence?

Fine by me.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (6Qbda)
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They are reported to lose $500 million a day (Iran).

While I want this over with. Done. Finito. I don't know, am sadly not invited to the Situation Room or CentCom. Therefore I am patient and pray a lot.

All they have to do is get impatient and mess up...the IRGC. Feeling their oats or goats. Then boom time.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at April 21, 2026 05:06 PM (WONhk)

143 A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator

youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ

Posted by: Kindltot at April 21, 2026 05:08 PM (rbvCR)

144 I guess Trump wants to destroy Iran economically with an embargo to destroy their oil wells from none use and allowing water to infiltrate the wells ???
Posted by: Jackson K. at April 21, 2026 04:57 PM (X7dyz)

Where does this notion come from, that not pumping wells will cause water infiltration? Usually the converse is the case. Overpumping wells can cause water to cone up in the reservoir. I've seen this come up several times now. Is it some Democrat talking point?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 05:08 PM (utfVc)

145 Every candidate that used ActBlue had this pattern. Every one of them.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 04:59 PM (oqH4h)

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I believe Paxton's recent lawsuit against them in Texas is for them having accepted gift card and prepaid debit card donations that facilitated foreign and fraudulent campaign contributions, despite them having falsely claimed to have stopped such practices.

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:08 PM (xU6sC)

146 Okay Bagdad Bob:

IRGC LINKED TASNIM: Continuation of the naval blockade means continuation of hostilities; Iran will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz as long as the maritime blockade continues, and if necessary, it will break the blockade by force.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 05:09 PM (G0vdT)

147 Hoping we get a nice big halibut this season to put in the freezer. Then I will call you for the recipe!
Posted by: tcn in AK

How big does a halibut have to be to qualify as a big halibut?

Posted by: Kratwurst at April 21, 2026 05:09 PM (9gKa/)

148 Seems like no more ActBlue funneling tens of millions of illegal campaign cash to Democrats would be something to start with.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 05:09 PM (viF8m)

149 Is it some Democrat talking point?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 05:08 PM (utfVc)

I'm sure it is "sciency".

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:11 PM (DwqWV)

150 How big does a halibut have to be to qualify as a big halibut?
Posted by: Kratwurst at April 21, 2026 05:09 PM (9gKa/)

100 lbs or so. Not huge as halibut go, but big enough to justify the boat fees.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:12 PM (DwqWV)

151 >>> I've seen this come up several times now. Is it some Democrat talking point?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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They betray themselves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 05:12 PM (YvvFZ)

152 I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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So he's either giving the regime an infinite extension out of desperation for getting 'a deal' or this is bullshit aimed a t getting them to meet in one place again.

Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 05:13 PM (vSvIl)

153 Look, those offshore accounts are none of your business.

Posted by: SPLC 'Executives' at April 21, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)

154 Fresh halibut is just about the best fish on the planet.

DONT OVERCOOK IT

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 05:14 PM (W2Pud)

155 Ohhhh, the IRGC laughing TACO Trumpy Pants, smearing shit on him in front of the world. Paki's playing their own game or cards too. Iran rejects the cease fire...I thought they were to fractures to speak with a single voice?

Well, Donald Trumpacus....watcha gonna do, brother????

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 05:16 PM (I5fLw)

156 Their living bresthing Constitution that is interpreted to the Leftists

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 05:16 PM (Ia/+0)

157 Slightly off topic, but Biden is out telling folks the Constitution is being trampled upon. What do these idiots mean by that? They never seem to be able to point the parts of the Constitution that are being trampled upon, and if they did, wouldn't most of their own bullshit fit that category?

Long on flinging poo, not very long on facts and figures.

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 05:04 PM (DwqWV)

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Democrat-Communists prefer wiping their asses with the Constitution -- and laws in general.

Projection is not just a river in Egypt ...

Posted by: ShainS at April 21, 2026 05:16 PM (xU6sC)

158 well, we knew that , but it's nice to have it in writing !

"Amy Mek
@AmyMek
4hBREAKING - MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD WAR PLAN EXPOSED
We Have Obtained the Muslim Brotherhood’s Secret Blueprint, “The Project,” to Capture America, is Operating UNTOUCHED from Their Virginia Command Center.

It was created in 1982, seized right after 9/11, and has been executing with ruthless precision across America for decades while our elected officials do absolutely nothing to stop it!

Roadmap…

✅ Reject ALL assimilation - build parallel Islamic societies instead

✅ Use “Palestine” as the keystone to fuel global jihad

✅Form temporary “Red-Green” alliances with Marxists and leftists to destroy the West from within

✅ “Nourish a sentiment of rancor with respect to the Jews (Christians) and refuse all coexistence”

✅ Infiltrate institutions, seize control of local power centers, and impose Sharia step by step"

Are we not seeing this plan in action TODAY ???

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 05:16 PM (GD0B3)

159 Also, I'd imagine that Iran is being resupplied during these talks, correct? Not by the Straight of Taco Don but there are other routes available.

Cool. Take too long and we have a bit of a hill to climb.

I'm praying for a bigger picture to appear from the fog here....but I think we are going 1D currently. Paki's dealing. Kiss stealing. Wheeling dealing.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 05:18 PM (I5fLw)

160 158 In a lot of states this is being implemented.

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 05:19 PM (Q0yOR)

161 Kinsinger is making it clear he was a Dem plant in Congress. He's campaigning for the gerrymandering in Virginia.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:19 PM (ikSmX)

162 .
NOOD

Conservative Former DOJ Prosecutor Joe DiGenova Sworn In as Special Consultant to Investigate the Russiagate Conspiracy

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at April 21, 2026 05:21 PM (O7YUW)

163 Seems like no more ActBlue funneling tens of millions of illegal campaign cash to Democrats would be something to start with.

WinRed won't have a leg to stand on, either, if their ActBlue apparatus is gone.

Posted by: t-bird at April 21, 2026 05:22 PM (vj4lu)

164 Has the Muslim Brotherhood been declared a terror org (both foreogn and domestic) yet? Can't remember. I'm pretty sure CAIR hasn't....can't piss off our future masters this early.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 05:23 PM (I5fLw)

165 I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP
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So he's either giving the regime an infinite extension out of desperation for getting 'a deal' or this is bullshit aimed a t getting them to meet in one place again.
Posted by: Methos at April 21, 2026 05:13 PM (vSvIl)

The Blockade is costing them, and China a lot of money and not many others very much. We already see 2 factions in the IGRC and some unknows offing street thug heads here and there.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 21, 2026 05:26 PM (8avO+)

166 Then SLPC says it's about their use of paid "informants", you can bet it's really about their use of paid "agitators" - people they paid to infiltrate conservative groups and encourage others to commit crimes.

Think about the Michigan governor kidnapping case where the feds paid about 12 informants to encourage the 8 or so non informants to conspire to commit kidnapping.

Posted by: TZ at April 21, 2026 05:27 PM (XIQ/D)

167 Do this in the top 5 cities one one evening and there would be instant chaos.

The cost of these Ak's are trivial compared to the high tech missiles we are using daily. You can buy 20,000 Ak47's for the cost of one THAAD missile.
Posted by: hatethedeepstate at April 21, 2026 04:58 PM (2Nfh9)

we don't necessarily want chaos. But I do think we are moving supplies into the country to our own contacts there.

Posted by: Oldcat at April 21, 2026 05:29 PM (8avO+)

168 Their living bresthing Constitution that is interpreted to the Leftists.

The living breathing Constitution they all squall about is literally - and I mean this quite literally - that the MidWest and SouthEast support them.

That's the entire grift with deducting your State Tax against your Federal. That's the entire SALT deduction.

We all ... if you don't live North of Ohio or Philly ... support these fucks. Literally.

Posted by: Yep at April 21, 2026 07:03 PM (S2mGF)

Mollie Hemingway: Leftwing Justices Slow-Walked The Dobbs Decision Even While Right-Leaning Justices Were Targeted With Death Threats and White Powders

And they did this, of course, to expose their colleagues to danger and menace, in hopes they would buckle and change the decision to match what the violent leftist mobs and assassins demanded.

When the draft of the Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade leaked to the press, the conservative justices who signed on to the majority opinion suddenly wore bigger targets on their backs. The very real threat of assassination hung over them like a coming thunderstorm.
And still their pro-abortion colleagues stalled the release of the official ruling for weeks, putting the justices' lives at increased risk, as detailed in Mollie Hemingway's new book on Justice Samuel Alito and reported Saturday by Fox News.
Alito is the justice who wrote Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the ruling ending nationalized abortion.
"Alito asked the dissenters to make the completion of their dissents their priority because delay of the decision was a security threat," Hemingway, The Federalist's editor-in-chief writes in Alito: The Justice Who Reshaped the Supreme Court and Restored the Constitution."Abortion supporters had an incentive to kill one or more of the justices in the majority to change the outcome."
The dissenters -- Justices Stephen Breyer (counting down the days until his retirement at the end of the 2021-22 term ), Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor -- "demurred," Hemingway reports. Justice Neil Gorsuch asked the liberals when they expected to be wrapped up. They refused to provide a date.
The tension and the threats escalated.
...
It took 53 days to finally release the Dobbs decision. Despite the growing threat to their colleagues, the liberals on the court refused to listen to urgent pleas to complete their work, Hemingway reports.

Read the whole thing.

I love the "conservatives" telling us they'll defect to the left if we don't agree with them that the Zionist Entity must be wiped off the map.

There's further bad behavior from leftwingers on the Court -- they've leaked documents about internal deliberations to the New York Times, despite Roberts' very stern warning that they should stop doing that or face another warning.

Note that this article does not say that leftwingers leaked these documents. I say it was the leftwingers, because 1, they've done before -- see Dobbs -- and 2, this leak seems designed to create fodder for the left to claim that right-leaning Justices are "activists" who need to be put in check or impeached. (Or reduced in power by packing the Court.)

In yet another blow to the Supreme Court's long-cherished tradition of secrecy, The New York Times has published confidential internal memos that shed rare light on the justices' private deliberations.
In a report titled "The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court," the Times published 16 pages of confidential documents exchanged among justices over five days in February 2016.
...

The memos -- unlikely to have surfaced for decades under normal circumstances -- capture behind-the-scenes discussions led by Chief Justice John Roberts as the court moved swiftly to issue a stay without full briefing or oral argument. They also suggest the majority was concerned that, absent intervention, the Environmental Protection Agency would impose what it saw as unlawful regulatory burdens on electric utilities.

See, the Court ruled against Obama's EPA and its issuance of orders without legislative authorization to do so -- so this was leaked by leftwingers who think that a Democrat Administration has All the Powers under their twisted version of the Constitution.

That decision marked a significant shift toward resolving high-stakes disputes through expedited orders, a practice that has since expanded to cases involving presidential authority and other major policy questions.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 03:20 PM (tgvbd)

2
*sweeps up thread*
*puts it in a bag*
*walks out with it*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 03:21 PM (tgvbd)

3 Odor in the Court?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at April 21, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

4 If no one will punish leftwing office holders and bureaucrats for bad behavior why would anyone expect it to stop?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

5 Tbh I thought the "right wing" judges would fold too.

Posted by: steevy at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (YwEeS)

6 Abortion is the only thing sacred to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (O35xg)

7
Of course. The lib justices wanted to get as much damage and carnage committed against the conservative justices. The supposed "camaraderie" amongst the justices ended a long time ago.

It's the Chicago Way, all the way, all the time now.

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (IifOV)

8 Why wasn't there any resolution of the leaker's identity and punishment provided?

This needs explaining.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (YBtcQ)

9 Although the materials are from a period prior to her having been seated, the materials do seem to be fodder for KBJ's criticism of the shadow docket and the Court's review of improvident stays by the lower courts.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (ssz2a)

10 That decision marked a significant shift toward resolving high-stakes disputes through expedited orders, a practice that has since expanded to cases involving presidential authority and other major policy questions.

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The explosion of district courts trying their hand at being the executive since Trump became president has nothing to do with this, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:23 PM (O35xg)

11 Cal Democrats just selected Xavier Becerra to be the next Governor of Gavinfornia.

Posted by: 13times at April 21, 2026 03:23 PM (TbA/q)

12 So the Vestal Virgins are selling blowjobs?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 03:23 PM (FmapG)

13 Top 20?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at April 21, 2026 03:24 PM (iNIf8)

14 I thought Judges weren't Political?

John Roberts assured me.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 03:24 PM (ytyaf)

15
I can't even imagine conferences with KBJ.

"Marbury v. Madison"
"Marbury v. Madison"
"Marbury v. Madison"
"Marbury v. Madison"
"Thank you!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 21, 2026 03:24 PM (tgvbd)

16 Why did they never find the Dobbs leaker? Because they didn’t want to…. That’s the only reason. Because the universe of individuals with advanced access to that decision was tiny…. It would’ve been so easy to go through all the electronic communications of every single person with access…. I find it infuriating they didn’t

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 03:24 PM (xT8gx)

17 I love the "conservatives" telling us they'll defect to the left if we don't agree with them that the Zionist Entity must be wiped off the map.

==

They are already defected!

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (GD0B3)

18 Alt headline:

Spiteful Women Delay Court Decision

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (ytyaf)

19 17 I love the "conservatives" telling us they'll defect to the left if we don't agree with them that the Zionist Entity must be wiped off the map.

==

They are already defected!

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (GD0B3)

========

Most voted for Kamala, and they end up acting like they were instrumental in getting Trump elected.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (HvPCP)

20 Wikileaks had an email in it that claimed that the night Scalia died of the very common and often fatal pillow over the face heart attack, was a great night for "wet work". Fucking weirdos. Who even uses that term?

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (AucCq)

21 Doesn't Roberts have any control over any of this? Shaking walls would have had me over there in a minute......

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Kagan, an Obama nominee, made her opinion on the delay loudly clear, according to Hemingway’s book, as reported by Fox.

“Hemingway wrote that Kagan, an Obama appointee, angrily confronted Breyer, a Clinton appointee, in May 2022 behind closed doors after at least one justice, Samuel Alito, had asked his liberal colleagues to speed up writing their dissent because of security threats,” Fox reported. “Breyer was most likely to agree to Alito’s request, Hemingway wrote.”

Hemingway wrote that “Kagan remonstrated with Breyer not to accommodate the majority, screaming so loudly, observers noted, that the ‘wall was shaking,’” according to Fox.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)

22 There's a leak in my soup!

- SCOTUS

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

23 So the Vestal Virgins are selling blowjobs?

Posted by: pudinhead at April 21, 2026 03:23 PM (FmapG)

Yes, all 16 of them.

Posted by: Gary Brooker at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (CNl8/)

24 As pointed out, there were no leaks from the Court prior to Jumanji Jackson being appointed.

There have been 4 major leaks since she was DEI'ed into the job.

What's after "enemy action" Mr. Goldfinger?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (tUP1A)

25 Leftists want a American Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

26 Roberts' very stern warning that they should stop doing that or face another warning.

—

The Robin Williams bit about unarmed cops in London. Stop or I shall say stop again.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 03:27 PM (ohom6)

27 Molly Hemingway says the liberals are again slow walking their descent on the "majority minority" case heard back in OCTOBER! They're going to delay it until the last day in session.

Why? to prevent it from going into effect before midterms. All political.

just f'ing wow.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 03:28 PM (G0vdT)

28 Alt headline:

Spiteful Women Delay Court Decision

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (ytyaf)

And that's just Roberts

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:28 PM (AucCq)

29 " Why did they never find the Dobbs leaker?"

It's not illegal enough.

Posted by: fd at April 21, 2026 03:28 PM (vFG9F)

30 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (tUP1A)

But KBJ wasn't on the court when the Dobbs leaks happened.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 03:28 PM (gtcuf)

31 It worked with John Roberts, it seems the public pressure is why he buckled on ObamaCare.

Posted by: Leupold at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (eIzlH)

32 There's a leak in my soup!

- SCOTUS
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (n5tGW)

No soup for you!!!

Posted by: TheSoupNazi at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (xT8gx)

33 I hate to be a bummer but like I said in the last thread a system like ours doesn't/can't survive when one side rejects all the rules of the game.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (tWc/t)

34 Make me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (E6xSb)

35 >>> 24 As pointed out, there were no leaks from the Court prior to Jumanji Jackson being appointed.

There have been 4 major leaks since she was DEI'ed into the job.

What's after "enemy action" Mr. Goldfinger?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (tUP1A)

*sigh*

Posted by: sad, lonely trebuchet at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (9vFyc)

36 More leaks because Roberts had the first leak release go
Bad behavior gets you more of it

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)

37 24 As pointed out, there were no leaks from the Court prior to Jumanji Jackson being appointed.

There have been 4 major leaks since she was DEI'ed into the job.

What's after "enemy action" Mr. Goldfinger?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (tUP1A)
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She wasn't on the court for the Dobb's leak. That was Souter, Kagan, and the wise latina.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (G0vdT)

38 31 It worked with John Roberts, it seems the public pressure is why he buckled on ObamaCare.
Posted by: Leupold at April 21, 2026 03:29 PM (eIzlH)

If you think of him as the HS student council president who is hyper concerned about his standing with the Cool Kids, Justice Roberts’s decisions make much more sense.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 21, 2026 03:30 PM (E6xSb)

39 Why can't a majority just go ahead and publish their decision? The dissents can publish when they feel like it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 03:30 PM (4NO2D)

40 I will keep saying it:

The left is evil and wants you dead. This episode is just an extension of that.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (N1DT3)

41 39 Why can't a majority just go ahead and publish their decision? The dissents can publish when they feel like it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 03:30 PM (4NO2D)

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Comity and tradition.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (O35xg)

42 I'm not being facetious when I say I bet Roberts was involved with the leak, thus nothing coming from the investigation.

It's exactly the sort of "hard decision" Roberts never wants to make. Just endless can kicking.

Posted by: Leupold at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (eIzlH)

43 You would think there would be a deadline or you don't get published even in the high court.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (n5tGW)

44 What is the fun of leaking a decision if you can't make those responsible face prolonged death threats and maybe get them killed. I mean that WAS the point of the leak.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (AucCq)

45 Even though she's a leftist I kind of respected Kagan as someone who was reasonable. After reading this eff her with a pineapple sideways using Buffalo wing sauce as lube , with a nice barbed wire wrap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (gu0hJ)

46 Most voted for Kamala, and they end up acting like they were instrumental in getting Trump elected.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:25 PM (HvPCP)

..as in having a defect

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (GD0B3)

47 Thanks goodness the conservative stalwarts on the court aren't cowards, or the ploy of threats might have worked.

Who should trump get to take over when one of them finally retires? The only one that might not squish and has media savvy is Jeanine Pirro. And she'd drive the left nuts.

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (gWBY1)

48 The mullahs want an armageddon - seems like the left does too. So similar the two groups. Nihilists.

Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (pDt9x)

49 >" Why did they never find the Dobbs leaker?"
----
they know who it is

is there a single political institution in America that is on the up and up?

Just one
help me here

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 03:32 PM (ZxPkt)

50 >>> 48 The mullahs want an armageddon - seems like the left does too. So similar the two groups. Nihilists.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM (pDt9x)

Bomb the mullahs with the commies, especially the danger-haired commies.

Posted by: or is that too cruel? at April 21, 2026 03:32 PM (9vFyc)

51 I think if Kagan thundered at me, she might receive a knuckle sandwich in return. Collegiality goes both ways or not at all…

Posted by: TheSoupNazi at April 21, 2026 03:32 PM (xT8gx)

52 And people wonder why Augusto Pinochet was a helicopter enthusiast.

Posted by: Minuteman at April 21, 2026 03:33 PM (47/pr)

53 31 It worked with John Roberts, it seems the public pressure is why he buckled on ObamaCare.

Yep. John Iscariot Roberts subscribes to the "the leftist terrorists will hang me last" school of thought.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 03:33 PM (gtcuf)

54 If the reports are crafted to make me sympathetic to the so-called 'conservative' justices... it has failed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2026 03:33 PM (AkEZC)

55 Abortion is the only thing sacred to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (O35xg)

Moloch must be appeased.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (N1DT3)

56 So everything is corrupt and nothing is normal in this nation. Is that what I am gathering here? I am sure they know who leaked and we will never know the identity. Roberts will see to that.

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (Q0yOR)

57 All of these leaks, delays, departures from established practice are just as corrupt and perverted as a district court judge issuing nationwide "injunctions."

Bullsh*t on its face.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (RIvkX)

58 Delicious soup but crabby guy sock off

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (xT8gx)

59 But I'm sure that if a conservative Justice was assassinated before the ruling was released, all the other Justices would have made it an 8-0 ruling out of solidarity and respect and as a message that you can not just kill off the ones you don't like to change a ruling.

Right?

(Ha, I crack myself up. I'm funnier than Muldoon's ditties.)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (53GQo)

60 Mullahs want Armageddon so their Imam can cfall out of his hole

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

61
Slow walking decisions is a Tax.

Posted by: Chief Justice John Roberts at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (IifOV)

62 Just when I've been wanting to get Kash to be fired, Chucky Schumer demands he resign, and now I want Kash to stay in EVEN HARDER. Anything the Atlantic and Schumer wants I feel compelled to be against.

Pelosi revealed their hand already for this: it's called the wrap-up smear.
https://x.com/HeyBooBoo16/status/
1415728087115780097/mediaviewer

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (gWBY1)

63 "And they did this, of course, to expose their colleagues to danger and menace, in hopes they would buckle and change the decision to match what the violent leftist mobs and assassins demanded."

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

Not "what the violent leftist mobs and assassins demanded," but what the leftist justices themselves demanded. If the leftist DEI justices didn't want violence threatened on their colleagues, they would've hurried up with their decisions. Those leftist justices wanted their colleagues to change their mind, and they were fine with using mob violence or threats thereof to compel it...

Posted by: bearski at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (Bhsk7)

64 Just send Kami Harris as the US Negotiator and have her just sit there and Cackle for hours until the Ragheads Eyes and Ears bleed...

That will force them to accept any deal !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (X7dyz)

65 The left is always on the march. Virginia will have 10/11 seats in a 55/45 state. SCOTUS leftists are encouraging its Antifa foot soldiers to kill fellow justices. The left is openly siding with Iran because they know it hurts Trump.
They’re the terminator. They never stop.

Meanwhile the gop won’t pass a voter ID bill that has 75% public support.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (ohom6)

66 The mullahs want an armageddon - seems like the left does too. So similar the two groups. Nihilists.
Posted by: tubal at April 21, 2026 03:31 PM

Nihilists! F*ck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude; at least it’s an ethos.

Posted by: Walter Sobchak at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (0sNs1)

67 There are NO reasonable D's. Not after the Planned Parenthood stuf which was ON VIDEO. Not after Benghazi. Not after BLM. Not after the stolen 2020. Not after the party they nearly threw when Trump got shot and the one they did throw when Kirk was murdered. Not after the prosecutions against conservatives, laughing at white women set on fire by illegals, and calling fathers with raped daughters terrorists.

Forget it. Not a single one. They either know what the Democrats are and don't care, or they simply are what the Democrats are. Give it up.That train has left the port.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (AucCq)

68 Hemingway wrote that “Kagan remonstrated with Breyer not to accommodate the majority, screaming so loudly, observers noted, that the ‘wall was shaking,’” according to Fox.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)
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Definitely would not want that stump shouting at me.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 21, 2026 03:36 PM (RIvkX)

69 And Jumanji Jackson is all-but taunting "of course I did it--and I'll do it again."

Every one of her screeds that she calls dissents whines about how they should let the lower courts work through the case before they decide.

That is, let the radical left cartel judge's ruling stand for 3-5 years.

But only when it's a cartel judge ruling against Trump.

But she sings like a pig in shit about the wonders of the emergency SCOTUS orders when the Court rules against Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at April 21, 2026 03:37 PM (tUP1A)

70 hmm

"🔴

TASNIM: Iran’s decision to skip Wednesday’s talks in Pakistan is final."

Okey dokey

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:37 PM (GD0B3)

71 67 Hasn't been for a long, long time.

Posted by: turambar at April 21, 2026 03:38 PM (Q0yOR)

72 70 hmm

"🔴

TASNIM: Iran’s decision to skip Wednesday’s talks in Pakistan is final."

Okey dokey

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:37 PM (GD0B3)

=======

TACO Trump who obviously doesn't have the balls to follow through on a threat is just going to let his doubled military presence in the region do nothing in response.

It's not like there's a recent example of him using overwhelming and deadly force in this arena recently that I can use as an example for what he might do in this situation, or anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (O35xg)

73 TASNIM: Iran’s decision to skip Wednesday’s talks in Pakistan is final."

( ) More Negotiating
(X) More Bombing

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (IifOV)

74 Hemingway wrote that “Kagan remonstrated with Breyer not to accommodate the majority, screaming so loudly, observers noted, that the ‘wall was shaking,’” according to Fox.

Posted by: beckster at April 21, 2026 03:26 PM (kX27y)
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I love knowing we made a leftard even more miserable. Feels good man.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (AucCq)

75 Iran realized they are fkd, one way or the other.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

76 Ghalibaf can defect !

HAHAHAH!!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (GD0B3)

77 TACO Trump who obviously doesn't have the balls to follow through on a threat is just going to let his doubled military presence in the region do nothing in response.

It's not like there's a recent example of him using overwhelming and deadly force in this arena recently that I can use as an example for what he might do in this situation, or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (O35xg)
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*confused*

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein in Brattleboro, VT at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (RIvkX)

78
TASNIM: Iran’s decision to skip Wednesday’s talks in Pakistan is final."

Okey dokey
Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:37 PM (GD0B3)
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We need the "So it begins" guy...for a curtain call.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (G0vdT)

79 Thomas and Alito are the only two people on that court worth a tinker's hot damn.

The rest of them can go screw.

Posted by: ballistic at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (oqH4h)

80 Iran realized they are fkd, one way or the other.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

You mean like proper fucked?

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (AucCq)

81 TASNIM: Iran’s decision to skip Wednesday’s talks in Pakistan is final."

( ) More Negotiating
(X) More Bombing
Posted by: Frank Barone at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM

[X] it begins
[_] other than beginning

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 21, 2026 03:40 PM (4NO2D)

82 See, I don't get the rationale here. If people are angry enough to kill them before the opinions are released, why would releasing the decision automatically calm things down?

I remain unconvinced that there was bigger jeopardy in holding up the Dobbs decision than in releasing it.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

83 75 Iran realized they are fkd, one way or the other.

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (GD0B3)

======

Head of IRGC realizes that he's an island in the nation and he probably threatened to murder anyone who volunteered to go because all he has to project power within the nation is naked violence.

I suspect Israeli intelligence knows which bunker under which mountain he's hiding in. And I suspect the US military knows which bomb will reach him best.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:41 PM (O35xg)

84 It's not like there's a recent example of him using overwhelming and deadly force in this arena recently that I can use as an example for what he might do in this situation, or anything. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

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Well!! We're waiting!!!!

Posted by: Judge Smails at April 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Bhsk7)

85 Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)

Didn't it say they wanted the decision changed?

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:42 PM (AucCq)

86 Maybe they think they have nothing to gain nor lose but to me they believe their religion will win eventually.

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

87 They want them dead.
Seriously. They leak to get some nutter frightened/riled up enough to try to kill a conservative Justice before the decision is made.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:42 PM (4KUe5)

88 But no leaks so far about the birthright citizenship decision. Maybe the left likes the way it is trending within the court.

A finding that the babies of illegals and tourists are US citizens with all of the rights thereof would eviscerate what's left of the concept of citizenship.

They will probably punt, and say we don't know what it means but whatever it means Trump cannot unilaterally define it by executive order.

Posted by: TITP at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (r3hkP)

89 Haven’t got a fucking clue.

Posted by: Guy who always thinks its beginning at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (u73oe)

90 86 Maybe they think they have nothing to gain nor lose but to me they believe their religion will win eventually.

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

=======

IRGC has been threatening civilian leadership for even talking to the US for a couple of weeks now.

Because the power the IRGC holds right now is brittle.

And the country is being starved of $450 million per day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (O35xg)

91 Everybody I've read feels it was Kagan's staff that leaked Dobbs

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (RHGPo)

92 I think if Kagan thundered at me, she might receive a knuckle sandwich in return. Collegiality goes both ways or not at all…

Posted by: TheSoupNazi at April 21, 2026 03:32 PM (xT8gx)
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Nah, I'm pretty sure I can shout louder than she can.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)

93 Everybody I've read feels it was Kagan's staff that leaked Dobbs

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (RHGPo)

I'm pretty sure Kagan's staff is very leaky.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:44 PM (AucCq)

94 BTW how did "Zionist Entity" make it into this post?

Does Ace have to include a minimum number of Israel references per day under his SEO arrangements?

Posted by: TITP at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (r3hkP)

95 ***Leftwing Justices Slow-Walked The Dobbs Decision Even While Right-Leaning Justices Were Targeted With Death Threats and White Powders
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Arrest them and put them in J6 cells.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (YvvFZ)

96 "How to beat them when they've got more than us"

The leftist supremes and the IRGC have a lot in common. And the best allies one can hope for. The US media.

Posted by: M. Gaga at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (KiBMU)

97 Everybody I've read feels it was Kagan's staff that leaked Dobbs
Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (RHGPo)
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Ironic that Kagan had the leaky staff.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)

98 The Mets are 0-11 since Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged Mamdani.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (RHGPo)

99 Tell Clarence it was only business. I always liked him.

Posted by: John Roberts at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (AucCq)

100 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: And you damn well know it at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (2Ez/1)

101 98 The Mets are 0-11 since Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged Mamdani.

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (RHGPo)

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Worse than the Sacramento A's!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (O35xg)

102 91 Everybody I've read feels it was Kagan's staff that leaked Dobbs

I had figured it was the Wise Latina's staff, but if the Slimes' report is true (never even close to a given) it does sound like Kagan's.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (gtcuf)

103 Stop or I’ll say stop again!

Posted by: John Roberts at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (u73oe)

104 Mullahs want Armageddon so their Imam can cfall out of his hole

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)

We need to find that hole and put an atomic cork in it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (snZF9)

105 Saw some Lefty on X crowing about how badazz Ketanji-Brown is, specifically mentioning how much she talks. When challenged that talking a lot isn’t intelligence, she said it was awesome because it prevented others Justices from speaking.

They only want power, they don’t want a functioning SCOTUS. She is likely there to disrupt.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (4KUe5)

106 102 91 Everybody I've read feels it was Kagan's staff that leaked Dobbs

I had figured it was the Wise Latina's staff, but if the Slimes' report is true (never even close to a given) it does sound like Kagan's.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (gtcuf)

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It's real surprising that the elderly lesbian past childbearing age still holds abortion so highly in her mind.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (O35xg)

107 65 The left is always on the march. Virginia will have 10/11 seats in a 55/45 state. SCOTUS leftists are encouraging its Antifa foot soldiers to kill fellow justices. The left is openly siding with Iran because they know it hurts Trump.
They’re the terminator. They never stop.

Meanwhile the gop won’t pass a voter ID bill that has 75% public support.

Posted by: Heroq at April 21, 2026 03:3

If they get greedy, splits that close could turn on them quick.

Posted by: Inogame at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (53oGX)

108 I'm pretty sure Kagan's staff is very leaky.
Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:44 PM (AucCq)
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We'll if she was yelling at one of her fellow libs about slow walking, it makes sense she'd be the leaker, directly or indirectly.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (G0vdT)

109 105 Saw some Lefty on X crowing about how badazz Ketanji-Brown is, specifically mentioning how much she talks. When challenged that talking a lot isn’t intelligence, she said it was awesome because it prevented others Justices from speaking.

They only want power, they don’t want a functioning SCOTUS. She is likely there to disrupt.

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:46 PM (4KUe5)

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Idea:

Trump should nominate Nicki Minaj to SCOTUS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (O35xg)

110 I think its Kagen leaking.

Most would probably say Sotomayor, because she is so partisan a left-winger and so vocal lately about the shadow docket, but I say Kagen because she is a politician first and a judge second, and this leaking is standard issue politicking.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (qH7II)

111 Second look at National Divorce?

Posted by: Joe Mama at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (TezPK)

112
Leaky staff?
Much like the burning during urination.

Posted by: Kramer at April 21, 2026 03:48 PM (2Ez/1)

113 It was Roberts.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 03:48 PM (AucCq)

114 On 27 Nov. 1700 the Pennsylvania Assembly installed a 20-shilling levy on slave imports, doubled it to 40 shillings in 1706, and in 1712 adopted an additional £20 pound import tax on slaves. In 1731 King George II ordered Pennsylvania’s governor to vacate the tax and to prohibit any colonial law imposing import duties on slaves.
However, in 1768, under the nose of the next King George (III), legislators established a £10 duty on imported Negroes, then, in 1768, increased the duty to £20, made it perpetual, and strengthened enforcement and collection law.

... If this had been passed today, slavery would last forever as no tax ever completely goes away

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:48 PM (RHGPo)

115 Seriously. They leak to get some nutter frightened/riled up enough to try to kill a conservative Justice before the decision is made.
Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:42 PM (4KUe5)
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If some justices are slow-walking the decision, it suggests that the other side should be all that much closer to the final sign-ons and concurrences. Why would a justice who had sat through arguments and even gave signoff to an opinion be fully discounted simply by not being alive at the time the decision was publicized?

That would be sick.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:49 PM (Fi81e)

116 >>> It's not like there's a recent example of him using overwhelming and deadly force in this arena recently that I can use as an example for what he might do in this situation, or anything. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

The problem is the Iran regime has had spoiled child syndrome for over a half decade. They think by throwing the same old tantrum they'll somehow get their way. But there's a new daddy, and he's all about the smacking and having them get the belt.
Not sure when they'll finally give up and cry uncle. I hope soon.

In the hammer films, have you gotten to the Hound of the Baskervilles yet? Fun stuff.

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:49 PM (gWBY1)

117 Wasn’t Kagan just appointed when they were deliberating the Obamacare legal challenges, and Obama was openly threatening SCOTUS?
Then Roberts write-up turned out to be weird, as if when he started it he had one opinion, then midway switched sides?

Seem to recall speculation back then was that Obama knew who was wobbly and pressured them…

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (4KUe5)

118 K-JB just spews Marxist rhetoric in her law writings

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)

119 >>have you gotten to the Hound of the Baskervilles yet?

We're reading that in the Book Club.

You have time to catch up, if you need it.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (ytyaf)

120 >>> The Mets are 0-11 since Mr. and Mrs. Met hugged Mamdani. Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 03:45 PM (RHGPo)

It's too good, I love it.

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (gWBY1)

121 It wasn't a liberal Justice that leaked Dobbs, it was Roberts. initials SS,

Posted by: MikeN at April 21, 2026 03:51 PM (6o2gJ)

122 116 In the hammer films, have you gotten to the Hound of the Baskervilles yet? Fun stuff.

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:49 PM (gWBY1)

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In terms of my watching, I've just gotten to Curse of Frankenstein and Quatermass 2, 1957. Reviews are about 2 weeks behind that.

So, I've finally gotten to the point where people think of Hammer Films.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:51 PM (O35xg)

123 Speaking of the SCROTUS, my office is currently knee-deep in the IEEPA refunds and it just infuriates me.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 03:51 PM (gtcuf)

124 Yet, the right SCJ still side with the left in so many cases

Posted by: Gonzotx at April 21, 2026 03:51 PM (nGraA)

125 Wasn’t Kagan just appointed when they were deliberating the Obamacare legal challenges, and

Posted by: Lizzy at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (4KUe5)
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Yes, that was Justice Elena "What's Recusal?" Kagan.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (Fi81e)

126 Garrett, where/how does book club meet? Watching the Hammer version after you finish it could be fun.

Posted by: LizLem at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (gWBY1)

127 IRGC has been threatening civilian leadership for even talking to the US for a couple of weeks now.

Because the power the IRGC holds right now is brittle.

And the country is being starved of $450 million per day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (O35xg)
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I hope the President targets IRGC, instead of "bridges and power plants". The IRGC true believers have to die one way or another, because they would never allow even a slightly secularized government. For them its all or nothing. Start with the leadership, sure, and get them first, but they all have to go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (qH7II)

128 110 I think its Kagen leaking.

Weak bladder or Spinchter?

Posted by: Frank Barone at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (IifOV)

129 111 Second look at National Divorce?
Posted by: Joe Mama at April 21, 2026 03:47 PM (TezPK)

Yeah, but divorces end up in court...

kinda tricky when yer tryin to divorce the Judge.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (mP0Kj)

130 The libs on the court are apparently slow-walking the Louisiana v. Callais (Voting Rights Act) decision so that by the time it is issued, there won't be enough time to re-draw maps before the midterms.

This is the kind of crap leftists do all the time, yet we can't get our own Senate majority leader to pass the Save America Act or even allow President Trump a recess appointment.

Uniparty.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (3ImbR)

131 BTW, wrt to the vote in Virginia to redistrict and essentially eliminate Republican representation, I just checked and 26 out of our 50 states are Republican led. So the 26 should all redistrict and eliminate Democrat representation and we win. By a slight margin, but still.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (C4BAC)

132 118 K-JB just spews Marxist rhetoric in her law writings
Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)
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She's so bad, Kagan and Soto are not even signing onto some of her dissents.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 03:53 PM (G0vdT)

133 127 I hope the President targets IRGC, instead of "bridges and power plants". The IRGC true believers have to die one way or another, because they would never allow even a slightly secularized government. For them its all or nothing. Start with the leadership, sure, and get them first, but they all have to go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (qH7II)

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Once strikes start again, they'll be hitting hundreds of targets a day.

A wide variety. And it'll probably start again like it did last time: decapitation strikes.

Israeli intelligence is very deep in Iranian intelligence. There's a solid chance they know where most, if not all, of IRGC's leadership is. Probably underground bunkers. Perfect for some MOABs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:53 PM (O35xg)

134 127 IRGC has been threatening civilian leadership for even talking to the US for a couple of weeks now.

Because the power the IRGC holds right now is brittle.

And the country is being starved of $450 million per day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:43 PM (O35xg)
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I hope the President targets IRGC, instead of "bridges and power plants". The IRGC true believers have to die one way or another, because they would never allow even a slightly secularized government. For them its all or nothing. Start with the leadership, sure, and get them first, but they all have to go.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (qH7II)

Bridges should be targeted to keep the IRGC from being able to move around easily. Substations could also be targeted instead of power plants if trying to keep things easy to repair/replace.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 03:54 PM (okun6)

135 >>Garrett, where/how does book club meet?

Ace sets the schedule.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 03:54 PM (ytyaf)

136 121 It wasn't a liberal Justice that leaked Dobbs, it was Roberts. initials SS,
Posted by: MikeN

Roberts initials are SS?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 03:54 PM (Dv3i1)

137 130 The libs on the court are apparently slow-walking the Louisiana v. Callais (Voting Rights Act) decision so that by the time it is issued, there won't be enough time to re-draw maps before the midterms.

This is the kind of crap leftists do all the time, yet we can't get our own Senate majority leader to pass the Save America Act or even allow President Trump a recess appointment.

Uniparty.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (3ImbR)

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FL is probably the only state who would have redrawn maps for 2026 even if the decision had been announced 3 months ago.

The VRA decision was always going to be a bigger player in 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:54 PM (O35xg)

138 TACO Trump who obviously doesn't have the balls to follow through on a threat is just going to let his doubled military presence in the region do nothing in response.

It's not like there's a recent example of him using overwhelming and deadly force in this arena recently that I can use as an example for what he might do in this situation, or anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:39 PM (O35xg)

*snort*

Posted by: tcn in AK at April 21, 2026 03:55 PM (DwqWV)

139 Does Trump "always chicken out" of being a dictator or king?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)

140 She's so bad, Kagan and Soto are not even signing onto some of her dissents.
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Someone must have told KBJ that her saying "I don't understand" was making her look stupid. So she changed it to "I can't fathom," which sounds much smarter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Dv3i1)

141 131 BTW, wrt to the vote in Virginia to redistrict and essentially eliminate Republican representation, I just checked and 26 out of our 50 states are Republican led. So the 26 should all redistrict and eliminate Democrat representation and we win. By a slight margin, but still.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 03:52 PM (C4BAC)

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2 things on that.

1. I've always said that gerrymandering is the spoils of political war, and I see no moral issue with the party in power maximalizing. If the other party in the state wants to reverse that, win more seats in the state legislature. No one else is going to save you.

2. A very solid number of blue districts in Republican states are majority-minority and mandated by Gingles. With Gingles still as precedent, can't undo those.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (O35xg)

142 Is there any law that states that the SC majority must wait for the dissenters to write their dissent? Or is it just custom? Because if the latter, the next time this happens, just release the majority decision forthwith, and fuck custom.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (utfVc)

143 See, here's the thing. If you've got 5 justices agreeing to something, you can give the dissenters a date of release. And then?

Release the f*cking opinion. Let them no, they were marked down as a "no" and move on.

And if something leaks? Keep them out of all conferences except to give a thumbs up and thumbs down. If they demur, then let the opinion be 5-0, 6-0, 7-0, whatever.....

Roberts is a clown for (amongst everything else) tolerating this nonsense.

Posted by: nooneyouknowyouknow at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Iwv3U)

144 139 Does Trump "always chicken out" of being a dictator or king?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)

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Trump giving up power after "losing" the 2020 election was a TACO!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:57 PM (O35xg)

145 Leftists want an American Civil War II

And they might very well win it.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 03:57 PM (qRla/)

146 K-JB just spews Marxist rhetoric in her law writings

As did MLK at the end. He came to the conclusion that the black man was gonna' need some socialism. And later some communism.

Its rare to see a Thomas Sowell just come out and say the quiet part out loud. Make everything even and some will flourish while others flounder. Each as they get for themselves.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 03:57 PM (S2mGF)

147 And tomorrow the libtards will switch back from TACO to war crimes without missing a beat.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (u73oe)

148 Why would Roberts leak it when he wrote his own concurrence with the decision?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

149 The single greatest threat to the republic is the judiciary.

It’s why the liberals have constantly tried to undermine it. They know the power that unelected judges can wield to subvert the Bill of Rights and ensure a permanent Democrat majority.

Until the courts are righted, our democratic republic will be under threat.

Our liberties were never meant to be meted out and limited by a bunch of unelected jurists. Nor should we ever let that occur. Ever.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (yv1Au)

150 And tomorrow the libtards will switch back from TACO to war crimes without missing a beat.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (u73oe)
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220, 221, whatever it takes.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (Fi81e)

151 55 Abortion is the only thing sacred to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

And protecting/ supporting illegal aliens.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (W2Pud)

152 148 Why would Roberts leak it when he wrote his own concurrence with the decision?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

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The logic would be to scare one of the other 5 into backing off.

I assume it's either Kagan or Thomas.

Thomas just being an immortal samurai with bloodlust of cannon fodder, of course.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (O35xg)

153 Thom Tillis sucks sick by choice.

Just thought I’d add that.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (yv1Au)

154 >>>Hemingway wrote that “Kagan remonstrated with Breyer not to accommodate the majority, screaming so loudly, observers noted, that the ‘wall was shaking,’” according to Fox.
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See, my suggestion that Thomas body slam Roberts into a wall are not that out of line.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (YvvFZ)

155 Twitter is a buzz with Iran stuff over last 30min.

Latest HOT MOIST TIGHT rumor is US signaling they may end the blockade ina. Goodwill gesture to get talk a back on track.

Yeah, I don't think so. Witkoff, Kushner, JD all being recalled to DC for meetings.

Methinks my positive side wins out on this one.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (I5fLw)

156 153 Thom Tillis sucks sick by choice.

Just thought I’d add that.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 21, 2026 03:59 PM (yv1Au)

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I watched a streaming movie earlier today.

Saw two political ads total.

One was anti-Roy Cooper, and the other was pro-Michael Whatley. Probably means not much, but it's interesting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:00 PM (O35xg)

157 127 I hope the President targets IRGC, instead of "bridges and power plants". The IRGC true believers have to die one way or another, because they would never allow even a slightly secularized government. For them its all or nothing. Start with the leadership, sure, and get them first, but they all have to go.

"We decapitate, then we do business with what's left." - Phil Leotardo - "The Sopranos."

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 04:00 PM (gtcuf)

158 Sydney Sweeney's three-minute cameo in the upcoming release of The Devil Wears Prada 2 has ended up on the cutting-room floor.

The choice to omit her scene was reportedly due to a creative decision.

According to a report from EW, Sweeney‘s appearance would have come near the beginning of the movie, but was scrapped because it did not work structurally.

Yeah, sure. It probably had nothing to do with her refusing to play the game of leftist gotcha media while failing to denounce Trump as a fascist dictator.

Leftist Lady Gaga's cameo will remain in the movie, however.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 21, 2026 04:00 PM (Y1sOo)

159 Latest HOT MOIST TIGHT rumor is US signaling they may end the blockade ina. Goodwill gesture to get talk a back on track.

I could see that... Yeah... I'm a pessimist...

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 04:00 PM (K88SD)

160 [-i]Leftists want an American Civil War II

And they might very well win it.

If its a real civil war they lose.

But they can easily win if a Dem controlled FedGov just starts arresting dissidents. As long as they promise senior GOPe members they'll be left alone the GOPe will allow it to happen, even if they in turn get rounded up later.

One flashpoint we almost saw - DeSantis threatened to turn out the FL NG if Biden implemented Vaxports.

Presumably the Junta believed other states would join in.

But suppose a President Newsom arrests Trump and his cabinent and actual opposition GOP leaders. Would the states actually do anything or just let it happen?

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

161 158 Sydney Sweeney's three-minute cameo in the upcoming release of The Devil Wears Prada 2 has ended up on the cutting-room floor.

The choice to omit her scene was reportedly due to a creative decision.

According to a report from EW, Sweeney‘s appearance would have come near the beginning of the movie, but was scrapped because it did not work structurally.

Yeah, sure. It probably had nothing to do with her refusing to play the game of leftist gotcha media while failing to denounce Trump as a fascist dictator.

Leftist Lady Gaga's cameo will remain in the movie, however.

Posted by: one hour sober at April 21, 2026 04:00 PM (Y1sOo)

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I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (O35xg)

162 150 And tomorrow the libtards will switch back from TACO to war crimes without missing a beat.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (u73oe)
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220, 221, whatever it takes.
Posted by: Axeman
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They so dumb don't know a whipsaw when they're on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (YvvFZ)

163 It occurs to me that there's several thousand Marines in the Iran/IRGC theater. Been couped up on several ships for about a month, maybe longer. They'd probably like to blow off a little steam.

Or a few heads. IRGC heads specifically.

They're not in the area to sightsee.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 21, 2026 04:02 PM (AkEZC)

164 >>I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.

I am sure she got paid.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 04:02 PM (ytyaf)

165 Until the courts are righted, our democratic republic will be under threat.

Posted by: Vengeance at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (yv1Au)
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It's only gotten worse through my lifetime.

Now, you have prominent conservatives saying "You have to venue shop," about the looming prosecutions in Florida of the Russian Hoaxers.

But when you have traditionals say "You have to venue shop!" It just allows the Dems to be more comfortable with their tampering all along.

I hope I'm wrong. But when terms get this confused, the only times things will get more serious is with a crash and burn.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)

166 Al Capone’s vault broadcast was blessing and curse: Geraldo Rivera (Forty years ago today)

better than the Real Housewives of Nome

Posted by: SMOD at April 21, 2026 04:02 PM (RHGPo)

167 164 >>I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.

I am sure she got paid.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 04:02 PM (ytyaf)

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They don't work for free!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:03 PM (O35xg)

168 >I think its Kagen leaking.
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eww gross

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 04:03 PM (ZxPkt)

169 I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (O35xg)

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I don’t get it.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (u73oe)

170 25 Leftists want a American Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

They want Battle of the Little Bighorn II. With them as the thousand-plus Sioux and allied warriors, along with a thousand-plus women and children following along to kill the badly wounded and maim the still-living and the dead, and us as Custer's 470 or so cavalry troopers and officers with single-shot carbines and a few dozen revolvers.

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (5rh/l)

171 I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (O35xg)

Why do you hate movies?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

172 According to a report from EW, Sweeney‘s appearance would have come near the beginning of the movie, but was scrapped because it did not work structurally.
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Syndey's bod works structurally.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 21, 2026 04:05 PM (Dv3i1)

173 166 Al Capone’s vault broadcast was blessing and curse: Geraldo Rivera (Forty years ago today)

And they spent what felt like hours trying to make a few old liquor bottles A Thing. Should've ended Jerry Rivers' career. Didn't though.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 04:05 PM (gtcuf)

174 171 I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (O35xg)

Why do you hate movies?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

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They do not perfectly reflect reality at all times. They are lies and distort our perceptions.

Instead, all men should live in the forest, hunting with their bare hands, and only entertain themselves with introspective readings of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:05 PM (O35xg)

175 But suppose a President Newsom arrests Trump and his cabinet and actual opposition GOP leaders. Would the states actually do anything or just let it happen?

The government arrested hundreds of people for doing nothing more than walking around the Capitol. Not one single state governor said boo or did a single thing in opposition.

Trump came within a whisker of having his head blown off. Which governors stood up against the government?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 04:06 PM (qRla/)

176 They put the conservative justices at risk of life and limb, and meanwhile the squish-pseudo conservative justices watched this and did...nothing...they kept on being squish-pseudo conservative justices. Thomas and Alito should have been as mad at them as they were at the communist justices.

Posted by: Crusader at April 21, 2026 04:06 PM (TN0g+)

177 The Dobbs leaker was likely Breyer's law clerk Elizabeth Deutsch

She married a journalist Isaac Arnsdorf who was best friends with the journo who published the Dobbs decision, Josh Gerstein. Gerstein attended Deutsch's wedding.

She wrote her law school paper on abortion.

She wrote a NYT op-ed supporting abortion.

https://en.rattibha.com/thread/1521685968939630592

Posted by: Jose at April 21, 2026 04:06 PM (V6W16)

178 Bridges should be targeted to keep the IRGC from being able to move around easily. Substations could also be targeted instead of power plants if trying to keep things easy to repair/replace.
Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 03:54 PM (okun6)

Particularly substations that provide power for government and military installations, and regime residences.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 21, 2026 04:07 PM (utfVc)

179 We give women the right to vote, the next thing you know, they've taken over the supreme court.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Fbc0I)

180 They do not perfectly reflect reality at all times. They are lies and distort our perceptions.

——————

Except Lone Wolf McQuade, of course.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 04:07 PM (u73oe)

181 >>> they did this, of course, to expose their colleagues to danger and menace, in hopes they would buckle and change the decision to match what the violent leftist mobs and assassins demanded.

Ludicrous!!! There are politics in any Court !

- Chief SCROTUS Nazgul Roberts

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 04:08 PM (/lPRQ)

182 180
Except Lone Wolf McQuade, of course.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 04:07 PM (u73oe)

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That was a documentary.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:08 PM (O35xg)

183 179 We give women the right to vote, the next thing you know, they've taken over the supreme court.

Led by Roberts, the womanliest woman on the sourt.

Posted by: Delurker at April 21, 2026 04:08 PM (gtcuf)

184 Why would Roberts leak it when he wrote his own concurrence with the decision?

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 03:58 PM (Fi81e)

To put pressure on the others. His concurrence wasn't required.

Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 04:09 PM (AucCq)

185 We give women the right to vote, the next thing you know, they've taken over the supreme court.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at April 21, 2026 04:07 PM (Fbc0I)
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Probably if the Dems get their 13 on the super-legislature that invalidates the entire concept of the Court, we'll have 7 women--or 1 of them is a gay guy.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:09 PM (Fi81e)

186 Space Ice put out a Lone Wold McQuade video a few days ago.

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:09 PM (CNl8/)

187 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)

188 Are we allowed to trust Mollie Hemingway? She is still willing to appear on Megyn Kelly's show.

Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (AlhUl)

189 To put pressure on the others. His concurrence wasn't required.
Posted by: ... at April 21, 2026 04:09 PM (AucCq)
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6-3 looks a hell of a lot better than 5-4 decisions.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Fi81e)

190 All of this shit will continue until someone is actually punished for this treasonous behavior.

No one has gone to jail. No one as been indicted. No one has been even threatened.

We're not a serious country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)

191 It is comical, the Dems are stacking about stacking the SC, adding new states like...DC...and the GOPe is spending their time on...some minor part of the Clean Air Act and renewing government surveillance

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)

192 Looks like Iran is choosing more war.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (viF8m)

193 Are we allowed to trust Mollie Hemingway? She is still willing to appear on Megyn Kelly's show.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (AlhUl)
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At times like this, it's good to remember that Guilt by Association doesn't stop being a logical fallacy.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (Fi81e)

194 The expedited rulings from the court are largely due to the expansion of nationwide injunctions from the lower courts. Which are, by the way, unsupported by the constitution.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (L6dcX)

195 I think its Kagen leaking.
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I think Kumanji is too stupid to even know what leaking means.

Posted by: Crusader at April 21, 2026 04:12 PM (TN0g+)

196 We give women the right to vote, the next thing you know, they've taken over the supreme court.

Led by Roberts, the womanliest woman on the sourt.
Posted by: Delurker

Most feminine, maybe.
And you misspelled squirt.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 04:12 PM (/lPRQ)

197 All of this shit will continue until someone is actually punished for this treasonous behavior.

No one has gone to jail. No one as been indicted. No one has been even threatened.

We're not a serious country.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (Zz0t1)

In a way, I'm grimly looking forward to Kash "Indictments Are Coming!" Patel to turn Steiner.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 04:12 PM (qRla/)

198 Are we allowed to trust Mollie Hemingway? She is still willing to appear on Megyn Kelly's show.
Posted by: Eeyore at April 21, 2026 04:10 PM (AlhUl)

I think she's still in the court of 'no pub is bad pub' on that one.

Is Kelly becoming a Qatarlson nazi freak? Yes. Is she 100% there yet? Maybe not.

I'll give Hemmingway a pass because she hasn't given the inclination that she's a nazi freak as of yet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:12 PM (Zz0t1)

199 In a way, I'm grimly looking forward to Kash "Indictments Are Coming!" Patel to turn Steiner.

One hopes their recent libel of him spurs him to action...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

200 I am glad to see the democrats bring their own brand of civility and decorum to the Supreme Courts.

The idiot conservatives let them run rampant and bitch and moan about it but still will seat a Kunte Kinte Jackson or an Amy Conehead Barrett because they don't want to be "rude" or "hostile".

The Supreme Courts chickens have come home to mooch.

Posted by: Oliver Wendell Douglas at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (79nfv)

201 It is comical, the Dems are stacking about stacking the SC, adding new states like...DC...and the GOPe is spending their time on...some minor part of the Clean Air Act and renewing government surveillance

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (sKqQm)
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But they don't want it up for a vote or a referendum...like you get in a representative democracy.

"You don't run on it," - James Carville.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)

202 I do not care that a rich lady I will never meet got cut from a movie I will never see and was not made for me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:01 PM (O35xg)

Why do you hate movies?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (xcxpd)

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They do not perfectly reflect reality at all times. They are lies and distort our perceptions.

Instead, all men should live in the forest, hunting with their bare hands, and only entertain themselves with introspective readings of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:05 PM (O35xg)

This is the way.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (xcxpd)

203 When you say you care about the Iranian people, we're supposed to think you have a good heart.

I don't care about subhumans that chanted Death to America for.50 years.

Shut up. The grownups are talking.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov, now, where does a war hero get some lubrication around here? at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (wBaIH)

204 In a way, I'm grimly looking forward to Kash "Indictments Are Coming!" Patel to turn Steiner.

One hopes their recent libel of him spurs him to action...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:13 PM (sKqQm)

People in Hell hope the thermostat gets turned down a bit.

Ain't gonna' happen.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:14 PM (S2mGF)

205 A lot of our losses over the years have ultimately been because it wouldn't be nice to fight the left in a "mean" way over issue X or Y.

Not the hill to die on!
What if they did it to us? (they always do)
What will the public think? (they don't care)

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:14 PM (sKqQm)

206 Instead, all men should live in the forest, hunting with their bare hands, and only entertain themselves with introspective readings of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:05 PM (O35xg)

So women can get f*cked by bears because they'll feel safer about it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:14 PM (Zz0t1)

207 192 Looks like Iran is choosing more war.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (viF8m)
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another delay tactic? Spend the next week trying to get meeting back on. rinse repeat.

Don't fall for it Donny.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (G0vdT)

208 194 The expedited rulings from the court are largely due to the expansion of nationwide injunctions from the lower courts. Which are, by the way, unsupported by the constitution.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (L6dcX)

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Statute that created lower courts: "Lower courts only have authority over x y and z."

Lower courts: "I declare we have authority over the whole alphabet because Trump!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (O35xg)

209 >>One hopes their recent libel of him spurs him to action...

It's not up to Kash. It's up to the DOJ. And they just put Joe diGenova in charge of indicting Brennan.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

210 6 Abortion is the only thing sacred to them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 03:22 PM (O35xg)

I think their god is Power, and Clique is its handmaiden. But if they can get women to kill their own babies -- proving their malleability and scorching their consciences -- then they can get them to do *anything*, so abortion is a Holy Sacrament in their worship.

Posted by: SciVo at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (Sy6m/)

211 Looks like Iran is choosing more war.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:11 PM (viF8m)

—————

War is the remedy our enemy has chosen and I say let us give them all they want.

-William Tecumseh Sherman

Posted by: Duke Lowell at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (u73oe)

212 and only entertain themselves with introspective readings of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations."

Or, you know, The Hobbit.

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

213
Trump came within a whisker of having his head blown off. Which governors stood up against the government?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at April 21, 2026 04:06 PM (qRla/)

THAT WAS STAGED!!!!!!

Posted by: Marjorie Taylor Brown at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (Zz0t1)

214
It's not up to Kash. It's up to the DOJ. And they just put Joe diGenova in charge of indicting Brennan.
Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

And Joe is not a fan of Brennan

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (K88SD)

215 >>Don't fall for it Donny.

I doubt he will. He's too far down the road.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (viF8m)

216 But they don't want it up for a vote or a referendum...like you get in a representative democracy.

"You don't run on it," - James Carville.

Pretty much every time there are actual issues up for a vote the right wins. And pretty much every time it is a popularity contest the left wins.

Compare 2012 where Romney is indeed a rich asshole with 2016 where Trump is also a rich asshole but people are voting on illegal immigration not who is an asshole.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

217 212 and only entertain themselves with introspective readings of Marcus Aurelius' Meditations."

Or, you know, The Hobbit.

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (XuXeR)

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Pansy-ass fantasy with dwarves and singing?

You are a traitor to mankind.

Read Sun-Tzu and reflect on your shortcomings!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (O35xg)

218 I think its Kagen leaking"

Depends

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR)

219 I think its Kagen leaking"

Depends
Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR)

Do dinosaurs have such issues?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (Zz0t1)

220 Read Sun-Tzu "

I'm next to a Shih Tzu. That ok?

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (XuXeR)

221 Read Sun-Tzu and reflect on your shortcomings!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (O35xg)
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Pretty rich, coming from an illiterate.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (xvhJH)

222 192 Looks like Iran is choosing more war.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Mentioned up stream that boatloads of Marines have been couped up for two months.
s t e a m

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (YvvFZ)

223 221 Read Sun-Tzu and reflect on your shortcomings!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:16 PM (O35xg)
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Pretty rich, coming from an illiterate.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (xvhJH)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:18 PM (O35xg)

224 And Comey is still walking free.

Posted by: 8647? at April 21, 2026 04:19 PM (a992C)

225 We give women the right to vote, the next thing you know, they've taken over the supreme court.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

====

The worst fallout was the unexpected -
Duel citizenship then anchor babies.

Before the 19th citizenship for dependents was derived from the husband/father. (This was back when patriarchy used to actually mean something) So, in a way, this too is the story of Obama.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 04:19 PM (/lPRQ)

226 BREAKING: President Trump extends ceasefire.

STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP:
Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (CNl8/)

227 Whenever there is some crime story in the news about a man (usually an illegal) victimizing a woman I go check my regular lefty forums and there is always a 60+ woman posting something along the lines of "I remember when men would step in to help a lady in trouble! What is wrong with men today"

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (sKqQm)

228 The mythology of the left/atheists is "Magical Possibility". Life can be lived ala carte.

The last episode of The Pitt had something like that in it. A pregnant woman came into the hospital to receive treatment for her headache, but she wanted a "wild childbirth" and almost killed herself and her baby until an emergency c-section was needed to save both their lives.

Next season, they'll probably get sued for the lady not getting her ala carte selection.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Fi81e)

229 you know, The Hobbit.

No Tolkien negro.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (Kt19C)

230 224 And Comey is still walking free.

Posted by: 8647? at April 21, 2026 04:19 PM (a992C)

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There's a federal grand jury empaneled in a Florida district that is apparently looking into the conspiracy to deny Donald Trump his rights.

Comey has been interviewed by that grand jury.

I strongly suspect we'll be getting news of indictments by late summer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (O35xg)

231 Welp, Donny blinked. Iran got a delay. Trump says he won't resume attacks until Iran comes up with a "unified proposal" which should be ready around Mid November.

Posted by: WisRich at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (G0vdT)

232 BREAKING: President Trump extends ceasefire.

I knew it... Damn

Posted by: It's me donna at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (K88SD)

233 And Comey is still walking free.
Posted by: 8647? at April 21, 2026 04:19 PM (a992C)

As is the entire Biden and Owebama administrations.

No more treason has ever been committed than in those two administrations.

They've violated countless federal laws and violated the Constitution multiple times.

*crickets*

We're not a serious country.

Like the GREAT George Carlin said: "It's an exclusive club. And YOU AIN'T IN IT."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (Zz0t1)

234 Read Sun-Tzu and reflect on your shortcomings!

I remember the 90s. When every business guy "read Sun-Tzu".

Here's the thing. They read it because it was written simple enough where they thought they understood it. And also - no military ever fought like Sun-Tzu wrote. No business ever really acted like that either.

Leave your opponent an avenue of retreat so they won't fight as hard ? That was one of the brilliant writing of Sun-Tzu. Nobody does that - because its stupid.

Attack where your opponent is weak ? Great idea, Sun. Simply brilliant. Now tell me how to find that spot.

I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (S2mGF)

235 The mythology of the left/atheists is "Magical Possibility". Life can be lived ala carte.

One of the great ironies of our current political moment is the left is full of NPCs that believe they deserve to live life like a main character in a video game.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

236 Could he at least announce these things before the markets close so we can get a rally?

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (CNl8/)

237 Mollie has some good stuff, I'll keep reading her stuff

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

238 226 BREAKING: President Trump extends ceasefire.

STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP:
Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by: Mark1971 at April 21, 2026 04:20 PM (CNl8/)

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The blockade is hurting Iran more than the bombings did.

$450 million per day denied.

They'll max out their oil storage soon (like, in the next few days). No inflow of dollars meaning that the leadership has to pay its soldiers in rials which are borderline worthless.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (O35xg)

239 >>Welp, Donny blinked. Iran got a delay. Trump says he won't resume attacks until Iran comes up with a "unified proposal" which should be ready around Mid November.

They might be getting a bit hungry by then. The blockade is still on and reports are that Iran is losing between $4 and $500 million per day in lost oil revenue.

Posted by: JackStraw at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (viF8m)

240 >>I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.

The Art of Cunnilingus was his best book.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (ytyaf)

241 there is always a 60+ woman posting something along the lines of "I remember when men would step in to help a lady in trouble! What is wrong with men today"

That's funny right there

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (XuXeR)

242 Leave your opponent an avenue of retreat so they won't fight as hard ? That was one of the brilliant writing of Sun-Tzu. Nobody does that - because its stupid.

Depends on what you are trying to do but yes usually the best strategy is surround them and starve them. Hell, WWII is a masterclass in how do do so...

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)

243 *ace does not tolerate this kind of talk.*

*this is your one warning*

Posted by: Matthew at April 21, 2026 04:23 PM (OdsgZ)

244
I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.
Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (S2mGF)

That's just what he WANTED you to think.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:23 PM (Zz0t1)

245 The Art of Cunnilingus was his best book.

I found the core thesis to be fishy.

Posted by: 18-1 at April 21, 2026 04:23 PM (sKqQm)

246 I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (S2mGF)
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Don is supposedly a devotee of that book.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:24 PM (Fi81e)

247 >>> There's a federal grand jury empaneled in a Florida district that is apparently looking into the conspiracy to deny Donald Trump his rights.

They should expand it to include all collateral damage in the deep states onslaught.

.... at publicly charge someone for rummaging through underwear drawers.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 04:24 PM (/lPRQ)

248 Will Iran extend their ceasefire is the question.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 21, 2026 04:24 PM (n5tGW)

249 Depends on what you are trying to do"

W.T. Sherman waves...

Posted by: man at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (XuXeR)

250
The Art of Cunnilingus was his best book.
Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (ytyaf)

Because sometimes it takes good oral support.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (Zz0t1)

251 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at April 21, 2026 04:25 PM (LdBR/)

252 The Art of Cunnilingus was his best book.

Posted by: garrett at April 21, 2026 04:22 PM (ytyaf)
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It just got the most tongues wagging.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)

253 Cow workers are now talking about TACO TUESDAY. Taco this. Taco that.

TACO
TACO
TACO

I hate these stupid gits.

They are gleeful when they hear the US may be getting the shaft.

Posted by: nurse ratched at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (W2Pud)

254 25 Leftists want a American Civil War II

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 03:27 PM (Ia/+0)

They want Battle of the Little Bighorn II. With them as the thousand-plus Sioux and allied warriors, along with a thousand-plus women and children following along to kill the badly wounded and maim the still-living and the dead, and us as Custer's 470 or so cavalry troopers and officers with single-shot carbines and a few dozen revolvers.

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (5rh/l)

Only this time we bring the Gatling guns. GarryOwen!

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (C4BAC)

255 Leave your opponent an avenue of retreat so they won't fight as hard ? That was one of the brilliant writing of Sun-Tzu. Nobody does that - because its stupid.

Attack where your opponent is weak ? Great idea, Sun. Simply brilliant. Now tell me how to find that spot.

I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.
Posted by: YEP

Buy Low.
Sell High.
- Sun-Tzu

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (/lPRQ)

256 Something weird is going on in the Pentagon if reports are true.

General in Charge of Nucs was just escorted out of the Pentagon.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 21, 2026 04:26 PM (mP0Kj)

257
Leave your opponent an avenue of retreat so they won't fight as hard ? That was one of the brilliant writing of Sun-Tzu. Nobody does that - because its stupid.

Attack where your opponent is weak ? Great idea, Sun. Simply brilliant. Now tell me how to find that spot.

I hate that fucking book. I can't stand those who pretend to be smarter for reading it. I read it. I felt myself get dumber for the effort.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:21 PM (S2mGF)

Most troops did not die in fighting but being cut down in the retreat/rout until relatively recent centuries. What Sun Tzu is talking about is inducing a rout, which was the key to wars for most of human history. The avenue of retreat need not be extensive or largely viable, it's a place for the enemy to panic funnel towards.

He also talks about cutting off your own retreat, such as Cortez scuttling his boats, to prevent routs.

In short since battles were won by morale, you want your troops to believe they're firmly committed and must fight or die and the enemy to believe they can back off. The side that starts running first gets butchered.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (okun6)

258 wait, WAIT..

your favorite president has an UPDATE !

"Based on the fact that the Government of Iran is seriously fractured, not unexpectedly so and, upon the request of Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, of Pakistan, we have been asked to hold our Attack on the Country of Iran until such time as their leaders and representatives can come up with a unified proposal. I have therefore directed our Military to continue the Blockade and, in all other respects, remain ready and able, and will therefore extend the Ceasefire until such time as their proposal is submitted, and discussions are concluded, one way or the other. President DONALD J.
TRUMP"

😂😂😂

*as runner explained on the other thread...the blockade is on and it is a good thing!!

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:28 PM (GD0B3)

259 oh, here is a very piquant rumor !

"Hearing from Arabic sources that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard places Qalibaf, Pezeshkian, and Araghchi under house arrest.

Negotiations with US are halted."

Posted by: runner at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (GD0B3)

260 They want Battle of the Little Bighorn II. With them as the thousand-plus Sioux and allied warriors, along with a thousand-plus women and children following along to kill the badly wounded and maim the still-living and the dead, and us as Custer's 470 or so cavalry troopers and officers with single-shot carbines and a few dozen revolvers.

Posted by: Gref at April 21, 2026 04:04 PM (5rh/l)

Custer fucked up when he divided his forces. United we win.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:31 PM (C4BAC)

261 Personally was hoping to see Iran ridden of anything that floats

Posted by: Skip at April 21, 2026 04:32 PM (Ia/+0)

262 I was hoping the next bombing raid would begin in a few hours ... instead Trump hopes they die on the vine from lack of oil revenue, and perhaps from a few more IRGC being stabbed to death on the streets. I have no clue how fractured the various IRGC and other Iran faithful militaries are, or aren't.

Posted by: illiniwek at April 21, 2026 04:32 PM (vbXSk)

263 He also talks about cutting off your own retreat, such as Cortez scuttling his boats, to prevent routs.

And no military does that either. To cut off your own retreat is to cut off your own supply. That's damn dumb.

Sun-Tzu's greatest accomplishment seems to be writing the first pamphlet on war. I wouldn't call it a book.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (S2mGF)

264 Oooof.

Extends the cease fire so the government of Iran can stop being fractured, out itself together and come back to talk about things they've already rejected?

Not a good plan. Best you get is continuing the blockade to attack them that way....but, I don't know,.use that to further destabilize? But he wants them un-fractured and stable so they can "negotiate"

What the fuck. Fuck this. TACO TUESDAY.

TACO TACO TACO TACO TACO MOTHER FUCKING TACO ASS WEINER HEAD FACE.

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 04:35 PM (I5fLw)

265 He also talks about cutting off your own retreat, such as Cortez scuttling his boats, to prevent routs.

He also calls for calling down fire on your own positions when the enemy is inside the wire and you've been overrun.

Okay, maybe he didn't but that's just because they didn't have Artillery. But I do.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (C4BAC)

266
"One word- plastics."

- Sun Tzu, Stuff Sun-Tzu Said, Vol. I

Posted by: Don Black at April 21, 2026 04:37 PM (ZxPkt)

267 263 "He also talks about cutting off your own retreat, such as Cortez scuttling his boats, to prevent routs."

And no military does that either. To cut off your own retreat is to cut off your own supply. That's damn dumb.

Sun-Tzu's greatest accomplishment seems to be writing the first pamphlet on war. I wouldn't call it a book.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:34 PM (S2mGF)

Cortez literally did that. Setting one's back to a river is also a reasonably common approach for similar reasons.

Sun Tzu is talking largely of melee combat, which stopped being dominant arguably in the 20th century.

Supply in the WW1 and further sense isn't really what he's addressing either. Foraging for supply as he describes isn't as possible on that scale, nor do we depend on raiding as much in war.

Sun Tzu wasn't making stuff up, they're tactics that were in use and continued to be in use for quite some time, including outside of Asia.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (okun6)

268 "Give the twice cooked pork a pass".

Other things Sun Tzu said.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at April 21, 2026 04:40 PM (C4BAC)

269 IRGC and the Pakastani's just shoving HUGE MEAT FILL D TACOS down Donny's throat on this wonderful Tuesday.....then slapping their kabobs on Donny tushy.

TACO burrito what's that leaking out of Donny's speedo!?

Posted by: GigantorX at April 21, 2026 04:41 PM (I5fLw)

270 Sun Tzu wasn't making stuff up, they're tactics that were in use and continued to be in use for quite some time, including outside of Asia.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 04:38 PM (okun6)

OK dude - you apparently love some Sun-Tzu. As did every manager in the 90s that wanted to virtue-signal that they were smart.

I keep telling you why his writings don't make sense now, and you keep saying how you think they made sense back then.

Who cares ? I don't. Makes no sense now. Maybe, if we all go Middle Ages and regress, you can carry that copy of Sun-Tzu around and put your band of who knows what backs to the river and somehow attack the weakest point in the other band of fuck-ups and then route them while they think they can retreat before your guys run out of lunch-meat.

But I doubt it.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (S2mGF)

271 270
OK dude - you apparently love some Sun-Tzu. As did every manager in the 90s that wanted to virtue-signal that they were smart.

I keep telling you why his writings don't make sense now, and you keep saying how you think they made sense back then.

Who cares ? I don't. Makes no sense now. Maybe, if we all go Middle Ages and regress, you can carry that copy of Sun-Tzu around and put your band of who knows what backs to the river and somehow attack the weakest point in the other band of fuck-ups and then route them while they think they can retreat before your guys run out of lunch-meat.

But I doubt it.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 04:46 PM (S2mGF)

Sun Tzu isn't talking about business when he's describing where to pitch a camp or how to position in regards to sunlight.

He's literally just going over many of the basics of warfare in his era.

It's fine that you don't understand it. It is not relevant to you anymore than Roman engineering is. That doesn't make them stupid.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (okun6)

272 Kinsinger is making it clear he was a Dem plant in Congress. He's campaigning for the gerrymandering in Virginia.

Posted by: Axeman at April 21, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

273 t's fine that you don't understand it. It is not relevant to you anymore than Roman engineering is. That doesn't make them stupid.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at April 21, 2026 04:51 PM (okun6)

So you feel a need to defend the dude that wrote a pamphlet about the guy that said don't pitch your tent with the opening to the East ?

Slick - I get that you are a Conservative. But some things don't need conserved. Including dumb ass writings about warfare.

Honestly - you are the definition of a conservative.

Posted by: YEP at April 21, 2026 05:54 PM (S2mGF)

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