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Daily Tech News 9 October 2026

Top Story

Global PC shipments have plunged 20%, shocking industry analysts. (Notebook Check)

Who expected the numbers to be much worse.

One of them tried to blame it on "macro conditions", which is of course pure bullshit, unless he's referring to the scale of the price increases.

Tech News

The developer of ArtCraft posted the announcement on Reddit, which was a mistake. (Tom's Hardware)

It always is. Also:[quote>Skeptics also warn of safety concerns with vibecoded software; a single person has generated potentially hundreds of thousands of lines of code for multiple pieces of software very quickly, and verification of the code becomes a mountain of a task for a developer without a team; a 2026 State of Code Developer Survey of 1,100 professionals by Sonar indicates that 96% of developers do not fully trust AI-generated code. Privacy problems, malicious code, unsafe file handling, and more are among the list of concerns.[/quote>First, it's a desktop app. Second, compared with Adobe?
Global Foundries (formerly AMD's chip manufacturing division) is going to produce cows for TSMC. (Tom's Hardware)

I think.
Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash? (Jono's Corner)

Because, as the Hacker News thread points out, subscriptions, dummy.

DeepSeek is a fraction of the price of Anthropic's API usage-based rates. Anthropic's subscriptions, though, can be a fraction of the price of DeepSeek. And of itself.
Arrange the Offenback's Galop infernal for a 35-voice synthesiser, reading the orchestral parts from PDFs of actual 19th century score sheets used (and written in) by an actual 19th century orchestra. As a demo for my fantasy 10-bit home computer.
Which is almost but not quite entirely unlike the Atari 800XL. (Tom's Hardware)

Which is going on sale again soon priced at $219.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Who let the owls out?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 09, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

2 Morning

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:03 AM (Ys0s/)

3 G'Day, everyone, TGIF

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2026 04:04 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Why buy a new PC when they are increasingly just Dumb Terminals? Particularly when said dumb terminals costs more with marginal improvement in performance.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:07 AM (Ys0s/)

5 4 Why buy a new PC when they are increasingly just Dumb Terminals? Particularly when said dumb terminals costs more with marginal improvement in performance.

Posted by: Pete Bog
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No advantage over a good phone.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 04:15 AM (BzKNL)

6 Pete Bog, good morning

Posted by: Ben Had at October 09, 2026 04:19 AM (nxLtX)

7 Braenyard it also may be that our use cases have devolved while phones iPads etc have improved. It’s been awhile since I spent any significant time using a multi-tab spreadsheet.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:19 AM (Ys0s/)

8 Disclaimer: Who let the owls out?

h00t

Posted by: m at October 09, 2026 04:19 AM (odBC9)

9 A car or a PC?....choices, choices.

Good morning everyone.

I just went to check on a script that finished. Stuff happened so I'm making coffee and getting to my project. The dog sleeps until 8am and I just put my friends' cat outside so morning is crazy productive.

Also I came to see if they found Talarico's meat-deprived, cross-dressed corpse somewhere.

Everyone have a really good day.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 09, 2026 04:19 AM (Sco7b)

10 Good Morning Ben Had,

Have you lined up all the parts for the annual soirée?

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:21 AM (Ys0s/)

11 Pete Bog, May be a glitch.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 09, 2026 04:23 AM (nxLtX)

12 BOING!

Maple ginger salmon done. Lemon chicken grilling.

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 04:25 AM (i2Ycu)

13 May be a glitch.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 09, 2026 04:23 AM (nxLtX)

Uh oh. Rain?

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:31 AM (Ys0s/)

14 7 It’s been awhile since I spent any significant time using a multi-tab spreadsheet.
Posted by: Pete Bog at October 09, 2026 04:19 AM (Ys0s/)

"Come up and see me sometime."
--multi-tab spreadsheet

Posted by: m at October 09, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 8, 2026

Adirondack Mountains, New York - From Aesthetic vibes

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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To embrace rapidly increasing technological advances or not.

Kodiak says yes. Kodiak ready to 'pull the driver' and launch unsupervised driverless trucks by end of year

Kodiak's unsupervised driverless long-haul delivery trucks will soon hit Texas roads as its partnership with Swedish furniture giant IKEA enters a new phase.
Kodiak founder and CEO Don Burnette joined "Varney & Co." Tuesday to shed light on the rollout and the technology behind the autonomous trucks.
"We're starting with one. We're gonna get that first one out by the end of the year, and then we're gonna start to scale throughout 2027 and beyond," Burnette said.
Burnette said IKEA will serve as the launch partner later in the year.
"We're doing just over 200-mile trips to start, but nobody in the driver's seat, nobody in [the] cab," Burnette said.
Burnette explained that Kodiak provides the AI-powered software that serves as "the brain" behind how the autonomous trucks drive.
"We've proven the technology is safe and reliable. We've done a lot of work over the last decade or so to make sure we've covered every contingency, and now we're ready to go," he said.

Video segment at the link.

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Doordash says yes. DoorDash drone delivery doesn’t spell end for drivers, executive says

DoorDash is revolutionizing the way it delivers food to its Northern California customers thanks to drones, officials say.
The company insists that all will remain the same, except deliveries made by drones will ensure faster arrivals and more options for consumers.
Harrison Shih, head of DoorDash Air, joined “The Hill on NewsNation” to discuss the new delivery method, adding it may “one day” be an offering in big cities such as New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles.
“DoorDash really is the strongest in your standard suburbs, and I think that’s what makes this service so good for DoorDash, as we think about drone delivery, is DoorDash has really been built around… connecting those communities with their neighbors and getting food across all of those areas,” Shih said.

DoorDash says its new drone can get food to you in under five minutes — but Texas residents are already calling Amazon drone noise a 'big problem'

The future of doorstep delivery is drones apparently (well, drones and robots): DoorDash has unveiled a new drone ready to get food to you in under five minutes on average, even as Amazon faces a growing number of complaints over its own drone delivery service.
DoorDash has been planning drone deliveries for a while, calling the scheme DoorDash Air, and we've now been given a look at the six-propeller aircraft that'll be doing the delivering. A trial is planned for Northern California, in partnership with restaurant brands including Chipotle and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen.
A lot of work has gone into the pick-up and drop-off infrastructure and ordering system, DoorDash says, as well as the drone itself. The company estimates that around 80% of customer orders are light enough to transport by drone, and initial tests suggest orders can be delivered in less than five minutes on average.
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The drones won't land when they deliver — they'll lower their cargo in front of your door or in your backyard and then zoom away again. According to DoorDash, failsafes will be built in so the drones can safely land in emergencies, and their cruising noise will be comparable to a passing car "at delivery height".
That noise element might be crucial to the scheme's success. As TechSpot reports, residents in Richardson, Texas are none too pleased about the constant buzzing being created by Amazon drones, which launched Prime Air in the area last December. The sound has been compared to that of a flying lawnmower.

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Chick-fil-A says not so fast. Chick-fil-A rules out AI drive-thru ordering as fast-food rivals embrace technology

Chick-fil-A is bucking a growing fast-food industry trend, with CEO Andrew Cathy saying the chicken chain does not plan to use artificial intelligence to take customers' drive-thru orders.
While Chick-fil-A is exploring potential uses for AI behind the scenes, Cathy told CNBC that the company wants to preserve human interaction in its drive-thru lanes even as competitors increasingly experiment with automated ordering technology.
"From our experience, we really want that hospitality to be human to human," Cathy told the outlet. "We’re not going to substitute that interaction with technology, because we feel like that hospitality is so important to create that warm environment for consumers."

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The US Army unsurprisingly says yes. US Army tests counter-drone tech at Mexican border as cartel drone use rises

The US Army is testing counter-drone technology in the US-Mexico border area, seeking to ‌sharpen its defenses against the growing threat of drone use by cartels and emulate the rapid battlefield innovation happening in Ukraine's war with Russia.
At Falcon Peak, a US Northern Command exercise held in September in Arizona, soldiers watched as defense firms demonstrated radars, interceptor drones, autonomous gun systems and other technologies designed to detect, track and destroy small unmanned aircraft.

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Will we reach a tipping point with the proliferation of surveillance overreach?

You're walking into one of the most advanced surveillance systems in the country, and it's just a grocery store.
Welcome to Walmart. https://t.co/3vs7SSCagb
— Truth Warrior (@TruthWarrior091) October 8, 2026

This guy takes a step in pushing back

Youtuber builds system that mimics Flock to spy on cops.
Cops show up at his door and ask what he is going to do with all the data he is collecting.
Youtuber responds that this is the exact same concern citizens have when you use this same technology to spy on them.
Full video: https://t.co/F22LmgkkTb
— Orwell Day (@OrwellDay) October 8, 2026

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He finally gets it!

5 Redneck Habits I Used to Judge… Until I Realized They’re GENIUS �� | Country Folks Were Right https://t.co/pNB1TPz7uK
— just josh Pray �� (@_joshpray) October 6, 2026

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DJ Doof - [BLANK] on the [BLANK] Edition

Can you think of any other tunes that fit the BLANK on the BLANK theme??

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Posted by: Doof at 10:00 PM

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1 The end is neigh, so quit horsing around.

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't blink or you'll miss it at October 08, 2026 10:00 PM (uhtpA)

2 （ ͜.人 ͜.）

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxJqHph64hw

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:01 PM (nqf1u)

3 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:02 PM (ptJRT)

4 Someting Wong.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:02 PM (nqf1u)

5 Posted by: Braenyard
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Tough to be an Ascii artist but you managed just fine.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:02 PM (E4rtv)

6 Christy asked: What ever happened to that hairy terrorist (I know they all are before they have the jihad shave-a-thon) who was dragged out of a hole. His white tee shirt was stretched out and he looked sort of like John Belushi on a bender.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, aka Dickless Ron Jeremy. I think he got isekaied.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:03 PM (sDWtc)

7 Sorry I'm late, I had to figure out how to rid my home of a lisping, giant winged lizard. That's the last time I ask Door Dash to deliver a dragon fruit.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 08, 2026 10:03 PM (PZ5WM)

8 Ahh crap, KSM is still exuding CO2.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:03 PM (sDWtc)

9 Top picture, if Thomas Kincaide was into taking photographs.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:04 PM (2GVsD)

10 Omg

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 10:04 PM (mmrXZ)

11 Taxes? What taxes?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2026 10:04 PM (wxsGM)

12 Evening all,

There is a late morning/early afternoon ISS undocking

Northrop Grumman - Cygnus NG-24
Departure International Space Station ISS
Date: October 9, 2026
Undocking: 12:30 p.m. EDT (1630 UTC, 18:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/KpQwil0N-To

Posted by: Joyenz at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)

13 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

And thank you for the lovely photo up top of the Adirondacks. I thought that's where the photo was taken and was happy to see the caption!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (D/6p1)

14
I sat there atop the first empty box reading the content. And I've already forgotten it anyway.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (mmrXZ)

15 His white tee shirt was stretched out and he looked sort of like John Belushi on a bender.

Saddam Hussein?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)

16 Talafreako may be singing Patsy Cline's song and not Willy Nelson's.
From X

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Sherri™
@FFT1776
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So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow.

Texas!!!!

Talkywhacker isn’t your guy!!

Vote Ken Paxton!

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (E4rtv)

17 Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?

Whelming, as always. Thanks, Doof..

Posted by: tankdemon at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (PZ5WM)

18 6 Christy asked: What ever happened to that hairy terrorist (I know they all are before they have the jihad shave-a-thon) who was dragged out of a hole. His white tee shirt was stretched out and he looked sort of like John Belushi on a bender.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, aka Dickless Ron Jeremy. I think he got isekaied.

Posted by: 88C+u
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He's in GitMo and they're fixin' I say they're a fixin' to send him home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (nqf1u)

19 Did Ken Paxton get a note from Talefreako's mother saying he will be absent?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)

20 This thread has no bottom.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:07 PM (nqf1u)

21 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

And thank you for the lovely photo up top of the Adirondacks. I thought that's where the photo was taken and was happy to see the caption!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (D/6p1)

Howdy LS! One of many lovely fall scenes I'll be featuring over the next several weeks.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

22 Very nice photo up top, Doof! Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

23

That's great about tallywhacker.

Wish there were more politicians in nuthouses.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

24 Whelming, as always. Thanks, Doof..
Posted by: tankdemon at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (PZ5WM)

Another whelmed customer!

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (QMAsf)

25 unsupervised driverless long-haul delivery trucks

As ill-advised — and terrifying — as that is, they'll probably have a better driving record than all the illiterate aliens who have had licenses passed out to them undeservedly.

Posted by: mindful webworker - AI better than 80IQ at October 08, 2026 10:09 PM (uhtpA)

26 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow

Like, he yelled at some staffer under the stress? or are we talking a full blown crying jag with him falling under a table asking for his mommy?
Campaigning can be hard, in fairness to this little pooftah, especially in a state of Texas' length and girth.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:09 PM (sDWtc)

27 Very nice photo up top, Doof! Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

YW

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:09 PM (QMAsf)

28 Thanks for the ONT Doof.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 08, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

29 Do any states have rules requiring signs etc. indicating the vehicle near me is driverless? Not that I'm worried . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 08, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

30 Or Talefreako caught the sexually transmitted and drug resistant diarrhea that is spreading in NYC.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:11 PM (2GVsD)

31 Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at October 08, 2026 10:12 PM (oSzMa)

32 Good evening morons И огромное спасибо Диско!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

33 So, after playing around 4 hours of the follow-up to Disco Elysium, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, I've thrown in the towel.

The protagonist is a lesbian, communist, that looks like Jodi Whitaker, and has a 5 pack a day voice, she's uninteresting and instantly forgettable, the story is insipid, the atmospherics, music and sound effects are boring and uninspired.

It's a shame because Disco Elysium is one of the best rpg's of all-time, along the same lines as The Secret of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, which essentially is the inspiration for Pirates of The Caribbean.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (XV/Pl)

34 Disregard question above. The US requires different license plates but states have no universal marking requirements.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

35 Under the wire, Tillis endorsed Whatley today. Lots of moving parts with several senate debates--Rogers-Sayed in MI, Collins and whatshisname Troy in ME, and Collins-Tossof in GA. GOP has had a solid night in debates, their opponents, not so much.

And right now, it appears that this is going to be an older and whiter electorate--Gen X and Boomers predominating which are swinging toward GOP. Youth turnout is not going to be that much perhaps below 10 percent apparently with Millennials above yutes but well below X and Boomers so far.

Getting enough early voting and absentee requests now to start painting the actual electorate.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (E4rtv)

36 Can you think of any other tunes that fit the BLANK on the BLANK theme??

Up On The Roof - The Drifters

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (0CU3H)

37 That house? No Internet. No broadcast. Just some old Yankee bitch screaming at you all day.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 10:15 PM (LOvBA)

38 21 Thanks for the ONT, Doof!

And thank you for the lovely photo up top of the Adirondacks. I thought that's where the photo was taken and was happy to see the caption!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 08, 2026 10:05 PM (D/6p1)

Howdy LS! One of many lovely fall scenes I'll be featuring over the next several weeks.
Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

The North Country at its finest ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 10:15 PM (oCio0)

39 Fiddler on the Roof duh

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)

40 This exchange from Rogers to Sayed was perfection.

"Mike Rogers: "Abdul can't condemn Hamas. He can't condemn the Muslim Brotherhood. He says his home is Egypt."

Abdul El-Sayed: "Mike does own a home in Florida!"

Mike Rogers: "Abdul owns a home in the United Arab Emirates! At least Florida’s in the United States!"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:16 PM (E4rtv)

41 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown.

I won't believe it until CNN denies it.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

42 I found the hairy Mo with a search that led me to much laughing. He was featured by a company in Turkey for hair removal. Sometimes my searches reward me as it was for "who was hairy terrorist found in hole with white tee shirt"

I laughed and then emailed it to my dude, brother and two sons. Who never know what I am going to send them.

https://tinyurl.com/5x48ykrk

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (hzuYO)

43 If it is true Talarico had a "nervous breakdown" and had inpatient treatment it will cost Democrats votes everywhere.

Ask Thomas Eagleton.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

44 Thanks for the ONT Doof.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 08, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

Good evening Horde and thanks Disco!
Posted by: TRex- whelmed dino at October 08, 2026 10:12 PM (oSzMa)

Good evening morons И огромное спасибо Диско!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

Howdy to you all!

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

45 Adirondack Mountains, New York

Why are the prettiest places so filled with the worst people?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (ExV1e)

46 The head of the Hartford Symphony came out on stage for the opening concert of the season to give everyone a quick talk. He suggested that people consider buying full season tickets. It’s not just about saving money on purchases. It’s about having a routine, knowing that there is a concert calling next week, building in a ritual that is binding in some way.

More than that, he said, we live in times that are being gravely threatened by dehumanization. We interact more with digital systems than with people. But at the symphony, he said, there are real people, musicians who have mastered their instruments through thousands of hours of practice, and they are playing physical things.

There are bows drawn on gut and steel strings, real cymbals clanging together, mallets hitting drums, lungs powering brass, and a harpist using hands and figures to make the sounds of heaven appear before us. A season ticket shows your loyalty to the humane arts, to the beautiful, to the truth, to the analog world of genuine human achievement

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (nqf1u)

47 Can you think of any other tunes that fit the BLANK on the BLANK theme??

Did you have to ask?

Ixnay on the Autoplay - maybeshewill
https://youtu.be/mOFHivq2d6Y
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Weeper on the Shore - Amorphis
https://youtu.be/viwSSSDTL9w

Walk on the Ocean - Toad the Wet Sprocket
https://youtu.be/12bM1CqHoBY

Far on the Water - Kalafina
https://youtu.be/K28TcPN-BsQ
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Virgin on the Ridiculous - Caravan
https://youtu.be/3D9ZIBHgSg8

Blood on the Rooftops - Genesis
https://youtu.be/a9SuH_6uWQU

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

48 33 So, after playing around 4 hours of the follow-up to Disco Elysium, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, I've thrown in the towel.

The protagonist is a lesbian, communist, that looks like Jodi Whitaker, and has a 5 pack a day voice, she's uninteresting and instantly forgettable, the story is insipid, the atmospherics, music and sound effects are boring and uninspired.

It's a shame because Disco Elysium is one of the best rpg's of all-time, along the same lines as The Secret of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, which essentially is the inspiration for Pirates of The Caribbean.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Heh. Dig out the old TSR RPG game, Top Secret and sic your AI on it to convert to a computer RPG game.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (E4rtv)

49 41 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown.

I won't believe it until CNN denies it.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 08, 2026 10:16 PM (vTZFs)

Come on! Who could ever expect someone with clear mental issues of having a Nervous Breakdown...

Wonder what kind of meds he is on..... and thinking on that?

I'd like a National Law passed that EVERYONE in Congress needs to release their meds list...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (mP0Kj)

50 Did some design and animation work. Put the car back in the parking lot. Drank way too much. Typical weekday...and here comes the weekend.

I'm really very glad this place exists. Not sure where else I could kinda sorta fit in (as long as I was quiet and stayed in the corner.)

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (CHHv1)

51 Puttin on the Ritz

Posted by: Jay From CT at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (GRZge)

52 45 Adirondack Mountains, New York

Why are the prettiest places so filled with the worst people?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (ExV1e)

***spock eyebrow***

Exsqueeze me ???

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (oCio0)

53 Evening, Horde.

I read the content - drones as loud as a passing car *at what speed*? And from inside or outside of your own car? Cuz... interstate speeds while you're standing on the shoulder? Not so quiet.

No sign of the draconids here, too much light pollution in that quadrant right now.

Job search continues, a part time temp job might go active soon, and that would bring some income and keep some skills sharp/get the rust cleaned off. Had one previous interview from about a month ago finally update with "sorry but you're not moving forward"... still have the others to hope for, including the best fit I've felt since I started this whole sorry saga (last Thursday's interview).

I pray frequently, and try to keep an open mind about how "where God wants me" might not line up with "what sounds good to me". Trying to pray more, and pray better.

M's grandma is slowly recovering but it's a long road ahead and the healing and PT have just begun.

Time for Bible study and evening exercise to help me fall asleep by tiring my body.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

54 Riders on the Storm.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (ptJRT)

55 39 Fiddler on the Roof duh
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:16 PM (2GVsD)

I thought about that at first, but there's no tune called Fiddler on the Roof.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (0CU3H)

56 Down on the bayou

Posted by: 496 at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (m8Qhu)

57 Heh. Dig out the old TSR RPG game, Top Secret and sic your AI on it to convert to a computer RPG game.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (E4rtv)

It is amusing how many Computer games are being Re done... vice new games being made.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (mP0Kj)

58 So, an old lady friend and I were talking about golf. I mentioned that I played and then went home.

She said that her late husband would play golf and then come home later. Apparently he was having a few or more drinks in the clubhouse or elsewhere. She was surprised that the church golf group actually just we out to play golf.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (LOvBA)

59 Smoke On The Water

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (xGNGD)

60 Under the wire, Tillis endorsed Whatley today. Lots of moving parts with several senate debates--Rogers-Sayed in MI, Collins and whatshisname Troy in ME, and Collins-Tossof in GA. GOP has had a solid night in debates, their opponents, not so much.
Posted by: whig
+++
Is a Tillis endorsement gonna sway any voters?
I don't think so.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (Lo97M)

61 Meanwhile rights owners are butchering games like Call of Cthulhu by renaming Shugniggurath.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:21 PM (2GVsD)

62 41 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown.

I won't believe it until CNN denies it.
Posted by: Oddbob

Whatever it is, it has to be incapacitating, if it was something like cancer or even the flu, the candidate would be at least sending out messages, pix from a hospital bed, something other than radio silence. If old, something like stroke might be possible but age tends to rule that out but if Talafreako did go loopy, then his handlers don't want him seen nor heard until they patch him up like Biden.

Whatever it is, it is not severe enough to try to parachute another candidate in, but severe enough that the Dems don't want him seen that way.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:22 PM (E4rtv)

63 He gone AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:23 PM (/+uur)

64 A season ticket shows your loyalty to the humane arts, to the beautiful, to the truth, to the analog world of genuine human achievement
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (nqf1u)

That's what we've been saying!

Posted by: The Spearmint Rhino Gentleman's Club at October 08, 2026 10:23 PM (r7+Q7)

65 Down on the corner...

Posted by: Audi in the Street at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (Myt96)

66 Is a Tillis endorsement gonna sway any voters?
I don't think so.
Posted by: Florida Peasant
=====
As LBJ said, better to have Tillis inside the tent pissing out than inside the tent pissing on everyone inside. I think Tillis sees a GOP wind blowing and wants to get out in front of it for whatever he plans to do next.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (E4rtv)

67 Beat On The Brat?

Was this a prophecy about Kamala?!

And, loved the redneck bit.
But I'm going to insist it isn't redneck for me. It's German frugality. And German engineering. But, yeah, ok, there might be some Scots-Irish working in there, too.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (kU0PQ)

68 34 Disregard question above. The US requires different license plates but states have no universal marking requirements.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (Jr+re)

Yup... driverless vehicles... Drones, maybe controlled by AI... Cameras everywhere...

Hell the Government even declared it owns all the water everywhere... and makes us pay rent on property we own (property tax)...

Gee, it's almost like the Government isn't looking out for us.... but that would just be crazy talk!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)

69
Has early voting started in Texas?

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

70 Lawsie! The current photo of hairy Mo!

His beard is glow in the dark ORANGE. Like he dipped it in orange jello!

No one's beard turns that color in nature, does it? Or maybe there was nuke dust in the hole where he hid and he's sprouting radiation.

I need to go watch something on Amazon Prime and hope I don't dream about him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (hzuYO)

71 Talefreako is hiking in the desert. Yeah, that's the ticket. This is his 40 days. - Talefreako staff.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (2GVsD)

72 Smoke on the Water
https://youtu.be/Rfirxs_NUcE

This one is Sweet- Fox on the Run
https://youtu.be/qBdFA6sI6-8

Posted by: tankdemon at October 08, 2026 10:25 PM (Q/5g/)

73 Jimmy
But I tell myself that I was doing all right
There's nothing left to do tonight

But go crazy on you
Crazy on you
Let me go crazy
Crazy on you, oh

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

74 " but severe enough that the Dems don't want him seen that way."

Okay, who had monkeypox? How did you know?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 10:25 PM (LOvBA)

75 Tex votes next M 19th

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:25 PM (/+uur)

76 41 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown.

How would you know? Talking crazy isn't an indicator. Democrats ALL talk crazy.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)

77 It is amusing how many Computer games are being Re done... vice new games being made.
Posted by: Romeo13
========
We have better graphics now but not better script writers. Plus you can cherrypick which ones to redo and ignore the stinkers. Woke types hurt gaming a lot plus high prices for all the graphics, music, etc. and new computers to play them so doing remakes might make sense in their environment.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:26 PM (E4rtv)

78 Redneck habits

You should see what's out there in the old concrete shed, geegaws and thingamajigs going back to my grandfather's day. Hasn't been a living horse here on the ranch for almost half a century, but we still have a saddle. Just in case.

Posted by: mindful webworker - that ain' the half of it at October 08, 2026 10:26 PM (uhtpA)

79 Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:22 PM (E4rtv)

I think you missed the new edition of the Politician Playbook.

Since Biden was able to get elected without really doing interviews, or even going into public... politicians can now go Radio Silent, and still seem to be AOK...

Hell... we got a sitting Congress Critter in an Alzheimer's ward... and don't even get me started on McConnel...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:27 PM (mP0Kj)

80 Perinium Monkeypox
Asshole Monkeypox
General Monkeypox
Monkeypox Fever

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:27 PM (/+uur)

81 What does anyone have to fear with a robot orchestra?

https://youtu.be/54VEzgkMMsQ

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:27 PM (2GVsD)

82 Abdul El-Sayed: "Mike does own a home in Florida!"

Big deal. A lot of people from Michigan own homes in Florida. We have this thing in Michigan called "winter", and a lot of people like to escape from it. Then there are the old people who don't want to slip on the ice and break their hip.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 08, 2026 10:28 PM (0Htd1)

83 As LBJ said, better to have Tillis inside the tent pissing out than inside the tent pissing on everyone inside. I think Tillis sees a GOP wind blowing and wants to get out in front of it for whatever he plans to do next.

He's done in politics, so it isn't like he's trying to appeal to the voters. He's probably setting up for a career as a lobbyist.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:28 PM (Riz8t)

84 Exsqueeze me ???
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (oCio0)

Are you under the impression that NY is filled to the rafters with wonderful people?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:28 PM (ExV1e)

85 Some really good BLANK on the BLANK examples -- Keep 'em coming!

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

86 @48

>>Heh. Dig out the old TSR RPG game, Top Secret and sic your AI on it to convert to a computer RPG game.

You could, but it would depend depend on if you wanted it to be a combat focused tactical game or a true open ended espionage simulator.

The espionage simulator route would probably take around 6 months of total dedication to map out and storyboard, develop the game mechanics and front end to get to an MVP.

It could be done though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

87 84 Exsqueeze me ???
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (oCio0)

Are you under the impression that NY is filled to the rafters with wonderful people?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:28 PM (ExV1e)

But... but.... New York New York.... is a toddling town!

OK, just for the record, what the F is toddling?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

88 Working on the Railroad
https://youtu.be/fAHyQEITQSQ

Posted by: tankdemon at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (Q/5g/)

89 I am serious
Talarico is gone
He will never show again

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (/+uur)

90 76 41 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown.

How would you know? Talking crazy isn't an indicator. Democrats ALL talk crazy.
Posted by: Archimedes

I think Talafreako might just be out there to begin with. Sort of like the Frasier episode where Niles and Frasier find out their chosen candidate believed he was abducted and probed by aliens.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (E4rtv)

91 The lake house....as the yutes say..."would".

Posted by: Funsize at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (3j87q)

92 I bet internals are down 10 pts

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (/+uur)

93 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

94 Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

Still waiting for someone to get off their ass and do a Good version of the old Board game...

Advanced Squad Leader.

Seems like a no brainer... but no one has done it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Romeo13, its what you do after drinking many toddies!

Posted by: Funsize at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (3j87q)

96 Watched the redneck video. He gets it, sorta.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (aJQbY)

97 @57

>>It is amusing how many Computer games are being Re done... vice new games being made.

Most new games are simply FPS slop. There really hasn't been any real innovation in the space in the last 15 years.

Sure, things look prettier, but pretty does not make a game great.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

98 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (n17eQ)

99 He's done in politics, so it isn't like he's trying to appeal to the voters. He's probably setting up for a career as a lobbyist.
Posted by: Archimedes
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A rumor floating around it that Tillis wants to run for NC governor against Stein.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (E4rtv)

100 Admittedly, I don't pretend to understand all the safeguards instituted into driverless vehicles (and now tractor trailers). But, I'd like to know one thing:

Does AI possess enough logic/ creativity/ precognition/ imagination to view a vehicle up ahead that is creating a "HEY, LOOK AT THIS IDIOT" scenario, and react like we humans do.

The vehicle ahead may be maintaining itself within the boundaries of the lane, although weaving and drifting enough for a human driver to recognize an issue (drinking, falling asleep, medical issues) resulting in us keeping our distance and keeping an eye on them in the event that a quick reaction is required. I don't see AI being able to apply that human response if for the time being the vehicle remains within its lane.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)

101 I laughed and then emailed it to my dude, brother and two sons. Who never know what I am going to send them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (hzuYO)

LOL! You are a treasure!

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)

102 My favorite junk story is the old shoebox labeled "string too short to save."

Posted by: Wenda at October 08, 2026 10:32 PM (trw8t)

103 Has early voting started in Texas?

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:24 PM (/QHx4)

Starts on the 19th.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:32 PM (ExV1e)

104 Well I think we are as prepped as we get. Before I leave the studio tomorrow, I will make sure the doors are sealed at the bottom for flooding, and I will probably lock the door with the actual key just in case of extended power outages where my battery backup on the key fob system goes down. Or the security system building goes down and my virtual keypad stops working.

How is everyone else?

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

105 CBS News explains the Dubai airliner attempted seizure and suicide terrorism crash.

CBS News
@CBSNews
The FlyDubai co-pilot whose alleged violent attempt to crash a flight to Israel last week and kill everyone onboard has a history of writing and sharing misogynistic remarks on social media using the rhetoric of the so-called manosphere, CBS News has found.

-
And he's white! OK, OK, off white.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

106 Is Talarico's nervous breakdown going to give him the sympathy vote? I guess who'd notice at this point with people like McConnell in office.

Just what people need is a nervous ghey in office.

I enjoyed and related to the redneck video. My beloved father, Marine, chemistry degree, golfing, refined Southern gentleman was most of that.

He even had a "back 40" or at least 10 acres of cars on the farm. Our sons were thrilled to find these relics one winter day, with a tree growing through one of them. Sunk into the ground. Felt like explorers. After his death someone bought the cars to restore and mother got money for them as they were hauled off.

He certainly did not throw stuff away and had jars of screws, etc, in his storage room. He also messed with electricity at times for reasons unknown. An electrician told my mother that the motion detectors were wired with mystery.

There were electric fences for the cows here and and sometimes not seen (one painter was peeing way in the back woods and got a shock).

I had free entertainment for most of my life.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (hzuYO)

107 A rumor floating around it that Tillis wants to run for NC governor against Stein.

I can't see it. He's about as popular as herpes in Republican circles.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (Riz8t)

108 Still waiting for someone to get off their ass and do a Good version of the old Board game...

Advanced Squad Leader.

Seems like a no brainer... but no one has done it.
Posted by: Romeo13

That turned into a mini industry for Avalon Hill itself. Hasbro that bought them really screwed the pooch on the IP they got from AH. Only thing they sell is Axis and Allies.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (E4rtv)

109 Most new games are simply FPS slop. There really hasn't been any real innovation in the space in the last 15 years.

Sure, things look prettier, but pretty does not make a game great.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:31 PM (XV/Pl)

I'm currently deep into Grand Tactician Civil War... high learning curve... but the key is the maps are big enough that you can actually do flanking maneuvers in battles.

They are currently working on a Napoleon version... small indy studio...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:34 PM (mP0Kj)

110 None of these mentally defective commies can debate. The press has covered for them for decades and they're soft. Press isn't what it was. They're lost.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 10:34 PM (oHCVF)

111 Blood on the Rooftops - Genesis
Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

Huh, I never picked those guys for Pinochet fans.
Nor for Koreans.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:34 PM (kU0PQ)

112 OK, just for the record, what the F is toddling?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:29 PM (mP0Kj)

toddle
/tŏd′l/
intransitive verb
To walk with short, unsteady steps.

So, basically, drunken staggering.

Admittedly, the 2nd definition is: To walk leisurely; stroll. Which is more flattering.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:35 PM (ExV1e)

113 I can't see it. He's about as popular as herpes in Republican circles.
Posted by: Archimedes

2 years to rehab himself in NC and Trump won't be running to deal with. If he had tried to run and lost in a primary, it would have instantly killed that.

Precedent is DeWine in OH. He was a senator until he got beat, then did a comeback through state offices until he became governor.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:35 PM (E4rtv)

114 26 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow

Like, he yelled at some staffer under the stress? or are we talking a full blown crying jag with him falling under a table asking for his mommy?
Campaigning can be hard, in fairness to this little pooftah, especially in a state of Texas' length and girth.
Posted by: 88C+u

He is binge watching The Teletubbies. He can't stop!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 10:35 PM (n17eQ)

115 CBS News
@CBSNews
The FlyDubai co-pilot whose alleged violent attempt to crash a flight to Israel last week and kill everyone onboard has a history of writing and sharing misogynistic remarks on social media using the rhetoric of the so-called manosphere, CBS News has found.

-
And he's white! OK, OK, off white.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

Yeah, because Islam is sooooo pro Womens Lib...

/Facepalm

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:35 PM (mP0Kj)

116 toddle
/tŏd′l/
intransitive verb
To walk with short, unsteady steps.

So, basically, drunken staggering.

Ah, a tippling toddler.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (Riz8t)

117 *blank* on the *blank* with Otis:

youtu.be/rTVjnBo96Ug

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (rdVOm)

118 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

He's being sexually assaulted by 57 frat bros in NY.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

119 history of writing and sharing misogynistic remarks on social media using the rhetoric of the so-called manosphere, CBS News has found

Anything but Islam, jihad, and Jews. Go with that he called some woman a "thot" on the internet. That's the ticket.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (sDWtc)

120 So, basically, drunken staggering.

Admittedly, the 2nd definition is: To walk leisurely; stroll. Which is more flattering.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:35 PM (ExV1e)

And the song was sung by? oh... Sailors...

Spot on then.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (mP0Kj)

121 I just replayed Red Steel 2 on my wii. It is a mashup of samuraijapan and old west gunslinger. If you've still got a wii, I recommend it very much

https://tinyurl.com/yrjwrht3

Posted by: 496 at October 08, 2026 10:37 PM (m8Qhu)

122 He's being sexually assaulted by 57 frat bros in NY.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (ExV1e)

@cornhole

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:37 PM (/+uur)

123 Big deal. A lot of people from Michigan own homes in Florida. We have this thing in Michigan called "winter", and a lot of people like to escape from it. Then there are the old people who don't want to slip on the ice and break their hip.
Posted by: nerdygirl
=======
That is the kind of thing that a pseudo American doesn't realize. Muslims drift all over Muzzie land.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:37 PM (E4rtv)

124 Well I think we are as prepped as we get. Before I leave the studio tomorrow, I will make sure the doors are sealed at the bottom for flooding, and I will probably lock the door with the actual key just in case of extended power outages where my battery backup on the key fob system goes down. Or the security system building goes down and my virtual keypad stops working.

How is everyone else?
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (ZdaMQ)

Stay safe down there! Looks like the sunset was amazing in that area tonight. Lots of amazing photos and videos from Pensacola Beach on X.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

125 There were electric fences for the cows here and and sometimes not seen (one painter was peeing way in the back woods and got a shock).
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence!

(Not quite on theme)

Posted by: Ren & Stimpy at October 08, 2026 10:38 PM (VHUov)

126 Anything but Islam, jihad, and Jews. Go with that he called some woman a "thot" on the internet. That's the ticket.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:36 PM (sDWtc)
------
You don't hate the media enough.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 10:38 PM (oqH4h)

127 2 years to rehab himself in NC and Trump won't be running to deal with. If he had tried to run and lost in a primary, it would have instantly killed that.

Precedent is DeWine in OH. He was a senator until he got beat, then did a comeback through state offices until he became governor.

DeWine was beaten; he didn't leave office rather than run because he was universally hated like Tillis. We'll see, but I think he's delusional if he expects election to anything.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (Riz8t)

128 That's great about tallywhacker.

Wish there were more politicians in nuthouses.
Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

How many squirrels do you know with trees big enough for those nuts?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

129 Stay safe, Piper!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (aJQbY)

130 Had one previous interview from about a month ago finally update with "sorry but you're not moving forward"...
Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:19 PM (aJQbY)

Yeah, I've been in my new job for over a month now, and I got an email today giving me the sorry news that I wasn't a fit at someplace I sent my resume to almost a month before I started this job. The fun part was how they spent an entire paragraph telling me to not feel too bad about getting turned down before telling me I was turned down. They really didn't want to hurt my feelings!

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (kU0PQ)

131 128 That's great about tallywhacker.

Wish there were more politicians in nuthouses.
Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

How many squirrels do you know with trees big enough for those nuts?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (qx7Zg)

Can we call him... a Tallywhacker....

Posted by: Bullah Ballbricker at October 08, 2026 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

132 Still think I could sell $10 M in lottery ticket to Maj killing.
Or let him out for a hunt.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (/+uur)

133 The media finally has a hurricane to pin on Trump.

They hope.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (2GVsD)

134 Advanced Squad Leader

-
I played a shit load of that back in the day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (ndZc7)

135 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

I think this is likely.

And I think it's really, really, really fucking bad.

Plain old larceny and mayhem isn't close to enough to frighten off a Democrat or his voters.

I'm thinking a dead staffer, or a buggered child, or direct ties to foreign intelligence. Something very naughty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (BI5O2)

136 But... but.... New York New York.... is a toddling town!
OK, just for the record, what the F is toddling?
Posted by: Romeo13

Well, someone earlier mentioned that there is a sexually transmitted disease going around NY that causes diarrhea. I guess toddling has consequences.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)

137 So, they're going to livestream a certain execution by firing squat happening at 1pm on December 3... allegedly.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 08, 2026 10:41 PM (VCgbV)

138 How many tallys could a tallywhacker whack if a tallywacker could wack tallys?

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 10:41 PM (oqH4h)

139 Wish there were more politicians in nuthouses.
Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:08 PM (/QHx4)

If only.

Posted by: Dr Cerina Fairfax at October 08, 2026 10:41 PM (sDWtc)

140 Stay safe down there! Looks like the sunset was amazing in that area tonight. Lots of amazing photos and videos from Pensacola Beach on X.
Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:38 PM (QMAsf)

I will walk down to the bay tomorrow and send pics. My girlfriend who lives right on the water said she would take pictures of the 9 foot waves. It’s going to be a little crazy here for a few hours!

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:41 PM (ZdaMQ)

141 This thread has no bottom.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:07 PM (nqf1u)

You know who else has no bottom?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (wVcYX)

142 the candidate would be at least sending out messages, pix from a hospital bed, something other than radio silence.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:22 PM (E4rtv)

What, a 8-month old video of a campaign stop (claiming it was last weekend) doesn't count?

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

143 135 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

I think this is likely.

And I think it's really, really, really fucking bad.

Plain old larceny and mayhem isn't close to enough to frighten off a Democrat or his voters.

I'm thinking a dead staffer, or a buggered child, or direct ties to foreign intelligence. Something very naughty.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
======
I think that would have probably leaked by now. Medical though, has the patina of being protected.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (E4rtv)

144 Photos of Talefreako with Fang Fang's male counterpart Wang Wang?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

145 Still waiting for someone to get off their ass and do a Good version of the old Board game...

Advanced Squad Leader.

Seems like a no brainer... but no one has done it.
Posted by: Romeo13

That turned into a mini industry for Avalon Hill itself. Hasbro that bought them really screwed the pooch on the IP they got from AH. Only thing they sell is Axis and Allies.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:33 PM (E4rtv)

The ASL franchise is licensed to MMP. Multi Man Productions and is alive and well.

They have completely rereleased and updated every single of the old core modules and have done about a dozen historical modules. So saying ASL has screwed the pooch might be just a bit hyperbole.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (dCMJG)

146 129 Stay safe, Piper!
Posted by: RandomDave at October

Thank you!

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (ZdaMQ)

147 I'm thinking a dead staffer, or a buggered child, or direct ties to foreign intelligence. Something very naughty.

You...you don't mean to suggest he said a trans woman is a man?!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (Riz8t)

148 The media finally has a hurricane to pin on Trump.

They hope.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Well, if they won't let him nuke LA and San Diego, he'll blow them off the map!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (ndZc7)

149 So many years ago we asked girls that did not wish to fool around to go back to their dorm at about midnight.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (/+uur)

150 https://www.mmpgamers.com/

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (dCMJG)

151 Why wouldn't the black man tell me what the piece of rope was good for?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (l3cgK)

152 134 Advanced Squad Leader

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I played a shit load of that back in the day.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (ndZc7)

Back in the late 70's... had a guy in Fresno who recreated the Squad Leader rules, in miniature... was gorgeous.

Posted by: Bullah Ballbricker at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (mP0Kj)

153 TB 24, DAL 10
4th Q

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (ZxPkt)

154 I'm gonna go with some James O'Keefe hidden camera stuff that's worse than his "pastor" talking about how of course he's full of shit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (oqH4h)

155 Something very naughty.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:40 PM (BI5O2)

Porn? The rabbi Yeshua was fairly indulgent of some sins if one promised not to do it again, but he'd probably not accept continuing to cash royalty-checks.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (sDWtc)

156 How is Soup handling this Piper?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD)

157 Beat On The Brat is a fine Ramones tune. Joey wrote it about the spoiled kids in his apartment building in Queens who would curse their Mom or pitch a tantrum when Mom wouldn't give the kid $$ for the Good Humor Man every day. Or for any other reason the kids would be a crybaby. Nobody likes a crybaby. There may be one or two on this very blog.

Posted by: Today Would Have Been Johnny Ramone's 78th Birthday. at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

158 What, a 8-month old video of a campaign stop (claiming it was last weekend) doesn't count?
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (kU0PQ)

we all knew that was fake in 3. 2....

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:45 PM (/+uur)

159 151 Why wouldn't the black man tell me what the piece of rope was good for?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 PM (l3cgK)

Dude, I'm just trying to moor my BOAT!

Posted by: Bullah Ballbricker at October 08, 2026 10:45 PM (mP0Kj)

160 Posted by: Today Would Have Been Johnny Ramone's 78th Birthday. at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (EdP2u)

Peak Ramones?

Rock and Roll High School... and the KKK took my Baby Away...

Posted by: Bullah Ballbricker at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (mP0Kj)

161 88C, I heard Yeshua even hung out with, ugh, tax collectors and thots!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

162 AS far as a computerized version of ASL, There is a clone called Second Fron that has been released on steam.

Advanced Squad Leader is far from dead.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (dCMJG)

163 I think you are all overthinking Talarico's disappearance for a while. I'd put it up to internal polling showing his numbers decreasing directly proportionally with his public appearances. They realized that the less he is seen, and the less people know about him, the better chance he has. So he dropped off the campaign trail. I'll even bet he has a different look when he returns the last few weeks. Different haircut. Different clothes style. Different demeanor, for which he will laughingly overcompensate for his effeminate nature.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

164 DeWine was beaten; he didn't leave office rather than run because he was universally hated like Tillis. We'll see, but I think he's delusional if he expects election to anything.
Posted by: Archimedes

The defining characteristic of politicians is ego. So I can see him running and I can see him not running.

Mark Sanford tried to run again this last primary for Lindsay Graham's seat for example.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (E4rtv)

165 You in Loosiana, Mississippi, and Alabama got a hurricane coming your way...
I have a Tropical storm coming my way a day or so later...

https://tinyurl.com/3knwhhub
https://tinyurl.com/2z7dumv3

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (l3cgK)

166 Damn... of Porky's Sock!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (mP0Kj)

167 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

Murdered a Mafia Don, but they hadn't fingered him. The evidence is sent to Sicily if he stays in the race?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

168 At the moment it looks like Louisiana is pretty much off the hook. Pensacola on the other hand looks a bit iffy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (2GVsD)

169 60 Under the wire, Tillis endorsed Whatley today. Lots of moving parts with several senate debates--Rogers-Sayed in MI, Collins and whatshisname Troy in ME, and Collins-Tossof in GA. GOP has had a solid night in debates, their opponents, not so much.
Posted by: whig
+++
Is a Tillis endorsement gonna sway any voters?
I don't think so.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 10:20 PM (Lo97M)

I'd sooner listen to Mel Tillis. Now we just need a medium with a stutter.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (r7+Q7)

170 Target stores surveillance and cameras are at least the equal of Walmark, and probably better.

Posted by: Don't Steal From There at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (EdP2u)

171

All you can do with the threat of any bad storm is prep and pray.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

172 167 Someone handed Talarico a large envelope of pictorial evidence of him committing a felony level crime and said make a choice.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 10:30 PM (nxLtX)

Murdered a Mafia Don, but they hadn't fingered him. The evidence is sent to Sicily if he stays in the race?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (qx7Zg)

Um, he would probably enjoy getting fingered...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (l3cgK)

173 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (l3cgK)

Dang.... was 97 here in the Central Valley today... WAY hot for October.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

174 Whatever it is, it is not severe enough to try to parachute another candidate in, but severe enough that the Dems don't want him seen that way.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:22 PM (E4rtv)

Way too late to promote someone else as a write in. But suppose by some witchery they were able to make a substitution - the only possible replacement is the primary runner up, Jasmine Crockett. Wouldn’t that be a laugh riot!

This nervous breakdown is almost too good a story to believe, but the longer he stays in hiding the louder claims like that are going to get.

Btw, my prediction months ago was for a November tally of Paxton 57, Talerico 43. I think Paxton is on track to do that, if not better,

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (B0Z3q)

175 171

All you can do with the threat of any bad storm is prep and pray.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

After years at Sea, I learned the Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to muderize you.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

176 Doof! You done good.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 10:49 PM (NnhvP)

177 Whatever it is, it has to be incapacitating, if it was something like cancer or even the flu, the candidate would be at least sending out messages, pix from a hospital bed, something other than radio silence. If old, something like stroke might be possible but age tends to rule that out but if Talafreako did go loopy, then his handlers don't want him seen nor heard until they patch him up like Biden.

Whatever it is, it is not severe enough to try to parachute another candidate in, but severe enough that the Dems don't want him seen that way.
--
Anyone remember when the Wachowski brothers became the Wachowski sisters?

I'm calling "Janet" Talarico. Still won't win, but will energize the base.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 08, 2026 10:49 PM (vSvIl)

178 173 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (l3cgK)

Dang.... was 97 here in the Central Valley today... WAY hot for October.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

We've cooled down here the last few days...was only 92ºF today.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:49 PM (l3cgK)

179 163 I think you are all overthinking Talarico's disappearance for a while. I'd put it up to internal polling showing his numbers decreasing directly proportionally with his public appearances. They realized that the less he is seen, and the less people know about him, the better chance he has. So he dropped off the campaign trail. I'll even bet he has a different look when he returns the last few weeks. Different haircut. Different clothes style. Different demeanor, for which he will laughingly overcompensate for his effeminate nature.
Posted by: Orson
========
Doesn't work in a high profile race like this. Talarico is not Joe Biden nor is Covid around where he can get away with it with surrogates.

Running for state rep in deep blue Austin is very different than running a marquee statewide race in Texas.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:50 PM (E4rtv)

180 175 171

All you can do with the threat of any bad storm is prep and pray.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

After years at Sea, I learned the Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to muderize you.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)

As someone wrote, Life does it backwards: you get the test then the lesson...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:50 PM (l3cgK)

181 More on the subject?

Looking on the Moon - Nana Mizuki
https://youtu.be/BSFIc2aLr4s

Moon on the Water - Panic Room
https://youtu.be/TRO3h1W8wD8

Dragon on the Sea - Ayreon
https://youtu.be/w0BYPYsn1-4

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 10:50 PM (VHUov)

182 Jane Talerico is too tame for the Democrat's modern voting base.

Large plastic boobs, cheap blonde wig, horrid paisley dress along with wolf wars and wolf tail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD)

183
Romeo,

Yep.

Many years we were flooded out. Dealing with the insurance bastards was worse than the flooding.

Evil assholes.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (/QHx4)

184 I'm calling "Janet" Talarico. Still won't win, but will energize the base.
Posted by: Methos

Dem freak donors maybe but not Texans particularly. Approval of troons is going down, ironically especially with gay males.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (E4rtv)

185 Anyone remember when the Wachowski brothers became the Wachowski sisters?

I'm calling "Janet" Talarico. Still won't win, but will energize the base.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 08, 2026 10:49 PM (vSvIl)

Not Jan'ae, with the black skin, boobs, and an Afro?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

186 Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (sDWtc)
====

The chaos and disorder in your nic has been triggering me for days.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

187 Servo, my theory that Talarico just snapped and offended someone wouldn't class as a "nervous breakdown" but might be enough to keep this guy off the airwaves a bit.
The question, as you note, is how long it's taken for him to come back.
I'm sure every normal candidate has had a shit day and needed to go hike around Big Bend for a coupla'days. But then he's back with a tan and a smile. Key here is "normal candidate".

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:52 PM (sDWtc)

188 So he dropped off the campaign trail. I'll even bet he has a different look when he returns the last few weeks. Different haircut. Different clothes style. Different demeanor, for which he will laughingly overcompensate for his effeminate nature.
Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

I wonder if they'll hire a bunch of gay actors to make a commercial about how manly men aren't afraid to vote for a woman like Jimmy Talarico.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:52 PM (ExV1e)

189 The revelation from Hegseth about the public nature of the execution — let alone one as violent as a firing squad — has raised further questions about how the death penalty is carried out in the U.S., especially after the botched lethal injection of Christa Pike in Tennessee.

its about 8 or 12 556
he will be dead

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

190 The chaos and disorder in your nic has been triggering me for days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

I had a nervous breakdown and needed to get out of the house for a week.

Posted by: Elect 88C+u, or gKWVE or yyrog or whoever at October 08, 2026 10:53 PM (sDWtc)

191 Harris County's chief executive, the Alcalde Gauleiter Lina Hidalgo, had a complete breakdown while in office. Ran away out of state for mental rehab.

Totes normal for Dem types.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:53 PM (wVcYX)

192 Fire on the Mountain, by Marshall Tucker Band

https://youtu.be/nryOuYgV998

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 10:53 PM (qx7Zg)

193 So he dropped off the campaign trail. I'll even bet he has a different look when he returns the last few weeks. Different haircut. Different clothes style. Different demeanor, for which he will laughingly overcompensate for his effeminate nature.
Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

Take a walk
On the wildside

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:54 PM (/+uur)

194 My favorite junk story is the old shoebox labeled "string too short to save."
Posted by: Wenda

Sheeeeeet. . . .

When I cleaned out Grandpa and Grammi's farm I found the following (just a few examples):

An old milking shed jam-packed with old white plastic hanging baskets that had, at one time, flowers in them. There were hundreds of them.

Dozens of brooms with the straws worn down to perhaps 3-4 inches. Essentially just handles.

There was more, lots more. It took us weeks of full time work to clean the place out.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:54 PM (ptJRT)

195 parachute another candidate in

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Tanned, rested, and ready.
- Jasmine Crockett

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:54 PM (ndZc7)

196 37 So, they're going to livestream a certain execution by firing squat happening at 1pm on December 3... allegedly.
Posted by: lin-duh
Bummer. I was hoping they'd get that person that f*cked up Christa Pike's execution, and put him/her in charge of hanging of Nidal Hasan. Now that would be worth pay per view.

Posted by: nerdygirl at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (0Htd1)

197 This nervous breakdown is almost too good a story to believe, but the longer he stays in hiding the louder claims like that are going to get.

Btw, my prediction months ago was for a November tally of Paxton 57, Talerico 43. I think Paxton is on track to do that, if not better,
Posted by: Tom Servo
------
An implosion of Talarico has close house races that could be affected on the Rio Grande.

And Brandon Herrera is coming off like a future political star as well. Guy has built an enormous small donor powerhouse team and is hitting it on social media.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

198 194 My favorite junk story is the old shoebox labeled "string too short to save."
Posted by: Wenda

Sheeeeeet. . . .

When I cleaned out Grandpa and Grammi's farm I found the following (just a few examples):

An old milking shed jam-packed with old white plastic hanging baskets that had, at one time, flowers in them. There were hundreds of them.

Dozens of brooms with the straws worn down to perhaps 3-4 inches. Essentially just handles.

There was more, lots more. It took us weeks of full time work to clean the place out.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:54 PM (ptJRT)

sharpen those boom handles and you can do some impailing.

Posted by: Vlad Tepes at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (l3cgK)

199 Walking on the Moon

youtu.be/mbv-LcdLY-Y

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (rdVOm)

200 156 How is Soup handling this Piper?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD

Nothing is really happening yet, but he won’t be happy tomorrow night. We have crates out just in case, for him and the kitties.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

201 James Tallywhacker performs 19th Nervous Breakdown.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (wVcYX)

202 its about 8 or 12 556
he will be dead
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

I saw something about them considering using Garands. If true, that's .30-06.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ExV1e)

203 ‘He’ll Look Helpless in a Wheelchair’: Leftists Discover Compassion for the Fort Hood Shooter

*ping turns left*
* ping turns right*

shootin gallery

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (/+uur)

204 191 Harris County's chief executive, the Alcalde Gauleiter Lina Hidalgo, had a complete breakdown while in office. Ran away out of state for mental rehab.

Totes normal for Dem types.
Posted by: Count de Monet

The Soros St. Louis DA did the same when her nasty plot on Greitans exploded in her face. Abandoned her office. Lance Bottoms did something similar as mayor after BLM took over the streets of Atlanta. She went to Martha's Vineyard.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)

205 200 156 How is Soup handling this Piper?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:44 PM (2GVsD

Nothing is really happening yet, but he won’t be happy tomorrow night. We have crates out just in case, for him and the kitties.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

Thunder and earthquakes. Those freaked out my cats the most.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (l3cgK)

206 Photos of Talefreako with Fang Fang's male counterpart Wang Wang?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:42 PM (2GVsD)

Playing with his thang thang.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)

207
I'm on the Lamb but I Ain't no Sheep

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (Fv808)

208 Regarding the execution....

Senior officers with the worst range scores should be required to perform it. With repeated volleys until someone succeeds. A little public practice to encourage private practice prior!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)

209 nerdygirl

The officer in charge of the execution is the Commander, Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks.

This is a potential career-ender if it does not go off well. So I expect it to go smoothly.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (u82oZ)

210 I saw something about them considering using Garands. If true, that's .30-06.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ExV1e)

30 06
30 07
whatever it takes

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (/+uur)

211 TNF Walmart uses that tech for, among other things, evil self checkout.

Besides, if Walmart deprives you of your liberty or kills you, it is either kidnapping or murder. If a police officer does it, it’s business as usual and a sign of GREAT police work.

It is one thing for a private organization to protect property; it is another for an organization that exists to deprive people of their liberty, or kill them, to engage in constant surveillance.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (XUHiS)

212 I had a nervous breakdown and needed to get out of the house for a week.

Posted by: Elect 88C+u, or gKWVE or yyrog or whoever at October 08, 2026 10:53 PM (sDWtc)

Your current hash really wants to be SWIDT, but I can't quite see what it's doing there.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

213 Walking on the Moon

youtu.be/mbv-LcdLY-Y
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (rdVOm)
====

On my playlist love the bass line

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

214 Big news coming out tomorrow.

What is it?

How would I know? It's not tomorrow yet.

Space is loose. Time is tight.
https://youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - yesterday is a concept at October 08, 2026 10:59 PM (uhtpA)

215 And Brandon Herrera is coming off like a future political star as well. Guy has built an enormous small donor powerhouse team and is hitting it on social media.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

Who'd have expected a guy who makes his money in social media, and has a bunch of other social media friends, would be good at social media.

Katy Lardass' media team is probably shitting themselves on a daily basis.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 10:59 PM (ExV1e)

216 My pet theory is that a spurned and bitter Platner wanted to show dominance - no homo - and now Talarico is stuck at home nursing a cracked asshole.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:59 PM (BI5O2)

217 212 I had a nervous breakdown and needed to get out of the house for a week.

Posted by: Elect 88C+u, or gKWVE or yyrog or whoever at October 08, 2026 10:53 PM (sDWtc)

Your current hash really wants to be SWIDT, but I can't quite see what it's doing there.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 10:58 PM (VHUov)

see DATS WHAT to catch.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)

218 Scratch my ass, let my people complain
Bunch of whiners think that I should campaign...

Posted by: Tears for Fears at October 08, 2026 11:00 PM (sDWtc)

219 216 My pet theory is that a spurned and bitter Platner wanted to show dominance - no homo - and now Talarico is stuck at home nursing a cracked asshole.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:59 PM (BI5O2)

How many cracks did that add the the one he came with?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:00 PM (l3cgK)

220 Neighbor you see any Blue Angels today?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

221 The Ramones had many Mental Illness songs. Maybe Talafreako is listening to them on a loop. Pinhead, Psychotherapy, I Wanna Be Sedated, Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment, Anxiety, Mental Hell, Bad Brain,.....

Posted by: ...Go Mental!!!! at October 08, 2026 11:00 PM (EdP2u)

222 Senior officers with the worst range scores should be required to perform it. With repeated volleys until someone succeeds. A little public practice to encourage private practice prior!
Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (aJQbY)

O-6 up for promotion. Anyone who misses has to wait for the next person the military executes to try again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:01 PM (ExV1e)

223 Dozens of brooms with the straws worn down to perhaps 3-4 inches. Essentially just handles.
Posted by: Tonypete

We call them "lowriders."

Posted by: Glinda at October 08, 2026 11:01 PM (VHUov)

224 To piss off all libs they ought to use flechettes out of 12g on Hasan.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (NnhvP)

225 Doesn't work in a high profile race like this. Talarico is not Joe Biden nor is Covid around where he can get away with it with surrogates.

Running for state rep in deep blue Austin is very different than running a marquee statewide race in Texas.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:50 PM (E4rtv)

How this is playing out right now puts a spotlight on why Paxton was always a far better candidate than Cornyn. (Despite all the consultant class lies to the contrary). Paxton has jumped on the disappearance and is mocking him in his speeches lately, with no response from the Dems.

When a candidate becomes the butt of many jokes, his campaign is over, especially if he doesn’t respond.

Cornyn would have sat back and said nothing except “that’s not who we are.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (B0Z3q)

226 224 To piss off all libs they ought to use flechettes out of 12g on Hasan.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (NnhvP)

The muzzies like beheading with dull knives...so...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (l3cgK)

227 People are freaking out about the livestream in Austin...lol!!!

Posted by: lin-duh at October 08, 2026 11:03 PM (VCgbV)

228 I used to have a different nic

Could be a lot worse. Surface Warfare Officers. Who normally need fire-control radar to hit anything.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 11:03 PM (u82oZ)

229 Load all blanks for at least the first couple of volleys and yell "PSYCH!" after.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 11:03 PM (oqH4h)

230 Regarding the execution....

Senior officers with the worst range scores should be required to perform it. With repeated volleys until someone succeeds. A little public practice to encourage private practice prior!
Posted by: RandomDave

Maybe add a little challenge with a modified skeet thrower.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (ndZc7)

231 Movin' On Up

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)

232
Riding on the Wind

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (Fv808)

233 Could be a lot worse. Surface Warfare Officers. Who normally need fire-control radar to hit anything.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 11:03 PM (u82oZ)

Torpedoes are steerable, supposedly, for a reason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (ExV1e)

234

We're cleaning out stuff now. Being married 49 years you can imagine how much stuff we have accumulated. I told Hubby no one wants this chit and they don't need the burden of cleaning out the house.

Wait til they find out we have spent their inheritance money, lmao.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

235 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

They stink on ice.

Pull.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (u82oZ)

236 am serious
Talarico is gone
He will never show again
Posted by: r hennigan

He'll still get 46 percent of the vote - people are nuts.

Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (F6ZnV)

237 Crap, I left out "I Wanna Be Well".

Posted by: Ramones 4 Ever!! at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (EdP2u)

238 I want to let everyone know why I was gone for over two weeks..

I was contemplating one the greatest mysteries' that has plagued mankind since the beginning time.

When we eat food, it is all different colors, but when we poop it is brown???

Anyone know why this is ???

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (jGtoG)

239 Load all blanks for at least the first couple of volleys and yell "PSYCH!" after.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 11:03 PM (oqH4h)

I like it. Then, out comes the 2026 All-Zaporozhian Knouting Champion to flog him to death under the Texas sun.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (BI5O2)

240 203 ‘He’ll Look Helpless in a Wheelchair’: Leftists Discover Compassion for the Fort Hood Shooter

*ping turns left*
* ping turns right*

shootin gallery
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:57 PM (/+uur)

Hang him from his feet, and start him swaying. Start the 1812 Overture with artillery in the percussion section. Every time the cannons boom, the firing squad fires.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

241 I recommend a shotgun shell out of the barrel of a M110. At 50 paces just to make sure.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (dCMJG)

242 jGtoG = Jimmy gotta Go?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (sDWtc)

243 Load all blanks for at least the first couple of volleys and yell "PSYCH!" after.
Posted by: ballistic

We wouldn't want to damage his hearing! Use Daisy air rifles. He should bleed out by the 40th or 50th salvo.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)

244 Large plastic boobs, cheap blonde wig, horrid paisley dress along with wolf wars and wolf tail.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD)

And a sequined festive pair of cat ears.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 08, 2026 11:07 PM (g8Ew8)

245 Cornyn would have sat back and said nothing except “that’s not who we are.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (B0Z3q)
True.

Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 11:07 PM (F6ZnV)

246 Adirondacks would look so much nicer if it wasn't under the thumb of Kathy Hochul.

Posted by: And Big Tish James at October 08, 2026 11:08 PM (EdP2u)

247 I recommend a shotgun shell out of the barrel of a M110. At 50 paces just to make sure.
Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (dCMJG)

Use artirery round. Hirarious. -- Kim Jung Un

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:08 PM (ExV1e)

248 Cornyn would have sat back and said nothing except “that’s not who we are.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 11:02 PM (B0Z3q)

Cornyn would have suspended his campaign in solidarity.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:09 PM (ExV1e)

249 A five-man Panzerschreck squad and a commander.

"He blowed up goof. Real good!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 11:09 PM (wVcYX)

250 iirc s.o.p. for the execution is that the squad picks and loads one round each selected at random from a pool including one blank round.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

251 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow.
......

lol
What a pussy.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

252 234

We're cleaning out stuff now. Being married 49 years you can imagine how much stuff we have accumulated. I told Hubby no one wants this chit and they don't need the burden of cleaning out the house.

Wait til they find out we have spent their inheritance money, lmao.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (/QHx4)

When my wife passed, I learned the importance of not keeping every damn piece of paper...I STILL haven't shredded everything that needs shredding...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:10 PM (l3cgK)

253
jim,

Yep.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:11 PM (/QHx4)

254 251 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow.
......

lol
What a pussy.
Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 11:10 PM (oq9dX)

--------

THE MAN IS SENSITIVE!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:11 PM (wpRMV)

255 238 I want to let everyone know why I was gone for over two weeks..

I was contemplating one the greatest mysteries' that has plagued mankind since the beginning time.

When we eat food, it is all different colors, but when we poop it is brown???

Anyone know why this is ???

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (jGtoG)

Eat crayolas. You're poop will be a shitty rainbow...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:11 PM (l3cgK)

256 How high ranking officials get selected.

https://youtube.com/shorts/G3ITzCr1GW0

(Sorry for the AI voice.)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 11:11 PM (qx7Zg)

257 The Adirondack picture is missing its chair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 11:11 PM (wVcYX)

258 Who'd a thunk Talarico would go crazy?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 11:12 PM (ndZc7)

259 One of our Stupes took a mental health break a few months ago. She's actually pretty cute.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:12 PM (Fv808)

260 257 The Adirondack picture is missing its chair.

--------

Damn. That was exactly my thought.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (wpRMV)

261 I gotta say, the Dems have run a really mutant-heavy slate this year. Mutants all over the place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (BI5O2)

262 okay this comment on Talarico is funny
tinyurl.com/465t436v

Posted by: when cameron came to egypt laaaand at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (sDWtc)

263 A steady hand on the tiller. That's Talarico all right.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (wpRMV)

264 We have crates out just in case, for him and the kitties.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

So, I'm assuming "Soup" is not the husband?

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ)

265 250 iirc s.o.p. for the execution is that the squad picks and loads one round each selected at random from a pool including one blank round.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)
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I think someone else loads the rifles for the squad, including a blank round for one, so that each individual can have some inkling that he didn't fire a fatal round.

Buuuut if you've ever fired a rifle you know the difference between a blank and a live round...

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 11:14 PM (oqH4h)

266 Neighbor you see any Blue Angels today?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

No, but I sure heard them.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:14 PM (Fv808)

267 Trump and Vance's H1B and OPT fraud suspension bombshells today might have just been the October Surprise helping the GOP to victory.

Notice they did that while the typical backstabbing RINO Chamber of Commerce crowd were out campaigning and unable to backstab as a result.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:14 PM (E4rtv)

268 When my wife passed, I learned the importance of not keeping every damn piece of paper...I STILL haven't shredded everything that needs shredding...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Burning documents is the tied and true method 'round here. Burnt a big pile of papers the other day, along with all the pine straw and cones that fall from my neighbor's pines. Next up-last years Medicare and You book. The new one came today.

Posted by: Match Unto My Feet at October 08, 2026 11:15 PM (EdP2u)

269 THE MAN IS SENSITIVE!!!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
.......

I feel so guilty about all the mean jokes I made about him.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 11:15 PM (oq9dX)

270 Doof! You done good.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 10:49 PM (NnhvP)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 11:16 PM (QMAsf)

271 Hang him from his feet, and start him swaying. Start the 1812 Overture with artillery in the percussion section. Every time the cannons boom, the firing squad fires.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

**********

The music choice is supurb, and a good idea. There should be a way to send Sec Hegseth ideas he picks from a hat.

To make it sporty, put him on an incline and let him roll near a pool of gators. There are 3 chances and if all 3 fail to get in a live round, the woodchipper is next door of the top of the incline to wheel him there. Easy.

Let's Make a Deal! Las Vegas bets and the whole enchilada.

Show him he created an entire nation who want him very dead.

I doubt I'll watch as I'll forget and will see reruns. I did watch Sadam's hangin' video.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:16 PM (hzuYO)

272 >>When we eat food, it is all different colors, but when we poop it is brown???

Except corn. (h/t Chris Rock)

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

273 So, I'm assuming "Soup" is not the husband?
Posted by: GWB

No, is the pupper.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

274 Tracers

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:17 PM (Fv808)

275 Who'd a thunk Talarico would go crazy?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 11:12 PM (ndZc7)

Go? That fella had a real short trip to crazy-town.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:18 PM (ExV1e)

276 264 We have crates out just in case, for him and the kitties.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

So, I'm assuming "Soup" is not the husband?
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ

Soup is the official unofficial AOSHQ mascot. He is a Shiba. He is cuter than J.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

277 Talarico can honestly say "you don't need to worry about another nervous breakdown. I'm running for the Senate. This campaign will be the last work I ever do. Once elected, I will never work a day, or make a decision of my own ever again. Nobody has a nervous breakdown while frolicking with boys on a pile of stolen money... and that's the entire job of a US Senator."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2)

278 Mamdani flipping out over NYC ICE shooting. He is an radical rabble rouser.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2026 11:19 PM (y171U)

279 254 251 So Talarico allegedly had a nervous breakdown. Wow.

That SOB Trump said mean things about him and caused this horrific event !!!!!!!!!!!

IMPEACH TRUMP NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 08, 2026 11:19 PM (973Ju)

280 268 When my wife passed, I learned the importance of not keeping every damn piece of paper...I STILL haven't shredded everything that needs shredding...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Burning documents is the tied and true method 'round here. Burnt a big pile of papers the other day, along with all the pine straw and cones that fall from my neighbor's pines. Next up-last years Medicare and You book. The new one came today.

Posted by: Match Unto My Feet at October 08, 2026 11:15 PM (EdP2u)

I live in Kalifornia...you'd need a burn permit, and being in the city, I can't get one.

Yeah, yeah, hold a "BBQ"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:19 PM (l3cgK)

281 Does the Army still have bazookas?

Posted by: Like that Name-Bazooka at October 08, 2026 11:19 PM (EdP2u)

282 "I feel so guilty about all the mean jokes I made about him."

Not to add to guilt or anything like that but could you repeat them for those of us who missed them the first time?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (dCMJG)

283 Maybe add a little challenge with a modified skeet thrower.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 11:04 PM (ndZc7)

So, Hasan on a trebuchet, and instead of "Fire" the officer in charge yells, "PULL!"?

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (kU0PQ)

284 281 Does the Army still have bazookas?

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Not like Sydney Sweeney has bazookas.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (wpRMV)

285 272 >>When we eat food, it is all different colors, but when we poop it is brown???

Except corn. (h/t Chris Rock)

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

Artificial colors sometimes come through...eating Froot Loops, for instance...just eat the blue or green ones and see what happens...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

286 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

287 youtu.be/0sTtJlo7hQU

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (n17eQ)

288 Drinking some bourbon and having some sour patch gummies while I update all of my git repos.

Haven't had any commits in a while.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (XV/Pl)

289 Stay safe Piper, hope the storm just fizzles.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (2GVsD)

290 Trump and Vance's H1B and OPT fraud suspension bombshells today might have just been the October Surprise helping the GOP to victory.

But wait... there's more...
.
@USLaborIG
: "I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities — Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (ExV1e)

291
Something is going on. For the last four days and nights there has been a lot of air traffic here in SW Wyoming. We go months and never hear any planes.

It's curious.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:21 PM (/QHx4)

292 He'll still get 46 percent of the vote - people are nuts.
Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 11:05 PM (F6ZnV)

That, and all those ballots they pre-printed.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:21 PM (kU0PQ)

293 also, the color is greatly affected by bile and bilirubin.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:21 PM (l3cgK)

294 An all female firing squad would be very humiliating...

Posted by: lin-duh at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (VCgbV)

295 286 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

Used to be that was an impossible score...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (l3cgK)

296 The media is trying to generate sympathy for the murdering scumbag Nidal Hasan because he is in a wheelchair?

Did they do this for Leon Klinghoffer on the Achille Lauro? You know, a real victim of terrorism?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (2GVsD)

297 And for the record, J is pretty cute. Saijo (Soup) is just ridiculously cute.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

298 So now we're on the color of shite?

So glad I showed up.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:23 PM (wpRMV)

299 After years at Sea, I learned the Mother Nature is a bitch who is out to muderize you.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 10:48 PM (mP0Kj)
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Life's a bitch that eats her pups

Posted by: 496 at October 08, 2026 11:23 PM (m8Qhu)

300 James Talarico

Everyone knows stercobilin is the bile pigment molecules that turn feces brown.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 11:23 PM (u82oZ)

301 Thank you, Anna Puma. We are kind of right there where it is supposed to hit, so if it is going to fizzle, it needs to start now, please.

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

302 295 286 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (ZxPkt)

Used to be that was an impossible score...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (l3cgK)

Or do touchbacks still give 2 pts?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)

303 The Cowboys came close to losing to the Texans (0-4) also. They just aren't very good.
Texans defense is absolute dogshit this year, on topic of that.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (sDWtc)

304 safety

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (l3cgK)

305 293 also, the color is greatly affected by bile and bilirubin.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Both of those would make fine children's names.

Posted by: Urethra Franklin at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (EdP2u)

306 Yeah, I forgot about safeties.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (l3cgK)

307
Artificial colors sometimes come through...eating Froot Loops, for instance...just eat the blue or green ones and see what happens...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

**********
One of my sons in junior high had an alarm one morning. A teal colored poo. Had me go look since I know everything. I said, "I have no idea.What did you eat yesterday?" Nursing skool only prepared me for brown, red, black or white poops.

He and friends got some sort of ice cup at the beach with blue syrup. Aha!

Not dying of teal, altho it is one of my favorite colors when not in the toilet.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)

308 So now we're on the color of shite?

So glad I showed up.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:23 PM (wpRMV)

Verrry interestink!

Posted by: Zombie Arte Johnson at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (wVcYX)

309 Soup is very cute very impish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (RIvkX)

310 Hey Texas morons, don’t get cocky. Rally to vote. Get your neighbors out there. Don’t fuck around and get complacent. The cheat is still on and you have to beat it like a red headed stepchild.

Don’t fuck around. Go vote.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (yEz+x)

311 If I was President Trump I would double the size of the ICE force in NYC. Mandami is trying to turn the perp who was shot into another Renee Good.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (y171U)

312 I've never understood "the whole enchilada". What part of that delicious concoction would you normally not eat?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (Fv808)

313 264 We have crates out just in case, for him and the kitties.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 10:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

So, I'm assuming "Soup" is not the husband?
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:13 PM (kU0PQ

Soup is the official unofficial AOSHQ mascot. He is a Shiba. He is cuter than J.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

Oh! I might have met last year at TxMoMeX?

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (kU0PQ)

314 iirc a sign of liver / pancreatic damage is the cream colored poo.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (sDWtc)

315
The story was that in 1940, Sen. Key Pittman died before the election and his body was kept in a bathtub full of ice in a Reno hotel until after Election Day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (eRlcH)

316 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)

I accidentally injested some mouthwash that was blue...yeah, you can guess what happened.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (l3cgK)

317 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs
Posted by: Don Black

Used to be that was an impossible score...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A two-safety shutout would be a hell of a defensive game under the current rules. Would'a been a hell of a defensive game in the leather-helmet days, if safeties were 2 pts then.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

318 Touchbacks get you 1 point in that up north metric football league.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (dCMJG)

319 314 iirc a sign of liver / pancreatic damage is the cream colored poo.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (sDWtc)

Yeah, it's not supposed to be white...that's racist.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (l3cgK)

320 Both of those would make fine children's names.
Posted by: Urethra Franklin at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (EdP2u)

*******
Why I continue to visit here.

Twin could be Ureter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (hzuYO)

321 Not dying of teal, altho it is one of my favorite colors when not in the toilet.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Blue Ice Gatorade does the same thing.

Ask me
How I know.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)

322 317 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs
Posted by: Don Black

Used to be that was an impossible score...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

A two-safety shutout would be a hell of a defensive game under the current rules. Would'a been a hell of a defensive game in the leather-helmet days, if safeties were 2 pts then.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (VHUov)

Intertubes say safety has been worth 2 pts since 1920...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (l3cgK)

323 I accidentally injested some mouthwash that was blue...yeah, you can guess what happened

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Ever "accidentally" inject some Sterno?

Posted by: A Hobo at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (wpRMV)

324
Oh! I might have met last year at TxMoMeX?
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (kU0PQ

Me! But Saijo didn’t come. He is a little quirky. He wouldn’t appreciate the noise and chaos. Neither did J. Someone has to work around here to support my princess life! 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (ZdaMQ)

325
Saijo (Soup) is just ridiculously cute.
Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

_________

He's a Shiba. He knows. And leverages it ruthlessly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (eRlcH)

326 >>>>>30 06
30 07
whatever it takes
****** At 10 yds about anything will do, especially with multiple hits. I read that Utah used 4 cops with .30-30s.

Posted by: Cosda at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (Vbk8C)

327 320 Both of those would make fine children's names.
Posted by: Urethra Franklin at October 08, 2026 11:24 PM (EdP2u)

*******
Why I continue to visit here.

Twin could be Ureter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (hzuYO)

Joke punchline:"Deniece for the girl, Denephew for the boy."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (l3cgK)

328 Out: What Color Is Your Parachute?

In: What Color Is Your Poop?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 11:29 PM (wVcYX)

329 I've never understood "the whole enchilada". What part of that delicious concoction would you normally not eat?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 11:26 PM (Fv80

The stem.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:29 PM (ExV1e)

330 323 I accidentally injested some mouthwash that was blue...yeah, you can guess what happened

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Ever "accidentally" inject some Sterno?

Posted by: A Hobo at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (wpRMV)

Never injected anything, so no.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)

331 Come Back Little Shiba was both a play and film. Shirley Booth was in both and won a Tony and an Oscar for her role.

Posted by: Triple Crown of Acting at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (EdP2u)

332 I've never understood "the whole enchilada". What part of that delicious concoction would you normally not eat?
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal

Enchiladas (like everything else) used to be much larger?

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

333 Isn't Sid our designated Groom Of The Stool?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (sDWtc)

334
Read the article on Breitbart about illegals getting top tier medical care at Mt. Sinai Hospital. It is infuriating.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)

335 So, after playing around 4 hours of the follow-up to Disco Elysium, Zero Parades: For Dead Spies, I've thrown in the towel.
...
It's a shame because Disco Elysium is one of the best rpg's of all-time, along the same lines as The Secret of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, which essentially is the inspiration for Pirates of The Caribbean.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 10:14 PM (XV/Pl)
===========================

Try playing Esoteric Ebb instead; it's the same type of story-driven game, released slightly earlier than Zero Parades, and is much better, unless you dislike a fantastical setting.

Posted by: Not a Paid Promotion at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (GCt37)

336 290 Trump and Vance's H1B and OPT fraud suspension bombshells today might have just been the October Surprise helping the GOP to victory.

But wait... there's more...
.
@USLaborIG
: "I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities — Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
======
Dropping this in the punchbowl at this time makes it difficult for the Dems to praise corporations importing workers (which they secretly want to screw white males) and makes the country club GOP cheap labor crowd unable in the middle of a race to back bite. GOP needed to shore up its support by black and white citizen males and this will help.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (E4rtv)

337 333 Isn't Sid our designated Groom Of The Stool?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (sDWtc)

Howdy Ho!

Posted by: Mr. Hankey at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (l3cgK)

338 It's not the color I'm worried about. The smell is what catches my attention.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (oq9dX)

339 Enchiladas (like everything else) used to be much larger?
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:30 PM (rdVOm)

The Paolo stopped working at that restaurant.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (ExV1e)

340 On that note, I am going to bed. I thought I would be teaching 3 classes tomorrow but it appears the winds are going to pick up earlier now, so I am going to teach the 6, and cancel the other 2. Good night, friends!

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (ZdaMQ)

341 Cowboys lose to the 0-4 Bucs
****

Someone made a shit-ton of money on the sports book.

Posted by: clarence at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (zGeQ7)

342 An all female firing squad would be very humiliating...
Posted by: lin-duh at October 08, 2026 11:22 PM (VCgbV)

Not if Weasel trained them.

Oh, you mean for target.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 11:32 PM (qx7Zg)

343 338 It's not the color I'm worried about. The smell is what catches my attention.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 11:31 PM (oq9dX)

Red or Black blood streaks are not a good thing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:32 PM (l3cgK)

344 Out: What Color Is Your Parachute?
In: What Color Is Your Poop?
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 11:29 PM (wVcYX)

There's a lot of retired folks among the Horde....

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 11:33 PM (kU0PQ)

345 Little shiba, don't you kiss me once or twice
Then say it's very nice and then you run
Little shiba, don't you do what your big shiba done

Posted by: Zombie Elvis Presley at October 08, 2026 11:33 PM (wVcYX)

346 At 10 yds about anything will do, especially with multiple hits. I read that Utah used 4 cops with .30-30s.
Posted by: Cosda
========
Good ole Thirty Thirty is more than capable inside 100-150 yards for humans. Use a corelokt 150gr bullet. The equally old 35 Remington hits with a bit more authority but not necessary for humans.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:33 PM (E4rtv)

347 >>>It's a shame because Disco Elysium is one of the best rpg's of all-time...
--

SMH can tell you something about the best rpg's.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 11:34 PM (BzKNL)

348 333 Isn't Sid our designated Groom Of The Stool?
Posted by: 88C+u

For what he does for his masters, he prefers to be under the stool for obvious reasons.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:34 PM (E4rtv)

349 He's a Shiba. He knows. And leverages it ruthlessly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 11:28 PM (eRlcH

He really does. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 08, 2026 11:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

351 Zohran Mandami called PDJT and Markwayne Mullin tonight and asked him to release the perp who was shot by ICE officers today. The declined to do so.

Turns out the perp has an extensive criminal record and is allegedly a member of the Trinitarios criminal cartel gang.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 08, 2026 11:36 PM (y171U)

352 Leticia getting ripped in the NY AG debate.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:36 PM (E4rtv)

353 350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

Their concern is noted.

Knout him to death in the wheelchair.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:36 PM (BI5O2)

354 Is it possible to serpentine in a wheelchair?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:36 PM (wpRMV)

355 336 290 Trump and Vance's H1B and OPT fraud suspension bombshells ...

But wait... there's more...
.
@USLaborIG
: "I am announcing a historic investigation ...underway."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
======
Dropping this in the punchbowl at this time makes it difficult for the Dems to ...

Posted by: whig
----

It's October 8, we've got nearly a month to go.
There will be more.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 11:37 PM (BzKNL)

356 350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Tie his ass to a post, no reason to ruin a perfectly good wheelchair.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:37 PM (E4rtv)

357 Oh no! The traitor who murdered 13 people has to face death from his wheelchair.

Tie him to a fucking post and then shoot him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

358 It's October 8, we've got nearly a month to go.
There will be more.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Brennan meets the grand jury in Florida this next week.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:38 PM (E4rtv)

359 So if those enchilada smell so good when I eat them, why does my poop smell so bad?

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 11:38 PM (oq9dX)

360 Heh

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:39 PM (yEz+x)

361 350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

Duct-tape hit to the wall.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:39 PM (l3cgK)

362 Guy has a pretty good slogan here.

Matthew Kolken
@mkolken
Vote Republican like our constitutional republic depends on it.

Because it does.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:39 PM (E4rtv)

363 him not hit

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:39 PM (l3cgK)

364
Blue Ice Gatorade does the same thing.

Ask me
How I know.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:27 PM (yEz+x)
*******
Hi, nurse. Last summer I got a bit of norovirus from the baby grandgirl. She harfed on me and that started the all female band (son, grandson and husband were oddly immune).

I got what I called the cholera version of the diarrhea instant weight loss for days. I knew better than to drink colored gatorade and stuck to a refreshing clear and fruity pedialyte. I need to stock some for end times.

We had to fly to NOLA and see my mother in MS a week later. I look like a corpse in the family photos.

'Twas a lovely time as during the fiesta of pedialyte my husband discovered a leak from the kitchen to the basement family room. Requiring plumbing, sheet rock guys, a drying fan, and painters as I lay dying upstairs.

I didn't care. The contractor told my husband that we were the calmest people he'd ever worked with after a wall flood (well, he didn't see me, but I was calm as near death).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)

365 Hasan should have a 10 second lead to make for the treeline. Let's put some sport in it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:41 PM (wpRMV)

366
I'll have something to add to my list of office decor to purchase when I win Powerball:

1.) Otoya Yamaguchi's sword

2.) Allende's shattered eyeglasses

3.) The Khashoggi bone saw

4.) Hasan's death chair

I can use it as my desk chair and wheel around between my computers and the mini-fridge.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

367 I have no problem with "sh00ting a guy in a wheelchair". A criminal is a criminal is a criminal.

The MFer what broke into my dad's house was/is an amputee (legs). He couldn't get his electric wheelchair into the house, so plugged into one of the outdoor outlets & got stuck in the mud! That's how he got caught! (Don't know who his assistant was, but *someone* helped him remove the goods and pawn them.)

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:42 PM (rdVOm)

368
The defining characteristic of politicians is ego. So I can see him running and I can see him not running.

Mark Sanford tried to run again this last primary for Lindsay Graham's seat for example.
Posted by: whig

==============

Holy carp he didn't. I'd say the defining characteristic is lust for power.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:43 PM (mmrXZ)

369 off topic, but there is now a massive memestorm making Draco Malfoy a mal...foid

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:43 PM (sDWtc)

370 350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)
********
Pity. I think the garbage truck could pick him up and put him in the smush box of the truck.

Lie him out flat next to the wall if that's the problem...taped on his side so they won't miss his evil heart.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:43 PM (hzuYO)

371

Whatever happened to the guy with no arms who murdered some guy by gunfire?

You can't make that shit up.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:44 PM (/QHx4)

372 Second report on X now.

Pamela Hensley🇺🇸
@PamelaHensley22
·
21m
James Talarico reportedly had a full mental breakdown in Austin and took a week off for "mental wellness."

Talarico is weak and mentally unstable. In other words, he's the ideal Democrat.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:45 PM (E4rtv)

373 365 Hasan should have a 10 second lead to make for the treeline. Let's put some sport in it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 11:41 PM (wpRMV)

******
Email Sec Hegseth with that one!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)

374 Video for Bulg, if he's around...

https://youtu.be/Ajvu5EtkN2U

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)

375 369 off topic, but there is now a massive memestorm making Draco Malfoy a mal...foid
Posted by: 88C+u
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Yep. Pissing the hell out of lefties too.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:46 PM (E4rtv)

376 I hope I didn't give the impression that Tampa Bay won, 4-0.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 11:46 PM (ZxPkt)

377 For the sake of the family, take Hasan out there in a black tent on a dolly. Then, still covered by the tent tie him to the pole in a standing position. Drive the tent dolly off leaving him standing and ready.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 11:46 PM (BzKNL)

378 Why would Talarico, who is favored to win by at least 96 points, be nervous?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:46 PM (BI5O2)

379 Holy carp he didn't. I'd say the defining characteristic is lust for power.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone
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Yep. Finished fourth.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:46 PM (E4rtv)

380 366
I'll have something to add to my list of office decor to purchase when I win Powerball:

1.) Otoya Yamaguchi's sword

2.) Allende's shattered eyeglasses

3.) The Khashoggi bone saw

4.) Hasan's death chair

I can use it as my desk chair and wheel around between my computers and the mini-fridge.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2)

The guy who captured Che kept his Rolex...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:47 PM (l3cgK)

381 >>>>People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
***** The Brits did that with James Connolly when they shot him in the yard of Kilmainham Gaol after the failed 1916 rising. The optics of shooting a crippled were bad for the English. I'd rather the raghead be hanged while seated in a chair like Mary Surratt for Lincoln's assassination.

Posted by: Cosda at October 08, 2026 11:48 PM (Vbk8C)

382 371

Whatever happened to the guy with no arms who murdered some guy by gunfire?

You can't make that shit up.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:44 PM (/QHx4)

How many times was he disarmed?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

383 He was in NY the day before.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 11:48 PM (BzKNL)

384 Wheelchair-bound could still be leaned over a stump for beheading, I'd suppose...

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 11:49 PM (rdVOm)

385 How many times was he disarmed?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

-----------

Har de har har har

Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 08, 2026 11:49 PM (wpRMV)

386 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 08, 2026 11:50 PM (SMG8K)

387

On a lighter note 8 y/o grandson was here today. Hubbie had the leafblower out and grandson is fascinated. He asked if he could come here tomorrow to use it again.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:50 PM (/QHx4)

388 Oh no! The traitor who murdered 13 people has to face death from his wheelchair.

Tie him to a fucking post and then shoot him.
Posted by: nurse ratched

The only reason he's in the bloody wheelchair is the injuries he got from return fire when he was murdering those 13 people.

This is literally the kid who killed his parents pleading clemency because he's an orphan.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 11:50 PM (VHUov)

389 Nidal would be seated anyway. I don't see a problem. Strap him in and KA-BLAMMO!

Then take the squad to Denny's. On Hegseth.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 11:51 PM (ZxPkt)

390 I'm too old and too busy to learn about Harry Potter, "foids," or any of this nonsense. I have way too much sock-folding, etc., before I can get to that.

But if it's irritating the worms in the Millenials' brains and making them get all worked up Harry Potter again, I'm all for it. Maybe one of them will self-immolate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:52 PM (BI5O2)

391 Weird implosion of Dem Senate candidates going on right now. Talarico missing in action, Troy Jackson got his ass handed to him in ME by Collins in debate. Collins held his own with Tossof.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:54 PM (E4rtv)

392 Seems very likely the dead perp in NYC was a beneficiary of that city's outrageous reckless lawlessness, in the form of an ignored ICE detainer, at some point. Given his criminal record.

Administration should go completely nuclear in their public statements. Emphasizing that ALL illegal aliens are subject to removal. Mamdani's statement is standard issue childish idiocy, but it should be nuked in detail, sentence by sentence.

Of course the real sanction - strict discretionary reciprocity in all fed LE interaction with NYC apart from violence/nat security/terrorism - won't even be considered.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj)

393 Hurricane Rachel is supposed to make a U turn and wind up at in Wyoming this next week.
I would point out that the last time I know of a Pacific hurricane to do something similar was the Columbus Day Storm that pasted Oregon in 1962, and hey, it is coming up on Columbus day.

So, if it comes this way I will be taking the meta roofing off the woodshed and putting yard furniture away, somewhere.

Gotta buy gas for the chainsaw, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

394 Happy Thursday Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 08, 2026 11:56 PM (ibDUx)

395 The MFer what broke into my dad's house was/is an amputee (legs). He couldn't get his electric wheelchair into the house, so plugged into one of the outdoor outlets & got stuck in the mud! That's how he got caught! (Don't know who his assistant was, but *someone* helped him remove the goods and pawn them.)
Posted by: JQ

==============

Holy cap. That must be a police report for the ages.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:57 PM (mmrXZ)

396 I thought Pacific whirley-gigs were supposed to be "typhoons"?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:57 PM (sDWtc)

397 393 Hurricane Rachel is supposed to make a U turn and wind up at in Wyoming this next week.
I would point out that the last time I know of a Pacific hurricane to do something similar was the Columbus Day Storm that pasted Oregon in 1962, and hey, it is coming up on Columbus day.

So, if it comes this way I will be taking the meta roofing off the woodshed and putting yard furniture away, somewhere.

Gotta buy gas for the chainsaw, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 11:56 PM (rbvCR)

She'll come pretty close to Sandy Eggo first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:58 PM (l3cgK)

398 Of course the real sanction - strict discretionary reciprocity in all fed LE interaction with NYC apart from violence/nat security/terrorism - won't even be considered.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2026 11:55 PM (U/Byj)

I doubt that's much of a deterrent. It would just lead to more crime in NYC, which is what Mamdani wants anyway.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:59 PM (BI5O2)

399 396 I thought Pacific whirley-gigs were supposed to be "typhoons"?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:57 PM (sDWtc)

On the other side of the Int'l Date line...
Then you have cyclones, which are in the Indian Ocean and around Australia...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:59 PM (l3cgK)

400 350
People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Fine. Push him off a 200 ft cliff. The rocks will do the rest.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 11:59 PM (n17eQ)

401
Yep. Finished fourth.
Posted by: whig

=============

Lol I guess he has his faithful. I can't imagine donating a dime to him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 09, 2026 12:00 AM (mmrXZ)

402 I thought Pacific whirley-gigs were supposed to be "typhoons"?
Posted by: 88C+u

So did I.

And Indian-ocean ones were cyclones.

And Arctic-ocean ones were Holy Shit There's A Tropical Storm In The Arctic!!!

But DDGAI says the Pacific gets all 3 names, just depends where in the Pacific they start. So the one aiming at California really is a hurricane.

Posted by: mikeski at October 09, 2026 12:01 AM (VHUov)

403
Of course the real sanction - strict discretionary reciprocity in all fed LE interaction with NYC apart from violence/nat security/terrorism - won't even be considered.
Posted by: rhomboid

=============

It continues to flummox me that any city or state government can flat-out refuse to comply with federal law and get away with it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 09, 2026 12:04 AM (mmrXZ)

404 Y's Dice, no not really. Fed LE (and DOJ) obviously provide tremendous support to NYC on a range of issues. They don't police the streets. If every non-violent/non-natsec situation in NYC suddenly sees it's getting lowest priority from the feds, it will snowball. Finance, etc - not something the dumb freak children at Gracie Mansion can ignore for long.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 09, 2026 12:04 AM (U/Byj)

405 Apropos of nothing - there was some forum discussion a few weeks back about sensitive or top secret information being published inadvertently (or purposely?) during World War II.

I found another one, I think, that almost certainly must have drawn some attention. Or not…

Old time radio program, Superman episode “Dr Deutsch and the Radium Mine” first aired in June 1941

The episode was about Radium, and the evil Dr. Deutsch and his underground lair for smuggling Radium in hollowed out books, which isn’t quite separating isotopes of Uranium, but it’s pretty close, and they mentioned “atomic” power or bombs, and how a small handful of the stuff could wipe out the entire United States.

This is pretty remarkable given the time frame, in that year physicists, mostly refugees from Europe, were still pretty much trying to get the US government to get motivated even about the possibility of fast fission bombs. This was about the time Enrico Fermi tried to alert the US Navy. He managed to get an interview at the War department with some colonel or someone. He overheard an aide alert his boss in his office while he (Fermi) was waiting - “There’s a Wop outside”.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2026 12:04 AM (TzEbc)

406 Holy cap. That must be a police report for the ages.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Oh, no it wasn't.. local cops shrugged and said "the front door was unlocked, no sign of forced entry"

Well, DUH! (Unknown to me) a downstairs window latch was broken.. so, easy peasy, slide it open & jump in-- after moving a lawn mower up to it-- and then sliding it shut. Can't lock the front door without a key, so yeah it was unlocked because the FKer got in. Looked like he/they stayed a while because fresh food in the fridge (Dad had been gone over a year at that time)

FKer was cited for "trespassing"

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:06 AM (rdVOm)

407 Oh no! The traitor who murdered 13 people has to face death from his wheelchair.

Tie him to a fucking post and then shoot him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 11:38 PM (yEz+x)

The firing squad should be all muzzie. Make them prove their loyalty to our military. If they screw it up, they're next.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 09, 2026 12:07 AM (g8Ew8)

408 Florida race stats so far,

Khoa
@1980Khoa
·
49m
FL Updates: At the moment, democrats are at 15.5% while republicans are at 15.4% of the 2022 returns. Democrats lost 0.4% while republicans gained 0.5% compared to yesterday. Another day of strong showing by the FL GOP. No sign of a blue wave thus far for Team Donkey.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

409 The episode was about Radium, and the evil Dr. Deutsch and his underground lair for smuggling Radium in hollowed out books, which isn’t quite separating isotopes of Uranium, but it’s pretty close, and they mentioned “atomic” power or bombs, and how a small handful of the stuff could wipe out the entire United States.

----------

My mom was a radium girl. Painted aircraft dials and instruments during WWII.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 09, 2026 12:11 AM (g8Ew8)

410 X,

"
Pat Webb
@CommissionerPW
·
2h
Stephen Miller knows EXACTLY what the real story is, and wouldn’t be sticking his neck out if it was anything Talarico could deny or recover from. It’s bad.

Quote
Stephen Miller
@StephenM
·
3h
Whatever the real story is must be quite terrible. x.com/nbcnews/status…

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 12:12 AM (E4rtv)

411
Oh, no it wasn't.. local cops shrugged and said "the front door was unlocked, no sign of forced entry

FKer was cited for "trespassing"
Posted by: JQ

================

Grooaann

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 09, 2026 12:12 AM (mmrXZ)

412
Dogs all over in town are barking. This could be a good sign. I hope it means wildlife from the mountains are already moving to town. Hopefully we'll have a real winter.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)

413 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:13 AM (Y/06r)

414
I don't think Hasan is going to be shot sitting in a wheelchair.They'll stand him up and tie him to a post.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 09, 2026 12:16 AM (iTNuP)

415 Flowers on the Wall
Statler Brothers

Posted by: Great Plains Drifter at October 09, 2026 12:16 AM (85Bnm)

416 I am a big supporter of the Brattleboro FART Tube Program.

I do not mind shoving something up my ass for a good cause.

Posted by: James Talarico at October 09, 2026 12:18 AM (k7bVY)

417 They'll stand him up and tie him to a post.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 09, 2026 12:16 AM (iTNuP)

they're doing it wrong

Posted by: Vlad III at October 09, 2026 12:19 AM (sDWtc)

418 Something is going on. For the last four days and nights there has been a lot of air traffic here in SW Wyoming. We go months and never hear any planes.

It's curious.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 11:21 PM (/QHx4)

If you were to go to Flightradar24.com and click on the planes going over, you can then find the registration number and then find out who owns the planes.
What gets odd is if all the planes are of a similar make but are owned by different companies and universities. Then you gotta wonder if something is going on.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 09, 2026 12:21 AM (rbvCR)

419 So, every now and then, I do something right.

I had been trying to think what to get Mom for her 80th birthday. Then I remembered I had some audio cassettes my grandparents made when mom and dad first got married. The first one is from February. 1970.

I got them digitized and got the audio link tonight. It is so wonderful. The first tape is somewhat garbled as they were trying to work out how the recorder worked. So it is a bit out of order as I think they listened to what they first recorded and then recorded over the bad spots. I have just been listening for the past couple of hours.

Going to see Mom and Dad for her birthday tomorrow. I hope she likes it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:21 AM (Y/06r)

420
My mom was a radium girl. Painted aircraft dials and instruments during WWII.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Did she lick the paint brush?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 09, 2026 12:22 AM (Cqx++)

421 Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 12:07 AM (E4rtv)

Shame on you for not giving the black pill dispensers anything to work with,

Shame shame shame...

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 09, 2026 12:22 AM (dCMJG)

422 5 Redneck Habits
-------

A brother by a different mother. I checked off his list one-by-one.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 12:23 AM (XeU6L)

423 Or questions of why University of Utah has so many light planes and they are all flying right now.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 09, 2026 12:23 AM (rbvCR)

424 Grooaann
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

Yeah. Local (city) PD makes Keystone Cops look competent. They didn't even look into the "yard waste" bin that was *right next to front door* -- it was full of stuff, waiting for the next load to pawn shop!

And paid no attention to the screwdriver on the ground, next to garage (walk-thru) door, where FKer had been digging into the door trim, trying to slip the latch...

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:24 AM (rdVOm)

425
Kindltot,

Thanks for the info. It is interesting because it is not the ranchers flying over looking for their animals.

As we are speaking there is something flying over now.

With all the shit happening now in our country it makes one wanting what is going on.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)

426

Aetius,

What a wonderful gift.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)

427 Shame on you for not giving the black pill dispensers anything to work with,

Shame shame shame...
Posted by: A random guy on the net
========
I can tell the ones that read/watch the MSM.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 12:27 AM (E4rtv)

428 One of the classic anecdotes about the erosion of standards in the US was a story about a small parcel of land in CT, in some small city. It was federal, was surplused and given to the municipality. So the town proceeded to do the necessary to re-purpose the property.

The environmental assessment turned up ..... radioactivity. Very anomalous levels thereof. Hmmm. Further investigation revealed that the site had been the location of a secret facility using radium (I think to paint instrument dials) during WWII.

Key point: quite a few of the workers who had worked at the facility in WWII were still alive, and local. Of course none said a word when the whole property transfer thing was going on. When asked why they never said anything, a woman (as I recall) who'd worked there said something like "it was a secret operation, and we were never told it was no longer secret".

Similar things happened in the UK in the 90s. Standards are real. Their erosion or weakening is one of the most damaging trends in civilization.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 09, 2026 12:28 AM (U/Byj)

429 Or questions of why University of Utah has so many light planes and they are all flying right now.
Posted by: Kindltot

It's "night flight" practice time for the kids in Piloting 301?

Posted by: mikeski at October 09, 2026 12:29 AM (VHUov)

430 Gotta buy gas for the chainsaw, too.
Posted by: Kindltot
-----

Are you on a well?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 12:30 AM (XeU6L)

431 Aetius,

What a wonderful gift.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)

It's so strange. These was made 5 years before I was born. They both sound the same as I remember. My aunt who would have been... 11 is on there too. Grandpa would have been 51 when he recorded it, which is the same age I am now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:30 AM (Y/06r)

432 Grandpa would have been 51 when he recorded it, which is the same age I am now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

So I'm not the youngest nightwalking Moron.

Posted by: mikeski at October 09, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)

433

Aetius,

She will love your gift.

Salute!!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:32 AM (/QHx4)

434 Not dying of teal, altho it is one of my favorite colors when not in the toilet.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 11:25 PM (hzuYO)

There was the story of the medic who arranged for some wild kids to "steal" methylene blue so he could find out who had been swiping his kit by who was panicked by blue urine.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 09, 2026 12:32 AM (rbvCR)

435 Grandpa is saying he is enjoying being off work because he has to report for jury duty and is hoping he isn't selected.

He would have been in the Civil Service at this point after... and odd number of years over 20 in the Army.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:33 AM (Y/06r)

436 Just got in tonight. Evening, Doof and ONT Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 12:36 AM (quk5M)

437
Hiya AOP

Did you see any cool stuff today?

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)

438 I founded a politics-related startup about 15 years ago, and people kept suggesting we add a mobile app that tracks your location. I always said that what I really wanted was a mobile app that tracks politicians' location! I bet it would reveal a lot of interesting things.

Posted by: frammish at October 09, 2026 12:38 AM (rcENI)

439 He's in GitMo and they're fixin' I say they're a fixin' to send him home.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (nqf1u)

Maybe send him back with a payload of plague bacillus.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 12:38 AM (quk5M)

440 438 I founded a politics-related startup about 15 years ago, and people kept suggesting we add a mobile app that tracks your location. I always said that what I really wanted was a mobile app that tracks politicians' location! I bet it would reveal a lot of interesting things.
Posted by: frammish at October 09, 2026 12:38 AM (rcENI)

None of it good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:39 AM (Y/06r)

441 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:21 AM

Wow. What a thoughtful, meaningful gift!

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

442 Wow. What a thoughtful, meaningful gift!
Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

I am wondering how to give it to her. A friend said go full on surprise, but I think one tape has a good lead in with my Aunt telling her good morning in about 15 seconds and then Grandpa coming on and saying 'Hello Bau-bau! This is your Daddy!' (Her name is Barbara.)

Give her an idea before the big shock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:42 AM (Y/06r)

443 I almost went to SUNY Geneseo, all the way back in 1984. I went to Albany instead.

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 09, 2026 12:43 AM (rI+gp)

444 Nidal will be seated and restrained. They don't want him wriggling around while the squad members are taking aim.

Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2026 12:44 AM (ZxPkt)

445 444 Nidal will be seated and restrained. They don't want him wriggling around while the squad members are taking aim.
Posted by: Don Black at October 09, 2026 12:44 AM (ZxPkt)

Whatever happened to being tied to a post?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:45 AM (Y/06r)

446 FWP. I watched the Tampa Bay vs.Cowboys game on Amazon Prime. It had some interactive advertisements embedded into it, and for the second week in a row I had to go my Amazon Shopping Cart and clear out items which I had inadvertently put there while trying to fast forward though the commercials.

Fortunately, Amazon still requires that I approve the purchase before it is actually ordered. For now.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 09, 2026 12:47 AM (Da+QE)

447 >>'Hello Bau-bau! This is your Daddy!'

I'd give anything to hear my parents' voices again-- Aetius, you'd better be sure there's a box of tissues handy.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

448 Fortunately, Amazon still requires that I approve the purchase before it is actually ordered. For now.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 09, 2026 12:47 AM (Da+QE)

Yeah, amazon is getting pushy on Prime.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:48 AM (Y/06r)

449 From CNBC by way of X

CNBC: Republican megadonors are outspend Democrats nearly 4-to-1 for the 2026 midterms

🔴 Republicans: $830.5 M
🔵 Democrats: $224.7M

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 12:51 AM (E4rtv)

450 As we are speaking there is something flying over now.

With all the shit happening now in our country it makes one wanting what is going on.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)

For what it is worth, the Air National Guard helicopters don't show up on Flightradar24 when they are on call out to overfly the antifa demonstrations in Portland.

Just something I noticed in passing. They may turn their transponders off, which is probably a no no for civilian craft

Posted by: Kindltot at October 09, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR)

451 Heh. I wonder if there is a Field Manual for executions. Probably.

Best I can find is 'PAM 27-4 Procedure For Military Executions 1944 - Archive.org'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 12:53 AM (XeU6L)

452 I saw the missing Dem senatorial candidate James Talarico giving a speech outside a phone store in Houston. I tried to get his autograph, but it turned out to be one of those blower driven tube things waving its arms around. Hard to tell the difference.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 09, 2026 12:57 AM (WDknQ)

453 Best I can find is 'PAM 27-4 Procedure For Military Executions 1944 - Archive.org'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

-----
Excerpt:
"e. At the designated time the prisoner, with his
arms bound securely behind his back, accompanied
by the chaplain, will be received by the prisoner
guard and placed between the ranks. The escort
will then proceed toward the scene of the execution,
the band playing the "Dead March."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 12:57 AM (XeU6L)

454 its about 8 or 12 556
he will be dead
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 10:52 PM (/+uur)

I thought I read this morning they were thinking of using M1 Garands. 30-06, for when you really want to reach out and touch someone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 12:58 AM (quk5M)

455 452 I saw the missing Dem senatorial candidate James Talarico giving a speech outside a phone store in Houston. I tried to get his autograph, but it turned out to be one of those blower driven tube things waving its arms around. Hard to tell the difference.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President
--------
The answer my friend, is blowin in the wind, the answer is blowin in the wind.

Posted by: bob dylan at October 09, 2026 12:58 AM (E4rtv)

456 "Dead man ~~walking~~ rolling..."

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

457
Lmao JQ!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)

458 There was another bit where they were talking about a guy they knew (someone's son) who was starting out as a Vacuum Cleaner salesman. Grandpa says 'For a new one he wants 350 dollars! If I got that I wouldn't be able to afford the rug! If I bought the rug, I couldn't afford the vacuum cleaner!'

Dear God, I miss that man.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 12:59 AM (Y/06r)

459 Aetius, your Mom is going to love her birthday gift!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 09, 2026 12:59 AM (ibDUx)

460 Grandpa would have been 51 when he recorded it, which is the same age I am now.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

So I'm not the youngest nightwalking Moron.

At 78, I wonder if I'm the oldest?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at October 09, 2026 01:01 AM (WDknQ)

461 At 78, I wonder if I'm the oldest?
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

*bows respectfully*

*steps off of your lawn*

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

462 Yeah, amazon is getting pushy on Prime.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
---

Bezos puts things in your, 'bought before' column that you didn't and omits things they no longer sell from your bought column.
Also will send you to a vendor that sells at 'not' the best price.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 01:04 AM (BzKNL)

463 *checks pockets*

I'll buy a round for the house.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

464 Going from memory, but at Nuremburg they employed an Army SFC hangman who had previously performed hundreds of hangings. (Apparently our boys weren’t always necessarily on their best behavior in Europe) With 15 million in uniform and lots of pressure rapes and murder were inevitable I guess.

Firing squad was historically (or traditionally) considered the honorable way for a soldier to go to his great reward. Major Hasan naturally doesn’t deserve any of that. Hanging would be appropriate in this case.

The certainty of punishment is important, but always the celerity. 17 years is Fucking Clown World. A terrible injustice and insult to the victims and family. Sends a terrible message to rank and file on how important their lives are.

Some assclown general officer at the time started whining publicly about how important “diversity” was. So very sick of all these stupid MFers.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 09, 2026 01:06 AM (0cASp)

465 I won't know what to think about any of this until scogg dogg weighs in.

He's an expert, ya know?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 09, 2026 01:06 AM (dCMJG)

466 I thought I read this morning they were thinking of using M1 Garands. 30-06, for when you really want to reach out and touch someone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-----

Interestingly, the pamphlet referenced above refers to 'musketry', EXECUTION BY MUSKETRY

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:08 AM (XeU6L)

467 Five minute AI generated short of Ms. Draconia Malfoy.

https://youtu.be/6tCVsS8X6mU

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 09, 2026 01:08 AM (2GVsD)

468 Scoggy must be upset that AI discovered Navier Stokes before he could publish his results.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 09, 2026 01:09 AM (sDWtc)

469 At 78, I wonder if I'm the oldest?
Posted by: An Observation
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No.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:09 AM (XeU6L)

470 A'zon is greedy, for sure. I have Prime, and hubby watched so much teevee... ugh.

I hate that it was so easy for him to order *all the video* so easily right from the tv. But, ya know, it was worth it to him at the time. I'm glad he enjoyed it.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

471 There used to be controversial figures that were allowed to post here.

Posted by: Long time guy at October 09, 2026 01:10 AM (ThoHK)

472 People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

Duct-tape him to an army litter, and prop it up against a pole.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 01:13 AM (quk5M)

473 There used to be controversial figures that were allowed to post here."

I like scoggy. I have no problem with what he says when it comes to politics. However, his discourse always ends up with personal attacks on others.

Why does anyone need to suffer that?

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 09, 2026 01:14 AM (dCMJG)

474 FWIW, I am beginning to see signs that this midterm may be more like 2002 than 2014,2018 or even 2022. Political winds seem to be blowing in the GOP favor as the races clarify.

The Democrats nationalized the race early by their endless Orangeman Bad and now the race is becoming a referendum on Democrats want to do that they have not talked about rather than the GOP hasn't done. Plus the electorate so far in ev and vote by mail requests is skewing Gen X and Boomers with Boomers breaking right while the polls still show yutes storming the polls at historically abnormal rates for midterms.

Cautiously optimistic as if the GOP does well in the marquee races as they appear to be doing, then the down ballot races including House races make it possible for the GOP to hold the house. I think with Rogers slamming Sayed that MI race tonight is now his to lose and that makes it almost impossible for the Dems to win the Senate. And most of the states with real tight races in the Senate are Democrat like in MN, NH, and it looks like Collins did her job in her debate and an older electorate is probably going to keep her in office.

Even NC and GA are reachable it seems now.

Posted by: bob dylan at October 09, 2026 01:16 AM (E4rtv)

475 Grandpa got selected for Jury Duty. He's happy that he gets to 'sleep in.'

Sidebar: this man got up at 5am every day no matter if it was a weekend or not- and he had been retired from the Army 20 years when I started noticing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:17 AM (Y/06r)

476
I wonder if Hasan has family that cares for him. I would distance myself from him but you never know if his family has.

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)

477 My mom was a radium girl. Painted aircraft dials and instruments during WWII.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 09, 2026 12:11 AM (g8Ew

My M29 Weasel has radium numbers on the speedometer. Up to 30 mph. They could not go any faster than that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 01:21 AM (quk5M)

478 Hubby got selected for jury duty earlier this year. I was so glad to be able to go online for him and 'opt out' due to his age, rather than have to jump through a bunch of medical hoops due to his dementia.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

479 Band on the Run

Posted by: Pod Hamp at October 09, 2026 01:23 AM (M476G)

480 478 Hubby got selected for jury duty earlier this year. I was so glad to be able to go online for him and 'opt out' due to his age, rather than have to jump through a bunch of medical hoops due to his dementia.
Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:22 AM (rdVOm)

I served on a Grand Jury in Louisville for a month once. It was interesting. Have only got one summons here in Lexington, and I did not get selected.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:25 AM (Y/06r)

481 Er, off Bob Dylan sock.

I just spent the evening checking in on debates, voting patterns, candidate spending, and even a few polls. GOP has the momentum right now and the Democrat candidates are not really performing in debates in state after state as if they are bad candidates this cycle.

I don't really see Democrats surging anywhere right now except possibly VA but rather on the defensive and unable to communicate clear messages that will unify the DSA types with the less ideological types. And their candidates are lacking the money to push a message now even it they wanted too versus the GOP onslaught. So far, GOP is turnout at at least at the 2022 level in some places, higher in others. Younger voters under about 40 are not possibly due to lack of GOTV funding this cycle (usually mail in ballot banking) or a not so inspiring muddled messaging from teh party. GOP seems to be running well in governor's races as well with good candidates and good messaging. At this point, cautiously optimistic on the House, GOP holds the Senate perhaps even gaining a seat or two in a wave, and GOP is likely to gain a governor's mansion or two and hold their open seats.

Posted by: bob dylan at October 09, 2026 01:25 AM (E4rtv)

482 Odd, it says Bob Dylan but it sounds like whig. Weird.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:27 AM (Y/06r)

483 Did you see any cool stuff today?

Posted by: four seasons at October 09, 2026 12:37 AM (/QHx4)

Not really. Got the third of three generators started up today. The carburetor was clogged with sticky green ooze from stale gasoline. Cleaned it out real good, replaced a blown fuse, and it started right up, and runs fine. This is a big hummer, a 17.5 KW Generac. Can run a whole house.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 01:27 AM (quk5M)

484 Interestingly, the pamphlet referenced above refers to 'musketry', EXECUTION BY MUSKETRY
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:08 AM (XeU6L)

.69 caliber musket balls would certainly smart a bit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 01:31 AM (quk5M)

485 Dammit cannot get off the Bob Dylan sock,

But, Trump's messaging and rallies are also having an effect and I think the H1B/OPT announcements along with announcements of new investments in these rallies is going to have a positive effect and yet the Democrats cannot really respond in a coherent opposition message, sort of like Talarico, their candidates seem in a daze right now which is odd. Katie Hobbs for example has been hiding longer than Talarico in the bunker.

It is as if they thought by concentrating on criticizing Trump would be their magic wand this election and that Trump's unfavorabilities would surely bring the GOP down. I think RINOs were hoping that as well. But a small sign today indicates the GOP if not the media may be giving up the demoralization campaign, Thom Tillis endorsed Michael Whatley for the Senate today.

Pollsters are getting more serious in likely voter screening and suddenly totally ridiculous polling is becoming more realistic. Prediction markets are going the be the last to start moving except in specific races.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:32 AM (E4rtv)

486 It is as if they thought by concentrating on criticizing Trump would be their magic wand this election and that Trump's unfavorabilities would surely bring the GOP down.
Posted by: whig

When all you have is a REEEEEEE!, every problem looks like Donald Trump.

Posted by: mikeski at October 09, 2026 01:34 AM (VHUov)

487 I got summoned for Fed Grand Jury several years ago-- had to travel over 100 miles-- thankful I was not selected-- it was several days, once-a-month, for a *full year*. Ugh!

(But it paid VERY well. Much better than county!)

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:35 AM (rdVOm)

488 Intertubes say safety has been worth 2 pts since 1920...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Technically, there can be a 1 point safety.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 09, 2026 01:36 AM (Fv808)

489 .69 caliber musket balls would certainly smart a bit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
------
Should the volley fail,there is this:

d. The officer charged with the execution will
join the medical officer who will examine the prisoner and, if necessary, direct that the "coup de
grace" be administered. Should the medical officer so decide, the sergeant of the execution party
will administer the "coup de grace," with a hand
weapon, holding the muzzle just above the ear and
one foot from the skull.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:37 AM (XeU6L)

490 People are concerned about the optics of shooting a guy in a wheelchair. Can they carry Hasan out and put him in some big beautiful chair?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 08, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

Trebuchet skeet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 09, 2026 01:38 AM (vzuC7)

491 Should the volley fail,there is this:

d. The officer charged with the execution will
join the medical officer who will examine the prisoner and, if necessary, direct that the "coup de
grace" be administered. Should the medical officer so decide, the sergeant of the execution party
will administer the "coup de grace," with a hand
weapon, holding the muzzle just above the ear and
one foot from the skull.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:37 AM (XeU6L)

That should do the trick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:39 AM (Y/06r)

492 482 Odd, it says Bob Dylan but it sounds like whig. Weird.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
----------
Heh. For some reason, my browser is not being cooperative today.

I always prefer to make any prognostications until I see the shape of the electorate and this electorate is going to skew older this time and whiter. I don't see blacks particularly enthused in voting for Dems and part of that may be resentment over the new found concerns for illegals that the Dems have been focusing upon.

I don't see youth really fired up except perhaps other than responding to texts to answer polling because their vote share is coming in really low. Bringing out old celebutards like Willy or Bruce is simply tone deaf by now.

And I think all the radical pro Gaza and other policies like troonism or illegals is simply not playing well in this environment other than the roughly 22-25 percent DSA type liberals in the electorate. Sayed is patient zero but the inability to address Iran, Muslims, and the 10/7 attacks is all due to DSA types being out of step with the mainstream on these issues. Ditto now for illegals--the overton window has shifted right and riots like in Paris are confirming this.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:39 AM (E4rtv)

493 Trebuchet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 09, 2026 01:38 AM (vzuC7)

Heh. like History of the World pt 1.

https://youtu.be/jWSy4gvjEK4

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:40 AM (Y/06r)

494 Tide is rolling out for radical politics right now and some of the older Democrats plus their big donors might well be welcoming a comeuppance for the Red Guard DSA types quietly with hopes to rebound by 2028.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:40 AM (E4rtv)

495 Seriously considering volunteering for local jury duty, in order to disqualify for compulsion into grand jury later...

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 01:41 AM (rdVOm)

496 Trebuchet skeet.
Posted by: Berserker
------

Pull!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 09, 2026 01:41 AM (XeU6L)

497 And I think all the radical pro Gaza and other policies like troonism or illegals is simply not playing well in this environment other than the roughly 22-25 percent DSA type liberals in the electorate. Sayed is patient zero but the inability to address Iran, Muslims, and the 10/7 attacks is all due to DSA types being out of step with the mainstream on these issues. Ditto now for illegals--the overton window has shifted right and riots like in Paris are confirming this.
Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:39 AM (E4rtv)

My Aunt (she and my uncle appear to be pretty hard left or at least Anti-Trump) shared a meme (on Facebook) on the English arrest of those poor guys who were just trying to steal diesel. From a a guarded airfield. And not something else like a farm.

I usually don't respond but I had to.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 09, 2026 01:43 AM (Y/06r)

498 The escort will then proceed toward the scene of the execution, the band playing the "Dead March."
///
Oh man, it'd be great if they played this march:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APUxkEJ1-Q4

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 09, 2026 01:43 AM (Fv808)

499 499

Posted by: clarence at October 09, 2026 01:47 AM (zGeQ7)

500 halfway to 1000.

Posted by: clarence at October 09, 2026 01:47 AM (zGeQ7)

501 When all you have is a REEEEEEE!, every problem looks like Donald Trump.
Posted by: mikeski

I think the problem is deeper than that. What the DSA Democrats want to do is not sellable to the majority of the electorate. Pro Gaza when all our past associations with those assholes is a long stream of murderous terrorism. Pro Iran when again, a long train that other voters recognize as a nasty murderous regime. Pro socialism, sells okay to broke college students, not to those that have stuff that the DSA types want to take. Putting radicals like Mamdani as a F/U to the Man in NYC does not work in Michigan for a Senate race. Putting a wealthy self funded candidate for governor parachuted in from Portland OR does not play well when the state is Iowa. Talarico is a small time candidate with skanty experience suddenly in the big leagues in a very expensive and tough Senate campaign and may have crumbled like a cookie under that pressure.

Ossoff played arrogant when he has very little achievement to be arrogant about. These are not seeming as likable people that the Dems put up this cycle. Smug, well off enough to insulate themselves, zealots, and nutty would be my take.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:48 AM (E4rtv)

502 My Aunt (she and my uncle appear to be pretty hard left or at least Anti-Trump) shared a meme (on Facebook) on the English arrest of those poor guys who were just trying to steal diesel. From a a guarded airfield. And not something else like a farm.

I usually don't respond but I had to.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I think the much older No Kings crowd is responsible for the initial spurt of voting as polls and voting request opened but that has been eroded each day by GOP requests and EV totals. Youth vote from 18-29 is below ten percent in places like OH for example. In some states, indicative of a GOP ground game, the GOP is actually ahead of vbm and early voting compared with 2024! which was a presidential year. Michigan is one of those states and it might cost the Dems the governor's house as well as both the GOP candidates, Rogers and James are known, and the MI Sec of State trying to succeed Whitmer is known as a major league cheater and asshole from litigation stemmig back to 2020. James, like Rogers, dominated the debate with the Dem candidate. Sayed, I think is finished after tonight. Rogers brought the heat and smoked him which should extend Roger's narrow lead.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:54 AM (E4rtv)

503 Ah yes, the unfunny comedian has arrived.

Time to leave as the drunks and substance abusing trolls come in.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 01:58 AM (E4rtv)

504 Posted by: A0S C0pe at October 09, 2026 01:55 AM (dMQSr)

If you want to commit suicide by self-immolation, I can kick in for 5 gallons. Looking forward to hearing your pancreas pop like an over-inflated balloon.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 01:59 AM (quk5M)

505 Common Tater, I believe at some point early in the post-war occupation of Germany, the US had to borrow the British hangman, so large was the "case load" of hangings for US soldiers convicted of capital offenses. As you said, rapes and murders, in a very large force of conscripts (who had no combat to keep them focused).

Posted by: rhomboid at October 09, 2026 01:59 AM (U/Byj)

506 Sweet dreams Horde, I am out of here.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 09, 2026 01:59 AM (ibDUx)

507 BTW, Democrats poll lower in likability than Trump or the GOP. And I ain't TJM either.

Posted by: whig at October 09, 2026 02:00 AM (E4rtv)

508 Nite, Debby, and Whig.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 02:01 AM (quk5M)

509 Night, Debby and whig. And thanks to our trollbuster!

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

510 Pink Floyd On the Run

youtu.be/G0wOOlwXLgA

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:07 AM (rdVOm)

511 I believe at some point early in the post-war occupation of Germany, the US had to borrow the British hangman, so large was the "case load" of hangings for US soldiers convicted of capital offenses.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 09, 2026 01:59 AM (U/Byj)
-

This also happened about a century earlier:

https://youtu.be/oHSkMwUa2i4

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:13 AM (QNSrI)

512 Pink Floyd On the Run

youtu.be/G0wOOlwXLgA
Posted by: JQ

Nice

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 09, 2026 02:14 AM (Fv808)

513
@MatthewWielicki
Let me get this straight… We're told today's temperatures are the hottest in 125,000 years, yet melting glaciers in the Swiss Alps are revealing human artifacts thousands of years old. So what exactly is the theory here? That ancient humans were living UNDER the glaciers?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 02:18 AM (BzKNL)

514 Another Clancy copycat:

https://tinyurl.com/2s45w92y

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:19 AM (QNSrI)

515 Rodger Waters is still a Ahole

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2026 02:21 AM (Ia/+0)

516 Rodger Waters is still a Ahole
Posted by: Skip

Of course. But he's not earning any (more!) royalties from me, LOL. Already paid, many years ago.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

517 Posted by: Biden's Dog
--

Some crazy women out there.
They ought to publish the
toxicology on all of them

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 02:24 AM (BzKNL)

518 Out:

Monkey pox.

In:

https://tinyurl.com/2rfpj8mm

Needs a similarly catchy name. Suggestions?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:24 AM (QNSrI)

519
Tide is rolling out for radical politics right now and some of the older Democrats plus their big donors might well be welcoming a comeuppance for the Red Guard DSA types quietly with hopes to rebound by 2028.
Posted by: whig

================

This sounds like Bret Stephens and Bill Kristol when Trump first ran. I'll never forget Stephens: "The Republicans must lose the White House and the Senate by PUNISHING margins so they never pull anything like this Trump stunt again. But we must preserve the speakership of Paul Ryan."

Ha-ha, now the Dems are having their moment -- except for the glaringly obvious difference.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 09, 2026 02:25 AM (mmrXZ)

520 I don't get it, re: all these b!tches murd3ring their own children... wtaf?

Have they never heard of 'adoption'? Get a divorce & let XH have them?

Just... damn...

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

521 As France goes, so does South Africa:

https://tinyurl.com/46t5unvz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:27 AM (QNSrI)

522 473 There used to be controversial figures that were allowed to post here."

I like scoggy. I have no problem with what he says when it comes to politics. However, his discourse always ends up with personal attacks on others.

Why does anyone need to suffer that?
Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 09, 2026 01:14 AM (dCMJG)

I've elbowed Scogg in the ribs on many an occasion, even though I like him well enough. He has it coming plenty, and if he can dish it out he can take it.

But truth is, lots of people make personal attacks on the blog. Happens all the time. Only some have to answer for them though. Everybody here is fine with personal attacks, so long as they think the target has it coming. Not the biggest deal in the world. But there's a lot of crocodile tears on the blog in the last few years about tone and decorum. Personally, I'd rather take some punches on occasion than be Karened to death.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at October 09, 2026 02:28 AM (X2bp1)

523 Dry drunk plans public executions again. When AOC and the democrats take over think of the ratings MSnow will have showing trumpsters dancing on the end of piano wire! Can't think of any trumpster who doesn't deserve capital punishment besides they say its a deterrent!

Posted by: raimondo at October 09, 2026 02:29 AM (TQJHq)

524 White women have been the destruction of the US since the 1990s.

The legacy of giving them the right to vote.

Posted by: Long time guy at October 09, 2026 02:33 AM (ThoHK)

525 Posted by: Long time guy at October 09, 2026 02:33 AM

Black men could vote, long before white women.

Oh, and f*ck right off!

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:36 AM (rdVOm)

526 And yet another Clancy copycat:

https://tinyurl.com/bdeb2p8u

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:36 AM (QNSrI)

527 Just... damn...

Posted by: JQ
---

Putting my chips on psychotropic (ssri) drugs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 02:40 AM (BzKNL)

528 White women have been more destructive, the blacks keep it mostly in the "community."

Posted by: Long time guy at October 09, 2026 02:41 AM (ThoHK)

529 And yet another Clancy copycat:

https://tinyurl.com/bdeb2p8u
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:36 AM (QNSrI)

Maybe it's still not too late for raimondo's Mom.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 02:41 AM (quk5M)

530 How many of the murd3ring mommas are/were on psycho-meds?

"post-partum depression" my foot-- there's something else in play.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:43 AM (rdVOm)

531 Long time guy--

Take your broad brush, and stick it up your ass.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)

532 Holy smokes! Seinfeld AI is here - with cameo appearances.

Warning - lewd ending:

https://tinyurl.com/mrx7xz26

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:44 AM (QNSrI)

533 Long time guy--

Take your broad brush, and stick it up your ass.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:44 AM (rdVOm)
-

Different strokes for different folks?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:44 AM (QNSrI)

534 Anybody here against public execution? I'm not to many trumpsters need to be dancing on the end of a rope.

Posted by: raimondo at October 09, 2026 02:46 AM (TQJHq)

535 Anybody here against public execution? I'm not to many trumpsters need to be dancing on the end of a rope.

Posted by: raimondo at October 09, 2026 02:46 AM (TQJHq)
-

You need to be dancing at the end of your micro-penis.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 09, 2026 02:47 AM (QNSrI)

536 Who's to say it's "all because of YT wimmens" anyway? Show me those voting records! Break it all down by race/sex. Let's see the proof.

Don't give me some BS "oh, well, in *these areas* or *those conclaves* -- show me definitive PROOF.

Maybe not so much yt wimmens, but also the mamby-pamby peter pans, yes? The wimpy little pussies what call themselves "men" these days?

Don't you suppose THEY have anything to do with how we're now circling the drain?

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:50 AM (rdVOm)

537 Broad brush is one of those pre-Trump GOP failure factory criticisms that ring hollow now.

Posted by: Long time guy at October 09, 2026 02:50 AM (ThoHK)

538 *enclaves... f'ing auto cucumber...

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)

539 Way to deflect, dude.

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)

540 Well, I'm not going to sit back & shut up, just because some random dude on the 'net can't get laid and blames all his problems on others and *isn't happy* with his life...

LMFAO!

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 02:58 AM (rdVOm)

541 Self-driving trucks: the eighteenth century Luddites didn't take kindly to factory automation. Smashed looms with sledgehammers.

How will truck drivers react?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 09, 2026 02:58 AM (PKL0q)

542 Good question, JM!

Wonder if the Teamsters will pop up for this...

(I think those old looms didn't pose quite the danger that the new trucks do. I know I'd be extra wary of 'self-driving' anything.)

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 03:02 AM (rdVOm)

543 Alrighty then!

Good night, all... it's been fun tonight. Mostly. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at October 09, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)

544 Yeah, it's past 0100 here, and I am sleepy. Some scoggulations detected in the Force. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 03:14 AM (quk5M)

545 I'd be extra wary of 'self-driving' anything.)

Posted by: JQ
---

Old timers on the road; It'll be safer for you and them.
- get out the way, yo -
Musk's vehicles have a good (stats) record the others
not so much but they are getting it ironed out. It's inevitable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 03:16 AM (BzKNL)

546 That young kid who tried to kill the teacher should have had Clancy as his mother

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2026 03:20 AM (Ia/+0)

547 Musk's vehicles have a good (stats) record the others
not so much but they are getting it ironed out. It's inevitable.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 03:16 AM (BzKNL)

There are already people who set up situations to confound the Waymo cars. If you could fake a self-driving truck loaded with valuable cargo into shutting down, or becoming stuck, it could be profitable, and seen as sort of Robin Hood-ish by some people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 09, 2026 03:21 AM (quk5M)

548 >>> it could be profitable, and seen as sort of Robin Hood-ish by some people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
---

Cartels stroke this in Mexico already, so, it will happen until Owner operators figure out an override.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 09, 2026 03:31 AM (BzKNL)

549 There are a lot of Tesla vehicles around here.

Posted by: Skip at October 09, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

550 That beautiful pic up top? I look at it and think,"When the fire come through..."

Tallywacker is having a nervous breakdown? Is it his 19th?

******
Seriously considering volunteering for local jury duty, in order to disqualify for compulsion into grand jury later...
Posted by: JQ
------
Why would you want out of Grand Jury duty? I'd love to get on one. It's not like a trial jury, where you sit on your butt and watch the lawyers perform. A Grand Jury has subpoena powers, and members get to ask questions of their own. The old joke about indicting a ham sandwich aside, a jury with some balls can be a DAs worse nightmare.
I had a cow-orker who was on one that went way rogue. They refused to give the DA multiple charges to use as a club to extract a guilty plea. A couple of cases where the DA brought in one cop, the jury subpoenaed their partner got a different story and refused to indict.
It sounded like fun to me.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 09, 2026 03:51 AM (8hzZQ)

551 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 09, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

552 Who's to say it's "all because of YT wimmens" anyway? Show me those voting records! Break it all down by race/sex. Let's see the proof.

Hard to do with secret ballots.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 09, 2026 04:06 AM (klU0I)

Meteor Shower Cafe

The Milky Way seen from White Pocket, AZ
by Adventure with Paige
Another cool shot here

The Draconid Meteor show is supposed to be tonight. Peak time is 9pm on the east coast. Between 5 and 10 meteors will be visible per hour.

Amazing old bridge.

Panther uses a cliff as his climbing tree.

Cow enjoys the beach.

Autumn in full blaze.

Baby rhino practices charging.

Baby elephant builds a nest of palm fronds to nap in.

Red panda pup practices pouncing and generally being an annoyance to its mom.

Loki the mischievous raven.

Muskox vs. giant pumpkin. The outcome was in doubt for longer than I would have guessed.

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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 07:30 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Hey

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 07:33 PM (P4bJX)

3 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:33 PM (77rzZ)

4 Most of the posts aren’t showing up for me.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:34 PM (77rzZ)

5 In a good mood here, my Trump Medicare 90 bucks came through. Got a bout a half hour to bet it all on the nose for the Yankees to go all the way, gonna parlay it into a big windfall!

Posted by: Wait...What? at October 08, 2026 07:34 PM (EdP2u)

6 Willowed (Talarico Whining)

CNN: Talarico’s 12-day absence from trail becomes fodder for GOP in Texas Senate race

He has the flu and is a type 1 diabetic, those two things do not go well together so I understand. I’m t1 diabetic and last time I got the flu I ended up in the ICU. His team says he’ll be back this weekend though.

meanwhile Tom Kean in NJ disappears for months with radio silence, comes back and cites vague medical issues, then votes to cut medical benefits.

Couldn’t even get the guy to come visit a factory in town before the tariffs shut it down, lmao. Tom Kean Jr. is a worthless piece of shit. He should’ve been aborted.

Paxton won’t even debate him and can’t answer any questions about his record without running away but yeah Talarico being sick with the flu is way worse

Did not take CNN long to become right wing propaganda. Paxton has ran possibly the laziest campaign I've ever seen, but we're just going to make shit up about Talarico I guess.

"Fodder for GOP"? They don't even need things that are real for fodder. They've been calling him a vegan all year and it's not true at all. They just make shit up.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (NCaaI)

7 I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Posted by: Arthur Dent at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (n9eFH)

8 Woohoo!
It's pizza night!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (2WIwB)

9 "Republicans Pounce!"

Posted by: Arthur Dent at October 08, 2026 07:36 PM (n9eFH)

10 >>>7 I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Hey, Monkey-Man.

Posted by: Ford Prefect at October 08, 2026 07:36 PM (1wjle)

11 In college, Thursday nights were always the start of the weekend.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:37 PM (77rzZ)

12 8 Woohoo!
It's pizza night!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

Good, but no pineapple or anchovies, right?

Posted by: We Have SOME Standards at October 08, 2026 07:37 PM (EdP2u)

13 Dallas vs Tampa Bay tonight.
Could be fun to watch if you want to see a comedy of errors.

Posted by: Case at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (ROPCF)

14 Pineapple on pizza is sublime.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (77rzZ)

15 8 Woohoo!
It's pizza night!!!
Posted by: Diogenes

Good, but no pineapple or anchovies, right?
Posted by: We Have SOME Standards at October 08, 2026 07:37 PM (EdP2u)
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No fish, no fruit, no fungus.

Posted by: The only pizza standards that matter at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (FZ29D)

16 We should start a Talrico missing reason pool. I'll take choked out his gay lover and is now facing a manslaughter charge.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (P4bJX)

17 Friday is Pizza Night in Rowley.

Posted by: IIRC at October 08, 2026 07:40 PM (EdP2u)

18 Dallas vs Tampa Bay tonight.
Could be fun to watch if you want to see a comedy of errors.
Posted by: Case at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (ROPCF)

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Here we go...

Posted by: Dak Prescott at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (2UnvF)

19 Woohoo!
It's pizza night!!!
Posted by: Diogenes
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Takeout pork fried rice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (XeU6L)

20 Has the announced live-streaming of Nidal Hasan's departure been discussed yet?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

21 Good evening, horde!

It's gym night, but I'm tired. Gonna have a glass of wine and hang out with you Morons for a while instead.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

22 14 Pineapple on pizza is sublime.
Posted by: Bulg

Oh Dear, now you're on the list. We had such hopes for you.

Posted by: Pilgrim State Hospital at October 08, 2026 07:42 PM (EdP2u)

23 No fish, no fruit, no fungus.
Posted by: The only pizza standards that matter at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (FZ29D)

If you get the dough right you can top it with whatever you have on hand.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 07:42 PM (rbvCR)

24 7 I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
Posted by: Arthur Dent at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (n9eFH)
______________________

Friends, Seinfeld, Cheers, Frasier, E/R

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 07:42 PM (dIske)

25
Which conditioner delivers the best results for a meteor shower?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:43 PM (DFKOq)

26 21 A wise choice, Dash. Cheers!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:43 PM (77rzZ)

27 >>>Red panda pup practices pouncing and generally being an annoyance to its mom.

Exactly what a mother is for.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 08, 2026 07:43 PM (syz1S)

28 21 Good evening, horde!

It's gym night, but I'm tired. Gonna have a glass of wine and hang out with you Morons for a while instead.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

That's the spirit!

Posted by: Demotivationalservices.org at October 08, 2026 07:44 PM (EdP2u)

29 Nice bit of telephoto lens foreshortening on the Nazare' clip. I'd like to know just how close the breaking wave was to the platform.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 07:44 PM (Riz8t)

30 Which conditioner delivers the best results for a meteor shower?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:43 PM (DFKOq)

Cretaceous-Paleogene. It is truly world shaking.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 07:45 PM (rbvCR)

31 20 Has the announced live-streaming of Nidal Hasan's departure been discussed yet?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (0sNs1)

I think so, but I wasn't here for it, so let's talk about it some more! Execution in the public square! First of my lifetime!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 07:45 PM (zYpTz)

32 I think so, but I wasn't here for it, so let's talk about it some more! Execution in the public square! First of my lifetime!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I don't drink, but I'll make this one exception.

Posted by: On The Wagon at October 08, 2026 07:47 PM (EdP2u)

33 The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
A 19-year-old charged with stabbing a man in Pittsburgh so badly his intestines were hanging out was released the SAME DAY without posting a dime.
Eight days later, he’s the prime suspect in ANOTHER stabbing.
District Judge Dan Butler let Delvin Dobbins walk on a non-monetary bond. Just a promise to show up to court.
Pittsburgh Police Chief Jason Lando couldn’t believe he was out.
“How can that be? I mean, he just stabbed someone in the stomach a week ago.”
And it’s happened before.
Two years earlier, Dobbins was let go after a burglary arrest because the juvenile detention center had closed. Two months later, he was charged with SHOOTING a convenience store clerk.
Two stabbings and a shooting. The man keeps racking up victims because the judge keeps SETTING HIM LOOSE!

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Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:48 PM (ndZc7)

34
*sits in Café chair*
*lights Gauloise*
*sips awful coffee*
*watches riot down the street*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 07:48 PM (eRlcH)

35
Cretaceous-Paleogene. It is truly world shaking.
Posted by: Kindltot

Iridium booster with that? (Y/N)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:49 PM (DFKOq)

36 I would watch his execution but have doubts they will do it.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

37 I'd love to see those waves at Nazare.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 07:49 PM (viF8m)

38 All this talk of drawn and quartered. What if you don't have any crayons handy and who carries change these days?

Posted by: The Emily Litella at October 08, 2026 07:50 PM (EdP2u)

39 21 Good evening, horde!

It's gym night, but I'm tired. Gonna have a glass of wine and hang out with you Morons for a while instead.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)

***toe tapping commences***

Dash ... DASH ...

Discipline beats motivation

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 07:51 PM (oCio0)

40 *lights Gauloise*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 07:48 PM

We smell worse. Much, much, much worse.

Posted by: Penguins of the World at October 08, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

41 Did not take CNN long to become right wing propaganda.

-
I expect Abby Phillip to start wearing a KKK hood any day now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:51 PM (ndZc7)

42
Got the lawn mowed today. It would take less time, but I mow it twice, first across, then down and back. I look out over the trim, emerald expanse and say to myself, "You splendid fellow. You splendid, splendid fellow."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 07:52 PM (eRlcH)

43 Coming up on the best time to see waves in Nazaré.
Nov IIRC.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 07:52 PM (NnhvP)

44 Discipline beats motivation
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 07:51 PM (oCio0)

Browndog! Hi!

I know, I know. This is why I don't have consistent gainzz.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 07:53 PM (zYpTz)

45 Pineapple on pizza is subhuman

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 07:53 PM (Ia/+0)

46
All hail Hadrian the Seventh, the Marquis of Mowing!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:53 PM (DFKOq)

47 I look out over the trim, emerald expanse
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 07:52 PM

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: AFWL who switched all her hair from blue to green hair last week at October 08, 2026 07:54 PM (xn1S2)

48 *sits in Café chair*
*lights Gauloise*
*sips awful coffee*
*watches riot down the street*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Didja see this?

https://tinyurl.com/dw6ka7eb

Just needs Édith Piaf singing La Vie En Rose.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:54 PM (ndZc7)

49 Has anyone here ever smoked a Gauloise? Are they any good?

Posted by: Smokie And Tokie at October 08, 2026 07:54 PM (EdP2u)

50 Woohoo!
It's pizza night!!!
Posted by: Diogenes
-------

Takeout pork fried rice.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 07:41 PM (XeU6L)

***

I win!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 07:55 PM (2WIwB)

51 I heard somewhere that the pleasure that comes from gazing over a freshly manicured lawn stems from Man's desire to dominate nature. I think about that every time I set out with a bush hog.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 07:55 PM (xGNGD)

52 "Wildlife Corridor" over fwy about to open. Will become bum camp in 3. 2. 1. ...

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 07:56 PM (AKQjW)

53 "Has anyone here ever smoked a Gauloise? Are they any good?
Posted by: Smokie And Tokie"

I can't imagine that smoking a rubber boot is very pleasant at all.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 07:58 PM (xGNGD)

54 The Draconid Meteor show is supposed to be tonight. Peak time is 9pm on the east coast. Between 5 and 10 meteors will be visible per hour.

A celestial event with clear skies forecast? Unpossible! Probably the meteors will miss our area.☄️??

Posted by: mindful webworker - the sky is falling at October 08, 2026 07:59 PM (uhtpA)

55 Scored mushrooms tonight.

Blue Oyster, King Oyster and a big Lion's Mane. Good eats.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:59 PM (oHCVF)

56 Well I just had an October Surprise-in my pants!

Posted by: President Leaky Joe at October 08, 2026 07:59 PM (EdP2u)

57 I still hear the High School band practicing

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 08:00 PM (Ia/+0)

58 The Russian anti-plague research institute, where a lab worker recently succumbed to an unknown form of pneumonia, has worked for many years with various Chinese institutions.
---

Yes, the Covid really came from Russia.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 08:00 PM (nqf1u)

59
Wildlife Corridor" over fwy about to open. Will become bum camp in 3. 2. 1. ...
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

I learned this evening, by driving through it, that Wilmington now has a burgeoning bums' encampment adjacent to J'Blowme's favorite Amtrak station. It's no Kensington, yet, but it bids fair to become one.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 08:00 PM (DFKOq)

60 every time I set out with a bush hog.
Posted by: fd

What's her name?

Posted by: Always Interested at October 08, 2026 08:01 PM (EdP2u)

61 Appetizers at Mitch's Diner.

https://tinyurl.com/nh7twraw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:02 PM (ndZc7)

62 "The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, according to the Associated Press.

Oh boy this is gonna be great!

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 08:02 PM (xGNGD)

63 "Has anyone here ever smoked a Gauloise? Are they any good?
Posted by: Smokie And Tokie"
-------
Many times, while hobo-ing around northern Europe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 08:02 PM (XeU6L)

64 No fish, no fruit, no fungus.
Posted by: The only pizza standards that matter

Tomatoes are a fruit.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 08, 2026 08:04 PM (VHUov)

65 I better call it a night
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 08:04 PM (Ia/+0)

66 German shepherd howling with wolves from Zootopia

Fortunate that our Daisy the Amazing Malinois was outside chasing balls when I played this, or she might've joined in.🐕

Posted by: mindful webworker - and she is loud. at October 08, 2026 08:04 PM (uhtpA)

67 I heard somewhere that the pleasure that comes from gazing over a freshly manicured lawn stems from Man's desire to dominate nature. I think about that every time I set out with a bush hog.
Posted by: fd
-----

I, OTOH, gaze over Hammer Acres and understand that Mother Nature will prevail in the end.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 08:04 PM (XeU6L)

68 British nurse I dated way back when smoked Dunhills.

Damn were they expensive over there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:04 PM (oHCVF)

69
Her Majesty is in Tennessee for a judging assignment at the Cumberland Valley Hound Club show. She's scheduled to return Saturday, flying through Atlanta. My guess is that this will be more complicated than that.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:05 PM (eRlcH)

70 Invasion of privacy.

https://tinyurl.com/2929pc3k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:06 PM (ndZc7)

71 Willowed (Talarico Whining)

Well, if we're sullying the cafe with willowed Talarico comments, here was mine:

Talarico is still MIA? Does it usually take this long to recover from a sex-change ~~mutilation~~ operation?

Posted by: mindful webworker - and she is loud. at October 08, 2026 08:06 PM (uhtpA)

72 *gives Wesley a swirly, shoves him into storage locker full of hungry Tribbles*

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 08:06 PM (xGNGD)

73 I, OTOH, gaze over Hammer Acres and understand that Mother Nature will prevail in the end.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

====

With Roundup, Mother Nature can be fought to a draw.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 08, 2026 08:07 PM (4HoLg)

74 I think about that every time I set out with a bush hog.
Posted by: fd

That's...not at all what I think of when talking about spending time with a bush hog. https://tinyurl.com/26v9wxc7

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 08, 2026 08:07 PM (7qRkV)

75 I just drove past one of those signs that says

RAW BRIDGE AHEAD. I had to stop and dig through my glove compartment to find a pen and some scratch paper. I'm just not prepared.

Posted by: Emily Litella On The Highway at October 08, 2026 08:07 PM (EdP2u)

76 61 Appetizers at Mitch's Diner.

https://tinyurl.com/nh7twraw
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:02 PM (ndZc7)

*snort!

I was not prepared for that.

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

77 My Milky Way painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:08 PM (KC5Lt)

78 Has anyone here ever smoked a Gauloise? Are they any good?
Posted by: Smokie And Tokie

I have. Sort of reminded me of a Lucky Strike.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:09 PM (ndZc7)

79 Her Majesty is in Tennessee for a judging assignment at the Cumberland Valley Hound Club show. She's scheduled to return Saturday, flying through Atlanta. My guess is that this will be more complicated than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

We're supposed to have strong winds and very heavy rain starting Saturday. Hopefully HM gets out of here(Nashville) before the bad weather hits.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)

80
We're supposed to have strong winds and very heavy rain starting Saturday. Hopefully HM gets out of here(Nashville) before the bad weather hits.
Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)

___________

The shows are in Lebanon, so she's quite near you.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:10 PM (eRlcH)

81 I would watch his execution but have doubts they will do it.
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)
~~~~~

Definitely going to be livestreamed.

Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 1:00pm, Central time at Fort Hood.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 08:10 PM (3ImbR)

82
Laying waste to a patch of uppity incipient wilderness with a bush hog conveys the same visceral thrill that Peter and his office mates felt when they gave that demon printer / copier the what for in "Office Space".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 08:10 PM (DFKOq)

83 Re: public executions.

I'm not sure it's good for our souls to watch our vengeful justice happen.

But I'm also not sure it's bad for our souls to do so.

What are the philosophical arguments in favor?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)

84 Hound Club show. She's scheduled to return Saturday, flying through Atlanta. My guess is that this will be more complicated than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Airport in Atlanta is to be avoided at all costs. There's no telling what will happen and when it will be over.

Posted by: Most Of The Employees Are 60 IQ On Their Best Day at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (EdP2u)

85 77 My Milky Way painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes

Very nice. Looks like the Cape Hatteras lighthouse.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (oHCVF)

86 Re: public executions.

I'm not sure it's good for our souls to watch our vengeful justice happen.

But I'm also not sure it's bad for our souls to do so.

What are the philosophical arguments in favor?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)

It isn't vengeful, its just justice.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 08:13 PM (uhVAy)

87 Those waves in bottom vid must be an optical illusion and far away because no one on the dock is concerned at all.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:13 PM (KC5Lt)

88
What are the philosophical arguments in favor?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Get some!

* pulls trigger *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (DFKOq)

89 My guess is that this will be more complicated than that.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:05 PM (eRlcH)

I'd say it's a pretty safe bet. We're waiting to see whether that thing steers rightward towards east Tennessee.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (iIyc0)

90 Beef and vegetable soup and Texas toast with sweet ice tea.
May not win the what's for supper game but won't have indigestion either.

Posted by: Case at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (ROPCF)

91 I would watch his execution but have doubts they will do it.
Posted by: Skip

Of all executions SCOTUS is likely to stop, this is the least. Military law and the commander in chief are allowed a lot of leeway outside normal legal procedures.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (7qRkV)

92 What are the philosophical arguments in favor?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (zYpTz)

"Fuck the Muslims. Get ready to watch this goatraping dicksucker's thorax get turned into a basket of cherry cobbler after a word from our sponsors at the Honeybaked Ham Company."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Philosopher at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (BI5O2)

93 "What are the philosophical arguments in favor?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! "

We want to see justice served. I'm not going to overthink it.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (xGNGD)

94 Friends, Seinfeld, Cheers, Frasier, E/R"

Must see tv. Of course, we didn't head out until 1000...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (pfXMo)

95 Oh, f*ck off, you jihadi:

Footage obtained by the New York Daily News showed police officers carrying the wounded man from a silver SUV and putting him in the back of a black car, which sped off.

The unidentified man is now in the hospital, where police officers said he is conscious and receiving medical attention. His wounds are not considered life-threatening, law enforcement sources told the New York Post.

A five-year-old was also said to have been in the vehicle at the time of the shooting, but was uninjured.

Mamdani called the incident 'unconscionable and incredibly serious' in a post on social media as he announced his plans to get federal agents out of New York City.

'I have called the President; when we speak, I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city,' the mayor said.

'I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities,' he continued. 'Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.'

'Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children,' Mamdani concluded. 'Abolish ICE.'

Posted by: beckster at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (kX27y)

96
Fish and chips at a faux British eatery in Lewes. I had a hankering for fried fish.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (DFKOq)

97 The shows are in Lebanon, so she's quite near you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I'm in the Hendersonville/Gallatin area. Lebanon is just south and right next door.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (lJ0H4)

98 "The Pentagon confirmed Thursday that the execution will be livestreamed and that more details would follow, according to the Associated Press.

Oh boy this is gonna be great!
Posted by: fd

As I understand it: the civilian court system can't get in the way of his execution, because military.

But what prevents them from stopping the livestream as "obscenity?" "Snuff films" were always one of the "well of course that's obscene" parts of "I know it when I see it."

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)

99 Very nice. Looks like the Cape Hatteras lighthouse.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:12 PM (oHC

It's close to it .

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:16 PM (KC5Lt)

100 Airport in Atlanta is to be avoided at all costs."

Since about 1993 or so...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:16 PM (pfXMo)

101 Nevermind. Same colors different paint pattern.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:17 PM (oHCVF)

102 "16 We should start a Talrico missing reason pool."

Big cold-sore.

Posted by: davidt at October 08, 2026 08:17 PM (Q+gd/)

103 Loomer (whom everyone thinks is crazy) thinks Kash Patel was wrong to give Mamdani a security clearance.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 08:18 PM (sDWtc)

104 Fish and chips at a faux British eatery in Lewes. I had a hankering for fried fish."

There's an ok place near the Keemah Boardwalk. Even has Irn Bru...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:18 PM (pfXMo)

105
We should start a Talrico missing reason pool.

__________

Emigrated to Guyana with his followers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:18 PM (eRlcH)

106 Nevermind. Same colors different paint pattern.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:17 PM (oHCVF)

When I said close to it I meant distance. And yes the Cape lighthouse has a swirl pattern.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

107 In the past hangings were actual events, as I remember reading. There were the stocks in the town squares. The jails were near the center of town. I thought the purpose of allowing the citizens to see the consequences of their illegal/immoral behavior was discouragement of more of it. You know, back when shame was a thing to be avoided, not celebrated.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (FGA9/)

108 There's an ok place near the Keemah Boardwalk. Even has Irn Bru...
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:18 PM (pfXMo)

The Voodoo ?

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (KC5Lt)

109 'Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children,' Mamdani concluded. 'Abolish ICE.'

Posted by: beckster at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (kX27y)

I thought Government Agents are heroes? Leftards are so fickle.

All they are good at is sloganeering. Like Jihad Jimmy gives a single solitary fuck about an American neighborhood, hospital, street or child.

Also funny that he named all the things his fellow terrorists love to hide behind.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (vE0+H)

110 Most of the posts aren’t showing up for me.
Posted by: Bulg

The Instagram embeds never show up for me. And I don't link through to them. Saves time.

Here's some fine ladies for edutainment purposes only

Shirley MacClaine was quite a looker back when
https://bit.ly/shirley-maclaine

Olivia Newton John was purty
https://bit.ly/olivia-newtonjohn

Veronica Lake - one of the Great Lakes
https://bit.ly/veronica--lake

Anne Baxter was a classic
https://bit.ly/anne-baxter

Eva Marie Saint died Tuesday, age 102. Before that…!!
https://bit.ly/eva-marie-saint

Posted by: mindful webworker - (now I can close all these tabs!!) at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (uhtpA)

111 My guess is that Paxton has something very, very bad on Talarico, and this is Team Talarico going to ground while they figure out what, if anything, can be done by way of damage control.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Philosopher at October 08, 2026 08:20 PM (BI5O2)

112 I cannot read a single Mamdani quote without hearing crocodile tears splashing on the floor. He's very good at it though. Must have Schumer's writers.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:20 PM (vE0+H)

113 As I understand it: the civilian court system can't get in the way of his execution, because military.

But what prevents them from stopping the livestream as "obscenity?" "Snuff films" were always one of the "well of course that's obscene" parts of "I know it when I see it."
Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 08:16 PM (VHUov)
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We also live in the age of ubiquitous video.

Anyone who wants to can find videos of the most vicious depravity (see 10/7 videos, for instance).

A military execution is mild by comparison.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 08:20 PM (FZ29D)

114 We should start a Talrico missing reason pool.
__________
Emigrated to Guyana with his followers.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Joined the Zizians?

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (7qRkV)

115 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Philosopher at October 08, 2026 08:20 PM (BI5O2)

He better release it now.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (KC5Lt)

116 Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children,' Mamdani concluded, as he stamped his feet and whined some more.... 'Abolish ICE.'

(I may have edited)

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (pfXMo)

117 "Fuck the Muslims. Get ready to watch this goatraping dicksucker's thorax get turned into a basket of cherry cobbler after a word from our sponsors at the Honeybaked Ham Company."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Philosopher at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (BI5O2)

Fuckin' A. I like cherry cobbler.

Also, it is vengeful, and I'm not saying that like it's a bad thing. Vengeance will be ours on that day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

118 We should start a Talrico missing reason pool.

-
Betting on whether Talarico or Nancy Guthrie will be found first?

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

119 NC has a good number of famous lighthouses, but Michigan has the most of all the states.

Posted by: The Lonely, Old, Decrepit, Lighthousekeeper at October 08, 2026 08:22 PM (EdP2u)

120 They publicly hanged all the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

121
I like cherry cobbler

__________

Blackberry cobbler > Peach cobbler > Cherry cobbler

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (eRlcH)

122 The Voodoo ?"

Fish and Chips Houston...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (pfXMo)

123 "Fuck the Muslims. Get ready to watch this goatraping dicksucker's thorax get turned into a basket of cherry cobbler after a word from our sponsors at the Honeybaked Ham Company."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, Philosopher at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (BI5O2)

The branding opportunity for Target is enormous.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (r7+Q7)

124 You know why we need more data centers? Cats in wingsuits.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (xGNGD)

125 Blackberry cobbler > Peach cobbler > Cherry cobbler>shoemaker

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (pfXMo)

126 If I were Trump I'd announce we're doubling the number of ICE in NYC.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:24 PM (KC5Lt)

127 He better release it now.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (KC5Lt)

Why? If he's got something, wait til the little weasel pokes his head out. Don't let him feign illness while the press runs cover for him. Closer to election day is a better time to trot out those photos of him backstage with the groupies at the DQSH, anyway.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 08:24 PM (BI5O2)

128 LOL.... so a Judge says that someone has standing to sue (somehow they showed damage) over the Kennedy Center name change, and blocked it again...

Kennedy Center Board then voted to close for renovation...

I'm sure the Judge will now say the holes in the ceiling are protected landmarks or something.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 08:24 PM (mP0Kj)

129 Blackberry cobbler > Peach cobbler > Cherry cobbler
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You're like 11 hours late. Cobbler was the Art Thread.

Posted by: Built to Last at October 08, 2026 08:24 PM (EdP2u)

130 the civilian court system can't get in the way of his execution, because military.

-
And we all know the judiciary is scrupulous in the desire to avoid exceeding their purview.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:25 PM (ndZc7)

131 I thought the purpose of allowing the citizens to see the consequences of their illegal/immoral behavior was discouragement of more of it.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (FGA9/)

Right? Public executions used to be the norm. I guess we think we're supposed to be better than that now, but look where it's gotten us.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:25 PM (zYpTz)

132 124 You know why we need more data centers? Cats in wingsuits.
Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (xGNGD)

There is a YUGE backlog of data that needs to be skrunched (technical term) for all the AI written school assignments for new English Lit degrees...

Clearly a growth industry.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 08:26 PM (mP0Kj)

133
Speaking of peaches, for the TXMoMe, I'm staying in Fairfield, home of Cooper Farms. I do believe I'll be returning to the Schloss with a number of items.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:26 PM (eRlcH)

134 I'm sure the Judge will now say the holes in the ceiling are protected landmarks or something."

Like the Albert Hall?

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:26 PM (pfXMo)

135

The queer mayor of Crystal City Texas.

ICE arrested his husband yesterday for being an illegal.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 08:27 PM (/QHx4)

136 Maybe Talarico got lonely, decided to "break in" to Platner's house for a little action, and then Oysterfuhrer got a little too axe-happy during the festivities.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 08:27 PM (BI5O2)

137 131 I thought the purpose of allowing the citizens to see the consequences of their illegal/immoral behavior was discouragement of more of it.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (FGA9/)

Right? Public executions used to be the norm. I guess we think we're supposed to be better than that now, but look where it's gotten us.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 08:25 PM (zYpTz)

The absolute worst societal decision we have made, is to have a NO violence at all Policy for fighting in schools. Even DEFENDING yourself gets you expelled.

This taught a generation that it is NEVER OK to fight back... when clearly there are a lot of people in this country who NEED a good kick in the ass when they are young, to teach consequence.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 08:28 PM (mP0Kj)

138 120 They publicly hanged all the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

And the Seward stabbing... and the Johnson "but I got high" failed assassination.
Edwin Stanton chose to use military courts and get nooses around those assholes quickly, as well as around people less directly involved. It may or may not have been the proper thing to do, but there was a leadership vacuum above him for some reason.
Nidal Hasan on the other hand is a clear-cut case under UCMJ, or should be.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 08:30 PM (sDWtc)

139 Well, that explains it.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Minnesota teacher" says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings
No, this is not AI or a far-right skit

-
Defrauding ain't easy.

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

140
I thought the purpose of allowing the citizens to see the consequences of their illegal/immoral behavior was discouragement of more of it. You know, back when shame was a thing to be avoided, not celebrated.
Posted by: TecumsehTea

Pickpockets would roam the crowd of people watching the hanging of a pickpocket.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 08:30 PM (Cqx++)

141 Debating whether I'd want to watch Hassan's execution. I'm not that excited by vengeance pron, but it will be good just to know he's been eliminated at long last.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not just thirteen, fourteen killed at October 08, 2026 08:31 PM (uhtpA)

142 139 Well, that explains it.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Minnesota teacher" says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings
No, this is not AI or a far-right skit

-
Defrauding ain't easy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:30 PM (ndZc7)

Simply doing the fraud that Americans won't do!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 08:31 PM (mP0Kj)

143 What would be funny re Talarico is if Paxton had absolutely nothing on him, but the team went into lockdown anyway because Talarico spilled some tea nobody suspected of him.

Posted by: spoiler: live boy at October 08, 2026 08:32 PM (sDWtc)

144 What method of execution will be used?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at October 08, 2026 08:33 PM (CdaaV)

145 Clips are being posted now of the debate between Mike Rogers and Abdul in Michigan.

Abdul did not have a good night.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 08:33 PM (viF8m)

146 I hope we get to see Hasan take the night train to Slam City. We probably won't, though....

I suspect this is just a little Trump-style electioneering, and he wants the Left to make a big spectacle of defending Hasan's sacred honor, and trotting out one of their pet judges to enjoin the whole affair, and so on.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 08:34 PM (BI5O2)

147 My Milky Way painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes

Wow. Are you cranking these out every day, to order, like Muldoon does with limericks?

Posted by: mindful webworker - not just thirteen, fourteen killed at October 08, 2026 08:34 PM (uhtpA)

148 64 No fish, no fruit, no fungus.
---

Garden salad topped with chicken salad, cherry tomatoes, carrot strips with cucumber slices. mmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 08:35 PM (nqf1u)

149 Mike Rogers seems to be running a good campaign to my surprise. Some were wondering if he was going too soft on Abdul Alhazred Sayed. But just playing it out until el-Sayed would screw it all up on his own seems to have been wise.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 08:35 PM (sDWtc)

150 How many roads must a man walk down
Before he finds Talarico?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:36 PM (ndZc7)

151 that's not wind blowin' him

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 08:37 PM (sDWtc)

152 37 I'd love to see those waves at Nazare.
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh yes. Winter storms here are amazing. Nasty and cold and windy and wet.

Check the tide. Put on your foulies. I have a flask. Let’s go.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 08:38 PM (yEz+x)

153 What method of execution will be used?"

5.56 or .308

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:39 PM (pfXMo)

154 Posted by: mindful webworker - not just thirteen, fourteen killed at October 08, 2026 08:34 PM (uhtpA)

Heh . These are my paintings over past few years. I just like it if I can match the subject being discussed. I have more than a few that I haven't put on my website yet to be able to share.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt)

155
Great Lakes HQ
@GreatLakes_HQ
·
50m
Mike Rogers slams Abdul because his mom cashed checks for Bin Laden.

"Your mom worked at a group indicted for funneling money to Al-Queda. My mom worked at a local Michigan chamber of commerce."

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 08:40 PM (E4rtv)

156 My guess is that tallywhacker ran thru the cash, and has nothing left. The campaign is over.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:40 PM (pfXMo)

157 The sea was angry that day, my friends - like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

Posted by: George at October 08, 2026 08:41 PM (XeU6L)

158 What method of execution will be used?"

5.56 or .308
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:39 PM (pfXMo)

7.62 x39 . Die with a commie bullet.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:41 PM (KC5Lt)

159
Savoring the nectar of Yankeedom tears after NYY got eliminated last night.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 08:41 PM (eRlcH)

160 that's not wind blowin' him
Posted by: 88C+u

I'm making a disgusted face at the same time, but

* golf clap *

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 08:42 PM (VHUov)

161 And this zinger,
"
Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
·
52m
MIKE ROGERS JUST ENDED ABDUL'S NIGHT.

At tonight's debate, Rogers called out El-Sayed for not even acknowledging October 7th on its anniversary.

Abdul's answer was that he "gave people space to grieve" and that Rogers was turning it into political theater.

Rogers fired right back that his whole campaign is political theater. Over 1,200 people were slaughtered by Hamas that day, and a man running for the United States Senate couldn't find the words.

Michigan, you saw it with your own eyes."

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)

162 153 What method of execution will be used?"

5.56 or .308

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:39 PM (pfXMo)

Should cut him in half with a Ma Deuce.

Posted by: a.moron at October 08, 2026 08:42 PM (X5Jzz)

163 5.56 or .308
Posted by: man
------

I favor the M1, but could accept the M14.

Posted by: George at October 08, 2026 08:43 PM (XeU6L)

164 5.56 or .308
Posted by: man
========
Lubed with bacon fat. Personally, I think shredding him with Ma Deuce is appropriate.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 08:43 PM (E4rtv)

165 Oops /George

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 08:43 PM (XeU6L)

166 10/7 is an Israeli thing. Start asking these goatrapers if it's fair to execute Hasan. That would put them in an actual bind.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 08:45 PM (BI5O2)

167
Husband just found out Hasan's execution will be televised. He said he does not care if it's in the middle of the night he will be up to watch it.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 08:45 PM (/QHx4)

168 Abdul's answer was that he "gave people space to grieve"
------

Ah. An echo of Baltimore Mayor's, 'Room to destroy comment'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 08:45 PM (XeU6L)

169 >>>I suspect this is just a little Trump-style electioneering, and he wants the Left to make a big spectacle of defending Hasan's sacred honor, and trotting out one of their pet judges to enjoin the whole affair, and so on.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
---

Level of plausibility:
remote ☐
maybe ☐
extreme ☑

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 08:46 PM (nqf1u)

170 gave people space to grieve

"... for the Gaza Genocide", the stinkweasel wanted to say.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 08:48 PM (sDWtc)

171 Ah. An echo of Baltimore Mayor's, 'Room to destroy comment'
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc
--------
Oops:
"space to destroy."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 08:48 PM (XeU6L)

172 shredding him with Ma Deuce

-
To the tune of My Sharona . . .

Ma-ma-ma-ma de deuce

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:48 PM (ndZc7)

173 That Nancy Guthrie kidnapping makes no sense and smells of an op of some kind.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:49 PM (oHCVF)

174 Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 08:39 PM (pfXMo)

Should cut him in half with a Ma Deuce.

Posted by: a.moron
---

If you're interested in that type of thing
Borderland Beat has video of Cartel execution
of 3 with a .50 rifle. Content Warning

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 08:49 PM (nqf1u)

175
The sky here tonight is beautiful. Pinky orange.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 08:49 PM (/QHx4)

176
Rogers fired right back that his whole campaign is political theater. Over 1,200 people were slaughtered by Hamas that day, and a man running for the United States Senate couldn't find the words.

Michigan, you saw it with your own eyes."

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 08:42 PM (E4rtv)

I was worried Rogers was gonna throw the race to this guy. That's good shit, glad to see it, but honestly it'll probably gain Achmed the DT votes in MI.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:50 PM (vE0+H)

177 Lubed with bacon fat. Personally, I think shredding him with Ma Deuce is appropriate.
Posted by: whig

Concur

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:52 PM (oHCVF)

178 Speaking of peaches, for the TXMoMe, I'm staying in Fairfield, home of Cooper Farms. I do believe I'll be returning to the Schloss with a number of items.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

There's a place listed there on googlemaps called: Kenny's Girlfriends House.

I don't know a thing about it but if I were anywhere near it (in TX that's about 100 miles or so) I'd simply have to drive by.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 08:54 PM (ptJRT)

179 6 They just make shit up.

Haha haha haha.

Posted by: Glenn at October 08, 2026 08:56 PM (PGS8j)

180
Re meteor showers. Read the tale of Biela's comet and the meteor show it produced:
https://t.ly/eg4nX

Also, from the same source, some amateur shots of the lunar occultation of Jupiter the other night:
https://t.ly/HV1Pu

And my favorite, a time lapse of the occultation:
https://t.ly/3t76a

Note how overexposed he is there. He did that in order to see the four Galilean moons lined up like ducks in row. The overexposure glare made them all look bigger than than the really are. There's a world of the complexity of optics, telescopes, resolving power, etc, etc, in how all this works.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 08:56 PM (w6EFb)

181 This indefatigable Arkansan resurrects ancient basket-case vehicles with remarkable skill, positivity, cheerfulness, and no profanity. It's great family-friendly entertainment. Jennings Motor Sports:
youtube.com/watch?v=P0zBXhruHl8

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 Turnbull
@cturnbull1968
Nidal Hasan is a paraplegic. He’s not going to look like a big scary terrorist. He’s going to look small and helpless as he sits in a wheelchair.
The imagery of this is not going to play well with the public.

-
Every bit as sympathetic as Lindsay Clancy and Christa Pike.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 09:02 PM (ndZc7)

183 There's a place listed there on googlemaps called: Kenny's Girlfriends House.

I don't know a thing about it but if I were anywhere near it (in TX that's about 100 miles or so) I'd simply have to drive by.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 08:54 PM (ptJRT)

That cracks me up. Can you just label stuff on Google Maps? I could get up to some real mischief, if so.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 09:03 PM (zYpTz)

184 That cracks me up. Can you just label stuff on Google Maps? I could get up to some real mischief, if so.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I know, right!?

Some serious shenanigans could be undertaken with our newfound ability.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:05 PM (ptJRT)

185 Gonna go look up outside.☄️

Posted by: mindful webworker - oboy oboy at October 08, 2026 09:06 PM (uhtpA)

186 That cracks me up. Can you just label stuff on Google Maps? I could get up to some real mischief, if so.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I know, right!?

Some serious shenanigans could be undertaken with our newfound ability.
Posted by: Tonypete

There already is a place called "Big Dick's Halfway Inn," though.

Posted by: in the middle of Missouri at October 08, 2026 09:07 PM (VHUov)

187 What if we shot him as he was dropped into a wood chipper?

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:07 PM (4c58h)

188
Also, if interested read about the Great Meteor Storm of 1833. That was about the biggest one in recorded history, I think. People thought the world was about to end.

That led to the modern astronomical meteor science.

It's sort of hard to believe, but up until 1803, astronomers and the physicists of the day thought that the idea of "rocks from space" was pure nonsense, the equivalent of Big Foot and UFOs today. A bunch of peasants making shit up. In 1803, the "rocks from space" hypothesis was conclusively confirmed. I forget the details there.

But it wasn't until that Doomsday storm of 1833 that they began to develop the theory of just what these rocks from space really were.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 09:07 PM (w6EFb)

189 182 Turnbull
@cturnbull1968
Nidal Hasan is a paraplegic. He’s not going to look like a big scary terrorist. He’s going to look small and helpless as he sits in a wheelchair.
The imagery of this is not going to play well with the public.

-
Every bit as sympathetic as Lindsay Clancy and Christa Pike.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
======
I remember Leon Klinghoffer who did nothing while in a wheelchair and was shot dead and thrown overboard by Islamic terrorists.

Screw Hasan. He spent years breathing air that he didn't deserve.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

190 What if we shot him as he was dropped into a wood chipper?
Posted by: Accomack

As long as the exit chute is aimed at a pigsty, I'm good with it.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 09:09 PM (VHUov)

191 There is a LOT of pearl clutching in regards to public access to the Hassan execution. Seattle is “oh my word! How horrifying!”

If it bothers you, don’t watch it!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:09 PM (yEz+x)

192 >>@bennyjohnson

>>The Indian stock market completely COLLAPSED today after the Trump Administration suspended H-1B and foreign labor programs over fraud.

>>The largest IT outsourcing firms in the world, Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCL and Capgemini were removed from the Permanent Labor Certification Program.

>>75% of Cognizant employees in the U.S. are Indian nationals.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 09:09 PM (viF8m)

193
Too bad he can't be put in a pigsty and let the pigs loose to kill him.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:11 PM (/QHx4)

194 Trump’s order, which he signed at a rally in Grand Island, Nebraska, temporarily allows dyed diesel to be used on roads nationwide, sparing users the federal tax of 24.4 cents a gallon. Trump said the change could save truckers about $100 per fill-up.
----

They ought to change the expensive refining regulations.
Diesel used to be a by product of refining gasoline; now, it
costs more to refine than gas. Thanks be to Billy fucking Clinton.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 09:11 PM (nqf1u)

195
Back in Ancient Greek Homo times, Aristotle decided that meteors were some sort of "vapors" expelled from the earth that combusted in the sky (I don't know if Testicles the Great agreed with this or not).

And yet, even after Newton, that view persisted up until 1803.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 09:12 PM (w6EFb)

196 India is oiling around with Russia and China. I feel sorry for Russians. Of all the other countries, I think they are most like us, rednecks who love guns, cars, booze and being left alone.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:13 PM (4c58h)

197 The largest IT outsourcing firms in the world [...] Tata [...] removed from the Permanent Labor Certification Program.
Posted by: JackStraw

IT outsourcing? I thought Tata was the Dot-Indian Trabant.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 09:13 PM (VHUov)

198 Screw Hasan. He spent years breathing air that he didn't deserve.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

Think of the carbon footprint!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 09:15 PM (sDWtc)

199 "The Indian stock market completely COLLAPSED today"

Sensex down 5% today. Around 20% YTD.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

200
I feel sorry for Russians. Of all the other countries, I think they are most like us, rednecks who love guns, cars, booze and being left alone.
Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:13 PM (4c58h)

___________

A meet-up between rednecks and gopniks would be epic for the amount of alcohol consumed, ammunition shot off, fires started and cars wrecked. A great time had by all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 09:16 PM (eRlcH)

201 IT outsourcing? I thought Tata was the Dot-Indian Trabant.
Posted by: mikeski

* goobles it for himself *

Oh, they're the Dot-Indian Yamaha: motorcycles and grand pianos. A conglomerate that sells everything from humans to helicopters.

Posted by: mikeski at October 08, 2026 09:17 PM (VHUov)

202 India is oiling around with Russia and China. I feel sorry for Russians. Of all the other countries, I think they are most like us: rednecks who love guns, cars, booze and being left alone.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:17 PM (dJCmT)

203
The word "meteorology" which means weather today, came from that Ancient Greek Homo theories. "Meteor" basically means "high in the sky".

We had "aqueous meteors", which was water high the sky, rain, snow, hail. Then we had "air meteors". That was wind and tornadoes and storms. The "luminous meteors" which were rainbows and aurora.

The the "fire meteors", which are the rocks from space we know.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 09:17 PM (w6EFb)

204 >>IT outsourcing? I thought Tata was the Dot-Indian Trabant.

Tata is a huge Indian multi-national and owner of many businesses including cars. They have been in the IT business since I was in high school.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)

205 Grammar Nazi made me repost with the colon.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:18 PM (dJCmT)

206 From Quick Hits:

11 Wow, accidently did a cool emoji. He's 38.
Posted by: Ethan Saunders at October 08, 2026 06:29 PM (v9IbN)

If you tell him the blog software decided he was thirty-cool years old, he would probably get it.

Posted by: SciVo at October 08, 2026 09:19 PM (ke3zm)

207 A meet-up between rednecks and gopniks would be epic for the amount of alcohol consumed, ammunition shot off, fires started and cars wrecked. A great time had by all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 09:16 PM (eRlcH)

MOCKBaMoMe!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 09:19 PM (zYpTz)

208 >>> 118 We should start a Talrico missing reason pool.

-
Betting on whether Talarico or Nancy Guthrie will be found first?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:21 PM (ndZc7)

Has anyone seen them together?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 09:19 PM (3mtzY)

209 Correction: for the day, Sensex down 1.5%.
finance.yahoo.com/quote/%5EBSESN/

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

210
Gavin Newscum is considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on death row as one of his last acts in office.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:20 PM (/QHx4)

211 >>75% of Cognizant employees in the U.S. are Indian nationals.

Posted by: JackStraw
---

Between the Indians and the Mohammadans;
they are running this country.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 09:20 PM (nqf1u)

212 For the Hasan firing squad, I suggest using the same weapon he used (I assume a 9mm pistol) rather than rifles. Rifles are too kind for him.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

213 Went outside to look for fireballs in the sky.
It clouded over.
BTW, mindful webworker, you are a great American.

Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2026 09:26 PM (30Gj0)

214 Another from Quick Hits:

44 If only Talarico didn't eat so many human brains, he wouldn't have caught Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (Av6i5)

Listen to this man. He knows brain-eating.

Posted by: SciVo at October 08, 2026 09:28 PM (ke3zm)

215 Do a YouTube gun video: start with 22lr and go up until he’s dead. No kill shots: hips, knees and such until 45ACP does the Pink Mist salute.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:28 PM (+sNap)

216 "Gavin Newscum is considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on death row as one of his last acts in office.

A final fuck you to the citizens that want the civil authorities to administer Justice.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 09:29 PM (LOvBA)

217 >>> 216 "Gavin Newscum is considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on death row as one of his last acts in office.

A final fuck you to the citizens that want the civil authorities to administer Justice.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 09:29 PM (LOvBA)

Filth must be *really* sure he'll be Presidenting in a couple years.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 09:31 PM (3mtzY)

218 212 For the Hasan firing squad, I suggest using the same weapon he used (I assume a 9mm pistol) rather than rifles. Rifles are too kind for him.
Posted by: gp a

I think he used 5.7mm x 28 FN. Designed by the Belgians for both armor piercing bullets and for very high velocity lightweight rounds. They made it originally for personal defense weapons but NATO never made it a formal cartridge I don't think.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

219 Nidal Hassan was an army psychiatrist . He shot about 13 people dead and injured about 26 more. He should have been executed long before this. I don't care if he looks frail and weak . He wasn't when he murdered his fellow army members .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 09:33 PM (JrHfD)

220
Fen,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:34 PM (/QHx4)

221 Strap him in his wheelchair and run him off the end of a pier. Being crab food will be the best thing he ever did.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 09:35 PM (xGNGD)

222 Went to Portugal in July. Nazare to the Algarve. Awesome trip.
Highly recommend.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 09:37 PM (oq9dX)

223 221 Strap him in his wheelchair and run him off the end of a pier. Being crab food will be the best thing he ever did.
Posted by: fd

They made a episode of Hamish MacBeth sort of like that. Eeeww.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)

224 Sick a few midgets with hammers on him. I don't care how he does as long as he dies. He should have been executed at least a decade ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:39 PM (oHCVF)

225 And also Vance today,

"ric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
11h
🚨 NOW: VP JD Vance announces federal investigations into 9 UNIVERSITIES for visa fraud and undercutting American citizens

Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT

"These universities are employing J1 visas for federally funded grants at a rate of about 61%. The national average is 38%. So something weird is going on at these universities!" 💯
"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:40 PM (E4rtv)

226
What was the holdup? There was no doubt he murdered the people.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:41 PM (/QHx4)

227 >>>The word "meteorology" which means weather today, came from that Ancient Greek Homo theories. "Meteor" basically means "high in the sky".
---

Broadcast readers call themselves meterologists.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 09:41 PM (nqf1u)

228 226
What was the holdup? There was no doubt he murdered the people.

Posted by: four seasons

Obama as fake and gay Commander in Chief, then Trump was fighting for his career, and Biden's junta luvved them some Muzzies. US military was being run by the likes of Milley that lick the boots of our enemies and Democrats but tried to sabotage everything done by Trump in his first term. Thank the Lord that Trump and Hegseth are sending members of the traitorous band of Commie brothers into retirement.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

229 Gavin Newscum is considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on death row as one of his last acts in office.

Posted by: four seasons
.......

Maybe a few can stay at his house. His wife would love having some bulls around.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 09:45 PM (oq9dX)

230

Thank you whig.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:45 PM (/QHx4)

231
And I'll bet you didn't know that the Death Star is currently orbiting Saturn:
https://t.ly/3I5zh

That's Mimas, Saturn's innermost little moon. That is the smallest body in the solar system that is gravitationally self rounded. It also has a subsurface ocean.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

232
wth,

That is a great idea.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:46 PM (/QHx4)

233 sending members of the traitorous band of Commie brothers into retirement.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

Whig, you misspelled “into Hell via the gallows or firing squad.”

Posted by: RI Red at October 08, 2026 09:46 PM (30Gj0)

234 Thank the Lord that Trump and Hegseth are sending members of the traitorous band of Commie brothers into retirement.

Posted by: whig
---

Some of them should be out there on poles next to Hasan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 09:46 PM (nqf1u)

235 Probably have to gag Hasan during the execution, since, knowing it's livestreamed, he will be shouting exhortations to jihadists around the world.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

236 Hungry?
UPS plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers across the United States for the 2026 holiday shipping rush

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 09:50 PM (nqf1u)

237 What ever happened to that hairy terrorist (I know they all are before they have the jihad shave-a-thon) who was dragged out of a hole. His white tee shirt was stretched out and he looked sort of like John Belushi on a bender.

For reasons unknown I cracked up at that photo.

I hope he's very dead. I can't remember his name as it's all a blur of keeping them straight. No doubt his nickname was Mo or Ahab.

LOL! I did a search of "hairy terrorist found in a hole in white tee shirt and found this!!!! A company in Turkey used his photo for a hair removal ad and he's at Gitmo:

https://tinyurl.com/5x48ykrk

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 09:50 PM (hzuYO)

238 Whig, you misspelled “into Hell via the gallows or firing squad.”
Posted by: RI Red

Some of them should be out there on poles next to Hasan.

Posted by: Braenyard

I agree with both of you guys. So we compromise, we dangle them over sharpened stakes and let the firing squad do target practice trying to hit the rope keeping them suspended above the stakes. If a round or two happens to hit a head or two, well, they have to buy a round of beers for their fellow soldiers.

I am easy to please that way.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:51 PM (E4rtv)

239 "UPS plans to hire 100,000 seasonal workers across the United States for the 2026 holiday shipping rush"

I applied there many years ago, went through the whole security check thing, then they never called back. Nobody ever calls back.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:52 PM (Jr5Lq)

240 235 Probably have to gag Hasan during the execution, since, knowing it's livestreamed, he will be shouting exhortations to jihadists around the world.
Posted by: gp
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Mebbe, the plan is to bend him over so he takes the shots in the ass.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 09:52 PM (E4rtv)

241 MOCKBaMoMe!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 09:19 PM (zYpTz)

Dash, you're on a roll tonight.

Must be a good glass of wine to be sure ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 09:52 PM (oCio0)

242

Braenyard,

Probably all illegals will be hired.

Just imagine, they can steal fully loaded trucks instead of being porch pirates.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 09:54 PM (/QHx4)

243 Astral report: Tolerable temperature, no mosquitoes, eventually some stars poking through the hazy sky. Some lightning bugs, a dozen unidentified ariel phenomena, and Milady Jo thought she saw one meteor.

Six decades back, with Dad, we'd lie out here at the ol' ranch, staring at the sky and reaping rewards of brief flashes. Big City fifty miles south of us was a lot smaller and darker back then. Smallville ten miles north of us is now as glaring as Big City used to be then. And more neighbors bringing their d@mned city lights out here to our used-to-be rural lives.

Still, it's enjoyable to contemplate the cosmos.

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't blink or you'll miss it at October 08, 2026 09:55 PM (uhtpA)

244 To set everybody's hair totally on fire, post only Muslim soldiers to Hasan's firing squad.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

245
Correction, Mimas is the innermost major moon. Saturn has some dinky little hunks closer in. Moonlets maybe they should be called.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 10:00 PM (w6EFb)

246 Well, that got weird...

@nypost 11m
Mike Tyson said he gave Trump a letter from Sean 'Diddy' Combs: 'I did what he told me to do'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 10:00 PM (nEUC6)

247 nood

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 10:01 PM (Jr5Lq)

248 244 To set everybody's hair totally on fire, post only Muslim soldiers to Hasan's firing squad.
Posted by: gp
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Eh, they would probably try to free him and then try to shoot up the spectators.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 10:01 PM (E4rtv)

249 nood a cuss

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:03 PM (nqf1u)

250 ------
Eh, they would probably try to free him and then try to shoot up the spectators.

Posted by: whig
---

It would be an easy test for a devout American to pass.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 10:04 PM (nqf1u)

251 250 I think the squad weapons are loaded by a CO, with one round each. If they rebel, it's better to discover their disloyalty sooner than later, isn't it?

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

252 Gavin Newscum is considering commuting the sentences of all 563 inmates on death row as one of his last acts in office.

Posted by: four seasons

I expect that Tina Kotex will be doing the exact same thing when her term winds to an end, either this year or in four years. Chances are she has the paperwork filled out and saved on her work computer right now.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

253 India is oiling around with Russia and China. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 09:17 PM (dJCmT)

AND THIS IF FUNNY BECAUSE RUSSIA WAS LAUNDERING EMBARGOED OIL THROUGH INDIA FOR SALE TO CHINA UNTIL TRUMP TOLD THEM TO STOP.!!!

Posted by: DAN ROFLESBUREGER at October 08, 2026 10:17 PM (rbvCR)

Quick Hits

A supposedly healthy young man, James Talarico, has his campaign putting out the word that he's been missing in action for 11 days due to the flu.

The flu? It takes a 30 year old a week and a half to get over the flu? And he can't even make brief appearances during his long convalescence?

Ed Morrissey
@EdMorrissey
As of this morning, Talarico's campaign schedule does not have a single event for the candidate planned before the election. That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

Trump says he's hearing "bad rumors." So he's confirming my theory that Talrico is suffering from The AIDS Crazies.

Ladies and Gentlemen, upon information and belief, James TalaFREAKo, who is running for the United States Senate in Texas, is MISSING IN ACTION! No one has seen him for an extended period of time. Where is he? What is wrong with him? Bad rumors are coming out. He should immediately report to a Debate Stage against Ken Paxton, who is ready, willing, and able, one of the best Attorney Generals in the Country, and will soon be, hopefully, a United States Senator representing the Great People of Texas!
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
President DONALD J. TRUMP

Twitchy tells Bari Weiss to get her absurd Democrat operatives under control.

CBS News
@CBSNews
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the pugnacious Republican state attorney general who speaks about a refusal to compromise.

ElizaRenae
@eliza_renae
Hey @bariweiss the health reporter who wrote this article you're using, Darius Tahir, is an activist stenographer.
This language is laughably loaded and biased.
Describing Paxton as 'pugnacious' and 'non-compromising' while portraying Talarico as a 'calm' 'seminarian' is preposterous.
Talarico is a mouth-foaming radical who is so far out of the mainstream that he would stand out in Portland as a kook. He is creepily obsessed with mutilating and sterilizing other people's children. His economic policies are straight out of the DSA manual, and neither his church nor his seminary affirm the deity or necessity of Christ.

Balls were dropped in the case of the Muslim extremist FlyDubai co-pilot.

A string of security failures across Oman, the UAE and Israel allowed the flydubai co-pilot to get into the cockpit, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found. The lapses nearly led to an aviation disaster reminiscent of 9/11, despite authorities having reasons to be concerned about him.
The failures began in Oman, where authorities had scrutinised Hamam al-Hammami's online activity and found he showed too much interest in radical ideology to be trusted as a pilot at state carrier Oman Air. They banned him from flying, sent him to a deradicalisation programme and moved him to a desk job, but did not broadly communicate their concerns about him.
Oman flagged him, but the warning did not travel
When al-Hammami joined flydubai in February, the airline did not contact Oman to vet his previous experience, the WSJ reported. It conducted a criminal-background check, but the earlier concerns that had led Oman to remove him from flying were not passed on to the new employer. The operator, flydubai, later assigned him to the sensitive Tel Aviv route, which he flew multiple times.
Oman's handling of the case also created another missed opportunity. People familiar with the matter said that had the country formally withdrawn al-Hammami's pilot licence over its concerns, the action would likely have been flagged to the UAE. Instead, the concerns about his extremism were not communicated more widely.

Even Israel dropped the ball. Which means that hormone-drenched madwoman Ana Kasparian is about to accuse them of deliberately allowing the poor Muslim to be used as a prop for Mossad propaganda.

...
Airline operator flydubai had submitted the manifest for Flight 1073, but Israel's transportation ministry said it did not believe it had the authority or expertise to vet foreign flight crews. The ministry also said it had never asked to access a database created in 2023 to help authorised agencies review passenger and crew information because it did not know the database was operational or that it could use it.
There was an even more basic warning that should have stopped al-Hammami from flying to Israel. Pilots from countries such as Oman, which does not have diplomatic relations with Israel, are barred from flying to the country. Yet al-Hammami was allowed onto the Tel Aviv-bound flight.

The hordes of Aspiring Doctors and Engineers just keep proving what immense assets they are to America.

The K-8 school River City Science Academy (RSCA) in Jacksonville, Florida, has confirmed to Mazelit's Corner that their after-school teacher who recently went on a viral rant against Jews has now been fired.
"The staff member in question is no longer associated with RSCA or any of our campuses" said Laura Palarine, the school's media rep, on Thursday morning.
The staff member in question?
Miss. Jaden Salameh, a Florida TikToker and now disgraced-teacher -- whose words shocked hundreds of thousands of Jewish netizens when she posted a TikTok video of herself titled "My controversial opinions that are 100% correct."
In her video -- which has been viewed nearly half a million times on X alone -- Jaden Salameh argues a litany of antisemitic tropes to her audience on her now-deleted TikTok page.
"There's one group of people who own literally everything," the self-described Palestinian woman says, adding that Jews "own the banking system, the White House, the legislative, executive, judicial branch."
"We send all of our money to this country," she claimed, adding that Israel was "literally curated out of thin air."

Mamdani showed up at an alleged vigil to honor the victims of October 7, whom he essentially said were valid targets due to Israel's occupation of Gaza.

Even though he is obviously a strong supporter of terrorist murder and rape, Muslims
heckled him for not being honest enough in his pro-Hamas agitation.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani showed up at a Union Square vigil marking the Oct. 7 massacre, candle in hand, and the people who helped put him in office were waiting outside the barricades to inform him that the revolution does not do thank-you notes.

Not even a little bit.
Honestly, he had to know this was going to happen. These crazy pro-Palestinian nutballs flip out if the people they support don't spend every minute hating Israel. It's what they do.
These same pro-Palestinian protesters banged drums over the speakers, branded him a traitor and a sellout, and charged the city's first Muslim mayor with genocide for the crime of standing near Israelis who were mourning their dead.

Mamdani is stone-faced as the protesters call him a traitor and sellout. https://t.co/oXducpYsMR
— Peter Sterne (@petersterne) October 8, 2026

Peter Sterne
@petersterne

18h
Anti-Mamdani chants at the protest:
"Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?"
"700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!"
"Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!"
"Zohran, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide!"
Protesters chant: "We don't care about where you're from. You cannot talk about being Muslim anymore. You cannot weaponize being brown anymore. Identity politics can only get you so far."
One protester announces: "I used to intern for Zohran Mamdani. He was never working for the people."

They also list their demands:
Abolish the CUNY Board of Trustees
Stop the sale of stolen Palestinian land

Abdul El-Sayed faces backlash after refusing to say whether Iran or Israel poses the bigger threat to the United States.
@LarryOConnor: �Not answering that question is an answer unto itself.� https://t.co/qt6BDacsAB
— Salem News Channel (@WatchSalemNews) October 8, 2026

Brian Stelter is angry that Trump wants to decide which reporters ask questions.

Remember Biden's cheat sheet showing which reporter to call on, showing a picture of the reporter so that he knew her face, showing the correct pronunciation of her name, and spelling out the exact question she agreed to ask? So that Biden could appear to be cogent by offering a pre-rehearsed "answer"?

Sex Machine has never even mentioned that.

Yes, we can't have a president choosing which reporters ask him questions now, can we.
@brianstelter https://t.co/2xaHJql1LY
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

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1 Where's Piper? I need to know what to wear to the Trump rally in Wasilla next Tuesday.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:24 PM (FyeA3)

2 Also, I'm donating this first to Sponge, because he's so cute when he claims it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:24 PM (FyeA3)

3 Chocolate Jesus is out campaigning and saying that Trump is all about promoting himself as the Savior...

Trump credits others for a good job..

Look in the mirror Mr. Soetoro and you will see whom is in love with himself ....

Mr. Soetoro always says I and Trump says We ....

Jus Sayin ...........

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 08, 2026 06:25 PM (ENxVw)

4 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 08, 2026 06:25 PM (hG5L0)

5 A noce thicx quick post. Feel like i should lift after reading this.

Posted by: Brometheus at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (rOmMi)

6 I haven't heard anything about Telefreako being a *former* seminarian, nor do I think there's anything "former" should the first 'i' be replaced with an 'e'.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (0sNs1)

7 My son (3

and I (barely 29) were talking on the golf course today as we tend to do.
We finally confirmed it. Everything is fake and gay.

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at October 08, 2026 06:28 PM (v9IbN)

8 6 I haven't heard anything about Telefreako being a *former* seminarian, nor do I think there's anything "former" should the first 'i' be replaced with an 'e'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (0sNs1)

He's a current semenarian.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:28 PM (82QJ1)

9 Yikes, that dude is ugly!
A face for radio.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:28 PM (4KUe5)

10 Brian Stelter is angry that Trump wants to decide which reporters ask questions.

The Sex Machine was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Frank Constanza at October 08, 2026 06:29 PM (0sNs1)

11 Wow, accidently did a cool emoji. He's 38.

Posted by: Ethan Saunders at October 08, 2026 06:29 PM (v9IbN)

12 Rodrigo, if you are around, you can get tickets to the Trump rally at the link at Alaska Watchman.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:30 PM (FyeA3)

13 At San Antonio Rally, Trump Warns He’ll ‘Never Forgive’ Texas if Talarico Wins

We could have had the first female president. Instead, we got a fucking bitch.

Imagine the timeline if Hillary could have continued Obama’s success. Where we could be now. Instead it’s endless wars, boner pills and prediction sites

Imagine if Bernie wasn't hamstrung by his own party and was able to win the primary. Impossible to know for sure, but I believe he would have beaten Trump.

I'd have been surprised if they didn't pick Paxton. Cornyn was a guy who kept his head down and got the work done, always careful to toe the party line.

Paxton has been icy-hot stunting in the news for years now with his endless culture-war bullshit, full-on criminal behavior and enough scandals to fill several of those full-size HEB shopping carts.

MAGA sees the latter as someone who's doing important things, an underdog who cares about what they care about being unfairly attacked and slandered by the liberal media because he's fighting so loudly for the cause.

Exclusive: Country music legend Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (UjBpH)

14 Freedom of Speech MUST encompass its opposite, the Freedom NOT to speak.

Freedom of Association also includes the Freedom NOT to Associate.

Thus, the President can talk, or NOT TALK, to whomever he wants to... especially in his OWN HOME (and yes, the Whitehouse IS his home for as long as he is President).

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (mP0Kj)

15 9 Yikes, that dude is ugly!
A face for radio.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:28 PM (4KUe5)

He has a face made for gloryholes.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (82QJ1)

16 We could have had the first female president. Instead, we got a fucking bitch.

Huh.

Does this Rhodes Scholar think Kamala because President?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:32 PM (FyeA3)

17 > Trump says he's hearing "bad rumors." So he's confirming my theory that Talrico is suffering from The AIDS Crazies.
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"Bad" rumors?

They're likely true. That fucker is diseased.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 06:32 PM (RORbl)

18 Exclusive: Country music legend Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (UjBpH)

Well... see what weed does to yer head?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

19 "We send all of our money to this country," she claimed, adding that Israel was "literally curated out of thin air."

Israel does seem to have a living museum type atmosphere but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was ‘curated’.

This word, It does not mean what you think it means.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)

20 Look at ace posting some hotness for the Ettes.

I wish Talarico well on his recovery from anal prolapse surgery.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)

21 So Talarico is the root cause of the rumored STD diarrhea?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:33 PM (hzuYO)

22 Drummy drum drum!!! Does this bug you yet???

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (qjOcV)

23 “Who speaks in cadences about love and empathy.”

He regularly holds himself to be more tolerant and enlightened than God. He would be accurately depicted as a religious zealot if he was pledging to get biblical in office on behalf of traditional Christians instead of immigrants and LGBT crowd.

But he does this calmly so it’s ok, I guess?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (4KUe5)

24 Honestly, he had to know this was going to happen.

Duh. Why do you think he allowed it to happen? This is so he has some footage and recordings of how much the "radicals" dislike him, so, see? He must not be that bad.

C'mon guys, surely you can see this for the Paliwood BS it is? The only way it could have been more blatant was if he was carrying a child's teddy bear from place to place and propping it up for photos.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (kU0PQ)

25 Well... see what weed does to yer head?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/wDQANmQO2g0

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (FyeA3)

26
Exclusive: Country music legend Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (UjBpH)

That old druggie Communist still alive ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (+gK6I)

27 Telefreako (great nickname) is only 30 years old? I thought he'd been in the Texas congress for several years and was high up in the D subgroup there. Doesn't change the fact that he's a freak and Colbert? did Paxton a favor by boosting the freak before the Texas primaries.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (PV+Zw)

28 Willie Nelson is 653 years old. Who cares what this shambling near-corpse thinks? When I want advice about what's best for the future, my goto is not husks who don't have one. Drop dead, mummydick.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:35 PM (82QJ1)

29 For the record... just watched Rubios Greece speech...

By far the most Impressive thing I've heard him say.

We are in Culture wars... and it's good that some are finally talking about it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:35 PM (mP0Kj)

30 Where's Piper?

Presumably, prepping for the Breeze of Death, aka Tropical Storm Isaias - expected to, maybe, become a hurricane.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 06:36 PM (ExV1e)

31 If anyone you know says the media isn't biased ask them what they think the media would be doing if a highly celebrated Republican nominee just disappeared for a week and a half less than a month before the election.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

32 Israel wasn't occupying Gaza before Oct 7. The Gazans were a self governing statelet, with work opportunities in Israel for many, ruled over by Hamas terrorists. Their solution was to declare war on Israel and murder thousands of civilians with the cooperation of corrupt UN organizations and Iran.

Now you could play that game with the West Bank a bit, and now since Israel is still rooting out vermin in Gaza, but not then.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:36 PM (uhVAy)

33 Imagine if Bernie wasn’t hamstrung by his own party?

What party is that?

He’s not a Democrat. He caucuses with them. They allowed him, an Independent, to participate in their primaries. They owe him nothing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (4KUe5)

34 I have no issue with Willie Nelson as a performer, but I could not care less about his politics. I would have taken him for a libertarian on account of the weed, but I guess I really do not give one fat rat's ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (FyeA3)

35 31 If anyone you know says the media isn't biased ask them what they think the media would be doing if a highly celebrated Republican nominee just disappeared for a week and a half less than a month before the election.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

Not a peep out of them except to quote the polls that have him waaaay ahead

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (+gK6I)

36 25 Well... see what weed does to yer head?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

Obligatory: https://youtu.be/wDQANmQO2g0
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (FyeA3)

Not lookin.... either Weed with Willie.... or... Panama Red? (New Riders of the Purple Sage... yeah... went deep into the vaults for that one).

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (mP0Kj)

37 >>>Oman flagged him, but the warning did not travel

Gotta love the passive voice.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 08, 2026 06:38 PM (8mulE)

38 Obligatory: https://youtu.be/wDQANmQO2g0
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (FyeA3)

Not lookin.... either Weed with Willie.... or... Panama Red? (New Riders of the Purple Sage... yeah... went deep into the vaults for that one).
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (mP0Kj)

The funniest part of that video is when they pan to Willie, and he looks completely zonked.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (FyeA3)

39 "We send all of our money to this country," she claimed, adding that Israel was "literally curated out of thin air."

Israel does seem to have a living museum type atmosphere but I wouldn’t go so far as to say it was ‘curated’.

This word, It does not mean what you think it means.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)

Israel isn't in the habit of dynamiting old buildings and monuments in the country like Muslim nations often do.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (uhVAy)

40 There's Palestinian land for sale?
???

Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (OlzlW)

41 Maybe the commies will try to replace 'Freako with Graham Platner, since he's all manly and stuff.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (3mtzY)

42 I'm intrigued about the AIDS crazies. It sounds pretty wild.

Posted by: Max Power at October 08, 2026 06:40 PM (SwyyQ)

43 Who is that super ugly guy in the photo?

Is there LSD in this garlic V8 cure?

I will never doubt that my dude loves me (well, I didn't to begin with). He knew I was fixin' to go on a sinus rage today and instead of flowers brought me Baked Bar-b-que Lay's tater chips to go with my sammich for lunch.

He knows me well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (hzuYO)

44 If only Talarico didn't eat so many human brains, he wouldn't have caught Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (Av6i5)

45 Sheesh, that Darius Tahir appears to be something of a twat, doesn't he?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (FyeA3)

46 Willie Nelson is 653 years old. Who cares what this shambling near-corpse thinks? When I want advice about what's best for the future, my goto is not husks who don't have one. Drop dead, mummydick.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:35 PM (82QJ1)

Wilie once famously said ‘I’ve outlived my dick’.
Now Willie IS a dick.
Don’t be the dick Willie.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (FCPbW)

47 Dr. Anthony Faucistein is happy to anal swab Talafreako for signs of ass-flu ... multiple times if necessary!

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 06:41 PM (SgYCn)

48 40 There's Palestinian land for sale?
???
Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (OlzlW)

Should probably check Zillow or something. But I doubt anyone is rushing in to buy any of it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:42 PM (FyeA3)

49 Imagine if Bernie wasn't hamstrung by his own party and was able to win the primary. Impossible to know for sure, but I believe he would have beaten Trump.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 06:31 PM (UjBpH)

So they admit that their hero from a dozen plus years ago was shafted by the party, but still boost up that same party now?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)

50 Talarico doesn't own a Prius -- he owns a prion.

And after that first one gets folded wrong -- boom, you're toast.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:43 PM (Av6i5)

51 >>Not a peep out of them except to quote the polls that have him waaaay ahead

It's extremely telling. One of the most covered Senate races in the country and the Democrat just flat out disappears and they just ignore it.

The bias couldn't be any more clear.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)

52
If anyone you know says the media isn't biased ask them what they think the media would be doing if a highly celebrated Republican nominee just disappeared for a week and a half less than a month before the election.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 06:36 PM (viF8m)

*whistles absently*

Posted by: Mark Sanford hiking the Appalachian Trail at October 08, 2026 06:43 PM (y9nCu)

53 NBC COVERED FRANCE!

The protesters will continue until the schools are fixed. I missed the rest. Taking care of Ralphy.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco7b)

54 Talarico is on a three-week bender with a bottle of vodka, a dead girl, and live boy.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (Av6i5)

55 I've never liked Willie Nelson, so shoot me.

His face always looks like one of those dried apple dolls with added stupid, skinny braids.

If your going to wear braids, dude, at least have thick hair like mine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)

56 The protesters will continue until the schools are fixed. I missed the rest. Taking care of Ralphy.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (Sco

The schools.... Riiiiight

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (+gK6I)

57 Ana Kasparian is about to accuse them of deliberately allowing the poor Muslim to be used as a prop for Mossad propaganda.

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Tricksy Jews!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

58 Miss. Jaden Salameh, a Florida TikToker and now disgraced-teacher -- whose words shocked hundreds of thousands of Jewish netizens when she posted a TikTok video of herself titled "My controversial opinions that are 100% correct."

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Has anybody ever seen Miss Jaden Salameh and Cucker Qatarlson in the same room at the same time?

Or perhaps Cucker has transitioned to Pucker ...

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 06:46 PM (SgYCn)

59 Ana Kasparian is about to accuse them of deliberately allowing the poor Muslim to be used as a prop for Mossad propaganda.

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Tricksy Jews!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

Not sure how they tricked him into using an axe from the cabin on the pilot, then trying to crash it into the ground, but they are clever.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:46 PM (uhVAy)

60 53 NBC COVERED FRANCE!

The protesters will continue until the schools are fixed.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old

And as soon as they're fixed, the protestors will burn them down again.

It's like the broken windows theory of economics, but with schools.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:47 PM (Av6i5)

61 Libertarians are DSA’s who are too stoned to fight.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 06:47 PM (dJCmT)

62 NBC COVERED FRANCE!

The protesters will continue until the schools are fixed.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old

And as soon as they're fixed, the protestors will burn them down again.

It's like the broken windows theory of economics, but with schools.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:47 PM (Av6i5)

Given the quality of the national leaders these schools have produced, burning them down literally is probably for the best.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:48 PM (uhVAy)

63 NBC COVERED FRANCE!

The protesters will continue until the schools are fixed.

Did you see the before pictures of that one school they burned down? It was a beautiful 70+ million dollar complex that was nicer than most malls I've been in.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (mkw2N)

64 Jr. Cuck Partner, Erick Erickson says the GOP holds the Senate, lol thanks but we don't need you to tell us.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

65 I still wonder if teachers are staying away from Muslim students

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)

66 ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

I had sinus headaches 5/7 days until I started using flonase daily. Now I have one every few months.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (RIvkX)

67 Libertarians are DSA’s who are too stoned to fight.
Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 06:47 PM (dJCmT)

Too antisocial to be socialist. The pot and smut is the same though.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (uhVAy)

68 Talarico is hiding from something

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

69 My theory: THe disappearance is a "plausible deniability" ploy: His internal polls show him actually losing badly, so he's goj g AWOL so that when he loses, they can blame on the fact that he "got sick," and not on the fact that the polls were all lies in the first place.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (Av6i5)

70 Talarico is well, you know, the thing

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (wxsGM)

71 Darius Tahir could eat corn out of a bottle with those teeth.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (OkYzo)

72 A 61 year old woman earned a world record by holding a plank position for five hours.

http://tiny.cc/ulsb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (mkw2N)

73 Jr. Cuck Partner, Erick Erickson says the GOP holds the Senate, lol thanks but we don't need you to tell us.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 06:49 PM (3cUTc)

Things must be really bad for them if the cat comes out of the bag this early.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (uhVAy)

74 There's Palestinian land for sale?
???
Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 06:39 PM (OlzlW)

Should probably check Zillow or something. But I doubt anyone is rushing in to buy any of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:42 PM (FyeA3)

Hmmmmmm.... How many acres could I get? Could I legally mount a CIWS on top of the house I build? Could I launch drones to run up and down the length of Gaza every day, and sell the footage to the Israelis? Could I get Musk to loan me a boring machine to ensure no tunnels went anywhere near my land without being filled in with concrete?

I could see building a fortress of solitude in the midst of the place. I'd serve brisket to any IDF forces around.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (kU0PQ)

75 "700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!"

These people are idiots. If the Israelis were committing genocide after these three years, there would be no more Palis.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (2WIwB)

76 68 Talarico is hiding from something
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (Ia/+0)

Plastic surgery ? Talarica ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (+gK6I)

77
Talarico was supposedly hospitalized to remove a green dildo from deep inside his rectum. Supposedly.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (OkYzo)

78
The protestors in Frogistan obviously are confused by a city that isn't in ruins, without rotting garbage and piles of human shit all over the sidewalks. They're just making their neighborhoods into places that reflect their rich and vibrant culture.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (y9nCu)

79 GatewayPundit.

Sweet. Freaking sweet!

UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)

80 My theory: THe disappearance is a "plausible deniability" ploy: His internal polls show him actually losing badly, so he's goj g AWOL so that when he loses, they can blame on the fact that he "got sick," and not on the fact that the polls were all lies in the first place.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (Av6i5)

He probably has a 2 election contract like that other smarmy Texas senate "candidate" Beto.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)

81 Pilots' records kept hidden: that complaint came up with the 21 Air crash of the cargo plane that killed several people at Miami's airport recently. Pilots with bad records or washed out of training go unreported.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 08, 2026 06:53 PM (PKL0q)

82 "700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!"

These people are idiots. If the Israelis were committing genocide after these three years, there would be no more Palis.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (2WIwB)

They are blaming Mandami now?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

83 UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Popcorn.....peanuts......crackerjacks......hot dog.....Get your hotdog....

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)

84 Well... see what weed does to yer head?
Posted by: Romeo13

Makes you too lazy to shave?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (ndZc7)

85 Hmmmmmm.... How many acres could I get? Could I legally mount a CIWS on top of the house I build? Could I launch drones to run up and down the length of Gaza every day, and sell the footage to the Israelis? Could I get Musk to loan me a boring machine to ensure no tunnels went anywhere near my land without being filled in with concrete?

I could see building a fortress of solitude in the midst of the place. I'd serve brisket to any IDF forces around.
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:51 PM (kU0PQ)

Well the whole country is a tiny thing, mind you.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (uhVAy)

86 69 My theory: THe disappearance is a "plausible deniability" ploy: His internal polls show him actually losing badly, so he's goj g AWOL so that when he loses, they can blame on the fact that he "got sick," and not on the fact that the polls were all lies in the first place.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:50 PM (Av6i5)

He's taking a step back to spend some quality time with the child corpses in his crawlspaces.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (82QJ1)

87 See maggats, the Mayor is against anti-semitism! Why else would these reasonable anti-Zionists criticize him like that!?

Posted by: Mandami's people and other assorted idiots at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (9ZFZd)

88 They will protest y til the schools are fixed, but also are attacking anyone who tries to stop them by setting them on fire or beating them to (near?) death?

Doesn’t really sound like thy want the schools fixed.

Reminds me of the time my then toddler son broke a toy because he wanted a new one. Same logic. Take care of what you have, no one owes you a new anything. But again, this isn’t really about schools at all.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:55 PM (4KUe5)

89 They are blaming Mandami now?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

Apparently he is insufficiently rabid. The imams and displeased.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 06:56 PM (2WIwB)

90 If your going to wear braids, dude, at least have thick hair like mine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (hzuYO)

Well, now I'm motivated to braid my beard, just to see if I can trigger you. Or my ponytail.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (kU0PQ)

91
I would like to ask for the Horde's collective prayers this evening. My mother has entered the terminal phase. The sun is setting, and pray for the Lord to give Miley and me strength.

My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

92 So is it wrong to have schadenfreude that Momdani was so humiliated having to pretend to mourn dead joos?

He got called out by his own peeps!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (RIvkX)

93
Mamdani standing there stone faced as he's getting pummeled with chants is something. I'm sure he sees it as a badge of honor.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM (OkYzo)

94 I'm surprised Ace hasn't posted the videos of the six-year-old black todler who shot Abby Zwerner (videos were released yesterday), immediately after the shooting.

The videos are INSANE> The boy is a literal DEMON. A white lady counselor is controling him by cradling him in her arms and asking if he shot injured by the backfire, and he replies, "Fuck you white bitch! Fuck you!" and points in her face. When the cop crouches down to confirt him, the kid tried to linge at him and yells "You want a piece of me, bitch? No? Pussy!" etc. Goes on like that for several minutes.

Zero remorse, zero shame, zero guilt. He acts like a wolverine on meth, lashing out violent at all white people within eyesight. It's quite obvious that if he still had the gun in hand, he'd shoot them all.

The kid is now nine years old. Lord known how many people he'll kill by the time he hits 13.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM (Av6i5)

95 I really wanted the Hasan report to be executed next Friday at dawn

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)

96 64 Jr. Cuck Partner, Erick Erickson says the GOP holds the Senate, lol thanks but we don't need you to tell us.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Was he sobbing and crying when he said that? Red eyes from weeping.

Course, it could be that he thinks if he switches to pro GOP again he might have a shot at the Ellison's owning CNN. They can put him on a show with Stelter called Dumb and Dumber.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM (E4rtv)

97 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

That's tough.. Prayers

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM (+gK6I)

98 UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Popcorn.....peanuts......crackerjacks......hot dog.....Get your hotdog....
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)
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Tennessee DOC could learn something from this...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (FZ29D)

99 See maggats, the Mayor is against anti-semitism! Why else would these reasonable anti-Zionists criticize him like that!?
Posted by: Mandami's people and other assorted idiots

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It couldn't be more obviously fake

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (4HoLg)

100 My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

I was wondering how you were. I saw your post last night.

Bless you all.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (Sco7b)

101 What are unsightly monkey pox sores, Alex?

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (wGerL)

102 Talarico is on a three-week bender with a bottle of vodka, a dead girl, and live boy.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:44 PM (Av6i5)
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Or maybe he's bipolar and they're trying to regulate his meds.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (3ImbR)

103 The kid is now nine years old. Lord known how many people he'll kill by the time he hits 13.
Posted by: zombie
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Sociopaths cannot be fixed by man, the Lord can but not us. Man can create sociopaths as his parents apparently did, but cure them.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)

104 > Reminds me of the time my then toddler son broke a toy because he wanted a new one. Same logic. Take care of what you have, no one owes you a new anything. But again, this isn’t really about schools at all.

I once heard a story of a CEO's personal assistant DEMANDING a new, high end phone. The group looked at her use case and employment level and denied her. She then went into the stairwell and kicked the phone down several flights of stairs. Soon she made a new request for a high end phone, citing her broken phone as the reason for her need. The group then provided the CEO with the camera footage from inside the stairwell. The personal assistant got a much older, much crappier phone than the one she destroyed.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (mkw2N)

105 You know that kid sees serious stuff at home.

Posted by: Accomack at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (dJCmT)

106 My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

I will pray that she will see an entirely new sunrise at the appointed time.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (kU0PQ)

107 Miley and publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Hitting my knees for you now.
My God bless you and keep you.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (2WIwB)

108 102 Talarico is on a three-week bender with a bottle of vodka, a dead girl, and live boy.
Posted by: zombie
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Didn't Andrew Gillum, the almost governor of Florida, tell him that the freakout party happens AFTER you lose. Not before.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)

109 Best wishes and prayers for you and your family, publius.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 07:01 PM (mkw2N)

110 >>>Pilots' records kept hidden: that complaint came up with the 21 Air crash of the cargo plane that killed several people at Miami's airport recently. Pilots with bad records or washed out of training go unreported.

That Omani pilot that tried to kamikaze that jet also had major terrorism red flags that got lost in the shuffle when he changed jobs. Even the Israelis, usually pretty good at that stuff, missed it when checking him for the Tel Aviv run.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 08, 2026 07:01 PM (CwhoI)

111 I need to know what to wear to the Trump rally in Wasilla next Tuesday.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Parka and blue jeans. It's Alaska!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 07:01 PM (NnhvP)

112 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)
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Thanks for this update. I'll make a blessing for Mama publius from afar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (RIvkX)

113 Exclusive: Country music legend Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08,

Tax problems again, new record release to cover bills. Pander to his fans.
Or 90 y/o fool.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (sl73Y)

114 My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius
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Sending love and prayers your way.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (FpydE)

115 UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Popcorn.....peanuts......crackerjacks......hot dog.....Get your hotdog....
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 06:54 PM (OkYzo)
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Tennessee DOC could learn something from this...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 06:59 PM (FZ29D)

Must not be any way a Black Robe can block the action, or they would have by now.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (Gqar8)

116 Exclusive: Country music legend Willie Nelson endorses James Talarico for U.S. Senate

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He can endorse whoever he pleases but I'm not believing this until I hear it from a more credible source than I Reddit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (ndZc7)

117 The health reporter doesn't look that healthy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (t9883)

118 Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC
How do we tune in?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (35G/H)

119 The kid is now nine years old. Lord known how many people he'll kill by the time he hits 13.
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 06:58 PM

Assuming that attitude doesn't gets him killed before he turns 13.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (GfgtS)

120 Ashley Marie Louden. the black woman who successfully organized a recall of McKinney, TX, (pasty white) mayor and 3 council members over the Islamist, Epic Center is not getting much press. Can't find more than one picture of her on the web. Dallas Morning News, no pic. Fancy that.
It really cuts the meme doesn’t it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (nqf1u)

121 Man can create sociopaths as his parents apparently did, but cure them.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)

Parent. Singular. At least, if I remember correctly.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (kU0PQ)

122 95 I really wanted the Hasan report to be executed next Friday at dawn
Posted by: Skip

I prefer Vlad the Impaler technique--lasts a lot longer with a lot more suffering and time to despair.

Cheaper too. You can find a sapling to use almost anywhere.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv)

123 95 I really wanted the Hasan report to be executed next Friday at dawn
Posted by: Skip

I agree. But it's a W.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:03 PM (oHCVF)

124 Parent. Singular. At least, if I remember correctly.
Posted by: GWB
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Someone donated that sperm. Mom got arrested on felony charges for bring the gun to school that the little shit used. Would not be surprised that 'mom' was involved in drug use of some sort either.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:04 PM (E4rtv)

125 Willie Nelson endorsing the Dem is as shocking as the Austin-American Statesman endorsing a Dem.

Or, regular as a sunrise.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:05 PM (3cUTc)

126 I need to know what to wear to the Trump rally in Wasilla next Tuesday.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Parka and blue jeans. It's Alaska!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron

And wave hi to Vlad for us.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:06 PM (oHCVF)

127 Vlad. Vlad Dracul. Killed a LOT of Muslims. Well, killed a lot of everbody, really.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 07:06 PM (Gqar8)

128 My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM

Prayers up for her, and for you and your family. 🙏

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 07:06 PM (GfgtS)

129 Tax problems again, new record release to cover bills. Pander to his fans.
Or 90 y/o fool.
Posted by: From about That Time

Can I pick all of the above. Too many of these aging celebutards are jonesing to be relevant again if only for a moment.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)

130 It's highly likely that nelson doesn't know what day it is much less who the freako is.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 07:06 PM (dCMJG)

131 The kid is now nine years old. Lord known how many people he'll kill by the time he hits 13.
Posted by: zombie

He's lagging behind. Billy the Kid shot 21 men before he was 21.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:07 PM (ndZc7)

132 UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

they ought to jack with him...use blanks or intentionally miss for a few rounds and let the shooters act they were really trying before taking him out

Posted by: DanMan at October 08, 2026 07:07 PM (8uzBS)

133 A new gay plague is rising.

Shigella is a bacterial infection causing severe diarrhea. Shigella is primarily spread by men who have sex with men. CDC data shows there is an extremely drug-resistant strain that was almost unheard of in 2011. In 2023 there were about 22,000 lab confirmed cases.

http://tiny.cc/omsb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 07:07 PM (mkw2N)

134 I'm sticking with my belief that Talarico went to his NYC fundraiser, then went to the East Village and found true love. Most likely with a tranny

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 07:07 PM (t9883)

135 Prayers for publius.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:08 PM (oHCVF)

136 Bucket of warm piss>>> Willie Nelson political endorsement

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)

137 Here's the thing about Willie though, he has some good songs, some I like.

But, he has a lot of bad songs.
Like a whole lot.
Like songs that wouldn't get a seconds play if it was anyone but Willie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:08 PM (3cUTc)

138 Well, killed a lot of everbody, really.
Posted by: tubal

Considering what the Turks did to him and his family members as a yute plus corrupting a lot of his supposed countrymen, that is what made him.

Andrew Jackson was the same way from his treatment as a yute in the Revolutionary War

"Andrew Jackson served in the American Revolutionary War as a teenager, making him the last U.S. President to participate in the conflict and the only one who was a prisoner of war. Enlisting at age 13 as a courier for the Patriot militia, he participated in the Battle of Hanging Rock in August 1780 alongside his brothers Hugh and Robert.

His service was marked by tragedy and brutality; after being captured by the British in 1781, he refused to polish a British officer's boots and was slashed with a sword, leaving permanent scars on his head and hand. During his imprisonment, he and his brother contracted smallpox, and upon release, he found that his brother Robert had died, followed shortly by their mother Elizabeth, leaving Jackson an orphan at age 14. "

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

139 As of this morning, Talarico's campaign schedule does not have a single event for the candidate planned before the election. That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

At this point if I was paxton I would be requesting proof of life for his opponent.

Something is very wrong and this isn't talerico went into hiding like biden did late in the 2020 election.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (I43vL)

140 Sorry to hear that Publius and Milley. May the Lord be with you and your mother in this difficult hour.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

141 For funsies, you can go on X and see all the Indians raging.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (3cUTc)

142 7pm

CBC - Canadian wins Nobel

CNN - Trump corruption. Their 700,000 viewers shake with rage.

MSNow - Trump - they're pissed about something. Their 1,700,000 bubble people need to be fed.

FoxNews - Hamas in the Big Apple. Shocked face.

My friends brought over a HUGE container of rice, corn, beans and sausages. I always do their lawn. It's so good. I am so full.

Hobo achievement 'Will work for food' up +1.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 07:12 PM (Sco7b)

143 141 For funsies, you can go on X and see all the Indians raging.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (3cUTc)

Could be worse - could be the Ululaters.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 07:12 PM (Gqar8)

144 I prefer Vlad the Impaler technique--lasts a lot longer with a lot more suffering and time to despair.

Cheaper too. You can find a sapling to use almost anywhere.
Posted by: whig
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I continue to lobby for the gibbet. Prolonged public display serving as an object lesson to others. Would also favor a Gibbet Cam.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 07:13 PM (XeU6L)

145 Considering what the Turks did to him and his family members as a yute plus corrupting a lot of his supposed countrymen, that is what made him.

I read he was made a eunuch. Don't know the validity of that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:13 PM (oHCVF)

146
I've never liked Willie Nelson, so shoot me.

His face always looks like one of those dried apple dolls with added stupid, skinny braids.

He's the one in the middle...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 07:13 PM (Cqx++)

147 141 For funsies, you can go on X and see all the Indians raging.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Pretty much. When they are not discussing snow hoe and the seven orgyists.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)

148 >>A new gay plague is rising.

>>Shigella is a bacterial infection causing severe diarrhea. Shigella is primarily spread by men who have sex with men. CDC data shows there is an extremely drug-resistant strain that was almost unheard of in 2011. In 2023 there were about 22,000 lab confirmed cases.

Out of the mouths of Fags...

Posted by: garrett at October 08, 2026 07:14 PM (9n8wX)

149 Willie's about burned out. He's always leaned left. I recall my dad wondering how Willie could still be a thing in the mid-late 70s when he recalled him from the late 50s.

Doubt we'll see Willie perform again. Weak lungs.

Posted by: DanMan at October 08, 2026 07:14 PM (8uzBS)

150 >>I've never liked Willie Nelson, so shoot me.

The Best part about Willie Nelson is that he was necessary for us to have Jerry Jeff Walker.

Posted by: garrett at October 08, 2026 07:15 PM (9n8wX)

151 >> who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy while slowly inserting his penis into your ass

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:15 PM (x/Rva)

152 Oh and people raging on PM Carney is pissing even members of his own party now with his 2 billion subsidy that happens to mostly go to a company he owns for producing heat pumps. Very green indeed.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:16 PM (E4rtv)

153 Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC
How do we tune in?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (35G/H)
~~~~~

Nick Sorter says he will be livestreaming it, and I'm sure there will be others.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx244dm

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 07:16 PM (3ImbR)

154 Oh, and Willie's timeless assertion re. Emmylou Harris:

There are 2 types of men in this world;
Those who are in love with Emmylou Harris and those who have never met her.

Posted by: garrett at October 08, 2026 07:16 PM (9n8wX)

155 >> who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy while slowly inserting his penis into your ass
Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:15 PM

But mostly inserting his penis in your ass.*

*Fixed to conform to AoSHQ Style Guide

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 07:17 PM (GfgtS)

156 JD Vance is answering Jayapal crying about end of work visas with this observation,

"
JD Vance
@JDVance
·
40m
"Socialism" apparently means fighting like hell to ensure megacorporations have a neverending flow of cheap labor!"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:17 PM (E4rtv)

157 I need to know what to wear to the Trump rally in Wasilla next Tuesday.
Posted by: tcn in AK

3 inch heels, a pearl choker necklace, and a big smile?

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (2WIwB)

158 Everyone has AIDS!

Posted by: Lease at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (nCTkv)

159 I've never liked Willie Nelson, so shoot me.
------

[fist bump]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (XeU6L)

160 >> I need to know what to wear to the Trump rally in Wasilla next Tuesday.

Go topless. That way we can pick you out of the crowd.

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (x/Rva)

161 Thank you all. It is greatly appreciated.

Posted by: Publius on Stupid Phone at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (w6EFb)

162 For funsies, you can go on X and see all the Indians raging.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (3cUTc)

About the removal of the right to fraudulently work in the US under an H2-B visa?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 07:18 PM (rbvCR)

163 40m
"Socialism" apparently means fighting like hell to ensure megacorporations have a neverending flow of cheap labor!"
Posted by: whig

The only thing that a socialist could possibly object to is that it's a corporation and not the government enslaving people

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (vJrRc)

164 Vlad was a bad MFer. He was visited one time by a few men wearing turbans, as was their custom. Vlad asked the men to remove them while in his house. They declined.

So Vlad nailed the turbans to their heads.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (ZxPkt)

165 I read he was made a eunuch. Don't know the validity of that.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Vlad and his brother were both held by the Turks. IRRC, it was his brother made into a eunuch. Both were hostages at the royal court and it is likely that both of them were molested as kids there to boot as well as dealing with the other cruelties that the Turkish court was known for.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (E4rtv)

166 >>I continue to lobby for the gibbet. Prolonged public display serving as an object lesson to others. Would also favor a Gibbet Cam.

Used to be a practice around here to deal with pirates. One day back in the 1700s, 26 pirates were hung and then gibbetted in Newport Harbor. Must have been quite a sight.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (viF8m)

167 Sounds like another winning message from Democrats that H1b visas which are being used to put Americans out of work for cheap foreign labor, are a “right”. Whatever that means.

You should totally vote Democrat. It’s gonna be lit.

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (x/Rva)

168
Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Do you really believe this will happen?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

169 >>I continue to lobby for the gibbet. Prolonged public display serving as an object lesson to others. Would also favor a Gibbet Cam.

The Stockade was also a great deterant.

And, the Witch Burning.

Posted by: garrett at October 08, 2026 07:21 PM (9n8wX)

170 Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC
How do we tune in?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 07:02 PM (35G/H)
~~~~~

Nick Sorter says he will be livestreaming it, and I'm sure there will be others.

https://tinyurl.com/mrx244dm

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 07:16 PM

The wife and I were talking about driving down to Fort Hood and seeing if we could get in to watch. Being retired military we can get on the base but I am not sure if they will allow spectators in to view the execution.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 07:21 PM (I43vL)

171 Vlad was a bad MFer. He was visited one time by a few men wearing turbans, as was their custom. Vlad asked the men to remove them while in his house. They declined.

So Vlad nailed the turbans to their heads.
Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:20 PM

Iirc, they were emissaries of the Ottoman Empire. So that was a royal FU.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 07:21 PM (GfgtS)

172
I thought I heard JD Vance was not Presidential because he was BFF's with his TechBros.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

173 Democrats will petition to argue that a public execution is cruel and unusual punishment.

After the election.

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:22 PM (x/Rva)

174 The sun is setting, and pray for the Lord to give Miley and me strength.

My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

You are in our prayers. All of you.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 07:22 PM (NnhvP)

175 That's a "health" reporter? Is the finanical reporter a homeless guy?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 07:22 PM (P4bJX)

176 For funsies, you can go on X and see all the Indians raging.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 07:11 PM (3cUTc)

Ummm...they're called the Guardians now.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 07:23 PM (2WIwB)

177 Rock ribbed Republican!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Michael Steele says he supports the likes of Mamdani, AOC and El-Sayed over Republicans:

"Because I look to my right and I see a whole pile of sh*t I want no parts of."

Embracing some of the farthest-left lurches and excesses of the Democrat party here to pander to his MSNOW lunatic audience and own the cons.

He'd gladly watch his country burn as long as he keeps that cushy gig going.

This guy was once chairman of the RNC. Still somehow maintains he's a Republican.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:23 PM (ndZc7)

178 Boy the picture of that supposed dude who wrote the article on Talarico looks like he’s seen more dicks than an assisted living urologist on clinic day.

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 07:23 PM (x/Rva)

179 re: Talarico flu- Flu hits especially hard when your immune system is compromised. Now, let me see, what disease do radically straight guys like talafreako pick up that destroys your immune system...hmmm?

Posted by: docweasel at October 08, 2026 07:23 PM (NOfvf)

180 Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

Do you really believe this will happen?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

I'd only use it as a rope-a-dope kind of thing.

Get the giant crowd of astroturfed protestors at the announced time, and then go out and say, "Oh yeah, we did that yesterday. The video is up on our site."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 07:24 PM (vJrRc)

181 In news you will not hear from the media,

"Rapid Response 47

@RapidResponse47
Social Security Commissioner
@frankjbisignano
on President Trump enrolling 70 MILLION American children in tax-advantaged investment accounts: "This is an unbelievable program. 70 million enrolled. We will have 25 million by this weekend funded. Think about that. 25 million from the federal government, from Susan and Michael Dell, from Brad Gerstner, from family and friends, and our expectation is to drive the 70 million before the year is out.""

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)

182 That's a "health" reporter? Is the financial reporter a homeless guy?

That is the physique and complexion a constant diet of soy and semen will do for you.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 07:24 PM (a4flb)

183 106 My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

I will pray that she will see an entirely new sunrise at the appointed time.
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 07:00 PM (kU0PQ)
*******
Joining all of you in prayer for her to pass into heaven without pain or fear in her sleep.

This is what I pray for my own mother (95) for the past year. She's only been a bit puny for a couple of weeks and now has sitters with her. She's not dying of anything at this point and still walks with a walker. However, when her mother was at the same age and got sick she was gone in a month.

Prayers for your strength and peace, publius.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (hzuYO)

184 This guy was once chairman of the RNC. Still somehow maintains he's a Republican.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 07:23 PM

Fuck that guy, in particular.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (GfgtS)

185 There was a big outbreak of Shigella among Orthodox Jewish children in Monsey and Spring Valley, NY 1994-96. Bad bathroom habits in school. No toilet paper or hand washing is enough to spread it. No need for gay sex, but it helps.

Posted by: The Charmin Bears at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (EdP2u)

186 At DM and NYP: video of dirtbag murderer flashing his defiant gangsta grin. Cripes I want to take a hammer to his teeth so f'n bad.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (Jr5Lq)

187
The AIDS Crazies

Let it be noted that Ace called it -- TelaFreako's got gayballz.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (DFKOq)

188 @133 A new gay plague is rising.
Where's Dr. Fauci to tell us that we shouldn't close down gay bars/bath-houses? That would be mean and discriminatory. And that we're all going to get it too...just because you're hetero doesn't mean you're not just as likely to get it, bigot!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 08, 2026 07:26 PM (XMwZJ)

189 186 Angel Carrasco is the fucker's name.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 07:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

190 > Democrats will petition to argue that a public execution is cruel and unusual punishment.

-----
That's a moo point. The UCMJ is its own thing. Nidal will be executed.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:27 PM (ZxPkt)

191 185 There was a big outbreak of Shigella among Orthodox Jewish children in Monsey and Spring Valley, NY 1994-96. Bad bathroom habits in school. No toilet paper or hand washing is enough to spread it. No need for gay sex, but it helps.
Posted by: The Charmin Bears at October 08, 2026 07:25 PM (EdP2u)
*********
Also food poisoning.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 07:27 PM (hzuYO)

192 Evenin’, All. Happy Friday Eve!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:28 PM (77rzZ)

193 That's a moo point. The UCMJ is its own thing. Nidal will be executed.
Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:27 PM (ZxPkt)

Another Ag law school grad?

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 07:29 PM (P4bJX)

194 Used to be a practice around here to deal with pirates. One day back in the 1700s, 26 pirates were hung and then gibbetted in Newport Harbor. Must have been quite a sight.
Posted by: JackStraw

Sizable minority of RI residents to this day are Pirates. Not enough gibbeting, I guess.

Posted by: The Arbiter of Talent and Taste at October 08, 2026 07:29 PM (EdP2u)

195 Tampa Bay @ Dallas. Do I wanna watch this?

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:30 PM (ZxPkt)

196
Prayers for your mother, Miley and you, Publius. My sister and I were there for our own mother's passing. It was a blessing that there were two of us -- it very nearly was just me, alone.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:30 PM (DFKOq)

197 Le CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

198 I thought I heard JD Vance was not Presidential because he was BFF's with his TechBros.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 07:21 PM (rbvCR)

His wife burned the Vindaloo yesterday.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 07:31 PM (uhVAy)

199 @195. NO.

Posted by: Case at October 08, 2026 07:31 PM (ROPCF)

200 They banned him from flying, sent him to a deradicalisation programme and ...

That would make one hell of a comedy movie;
"Let's All Calm Down Here: The De-Rad Story"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 07:32 PM (nEUC6)

201 CNN: Talarico’s 12-day absence from trail becomes fodder for GOP in Texas Senate race

He has the flu and is a type 1 diabetic, those two things do not go well together so I understand. I’m t1 diabetic and last time I got the flu I ended up in the ICU. His team says he’ll be back this weekend though.

meanwhile Tom Kean in NJ disappears for months with radio silence, comes back and cites vague medical issues, then votes to cut medical benefits.

Couldn’t even get the guy to come visit a factory in town before the tariffs shut it down, lmao. Tom Kean Jr. is a worthless piece of shit. He should’ve been aborted.

Paxton won’t even debate him and can’t answer any questions about his record without running away but yeah Talarico being sick with the flu is way worse

Did not take CNN long to become right wing propaganda. Paxton has ran possibly the laziest campaign I've ever seen, but we're just going to make shit up about Talarico I guess.

"Fodder for GOP"? They don't even need things that are real for fodder. They've been calling him a vegan all year and it's not true at all. They just make shit up.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 07:33 PM (NCaaI)

202 They banned him from flying, sent him to a deradicalisation programme and ...

That would make one hell of a comedy movie;
"Let's All Calm Down Here: The De-Rad Story"
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 07:32 PM (nEUC6)

Deradicalization Program?

If that's anything like what HR gives you to keep from getting in trouble with the woke scolds I'm not surprised it didn't work.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 07:34 PM (uhVAy)

203
700,000 dead

Boy, those Humina-humina-humina Hamassholes sure do know how to run up completely improbable casualty totals, don't they?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:34 PM (DFKOq)

204 From X, another potential mass murderer troon picked up. In Alabama no less.

"Hudson Crozier 🇺🇸
@Hudson_Crozier
NEW: Police found a range of militant leftist material and guns in an Alabama apartment during a probe related to online death threats against ICE, court documents allege.

Three roommates now face federal gun charges, including a Tennessee teen who allegedly ran from home and found community among fellow cop-hating leftists. He was also charged with the anti-ICE threats.

Social media accounts the FBI tied to that suspect (Levi Belcher) suggest he calls himself a "trans white woman" and takes after John Brown. "

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (E4rtv)

205 GatewayPundit.

Sweet. Freaking sweet!

UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (Sco7b)
======

The United States of America is a serious country.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 07:35 PM (rj6Yv)

206
Those Reddit stalwarts sure sound spun up by Telefreako's absence.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:36 PM (DFKOq)

207 Boy, those Humina-humina-humina Hamassholes sure do know how to run up completely improbable casualty totals, don't they?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

It will be 7 million next week according to Hamass.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 07:36 PM (E4rtv)

208 Talarico is still MIA? Does it usually take this long to recover from a sex-change ~~mutilation~~ operation?

Posted by: mindful webworker - just wondering at October 08, 2026 07:38 PM (uhtpA)

209 91
I would like to ask for the Horde's collective prayers this evening. My mother has entered the terminal phase. The sun is setting, and pray for the Lord to give Miley and me strength.

My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

My condolences publius...

Posted by: browndog says woof at October 08, 2026 07:38 PM (oCio0)

210
UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

It sounds like our "festive little party hats" compadre will have a banner day

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (DFKOq)

211 This is what the voters asked for. I'll wake up when the bloodletting begins.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 08, 2026 07:44 PM (SMG8K)

212 Talarico is gone
Gone girl
AMF
He be gone
Search dogs

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 07:55 PM (/+uur)

213 210
UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! …Pete Hegseth Says Fort Hood Islamist Terrorist Nidal Hasan’s Firing Squad Execution Will Be PUBLIC

It sounds like our "festive little party hats" compadre will have a banner day
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 07:39 PM (DFKOq)

I would invite you all to my watering hole and we would do shots till someone puked
And then do another round

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 07:56 PM (/+uur)

214 2000 EU muslim invaders galore GDP $7.29 trillion
US $10.25 trillion
2025 EU a much better place $23.035 trillion
US $30.77 trillion

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 07:59 PM (/+uur)

215 UPDATE: NIDAL HASSAN EXECUTION WILL BE LIVESTREAMED!

r henn no 90 inch 90 fuckin inch
tech supp we have an 85
r henn well do you have 100
tech supp we have a 99
r henn 99 100 whatever it takes

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:03 PM (/+uur)

216 I sat with my father and my husband when they were at this stage and told them stories I remembered them telling of their childhood. It seemed to comfort them, even though they weren't conscious. It certainly comforted me.

My prayers are with you.

Posted by: Wenda at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (trw8t)

217 Sorry: 216 was intended for Publius and Miley.

Posted by: Wenda at October 08, 2026 08:15 PM (trw8t)

218 91
I would like to ask for the Horde's collective prayers this evening. My mother has entered the terminal phase. The sun is setting, and pray for the Lord to give Miley and me strength.

My gut want's to "rage, rage, against the dying of the light", but I must be strong. No light is forever. The sun must always set.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 06:57 PM (w6EFb)

My Mom died 5 years ago today
So sad for you
Prayers

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:19 PM (/+uur)

219 @201 "Fodder for GOP"? They don't even need things that are real for fodder. They've been calling him a vegan all year and it's not true at all. They just make shit up.

Hey until you denounce the press for "trump wants Iran to nuke San Diego" you don't get to talk. got sit down and shut up. Make shit up? That's the left's job description.

Posted by: docweasel at October 08, 2026 08:20 PM (NOfvf)

220 ☐

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 08:44 PM (nqf1u)

221 216 I sat with my father and my husband when they were at this stage and told them stories I remembered them telling of their childhood. It seemed to comfort them, even though they weren't conscious. It certainly comforted me.

My prayers are with you.
Posted by: Wenda at October 08, 2026 08:14 PM (trw8t)

*********
I did the same with my beloved father. Unresponsive for three days but could squeeze your hand now and then.

They know you are with them and love them. His death, while we were sleeping and with a sitter he had for a year, was sad but also he had the smile of seeing something amazing. I will never forget that smile.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 08:46 PM (hzuYO)

222 When they mentioned seminary, I thought he must be a Jesuit, like Jerry Brown.

(It's okay, I am Cathollic and can criticise modern Jesuits)

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 08, 2026 09:21 PM (LOvBA)

223 "I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities — Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway."

hahahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:28 PM (/+uur)

France Races Towards a Debt Crisis as the Nation Continues to be Besieged by Violent Foreigners Demanding to be Paid for Peace

Before getting to that, let me offer a completely-unrelated bit of history. Via Google AI:

Danegeld was a tax raised in Anglo-Saxon England and Francia from the 9th to the 11th centuries to pay tribute or protection money to Viking raiders to stop them from ravaging the land.
Key Historical Facts
• Meaning: The word comes from Old English, literally translating to "Dane payment" or "Dane yield".
• Early Tribute vs. Army Tax: Originally known as gafol when paid directly to Vikings as bribes, it later evolved into a kingdom-wide land tax called heregeld (army tax) used to fund a standing defensive force or pay mercenary armies.
• King Æthelred the Unready: The practice became most prominent during the reign of King Æthelred II (978--1016), who paid massive quantities of silver pennies (such as £10,000 in 991 CE and up to £48,000 in 1012 CE) to buy off invaders

With that irrelevant, off-topic mention of large bribes paid to violent invaders to not loot and pillage and kill them, let's turn to a completely different subject.

France's, uh, guests are demanding, supposedly, more "resources" for schools.

This demand comes at a very bad time. Because France's dysfunctional government is made up of alleged "centrists" and even some "conservatives" in a coalition with socialists and communists, no one can agree on a budget.

So they just keep borrowing money, growing the deficit more and more.

You can only borrow freely until the markets begin to doubt you can ever repay your debts. And then the cost of borrowing rises, and you have to borrow more and more at higher and higher interest rates until it becomes impossible to repay the debt and then people stop lending you money completely, and your finances collapse.

France is now in this doom-loop of increasing debt and compounding interest on the debt.

For most of the past decade, lending money to France was considered almost as safe as lending money to Germany.
That belief is now breaking down, and it is happening fast.
Last week, investors demanded up to 5% a year to lend to the French government for 10 years. France had not faced borrowing costs that high on its 10-year bonds since July 2002.
The extra return investors want to hold French debt instead of German debt rose to its highest level since the eurozone debt crisis of 2011-2012.
France now pays more to borrow than Italy and Greece, two countries that sat at the centre of that crisis.
This matters well beyond the bond market. Government borrowing costs influence the rates on mortgages and business loans and the interest bill that every French taxpayer ends up covering.
...
Beyond the rise in France's 10-year bond yield to 5%, its widening gap with Germany shows investors are increasingly concerned about French debt.
Its premium over Germany's equivalent Bund reached 152 basis points, or 1.52 percentage points, returning to levels associated with the 2011 eurozone crisis.
Intesa Sanpaolo strategists, led by Gian Marco Salcioli, argue that the speed of the move matters more than its level.
When yields jump this fast, they say, the fear shifts from the price of borrowing to the risk of not being repaid in full, and France is the clearest example.
"The move tends to transform rate risk into something broader, first and foremost credit risk," Salcioli said in a note to clients.
Díaz-Alvarez said this was "the largest weekly widening in said spread in seventeen years."

Politico 4 Kidz, Axios:

France is dealing with a major debt crisis and social unrest ahead of its presidential election next year.
Why it matters: Worries are rising about contagion in Europe and beyond, and the situation is drawing comparisons with the sovereign debt crisis that rocked the European Union in the 2010s.
"Government bond yields in France are spiraling out of control. Contagion to the rest of high-debt Europe is unfolding rapidly," Brookings' Robin Brooks wrote recently.
Where it stands: Yields on government debt are rising across Europe and in the U.S., but the situation in France is worse.
Investors are demanding higher yields to hold French debt, compared with bonds from Germany, which are seen as a safer alternative.
On Friday, the difference, or spread, between the two countries' bond yields, was the widest it has been since the debt crisis.
The spread is widening due to "higher sovereign default risk in France," Macquarie's Thierry Wizman wrote in a note Thursday titled: "Are the French Toast?"

Meanwhile, the foreign guests continue ravaging the countryside while demanding the peasants pay them more money in exchange for a few months of pillage-free "peace."

🚨 BREAKING: MASSIVE RIOTS and PALESTINE FLAGS are waving in Paris, riot police are STRUGGLING, foreigners are everywhere and leftists are going berserk
THIS IS AMERICA IF THE LEFTISTS WIN.
The Islamists are waving the Palestinian flag everywhere...FRANCE IS FALLING
TEAR GAS is now being deployed.
Hamas movements are "ACTIVELY INVOLVED" in the riots
Rioters are being chased everywhere, but I want to see more MASS ARRESTS
This is a total free for all! IT LOOKS LIKE A 3RD WORLD NATION.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 6, 2026

A perfect depiction of Leftists ignoring the absolute shithole their open border policies create.
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) October 6, 2026

Total chaos in France right now. The situation is completely out of control. They want to kill. https://t.co/9HhsENYnZx
— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) October 8, 2026

Not even the trees are safe from these Aspiring Doctors and Engineers:

The majority of these people causing chaos across France don't appear to be students.
Smashing up cities, cutting down trees and destroying public property is not protesting.
You're destroying the very communities you live in, leaving ordinary people to pick up the pieces and pay the price.
Watching this unfold across Europe, it's becoming increasingly difficult to shake the feeling that Europe's decline is inevitable. https://t.co/YshGOIEyYV
— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) October 8, 2026

Harsh, but seems accurate:

The problem looming over these riots is that France has a large population of young people who are immigrants or the children/grandchildren of immigrants that are simply not employable. They will not work and employers will not risk hiring them.
They are not citizens in any meaningful sense, but an unassimilated third world horde, unemployable and ultimately ungovernable.
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) October 5, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 I'll get em again..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 08, 2026 05:21 PM (08OqX)

2 District B13 looking kinda prescient?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 05:22 PM (4KUe5)

3 France is now in this doom-loop of increasing debt and compounding interest on the debt.

Whoa.

Posted by: Louis XVI at October 08, 2026 05:24 PM (sDWtc)

4 When are we going to steal their nukes?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 05:25 PM (3mtzY)

5
Does this affect the price of French Bread?

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 05:25 PM (OkYzo)

6 A country that gets itself deeply into debt deserves to suffer.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:26 PM (2ap+5)

7 Sacre bleu!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 05:26 PM (Sco7b)

8 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 08, 2026 05:26 PM (hG5L0)

9 How long until the teewee news blames OrangeManBad's tariffs for wrecking the French economy?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 05:27 PM (3mtzY)

10 Chimping out.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:27 PM (Gqar8)

11 Grapeshot. Whiff. Some assembly required.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 05:27 PM (GfgtS)

12

I have never understood why countries bring in people who want to destroy their country.

Yep, bring the worthless people in and pay for them to live here and in their countries.

It's not like the invaders are contributing to make the country they invaded better.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:28 PM (/QHx4)

13 Let me get this straight:

A. France is in massive debt.
B. “School kids” upset about insufficient funding are burning down their schools and beating up teachers.

How is that a legitimate response to a complaint— creating a HUGE new cost of building new schools??

I know, it’s not about funding, it’s about revolution.
So.. yeah, they’re not fixing this any time soon.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 05:28 PM (4KUe5)

14 Ya really hate to see all of that, happening to such an enlightened society. Sacre Bleu!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (K7v1x)

15 If the French had any balls, they would start press ganging the "students" into service to clean up and rebuild the shit they just destroyed. That would be a proper education.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (TvbZP)

16 All we have is a six year old that shoots his teacher and attacks his restrainers.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (Gqar8)

17 When the yield on 10-year government debt is over 5%, it's' time to panic.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (2ap+5)

18 If you send them back fast enough their landing zone might pay you to stop.

Posted by: WhatHelicopter at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (FhXTo)

19 U.S.Govt: "Tell me more about this doom loop"

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 05:30 PM (G0vdT)

20 Let me explain.

It's France.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:30 PM (RIvkX)

21 "France is now in this doom-loop of increasing debt and compounding interest on the debt."

USA too, or at least not far behind.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 05:30 PM (Jr5Lq)

22
The crude price for a Barrel of French Dressing is now over $26.

The Strait of Paris needs opened!

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 05:30 PM (OkYzo)

23 "The most French thing I ever seen" picture is an apt IRL manifestation of the "This is fine" meme with the dog sipping coffee as the house burns.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (oPFtC)

24 >>The majority of these people causing chaos across France don't appear to be students.

No, really?

Same stuff is happening next door in Belgium. They aren't students either.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (viF8m)

25 Alors, il commence.

Posted by: Ce gars qui pense toujours que ça commence at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (amcLV)

26 France could use a few Vikings about now

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (t9883)

27 15 If the French had any balls, they would start press ganging the "students" into service to clean up and rebuild the shit they just destroyed. That would be a proper education.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
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Too big as far as numbers. The question for France is civil war now versus a worse one later. The only response that can work in the long run is massive expulsion of kebab like what happened in reverse to Frenchmen after Algeria fell and the rest of the French colonies went their own way.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (E4rtv)

28 Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:28 PM (/QHx4)

They're leftists. The whole point is to grind down the "bourgeoisie". When the good people are forced to cower at home, that's a bonus. Look at Abigail Spanberger's parole board in Virginia, which just loosed a bunch of violent felons back onto the streets.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (sDWtc)

29 The problem looming over these riots is that France has a large population of young people who are immigrants or the children/grandchildren of immigrants that are simply not employable. They will not work and employers will not risk hiring them.

They are not citizens

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The solution is very simple: deport, deport, deport. Everyone knows it will have to be done, it's just a matter of who will have the guts to do it first.

Posted by: Decaf at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (jsLqC)

30 So will they finally give up on the lie that they need these migrants to work to support the welfare state?

It never made a damn bit of sense, but many believed it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (TvbZP)

31 Looks like Baltimore.

Posted by: America's Shithole Cities at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (pa/M5)

32
"Students" < Foreign Adult Men

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (OkYzo)

33 Western Europe just gave up after World War II. Threw their doors open and said “ whatever”.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (Gqar8)

34 The EU solved their sovereign debt crisis in the 2010s thanks to Germany’s economy and deep pockets.

Germany is steadily losing its economy and their pockets have gotten considerably shorter.

This could get interesting, but the EU always manages to talk their way out if a crisis.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

35 Ace -

There is a second example from British history even older than the Dane Geld. As Rome started dying off in the West the central government cut of Britain, told them to work out their issue of raiders and pirates on their own because they could not - they were basically working on the south coasts of France and Spain and Italy proper. This was somewhere in the 410s AD.

So the British locals called up some Saxon tribesmen to defend their shores from the pirates and raiders, which worked for a while. Then after a bit of looking around at the situation, with Saxons being the sole military around, they started taking over the part of England in the South and next to the channel. Kent, Isle of Wight, all that area. And the other Angles and such followed them in.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (uhVAy)

36 Silver pennies is real money.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (LHPAg)

37 If the French had any balls, they would start press ganging the "students" into service to clean up and rebuild the shit they just destroyed. That would be a proper education.
Posted by: bob

Not sure why they'd work at all. And, I wouldn't trust the results. Open a jail some African country and send them there.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (nEUC6)

38 >>>You can only borrow freely until the markets begin to doubt you can ever repay your debts. And then the cost of borrowing rises, and you have to borrow more and more at higher and higher interest rates until it becomes impossible to repay the debt and then people stop lending you money completely, and your finances collapse.

Those silly Frogs.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (dK+Kv)

39 Here’s a thought, maybe they’re ok with burning sh$t down, destroying anything within reach is because the not French? They may live there, but they have no love nor loyalty to the country, her people, history, etc.

Crazy, right? Except the media and left keep insisting that these new American/Brits/French/Aussies are absolutely citizens, maybe even better city than the actual citizens.

Can we now stop pretending that paperwork makes one part of the country they’ve been boated into, that this is in fact self-destructive madness?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (4KUe5)

40 21 "France is now in this doom-loop of increasing debt and compounding interest on the debt."

USA too, or at least not far behind.
Posted by: gp

Not really, reserve currencies are different. It is more that debt financing gets much worse the more it is external to the state. In an ideal world, the currency can depreciate, making the country produce cheaper goods and consume less imported ones, but stuck in the Eurozone, France cannot resort to that.

FWIW, both Japan and China have debts of over 300 percent of GDP. But in both cases, internally financed mostly, not external.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (E4rtv)

41 Debt to GDP ratios:

France: 116%-118%.
USA: 121%-126%.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (Jr5Lq)

42 "France Races Towards a Debt Crisis as the Nation Continues to be Besieged by Violent Foreigners Demanding to be Paid for Peace"

Are you sure you didn't mean to type The United States instead of France?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (I43vL)

43 France is now in this doom-loop of increasing debt and compounding interest on the debt.

Whoa.
Posted by: Louis XVI at October 08, 2026 05:24 PM (sDWtc)

The debt that under EU law must be kept within some narrow limits that Greece was gutted for not doing? That debt?

One rule for the Greeks, another for France and Germany.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (uhVAy)

44 Silver pennies is real money.
Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (LHPAg
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Just ask Barliman Butterbur.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (amcLV)

45 They've done The Camp of Saints in slow mo rather than all at once.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (JzUSu)

46 Oh, no! Not the Facebook~!

Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (nEUC6)

47 Paying your murderers is never a smart option.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (Gqar8)

48 Migrants with chainsaws cutting down trees, something, something bingo card.

Posted by: Max Power at October 08, 2026 05:36 PM (SwyyQ)

49 Too big as far as numbers. The question for France is civil war now versus a worse one later. The only response that can work in the long run is massive expulsion of kebab like what happened in reverse to Frenchmen after Algeria fell and the rest of the French colonies went their own way.
Posted by: whig

------------

Yes, of course.
But that requires even more balls. They will not leave unless the alternative is death, and the countries of origin will not accept them unless the alternative is a nuclear bomb.

The West has to understand that they (we?) have lain with the devil and can not get out of it without doing some very very nasty things. Our alternative is worse.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:36 PM (TvbZP)

50 Can we now stop pretending that paperwork makes one part of the country they’ve been boated into, that this is in fact self-destructive madness?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 05:34 PM (4KUe5)

I'm for deporting as many Democrats as possible. I am willing to imagine a patriotic Democrat but like a perfect gas or absolute 0, in the real world it never happens.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:36 PM (uhVAy)

51 Did someone say "Let it burn?

Posted by: France at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (dCMJG)

52 E.J. Antoni is the Chief Economist for the Institute for Economic Policy Studies and a Richard Aster Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

E.J. Antoni today:

"NY Fed: consumer inflation expectations jumped in Sep to 3.9% for year ahead, while 3-yr rises to 3.3% and 5-yr holds steady at 3.0%; while people believe the current spike of inflation will be short-lived, they also believe we're not getting back to 2.0%..."

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (2ap+5)

53 If the French had any balls, they would start press ganging the "students" into service to clean up and rebuild the shit they just destroyed. That would be a proper education.
Posted by: bob

Not sure why they'd work at all. And, I wouldn't trust the results. Open a jail some African country and send them there.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (nEUC6)

Does France still own French Guyana?

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (08OqX)

54
Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (nEUC6

How can we miss you if you won't go away ...)

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (91qhl)

55 This could get interesting, but the EU always manages to talk their way out if a crisis.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

I would phrase it put off the crisis rather than talking their way out of it. There are tactics that a large debtor can use that smaller ones cannot. And that applies to countries too--too big to fail means that the other countries in the Eurozone are forced to do things like require payins by those with savings and liquid assets to prop up the currency. Works in the short run but destroys trust in the long run just like formal defaults or allowing massive inflation as a soft default does.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (E4rtv)

56 Oh, no! Not the Facebook~!

Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:35 PM (nEUC6)

what would we do without Indian people stealing content on Facebook?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (uhVAy)

57 55
Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

That would improve the hell out of X if they did that.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (E4rtv)

58 TEAR GAS is now being deployed.

Lead is the only answer invaders understand. France is falling.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (NnhvP)

59 I don't understand why they cut downt that tree. That's new, amirite?

Now, on top of massive debt and Paris circling the toilet, they have at least 40 schools to repair.

Where are the protest manure trucks when you need them, French farmers?

RISE UP! Try at least!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (hzuYO)

60 The guy is right, and he means well. But that this a newsworthy statement shows just how ridiculously conditioned most people are.

Unemployable? Ungovernable? The Muslims? Noooo... not the people who have a cultural allergy to gainful employment, and are heavily inbred, and have a demonstrated, unbroken record of homicidal psychosis?

This is not an edgy or controversial statement. Muslims, and particularly Arabs, are a bunch of straight-up mental defectives. Everyone who's ever observed them in the wild knows this.

The fact that this guy says this and it seems controversial means that propaganda has overridden all reasoning.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (BI5O2)

61 The U.S. can still make some spending cuts and grow our way out of a debt crisis.

The EU is low growth, high tax, high government spending, and a PITA to deal with.

The US won’t get off easy but the EU, and other countries don’t have it so good, looking at you Canada and Japan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

62 OMG, yessssssss, Indians, please get off social media!!! That will punish us so dang hard.

DO IT
NOW
Srsly
Please

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 05:39 PM (4KUe5)

63 Does France still own French Guyana?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (08OqX)

Think so, and its part of France proper and not a colony.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:39 PM (uhVAy)

64
Will I still get paid?

Posted by: French Citizen at October 08, 2026 05:39 PM (OkYzo)

65 When the yield on 10-year government debt is over 5%, it's' time to panic.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (2ap+
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Yeah that's us too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:39 PM (RIvkX)

66 "NY Fed: consumer inflation expectations jumped in Sep to 3.9% for year ahead, while 3-yr rises to 3.3% and 5-yr holds steady at 3.0%; while people believe the current spike of inflation will be short-lived, they also believe we're not getting back to 2.0%..."
Posted by: Oglebay

I would trust the Fed projections as far as I would the mass media. Both are essentially Democrat shills and the NY Fed is a mouthpiece essentially for bankstas that want high interest rates to prop up their profits.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:40 PM (E4rtv)

67 No more curry stench, whatever will we do?

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)

68 I don't understand why they cut downt that tree. That's new, amirite?

Now, on top of massive debt and Paris circling the toilet, they have at least 40 schools to repair.

Where are the protest manure trucks when you need them, French farmers?

RISE UP! Try at least!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (hzuYO)

They are tired of Green platitudes too.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:40 PM (uhVAy)

69 Not sure why they'd work at all. And, I wouldn't trust the results. Open a jail some African country and send them there.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

------------

This is what I mean by balls: "Do this or get shot."

And paying to remove them is not the answer. It is a mistake. Figure out where they are from (this is easy -- DNA, but even accent can be very precise) and ship them there. Tell receiving countries that they accept or they too will face consequences. The West is now adopting the barbarian tactics of not caring about who has to die for victory.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:40 PM (TvbZP)

70 Works in the short run but destroys trust in the long run just like formal defaults or allowing massive inflation as a soft default does.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:37 PM (E4rtv)

Energy prices are killing the German economy.
That’s a lot of their inflation base right there.

It’s economic & cultural suicide for many countries in Europe.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

71 *IF* leftists win...

Scoreboard:
California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Washington, Oregon

Cities: Dearborn, Hamtramck MI, Paterson NJ

...and others

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (PKL0q)

72 TEAR GAS is now being deployed.

Lead is the only answer invaders understand. France is falling.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (NnhvP)

It took an Italian, Napoleon, to save Paris and the Revolution with his "whiff of grapeshot" from the mob.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (uhVAy)

73 The most French thing is just like the tea drinking dog meme.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (Cqx++)

74 67 When the yield on 10-year government debt is over 5%, it's' time to panic.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:29 PM (2ap+
=====
Yeah that's us too.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

I lived through the early 80's and that particular claim is simply not true. What matters most is internal versus external debt--external means more money leaving the country with higher interest rates depressing the domestic economy, owed internally, it changes the distribution of who gets what but doesn't affect the economy as much.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (E4rtv)

75 I don't think we are ever going to see serious cuts in US government spending. Higher taxes are a certainty, probably including a wealth tax on billionaires. And new taxes extended to millionaires who own LLCs. And just plains millionaires. And thousandaires. And air.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:42 PM (2ap+5)

76 Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.
Posted by: weft cut-loop\

Her terms are acceptable

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (vJrRc)

77 Energy prices are killing the German economy.
That’s a lot of their inflation base right there.

It’s economic & cultural suicide for many countries in Europe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

well blowing up your source for cheap energy and attacking the people selling it to you is pretty damn stupid but the Germans did it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

78 ITS FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHOCKED BY A MOVIE ABOUT A SINGLE VIGILANTE IN THE UK EXACTING VIOLENCE ON CRIMINALS. BUT MOBS OF “STUDENTS” BURNING DOWN FRANCE IS … JUST PROTEST?

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBER at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (4KUe5)

79 Yeah, man you don't want your national finances to be so bad that you're moving towards having half your budget just for debt. Clearly something to steer away from.

Umm, ......

Posted by: joining the chorus at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (U/Byj)

80 Poor France, I imagine there are no Korean roof top shooters because weapons are tightly controlled so only the jihadis have any.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 08, 2026 05:44 PM (PV+Zw)

81 Energy prices are killing the German economy.
That’s a lot of their inflation base right there.

It’s economic & cultural suicide for many countries in Europe.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Eh, a lot of that was greenie bullshit that the Euros simply cannot admit was fraud. Like Germany shutting down its nukes and ending domestic coal use. UK with its insipid and stupid net Zero regulations, and so on. The French at least were not stupid enough to shut down their nuclear power plants. All of them though have failed to try to explore for oil and gas domestically except Norway which is an associate EU member, not full.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:44 PM (E4rtv)

82 In the Yorkshire Ripper case, someone sent a confession tape to police. These were short tapes of low quality.

UK academics could tell what village he grew up in, and moved to, with about a 5 mile accuracy based on tiny variation in how he spoke.

Surely they can identify the city of every migrant based on a few sentences. AI can probably do it seconds.

And worst case, you tell them if they can not identify home country they go to the Pacific and no one will see them again.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TvbZP)

83 Tax policy is social policy and has nothing to do with fiscal or monetary policy.

What they "bring in" is completely disconnected from what they spend.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:45 PM (RIvkX)

84 If the French had any balls, they would start press ganging the "students" into service to clean up and rebuild the shit they just destroyed. That would be a proper education.
Posted by: bob

Not sure why they'd work at all. And, I wouldn't trust the results. Open a jail some African country and send them there.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (nEUC6)

They might work if the alternative was being penned up and starved out until being deported.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (uhVAy)

85 The German to French bonds might not be apples to apples for debt worthiness. There's something funky with the German bonds. My best understanding, which is even shakier than usual here, is that there is some legal requirements for the purchase of the bonds as reserves for insurance/banking companies.

The Germans ran bonds with negative yields. Nobody buys that without being compelled to.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (r7+Q7)

86 All this is, obviously, Trump's fault.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (XMwZJ)

87 I don't understand why they cut downt that tree. That's new, amirite?

--------

"HURRRR DURRRR I have a 68 IQ, and I love destroying shit and this tree is not a Muslim tree DUHHHHH it's a French tree DURRRR I'll steal a French chainsaw and cut the tree HURRRR now pay my jizya infidel, this is the only kind of work I will ever do DERRRRP."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice, the Arab Whisperer at October 08, 2026 05:47 PM (BI5O2)

88 "Nandini Gupta @yoursnandieni
As America is suspending H-1B programs for many Indians, we Indians should ban the use of American apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram so that America faces a huge economic downfall and then let America beg all Indians to come back. America will regret doing this.
Posted by: weft cut-loop"

We should be so lucky. The destruction of social media could be one of the best things to happen to this country.

Posted by: Ripley at October 08, 2026 05:47 PM (PTDkx)

89 You're full of shit. Dave in Florida level of full of shit.
Posted by: Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (6B9qW)
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Genius level discourse right there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

90 Surely they can identify the city of every migrant based on a few sentences. AI can probably do it seconds.

And worst case, you tell them if they can not identify home country they go to the Pacific and no one will see them again.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:45 PM (TvbZP)

Why should I care? Let countries bid on who gets them to jail them for us. We are all globalists now, right. Lets take back the factories and export prisoners.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (uhVAy)

91 the Algerians chanted "Suitcase or Coffin" at the French in the 50's and 60's.
Let the French chant it back today.

La Valise ou le Cercueil

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

92 Listening to the MA gubernatorial debate. Less than 15 minutes in and Healey has mentioned Trump 16 times.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (GfgtS)

93 Boy, at this rate, they won't be able to afford maintaining their nukes, let alone keep them secure.

Time to mount another Operation Sapphire.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 05:49 PM (iIyc0)

94 And this is different from the BLM riots how, exactly?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (FyeA3)

95 That video of the couple sitting at the table drinking their wine while a fire burns down the street really says it all.

It is the forever meme incarnate:

“Everything is fine.”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

96 94 the Algerians chanted "Suitcase or Coffin" at the French in the 50's and 60's.
Let the French chant it back today.

La Valise ou le Cercueil
Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)

You saw the wine sippers and the soy couple in the video, right?

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Gqar8)

97 Why should I care? Let countries bid on who gets them to jail them for us. We are all globalists now, right. Lets take back the factories and export prisoners.
Posted by: Oldcat

I don't want to pay anyone to take back their trash.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (TvbZP)

98 That video of couple drinking wine while caos is going on is surreal

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (Ia/+0)

99 The US won’t get off easy but the EU, and other countries don’t have it so good, looking at you Canada and Japan.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

__________________________

Last week the Canadian press was highlighting Canada's Mark Carney visiting (and meeting specifically) with Macron, and the jist of the press was that the two countries were teaming up against the US. There were no clarification as to how they propose to accomplish any substantive action....both countries have gutted their industry sector in the name of CLIMATE, and are beholden to assembly type manufacturing piece meal from China. It was amusing.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

100 92 You're full of shit. Dave in Florida level of full of shit.
Posted by: Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (6B9qW)
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Genius level discourse right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

It'll do in a pinch. I'll give it 4 out of 5 Karens.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (FyeA3)

101 The German to French bonds might not be apples to apples for debt worthiness. There's something funky with the German bonds. My best understanding, which is even shakier than usual here, is that there is some legal requirements for the purchase of the bonds as reserves for insurance/banking companies.

The Germans ran bonds with negative yields. Nobody buys that without being compelled to.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (r7+Q7)

The Germans had a huge crisis with mortgage fraud but instead of what we did by letting some banks fail and jailing a few peeps, they papered it over and hid the fact that their actual assets are fraudulent. This makes them desperate to hang on to the actual assets too, like the Belgian banks clinging to the 300 billion Russian money they froze years ago. The EU wants to steal it, the banks need to keep it to save the house of cards for the moment.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:51 PM (uhVAy)

102 The U.S. can still make some spending cuts and grow our way out of a debt crisis.

The EU is low growth, high tax, high government spending, and a PITA to deal with.

The US won’t get off easy but the EU, and other countries don’t have it so good, looking at you Canada and Japan.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM

Sorry but that ain't ever gonna happen. In less than 5 years social security goes "bankrupt" and every single person drawing a SS check will have to take at least a 10% haircut and those people vote in huge numbers. The only way to avoid that is to increase deficit spending even more which is what will happen.

Realistic projections have SS, medicare/medicaid and interest on the debt consuming 100% of all federal tax revenues before 2032 with that growth at least doubling every 10 years.

We ain't growing our way out of this mess.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (I43vL)

103 You're full of shit. Dave in Florida level of full of shit.
Posted by: Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:46 PM (6B9qW)
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Genius level discourse right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

It'll do in a pinch. I'll give it 4 out of 5 Karens.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (FyeA3)
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I leared so much from his comment.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)

104 The French people, even if they could be aroused to take direct action, are pretty thoroughly disarmed I believe, like all of the Western Euros.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (Gqar8)

105 France used to be the best in the world at water cannons and riot control. I understand that can't happen in the US because Bull Connor got Elijah Cummings shoes wet at the Pettus Bridge in Sel-muh, but what is the French excuse this time?

Posted by: American-LaFrance, FTW! at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (EdP2u)

106 "They are not citizens in any meaningful sense, but an unassimilated third world horde, unemployable and ultimately ungovernable."

The only solution is to open immigration further so that the ratio of potential doctors and engineers exceeds the number of potential reprobates.

Posted by: EU, Brussels Division at October 08, 2026 05:53 PM (oji8u)

107 Leftists dragged France into tje sewers, they can get themselves out.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 05:53 PM (Ia/+0)

108 Last week the Canadian press was highlighting Canada's Mark Carney visiting (and meeting specifically) with Macron, and the jist of the press was that the two countries were teaming up against the US. There were no clarification as to how they propose to accomplish any substantive action....both countries have gutted their industry sector in the name of CLIMATE, and are beholden to assembly type manufacturing piece meal from China. It was amusing.
Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (dIske)

Trump just made an offhand remark that if Canada joined the EU then the EU inherits Canada's 50 pct tariffs. And possibly worse because of the Monroe Doctrine.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:53 PM (uhVAy)

109 We ain't growing our way out of this mess.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (I43vL)
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All a y'all need to start earning more.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:53 PM (RIvkX)

110 That's another thing Trump needs to do -- start emptying out our prisons of all foreign born inmates (denaturalize if necessary).

If the border is tight, then I would prefer if these foreign murderers and rapists and thieves were just deported. Tell the foreign country what their sentence is and let them decide what to do with them. I just don't care as long as it does not cost us anything and they are not on US soil.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:54 PM (TvbZP)

111 That video of the couple sitting at the table drinking their wine while a fire burns down the street really says it all.

It is the forever meme incarnate:

“Everything is fine.”
Posted by: SpeakingOf
___________

Look at the first couple of replies on X. The first one is a gem.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (JzUSu)

112 The Germans had a huge crisis with mortgage fraud but instead of what we did by letting some banks fail and jailing a few peeps, they papered it over and hid the fact that their actual assets are fraudulent. This makes them desperate to hang on to the actual assets too, like the Belgian banks clinging to the 300 billion Russian money they froze years ago. The EU wants to steal it, the banks need to keep it to save the house of cards for the moment.
Posted by: Oldcat
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They collaborated to remove Orban because he was blocking the EU from issuing bonds bearing interest based on the frozen Russian assets.

If I was a US international company, I would be wary of this shit myself. They already, in the case of Cyprus, basically took money from depositors in those banks (often Russian) to 'bail in' the bank from losses from imprudent lending. Been floated around as a general rule for money kept in the EU by savers to temporarily save the EU from financial crises.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

113 I used to date a Serb. She and her mother were Christian, but the dad was a (largely nonpracticing) Muslim. So pretty much the cream of the Muslim crop.

Their family had a big blowout fight when the Muslim family came to visit.

It started when, after asking nicely several times, my girlfriend and her mom flipped out on them: "This is America, dammit, and you will use toilet paper in this home and stop washing your disgusting, shit covered hands in our sink!!!"

At which point they turned on the dad and started berating him about raising Christian whores with no respect for the old ways and blah blah blah.

Sorry, but you're never going to assimilate large populations of these *ahem* people. They will literally just smear shit everywhere.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

114 It was never about students. Students are just the vehicle.to launch this revolution.
Meanwhile there are approximately 13 million French folk who own weapons. Better get them cleaned up mon amis.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (2WIwB)

115 97 And this is different from the BLM riots how, exactly?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (FyeA3)

As bad as 2020 was, and it was bad - burned down a police station, went on for months - I don’t remember kids throwing bombs into their schools or hoodlums firing aerosol flamethrowers at people’s faces.

This riot has some added North African flavor which can get a little more spicy than our fiery but mostly peaceful lootfests.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (6ydKt)

116 Posted by: Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:51 PM (6B9qW)

You seem nice.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (dCMJG)

117 BEN ROETHLISBER gets it.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (XMwZJ)

118 Today's stupid comment...

If Napoleon were alive today ...

"He would be rolling over in his grave" !!!!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 08, 2026 05:56 PM (jGtoG)

119 The three economic pillars of the Euro are Germany, France and Italy. There are no other major players that can shoulder the Euro, and all three are at the rope's end financially.
Germany is looking at de-industrialization, France is looking at a bond and financial crisis, and Italy has PM Meloni talking to the US about a bilateral trade agreement. The Euro does not have sufficient value in it to support it as a straight fiat currency, and there really is not enough ability to satisfy anyone that the Euro based bonds are worth taking a risk on since there may not be any ability to pay them back except in inflationary Euros maybe. No matter how much everyone likes using Euros for foreign exchange, it is looking risky to hold those .

the bad news is that they hold a lot of US Treasuries and bonds, and will probably start dumping them for things like buying diesel, so the Treasury auctions will be depressed which will look like an economic failure. The good news is that the Treasury will be buying them back at a discount, possibly wiping out US debt.

Maybe if France defaults, this time we can ask them to occupy Iran for us.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 05:57 PM (rbvCR)

120 CNN reporting that these are "MOSTLY PEACEFUL' Riots and building burnings ....

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 08, 2026 05:58 PM (jGtoG)

121 ***France now pays more to borrow than Italy and Greece, two countries that sat at the centre of that crisis.
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The Mediterranean is a strategic area for Europe, and Italy will continue to work to bring it back increasingly to the centre of European policies and priorities
_Giorgia Meloni

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 05:58 PM (nqf1u)

122 I leared so much from his comment.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:58 PM (FyeA3)

123 Heh. I am amused.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)

124 Great place for making friends, the HQ, yes?

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:59 PM (Gqar8)

125 This is the point at which you begin slitting throats.

Because if you don’t, you no longer have a country.

They see a lack of firm response as weakness.

There is no penalty for their behavior.

Posted by: That Guy at October 08, 2026 05:59 PM (c7nOQ)

126 French Riot participants: "We are protesting to acquire more funds for education."

Someone with multiple brain cells: "And, what if they don't provide them."

French Riot Participants: "THEN, we'll burn down more schools."

Someone with multiple brain cells: "Education funds pay for those schools."

French Riot Participants: ...

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (dIske)

127 Trump Rules Out Iran Attacks Before Midterms..

This means he is going Hammer the Ragheads very soon....

Whatever Trump says always translates into the opposite...

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (2WXOn)

128 At which point they turned on the dad and started berating him about raising Christian whores with no respect for the old ways and blah blah blah.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Twitter is funny -- One day you see a bunch of shitskins ridiculing the West for not using their hands to wipe their asses, and the next day the same bunch of shitskins saying we don't use our hands to eat because our food sucks.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (TvbZP)

129 Great place for making friends, the HQ, yes?
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:59 PM

I'm mot your friend, buddy!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (GfgtS)

130 Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:57 PM (6B9qW)
~~~~~

You walked in here looking for a fight.

Best to be ignored.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (3ImbR)

131

He's back. I knew I smelled something.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (/QHx4)

132 ^***You're destroying the very communities you live in, leaving ordinary people to pick up the pieces and pay the price.
----

It will continue until ordinary people become extraordinary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (nqf1u)

133 If I was a US international company, I would be wary of this shit myself. They already, in the case of Cyprus, basically took money from depositors in those banks (often Russian) to 'bail in' the bank from losses from imprudent lending. Been floated around as a general rule for money kept in the EU by savers to temporarily save the EU from financial crises.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (E4rtv)

Stealing Russian assets and trying to liquidate them was a blunder, because plenty of people abroad who stash money in foreign banks for a "rainy day" at home suddenly found out the EU could pull out the carpet on them. So these kind of accounts started leaving for safer shores.

But the problem behind the problem is that EU-socialism was always robbing Peter to save Paul, making your system weaker over time. What happens when Peter and Paul are both equally sickly? What happens when you have a hundred administrators managing Peter to Paul payments instead of one?

At some point, Reality reasserts itself.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)

134 So France is finally joining the 21st Century with its own Quality Learing Centers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:01 PM (qlLNh)

135 Cummings shoes wet at the Pettus Bridge in Sel-muh, but what is the French excuse this time?
Posted by: American-LaFrance, FTW! at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (EdP2u)

The Police hired a bunch of Algerians and Moroccans probably.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:01 PM (6ydKt)

136 Democrats: You know what's deflationary? Taxes!

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (2ap+5)

137 Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 05:57 PM (6B9qW)
~~~~~

You walked in here looking for a fight.

Best to be ignored.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (3ImbR)

Good gravy, he's made an Irish a peacemaker and everything.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

138 114 That's another thing Trump needs to do -- start emptying out our prisons of all foreign born inmates (denaturalize if necessary).

If the border is tight, then I would prefer if these foreign murderers and rapists and thieves were just deported. Tell the foreign country what their sentence is and let them decide what to do with them. I just don't care as long as it does not cost us anything and they are not on US soil.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:54 PM (TvbZP)

The border is and never will be that tight.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (82QJ1)

139 So France is finally joining the 21st Century with its own Quality Learing Centers?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:01 PM (qlLNh)

You have to say that in French by law.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

140 Always look on the bright side of life!!

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:03 PM (Gqar8)

141 Passing Corsicana! Hi Ben Had!!

Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 06:03 PM (bwwpJ)

142 The border is and never will be that tight.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (82QJ1)

Sure but if the dude shows up in-country, you have a discussion with the dudes in his capital instead of just him.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:04 PM (uhVAy)

143 Ben Had lives in Corsica??

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:04 PM (Gqar8)

144 I guess it's time for Vikings to invade France and the UK again?

Maybe chase the barbarians back to their homeland?

Where are the men of England and the EU? I'm too lazy to look for the Where Are the Men of England song.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:04 PM (hzuYO)

145 Students is another word for taliban.

Posted by: PG at October 08, 2026 06:04 PM (DIADF)

146 > 139 When the wife bounces the second check ?

That's where we are at. That's where Western Civ is at.
Posted by: Inconvenient History at October 08, 2026 06:01 PM (6B9qW)

You don't go writin' hot checks,
Down in Western Civvy...

https://tinyurl.com/yczdc9bd

Posted by: Johnny and Waylon at October 08, 2026 06:04 PM (qlLNh)

147 Debt is not good but not the existential crisis most people think it is. It ends with either an inflationary spiral or a formal default. Both have consequences as austerity does usually for about a decade or so of slow to no growth because people don't lend to government for awhile. Argentina is an example with multiple defaults--when it did borrow after a default, then it had to pay higher interest rates and the refusal to cut spending led to virtually no external funds flowing into Argentina for awhile and assets being seized abroad to pay for them. Got more examples if you want them of 'austerity' and countries including the UK post WWII when it was broke.

Want do some reading history try This Time It's Different, by Carmines and Rogoff. About one thousand years of economic tomfoolery of the nations. Both are noted economic historians but my guess is you would rather bitch and whine than actually read something.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

148 ITS FUNNY BECAUSE IT’S ONLY BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SHOCKED BY A MOVIE ABOUT A SINGLE VIGILANTE IN THE UK EXACTING VIOLENCE ON CRIMINALS. BUT MOBS OF “STUDENTS” BURNING DOWN FRANCE IS … JUST PROTEST?
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBER at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (4KUe5)

I streamed and downloaded it when it was being shown on X (thankyou, Elon!). Burned a few DVDs for friends who of my political persuasion. They're reaction was, "if only".

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (hmYU4)

149 Trump Rules Out Iran Attacks Before Midterms..

This means he is going Hammer the Ragheads very soon....

Whatever Trump says always translates into the opposite...
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (2WXOn)

So the Arab states, or Israel, can hit them. Lol.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)

150 Oh, l see that the man of many handles is back with a new one. How inconvenient for us. LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (JrHfD)

151 This has been in planning for a very long time. France is in some deep shit and civil war is very likely.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (2WIwB)

152 Have we gotten from Talefreako's Mom yet on his flu?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:06 PM (2GVsD)

153 Reading is worse than math

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 06:06 PM (2ap+5)

154 Frak

Have we gotten a note from his Mom? Has she chekced her basement?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:07 PM (2GVsD)

155 Does anyone know if the "Gay Pride Day" Parade in Yemen today is still on ???

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:07 PM (973Ju)

156 Want do some reading history try This Time It's Different, by Carmines and Rogoff. About one thousand years of economic tomfoolery of the nations. Both are noted economic historians but my guess is you would rather bitch and whine than actually read something.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)

Yes financial games in South America cooled down a lot when they were forced to pin their money to real dollars. Of course, that let us play more games with the dollar.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)

157 How much of France is now a No-Go Zone? 'Cause this has been building for a looong time.

And Britain might be even worse. Their government has seemingly and largely behaved as proxies for most street violence. They just skipped over street action and said, "Don't trouble yourselves, Mob. We'll take care of this."

And Merkel's legacy will be that she was the horse that escorted all the Trojans into the castles.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (oji8u)

158 Good gravy, he's made an Irish a peacemaker and everything.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)
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You talking to me? You talking to me? I mean who the hell else you talking to? You talking to me? Well I'm the only one here.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (3ImbR)

159 Does anyone know if the "Gay Pride Day" Parade in Yemen today is still on ???
Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:07 PM (973Ju)

Pride goeth before a fall in Yemen.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

160 152 Have we gotten from Talefreako's Mom yet on his flu?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:06 PM (2GVsD)

Ironically, just read about sexually transmitted diarrhea having become a Thing.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar8)

161 > That's another thing Trump needs to do -- start emptying out our prisons of all foreign born inmates (denaturalize if necessary).
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We need moar executions. Daily.

Like, maybe a dedicated channel. No PPV. There's a reason we have GOTV.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (RORbl)

162 Isn't it a little late in the day to be pissing in Cornflakes?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (t9883)

163 > You have to say that in French by law.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (uhVAy)

Centre d'apprentissag de qualité?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (qlLNh)

164 159 Does anyone know if the "Gay Pride Day" Parade in Yemen today is still on ???
Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:07 PM (973Ju)

Pride goeth before a fall in Yemen.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

Heh.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (Gqar8)

165 You talking to me? You talking to me? I mean who the hell else you talking to? You talking to me? Well I'm the only one here.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (3ImbR)

Aw have a pint on me. My lineage has Irish, German, Swedish and English so I am at war internally for the last 1300 years or so.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)

166 It is only a cold sore and not HIV....... I hope ....

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:10 PM (973Ju)

167 Sorry Talarico, the Gay Pride Parade on Yemen was cancelled. They fired all their gays at Saudi Arabia

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 06:10 PM (t9883)

168 You know what a good plan is? Bringing in millions of third-world savages who don't respect WORK, women, beauty, community, animal assholes, or any real Western value.

That was a good plan.

FU EU.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (iOpI2)

169 If you've lived through 10% inflation and 15% long bond it's hard to get exercised about 5% anything.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (RIvkX)

170 So, what did Maceon say when he addressed the nation?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (JrHfD)

171 131

He's back. I knew I smelled something.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 06:00 PM (/QHx4)

He really can't help himself. He is, after all, the smartest person in the room. Just ask him. He will tell you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (FyeA3)

172 >
Ironically, just read about sexually transmitted diarrhea having become a Thing.
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar

I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the actual mechanism by which this is spread.

In some cases, ignorance is good.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (qlLNh)

173 Sexually transmitted diarrhea?

A new Oregon Trails game that starts in 2024 San Francisco?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (2GVsD)

174 170 So, what did Maceon say when he addressed the nation?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (JrHfD)

Apres moi, le deluge, I think.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)

175 129 Great place for making friends, the HQ, yes?
Posted by: tubal
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I am used to a far higher level of insults when I submitted papers for peer review or at conferences. I don't get riled much about it.

But simply most of the macroeconomics I learned including Chicago and Vienna schools as well as Keynesian and Marxist, are not borne out in reality. Microeconomics is pretty much a science which relies on price as its key foundation. Macro depends on what assumptions you make about what is good, bad, etc. and then you see the real world makes a pig's breakfast over assertions from a model because your model is underspecified (doesn't include all relevant variables). Tariffs are a perfect example. Taxes are another, so is borrowing, GDP, national debt, inflation, etc.

We can find little truths but there is no big truth that we can trust even analyzing a domestic economy; it gets far worse when we bring in a multiplicity of other foreign actors into the equation.

So no, simple thoughts don't make for reality.

And fwiw, Dave in Florida was not wrong but the Democrat fraud was so massive that it made him look wrong in 2020. I was right there when that happened.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)

176
Genius level discourse right there.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:48 PM (RIvkX)

It'll do in a pinch. I'll give it 4 out of 5 Karens.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 05:50 PM (FyeA3)
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I leared so much from his comment.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (RIvkX)
*************
I don't know wut is going on anymore.

I have a sinus in an uproar that's ticking me off so badly I'm going to take a hot shower, inhale steam, plus a violent warm salt water rinse. Then I am going to drink the dreaded (by my dude) warm cure of chopped garlic in V8. It works. He also complains of me reeking of garlic and you can see how much I care.

I would almost rather have STD dire rear at this point than a future sinus infection headache.

Note: I will never have STD diarrhea, no worries. This is how much I hate a sinus infection.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (hzuYO)

177 172 >
Ironically, just read about sexually transmitted diarrhea having become a Thing.
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar

I'm pretty sure I don't want to know the actual mechanism by which this is spread.

In some cases, ignorance is good.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (qlLNh)

Yeah, trust me, you don’t.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (Gqar8)

178 They are destroying these communities because it is not their community. They have no connection to it. In fact, I’m guessing there’s a lot of unconscious resentment of the people and structures of these communities because they know they could never build or maintain them themselves.

They come from sh$tholes, only know how to live in sh$tholes, so why should the French (Brits, Aussies, Americans, et al) get to live in something better? They hate westerners and want to drag them down. That’s why they cut down the trees, burn the schools: you can’t have anything nice because we can’t build anything nice! LIB, we can survive in squalor, Frenchies.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (4KUe5)

179 Ironically, just read about sexually transmitted diarrhea having become a Thing.
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar

Well, thank you for sharing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (FyeA3)

180 The most French thing I’ve ever seen

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"Welcome to the 'Mostly Peaceful' Sidewalk Cafe! It's Happy Hour and the Molotov Cocktails are half-price ..."

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (SgYCn)

181 Charles Martell and Marquis de Lafayette are not around to save France, just like George Washington is not here to save us. Besides, islam is too big a problem in their native regions, they should never have been allowed into civilized countries.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (LHPAg)

182 And fwiw, Dave in Florida was not wrong but the Democrat fraud was so massive that it made him look wrong in 2020. I was right there when that happened.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (+gK6I)

183 I saw Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea open for the Vomit Pigs in a punk club in Austin back in '81.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (qlLNh)

184 They are destroying these communities because it is not their community. They have no connection to it. In fact, I’m guessing there’s a lot of unconscious resentment of the people and structures of these communities because they know they could never build or maintain them themselves.

They come from sh$tholes, only know how to live in sh$tholes, so why should the French (Brits, Aussies, Americans, et al) get to live in something better? They hate westerners and want to drag them down. That’s why they cut down the trees, burn the schools: you can’t have anything nice because we can’t build anything nice! LIB, we can survive in squalor, Frenchies.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (4KUe5)

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Satan is often disguised as a Green-Eyed Monster ...

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 06:14 PM (SgYCn)

185 Was O'Rourke on guitar for the Vomit Pigs?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)

186 You know what a good plan is? Bringing in millions of third-world savages who don't respect WORK, women, beauty, community, animal assholes, or any real Western value.

That was a good plan.

FU EU.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 06:11 PM (iOpI2)

Well considering that good many EU member states thought a proxy war in Russia was a good idea despite them having tried it themselves many times and lost, it isn't so surprising that their economic ideas are rubbish.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (uhVAy)

187 > And fwiw, Dave in Florida was not wrong but the Democrat fraud was so massive that it made him look wrong in 2020.

100%.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (qlLNh)

188 178 They are destroying these communities because it is not their community. They have no connection to it. In fact, I’m guessing there’s a lot of unconscious resentment of the people and structures of these communities because they know they could never build or maintain them themselves.

They come from sh$tholes, only know how to live in sh$tholes, so why should the French (Brits, Aussies, Americans, et al) get to live in something better? They hate westerners and want to drag them down. That’s why they cut down the trees, burn the schools: you can’t have anything nice because we can’t build anything nice! LIB, we can survive in squalor, Frenchies.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 06:13 PM (4KUe5)
That's it in a nutshell.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (LHPAg)

189 Yes financial games in South America cooled down a lot when they were forced to pin their money to real dollars. Of course, that let us play more games with the dollar.
Posted by: Oldcat

Financial crises are not pleasant to work through. But what is worse is a civil war caused by it. Arguably the French Revolution was caused by the French state buckling under the cost of the American Revolution worldwide for them and the French and Indian War before that.

When the state cannot bribe the gimmedats, then the gimmedats get frisky.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)

190 Do you get Brie or Chambert with the Molotov Cocktail?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (2GVsD)

191 Sorry, but you're never going to assimilate large populations of these *ahem* people. They will literally just smear shit everywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

The apartment living room scene in a certain movie comes to mind.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 06:16 PM (hmYU4)

192 > 185 Was O'Rourke on guitar for the Vomit Pigs?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)

They would've kicked Beatoff's ass and torn off his dress.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 06:16 PM (qlLNh)

193 Camembert, yeah that's it

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (2GVsD)

194 This demand comes at a very bad time. Because France's dysfunctional government is made up of alleged "centrists" and even some "conservatives" in a coalition with socialists and communists, no one can agree on a budget.

So they just keep borrowing money, growing the deficit more and more.

—

Is this about France or AneriKa?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (T+9ay)

195 190 Do you get Brie or Chambert with the Molotov Cocktail?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:15 PM (2GVsD)

Roquefort. Should be something sorta rotten to fit right in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (FyeA3)

196 Argentina always has had a determination to follow through on the social welfare side of things, since that was Peron's path to stability, and a way for the Kirchners to stay in power -- I think it also had to do with a lot of very dedicated Italian unionists and anarchists immigrating in the late 1800's due to oppression in Italy about then and they colored the economics quite a bit. After the hyperinflation they pegged the peso to the US Dollar, and got bogged down because they couldn't afford the social welfare they promised.
Social welfare bought votes, bought participation, and was always a ready source of corruption. One of the things Milei has done is push the price of social services back onto the provincial governments when he couldn't cut them completely, and this makes counting centavos important. I believe that Minister of Public Security Patricia Bullrich is also quite focused on stomping out corruption. This was not focused on last time, and it is why they had to drop the peg

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (rbvCR)

197 Then I am going to drink the dreaded (by my dude) warm cure of chopped garlic in V8. It works. He also complains of me reeking of garlic and you can see how much I care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:12 PM (hzuYO)

I always liked V8 especially the peppery one.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (uhVAy)

198 Geez, my YouTube feed is full of Malfoid stuff. Even the Koreans are getting into making anime of Malfoid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:19 PM (2GVsD)

199 Well, Christy, at least you won’t be pestered by Vampires!

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 06:19 PM (Gqar8)

200 When you drone on and on about playing straight in a rigged game ? That makes you wrong.

Dave's first assumptions were wrong. He wouldn't see that the game was rigged. He was ... wrong.
Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 08, 2026 06:18 PM (UsXdl)

You know what else is wrong? Being the only asshole in the room. When everyone else is wrong, you might want to look in a mirror.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 06:20 PM (FyeA3)

201 200 Geez, my YouTube feed is full of Malfoid stuff. Even the Koreans are getting into making anime of Malfoid.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:19 PM (2GVsD

Malfoy ? From Harry Potter ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:20 PM (+gK6I)

202 One of the things Milei has done is push the price of social services back onto the provincial governments when he couldn't cut them completely, and this makes counting centavos important. I believe that Minister of Public Security Patricia Bullrich is also quite focused on stomping out corruption. This was not focused on last time, and it is why they had to drop the peg
Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (rbvCR)

Milei's secret was actually firing chunks of the dead weight infesting the government there. Social services is one thing, paying thousands of ticks to suck your life blood is another.

This is a lesson the EU will never learn, because they are 100 percent ticks. Member states might have a chance, if the EU would let them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)

203 191 Sorry, but you're never going to assimilate large populations of these *ahem* people. They will literally just smear shit everywhere.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 05:55 PM (BI5O2)

The apartment living room scene in a certain movie comes to mind.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 06:16 PM (hmYU4)

Feral Scheisse Maidens VII: Doo Doo Butter Purgatory?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 06:21 PM (82QJ1)

204 Donna

5-minute AI film of Malfoid and Harry Potter

https://youtu.be/6tCVsS8X6mU

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:21 PM (2GVsD)

205 welp you have to appreciate the tolerance they maintain as their shit gets destroyed

Posted by: DanMan at October 08, 2026 06:22 PM (8uzBS)

206 Posted by: Spoiler Alert at October 08, 2026 06:18 PM (UsXdl)

I'm guessing that when you go to a bar with friends you always sit at an empty table.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 08, 2026 06:22 PM (dCMJG)

207 In a letter to colleagues this week, staff at the Chicago library said they were organizing a union due to the institute’s ‘increasing workloads’ and benefit rollbacks.

Translation:
Show up on time
Work
Stay till closing

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 06:22 PM (/+uur)

208 200 Geez, my YouTube feed is full of Malfoid stuff. Even the Koreans are getting into making anime of Malfoid.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:19 PM (2GVsD

Malfoy ? From Harry Potter ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:20 PM (+gK6I)

Its a gender bend trend - making a cute anime girl version of Malfoy. Like the Brits adopting the government scold evil Amelia as a heroine for the English.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:22 PM (uhVAy)

209 Aw have a pint on me. My lineage has Irish, German, Swedish and English so I am at war internally for the last 1300 years or so.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
~~~~~

That wasn't me; that was the Taxi Driver.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 08, 2026 06:22 PM (3ImbR)

210 Chocolate Jesus is out campaigning and saying that Trump is all about promoting himself as the Savior...

Trump credits others for a good job..

Look in the mirror Mr. Soetoro and you will see whom is in love with himself ....

Mr. Soetoro always says I and Trump says We ....

Jus Sayin ...........

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:23 PM (jGtoG)

211 This demand comes at a very bad time. Because France's dysfunctional government is made up of alleged "centrists" and even some "conservatives" in a coalition with socialists and communists, no one can agree on a budget.

So they just keep borrowing money, growing the deficit more and more.

—

Is this about France or AneriKa?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 06:17 PM (T+9ay)

France's government is just "anybody we can collude with to keep out the right wing" and has been for a decade. Macron himself was created by that.

Same with England, and even Germany has been losing election after election by the 'big parties' in rotation to keep anyone who will fix things out of power for probably more than 10 years.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (uhVAy)

212 Talarico is gone
Gone ass gone
Gone Girl gone
AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (/+uur)

213 Translation:
Show up on time
Work
Stay till closing
Posted by: r hennigantx

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From an organization named after Obama.

Irony that thick has its own gravity.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (4HoLg)

214 Toss foreign criminals out they will come right back

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

215 Chocolate Jesus is out campaigning and saying that Trump is all about promoting himself as the Savior...

Trump credits others for a good job..

Look in the mirror Mr. Soetoro and you will see whom is in love with himself ....

Mr. Soetoro always says I and Trump says We ....

Jus Sayin ...........
Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 06:23 PM (jGtoG)

Not sure religious blasphemy accusations are going to swing anyone against Trump.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (uhVAy)

216 Milei's secret was actually firing chunks of the dead weight infesting the government there. Social services is one thing, paying thousands of ticks to suck your life blood is another.

This is a lesson the EU will never learn, because they are 100 percent ticks. Member states might have a chance, if the EU would let them.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:21 PM (uhVAy)

Milei also seeded the ideas of it by talking publicly about the economics for near on 20 years, and the Argentines had gone through so many economic cycles they were tired of them. Argentina has not had a 30 year bond go through to maturity since 1890, and they were facing a hyperinflation again. It helps that he is an outsider and gathered a very talented team to be his cabinet. I have no idea if there is that level of talent in any EU state anymore.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

217 The only right answer to these things is a set of barked out commands...

All ranks lock and load 1 beanbag round!
All ranks, live ammo to the ready!
Front rank kneel!
Volley fire on my command!
To the ready!
Aim!
Fire!

All ranks load live ammo!
Rear rank, advance through!
etc....

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (kU0PQ)

218 Toss foreign criminals out they will come right back
Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

Not if we toss them in a foreign jail.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (uhVAy)

219 Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 06:21 PM (2GVsD)

Thanks....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 06:28 PM (+gK6I)

220 I have no idea if there is that level of talent in any EU state anymore.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)

Well not in "serious" circles. EU groupthink is strong, no matter how dumb the results. Consequences? what are those?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)

221
well blowing up your source for cheap energy and attacking the people selling it to you is pretty damn stupid but the Germans did it.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:43 PM (uhVAy)

Aug 1914, Germany's biggest trade partners, in order:

British Empire
Russia
USA
Austria-Hungary
France
Italy

And they went to war with half of them that month. By 1917 they were at war with 5 of these 6 countries.

Plus ca change and all that shit.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 06:30 PM (y9nCu)

222 @212 Talarico is gone
Gone ass gone
Gone Girl gone
AMF
Yeah, but he shows up constantly in gay ass annoying ads when streaming Youtube on my TV. I block the ad, but it just shows up again in a few minutes.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at October 08, 2026 06:34 PM (XMwZJ)

223 In a letter to colleagues this week, staff at the Chicago library said they were organizing a union due to the institute’s ‘increasing workloads’ and benefit rollbacks.

-

Working while getting paid by tax payers is a hate crime.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 06:35 PM (T+9ay)

224 The only right answer to these things is a set of barked out commands...

All ranks lock and load 1 beanbag round!
All ranks, live ammo to the ready!
Front rank kneel!
Volley fire on my command!
To the ready!
Aim!
Fire!

All ranks load live ammo!
Rear rank, advance through!
etc....
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM

Followed by

Fire mission!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 06:37 PM (GfgtS)

225 Not sure I trust foreign jails

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)

226 The only right answer to these things is a set of barked out commands...

All ranks lock and load 1 beanbag round!
All ranks, live ammo to the ready!
Front rank kneel!
Volley fire on my command!
To the ready!
Aim!
Fire!

All ranks load live ammo!
Rear rank, advance through!
etc....
Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 06:27 PM (kU0PQ)

There is a beauty to volley fire.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 06:42 PM (2WIwB)

227 Rorke's Drift.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 06:45 PM (LHPAg)

228 There is a beauty to volley fire.
Posted by: Diogenes

I have a No. 1 Mk 3 and a P14 with Volley Sights. The Brits dropped them finally in 1916 to simplify manufacturing.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

229 Yeah, but he shows up constantly in gay ass annoying ads when streaming Youtube on my TV. I block the ad, but it just shows up again in a few minutes.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
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To talafreako, your ass chapping is part of the kink of rough trade.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

230 Sorry but that ain't ever gonna happen. In less than 5 years social security goes "bankrupt" and every single person drawing a SS check will have to take at least a 10% haircut and those people vote in huge numbers. The only way to avoid that is to increase deficit spending even more which is what will happen.

Realistic projections have SS, medicare/medicaid and interest on the debt consuming 100% of all federal tax revenues before 2032 with that growth at least doubling every 10 years.

We ain't growing our way out of this mess.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 05:52 PM (I43vL)
==
SS is not going bankrupt. Just stop. It's self financed, and yes they have robbed it blind, but itself is not risking insolvency. Medicare? Yeah, you got me there, its totally fucked.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 08, 2026 10:25 PM (8uHt+)

Cornell Sexual Assault Survivor: This Whore Sodomized Me While I Was Too Drunk to Consent

By "sodomized," he means she gave him a blow-jay while he was drunk and passing in and out of sleep. Therefore, by the credibly-accused rapist's own argument, he was unable to consent to such an act and she raped him by mouth.

And this is not a sex act you can force on someone except through actual force -- holding a knife to their neck, for example. Which is not what she claims happened. She claims she had just been too drunk to give "real" consent.

And oral sodomy is an act, I'm told, which requires considerable effort and seems unlikely to be performed by someone too drunk to even form the mental state of consent.

Why is there no justice for this sexual assault survivor?

'Cornell 7' frat bro claimed accuser 'sodomized' him and that school didn't care he was sex-assault 'survivor:' report

The frat brother at the center of the "Cornell 7" gang-rape allegations claimed to campus officials that the accuser "sodomized" him -- and complained nobody cared he was a sex-assault "survivor," an explosive new report says.
...
Ingalls -- the Chi Phi brother who the accuser said sparked her alleged 2024 gang rape -- wrote to campus officials in a seething email that the Ivy League school was guilty of "gender discrimination" and "entrapment" as it conducted its investigation into him and six of his fraternity brothers over the alleged horror.
"You received information that I was sodomized by her while I was incapacitated back in November, and you never once thought to alert me of my rights under these procedures as a survivor of this assault?" Ingalls said in the February 2025 missive to Cornell's Title IX office and obtained by ABC.
"The very fact that I had to bring this to your attention now in February confirms my worst fears: that this process is rolled [sic] with gender discrimination," he said.
The email came three months after the woman, only identified as Jane Doe in her civil lawsuit involving the allegations, accused Ingalls of inviting her to his frat house and plying her with drugs and alcohol, then propositioning her for a three-way that quickly escalated into rounds of fraternity brothers stopping into the room to join in on the sex.
Doe insisted she was too intoxicated to consent and called the incident rape -- something she also told Campus police in 2024, about three weeks after the alleged attack.
But Ingalls was also drinking and drugging heavily that night -- with a 2024 statement from Doe describing how he kept falling asleep during the encounter before waking up to rejoin the alleged assault.
After Doe made rape claims against him, Ingalls tried to frame his own intoxication to suggest that he was the victim that night, Cornell investigative documents showed.

I mean, why isn't he?

Heather MacDonald wants to know why, if there is a fraternity house rape crisis, do women keep going to fraternity houses?

It's as if they know this whole "crisis" is made-up ideological horseshit.

"Believe survivors," the campus activists and leftist politicians admonish us.
But which "survivor" statements are we supposed to believe?
In the weeks following her alleged gang rape at a Cornell University frat house in 2024, "Jane Doe" was unequivocal: She had not been raped.
A day after the incident, she texted one of her sex partners, saying "non (sic) of the sexual stuff was illegal and honestly I really liked being with u" -- and she suggested another get-together.
The next day she texted him again, including an affectionate note: "I luv you king."
She angled herself an invitation to the annual Halloween party at the frat where she was allegedly raped.
Up to that point, Doe's statements and her behavior had been consistent: She considered herself a voluntary participant in group sex, after she'd deliberately downed 10 shots of alcohol.
After the alleged assault she solicited further contact with her rapists, considered them her friends and sought to revisit the crime scene for more partying.
For an actual rape victim, such behavior is inconceivable.
But the rumor mill was circulating: Jane Doe's sorority mentor told her that people were shaming her as a "slut."
The frat's president disinvited her from the party "for her own good."
Doe was furious.
That's when she played the assault card, nearly a month after the incident.
Yet the campus rape industry cannot tolerate Doe's earlier honest self-evaluation.
If females take full responsibility for their own behavior, the lucrative, bureaucracy-bloated grift will come crashing down.
So the college assault complex has a surefire method for erasing such moments of clarity: Don't believe those "survivor" statements.
Females are only credible as purported victims.
As NPR put it last week, a victim's initial statements "often cannot be taken at face value" because they are the product of her "trauma."
That means the only statements from a "survivor" that can be believed are statements claiming that she has been raped.
College rape allegations, in other words, are unfalsifiable: Heads the campus rape complex wins, tails the truth loses.
In fact, the seminal surveys of campus rape that jump-started the assault complex depended on this double standard.
Go back to the 1987 study that produced the fantastical statistic that up to one in four co-eds will be sexually assaulted in college.
To generate that finding, academic rape researchers did not ask "survivors" outright if they had been raped -- because doing so yielded disappointing results.
Rather, the researchers decided whether or not an alleged victim had been raped, based on her description of her (overwhelmingly consensual) sexual encounters.
When asked directly, 73% of the survey respondents whom the academics classified as victims said they had not been raped at all.
The academics chose not to believe them.
Even more damningly for the reliability of this research, 42% of the college women whom the researchers classified as sexual-assault victims went back for more sex with their putative assailants.
Again, inconceivable behavior after being subjected to the second worst crime, after murder, a female can experience.
Subsequent feminist rape studies have repeated this same discrepancy between the researchers' results and the subjects' own views.

Wow: New text drops showing "Jane Doe" was a willing participant in the orgy and was critical of those who thought she was a slut.

She says she's catching a lot of "heat" from "the Phi Phi girls" -- sorority girls were calling her a slut.

"I don't think we should feel any shame... our body our choice."

And so, the accusations began, almost a month after the event.

This is a real rape victim you guys.

New text: Two days after the alleged gang rape, head alleged gang rapist tells Jane Doe she's an "amazing person" and he and the other guys are trying to stop the nasty gossip that's been circulating. She replies: "I don't think we should feel any shame... our body our choice" https://t.co/lQJjqo6hPk
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 She's not against wild sex with multiple partners, she's against being judged for it. Well being negatively judged, if she was celebrated she'd be Bonnie Blue.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

2 Now everyone involved has to be ruined.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:26 PM (h6CE+)

3 Bonnie Blue Butler daid. Hoss broke her neck.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 08, 2026 04:27 PM (hG5L0)

4 This all gets stupider by the day. The only ones who seem sensible in this are the guys who left the room.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:28 PM (JrHfD)

5 That Rubecon guy and Trump lye and both have breath that breaks like a dead skunck.

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at October 08, 2026 04:29 PM (BlaSb)

6 Man, I'm glad I went to BYU with its Honor code about no alcohol and drugs. "You missed out on lots of fun!" Well, reading stories like this, makes me think I missed out on a whooooole heap of trouble, actually.

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (IeYnM)

7 I can feel for this poor woman because Monica Blackmailed me into letting her suck my willie..

Posted by: Bill C at October 08, 2026 04:32 PM (5U1m0)

8 'She belongs to the streets.'
-meme I see on ewetub

Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 08, 2026 04:33 PM (zZu0s)

9 Blimline socked Cloggenstein.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:33 PM (h6CE+)

10 It's just rape. I like rape.

Posted by: Bill Clinton at October 08, 2026 04:33 PM (pa/M5)

11 There was a local girl when I was in college who was known as Ten-Cent Tracy. Best I could tell, she was a nymphomaniac, or at least had some serious issues. Her behavior was like this girl, a lot, only she never cried rape. She also did the deed on a friend of mine when he was passed out.

Got to know her a little bit after college, and she seemed nice enough when she wasn't drunk and whoring with the frat boys.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 08, 2026 04:34 PM (QaH55)

12 I'd bet she was on anavar.

It's becoming more popular among women into working out, it adds muscle and dials libido up to 11.

Posted by: TITP at October 08, 2026 04:34 PM (s+b4L)

13 I am not sure Bonnie Blue or Lily Phillips are celebrated. Blue seems to have a weird kink for going after just on the edge of underage boys. The general sentiment even among the commentaries seems to be 'wtf? Bitch is creepy.'

Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

14 So, some Beta Male Part-time Homo says he was raped by a woman giving him a BJ ???

I hope that I get raped be this type of woman everyday !!

Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (jGtoG)

15 /off fish taco sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (zZu0s)

16 Lucy Craig became totes mad because her 'sisters' laying the smack down on her whore a$$. Then not getting invited to the frat Halloween party.

From Hell's heart, she scratches at thee like a Karen.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (2GVsD)

17 Cornell Sexual Assault Survivor: This Whore Sodomized Me While I Was Too Drunk to Consent
—Disinformation Expert Ace

By "sodomized," he means she gave him a blow-jay while he was drunk and passing in and out of sleep. Therefore, by the credibly-accused rapist's own argument, he was unable to consent to such an act and she raped him by mouth.

Sorry, I'm going to have to leave. I need a shower.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (Riz8t)

18 At least Bonne Blue accepts her agency in the matter.

Lucy Craig is trying to deny her agency in this matter.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:36 PM (2GVsD)

19 Good.

Saw in UK DM that someone swatted her parent's house (where I guess she's living). She probably made the phone call.

When I moved West I lived in a basement apt near campus (with 2 apt mates who were psych grad students I didn't know as arranged by the landlady). This house was basically down the street from some frat houses.

I'd be walking home from campus, about a mile, and walked in the street at times if there were frat brothers on porches. Some asking me in for a beer. I'd shake my head no and keep walking. It was as easy as that as I was no fool, even then. Naive country girl but not stupid. Why would I? There was beer in our apt and two guys (and their gf's) who were typically there when I got out of class and work.

From her text alone she was not ashamed, like a normal girl with values would be. She willingly participated and took their drugs.

I was an idiot at times in college, with a team of Guardian Angels taking turns watching over me. I was lucky but I also had morals and was not a ho. I also felt somehow my parents would find out if I was bad on top of God knowing. I was a good girl who still managed to have a lot of fun.

She is not a good girl.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 04:36 PM (hzuYO)

20 At least Bonne Blue accepts her agency in the matter.

Lucy Craig is trying to deny her agency in this matter.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:36 PM (2GVsD)

Valid. I guess? Id say they're both fucked up, just in different ways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 08, 2026 04:37 PM (zZu0s)

21 It's like you spin the mindfuck wheel everyday. Where will it land? Ketamine Krazy? Twink in catsuit? Trash compactor baby? Somali turf wars?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (h6CE+)

22 Interesting strategy. The media was aggressive at identifying the seven accused. Three of those names have gone public. But, by accusing the woman of acting without consent, will the media identify her? She, obviously, doesn't want that to happen.

Nice pressure play by someone's attorney.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (dIske)

23 Lucy Craig is trying to deny her agency in this matter.

Well, of course she is. There's no way to reconcile agency and "my body, my choice", with "I said yes, but I didn't really mean it. The boys should have known that."

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (Riz8t)

24 4 This all gets stupider by the day. The only ones who seem sensible in this are the guys who left the room.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

It gets dumber:
@mtracey
Jane Doe lawyer Thomas Giuffra was already notorious for not doing basic due diligence to check stuff in his sensational rape-alleging lawsuits. Now he's got a random Marine he tried to serve, because he happens to have the same name as a defendant, begging the Court for relief

So basically if you happen to have the name "Matt Ingalls" and you weren't anywhere near the place, you STILL got your name dragged through the mud.
I'm just happy they didn't subpoena Laura Ingalls [Wilder] too.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (sDWtc)

25 Slight correction. Actual rape is the single worst crime against women. If a woman is murdered, she really doesn't care anymore. But rape is a life sentence for the victim.

Rape is also relatively rare, and almost nonexistent in college.

But the threat of rape is always kept in mind by women, because women are typically not able to defend themselves against a larger and more determined aggressor. So, carry. There is a lot of serenity in knowing the playing field is level.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:39 PM (FyeA3)

26 Lucy Craig in a cat-suit would have bulges in the wrong places as she flexes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:39 PM (2GVsD)

27 Again her recorded police interview contradicts everything she claims in her lawsuit. Her recollection of the timeline and details of that night contradict her alleged state of intoxication .

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:39 PM (KC5Lt)

28 Willowed:

Never make admissions until your attorney tells you to do so is the rule in criminal law. Always let your attorney do any communication because it prevents it from being used against the defendant in court.

Somewhat true in civil as well. People get into trouble all the time by not keeping their mouth shut in legal affairs.
Posted by: whig

Yes, the first company that employed me as a paralegal had a training course on witnesses giving depositions in civil litigation. You answer only the question asked, and NEVER volunteer information.

One of our outside counsels once said that the perfect deposition witness was "A grunting lump."

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (77rzZ)

29 Well, of course she is. There's no way to reconcile agency and "my body, my choice", with "I said yes, but I didn't really mean it. The boys should have known that."
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (Riz8t)

Well, part of this also goes conversely to the woman thing of 'No *giggle*' and then getting pissed when you stop chasing.

Yes, I know 'ettes, my choices in women are warped.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (zZu0s)

30 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 04:36 PM (hzuYO)

I always turned down invitations to Frat Houses as well. The guy who I dated the most in college invited me to church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (JrHfD)

31 I hope that I get raped be this type of woman everyday !!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (jGtoG)

No you don't. You don't want some weirdo smearing what was likely some other dude's splooge and a few herp sores on your unit.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (sDWtc)

32 Can we just go back to Graham Platner's nipples? Only they were more overexposed than the "Cornell 7" whoever that is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

33 This is a depressing story on so many levels.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

34 Rules:

1) Don't stick it in crazy
2) Don't bitch about a BJ.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (oqH4h)

35 >>>she raped him by mouth.

And Cornell sexually discriminated against him by not giving his claims the same benefit of process and protection.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 04:41 PM (dK+Kv)

36 he was unable to consent to such an act and she raped him by mouth.

I thought we established oral sex isn't really sex in 1998?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:41 PM (6ydKt)

37 because women are typically not able to defend themselves against a larger and more determined aggressor"

But a 110 lb woman can beat up a bunch of guys! I saw it in a movie!

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:41 PM (NcxpO)

38 Absolutely. It's only fair.

Everyone of those people, even those less directly involved, need some serious talking to by decent law and order, and some type of therapy.

It's not just them, it's families. It's financial. It may be future higher education, job prospects, potential for solid personal relationships.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 04:41 PM (NFX2v)

39 Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 04:38

Yep; That sounds really stupid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (JrHfD)

40 Rules:

1) Don't stick it in crazy
2) Don't bitch about a BJ.

3) When the teflon coating on a non-stick pan starts to deteriorate, throw it out.
4) Don't buy teflon-coated pans.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (Riz8t)

41 This was a bad strategy. Dude ended up getting expelled. When you mock the core beliefs of the judge jury and executioner, you are going to be executed.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (wGerL)

42 You know what else is total bullshit?

her claim that she is filing suit becuase she was emabrassed by people knwoing about what happened, thus she is being “defamed” or “sklandered” or whatever.

Ummmmm….

Befoe you filed the suit, the onlypeople who knew what happened were you, the frat boys, the gossipy girls you gtold abut it and the other frat boys that the sex boys bragged to.

Now? FIVE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE know what you did.

Great way to stop people from talking about you!

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (Av6i5)

43 he was unable to consent to such an act and she raped him by mouth.

I thought we established oral sex isn't really sex in 1998?

That's, like, ancient history, man.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

44 I always turned down invitations to Frat Houses as well. The guy who I dated the most in college invited me to church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:40 PM (JrHfD)

Dating was so much more civilized in the 1800s.

Posted by: Forever 29 at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (CHV3h)

45 zombie

I think Lucy Craig has proven conclusively she does not do thinking well.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

46 Odds that this wallowed-out skank has a good relationship with her father are currently at 1000:1.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 04:44 PM (oqH4h)

47 Posted by: Forever 29 at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (CHV3h)

It really was.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:44 PM (JrHfD)

48 1998?

That is so last century.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

49 That's, like, ancient history, man.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (Riz8t)

That's, like, your opinion, man.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:44 PM (6ydKt)

50 This all gets stupider by the day. "

And I'm still wondering who funded all of this. All of the media and legal plays aren't free. Or cheap.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (v6dtj)

51 Yvonne Craig > Lucy Craig > Larry Craig

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (2GVsD)

52 Was anyone there considering getting an actual education, or was it all just one big gang bang from day one?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (FyeA3)

53 I lived in a Frat house . This has been going on for over 40 years by my reckoning. And if Animal House has any truth to it at least 60 years.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (KC5Lt)

54 I guess praising Satan is now trendy at liberal city council meetings: (Via GP)

Just days before Americans head to the polls, another city council meeting has become the center of controversy over a Satanic invocation, this time in Battle Ground, Washington.

The controversy unfolded at the Battle Ground City Council’s October 5 meeting, where a representative associated with The Satanic Temple delivered an opening invocation that rejected traditional religious beliefs and concluded with a declaration praising Satan.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

55 Meanwhile there are women on insta posting memes suggesting that the Cornell frat boys be beaten to death.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (cWLG3)

56 My take away from all this is that I thought my Fraternity was a partying mecca of ill repute and wild hijinks. It turns out that I inadvertently joined a convent.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (dIske)

57 And oral sodomy is an act, I'm told, which requires considerable effort and seems unlikely to be performed by someone too drunk to even form the mental state of consent.

If you want to protect yourself from oral sodomy just make sure the girl in question has had some wedding cake.

Or so I'm told...

Posted by: Obligatory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

58 Odds that this wallowed-out skank has a good relationship with her father are currently at 1000:1.
Posted by: ballistic

If she lives at home, things are very awkward now.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (h6CE+)

59 52 Was anyone there considering getting an actual education, or was it all just one big gang bang from day one?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (FyeA3)

Sounds fun, but I'm not sure if it's worth $50,000 a year.

I dunno, I haven't seen this girl's picture, so it might have been.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

60 4 frames in tight formation just went overhead

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (RIvkX)

61 There are also Jane Doe acolytes who are doxxing people with similar names to the Cornell 7

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (2GVsD)

62 The entire situation is ridiculous. Shades of Mattress Girl. Remember that?

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 04:47 PM (Gqar8)

63 51 Yvonne Craig > Lucy Craig > Larry Craig
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (2GVsD)

Jim Craig > Yvonne Craig > Lucy Craig > Larry Craig

Posted by: TxAnn at October 08, 2026 04:47 PM (itAg7)

64 57 And oral sodomy is an act, I'm told, which requires considerable effort and seems unlikely to be performed by someone too drunk to even form the mental state of consent.

If you want to protect yourself from oral sodomy just make sure the girl in question has had some wedding cake.

Or so I'm told...
Posted by: Obligatory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)
---
He was just speaking in generalities.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 08, 2026 04:47 PM (cWLG3)

65 If you want to protect yourself from oral sodomy just make sure the girl in question has had some wedding cake.

Or so I'm told...

Posted by: Obligatory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

Like freaking vampires they are. Gotta wear wedding cake flavored underwear to keep the chicks off your junk.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 04:47 PM (dK+Kv)

66 Pictures on X shows she's a big muscular girl who looks like she could hurt frat boys

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 04:47 PM (t9883)

67 Sounds fun, but I'm not sure if it's worth $50,000 a year.

$50k? On what planet?

For an undergraduate student, the estimated total cost of attendance at Cornell University for the 2026–2027 academic year is $99,734 per year for out-of-state students. However, because Cornell operates several state-contracted colleges, the price drops to $75,604 per year if you are a New York State resident enrolled in one of those specific programs.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)

68 Emma Sulkowicz has more redeeming qualities than Lucy Craig.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (2GVsD)

69 And if Animal House has any truth to it at least 60 years.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (KC5Lt)

Animal House was based on the ZBTs at Washington University, where Harold Ramis lived. They got their asses kicked off campus during his tenure there, mostly for the same excesses shown in the movie. They didn't go far, just a couple of blocks off campus, and as far as I know they are still there. But when I was at Wash U I didn't go anywhere near frat row. For one thing, architecture students have no time for that sort of nonsense, and for another, all the frats had hideous reputations. No thanks.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (FyeA3)

70 1) Don't stick it in crazy
2) Don't bitch about a BJ.

3) When the teflon coating on a non-stick pan starts to deteriorate, throw it out.
4) Don't buy teflon-coated pans."

5) don't use 5.56 in anything manufactured for 223...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (v6dtj)

71 Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

Jane Hoe is a wafflehouse 5. Rough face but not fat.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (wGerL)

72 68 Emma Sulkowicz has more redeeming qualities than Lucy Craig.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (2GVsD)

Not to mention really toned arms from carrying that mattress.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (FyeA3)

73 Female hatred of males seems to be trending.. and yet, and yet a significant subset of these haters seem to swoon over Muslim men. Dissonance, much?

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)

74
The controversy unfolded at the Battle Ground City Council’s October 5 meeting, where a representative associated with The Satanic Temple delivered an opening invocation that rejected traditional religious beliefs and concluded with a declaration praising Satan.

A few years ago I read an article by some upper middle class leftist hausfrau who had become a Satanist because she was mad at Trump in...The Atlantic?

Anyway she mentioned they don't really worship Satan because the chief Priest of Satan had told her so at the Satan Temple. And if you can't trust the chief Priest of Satan telling you something in the Satanic Temple while you pledge your loyalty to Satan I mean really who can you trust?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (sKqQm)

75 41 This was a bad strategy. Dude ended up getting expelled. When you mock the core beliefs of the judge jury and executioner, you are going to be executed.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (wGerL)

B/c Cornell has a policy that anyone under the influence cannot consent. Either party or gender. So, anything they do would get them expelled, even if consensual. It's a very odd policy, but I guess one to try to stop all sex acts at frats and soroities (b/c the odds both parties will be 100% sober at those parties is...nil...)

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (tOcjL)

76 5) don't use 5.56 in anything manufactured for 223...
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:48 PM (v6dtj)

And no wobbly shit!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (FyeA3)

77 I can just hear my mom saying "well, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves!"

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (n5tGW)

78 Pictures on X shows she's a big muscular girl who looks like she could hurt frat boys

I saw a video where she was bragging about her cankles.

/Not kidding

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (sKqQm)

79 I think where the first guy screwed up is that he decided to be cool, get some rep, and share her with the brothers.

He should've realized early on that he needed to keep this girl to himself and he'd have been set in the pussy department for four years.

This is why I don't get fraternities.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

80 Was anyone there considering getting an actual education"

At Cornell?

*chuckles

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (v6dtj)

81 Emma Sulkowicz has more redeeming qualities than Lucy Craig.

She at least has a skill people will pay for.

Emma Sulkowicz (born October 3, 1992) is an American former political activist and former performance artist. While a college student, Sulkowicz developed a national reputation with the performance artwork Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014–2015). In 2019, she said she had stopped making art and began a master's program in traditional Chinese medicine. As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

82 College's have grown into hook up culture and every is freaked out it whats happened.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

83 @77 Cool mom!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (cWLG3)

84 @80 Lower-tier Ivy, amirite?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (cWLG3)

85 Even more damningly for the reliability of this research, 42% of the college women whom the researchers classified as sexual-assault victims went back for more sex with their putative assailants.

Meh. Sometimes you have to go back for more just to confirm you were raped the first time, amirite girls?

"The food is terrible here. And the portions are so small!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (guGkK)

86 Meanwhile there are women on insta posting memes suggesting that the Cornell frat boys be beaten to death.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (cWLG3)

Another chore for the husbands and boyfriends.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (uhVAy)

87 Sounds like Emma grew up some.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (2GVsD)

88 There was a small park a couple of houses down from our house in college.

I was walking home from a friend's apt two miles away and goosed by a frat guy as I went up some stairs on the sidewalk. I immediately screamed,"You bastard" (I rarely cussed) and tried to hit him, and ran after him with the cast iron Dutch oven lid I was carrying. I have to assume my friend was coming that weekend to cook chili, and their car was broken as I didn't normally carry this lid. And, yes, I know I have told this before.

My male apt mates were enraged and made me call the police. A cop came and took the report. I hope I didn't mention the Dutch oven lid or it was probably like the Pittsburgh Scanner report to other cops.

I seriously would have beat the guy in the head with that lid and done some damage if I caught and tackled him. My weapon of choice slowed me down as I ran after him for about 20yds and then walked home po'd. This was by the park near our house at dusk.

This is how I dealt with frat boys.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (hzuYO)

89 I remember an old King of Queens episode where the protagonist who was a roly poly soiboi figured out that if he got his shrew of a wife liquored up she'd be nicer...and hornier.

Worked for a while until she figured out why he bought a roll out bar and hundreds of dollars of fancy liquors...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (sKqQm)

90 80 Was anyone there considering getting an actual education"

At Cornell?

*chuckles
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (v6dtj)
_________________________

Well, Cornell is considered to the primary school to go to for the "Hospitality" businesses.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 04:52 PM (dIske)

91 Daniel Craig>Jim Craig > Yvonne Craig > Lucy Craig > Larry Craig

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 08, 2026 04:52 PM (ItWcy)

92 As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City"

One stroke at a time...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:52 PM (v6dtj)

93 Franpsycho your location may be the most dramatic setting for the Blues. Show center is usually a spot between the Marina and Alcatraz.

Used to visit the city/area at least twice a year. Back in the 90s was walking somewhere downtown with the victim du jour and suddenly I hear the incredible jet noise, shortly after I see one of the Blues screaming straight at us near Russian Hill or Nob Hill. Realized - oh yeah, Fleet Week. Hadn't even thought about it.

Noise and echoes with the hills and buildings is are great. Can't believe that city still permits such deplorable exhibitions by baby-killers representing a genocidal evil patriarchal monster of a nation.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 08, 2026 04:52 PM (U/Byj)

94 As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City

When I want the real traditional Chinese poke poke I'm not going to a woman named Sulkowicz

Maybe she should get in the pierogi business?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

95 Emma Sulkowicz (born October 3, 1992) is an American former political activist and former performance artist. While a college student, Sulkowicz developed a national reputation with the performance artwork Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014–2015). In 2019, she said she had stopped making art and began a master's program in traditional Chinese medicine. As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:50 PM (Riz8t)

Putting that student debt to good use. You can probably lean acupuncture cheaper than 4 years or whatever of loans while dragging a mattress about.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

96 Why do leftist always choose the worst possible exemplars for theie cause celebres?

Protest the death penalty? Let's choose Tookie Williams (soulless mass murderer who blew people's faces off with a shotgun) as our hero.

Want to sympathize who some downtrodden Noble Savages? Chose the psychotic death cult known as Hamas as your darlings.

Want to highlight how moms get stressed out by having a lt of kids? Bingo -- Lindsay Clancy is our champion.

I mean, c'mon, surely somewhere in America sometime in the last five years some drunken frat boy actually did rape some innocent girl. Why not focus on him? Why focus on the one case where it's the most vague, hazy debatable instance of "rape' ever documented, with a girl who not only was willing but who initiated the whole thing and eclared afterward that she liked it?

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (Av6i5)

97 Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (tOcjL)

Of the 7, two were expelled. The black guy who texted about free pu$$y and this half Arab who used the I am the real victim here defense. The others who did her in the train were only suspended for a year and will have an Ivy League degree that will give them many opportunities in the future. Do not ridicule those with power over you, even -or especially- if they deserve it.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (wGerL)

98 Far be it from me to be repetitive and pedantic but this is the same cultural rot we've discussed in the last two threads about Rubio and H1B visas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)

99 Same as in town.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (LHPAg)

100 If you want to protect yourself from oral sodomy just make sure the girl in question has had some wedding cake.

Or so I'm told...
Posted by: Obligatory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

Maybe you need to choose your wife more carefully next time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (FyeA3)

101 "Oooh yeah, baby. That time was definitely rape."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (guGkK)

102 Meanwhile in AZ.

NBC: Bernadette Greene-Placentia, 52, an Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped and thinks it may have been a politically motivated attack...The Democrat congressional candidate said she was raped in August while out fixing campaign signs along a road in the Phoenix metropolitan area at 2 am.

Oh. That's terrible. Especially at 2 AM, when is completely dark out, and nobody's around - clearly, the hatred and chaos that Donald Trump has caused in this country has made it unsafe for a middle-aged woman to be out in the middle of the night allegedly fixing campaign by herself. My jaw hurts.

While being "raped" Democrat candidate Greene-Placentia distinctly remembers hearing one of the her rapists say "Democrat bitch." I can only imagine the convenient horror. Thankfully the rapists didn't bring up her poll numbers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (ndXZL)

103 When someone needs a beating - Le Creuset

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (h6CE+)

104 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 04:51 PM (hzuYO)

I seriously think ( as I think I said before) that you should write all this up in short story form. It's very entertaining with your sense of humor .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (JrHfD)

105 Putting that student debt to good use. You can probably lean acupuncture cheaper than 4 years or whatever of loans while dragging a mattress about.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

Well, you know, follow your bliss and all that crap.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (FyeA3)

106 While being "raped" Democrat candidate Greene-Placentia distinctly remembers hearing one of the her rapists say "Democrat bitch." I can only imagine the convenient horror. Thankfully the rapists didn't bring up her poll numbers.

Was the perp heard to shout "This is MAGA country!"?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)

107 While being "raped" Democrat candidate Greene-Placentia distinctly remembers hearing one of the her rapists say "Democrat bitch." I can only imagine the convenient horror.

*takes notes*

Posted by: Jussie Smollet at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (guGkK)

108 41 This was a bad strategy. Dude ended up getting expelled. When you mock the core beliefs of the judge jury and executioner, you are going to be executed.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (wGerL)

B/c Cornell has a policy that anyone under the influence cannot consent. Either party or gender. So, anything they do would get them expelled, even if consensual. It's a very odd policy, but I guess one to try to stop all sex acts at frats and soroities (b/c the odds both parties will be 100% sober at those parties is...nil...)
Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:49 PM (tOcjL)

Yeah, they wrote down some crap. But its another thing to think they will work with him against this woman, or even settle out of court.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

109 Do not ridicule those with power over you, even -or especially- if they deserve it.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (wGerL)
=====

But that's my jam.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:56 PM (RIvkX)

110 Why do leftist always choose the worst possible exemplars for theie cause celebres?

Because you aren't allowed to "question a victim"

So normally people look at this case and say...oh she did it voluntarily, told the guys she liked it and...wanted to do it again? That's not rape.

Whereas for leftists it just stops at "a woman claims a group of frat boys raped her"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:56 PM (sKqQm)

111 This has been mentioned before but bears repeating.

There are a lot of young boys getting mentally damaged by their AWFL Karen moms doing struggle session stuff to them so they agree to Mommy's warped views.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:56 PM (2GVsD)

112 While being "raped" Democrat candidate Greene-Placentia distinctly remembers hearing one of the her rapists say "Democrat bitch." I can only imagine the convenient horror. Thankfully the rapists didn't bring up her poll numbers.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (ndXZL)

Probably just her husband, who would know she really is a Democrat bitch.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:56 PM (FyeA3)

113 Bernadette Greene-Placentia reported that alleged rape two weeks after it allegedly happened. That seems suspect.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (dIske)

114 "By "sodomized," he means she gave him a blow-jay while he was drunk and passing in and out of sleep."

Obviously men have to protect their Staffs of Decadence from these harlots who seek to defile them using their (upper) teeth-maul.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (oPFtC)

115 Putting that student debt to good use. You can probably lean acupuncture cheaper than 4 years or whatever of loans while dragging a mattress about.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

Well, you know, follow your bliss and all that crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:55 PM (FyeA3)

Carrying a mattress wasn't blissful, especially if it gets caught in the rain.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (uhVAy)

116 Placentia?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (2GVsD)

117 100 If you want to protect yourself from oral sodomy just make sure the girl in question has had some wedding cake.

Or so I'm told...
Posted by: Obligatory at October 08, 2026 04:46 PM (sKqQm)

Maybe you need to choose your wife more carefully next time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (FyeA3)

*ding* *ding* *ding*
We have a winner.

This one's a keeper, boys.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)

118 After laughing at and replacing women with men in wigs for years, and now vocierferously shuffling Sharia into power, the Dems do their go-to move which is take an inflammatory lie and carefully corral their victims back onto the plantation.

Same move they do with blacks. 40 killed per weekend in dozens of shithole cities, but like magic every 2 to 4 years they find a black person grave to Stepin Fetchit on.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (vE0+H)

119 Bernadette Greene-Placentia reported that alleged rape two weeks after it allegedly happened. That seems suspect.

She was BUSY, h8tr!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (guGkK)

120 He knew it was a Democrat when he saw the ladypenis.

Posted by: Wally at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (hTEJE)

121 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 08, 2026 04:54 PM (ndXZL)

She forgot the part about the rapist saying " I voted for Trump three times . How do you like that ?!!

Did she report the rape? Whole story sounds bogus.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (JrHfD)

122 While being "raped" Democrat candidate Greene-Placentia distinctly remembers hearing one of the her rapists say "Democrat bitch." I can only imagine the convenient horror. Thankfully the rapists didn't bring up her poll numbers.

I took a look at her online and she looks normal...well, except are eyes are all black in a very non-human way in every picture I could find.

But I think it is certainly possible one of the demons in her head played through a rape scenario so...I sort of believe her

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (sKqQm)

123 The Democrat congressional candidate said she was raped in August while out fixing campaign signs along a road in the Phoenix metropolitan area at 2 am."

Was she also getting a Subway sandwich? And did both guys yell "this is MAGA country "? Was bleach involved "?

Hmmm

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (v6dtj)

124 Honestly, I really thought things couldn't get more ridiculous after Mattress Girl.

How far we have fallen.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:58 PM (6ydKt)

125 So this Green-Placentia was out getting some strange, and passed it off as fixing campaign signs in the middle of the night, because when she got home her husband wanted to know where she'd been, and smelled that someone else had been out fixing campaign signs with her, and by with her, I mean intimately with her.

Huh.

Democrat bitch indeed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (FyeA3)

126 She forgot the part about the rapist saying " I voted for Trump three times . How do you like that ?!!

Did she report the rape? Whole story sounds bogus.

Believe all women! Unless, you know, they're Trump supporters.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (Riz8t)

127 When I want the real traditional Chinese poke poke I'm not going to a woman named Sulkowicz

Maybe she should get in the pierogi business?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)
=====

I'M NOT TAKING ADVICE FROM SOME GIRL FROM QUEENS!

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (RIvkX)

128 October surprise 'rape'

How is Katy Padilla Stout doing?

Any confirmed sightings of Talekreako or Mitch McMconnel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (2GVsD)

129 As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City

When I want the real traditional Chinese poke poke I'm not going to a woman named Sulkowicz

Maybe she should get in the pierogi business?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:53 PM (sKqQm)

I'm sure her state name is Ling-Liang or some such.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

130 Honestly, I really thought things couldn't get more ridiculous after Mattress Girl.

How far we have fallen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

You just wait.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (h6CE+)

131 I'm sure her state name is Ling-Liang or some such.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

stage name

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (uhVAy)

132 I am *still* waiting for my Slap A Dumb Bitch license.

... and from last thread, can we send suggestions for companies that should be on the H1B detention list? I can think of a few.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (3mtzY)

133 Honestly, I really thought things couldn't get more ridiculous after Mattress Girl.

How far we have fallen.

If someone wrote To Kill a Mockingbird today it would end with the "rapist" getting lynched to much acclaim by all the womenfolk

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (sKqQm)

134 October surprise 'rape'

How is Katy Padilla Stout doing?

Any confirmed sightings of Talekreako or Mitch McMconnel?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (2GVsD)

Its that blue wave. The blue candidates just can't face all the winning.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (uhVAy)

135 except are eyes are all black in a very non-human way "

Like a doll's eyes?

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (v6dtj)

136 Ingalls is presently hiding out at the UAE (Dubai), and I doubt they'll extradite him over this.
"Abraham Accords" are already a dead letter for the Emiratis.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 05:00 PM (sDWtc)

137 128 October surprise 'rape'

How is Katy Padilla Stout doing?

Any confirmed sightings of Talekreako or Mitch McMconnel?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (2GVsD)

She found a buffet, hasn't been seen since.

They got Mitch in some formaldehyde somewhere.

I still think Talarico mixed up the Ky & Gorilla Glue.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

138 So do they now report the name of the woman and start referring to the male victim as John Doe?

That's how it works, isn't it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:01 PM (TvbZP)

139 "HELP! I'M BEING BLOWN ... AND I CAN'T GET IT UP!"

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 05:01 PM (dbYPY)

140 And what candidate doesn't fix her political signs at 2 AM . Totally believable you haters

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 05:02 PM (t9883)

141 "HELP! I'M BEING BLOWN ... AND I CAN'T GET IT UP!"

Ladies if this happens to you remember you just have to reach in with your finger and hit his g-spot

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at October 08, 2026 05:02 PM (sKqQm)

142 102 Meanwhile in AZ.

NBC: Bernadette Greene-Placentia, 52, an Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped and thinks it may have been a politically motivated attack.

Arizona has rape kits, too. Did she report it and consent to the process to capture evidence? Get a few rounds of super antibiotics afterwards?

Know who I saw report rapes for the most part?

Mothers and/or fathers dragging their teenager(s) to a hospital.

Mothers who were raped when their children were present nearby.

Facilities for specific needs adults who weren't certain if a rape or assault took place because the language or description was so unclear.

And, yes, males could be & had been sexually assaulted too.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 05:02 PM (NFX2v)

143 Placentia?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:57 PM (2GVsD)

That's the sort of name you get married to get rid of, not keep by hyphenation.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:02 PM (uhVAy)

144 Special needs adults. Sorry

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 05:03 PM (NFX2v)

145 This is a legal shitshow designed to basically cause insurance for the college and fraternities/sororities, and even the bar involved to pay her off.

But now by being plastered across the US, the guys that were on the text chain for the free pussy text and the others at Cornell, including two dudes that did nothing more than look in the room and skeddaddle, are going to have to defend their reputation by shredding hers or they will have no life after this.

No one looks good here, Cornell, the orgy bros, the frat, the sorority, the woman in question, etc. And all are going to get dragged through the mud with their reputations before all of this is done legally.

Lawyers and the media/internet influencers are going to be the winners here, not any of the participants.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)

146 So do they now report the name of the woman and start referring to the male victim as John Doe?

That's how it works, isn't it.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:01 PM (TvbZP)

----------------

"Why do you assume that he identifies as a male and thus have potentially dead-pronouned him, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 05:03 PM (dbYPY)

147 One thing you can count on is Leftists ot Lefting each other

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 05:03 PM (Ia/+0)

148 >>> 42 You know what else is total bullshit?

her claim that she is filing suit becuase she was emabrassed by people knwoing about what happened, thus she is being “defamed” or “sklandered” or whatever.

Ummmmm….

Befoe you filed the suit, the onlypeople who knew what happened were you, the frat boys, the gossipy girls you gtold abut it and the other frat boys that the sex boys bragged to.

Now? FIVE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE know what you did.

Great way to stop people from talking about you!
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (Av6i5)

*sigh*

Posted by: Barbara Striesand at October 08, 2026 05:04 PM (3mtzY)

149 HELP! I'M BEING BLOWN ... AND I CAN'T GET IT UP!"
Posted by: ShainS

"Yes sir. We'll be right over with popsicle sticks and string!"

Posted by: Life Alert operator at October 08, 2026 05:04 PM (h6CE+)

150 Honestly, I really thought things couldn't get more ridiculous after Mattress Girl.

How far we have fallen."

Nothing new. Thaw and White, 1906...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 05:04 PM (v6dtj)

151 Didn't Ashley Judd say she was raped like 30 times? These women aren't helping real victims

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 05:05 PM (t9883)

152 New York Post has the latest poop -
@nypost
Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise - and it's morphing into a drug-resistant superbug trib.al/J1D5jaQ

Posted by: how do you catch STD diarrhea anyway? at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (sDWtc)

153 One of our outside counsels once said that the perfect deposition witness was "A grunting lump."
Posted by: Bulg

And then when you're the plaintiff and they play the video of you lump-grunting it to the jury, they're gonna be hella motivated to donate several weeks of they're time to support you. Testifying at a deposition is an art not a science.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (Fv808)

154 Single men need to find safer alternatives to women. Maybe base jumping.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (2ap+5)

155 I can see falling asleep after sex but I'm having difficulty with the "falling asleep during sex" thing.

Maybe I don't do the right drugs. Maybe not.

*shrugs* It's been so long that I can't remember.....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (RORbl)

156 Pray your family is never involved in anything like it.

I'll leave it at that.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (NFX2v)

157 I like the scare quotes or as I like to call them so-called quotes whenever it's a man saying he was assaulted. And instead of saying something he claims it.
The "media" claims that they "stories" they write are true journalism.
It's a shitty thing to do and they do it All. The. Time.

Posted by: Tom at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (5Yu05)

158 Yes sir. We'll be right over with popsicle sticks and string!"

Popsicles? Well, there was this one episode of the Gong Show...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (v6dtj)

159 Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:59 PM (Riz8t)

Unlike what the "man of many handles" asserts, I am not in what he calls "the sisterhood of the vag" . I am not in the rah! rah! ! Sisterhood. I do not think all women are good people. I do not think they all tell the truth . I do not think they should be believed all the time and I dont think women are superior to men. I also think the same about men .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (JrHfD)

160 Didn't Ashley Judd say she was raped like 30 times?

It got so she could barely leave the house.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 05:07 PM (guGkK)

161 > 52 Was anyone there considering getting an actual education
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:45 PM (FyeA3)

Are you kidding? This is Cornell we're talking about here.

If you're rich enough to pay for an Ivy League school, but too dumb to get into Harvard or Yale...well..

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 08, 2026 05:07 PM (qlLNh)

162 George Carlin once joked that "Here's something you never hear a guy say: 'Stop sucking my dick, or I'll call the police!'". Too bad he didn't live long enough to see this scenario, or see some of the women on college campuses today.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 08, 2026 05:07 PM (oPFtC)

163 Sexually transmitted diarrhea? I think we know why Talarico is missing after his NY "fundraiser"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 05:07 PM (t9883)

164 92 As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides acupuncture services in New York City"

One stroke at a time...
Posted by: man

---------
wasn't that at Columbia or something? So she went to Columbia to do acupuncture?

Huh.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (TvbZP)

165 Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise -"

No sh....

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (v6dtj)

166 @Breaking911
·
1h
BREAKING: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the execution of convicted Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan will be PUBLIC!

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (ZxPkt)

167 "Not to mention really toned arms from carrying that mattress."

I'm partial to toned arms myself!

Posted by: Big Mike at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (dCMJG)

168 Of course I was raped 30 times! You dont get this Puffy Scamper from consensual sex.

Posted by: Ashley Judd at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (hTEJE)

169 But now by being plastered across the US, the guys that were on the text chain for the free pussy text and the others at Cornell,

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:03 PM (E4rtv)

There's no free lunch, boys.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 05:08 PM (6yd32)

170 Our society has turned into one big fucking Gong Show.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (h6CE+)

171

Real victims.

My daughter had a great job in Chicago. In broad daylight walking home from work she was drug into an alley and raped. Broad daylight on a busy street. No one came to her aid. Of course the rapist was never located.

She has never been right since the being raped.

It not only affects the victim but it also affects families.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)

172 "My body my choice" is the rallying cry for the smorgasbord of STD's and mulitple abortion for birth control coeds.

I sniff in disdane and disgust at these females. Their parents must be so proud (or taught them gurl power). I farht in their general direction as well.

I should have known she would have texted that with pride. Sounds right. Her body to rent out for ketamine and fame. Then blame others. Right.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (hzuYO)

173 "You must stop sucking my dick this very minute."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (guGkK)

174 In and out of sleep during?

They fella was shooting pool with a rope for sure.

Posted by: Meric at October 08, 2026 05:10 PM (4FnlL)

175 If females take full responsibility for their own behavior, the lucrative, bureaucracy-bloated grift will come crashing down.
___

I say let it crash.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 05:10 PM (Y4uRa)

176 Befoe you filed the suit, the onlypeople who knew what happened were you, the frat boys, the gossipy girls you gtold abut it and the other frat boys that the sex boys bragged to.

Now? FIVE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE know what you did.

Great way to stop people from talking about you!
Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 04:42 PM (Av6i5)

Just another case of unintended consequences that a moment's logical thought would have countered.

No lawsuit could restore her reputation at Cornell, even if she won it. She can't sue the whisperers behind her back.

But she found some lawyers who were willing to chase a payout, but the money won't shut up the people whispering either.

The time for a little bit of thinking was when her crush wanted to share her at the frat house and she agreed.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:10 PM (uhVAy)

177 Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)

I am so sorry.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (JrHfD)

178 Odds Jimmy Talafreako is about to claim Ken Paxton raped him?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (3mtzY)

179 I don't think this will happen

but I would buy a ticket

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (ZxPkt)

180
NBC: Bernadette Greene-Placentia, 52, an Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped and thinks it may have been a politically motivated attack.

Out fixing signs ?... At 2 AM ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (91qhl)

181 he should hang

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (jrgJz)

182 I think I’m the only one who didn’t slam this chick.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (EWq0C)

183
She has never been right since the being raped.

It not only affects the victim but it also affects families.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
**********
Incredibly sorry for your daughter and you. Horrible.

These fake rape stories are even more hurtful for real rape victims.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:12 PM (hzuYO)

184 Now? FIVE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE know what you did.

Great way to stop people from talking about you!

How do we not know that this is guerrilla marketing for an upcoming OnlyFans account?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 05:12 PM (+4Cf6)

185 Out fixing signs ?... At 2 AM ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 05:11 PM (91qhl)

With that level of cynicism you'd make a lousy juror!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 05:12 PM (guGkK)

186 I should have known she would have texted that with pride. Sounds right. Her body to rent out for ketamine and fame. Then blame others. Right.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (hzuYO)

Its not even renting. She was using it as a fishhook to land some dude who obviously didn't fancy her much.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:12 PM (uhVAy)

187 Yeah, they wrote down some crap. But its another thing to think they will work with him against this woman, or even settle out of court.
Posted by: Oldcat
======
Unless Cornell self insures, their insurance company(s) will make that call. They often force their side to settle or make the school risk its own money. Oberlin ended up having to sue its four insurance companies after they lost the Gibson bakery case by pigheadedly doubling down in public making it worse for the school. Ended up in a settlement of course.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)

188 >>@jsolomonReports
·
1h
>>DOJ seeks indictment of Cassidy Hutchinson for allegedly lying to Congress: Report

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 05:14 PM (viF8m)

189 I'm partial to toned arms myself!"

That's not funny!

/ you know who

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 05:14 PM (v6dtj)

190 152 New York Post has the latest poop -
@nypost
Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise - and it's morphing into a drug-resistant superbug trib.al/J1D5jaQ
Posted by: how do you catch STD diarrhea anyway? at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (sDWtc)

That's got to be mostly gay men, right?

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 05:14 PM (tOcjL)

191

How did AOC find this one?

Shit like this is never organic, it was formed in the diseased little brains of some very smart people.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (VuTBl)

192 190 152 New York Post has the latest poop -
@nypost
Sexually transmitted diarrhea is on the rise - and it's morphing into a drug-resistant superbug trib.al/J1D5jaQ
Posted by: how do you catch STD diarrhea anyway? at October 08, 2026 05:06 PM (sDWtc)

That's got to be mostly gay men, right?
Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 05:14 PM (tOcjL)

{{{shudder}}}

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (91qhl)

193 I worked with a man whose daughter was raped and murdered. I barely knew him, but he seemed like a lovely man. He is retired and investing time and money toward abolishing the death penalty.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (2ap+5)

194 As a normal guy I am 1000 percent into punishing rape. But when rape becomes rape-rape or rape-rape-rape because all sorts of non crimes are bundled in the exhaustion sets in.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (uhVAy)

195 That's got to be mostly gay men, right?
Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 05:14 PM (tOcjL)

The moral here is, never share a buttplug.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (guGkK)

196 Story I saw said the AZ candidate woman didn't even tell her husband for a couple of days, then didn't go to the police until weeks later. Didn't remember where she was except for some large, vague radius where she might have had a sign.

Gonna guess she was out getting boinked by someone other than her husband and he got suspicious so she's weaving this grand bullshit story to explain it away.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (oqH4h)

197 114 "By "sodomized," he means she gave him a blow-jay while he was drunk and passing in and out of sleep."

Posted by: Thrawn

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When I fall asleep and wake up with my wife having something in her mouth, it is usually the chocolate cake I was saving for lunch or something like that.

Much worse than rape.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (TvbZP)

198 I worked with a man whose daughter was raped and murdered. I barely knew him, but he seemed like a lovely man. He is retired and investing time and money toward abolishing the death penalty.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (2ap+5)

Seems to be a strange reaction.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy)

199 There's no free lunch, boys.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

No sign that the bros texting the larger group that message that the recipients had any responsibility unless you include knowing the douchebag and being a member of the fraternity as a responsibility.

They were dragged into the mud by the plaintiff unwillingly and like the Duke Lacrosse team, will have to prove their innocence while not even being around when the events occurred.

The only redemption for them and their lawyers is going to be scorched earth on the others including the plaintiff's attorneys and the plaintiff herself.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (E4rtv)

200 As a normal guy I am 1000 percent into punishing rape. But when rape becomes rape-rape or rape-rape-rape because all sorts of non crimes are bundled in the exhaustion sets in.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:15 PM (uhVAy)

I am angered at the way these opportunistic claims damage real victims.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 05:17 PM (6yd32)

201 No clue about sexually transmitted diarrhea (I prefer my toddler's "dire rear" as it is a better definition). Maybe monkey pox? Ah don't know, man.

I do know I don't have to worry about either.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:18 PM (hzuYO)

202 Aw, I just read on how diarrhea is sexually transmitted. The victims, well, I have no sympathy for. Romans 1 comes to mind, bigly.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 05:18 PM (Gqar8)

203 It's just sodomy. I like sodomy.

Posted by: Hope Solo at October 08, 2026 05:18 PM (pa/M5)

204 Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
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So sorry to learn of this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 05:19 PM (RIvkX)

205 Our daughter is a Kappa Kappa Gamma alum from a flagship state u, and our oldest grandson, her big boy, is a Chi Phi at another flagship state u. He is sophomore and living in the house.

His mom wants him to get out of the house and commit to living in an apartment next year, this, after the wall to wall news of a Tri Delta pulling a train at the Cornell Chi Phi house.

I reminded her I tried to get him to go SAE and use his legacy status. SAE's been busted but only for hazing, not for being the campus porn channel.

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 08, 2026 05:19 PM (onAMJ)

206 Gonna guess she was out getting boinked by someone other than her husband and he got suspicious so she's weaving this grand bullshit story to explain it away.
Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (oqH4h)

I dunno. I'd thought Jussie Smollett was covering up a quick 3way that went wrong in an alley somewhere, but it turned out he concocted the whole thing as an antiMAGA stunt.
I suspect (can't prove) the Dems put him up to it so Kamala could put her name on an "anti lynching" bill. Meaning Jussie got paid.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 05:19 PM (sDWtc)

207 When I fall asleep and wake up with my wife having something in her mouth, it is usually the chocolate cake I was saving for lunch or something like that.

Much worse than rape.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (TvbZP)

When the Sam Kinison did the bit about your girl making you leave the party early in front of your friends as 'worse than rape' it was hilarious because it was absurd exaggeration. Nowadays there are so many free riders on outrage it dilutes the meaning.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:19 PM (uhVAy)

208 Seems to be a strange reaction.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:16 PM (uhVAy)
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Definitely.

Posted by: Charles Bronson in Death Wish at October 08, 2026 05:20 PM (RIvkX)

209 One of the more insane takes of the Clancy Cultists is the read of the texts from after she was banned from the frat--and seeking revenge--where she's trying to trick/coerce them into admitting what they did was rape.

The Clancy Cult spins this as some sort of temporary trauma amnesia from being raped--not an admission she was tripping balls, black-out drunk--and so her "feels" that something bad happened is proof.
With the clumsy entrapment texts then as proof of guilt of the men.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 05:20 PM (3cUTc)

210 175 If females take full responsibility for their own behavior, the lucrative, bureaucracy-bloated grift will come crashing down.
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I say let it crash.
Posted by: SMH
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Higher ed is likely to within the next ten years. Declining number of students, too expensive for what they teach, Ivys now on the do not hire list for HR managers for things like this and maleducation, and the end of the fake foreign students here for work visa gravy train.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

211 she gave him a blow-jay

Blow-Jays aren't native to Oregon, but their a favorite here.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 05:21 PM (OkYzo)

212 I dunno. I'd thought Jussie Smollett was covering up a quick 3way that went wrong in an alley somewhere, but it turned out he concocted the whole thing as an antiMAGA stunt.
I suspect (can't prove) the Dems put him up to it so Kamala could put her name on an "anti lynching" bill. Meaning Jussie got paid.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 05:19 PM (sDWtc)

It was like 20+ below 0 in Chicago with high winds. I've lived there, nobody goes out for a Subway or a 3 way on those days. You are trying to keep your apartment warm.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:21 PM (uhVAy)

213 209 One of the more insane takes of the Clancy Cultists is the read of the texts from after she was banned from the frat--and seeking revenge--where she's trying to trick/coerce them into admitting what they did was rape.

The Clancy Cult spins this as some sort of temporary trauma amnesia from being raped--not an admission she was tripping balls, black-out drunk--and so her "feels" that something bad happened is proof.
With the clumsy entrapment texts then as proof of guilt of the men.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Kafka traps.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:22 PM (E4rtv)

214 NOOD France...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 08, 2026 05:22 PM (08OqX)

215 Yeah, they wrote down some crap. But its another thing to think they will work with him against this woman, or even settle out of court.
Posted by: Oldcat

One never knows until one tries.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 05:23 PM (vJrRc)

216 I enjoy my STD Diarrhea. But I 'm a fag so of course I do.

Posted by: Pete Buttedgeedge at October 08, 2026 05:23 PM (pa/M5)

217 Higher ed is likely to within the next ten years. Declining number of students, too expensive for what they teach, Ivys now on the do not hire list for HR managers for things like this and maleducation, and the end of the fake foreign students here for work visa gravy train.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)

I remember some SF writers silently postulating that big corps like IBM and ITT would be absorbing colleges into their borg and issuing degrees rather than what we have. It made a lot more sense, at least until the worthless college grads starting poisoning the administration of the corporations.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 05:24 PM (uhVAy)

218
Pre 10-some: Lucy Craig
Post 10-some: Loosey Craig

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 05:24 PM (OkYzo)

219 23 "Lucy Craig is trying to deny her agency in this matter."

Well, of course she is. There's no way to reconcile agency and "my body, my choice", with "I said yes, but I didn't really mean it. The boys should have known that."
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (Riz8t)

It will never not be funny that with "ongoing affirmative consent," feminists basically reinvented the wedding from first principles. "Well... she's still wearing the ring I put on her in front of the whole town, so I guess we're good to go!"

Posted by: SciVo at October 08, 2026 05:26 PM (ke3zm)

220 205 Our daughter is a Kappa Kappa Gamma alum from a flagship state u, and our oldest grandson, her big boy, is a Chi Phi at another flagship state u. He is sophomore and living in the house.

His mom wants him to get out of the house and commit to living in an apartment next year, this, after the wall to wall news of a Tri Delta pulling a train at the Cornell Chi Phi house.

I reminded her I tried to get him to go SAE and use his legacy status. SAE's been busted but only for hazing, not for being the campus porn channel.
Posted by: M. Gaga
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The Cornell Chi Phi frat was shut down apparently after this. This is not a recent blowup but occurred about two years ago (under the Biden junta actually) with not much notice at all on the national scene. Reason it came up now is obviously an op to activate the AWFL brigade for the fall elections.

Basically to be in a frat (or a sorority) means being in the cross hairs of college administrators and wokists. And they intend collective punishment for whatever sins of the few did so they can maximize scalp taking. Thus the guys being leaked as recipients on the group text sent out by the black orgy bro.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:26 PM (E4rtv)

221 I remember some SF writers silently postulating that big corps like IBM and ITT would be absorbing colleges into their borg and issuing degrees rather than what we have. It made a lot more sense, at least until the worthless college grads starting poisoning the administration of the corporations.
Posted by: Oldcat

Palantir is doing just that. But James P Hogan hypothesized that in Thrice Upon a Time and I think several other books. Ben Bova may have mentioned the same.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)

222 I can only imagine my sons in college getting emails from their crazy mother about Title IX.

One girl son, casanova, met in summer school:
Greek chick. During movie season of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding." She fancied a non-Greek blonde dude & he fit the part.

He told me that she was coming over to study for a physics exam while we were at work. I was in the ED and got a call that she had "fainted." He explained it all to me and when he dialed 91 of 911 she woke. He'd given her OJ and, like Rhett in Gone With the Wind, carried her to HIS BED. Then called his friend a block away to follow him as he drove her car home (she refused the ED, probably because I was there).

I questioned him later and said, she didn't faint (you big dummy!). She never got sweaty or pale. Fell dramatically back onto the sofa gracefully vs a done fall out.

He went with her to the MD the next day where she fake fainted again with blood tests.

She went to UF to stalk him that fall. Came to his apt one day and tried the old faint thing again. He told her he wasn't falling for that and to go back to her apt. I told him to never let her in again! She's the type who would call Title IX.

I did not raise fools.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 05:28 PM (hzuYO)

223 Here's just one of those "mansplaining" inconvenient facts:

Every woman knows multiple women who say they were raped.
Yet almost no man knows rapist, or a man convicted of rape.

The closest I know is my HS chemistry teacher getting caught making some exothermic reactions in a hotel room with a 17 year old female student.
So he got 3 years for statutory rape.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 05:31 PM (3cUTc)

224 The bad thing for at least one of the frat members is Ketamine was brought to the party and Ms Doe along with some or all of the 7 took it.

Even though Jane chose to take it, giving someone that veterinary sedative (very useful for animal surgery because it does not affect lung and heart function but the horse or dog wont try to bite your hand off IIRC) and then having group sex with them really was a bad thing to do.

I said a few days ago I was on board with the two Cornell expulsions at the time of the college investigation if it was for getting the ketamine and bringing it to that party. Even for that dude or dudes I don't think there should be any legal consequences now at this late date, but the process is the punishment, all 7 will have to spend $$$ on lawyers and lose months out of their lives, and all so that Tish James and friends can say they are the party of protecting women.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 08, 2026 05:33 PM (PV+Zw)

225 I'm trying to imaging ten drinks, i.e. ten shots in three hours, and the effect. I just finished a big bloody mary made with two and a half shots, measured, of dollar store 80 proof vodka, and am definitely impaired.

Can you hold it better at 20?

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 08, 2026 05:38 PM (onAMJ)

226 No time in decades, but one can drink enough to barely remember what one dod

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)

227 Not sex (that we know if so far) but drugs. And it's not like PS Main doesn't know to keep eyes on fraternities (especially for hazing) and sororities

The hazing involved in "Operation Drugs Unlimited" was an unprecedented, highly organized forced labor system where fraternity pledges were required to act as an assembly line to process, cut, and package bulk cocaine. Rather than standard college hazing rituals involving drinking challenges, senior fraternity members used the pledge system and Greek life's strict code of silence as an indoctrination mechanism to fuel a massive, campus-wide drug ring.

Pennsylvania authorities charged 14 people in connection with a major campus-wide cocaine trafficking ring dubbed "Operation Drugs Unlimited," which operated out of the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi fraternities.

The individuals held or charged include the alleged student ringleaders, several fraternity members, and one student's father who attempted to hide evidence.

Got quiet so quickly.

Cornell: ABC news, Fact Check Team: Cornell case puts focus on Greek life campus sexual assault and hazing, 10/5/26

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 05:59 PM (NFX2v)

228 cont from my comment @ 222...he never went on a date with this crazy Greek girl. Knew her only in that summer school class.

She did have dinner with us once and seemed very odd with either an eating disorder or we gave her one that night. A mousey type girl and not his type.

He dated a LOT of girls in HS and college, but she wasn't one.

She wanted to date him and he'd probably have had to marry her after the first date. She told him a story of how her father, a commercial airline pilot, expected her to only date Greek boys. Ok!

I expressed how I felt with her that summer and he is a nice guy. Who didn't listen to my warnings but did believe me when I said she's not fainting. I said this while laughing, which sort of ticked him off at the time.

He called me after she stalked him to his apartment months later. I am close to both sons and while they feared me they knew I loved them.

I should have called Title IX on her attempts to entrap him, but didn't think of it at the time and just told him to steer very clear of her.

He's now married to a normal young woman after a traumatic 5yrs with a redhead I later wanted to murder.

It's all good.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 06:02 PM (hzuYO)

229 Fraternity houses are a rape danger of crisis proportions. Strong, empowered young women continue to go there because they're being tricked by the wily frat bros...who are probably AGENTS OF PUTIN!

Posted by: Matt_SE at October 08, 2026 06:20 PM (ga+qp)

230 Why do women go to fraternity houses?
Didn’t Cyndi Lauper have a song about that?

Posted by: Fenderbender at October 08, 2026 06:23 PM (1FEc1)

231 Oral Sodomy? We are inventing new sexual situations here!
Oral sex on males by females is a gift!
Sodomy means back door degenerate probing (hygienically deviant behavior). That is orthogonal (liberals have no knowledge of this situation) to oral sex!
Oral sex is acrimonious to sodomy!
This is just another of the degenerate leftists' effort to destroy our cultural societies' accepted customs norm.

Posted by: John at October 08, 2026 07:17 PM (UwF2a)

Citing Microsoft's Practice of Laying Off American Workers and Replacing Them With H-1B "Indentured Servants," Trump Suspends Microsoft's Ability to Use the Green Card Program

Niiiiice.

Should have been done long ago.

Hit Disney next.

The terrorist-aligned AP is sad.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's administration is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using H-1B visas as it accuses the company of fraud.
Supporters of the Republican president have long argued that various programs like the one Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of abusing essentially empower American companies to recruit foreign workers for jobs that end up undercutting Americans. In a wide-ranging announcement Thursday, Vance and other top administration officials also called out universities over their use of J-1 visas for international students and information technology outsourcing firms.
The announcement came hours before Trump was scheduled to award the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, part of an event at which he is granting some of the nation's most prestigious science and technology awards to his tech billionaire allies.

Thank you for that completely irrelevant Democrat party attack line in the middle of the article, AP.

Vance said the program from which Microsoft is being suspended requires companies to advertise jobs in America before applying to the Department of Labor to show they need to give a foreign worker a green card because of a lack of American workers.
"They'll put an advertisement in a small-town newspaper. They'll go out there and say that 'We have advertised for a position with our company, and nobody is responding to it.' And they will use that lack of response to then go and replace American workers with what is effectively foreign indentured servants," Vance said. "There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has used this system more than Microsoft."

Microsoft is No. 5 among U.S. employers when it comes to using H-1B visas, according data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Amazon is No. 1.

Um, the "system" he's referring to includes fraudulently "advertising" for positions where the advertisement is intended to never be seen. So your attempt to "correct the record" with another Democrat party attack line fails.

Now for some more Democrat-Corporate Party messaging:

...
Doug Rand, a former senior adviser at USCIS during the Biden administration, called Vance's announcement "incoherent."
"If the Trump administration were truly concerned that H-1B workers are 'indentured servants,' then the last thing they would do is block companies from helping their own H-1B workers get green cards," he said. "Once you have a green card, you're no longer dependent on your employer for your immigration status -- you're a permanent resident who can change jobs and negotiate higher wages without fear."

These are just the figures for a single year:

Vance said Microsoft last year laid off 6,000 American workers but also obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards.
"If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants," Vance said in a White House news conference announcing the decision. "Our message to Microsoft is: You're a great American company, but you've got to hire great American workers."
...
The H-1B program has long been a target of Trump supporters who say that the program undercuts American workers and is rife with abuse.
H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled jobs that are difficult to find American workers to fill. Technology companies are the biggest users, with nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from India.

Trump also moved to punish so-called universities for abusing the system. Foreigners come over to study at universities and work at jobs during and after their study. Trump wants colleges to pay $70,000 per student to cover the costs to the government of this pain in the ass.

And also, cut down on abuse -- I imagine that many foreigners are coming just to take a couple of credits per semester, using the program as a backdoor to scam what is effectively another H-1B visa.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

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1 Citing Microsoft's Practice of Laying Off American Workers and Replacing Them With H-1B "Indentured Servants," Trump Suspends Microsoft's Ability to Use the Green Card Program

This is the way it should be done. Too bad judge boasberg is going to rule this unconstitutional tonight.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 03:23 PM (I43vL)

2 Yeah, baby!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2026 03:23 PM (wxsGM)

3 I think Boasberg has a

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2026 03:24 PM (wxsGM)

4 How the heck did I get a first? You people are slipping.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 03:24 PM (I43vL)

5 THIS is what I voted for.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 03:24 PM (N1DT3)

6 How the heck did I get a first? You people are slipping.

Elric's at GheyCon. Usually that would mean Sponge was first.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 03:25 PM (2ocoG)

7 >H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled jobs that are difficult to find American workers to fill. Technology companies are the biggest users, with nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from India

Indians are wearing out their welcome.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (rJ48h)

8 "Um, the "system" he's referring to includes fraudulently "advertising" for positions where the advertisement is intended to never be seen. So your attempt to "correct the record" with another Democrat party attack line fails."

I think you're missing the part of the article you are responding to ace.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (N1DT3)

9 Good. Americans should be employed first.

Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2026 03:27 PM (2Xqig)

10 What's this do to all the lateral filled jobs? Maybe no new Indians come into the country but we sure as shit keep recycling the current ones into job after job.

Posted by: nckate at October 08, 2026 03:27 PM (enNUy)

11 Hit Disney next.

____________________

Weird thing about Disney (especially in their Animated department) is that their most egregious acts weren't related to H1B1's. It was more a DEI path.

There's a great documentary out there that has probably been banned off the usual platforms where they show the difference between the "masters of animated features" and the people the brought in to replace them.

Disney terminated their most talented and decorated animators and brought into young, liberal (just out of school) kids to do their animation features...and you can see the difference in quality, message, and entertainment. Disney used to be the gold standard on this genre. Now, it's amateurish crap.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 03:28 PM (dIske)

12 "Um, the "system" he's referring to includes fraudulently "advertising" for positions where the advertisement is intended to never be seen. So your attempt to "correct the record" with another Democrat party attack line fails."

I think you're missing the part of the article you are responding to ace.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (N1DT3)

Ah, never mind, I understand the point now.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 03:30 PM (N1DT3)

13 Indians are wearing out their welcome.
Posted by: mr tmz

20 years ago.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 03:30 PM (nYyee)

14 Can he please now do call centers for tech support, and just about everything else? Some day I would like to call for help and speak with someone who speaks English.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:31 PM (FyeA3)

15 It's racist for Americans to steal these Indians from India where they could be solving India's public sanitation problem and other such problems the West figured out 200 years ago.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 03:31 PM (3cUTc)

16 I forget.

How many Nobel Prizes went to scientists in India?

Posted by: Texican ette at October 08, 2026 03:32 PM (SNf74)

17 It's a terrible practice and it's been going on for some time. Not only do the companies get people through H1B but they have also exported jobs to India where they can get two tech workers for what they were paid here . It's exploitive of Indian workers and American ones

Several months ago I was travelling and passed a huge- and what must have been very expensive- Hindu temple. Outside they had a big sign for "Job Fair " . I have a feeling that if anyone showed up with an American accent who didn't look Indian nobody would have seen them .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:32 PM (JrHfD)

18 OT but I just got tickets to see Trump next Tuesday in Wasilla.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3)

19 The advertising part is kayfabe.

There is a shortage of these workers because the pipeline takes 10 years to fill, maybe more. Suppress wages today with H1bs, and you guarantee that there will be a shortage in 10 years.

This is basic economics. They all understand this. End H1bs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (QHYvA)

20 Weird thing about Disney (especially in their Animated department) is that their most egregious acts weren't related to H1B1's. It was more a DEI path.

They briefly had the undisputed leadership position circa 2012, too. Pixar was still making good movies and John Lasseter was in charge of Disney animation, which got them Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen. That made a lot of ugly women at Disney very angry so they got rid of him and made all of the movies be about fat lesbians. They had Peak Woke 5 years before the rest of the world, which is not an innovation to brag about.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 03:36 PM (2ocoG)

21 H-1B visas are meant for high-skilled jobs that are difficult to find American workers to fill. Technology companies are the biggest users, with nearly three-quarters of approvals going to workers from India.
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If India is filled with technological geniuses, why is it such a shit hole?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 03:36 PM (FZ29D)

22 As a software manager I could see the abuse of the program in universities. When advertising software positions, approximately 90% of the applicants are Indian nationals in a CS Masters program applying for work, even if they are just in the first weeks of their program. The education VISA gets them into the US and in huge, organized masses they flood the job search sites looking for an employer to sponsor them and will drop out if they get lucky. Schools don't care as long as they get their tuition.

Posted by: justALurker at October 08, 2026 03:37 PM (4jnbQ)

23 Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3

Neat!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:38 PM (JrHfD)

24 Next step is to review all those Green Cards issued over the years, and start revoking them if they were given for this scenario.

In addition, revoke US citizenship of everyone with dual citizenship, then deport them and permanently refuse them future entry. I know it will affect some of the Morons, but a rule has to be consistent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 03:40 PM (qx7Zg)

25 What is not mentioned is that Microsoft looted the taxpayers of their wealth, diluted their culture, and sold off our inheritance to save 20-30% on salary.

When an employer buys himself an indentured servant through the H1B slave trade, the H1B has an immediate upgrade from whatever shithole they came from to an advanced formerly high-trust society.

Then Microsoft expects that we spend a quarter million dollars for each of their Anchor Babies' K-12 education. That we grant them to bring over their village and put their parents on to our welfare system, that we subsidize the use of our parks, roads, courts; that we pay for their security, their medical bills, all in exchange that our culture is degraded, replaced and marginalized.

And what Microsoft gets is a crappier product that drives people to use Linux.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (a3CJ+)

26 So do the indentured servants go on to get CDL's and a bank loan so they can buy a semi truck and compete against American workers. They don't even buy shoes, they wear chi nese flip flops.

Posted by: torabora at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (fsQJX)

27 If India is filled with technological geniuses, why is it such a shit hole?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 03:36 PM (FZ29D)

I thought I would like to go to India to see the architecture, but the thought of the smell was just too off-putting. Not to mention the thought of the food, which can't be all that hygienic either. I'll pass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (FyeA3)

28 Can he please now do call centers for tech support, and just about everything else? Some day I would like to call for help and speak with someone who speaks English.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:31 PM (FyeA3)

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Aren't call centers actually in India though? I honestly don't know.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (DRSnL)

29 Were I a graphics whiz, I would create a Clippy image with a black eye

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (XeU6L)

30 In addition, revoke US citizenship of everyone with dual citizenship, then deport them and permanently refuse them future entry. I know it will affect some of the Morons, but a rule has to be consistent.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 03:40 PM

The dual citizenship garbage is nonsense and most likely illegal under common law. You can't owe allegiance to two separate countries.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (I43vL)

31 23 Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3

Great... Never thought we would have to be campaigning so hard in Alaska...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (+gK6I)

32
Great. Now my Windows 3.1 is going to crash. Who will fix it if they don't have a heavy Indian accent?

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (OkYzo)

33 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (ccf/V)

34 No H1-B's until American unemployment is below 2%.

I'd prefer ZERO, but I'm a giver.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (ccf/V)

35 > The announcement came hours before Trump was scheduled to award the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella....
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The optics here are... blurry. WTF would you "award" someone (Satya Nadella, who's probably not from Anytown, USA) and works at the very company you're taking to the mat for abusing the H1-B visa program?

Who in the administration thought this was a "good idea?"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (RORbl)

36 Notably from X,

Desi H-1Bhenchods
@desitechsuppoat
·
1h
INDIAN STOCKS TANKING AFTER H-1B APOCALYPSE THURSDAY

9/11 FOR H-1B

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (E4rtv)

37 It's minor but I also hate Universities giving sports scholarships to foreigners. Lot of American kids would be just as good if not better.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (KC5Lt)

38 Simwhalli and Jardeep can go work at Union Carbide. Don't give a fuck. Out.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (nYyee)

39 The terrorist-aligned AP is sad.

Reuters celebrated 10/7 by posting 3 hours of revolving footage of Gaza City........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (ccf/V)

40 Can he please now do call centers for tech support, and just about everything else? Some day I would like to call for help and speak with someone who speaks English.
Posted by: tcn
--------

"My name is Pheelip"

Uh, 'Pheelip',where are you?

"Calcutta"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (XeU6L)

41 17 Not only do the companies get people through H1B but they have also exported jobs to India where they can get two tech workers for what they were paid here . It's exploitive of Indian workers and American ones

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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I have never seen outsourcing of tech work (only customer service and then only badly.)

Why not? because Indians.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (QHYvA)

42 A little off-topic, but I think I've found James Talarico:

https://tinyurl.com/48t7eswv+

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 08, 2026 03:44 PM (qx7Zg)

43 The education VISA gets them into the US and in huge, organized masses they flood the job search sites looking for an employer to sponsor them and will drop out if they get lucky.

The education visa is the golden ticket because that visa makes the employee exempt from the employer's contribution to FICA. Built right in is a 15% advantage over an American citizen.

H1Bs, OTOH, do pay into FICA and unless there is a special agreement, that money is never realized unless they end up as US citizens by getting that foothold and a household full of anchor babies and their parents.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:44 PM (/TiS1)

44 31 23 Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3

Great... Never thought we would have to be campaigning so hard in Alaska...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (+gK6I)

The last time I saw a sitting president in Alaska was when Nixon and Hirohito were on the tarmac at Elmendorf AFB. I might have been seven. I still have the little card that was the ticket to get in.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:44 PM (FyeA3)

45 The dual citizenship garbage is nonsense and most likely illegal under common law. You can't owe allegiance to two separate countries.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Blame Scotus for that decision during the Warren Court. Like the current garbage over natural born citizens. Both courts ignored history and provisions of the Constitution that contradicted their bad decisions.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

46 INDIAN STOCKS TANKING AFTER H-1B APOCALYPSE THURSDAY

9/11 FOR H-1B
Posted by: whig

Oh well.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 03:45 PM (nYyee)

47 The thing is what positions were the 6000 laid of holding

Posted by: Banned at October 08, 2026 03:45 PM (ubBvx)

48 India is the Father of the 'Good Enough' work product attitude. Central / South America is the Mother.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (KC5Lt)

49 Good to.see JD heading up India's favorite fraud initiative. Ask me why.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (bX16E)

50 Willowed:

The latest survivor of the USS Arizona has died. Lou Counter was 102
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'd recommend sending that story to JJ for the Morning Report.
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)

51 Having spent the day debugging an "out of the box" Salesforce application, and knowing I'm shit outta luck until morning . .

I need to bite my tongue about India, Inc

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (4G7wI)

52 Kamala would have been better on immigration.

You know, Obama was better than Trump on immigration.

Trump betrayed us by not doing anything about immigration.

I still see that Bangladeshi man at my Costco, so I know for a fact that not one person has been deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (1kJuV)

53 We don't want the foreign workers here at all, Doug Rand. Thus, the action taken against Microsoft and the other companies that gleefully stick it to American workers.

Nothing incoherent about this initiative at all.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (syfll)

54 A brother of mine works a job where he was training his planned replacement...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

55 Trump honoring his uncle today,

'
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 JUST NOW: In an awesome moment, President Trump just watched footage of the EXTRAORDINARY achievements and life of his uncle — Dr. John G. Trump — a recipient of the National Medal of Science under Ronald Reagan

"On D-Day, his radars JAMMED German defenses."

Dr. Trump was a legendary MIT professor who pioneered high-voltage X-ray machines used to treat cancer patients, saving countless lives

During WWII he helped develop RADAR for the Allies.

Now Trump is giving out the same award to people like @ElonMusk"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (E4rtv)

56 Sometimes I think all international internet traffic should just be cut.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (QHYvA)

57 I have never seen outsourcing of tech work (only customer service and then only badly.)

Look up "Resource Centers" because all of the major employers sponsor office complexes in India that supports off-shored IT work.

This arrangement is better because I'm not picking up the expense of educating and medicating foreigners so that H1B cheating organizations can cut their salary expense while raising the DEI and Diversity scores

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (/TiS1)

58 A brother of mine works a job where he was training his planned replacement...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

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Ugh, that sucks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:48 PM (DRSnL)

59 I did like the movie Outsourced though it did further cement my decision never ever to travel to India.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (KC5Lt)

60 The announcement came hours before Trump was scheduled to award the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

Trump then Rochambeau's Nadella as he awards the Medal. >8^>

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (iIyc0)

61 Ugh, that sucks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:48 PM (DRSnL)

I feel like this nick is familiar, I just can't place it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (ccf/V)

62 I did like the movie Outsourced though it did further cement my decision never ever to travel to India.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (KC5Lt)

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I love that movie, and same!

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (DRSnL)

63 Does this mean Americans will flock to India to open flop house motels and shitty convenience store gas stations and vape shops?

Posted by: Mr.Drucker at October 08, 2026 03:50 PM (pa/M5)

64 48 India is the Father of the 'Good Enough' work product attitude. Central / South America is the Mother.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:46 PM (KC5Lt)

DH's company hired some SA draftsmen because they couldn't find anyone here to do the work. So many people left AK during covid and didn't come back, so it is tricky finding workers. At any rate, they charged something like 1/5 what locals would be paid, but he had to check every line for accuracy because they weren't really all that good.

You get what you pay for.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:50 PM (FyeA3)

65 Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (DRSn

Good to see your nic again !!

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:50 PM (KC5Lt)

66 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (QHYvA)

This what someone I know was told. Their job as a Systems Analyst was being outsourced to India. They were not told they got two -three tech workers over for the price of one, but that was the word sub rosa throughout the company. This person was not the only one affected by this. And they ( Indian workers ) probably not as good as the people they replaced .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:51 PM (JrHfD)

67 I feel like this nick is familiar, I just can't place it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:49 PM (ccf/V)

=====

Somebody is going to sass their way out of a bottle of Buffalo Trace.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:51 PM (DRSnL)

68 30+ year veteran of the tech industry here:

There was NEVER a shortage of engineers. The entire premise behind the H1B is, was, and always will be, a LIE. It was only ever about importing cheap labor, and on the Indian side it was about waging economic warfare against us by sending American money back to India in the form of remittances. Something like 12% of India's GDP is foreign remittances. These Indians are loyal to Modi, loyal to India, and engage in racist, nepotistic hiring practices to hire more and more indians and send more and more remittances back to India.

And here's the other fact: 95% of Indian "Engineers" can't even code. Not even with the help of AI - and this is why every major corporate software has gotten markedly WORSE over the last 20 years (while open source software has gotten markedly BETTER in that time) - because these Indian "engineers" can't code.

In short: FUCK INDIA. End the H1B and Deport them all. Don't even make them train their American replacements because they can't do the job anyways.

And kudos to the Trump Admin for hitting Microsoft and Adobe. Now hit Amazon and Google next.

Posted by: Naqamel at October 08, 2026 03:51 PM (NaWI1)

69 Be funny to force the "anti-corporate" left to go on record as to whether they agree with or oppose this.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

70 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

It sure does!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:52 PM (JrHfD)

71 > Vance said Microsoft last year laid off 6,000 American workers but also obtained 6,300 H-1B visas and almost 3,000 green cards.

There's reporting that says Microsoft filed 3,682 PERM applications after laying off the 6,000 and almost 1,000 of those applications were for positions to backfill the laid off workers.

http://tiny.cc/0gsb101

My understanding is this is directly against federal law.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:52 PM (mkw2N)

72 Good to see your nic again !!
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:50 PM (KC5Lt)

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Thanks! I'm embracing my inner slacker today.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (DRSnL)

73 Personally I think we should get rid of H1B entirely.
This Country has plenty of people who could do the job better than anyone from overseas.

And if they really want a person from out of the country, charge 500,000 dollars a years for that visa.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (Oq/TM)

74 Can he please now do call centers for tech support, and just about everything else?

That will be part of the fallout from the Super Intelligence advances. AI is making for exceptionally good Tier 1 customer support.

No more struggling to parse through the slurring of words or strong accent. Just start talking and Super Intelligence will immediately identify the language. No more Push 2 for English.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (9Hs2w)

75 I'm starting to get the feeling that from now until Election Day, we are going to get more Administration announcements and speeches at an accelerated pace.

Flooding the public arena.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (rj6Yv)

76 The intent of H1B was to allow for American companies to hire people with singular knowledge from overseas - so imagine a mathematician or linguist with specialized knowledge only they have

Corporate America has instead used it to hire entry and mid level positions which is...not at all what the intent every was.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

77 Better late than never...this should have been part of the 1st 30 days, but I guess less than 30 days before the midterms works too (too bad some folks have already voted places...this could have changed votes)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 03:54 PM (tOcjL)

78 That will be part of the fallout from the Super Intelligence advances. AI is making for exceptionally good Tier 1 customer support.

==

Nothing against ai/si, but it is not there yet.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 03:54 PM (AKptf)

79 I'm starting to get the feeling that from now until Election Day, we are going to get more Administration announcements and speeches at an accelerated pace.

Flooding the public arena.

We finally have a right leaning pol that knows how to play the game

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

80 No more Push 2 for English.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (9Hs2w)

This has always pissed me off. Who lives here but can't speak the language? You wanna be American? Speak American.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:54 PM (FyeA3)

81 Thanks! I'm embracing my inner slacker today.
Posted by: Jordan61

You gotta rest up for your Bacon Wench duties.

(You are the Bacon Wench, correct?)

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

82 66 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (QHYvA)

This what someone I know was told. Their job as a Systems Analyst was being outsourced to India. They were not told they got two -three tech workers over for the price of one, but that was the word sub rosa throughout the company. This person was not the only one affected by this. And they ( Indian workers ) probably not as good as the people they replaced .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Disney did it in 2015. Mass firing of US employees that were required to train their foreign replacements for any severance pay.

From Brave AI.
In 2015, Disney laid off approximately 250 IT workers at Walt Disney World and replaced them with foreign employees hired on H-1B visas through outsourcing firms like HCL America and Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (E4rtv)

83 In my experience, it is very basic and the information is no different than can be found on the FAQ page.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (AKptf)

84 They can start at USAA for insurance companies as well.

Posted by: WinLinBSDAdmin at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (uDSNN)

85 Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (9Hs2w)

I had an AI assistant take my call from the service department of my car dealership. She took my info and assured me I would get a call back. It's been two days and no call. AI is more human like than I thought .

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (KC5Lt)

86 Do other countries have "press 2 for English" or is it just us? I can't imagine. Press 6 for Farsi....

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:56 PM (FyeA3)

87 76 The intent of H1B was to allow for American companies to hire people with singular knowledge from overseas - so imagine a mathematician or linguist with specialized knowledge only they have

Corporate America has instead used it to hire entry and mid level positions which is...not at all what the intent every was.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)

The intent is to bring over the doctor who discovered the next genius line of cancer treatment...or the engineer who created the internet...not the low level person. American kids can be low level and trained.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 03:56 PM (tOcjL)

88 > I did like the movie Outsourced though it did further cement my decision never ever to travel to India.

It bothers me when people say outsourced when they mean offshored. Outsourcing just means outside the company. If you hire a team from the company across the street, that's outsourcing. Offshoring is hiring a company from outside the country.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:56 PM (mkw2N)

89 One of the best ways to increase American salaries is to reduce the supply of labor.

Now, this does increase the costs MSFT and the like are paying but as those on the left always tell us "big corporations can afford to give up some of their earnings"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (sKqQm)

90 Look up "Resource Centers" because all of the major employers sponsor office complexes in India that supports off-shored IT work.

Posted by: Community Notes

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Like I said, I have never seen it work. The product is always shit. Maybe things are different in finance or desktop apps, but in the companies I have worked for the results were very bad.
I have seen IT support outsourced, so you call over to india to find out why your document won't open, but that's just customer service. Not programming. And that is very forgiving as if it takes the customer twice as long to get the right answer, no one notices.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (QHYvA)

91 The AI customer service at Amazon is fucking useless.

Posted by: nckate at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (enNUy)

92 India's Legal Ministry (in coordination with India's top law enforcement) finally admitted about 6 months ago that there are likely over 1 Million people out in the world from India with bogus credentials. That's one of the primary fraud efforts of organized crime syndicates in India.

That, pretty much, effects every type of VISA handed out by consular offices. H1-B1's , Student VISA's, Temp. Work VISA's. etc. They falsify and create diplomas, work experience, credentials, law degrees, medical degrees, tech degrees....etc.

Domestically, when India's top law office requested a vetting of all practicing lawyers in India to address this problem, over 40% of lawyers (practicing law in India) refused to be vetted. That should tell you the size of the issue.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (dIske)

93 69 Be funny to force the "anti-corporate" left to go on record as to whether they agree with or oppose this.
Posted by: 18-1
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This is aimed directly at young college educated white males being locked out of the tech market and thus are Bernie Bros or groyper curious.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (E4rtv)

94 You get what you pay for.
Posted by: tcn in AK

As a relative likes to correct me, "You get no more than you pay for."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (nEUC6)

95 How the heck did I get a first? You people are slipping.

Elric's at GheyCon. Usually that would mean Sponge was first.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 03:25 PM (2ocoG)

I was at work. Sometimes you guys just need to carry the torch.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (ccf/V)

96 India is the Father of the 'Good Enough' work product attitude. Central / South America is the Mother.

Texas' Department of Transportation is chock full of Indian "engineers". Beware of failing bridges and roads. BIL is very senior and reports that they don't perform well, don't know how to do the job and are resistant to correction or to learn.

There is a reason why India's roads and bridges are not of any enduring quality.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (9Hs2w)

97 You can easily spot an H1B ad. It’s I very specific. Like 7 years experience in this very obscure combination of skills. Then a a very specific combination of certifications.

It’s basically exactly the H1B and nobody hit him will ever be “the right match”.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (T+9ay)

98 I voted for that!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 03:58 PM (RIvkX)

99 91 The AI customer service at Amazon is fucking useless.
Posted by: nckate at October 08, 2026 03:57 PM (enNUy)

It will give immediate refunds for low level non-returnable items, so it's not totally useless...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 03:58 PM (tOcjL)

100 I see MSFT stock dropped a bit starting at noon. When was this information made available to the public

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

101 targeting MS is a bit rich. I'd bet actual real money that Musk's various companies abuse it far more often and egregiously.

I would not be surprised it was done at the behest of Musk because of the direct competition of CoPilot and Grok.

Did Microsoft forget to give Tom Homan his bag of $50,000?
Gotta remember those bribes are annual bribes. You'd think Microsoft would know how the subscription payment model works.

If there are no fraud lawsuits or criminal cases, I think it should be illegal to claim fraud but show zero evidence, CMV. Pretty sure that Microsoft has better lawyers than the feds these days.

I would blame incompetence for them taking 2 years to figure this out, but it’s probably just corruption. Also the timing just before the election makes it even more suspect. Doesn’t change it from being a good thing, but now do the rest of the tech industry.

100%. Oracle, Amazon, Facebook, Google, all of Musk's companies, etc. Selective enforcement is bad, even if if the enforcement of targeted companies is not.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (CX28Y)

102
Somebody is going to sass their way out of a bottle of Buffalo Trace.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:51 PM (DRSnL)

This seems a threat.......a viable threat.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (ccf/V)

103 Hit IBM next!

Posted by: free at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (5ohOO)

104 Now, this does increase the costs MSFT and the like are paying but as those on the left always tell us "big corporations can afford to give up some of their earnings"
Posted by: 18-1
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Corporate boards and high level executives have been milking stockholders for decades now by these sorts of stunts that destroy the longterm viability of companies. Private equity has proven to be similarly destructive.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)

105 (You are the Bacon Wench, correct?)
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:55 PM (77rzZ)

=====

Until they fire me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (DRSnL)

106 Both of us agree this is all lies.

BTW. Any underage girls here want to play with my hard drive ?

Posted by: Bill Gates Moobs at October 08, 2026 04:00 PM (CHst0)

107 Until they fire me.
Posted by: Jordan61

That sounds unlikely. I don't think they can get another Bacon Wench on a H1B.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:01 PM (77rzZ)

108 Maybe things are different in finance or desktop apps, but in the companies I have worked for the results were very bad.

The lowest performers on any team that I had to lead were foreigners. With that said, they didn't bring their personal problems to the office unlike the domestics who looked for every excuse to call in sick or play ping pong on company time.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:02 PM (9Hs2w)

109
Until they fire me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (DRSnL)

This will never happen.

You will retire first.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:02 PM (ccf/V)

110 Until they fire me.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM (DRSnL)

NOBODY fires the bacon wench.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 04:02 PM (FyeA3)

111 Wait a minute! I've been assured by commenters in these very same comment sections that nothing is happening and nothing is going to happen.

This sounds like something happened.

What gives?

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 08, 2026 04:02 PM (dCMJG)

112 Nobody put the Bacon Wench in the corner.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (KC5Lt)

113 {{{Jordan}}}

How are you doing?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (Y4uRa)

114 A company I worked for had a warehouse in India.

They decided to send one of our advanced machines there and let the Indian team handle setting it up.

They kept giving updates that were good...a little too good.

So the Project Manager asked them, then demanded they, send a picture of the machine in the room setup for them...he got a picture of an empty room.

Now this wasn't them screwing up or stealing...the machine was actually stuck in customs outside of their control. They figured though they would get in trouble if they told the truth so they lied hoping they could keep the PM stalled until they actually got the machine.

This is very much the Indian model of working.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)

115 This won't make a difference sadly.

Those jobs just go to India.

My company just last month laid off 25% of US based billable employees and 100% of the UK. All positions rehired in Hyperbad India.

Just remember that next time you take a drug... its research is being conducted by Sameet and Prasad.

Posted by: Defenestratus at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (elEcu)

116 >> NOBODY fires the bacon wench.

The hell you say.

Posted by: Mooselimbs at October 08, 2026 04:04 PM (CHst0)

117 111 Wait a minute! I've been assured by commenters in these very same comment sections that nothing is happening and nothing is going to happen.

This sounds like something happened.

What gives?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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Black pill suppositories ran out I guess.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:04 PM (E4rtv)

118 The Blue Angels just started their practice!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (RIvkX)

119 I was in a restaurant in Jackson, Wyoming where the waitress told me she was on a J-1 from Jamaica.

Jackson is not far from the Wind River Reservation where Shoshone Indians could use some work.

Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (GMWTj)

120 >> NOBODY fires the bacon wench.

Wait. Does she have nice cans?

Posted by: Mooselimbs at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (CHst0)

121 Until they fire me.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:59 PM

Fire the Bacon Wench?! What kind of communist bullshit is this?!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (/C5Rl)

122 O/T:

Met with the First Daughter's attorney today. He went to her arraignment and learned the charges, then met with the DA to discuss a plea deal.

They've offered 18 months deferred adjudication, $750 in fines, court costs, 60 hours community service, some class requirements and that stupid ignition blocker in her car (at $300 a MONTH) for 9 months.

He will try to negotiate that down from there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (ccf/V)

123 targeting MS is a bit rich. I'd bet actual real money that Musk's various companies abuse it far more often and egregiously.

So looking at all the left's comments their argument is "everyone does it and no one should be prosecuted for it except Musk because we don't like him"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (sKqQm)

124 Aren't call centers actually in India though? I honestly don't know.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (DRSnL)

The one my employer set up is actually in India.

*spit

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 08, 2026 04:06 PM (zYpTz)

125 To Indians the truth is a very precious thing.
That's why they use is sparingly.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 04:06 PM (nqf1u)

126 Good. Now let's get Indians and their shitty caste culture and self-dealing out of corporate leadership.

Never fails. One of them gets promoted into a position that really impacts an organization, and within 2-3 years suddenly the entire org is now Pajeets, because they hire their own, who hire their own, who hire their own and they all take bribes and kickbacks.

Don't get me started on the "work" product that's output by these buck-passing shitbirds.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 04:06 PM (oqH4h)

127 The Blue Angels just started their practice!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (RIvkX)

There's a job where you can't just accept 'good enough'

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)

128 115 This won't make a difference sadly.

Those jobs just go to India.

My company just last month laid off 25% of US based billable employees and 100% of the UK. All positions rehired in Hyperbad India.

Just remember that next time you take a drug... its research is being conducted by Sameet and Prasad.
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (elEcu)

But companies who have to keep the employees in those countries and live with the laws in those countries will be leery about choosing to do so. It's all fun and games when you get the law and security and free markets and 1st worldness of US living and US contracts/services...it's not as much when you don't...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (tOcjL)

129 My company just last month laid off 25% of US based billable employees and 100% of the UK. All positions rehired in Hyperbad India.

Just remember that next time you take a drug... its research is being conducted by Sameet and Prasad.
Posted by: Defenestratus

Behold the wonder of tariffs for such ill behavior. India is going to have to develop its own home market, not be a predator of other countries anymore. The anger over this behavior is reaching across continents now in political systems and it is always easier for political systems to react by ending the free ride. Takes a bit because of corporate lobbyist ticks but the tide is running out on globo homo WEF style corporatism.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (E4rtv)

130 Why not make the visa program only applicable when there's a shortage of experienced workers and there's a national need for them?

Rather than a monetary need by the likes of Bill Gates.

I mean, there are potential situations that would necessitate getting qualified workers for something of national interest or security... if none are found here.

And the "none found here" bullshit needs some attention. Federal attention. Maybe.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (RORbl)

131 The Philippines is widely recognized as the world’s largest call center hub, hosting over 1.3 million agents with Manila being the single city with the highest concentration of contact centers globally. India is the second-largest destination

Posted by: Mooselimbs at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (CHst0)

132 He will try to negotiate that down from there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (ccf/V)

Sounds a bit severe..

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (+gK6I)

133 He will try to negotiate that down from there.
Posted by: Sponge

And how is First Daughter holding up?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (77rzZ)

134 One of the best ways to increase American salaries is to reduce the supply of labor.

Its a lot more complicated than that. For example, during the cheap money low interest days, Big Tech was a casino where for very little money you can do all kinds of stupid things and hire staff at large money. There were many companies that should have never been started because the business model was very pie in the sky. That created an artificial demand for tech talent. Artificial in the sense that after mountains of code were written, the company would fail due to no clients or no real income stream and the investors getting tired of pumping in round after round of money.

So with expensive money, that demand for warm bodies has diminished. The "need" for H1Bs has dropped, but also the demand for workers too.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (a3CJ+)

135 How are you doing?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (Y4uRa)

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{{SMH!}}

I'm good. Looking forward to next week.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (DRSnL)

136 Must See TV:

SecWar Pete Hegseth just announced the firing squad execution of Fort Hood Islamist terrorist Nidal Hasan will be **PUBLIC**

https://tinyurl.com/muc4c7fn

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:08 PM (Y4uRa)

137 What is a fireable offense?

Overcrisping?
Failure to drain?
Serving flavored bacon?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:08 PM (RIvkX)

138 We finally have a right leaning pol that knows how to play the game

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:54 PM (sKqQm)

Best part is they can't leave it unresponded to. Because they don't want him getting his own naked message out. But in doing so they are forced to amplify his message.

And because he called them fake news from the start, and they made it clear they were opposing him from the start, their message is diluted severely.

They lost that air of objectivity that they cultivated for 50 years even through Obama .

And that is how the game is played.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 04:08 PM (IUETd)

139 Wait. Does she have nice cans?
Posted by: Mooselimbs at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (CHst0)

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I had a good plastic surgeon.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 04:08 PM (DRSnL)

140 One of them gets promoted into a position that really impacts an organization, and within 2-3 years suddenly the entire org is now Pajeets, because they hire their own, who hire their own, who hire their own and they all take bribes and kickbacks.
Posted by: ballistic

Which is why disparate impact is such an evil thing. Majority 'minority' firms are never prosecuted for discrimination unless another 'minority' is making claims.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (nEUC6)

141 At least an Indian software guy can't run me over in his semi like his Indian truck driver brother.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (KC5Lt)

142 89 One of the best ways to increase American salaries is to reduce the supply of labor.

Now, this does increase the costs MSFT and the like are paying but as those on the left always tell us "big corporations can afford to give up some of their earnings"
Posted by: 18-1
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There is another side to all this. The reason US costs are high is because of the massive regulatory and tax burden. Someone mentioned FICA above, but there is so much more. I have known tech managers who love H1bs because they can't complain. (the managers say that publicly.) No discrimination, no sexual harassment, no 30 hours of legal fees and 3 months of paper trail to give them a bad review. And they are young, so it lowers insurance costs, etc.

I keep typing and deleting here. We have a work culture problem in US, and I think a lot of that comes from HR and Legal making it hard to fire people for being shit workers. H1bs solve that, but what I am saying is we have two problems.

- Shortage due to low wages, due to h1bs
- bad work culture
- high regulatory and tax burden making wages seem too high to compete.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (QHYvA)

143 I'm good. Looking forward to next week.
Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (DRSnL)
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I'll be with y'all in spirit.

Buying a house kinda put the brakes on going to the MoMee this year.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (Y4uRa)

144 124 Aren't call centers actually in India though? I honestly don't know.
Posted by: Jordan61

Some are in the Philippines and at least some used to be in Costa Rica.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:10 PM (E4rtv)

145 To Indians the truth is a very precious thing.
That's why they use is sparingly.

No kidding. Low Trust Society.

I made very good coin doing rescue missions because the off-shored team lied for months on their actual progress - until it was time to deliver and all they had was broken vaporware.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (a3CJ+)

146 18 OT but I just got tickets to see Trump next Tuesday in Wasilla.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3)

Please tell him I appreciate him immensely and that I'm praying for him, his family, and everyone working to advance his agenda. This is assuming you get within earshot.

Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (OlzlW)

147 Wonder if Ace has discovered Draco Malfoid yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (2GVsD)

148 >>”he’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be”.

Lucky bastards.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (tykRQ)

149 122 O/T:

Met with the First Daughter's attorney today. He went to her arraignment and learned the charges, then met with the DA to discuss a plea deal.

They've offered 18 months deferred adjudication, $750 in fines, court costs, 60 hours community service, some class requirements and that stupid ignition blocker in her car (at $300 a MONTH) for 9 months.

He will try to negotiate that down from there.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (ccf/V)

I'd almost settle for that, but see if he can lower any part of it. If the DA is firm, take it...but there's probably room for either the fine and/or the ignition blocker to be lowered due to her being personally poor.

Successful delayed adjudication would end up with zero record aka dismissed charges/a lack of conviction - that would be an awesome outcome for her for the long term...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (tOcjL)

150 141 At least an Indian software guy can't run me over in his semi like his Indian truck driver brother.
Posted by: polynikes

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Yeah, thank god there is no way they will have software controlled trucks, right?

oh shit.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 04:12 PM (QHYvA)

151 Next he should look at the two biggest food distributors in America. They've been using this tactic for years now

Posted by: Galactus'StiffenedCock at October 08, 2026 04:12 PM (Q+As3)

152 Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (QHYvA)

Third World immigration is spreading the bad work habits. Pride in one's work is no longer a thing as far as I can see. Remember when your father would tell you if you were going to be a ditch digger be the best damn ditch digger there ever was.

Now they just retort 'sure boomer'

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (KC5Lt)

153
114 They figured though they would get in trouble if they told the truth so they lied hoping they could keep the PM stalled until they actually got the machine.

This is very much the Indian model of working.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 04:03 PM (sKqQm)
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Bullshitting and buck-passing are the Indian national pastime. You can't get an Indian to fully take responsibility for anything even at gunpoint.
Their entire model is to just delay, obfuscate, pass the buck, blame someone else, and generally waste the time of anyone being critical of their performance until the other party throws up their hands and walks away. It's absolutely maddening.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (oqH4h)

154 OT but I just got tickets to see Trump next Tuesday in Wasilla.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (FyeA3)

Wasilla? I wonder if that city's former mayor Sarah Palin will be there.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)

155 Nidal Hasan vs steamroller

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (2GVsD)

156 Buying a house kinda put the brakes on going to the MoMee this year.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:09 PM (Y4uRa)

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I'll miss you, but that's definitely a good reason to not be there!

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (DRSnL)

157 147 Wonder if Ace has discovered Draco Malfoid yet?
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Came across my X feed yesterday so probably similar for Ace. Getting leftists up all hot and bothered though about it.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:13 PM (E4rtv)

158 Literally everything the AP writes about this administration the angle is always some variation of "Can you believe what this asshole is doing now?".

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

159 ”he’s gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be”.

Lucky bastards.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 04:11 PM (tykRQ)
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Yep.

One detail I would love to be on.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 04:15 PM (Y4uRa)

160 > This is very much the Indian model of working.

Our helpdesk team is in India. They're the team you ping if you need more AI tokens or if you need new access rights. All of their tasks are drop-dead, brain-dead simple.

Every time I need something like that, I ping people in the US who have rights to do things like that, but aren't on those teams. I only put in a helpdesk ticket as a last resort.

Every time I've dealt with helpdesk, it's the same experience. It takes at least two days for them to acknowledge your request. Then they stall at least three days by asking three word questions they could have answered for them if they read the title or description of the request. They "work" when we're asleep, so it's at least a 24 hour turnaround time when they ask stupid things like, "is this for you?" when you're asking for access to a machine.

Something that should take at most two minutes to click a box or run a script takes at least a work week. It's infuriating.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 04:15 PM (mkw2N)

161
Sounds a bit severe..
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (+gK6I)

I agree 100%. First offense for a 21 year old college student with no record, good grades and character references out the yingyang.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:16 PM (ccf/V)

162 With that said, they didn't bring their personal problems to the office unlike the domestics who looked for every excuse to call in sick or play ping pong on company time.
Posted by: Community Notes

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This.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 04:16 PM (QHYvA)

163 Whig, the memes do flow

Malfoid saying "The only good Communist is a dead Communist."

Malfoid holding up a crucifix and saying "Begone whores, Malfoid is not for you."

And people are commenting that Draco Malfoid makes a far better love partner from a story standpoint for Harry.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:16 PM (2GVsD)

164 Yeah, thank god there is no way they will have software controlled trucks, right?

oh shit.
Posted by: bob

Elon is leading the way with that tech and from all reports, his autos with FSD pretty much have it nailed. Others will probably have to license it as his competitors don't seem up to Tesla's level right now.

Pretty sure he is testing it along with the Tesla Semi Tractors too for automated driving.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)

165 And how is First Daughter holding up?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (77rzZ)

She's accepting that she did this to herself and has to work through it.

It's tough, but she is getting there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:17 PM (ccf/V)

166 MY daughter got a DUI yes they are expensive Good life lesson

Posted by: doug at October 08, 2026 04:18 PM (B1+sW)

167 163 Whig, the memes do flow

Malfoid saying "The only good Communist is a dead Communist."

Malfoid holding up a crucifix and saying "Begone whores, Malfoid is not for you."

And people are commenting that Draco Malfoid makes a far better love partner from a story standpoint for Harry.
Posted by: Anna Puma

What happens when you demonize a majority culture--they get a vote to fight back. And often that is through reemphasizing historical culture and religion. I agree more with Toynbee that history is cyclical than the insipid Marx about historical determinism and the idiotic right side of history that accompanies it.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

168 And people are commenting that Draco Malfoid makes a far better love partner from a story standpoint for Harry.

How old are they? Are they teens, or children? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: J. Biden at October 08, 2026 04:18 PM (Riz8t)

169 I'd rather human drivers, but if it must be done, I'd rather Elon's robots than dipshits straight in from the Punjab.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:18 PM (6ydKt)

170 120 Wait. Does she have nice cans?

*perks up*

Posted by: andy warhol at October 08, 2026 04:19 PM (oY6Yp)

171 Ace is click bait again defending the most impulse US president
Microsoft laid of 6000 employed world wide.
About 2000 were in Washington in Redmond headquarters.
The 2000 laid off were mostly "management" which may or may not be engineers. 50000 work at that ofhice

Posted by: Banned at October 08, 2026 04:19 PM (ubBvx)

172 161
Sounds a bit severe..
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (+gK6I)

I agree 100%. First offense for a 21 year old college student with no record, good grades and character references out the yingyang.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 04:16 PM (ccf/V)

All true, but you don't want to take this to court b/c she does not want a permanent record.

DAs negotiate less when they know they have someone easily convictable on a charge, so you have to keep that in mind, too.

A good defense lawyer should still get some "compromise" from the DA to get the deal done, but it will be less if the DA knows he/she has a slam dunk case.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (tOcjL)

173 She's accepting that she did this to herself and has to work through it.

It's tough, but she is getting there.
Posted by: Sponge

From what you've told us, she seems genuinely contrite. Maybe if she could write a letter to the DA expressing her contrition, it might help on the legal end, as well as being cathartic for her.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

174 And what Microsoft gets is a crappier product that drives people to use Linux.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (a3CJ+)

Say what you will about Indian programmers, but they did a heck of a fine job on the programming for the flight management computers that Boeing put into the 737MAX. You know, that computer that the plane needed to handle predictably and offset the effect of having engines that were too big for the airframe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (guGkK)

175 It's been going on since at least 2000, when i got involved in it, stupidly working as a hatchet man enabler for Merrill to replace basically all Java dev positions. You havent had a great morning until your on the phone to Chennai India at 0530 giving Java tests to the same guy over and over again while he keeps giving you a different name and you're expected to believe it.

Posted by: front toward enemy at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (DOIIK)

176 @171
Protip: Learn to speak English before you comment.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)

177 169 I'd rather human drivers, but if it must be done, I'd rather Elon's robots than dipshits straight in from the Punjab.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

They have brought in illegals to be truck drivers and run shady trucking firms from around the world like Uzbekhistan. I think the Sikhs are prevalent in coming to the US for that purpose, but they are catching illegals and bad drivers from across the US.

And now the corporations hiring these mountebanks are going to pay through the ass in coming lawsuits thanks the Scotus. It will kill the shady brokers first and then the corporate transportation hiring managers which will remove the need for these fly by night truckers and fake trucking diploma mills.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:22 PM (E4rtv)

178 "Hit Disney next."

Prioritize targets according to the number of H1-Bs they have. Hit the biggest ones first; get the biggest bang in the shortest time.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 04:22 PM (Jr5Lq)

179 LOL. One the stupidest things about my worthless lost generation is how every single development about JK Rowling/Harry Potter sends these dumbfucks into a garment-rending, frenzied race to the Left Pole.

We really need a canal for these people to dig.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 04:22 PM (BI5O2)

180 Microsoft routinely lays off thousands of employees, numbnuts.

They've been doing it for forty years on a regular pace.
Then they hire more people, and lay them off too once the upper management makes a mistake that they'll then take a decade to rectify.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

181 173 She's accepting that she did this to herself and has to work through it.

It's tough, but she is getting there.
Posted by: Sponge

From what you've told us, she seems genuinely contrite. Maybe if she could write a letter to the DA expressing her contrition, it might help on the legal end, as well as being cathartic for her.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

I would not add a written confession to the DA's file...I'd let her defense attorney advise her and do all approaching of the DA (he/she can tell the DA how contrite she is if they want)...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (tOcjL)

182 127 The Blue Angels just started their practice!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:05 PM (RIvkX)

There's a job where you can't just accept 'good enough'
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:06 PM (KC5Lt)
______________________________

Apparently, US Military training flights are using different airspace. I've noticed for the first time plane formations flying over my location in Eastern PA. It's a flight of four Beechcraft Texan II aircraft doing close formation exercises....and a couple of them look a little apprehensive. Still, a nice little show from my patio.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (dIske)

183 Posted by: Banned at October 08, 2026 04:19 PM (ubBvx)

Try to keep up idiot. This is about HB1 visas and green cards.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (KC5Lt)

184 First duis can be around 15 grand all in. Depending on city.

Posted by: nckate at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (enNUy)

185 It's not cultural problem at work only.

It's a cultural rot, period.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)

186 173 She's accepting that she did this to herself and has to work through it.

It's tough, but she is getting there.
Posted by: Sponge

From what you've told us, she seems genuinely contrite. Maybe if she could write a letter to the DA expressing her contrition, it might help on the legal end, as well as being cathartic for her.
Posted by: Bulg
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Have her do exactly as the attorney suggests. They know the DA and the traditonal haggle, we don't. If you can dig a copy up, read Bargaining in the Shadow of Law about plea bargaining and how it is conducted. Still relevant today while the book was published in the late 60's.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)

187 One of the best ways to increase American salaries is to reduce the supply of labor.
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If the average American and two-thirds of Congress had a basic (Economics 101 level) understanding of how supply and demand curves work, all economic policy would be stripped of stupidity, and the only attributes left would be things that work and things that were designed to be grift.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 04:24 PM (TN0g+)

188
Third World immigration is spreading the bad work habits. Pride in one's work is no longer a thing as far as I can see.

I was reminded of this last weekend touring museums in Vicksburg, MS. The old court house building is loaded with all kinds of artifacts from around the Democrat's War. The clothes were very finely detailed. The furniture — all of it— is all intricate and detailed. Everything looked like someone spent serious time carving and shaping each piece, including picture frames. The children's tea cups were also very fine, detailed and demonstrated a lot of care in their making.

Now we get IKEA inspired designs or something that looks like it was shaped with a hatchet.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:24 PM (nCgQz)

189 > Bullshitting and buck-passing are the Indian national pastime. You can't get an Indian to fully take responsibility for anything even at gunpoint.
Their entire model is to just delay, obfuscate, pass the buck, blame someone else, and generally waste the time of anyone being critical of their performance until the other party throws up their hands and walks away. It's absolutely maddening.

I worked with a software tester who was pretty knowledgeable, but was absolutely devoted to process in everything. If she had her way, 90% of the workday would have been mindlessly filling out documents describing what your were about to do or had done. She usually caught all of the big bugs and was a good resource to ask about nitty gritty details about a functional area. But hoo-boy, every time she missed a big bug, her way to show she really cared was to call for days and days worth of meetings to discuss all of the new processes she wanted to enact to ensure that never happened again. That was her way of "taking responsibility."

Then it was on the rest of us to tell her, "NO!" we're not adding three new daily meetings and seven new mandatory process templates.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 04:24 PM (mkw2N)

190 We really need a canal for these people to dig.

Sacramento to Salt Lake City?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:25 PM (2GVsD)

191 I would not add a written confession to the DA's file...I'd let her defense attorney advise her and do all approaching of the DA (he/she can tell the DA how contrite she is if they want)...
Posted by: Nova Local

I wasn't advising a direct letter to the DA. Of course, everything should go through her attorney. But yes, on second thought, it should probably not be written.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:25 PM (77rzZ)

192 Pride in one's work is no longer a thing as far as I can see.

There's a flip side to that as well.
How many people would even know good work if they saw it?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)

193 Protip: Learn to speak English before you comment.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)
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I read it with a heavy Cantonese accent.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:27 PM (RIvkX)

194 Oh, that's a shame.

Embarrassing blow for Barack Obama as workers at his ‘Death Star’ presidential center are already so fed up they’re leaving in droves… as stern letter is released.

Barack Obama is facing a fresh humiliation at his ‘eyesore’ presidential center with workers slamming the project’s bosses and moving to unionize just months after it opened.

In a letter to colleagues this week, staff at the Chicago library said they were organizing a union due to the institute’s ‘increasing workloads’ and benefit rollbacks.

Workers have grown frustrated with leadership at Obama’s foundation after their concerns were met with ‘vague responses,’ according to the letter, first shared by the Chicago Sun-Times.

https://tinyurl.com/yeyzdssd

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

195 I've never done criminal work as a paralegal, so my thoughts on criminal cases should be viewed with caution.

Just throwing my two cents in here and there.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

196 There's a flip side to that as well.
How many people would even know good work if they saw it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt

Have Pulte build a house for you.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:29 PM (KC5Lt)

197 I read it with a heavy Cantonese accent.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

What does the accent of Canton, Ohio sound like?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)

198 180 Microsoft routinely lays off thousands of employees, numbnuts.

They've been doing it for forty years on a regular pace.
Then they hire more people, and lay them off too once the upper management makes a mistake that they'll then take a decade to rectify.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

This was over X box. Microsoft fired a bunch of citizens and then tried to backfill those fired jobs with H1Bs after they put an Indian dot as head of that division.

They and other big firms have been routinely cutting corners on H1B regulations regarding required job searches, etc. because up until now, they got away with it.

Pixy Misa though indicated the coming doom for Microsoft (and Adobe) but not in so many words.

Some folks used AI to reverse engineer Adobe products for photo editing, video editing, art, etc. Furthermore, it did it in Rust making it more resistant to certain hacking tricks. He is using it to create new languages and emulators almost routinely now.

AI removes the need for a lot of proprietary software as you can get the look and feel by having AI write it up for you from the APIs.

Doom is coming for proprietary software companies. ESR is talking about it openly.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

199 *throws a fortune cookie at Bulg*

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (2GVsD)

200 166 MY daughter got a DUI yes they are expensive Good life lesson
Posted by: doug at October 08, 2026 04:18 PM (B1+sW)

My middle nephew got one over 2 years ago when he was 26. Long story short, it ended up saving his life.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (itAg7)

201 It probably depends a lot less on what your daughter says than on the relationship between your attorney and the hearing officer

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (RIvkX)

202 Have Pulte build a house for you.

One of those Modelo Homes built using Border Brothers Construction.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:31 PM (nCgQz)

203 Workers have grown frustrated with leadership at Obama’s foundation after their concerns were met with ‘vague responses,’ according to the letter, first shared by the Chicago Sun-Times.

https://tinyurl.com/yeyzdssd

That's pretty much how he ran the country for eight.... no, twelve years.

Concerns, followed by vague responses (that took about fifteen minutes to give one answer).

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

204 *throws a fortune cookie at Bulg*
Posted by: Anna Puma

Thanks. For what?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)

205 NOOD Cornell.

Thank you for your attention to this matter..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 08, 2026 04:32 PM (08OqX)

206 195 I've never done criminal work as a paralegal, so my thoughts on criminal cases should be viewed with caution.

Just throwing my two cents in here and there.
Posted by: Bulg
=========
Never make admissions until your attorney tells you to do so is the rule in criminal law. Always let your attorney do any communication because it prevents it from being used against the defendant in court.

Somewhat true in civil as well. People get into trouble all the time by not keeping their mouth shut in legal affairs.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)

207 Gaylord's Bathhouse of Solitude is still standing?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 04:32 PM (2GVsD)

208 There's a flip side to that as well.
How many people would even know good work if they saw it?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt

Have Pulte build a house for you.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:29 PM (KC5Lt)

That came out opposite from what I intended. People judge good work by not having to deal with absolute crappy work. Building a house today you get crap .

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:34 PM (KC5Lt)

209 Doom is coming for proprietary software companies.

There was an interesting article about how Starbucks IT team is saving the organization $150M per year because they were able to write the software that directly compares to Starbucks' workflow thus eliminating the need to lease generic software from Microsoft and IBM that once ran their operations.

The IT team's secret sauce? AI.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 04:35 PM (xE0sV)

210
Doom is coming for proprietary software companies. ESR is talking about it openly.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 04:30 PM (E4rtv)

I downloaded PhotoContact from pixy's post this a.m.

It is a very good Photoshop clone.
Much, much better than Gimp, and just as free.
It's missing AI features that PShop has but not much else.]

Haven't tried the other apps in their suite but I'm guessing they are just as good.

Adobe is cooked if this takes off.
They'll have to start suing everybody to survive.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

211 That came out opposite from what I intended. People judge good work by not having to deal with absolute crappy work. Building a house today you get crap .

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 04:34 PM (KC5Lt)

You're smart enough and experienced enough to have grown some personal taste.

I don't think a lot of people today recognize quality, especially in the arts, because they're so bombarded with media in all its forms daily.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (6ydKt)

212 The optics here are

This is a carrot, this is a stick.

Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 04:38 PM (FhXTo)

213 nood cornell girl

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 04:39 PM (6ydKt)

Rubio Delivers Speech at the Acropolis, Rallying the West to Embrace Western Values and Western Roots

It seems strange that anyone would even have to advocate for this.

Ben Whedon for Just the News:

Rubio's Acropolis speech pitches Trumpism as a return to Western roots

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a speech Wednesday at the Acropolis in Athens cast the Trump administration and its broader movement as a conscious revival of the foundational principles of Western Civilization and urged Europe to follow its lead.
...
Rubio's decision to deliver the speech against the backdrop of the Acropolis was deliberate. The ancient site is perhaps the most widely known monument associated with classical Greece, which scholars have traditionally viewed as the progenitor of what is now called "the West."
"For thousands of years, the civilizations that built what stands behind me have captivated the imagination of the Western world," Rubio opened. "The things we owe to this place as Americans -- and as Westerners -- are actually far, far deeper. What blossomed here in this place was the Western desire to uncover all that ignorance, darkness, and distance had kept hidden from the mind of man."
But Rubio went beyond romantic invocations of the ancient past and insisted that the modern Trump administration was working to advance a classically-influenced theory of politics. He further spelled out a tangible theory of statecraft on the world stage and encouraged European nations to adopt it themselves.
"For all their lofty ideals, the ancient Greeks were not naive," Rubio argued. "They understood that nations have interests. They understood that statecraft requires prudence and diplomacy. But they also understood that it requires the ability to wield force with prudence when diplomacy fails."
"They understood that power requires not only having the means to defend yourself, it requires the credibility that you are willing to use it. This is the classical understanding of politics and of statecraft that the Trump administration hopes to reclaim, reclaim not just for our country, but for the whole of our civilization. We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago."
Rubio then went further to explain how to weave those ideas into the political landscape of a modern, increasingly international world, saying "[n]ational interests did not vanish in the face of international institutions" and that nations still faced threats that required them to respond.
He stated that the path forward was to rebuild international institutions while "understanding that the purpose of these things is not to abolish the sovereignty of the nations that constitute them, but is to defend them, and that nations need not abandon their distinct identities in order to recognize their common interests."
That position seems to come as a rebuke of globalism, cultural uniformity, and mass immigration on a large scale as many Western nations shift toward the political right in response to the influx of non-Western immigrants.

The full speech is here.

The speech begins with a narrative about the rise of democracy and western values. I'll skip past that to get to the part where he begins to make his argument.

This passage is about the need for actual competition in a society, and standards of excellence, lest that society devolve into shapeless, useless communism.

For the Greeks of antiquity, the pursuit of excellence was the very principle of man's existence. They organized all of civic life around contest, ambition, competition: in philosophy and poetry, in sculpture and drama, in athletics and art, in war and statecraft. The classical Greek city was an arena for great men to test and prove themselves, to hone their potential through perpetual struggle -- to be the best, the strongest, the most beautiful, straining to inch ever closer to perfection.
Now I know that to modern ears, what I just described, this way of life, may sound odd; it may even sound cruel. The ideal of many ideologies in our time has, frankly, become a world of perfect safety, devoid of risk or failure, with neither the glory of victory nor the shame of defeat. Too often these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure no one will lose; we preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average, the ordinary, the mediocre.
The men who made the Parthenon, they built upwards. They held that the highest and most noble aspiration in life was to surpass all others, to strive to be the best in all things. The ancient Greek city-states were filled. They were filled with intense passion and rivalry and faction and conflict. But from that constant struggle for distinction -- from that came the great flowering of art and philosophy and political and intellectual energy that would transform a collective of Mediterranean cities into the birthplace of the greatest civilization in the world.
The thumos, as the ancient Greeks called it -- the fire of passion, strength, courage, pride -- is the heart of great civilization. And without it? Without it, nations lose their will to fight, the will to strive, the will to survive.
Today, too much of the West has forgotten this quality. Over time, we in the West came to feel ashamed of the very things that made us exceptional. We felt embarrassed that our achievements set us apart from the rest of the world. Our prosperity somehow became a source of guilt. We no longer believed we deserved and had earned our greatness.
The word "nationalism" became a dirty word. And so we tore down our monuments; we condemned our own history. And in too many places, we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit. In the process, we opened our borders and outsourced our industry, and allowed our militaries to wither and to decay.
And with every passing year, we seemed to outsource more of our sovereignty, transferring our decisions to global bureaucracies far beyond the reach of our control.
But others were all too happy to fill the vacuum that we left -- the vacuum left behind by our weakness. And as the West's confidence faltered, its adversaries and its rivals only grew more assertive, building up their own wealth and their own power in our stead.
And now, today, we find ourselves at a crossroads. Because the next decade and the decisions we make will write the story of the next century. The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world or resigns itself to a future of atrophy and servitude and decline. We will either choose to act now or lose the choice to act at all.
Under President Trump, the United States has made its choice. We choose the unapologetic pursuit of national power: to take back control of our critical supply chains, to reindustrialize our economy, to rebuild our defense, to fight for dominance of the technologies and industries of the future.
We choose to reach for new frontiers: in advanced manufacturing and super intelligence; in drones, weapons, and warfare; in chips, minerals, cyber, and every other domain of human possibility. To unleash our energy, to rebuild our factories, to return our astronauts to the moon and launch a new age of exploration in space.

That's a refutation of fake, communist "equity," in which everyone is a winner and everyone gets a participation award, and of course no one accomplishes or produces anything because there's no benefit to doing so.

He also attacks transnationalist "Davosism," the socialist dream of all national borders melting away into one gigantic ultrastate.

Now it's has become fashionable today to believe that enlightened foreign policy means prioritizing the global community over one's own people. And I think here, too, we have much to learn from the men of ancient Greece because they knew that there was nothing selfish or wrong about loyalty to your nation, nor anything selfish or wrong about fighting to defend its interests above all else.
They believed -- fiercely -- in the ideal of the great man: the exceptional individual who obtains immortality through his own deeds. But they believed that glory and fame, those things were won through striving, sacrificing and achieving greatly for something larger than yourself. The recurring hero of the ancient Greek world was the man who was willing to pay any cost for a cause worthy of his loyalty.
...
These -- these are the qualities that would shape the Western moral imagination. From the Christian martyr who refused to betray his faith to the patriot who gave his life for his country; from Saint Thomas More to the Battle of the Alamo, running through the immortal closing words of the Declaration of Independence of the United States which says, "We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
...
This is wholly different from what we see, even now, for example from fanatics like the radical mullahs of Iran, whose cult of death hails child suicide bombers as national heroes, and portrays martyrdom as an end to itself.
Our heroes -- our heroes may be willing to die for their cause; but our heroes do not worship death. It is precisely because we value life that we come to recognize the heroism in those who would sooner sacrifice it than to betray their principles. Now, we take the West's conception of these things -- heroism, honor, duty -- we take these things for granted. We assume that these somehow are universal to all people in all times and in all places. They are not. They are the product of a distinct character, a distinct character which arose here and shaped the whole story of the civilization that came after it. A civilization that we must fight to defend today with the same passion as our forefathers did.
...
The greatest Americans of every generation have carried the unmistakable features of their forefathers -- born in Athens, formed by Rome, baptized in Christendom, hardened in the furnace of medieval Europe, endowed with the English genius for liberty, and then carried across the Atlantic to be reborn on the shores of a new world.
Together, we must now rediscover that spirit. We are at an inflection point -- an inflection point not only in the history of my nation, but an inflection point in the whole of our civilization.
The threats we face today are every bit as real as they were on the dramatic stage of antiquity.
National interests did not vanish in the face of international institutions. War did not disappear simply because we preferred peace. Other states continued to arm, to seek influence, to compete for territory, and technology, and resources, and markets, and energy, and power.
And now, there is war again. There is new competition between great powers again. There is vulnerability, aggression, terrorism, a whole universe of new threats and attacks again.
And so we must rebuild our institutions and our alliances to face these threats together -- understanding that the purpose of these things is not to abolish the sovereignty of the nations that constitute them; it is to defend them. And that nations need not abandon their distinct identities in order to recognize their common interests.

An excerpt:

SECRETARY RUBIO: We should marvel at what our forefathers carved out of this countryside. The story of our civilization is the greatest story ever known to man. And it began here, with the first men and women of the West. From them, from them we can rediscover the virtues, the courage, and the strength to confront the dangers that we face in our time.
— Department of State (@StateDept) October 7, 2026

Full speech here:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a speech for the ages from the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Listen to the entire speech to understand the dangers the West faces.
It's critical to our survival. https://t.co/MsK89yINmu
— Ryan Saavedra (@RyanSaavedra) October 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:30 PM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (k9rrS)

2 To whom was the speech given?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (JrHfD)

3 Rubio ‘28

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 02:31 PM (T+9ay)

4 west is best! fuck the rest!

Posted by: lgm30g at October 08, 2026 02:31 PM (I09RC)

5 "They understood that power requires not only having the means to defend yourself, it requires the credibility that you are willing to use it."

Europe needs a Martial Plan.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)

6 Interestingly the Greek city states did eventually get forcibly added to a superstate - Rome. At which point they went from each being a force to being just a cog in the Roman state.

And it is interesting because prior to that those greek city states were hitting way about their size in the world - look at the conflicts with the Persian Empire which controlled most of the world at the time

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

7 This is what has been missing from our response from September 12, 2001 and ever since.

This is a War of Values and I am so pleased that Rubio has joined the fight with such eloquence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (RIvkX)

8 In before the Rubio haters

Posted by: doug at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (B1+sW)

9 Obviously ignoring the contributions that Somalis made to society.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (t9883)

10 I'm very curious about the Chinese reception of the speech.

Oh to be a mandarin-speaking fly on the wall...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (s1VwS)

11 The classical old Greek homo city was an arena for great men to test and prove gladiator movies.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (xh8AG)

12 Greek to me

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (Cqx++)

13 I listened to it, it was an excellent intellectual argument.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:34 PM (AKptf)

14 Anyway, Marco is going to make a great President some day.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 08, 2026 02:34 PM (s1VwS)

15 To whom was the speech given?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Normals that live in the West.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 02:34 PM (BAWkL)

16 The threats we face today are every bit as real as they were on the dramatic stage of antiquity.

Pffffft. The Chinese and Russians are a bunch of sissies.

Posted by: The Achaemenid Empire at October 08, 2026 02:34 PM (Riz8t)

17 I think his speech writers are very good. I think most major people in politics have speechwriters although Rubio may have tweaked it some.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:34 PM (JrHfD)

18 To whom was the speech given?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (JrHfD)

to the world, but most likely to our Western Allies

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:35 PM (AKptf)

19
He also attacks transnationalist "Davosism,"

Are we not men?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 02:35 PM (Cqx++)

20 Rubio: America is DONE apologizing for its ambition.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 02:35 PM (gLYp7)

21 One of my favorite memes is Rubio sitting in a theater or whatever, "realizing" he has to do all these different jobs.

Now he's defending Western Civilization. I'll say it, and I hope I don't regret it (I have so many political regrets); I love him.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

22 There was a lot of Rubio in that speech, it sounded like something he wrote. Well, most of it.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:35 PM (AKptf)

23 This is a War of Values and I am so pleased that Rubio has joined the fight with such eloquence.

Posted by: San Franpsycho

//

An amazing and so important speech. It counters all the self-loathing that infects the West.

Posted by: Random PJ at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (+jscL)

24 I think his speech writers are very good. I think most major people in politics have speechwriters although Rubio may have tweaked it some.

TL

R the transcript.

Shorter version: Europe, grow a pair.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (Riz8t)

25 "Too often, these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure that no one will lose. We preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average."

Boom.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)

26 He also attacks transnationalist "Davosism," the socialist dream of all national borders melting away into one gigantic ultrastate.
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I think it moved.

Se amo.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)

27 Remember how we were harangued not too long ago with the trite bullshit of "all cultures are equal?"

So the Somali lightbulb heads put a man on the Moon?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 02:37 PM (3cUTc)

28 We preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average.

I have to admit, that's some first rate speechifying right there.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:37 PM (Riz8t)

29 9 Obviously ignoring the contributions that Somalis made to society.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (t9883)

-------

hhhhahahahahah Much like blacks, they built Western Civilization; look at Rhodesia.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (iOpI2)

30 “ Tell the righteous it will be well with them,
for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.
Woe to the wicked!
Disaster is upon them!
They will be paid back
for what their hands have done.”

Isaiah 3:10-11

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (yurXG)

31 Remember how we were harangued not too long ago with the trite bullshit of "all cultures are equal?"

So the Somali lightbulb heads put a man on the Moon?

No, but they did have a man who mooned.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (Riz8t)

32 Rubio is standing on the Areopagus. Points for good symbology.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (guGkK)

33
Everywhere you look, you see the contrast between the threat against us and our potential for greatness.

Example, so small but significant: I'm watching an I Love Lucy episode. There's a one-act-play-writing competition among the middle class ladies' culture clubs of New York City. They'll be performed and judged in a single event. A Broadway producer is there to see if there's any usable talent.

STOP RIGHT THERE. At the same time, I'm reflecting on how Chinese workers during that time were forced to grind away their "spare hours" listening to lectures about the greatness of Mao Tse-tung Thought. I'm learning about Somali gangs shooting up Minnesota suburbs.

wtf? America has so much productivity and creativity in it it's NUTS. It's our culture, our national identity. And look at who wants in to tear it all down.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:39 PM (XJ22o)

34 It seems to me the Europeans gave up on Western Civilization about 80 years ago, and the decided to give the rest of their inheritance away over the past two decades.

It’s a wonderful speech falling on mostly deaf ears I’m afraid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

35 t’s a wonderful speech falling on mostly deaf ears I’m afraid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

I think that was Marco launching his presidential campaign for a year yet to be determined.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 02:40 PM (gLYp7)

36 If Rubio keeps this up, he's going to have to start putting locks on his garbage cans again.

Posted by: Dr. T at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (KKJEY)

37 So the Somali lightbulb heads put a man on the Moon?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 02:37 PM (3cUTc)

They came up with the idea.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (guGkK)

38 Our heroes -- our heroes may be willing to die for their cause; but our heroes do not worship death"

"making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

/ some guy who fought

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (pfXMo)

39 Marxism is the underpinning of the supranational world government stupidity, and Marxism is the philosophy of laziness and envy.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (oqH4h)

40 8 In before the Rubio haters

Posted by: doug

Right, if you don't worship him as the second coming, you're a hater.
*rolls eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Riz8t)

41 40 8 In before the Rubio haters

Posted by: doug

Right, if you don't worship him as the second coming, you're a hater.
*rolls eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (Riz8t)

If we're talking about my ass, I've had third and fourth comings too...

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

42 I think that was Marco launching his presidential campaign for a year yet to be determined.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 02:40 PM (gLYp7)

Could be ‘28.
Vance hasn’t locked the nomination in by any means.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (6ydKt)

43 35 t’s a wonderful speech falling on mostly deaf ears I’m afraid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:39 PM (6ydKt)

I think that was Marco launching his presidential campaign for a year yet to be determined.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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Somewhat, but Churchill made his rep also by doing these international speeches as a government minister well before he became PM. When you deliver such a polemic, it essentially paints a person in to the extent they feel bound to follow what they said. Unless of course, they are a Democrat who live by lies instead.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

44 It is exactly these type of appeals to the past that globalists and leftists despise. That’s not only because is shows the superiority and proven ideals upon which western society was built, but is shows the demonstrable, historical failure of the ideas and policies they bleat.

Mass migration and open borders are only one part of their battle plan. What they need in order to succeed is to wipe out the memory of how we arrived at the exceptional nation that is America and the greater western nations in general.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (yurXG)

45 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (xvV+O)

46 This is what's wrong with this Administration! They send Marco Rubio to the Acropolis to lecture Egyptians about so-called Western values! This *literally* is white supremacy! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (Ovx+P)

47 Vance hasn’t locked the nomination in by any means.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (6ydKt)

Being besties with the likes of Tuuqur isn’t helping.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 02:44 PM (T+9ay)

48 Nothing will happen.
Wait, does that apply to this?

Posted by: Nothing will happen guy at October 08, 2026 02:44 PM (OkYzo)

49
Heard tell that the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones has no - zero - campaign appearances scheduled before the election.

It's over, ladeez and gennulmun. Paxton is toast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (eRlcH)

50 45 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

Senate GOP caucus is mostly filled with time serving mediocrities like Tom Tillis and Mitch McConnell. Democrat caucus is filled with traitors like Chris Murphy and Schiff, idiots like Hirono, and liars like Chuck Schumer.

Easy to overlook someone that is growing in stature.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

51

It was a great speech. What will it change though? Countries are not going to change their culture.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (/QHx4)

52 You simply cannot listen to that speech, and understand both the content and context, yet no be impressed or at least provoked by it. People don’t speak like that a lot anymore. But it is one thing we are missing in our dialogue today- a thoughtful, sober, fact based recitation of how we arrived at this age.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (yurXG)

53 If Rubio keeps this up, he's going to have to start putting locks on his garbage cans again.
Posted by: Dr. T at October 08, 2026 02:41 PM (KKJEY)

Pffffft. More like a chastity belt, amirite?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (zafwz)

54 8 In before the Rubio haters

Posted by: doug at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (B1+sW)

Their fish tacos are okay.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

55 Vance hasn’t locked the nomination in by any means.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (6ydKt)

Being besties with the likes of Tuuqur isn’t helping.

Kurt Schlichter disagrees vehemently.
https://tinyurl.com/rupdkbny

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (Riz8t)

56 45 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (xvV+O)

Rubio has learned a lot since 2016.

But I think what happened from 2020 - 24 woke his ass up to what’s really going on and he went full MAGA.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

57 "The rules you follow in life will be based on the behavior of the bottom quintile,"

Pretty much describes the current era

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:47 PM (pfXMo)

58 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (xvV+O)

My guess: he was always this guy. Parents who escaped Castro don’t tend to produce leftists. But I think he bought into the 2000s and 2010s GOPe, Bush, Rove, consultant class bullshit. He came of age politically while Jeb was a political force in Florida and had to play ball. Once he saw Trump crush that garbage his true self was allowed to come out.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 02:47 PM (T+9ay)

59
We want Reagan, but the times call for Trump. Marco's speech is pure Reagan, when people were reasonable. It's a great speech.

But there are few reasonable people today. The Trumpian era is here because it takes a sledgehammer guile to get anything done.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 02:48 PM (OkYzo)

60 willowed. I believe Talarico has been handed an envelope with evidence of a verifiable crime.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 02:48 PM (nxLtX)

61 Easy to overlook someone that is growing in stature."

Height jokes? Heh.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:48 PM (pfXMo)

62 Spain: Snap elections

Germany: AfD on the march

France (is broke): RN is steamrolling.

Europe can't afford Europe anymore. Biting the bullet, so to speak, will cause enormous stress throughout each membership nation.

Coddling their peoples while living rent-free under the American security umbrella worked for a while, until America had its own re-awakening. No more. We pulled our strategic bombers out of the UK because the UK refused to take responsibility for its own defense. It has, at least for the moment, lost its own identity as a country and as a people. Let that "special gift for liberty" come again, O Lord.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (rj6Yv)

63 49
Heard tell that the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones has no - zero - campaign appearances scheduled before the election.

It's over, ladeez and gennulmun. Paxton is toast.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (eRlcH)

Avocado Toast?

Posted by: Beta O'Rourke at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (l3cgK)

64 . I believe Talarico has been handed an envelope with evidence of a verifiable crime."

He's got info on Hillary Clinton?

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (pfXMo)

65 Rubio has really stepped up compared to when he first got rolled by the old guard when he got elected.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (N1DT3)

66 Spending for Paxton: Increasing!

Spending for Talafreako: Drying up!

Prediction: Talafreako wins in a landslide!

Posted by: Acme Political Consultants and Learing Center at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (Ovx+P)

67 50 45 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

Senate GOP caucus is mostly filled with time serving mediocrities like Tom Tillis and Mitch McConnell. Democrat caucus is filled with traitors like Chris Murphy and Schiff, idiots like Hirono, and liars like Chuck Schumer.

Easy to overlook someone that is growing in stature.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)
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My read is that plucking someone with actual intelligence and potential out of the do-nothing circle-jerk that is the US Senate and letting him cook has something to do with it. I also think that Marco got pissed off being in the Senate and figured out What Time It Is and thus got down to doing some real, actual work.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 02:49 PM (oqH4h)

68 Could be ‘28.
Vance hasn’t locked the nomination in by any means.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08

With Vance seemingly determined to tie himself to 200lbs of stupid Rubio has a huge opening.

Posted by: Dandalo at October 08, 2026 02:50 PM (tmYdE)

69 Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

He's had a variety of careers.

https://www.bing.com/images/search
?q=marco+rubio+job+memes&form=
HDRSC3&first=1

Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 02:50 PM (FhXTo)

70 I think you can certainly question some of the things Rubio has said in the past, just like Trump. But it is the evolution of those thoughts that really matters. Rubio at least seems to have matured into much more than he was even five years ago.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:50 PM (yurXG)

71 You simply cannot listen to that speech, and understand both the content and context, yet no be impressed or at least provoked by it. People don’t speak like that a lot anymore. But it is one thing we are missing in our dialogue today- a thoughtful, sober, fact based recitation of how we arrived at this age.

Many of the same people praising the speech also dismiss the importance of having Senators and Congresscritters make an impassioned, well-considered speech or interrogation of a hostile witness. Sure, it's easy to mock their shirtsleeve status, but a good speaker is still worthwhile. Words matter. Words can move people. Ask Churchill.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 02:50 PM (Riz8t)

72 Willowed: people in Texas have started putting up "MISSING" flyers in Texas with Talarico 's face on them. Next up milk cartons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (t9883)

73 Could be ‘28.
Vance hasn’t locked the nomination in by any means.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
=========
Vance is tying himself to ending the OPT and H1B as frontman today. This is one of the biggest hits on globo homo corporatists in a long while and going after Microsoft and Adobe takes guts.

Young white males in college or recent graduates have not benefited as much from the Trump economy yet because corporations have tried to layoff as many citizens and hire foreigners in order to bolster corporate profits. Those not in college are seeing a much better job market right now.

This action restricting the endless corporate greed for cheap labor is going after what this group of voters see as corporations destroying their hopes and dreams by hiring cheap visa applicants that are often not even qualified over Americans.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

74
There are rumors that Talarico is recovering from an emergency room visit to remove something from is rectum. Might be true. Maybe just rumors.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (OkYzo)

75 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (eRlcH)

I hope so, but JFTR, he is not ordained . He may have graduated from seminary, but he himself said he did not complete his ordination requirements because he was concentrating on politics. In order to be ordained in many denominations you have to submit lengthy papers and go before an examining board which last a day or several days.
So "seminary student" would be a more appropriate term

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (JrHfD)

76 Lotta truth in that speech.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (BAWkL)

77
Heard tell that the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones has no - zero - campaign appearances scheduled before the election.

Kinda brilliant, actually. He's already grifted millions from his campaign, and will keep whatever he doesn't spend from now until the election. If he were to keep campaigning, he'd have to spend a bunch of that money, and if he fundraises, his donors will inevitably be pissed when he gets his ass kicked. By laying low, he can claim that "the polls and all the Democrat advisers told me that I had it in the bag!", and avoid being blamed.

Then he can take all of the remaining cash and live out his days doing butt stuff on Fire Island.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 02:52 PM (y9nCu)

78 My read is that plucking someone with actual intelligence and potential out of the do-nothing circle-jerk that is the US Senate and letting him cook has something to do with it. I also think that Marco got pissed off being in the Senate and figured out What Time It Is and thus got down to doing some real, actual work.
Posted by: ballistic

We will see. Certainly impressive as Sec. of State as probably one of best since at least George Schultz.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

79 Europe can't afford Europe anymore. Biting the bullet, so to speak, will cause enormous stress throughout each membership nation.

Coddling their peoples while living rent-free under the American security umbrella worked for a while, until America had its own re-awakening. No more. We pulled our strategic bombers out of the UK because the UK refused to take responsibility for its own defense. It has, at least for the moment, lost its own identity as a country and as a people. Let that "special gift for liberty" come again, O Lord.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Canada at October 08, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)

80 The EU is increasingly totalitarian, run technocratically and, so far, relatively benignly, but when globalist parties start getting flushed in country after country, Brussels will get ugly. In the meantime, they are all out of money. Even Germany is in economic trouble. This whole "Russia, Russia, Russia" scare reminds me of Wag The Dog, scaring voters in hopes they won't see the self-made disaster looming.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 02:53 PM (I9lAP)

81 Can any truly rational person get a look at the inside of politics and not think, "holy shit, we're cooked if things don't change."

I'm hoping Rubio was one of those.

Most other politicians give in to the corruption or go full "cover my ass until retirement" mode.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:53 PM (iOpI2)

82 You know, there's a reason China ultimately resorts to espionage, corporate espionage and outright theft in just about every advancing (as well as established) long term field.

It's because their brand of government and social structure breeds stagnancy. You are not rewarded for innovation. The state is rewarded in your place. You get to succeed if they SAY you get to succeed. And, ultimately, that allows you to obtain credit for someone else's accomplishment(s).

So, as expected the ingenuity and innovation of discovery is stifled in China. So, they take from others not held back (as much) by that structure.

No one really ever says this out loud. I think Rubio just might one of these days.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 02:53 PM (dIske)

83 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (JrHfD)

Or M.Div recipient.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:54 PM (JrHfD)

84 afternoon humor break: Would you rather clear out feral hogs the California way or the Texas way?

https://tinyurl.com/59xjcusy

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 02:54 PM (I9lAP)

85 Then he can take all of the remaining cash and live out his days doing butt stuff on Fire Island.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 02:52 PM (y9nCu)

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lol

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:54 PM (iOpI2)

86 This is a lot better than the 'thousand points of light' speech. More like 'tear down this wall.'

Some people need pay raises.

I wonder if the White House has some excess funding to buy airtime and streaming time to run this speech about a thousand times.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 02:54 PM (2GVsD)

87 are rumors that Talarico is recovering from an emergency room visit to remove something from is rectum. Might be true. Maybe just rumors.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Yikes.

Posted by: Richard Gere at October 08, 2026 02:54 PM (T+9ay)

88 I think I got flirted with at the gym and I don't know how to feel about that.

A pretty woman walked across my path, looked me in the eyes and gave me a big smile. A few seconds later she circled back, smiled, and said something while brushing her hair behind her ear.

I had earbuds in and didn't hear what she said.

I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:55 PM (mkw2N)

89 It could very well be Vance-Rubio in 2028.
I don’t know how they would feel about that, but they seem like they’d make a good team to carry the ball forward.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

90 It's been obvious for some time but Rubio's speech along with some previous remarks from him, Trump, JD and others are building the case against the globalists that have been leading the west for the last number of decades. He's putting another very eloquent stake in the ground for a return to the days of the nation state when the west was strong, proud and leading the world.

Given the current election results throughout Latin America, Germany, the rise of Marine Le Pen and others I think it's perfectly timed. There are others in the west though not as visible and they need leadership and reassurance that the lone super power of the world is back and ready to lead.

Onward Christian Soldier and all that.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)

91 Great, thoughtful oratory has been part of every single important societal battle we have fought. It’s people’s enthrallment with their personal lives, vanity and the (purposeful) distractions provided by social media that have changed. People foolishly believe they are becoming more enlightened when in reality they are becoming slaves to whatever mendacity, obfuscation and distortion they read on the internet.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:56 PM (yurXG)

92
There are rumors that Talarico is recovering from an emergency room visit to remove something from is rectum. Might be true. Maybe just rumors.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 02:51 PM (OkYzo)

What was removed? A wildebeest?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 02:56 PM (y9nCu)

93 He had notes but no teleprompter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 02:56 PM (nqf1u)

94 66 Spending for Paxton: Increasing!

Spending for Talafreako: Drying up!

Prediction: Talafreako wins in a landslide!

-------

Paxton is lazy! A horrible candidate!

Trump! TRUUUUUUMMMMMPPPPP

Posted by: NRO Pundit at October 08, 2026 02:56 PM (AaY6N)

95 Has anyone today said, "eff the Mitch McConnell handlers!"

Well, then, I just said it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (iOpI2)

96 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)

97 Todays NY Post reports Talafreako collected a sweet $11.5 million from Reid Hoffman, the bowling ball-shaped San Fran billionaire who previously was best known for visiting Epstein Island and Palm Beach mansion (with his buddy Bill Clinton).

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (I9lAP)

98 I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme
======
I hate to tell you buddy but you were sexually assaulted by her female gaze. Your trauma prevents you from seeing the truth.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

99 What was removed? A wildebeest?

Has anyone seen O'Rourke?

They are both kinky Furries.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (2GVsD)

100
What was removed? A wildebeest?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur
---

Hadn't he visited the WNBA?
It was a giant green dildo.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (nqf1u)

101
The EU is increasingly totalitarian, run technocratically and, so far, relatively benignly, but when globalist parties start getting flushed in country after country, Brussels will get ugly.

___________

In the EU, your rights are a gift of the government, which makes it clear it can take them away when it wants to. If the plebs get uppity, the hammer will fall.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (eRlcH)

102 >> You know, there's a reason China ultimately resorts to espionage, corporate espionage and outright theft in just about every advancing (as well as established) long term field.

Their main problem is they don’t believe in God. They believe they are god and therefore have no capacity to account for His presence and force in this world. It’s their blind spot.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:58 PM (yurXG)

103 I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme

Take the W.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 02:58 PM (BAWkL)

104 Rubio is definitely my biggest surprise of the Trump admin.

Posted by: Drunken Yoda at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (lBlv7)

105 I hate to tell you buddy but you were sexually assaulted by her female gaze. Your trauma prevents you from seeing the truth.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

----

Don't worry, he'll realize it in a couple of years and can then sue her.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (iOpI2)

106 96 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 02:57 PM (2WIwB)

Worked this time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (6ydKt)

107 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.
Posted by: Diogenes

You've probably been hacked by one of the geezers you fleeced.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

108 Somewhat, but Churchill made his rep also by doing these international speeches as a government minister well before he became PM. When you deliver such a polemic, it essentially paints a person in to the extent they feel bound to follow what they said. Unless of course, they are a Democrat who live by lies instead.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

A time for choosing enters the chat and also Reagan's radio broadcasts. Reagan did a lot of radio shows.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (q2usZ)

109 Reminds me of a meme type I've been seeing more of.

Frame 1: We could have had this [futuristic picture from the 50/60s]

Frame 2: But we choose this [Picture of drug zombies in a city] and [Muslims attacking people] and [Urban gang setting things on fire]

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:00 PM (sKqQm)

110
I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:55 PM (mkw2N)

___________

Was your wallet thicker than usual?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 03:00 PM (eRlcH)

111 Rubio is definitely my biggest surprise of the Trump admin.
Posted by: Drunken Yoda

Concur.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:00 PM (77rzZ)

112
I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.

Pre-selection.

Another woman liked you enough to get married so you have to have some redeeming qualities...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

113 Hegseth, Bessent and Rubio. The right men in the right place at the right time.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (nxLtX)

114 Meanwhile today, Vance took aim in a speech over H1B and OPT at Bernie with aim of separating Bernie from the bros.

"
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
3h
🚨 JUST IN: JD Vance just exposed socialists like Bernie Sanders 10 YEARS AGO opposing open borders because it's cheap labor, now they CRY FOUL when Trump cracks down on displacement of Americans

"[For them], it's not about the working class. It's about their HATRED of native-born citizens!" 🎯

"Back in 2016...when Bernie Sanders...was asked about open borders. He gave an answer that sounded similar to Stephen Miller said — of course we're not going to have open borders, because that's going to displace American workers!"

"It is ironic that so many of the self-described socialists running across this country, they love the idea of replacing American workers with foreign workers." 💯

Bernie literally called open borders "a Koch brothers proposal" that would make Americans poorer

Now his own party fights Trump on every single move to protect American jobs! MAJOR HYPOCRISY

Trump is the one standing up for the working class now. Imagine that.

The socialist campaigns in 2026 are built on lies. It's why we ALL NEED TO VOTE RED 🔥"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)

115 I know it will come as a shock to everyone here, but it seems that the linear city in Saudi Arabia may not have been the great idea it was cracked up to be, and is probably now abandoned. No s***, Salman.

It was one of the purest cases ever of grifting yes-men telling the boss (Mohammad bin Salman al Saud) what he wanted to hear, so they could loot the treasury. I'm sure it has no applicability here, though.

https://tinyurl.com/3cww4a7p

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

116 78 George Schultz was an impressive SoS? Whig did you work for him or something?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 08, 2026 03:02 PM (bX16E)

117
I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme

Take off that wedding ring, and she wouldn't give you the time of the day. 304s have been like that for decades.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 03:02 PM (y9nCu)

118 90 It's been obvious for some time but Rubio's speech along with some previous remarks from him, Trump, JD and others are building the case against the globalists
---

Trump, several times, in so many words, has said,
after the elections I will be set free. You don't know
what's going to happen, what I'm going to do.
I can and will do anything I see fit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:02 PM (nqf1u)

119 Vance's speech along with the Sec. of Labor was directed at this event today.

KanekoaTheGreat
@KanekoaTheGreat
·
2h
BREAKING: Trump administration suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Tata, Infosys, HCL, Capgemini, and Wipro from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)

120 Instead of teaching students the myth of the noble savages and the wonders of their canoes and cave paintings, we should be emphasizing the amazing bad-assery of building wooden boats capable of harnessing the wind and ocean currents to sail across immense, dangerous oceans, navigating by the the stars and compass to conquer them.

Posted by: Ripley at October 08, 2026 03:03 PM (GUOwU)

121 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.

Me, too. Interesting pattern that seems to cause it.

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:03 PM (+BvUE)

122 I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme

Take off that wedding ring, and she wouldn't give you the time of the day. 304s have been like that for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Doesn't seem to matter if I have one on or not. It never happens.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (k9rrS)

123 102 >> You know, there's a reason China ultimately resorts to espionage, corporate espionage and outright theft in just about every advancing (as well as established) long term field.

Their main problem is they don’t believe in God. They believe they are god and therefore have no capacity to account for His presence and force in this world. It’s their blind spot.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:58 PM (yurXG)

They don't resort to it, they do it as a first response.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)

124 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.
Posted by: Diogenes

You've probably been hacked by one of the geezers you fleeced.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

That is entirely possible. Crafty old bastards they are!
But in this case I was commenting from the waiting room of my dentist's office. None of my, frankly, brilliant comments about the Somali gangs made it to the thread. Lost forever in the ether I guess.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (2WIwB)

125 JUST IN: JD Vance just exposed socialists like Bernie Sanders 10 YEARS AGO opposing open borders because it's cheap labor, now they CRY FOUL when Trump cracks down on displacement of Americans

One of our problems is that our opponents don't actually have any core values.

This is why they can reverse positions in a few years and still argue they are "right"

But it means there is no negotiation or debate really to be had because whatever issue they arguing for today doesn't matter to them...they just want power

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)

126 304s have been like that for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at

What's a 304 or that was a typo for something else ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (JrHfD)

127 I don't think Marco will run for POTUS in '28 (unless Trump cuts JD off), and I plan on voting for JD even if Marco runs. But that was a fantastic speech. Marco probably did not write (much of) it, but he is responsible for it. The setting was perfect; camera was placed just right, and not using a teleprompter paradoxically made it more authenic. Twentienth Century pols all read/delivered speeches without a prompter. It led to small speaking mistakes (like Marco made yesterday), and I suppose the looking up and down at the text can seem a bit off-putting, but to me it makes the speaker look more thoughtful. Maybe Marco did not have a prompter available at that location, but he was able to pull it off. Not sure anyone else on the political stage today could do it.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (sFNX2)

128 It was one of the purest cases ever of grifting yes-men telling the boss (Mohammad bin Salman al Saud) what he wanted to hear, so they could loot the treasury. I'm sure it has no applicability here, though.

https://tinyurl.com/3cww4a7p

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

It was designed as a mile long subway station in the middle of the desert.

Cool idea and all but only some oil sheiks with more money than brains could think it would actually work in the long run.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (6ydKt)

129 116 78 George Schultz was an impressive SoS? Whig did you work for him or something?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Very important in the Cold War during Reagan's years. He was also Sec. of Treasury during the Nixon years. Marine.

Read up on his speech to Dept. of State types back in his day.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)

130 @KanekoaTheGreat
·
2h
BREAKING: Trump administration suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Tata, Infosys, HCL, Capgemini, and Wipro from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards.

Oh, man. My vote is working!

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (+BvUE)

131 BREAKING: Trump administration suspends Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Tata, Infosys, HCL, Capgemini, and Wipro from sponsoring H-1B workers for green cards.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)
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It's good to be president during the election campaign season.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (rj6Yv)

132 107 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.
Posted by: Diogenes

You've probably been hacked by one of the geezers you fleeced.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:59 PM (77rzZ)

Or the chicken he plucked and called a man...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

133 > Was your wallet thicker than usual?

No, but I remembered to put the potato in the front this time.

> Take the W.

Good advice.

> I hate to tell you buddy but you were sexually assaulted by her female gaze. Your trauma prevents you from seeing the truth.

I should start a GoFundMe.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (mkw2N)

134 When guns are outlawed, only Somali's will have guns.

Posted by: CHUCK HESTON at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (6pJKE)

135 Test.
My posts haven't been posting.

Me, too. Interesting pattern that seems to cause it.
Posted by: t-bird

Reboot. Seriously. Your hash is tied to a blocked isp. Had that happen last week.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (k9rrS)

136 45 Among some very, very good cabinet picks, Rubio is the best and most surprising. Where the hell was this guy before he became the SecState?
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

I held my nose and voted for him for the Senate.

He's been an outstanding cabinet pick. I couldn't be more shocked. And pleased.

Posted by: Ann at October 08, 2026 03:06 PM (SHHm+)

137
What's a 304 or that was a typo for something else ?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (JrHfD)

__________

Type "304" on a calculator, turn it upside down and it's now "hoe"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 03:06 PM (eRlcH)

138 126 304s have been like that for decades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at

What's a 304 or that was a typo for something else ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (JrHfD)

Turn it upside down on your calculator...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:06 PM (l3cgK)

139 But in this case I was commenting from the waiting room of my dentist's office. None of my, frankly, brilliant comments about the Somali gangs made it to the thread. Lost forever in the ether I guess.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (2WIwB)

That’s weird.
Could be a spotty connection (5G or WiFi) giving you problems.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:07 PM (6ydKt)

140 Or the chicken he plucked and called a man...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a "featherless biped" joke?

Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 03:07 PM (OlzlW)

141 This Rubio fella makes some prominent, eye-catching points.

Like me.

Way up firm and high, even.

Posted by: Acropolis 1989 (NSFW) at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (wVcYX)

142 304s have been like that for decades.

Actually, you turn that upside-down and you get "shoe"

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

143 Very important in the Cold War during Reagan's years. He was also Sec. of Treasury during the Nixon years. Marine.

Read up on his speech to Dept. of State types back in his day.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)
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A Princeton man. He even wore a tiger tattoo.

USMC 1942-1945

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (rj6Yv)

144 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 03:06 PM

Okkkay then. Hopefully I was not the only one who didn't know that .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (JrHfD)

145
I was wearing my wedding ring and I'm not used to random women approaching me. I guess I'm flattered, but I'm not sure she was flirting.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:55 PM (mkw2N)

That was a friend of your wife.
You passed.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (zafwz)

146
Pre-selection.

Another woman liked you enough to get married so you have to have some redeeming qualities...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (sKqQm)

Plus, it's a form of competition. A lot of single women, especially New Yawk urbanites, love the idea of stealing a man away from another woman, to assert dominance. Basically, if she thinks it's a good idea to air her thoughts on tiktok, she's much more likely to be like this.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

147 140 Or the chicken he plucked and called a man...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a "featherless biped" joke?

Posted by: Emmie at October 08, 2026 03:07 PM (OlzlW)

Go ask Plato.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

148 137
What's a 304 or that was a typo for something else ?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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A lot of the secret language has been invented to circumvent social media censoring and blocking words particularly young males.

Sort of like how the Cockney invented rhyming slang.

One more reason that wokeism is failing is people adapt to speak freely whatever idiotic censorship and party line that the control freaks want to do.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)

149 Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

LOL

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 03:09 PM (JrHfD)

150 >>@libsoftiktok
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8m
>>BREAKING UPDATE: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just confirmed that the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be made PUBLIC.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 03:09 PM (viF8m)

151 I'm some number of years old and I can count on one hand the number of times I've been blatantly hit on/flirted with by a female.

Each time I've dined out on it for about two weeks after, lol.

Just take the ego boost, put a little spring in your step, go home and use that extra pep with your wife.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:09 PM (oqH4h)

152 142 304s have been like that for decades.

Actually, you turn that upside-down and you get "shoe"

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

...5304...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)

153 So far Marco is my next guy

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (Ia/+0)

154 The greeks are famous for fucking each other in the ass.

Hence, Greek.

I call it "The Hard Way".

Posted by: Al Czervik at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (pa/M5)

155 They don't resort to it, they do it as a first response.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:04 PM (l3cgK)
__________________

Well, they have no other choice. It's why I was so disappointed in the poor "Birthright Citizenship" decision of SCOTUS. China is the primary beneficiary of that process. THEY are the ones running those rotating birthing centers in Southern California. It's so organized that they rotate between locations...and once the birth takes place, the mother and child immediately return to Mainland China, and that child is groomed for a specific industry/ corporation. Upon education and training being completed, the of age US Citizen returns to the US and gains entry into their assigned field as an asset to the CCP.

It reall IS a national security issue.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)

156
If it had been me, she would have said, "I've told the manager to throw you out."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (eRlcH)

157 BREAKING UPDATE: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just confirmed that the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be made PUBLIC.
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh, that is awesome!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)

158 You can tell Hegseth used to be on TV for a living.
He knows what will juice the ratings instinctively.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (6ydKt)

159 Not sure that Vance is on board with Hemispherical Independence.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (nqf1u)

160 Did you all know Idaho has a ballot measure to legalize abortion? First I’ve heard of it. You’d think this would be a bigger story.

The one in Kansas a few years ago was all over the place.

Posted by: Richard Gere at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (T+9ay)

161 That was one heck of an incredible speech, and the backdrop made it all the more incredible. What a shot. Rubio is very impressive in his role as SOS.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (qBdHI)

162 Not sure that Vance is on board with Hemispherical Independence.

Wait, is that code for a woman not wearing a bra?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)

163 Reid Hoffman, the bowling ball-shaped San Fran billionaire who previously was best known for visiting Epstein Island and Palm Beach mansion

What I like best about Hoffman is how he enshittified Linkedin into a Facebook for DEI professionals and visa grifters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sDWtc)

164 162 Not sure that Vance is on board with Hemispherical Independence.

Wait, is that code for a woman not wearing a bra?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)

Is this where Diogenes brings out a Great Tit?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (l3cgK)

165 One nit to pick. Devout Orthodox Christians (I saw at least one Orthodox bishop in the audience) may not have been enthusiastically on board with Marco's citing of Augustine and Aquinas. Some of Augustine's teachings were not accepted by the Orthodox (even before the Great Schism), and in the Fourteenth Century an Orthodox Council specifically rejected a lot of Scholastic theology. Just a nit on my part, however. And I would have been estatic if Marco had recognized the role of the Eastern (Greek) Roman Empire in keeping civilization alive during the Dark Ages and fighting alone against Mohamidism for so many centuries.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sFNX2)

166
>>@libsoftiktok
·
8m
>>BREAKING UPDATE: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just confirmed that the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be made PUBLIC.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 03:09 PM (viF8m)

My mancrush just went into overdrive.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 03:13 PM (y9nCu)

167 Madison Cornbread, come on down!

>>@kylegriffin1
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7m
>>BREAKING: MS NOW confirms.

>>The Trump Justice Department is seeking a federal criminal indictment of ex-White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson on charges of lying to Congress about Trump's actions on Jan. 6.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 03:13 PM (viF8m)

168 162 Not sure that Vance is on board with Hemispherical Independence.

Wait, is that code for a woman not wearing a bra?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (Riz8t)

Is this where Diogenes brings out a Great Tit?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (l3cgK)

I'm on standby.

Posted by: Milena Velba (NSFW) at October 08, 2026 03:13 PM (wVcYX)

169 Actually, you turn that upside-down and you get "shoe"

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

...5304...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)

'Well worn' shoes.

Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

170 What I like best about Hoffman is how he enshittified Linkedin into a Facebook for DEI professionals and visa grifters.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sDWtc)
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So right, lol. All of social media is a cesspool, but LinkedIn is a particularly useless part of the cesspool.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (oqH4h)

171 Serious question: wasn't Laticia James prosecuted or had her license revoked? How is she still a part of the legal system?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (iOpI2)

172 Curtis Yarvin is big mad, y'all
tinyurl.com/3fwec7yw

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (sDWtc)

173 And I would have been estatic if Marco had recognized the role of the Eastern (Greek) Roman Empire in keeping civilization alive during the Dark Ages and fighting alone against Mohamidism for so many centuries.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sFNX2)
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Nice view of the Acropolis. The Turks used it as a powder magazine.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (rj6Yv)

174 Actually, you turn that upside-down and you get "shoe"

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

...5304...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)

'Well worn' shoes.
Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

. . . aaaand we're back to cobbler art.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (wVcYX)

175 Cassidy squealing on Liz Cheney in a plea deal would be a nice surprise.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:16 PM (6ydKt)

176 > If it had been me, she would have said, "I've told the manager to throw you out."

See! I couldn't hear what she said. That totally could have been it!

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:16 PM (mkw2N)

177 I visited the Acropolis about a year ago. It's weird seeing something IRL that you've seen pictures of as log as you can remember.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:17 PM (Riz8t)

178 160 Did you all know Idaho has a ballot measure to legalize abortion? First I’ve heard of it. You’d think this would be a bigger story.
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Things get shit canned.

The woman who organized the successful ballot petition against the mayor and city council, re: Epic Center in McKinley TX, is black,
Ashley Marie Louden. Find a picture of her. Nah, can't have that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:17 PM (nqf1u)

179 BREAKING UPDATE: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth just confirmed that the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be made PUBLIC.
Posted by: JackStraw

Oh, that is awesome!
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)
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PPV?

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 03:17 PM (rj6Yv)

180 I want to see Hasan get capped

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 03:17 PM (Ia/+0)

181 So right, lol. All of social media is a cesspool, but LinkedIn is a particularly useless part of the cesspool.
Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (oqH4h)

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My account is in hibernation. Every once in a while I get an email asking me if I want to come back and reactivate. it. No. No, I don't.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (DRSnL)

182 171 Serious question: wasn't Laticia James prosecuted or had her license revoked? How is she still a part of the legal system?
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (iOpI2)

The DOJ was looking at her mortgage fraud problems but I have’t heard anything about it in a long while.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (6ydKt)

183 long

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (Riz8t)

184 How public are we talking? Will there be livestreaming?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

185 public =/= live

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 03:19 PM (AKptf)

186 PPV would be good, with proceeds to benefit survivor families.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 03:19 PM (YdWlB)

187 Some of Augustine's teachings were not accepted by the Orthodox (even before the Great Schism),

In fairness, Augustine didn't bat 1.000 among Catholics either. We don't accept gratia irresistibilis for one thing.
Anyway, since John Chrysostom was a flat-earther and a mentor of Nestorius, Orthodox can hardly say that all their saints were perfect either.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:19 PM (sDWtc)

188 184 How public are we talking? Will there be livestreaming?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

Probably going to record it in 8K/120fps and stream it live on YouTube.

(I hope)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:20 PM (6ydKt)

189 All of social media is a cesspool, but LinkedIn is a particularly useless part of the cesspool.
Posted by: ballistic

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Where humble-brag and buzzword-bingo do their best work . . .

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 08, 2026 03:20 PM (4G7wI)

190 Nice view of the Acropolis. The Turks used it as a powder magazine.
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The Parthenon was a Church for a much longer period of time than it was a pagan temple. Now the idiot neo-pagans in Nashville are trying to turn the (replica) Parthenon into a functioning temple to Athena.

Meanwhile, plans are moving forward in Greece to undo the Turkish damage and restore the Parthenon.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 08, 2026 03:20 PM (sFNX2)

191

Pay per view and the families get the money.

Posted by: four seasons at October 08, 2026 03:20 PM (/QHx4)

192 172 Curtis Yarvin is big mad, y'all
tinyurl.com/3fwec7yw
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (sDWtc)
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1) Who?
2) I skimmed that thread. What is this idiot even talking about? I just saw a bunch of pseudo-philosophical fart-huffing nonsense about truth and wisdom interspersed with modern slang to appear hip and with it.

Conclusion: This guy talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:21 PM (oqH4h)

193 174 Actually, you turn that upside-down and you get "shoe"

Posted by: t-bird at October 08, 2026 03:08 PM (+BvUE)

...5304...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:10 PM (l3cgK)

'Well worn' shoes.
Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (zZu0s)

. . . aaaand we're back to cobbler art.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 03:15 PM (wVcYX)

Candidate for Weekly Top Comments...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:21 PM (l3cgK)

194 I've seen men shot and killed. It isn't pleasant. But I will watch this.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 03:21 PM (2WIwB)

195 He also attacks transnationalist "Davosism," the socialist dream of all national borders melting away into one gigantic ultrastate.
--------

There's an old book that talks about something like this coming to pass. Wonder how it knew.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 03:22 PM (IUETd)

196 Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)

197 How public are we talking? Will there be livestreaming?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 03:18 PM (BI5O2)

I feel that having Michael Buffer deliver his trademarked and iconic phrase, "Let's Get Ready To Rumble!" immediately before orders are given to the firing squad would only enhance the gravitas of this solemn occasion.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 03:23 PM (wVcYX)

198
Posted by: Jordan61
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Hey, long time no see. Hope you are doing well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:23 PM (nqf1u)

199 How many times can we load the rifles with blanks and yell "PSYCH!" after the volley?

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:24 PM (oqH4h)

200 Talafreako speculation is running rampant, notwithstanding an X post, ostensibly from him, challenging Paxton to a debate.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 03:25 PM (YdWlB)

201
What I like best about Hoffman is how he enshittified Linkedin into a Facebook for DEI professionals and visa grifters.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sDWtc)
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So right, lol. All of social media is a cesspool, but LinkedIn is a particularly useless part of the cesspool.
Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (oqH4h)

Good luck trying to find the pricing for anything LinkedIn. You literally have to sign up for a "free trial" first, then they still hide the pricing, which is only an estimate, IF you can find it.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 03:25 PM (y9nCu)

202 199 How many times can we load the rifles with blanks and yell "PSYCH!" after the volley?
Posted by: ballistic

Didn't we try that with Christa Pike? Now she's suing and might be let loose to give some other poor kid to Tlaloc.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (sDWtc)

203 > I've seen men shot and killed. It isn't pleasant. But I will watch this.

I've heard a modern firing squad execution is relatively tame. They put the condemned in a dark jumpsuit with a white bit of cloth over their heart. They're immobilized. The shots fire, the bit of cloth disappears, the condemned's head falls forward, the curtains close.

Any American who's been watching TV shows and movies with gunshot victims their whole life is likely to be underwhelmed.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)

204 "187...Orthodox can hardly say that all their saints were perfect either."
-------------------------------------------
Agreed! And FWIW, I have no problem with saying "St Augustine." Weigh the volume of all the good he did and the soundness of almost all his doctrine against the few errors and there is no comparison. I've heard that some of his errors can be traced back to his lack of Greek and therefore not being exposed to numerous issues that had already been decided in the East. And he was frequently reacting to bad heresy, and sometimes his arguments went too far and tipped into statements that could be later taken out of context.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 08, 2026 03:27 PM (sFNX2)

205 I remember when the Liberians shot their cabinet ministers and other high ranking officials on the beach in Monrovia.

Probably on youtube somewhere.

Posted by: 1980 at October 08, 2026 03:27 PM (pa/M5)

206 Bravo! Standing ovation!

A major defining moment in his future presidential campaign.

This is his "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" speech.

And what I pray for daily before the culture and people of the UK and Europe disappear, for Christians and Jews to rise up and fight. Two fights against the barbarians and their own government officials.

Shame on Europe for the statue of President Trump. They don't deserve us saving them, save your cowardly selves if you can.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 03:27 PM (hzuYO)

207 Looking for international comments on Rubio I found this; it must be election time in Italy.

@GiorgiaMeloni · 10h

Slum-dweller, fishmonger, greengrocer.
And then plenty more: “Queen of Coattonia (Trash-town,”

,” “cow,” “wide-mouthed frog,” “bitch.”
And so on. Over the years, I’ve been called all sorts of names.
Personal insults—targeting my appearance, my family, my background.
But today, the tone changes. And the level is raised.

This is because a Democratic Party figure—one Floriano Della Bella—stated during a Pontedera City Council meeting that Meloni is a “*Ciociara*—in the most derogatory sense of the word.”...
...
I am sorry for them, but I do not share that view. I am proud to be called *Ciociara*. For Ciociaria is one of the most beautiful, ancient, and extraordinary regions of our Italy—a land of popes and military leaders, saints and artists, writers and poets. It is the home of Cicero, Gaius Marius, Boniface VIII, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio De Sica, Nino Manfredi, and so many other men and women who have shaped our history over the ages. …
...etc
Long live Ciociaria!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:29 PM (nqf1u)

208 129 Thank you, I did not know. Reagan SoS is impressive. Nixon SoT not so much.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 08, 2026 03:29 PM (bX16E)

209 Conclusion: This guy talks like a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: ballistic

Intellectuals or worse, wannabe intellectuals get upset if their own particular itch doesn't get scratched. Guy used to go by Mencius Moldbug and was part of the supposed dark and dank movement with people like him, Vox Dei, etc. via various internet platforms.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

210 203 > I've seen men shot and killed. It isn't pleasant. But I will watch this.

I've heard a modern firing squad execution is relatively tame. They put the condemned in a dark jumpsuit with a white bit of cloth over their heart. They're immobilized. The shots fire, the bit of cloth disappears, the condemned's head falls forward, the curtains close.

Any American who's been watching TV shows and movies with gunshot victims their whole life is likely to be underwhelmed.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 03:26 PM (mkw2N)

I think I'd rather be shot dead, in the head, than in the heart.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 03:32 PM (l3cgK)

211 Nixon SoT not so much.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

Schultz had to deal with teh fallout of Nixon taking the US off the Gold Standard because it was no longer tenable (due to LBJ and overspending by Dems in the 60's). He was Nixon's OMB chief, then moved to Labor (I think he was just in time for Nixon's wage price freeze ), then Treasury. Basically a cleanup pitcher after Nixon and his coterie of advisors made messes. Nixon was a lousy domestic president and far too worried about the great game to pay much attention to domestic politics other than winning reelection.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:33 PM (E4rtv)

212 Intellectuals or worse, wannabe intellectuals get upset if their own particular itch doesn't get scratched. Guy used to go by Mencius Moldbug and was part of the supposed dark and dank movement with people like him, Vox Dei, etc. via various internet platforms.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)
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Lol, yeah that tracks. Internet edgelords finding something stupid to 'sperg out about.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:34 PM (oqH4h)

213 Reid Hoffman has been a board member since the sale of LinkedIn to Microsoft but other than that has had no say in LinkedIn matters.

If you want to blame someone for turning it to shit it’s Microsoft.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 03:34 PM (T+9ay)

214 203 > I've seen men shot and killed. It isn't pleasant. But I will watch this.

I've heard a modern firing squad execution is relatively tame. They put the condemned in a dark jumpsuit with a white bit of cloth over their heart. They're immobilized. The shots fire, the bit of cloth disappears, the condemned's head falls forward, the curtains close.

Any American who's been watching TV shows and movies with gunshot victims their whole life is likely to be underwhelmed.

Posted by: bonhomme
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Borderland Beat exhibits Cartel executions etc. Yeah, they are meant to deter infractions. No body coverings.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:35 PM (nqf1u)

215 Long live Ciociaria!
Posted by: Braenyard

One of the best lines of television - "where are the Romans now?" "You're looking at us, asshole."

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:36 PM (sDWtc)

216 113 Hegseth, Bessent and Rubio. The right men in the right place at the right time.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (nxLtX)

**********
Thanks be to God.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 03:36 PM (hzuYO)

217 In Yarvin's view, democratic governments are inefficient and wasteful and should be replaced with sovereign joint-stock corporations whose "shareholders" (large owners) elect an executive with total power, but who must serve at their pleasure.[45] The executive, unencumbered by liberal-democratic procedures, could rule efficiently much like a CEO-monarch.[45] Yarvin admires Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping for his pragmatic and market-oriented authoritarianism.
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ROFL this guy is a pud puller

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:38 PM (oqH4h)

218 Hey, long time no see. Hope you are doing well.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 03:23 PM (nqf1u)

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Hey! Yes, doing well, just always crazy busy at work. We finally hired another person though, so hopefully things will calm down for me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:38 PM (DRSnL)

219
Hey! Yes, doing well, just always crazy busy at work. We finally hired another person though, so hopefully things will calm down for me.

Posted by: Jordan61 at October 08, 2026 03:38 PM (DRSnL)

I always wanted to tell you to calm down.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 03:39 PM (IUETd)

220 Marcus T I really appreciate your scripture posts and your comments. Thanks!

Posted by: Buck at October 08, 2026 03:40 PM (fiwzq)

221 The latest survivor of the USS Arizona has died. Lou Counter was 102

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 03:40 PM (t9883)

222 The latest survivor of the USS Arizona has died. Lou Counter was 102
Posted by: Smell the Glove

May he RIP.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:41 PM (77rzZ)

223 The latest survivor of the USS Arizona has died. Lou Counter was 102
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I'd recommend sending that story to JJ for the Morning Report.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:42 PM (77rzZ)

224 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

225 Last name was Conter, spell check screwed it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 03:44 PM (t9883)

226 Will Hasan be the first wheelchair bound man to be executed by firing squad? Firing squad is far to good for the scum. I'd prefer they put him in deep sand for the sand fleas to attack with a sniper watch to shoot anyone who attempts to give him aid. Then make Fauci watch the footage every week.

Posted by: PaleRider at October 08, 2026 03:47 PM (PV+Zw)

227 The latest survivor of the USS Arizona has died. Lou Counter was 102
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 03:40 PM (t9883)

So the Kate level bombers finally caught up with him?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:25 PM (uhVAy)

228 What I like best about Hoffman is how he enshittified Linkedin into a Facebook for DEI professionals and visa grifters.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 03:12 PM (sDWtc)
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So right, lol. All of social media is a cesspool, but LinkedIn is a particularly useless part of the cesspool.
Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 03:14 PM (oqH4h)

Good luck trying to find the pricing for anything LinkedIn. You literally have to sign up for a "free trial" first, then they still hide the pricing, which is only an estimate, IF you can find it.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 03:25 PM (y9nCu)

The only contact Linked In ever sent to me in 1000 texts was my oldest sister, long dead of cancer.

When I got a new phone it wasn't installed.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:28 PM (uhVAy)

229 Interestingly the Greek city states did eventually get forcibly added to a superstate - Rome. At which point they went from each being a force to being just a cog in the Roman state.

And it is interesting because prior to that those greek city states were hitting way about their size in the world - look at the conflicts with the Persian Empire which controlled most of the world at the time
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

Forcibly is kinda a strong word for the Roman incorporation of Greece. Greece starting calling them in to settle disputes between one lame coalition of states and another coalition of states. Or to fight off Macedon. So they got the standard treaty which was Rome protects you, and you have to do what they say, a patron-client relation. Then later, when the patron wanted something they didn't do it, and Rome came down on them like a hammer for a violation of the rules.

Eventually they were reduced to provincial status and vegetated.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)

Don't Call Them Somali Gangs. Call Them Well-Armed Doctors and Engineers.

The Somali community, and the left generally, continues to rage that Somali gang members are called Somali gang members. They want them called "American" gang members. And they insist that the problem isn't Somalis, it's just guns.

FoxNews:

Violence tied to Somali-American gangs in the Twin Cities metro erupted in recent days, with law enforcement recovering nearly 100 casings after a gunfight captured on a resident's surveillance camera -- as officials warn they need help to contain the problem before it escalates.

Video of that shootout below. When you have a Somali tribal beef that involves shooting one hundred bullets next to suburban bedrooms where children are sleeping, people's indulgence of endless migrant crime begins to run out.

The warning follows a burst of violence across several Twin Cities suburbs -- including a Bloomington shootout that left nearly 100 shell casings and another shooting in Eden Prairie -- as law enforcement says the incidents have entered a retaliation cycle and officials race to disrupt the groups before the violence evolves into more entrenched drug- and money-driven crime.
"We have the opportunity to fix it," Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said of a surge in Somali gang violence across the Twin Cities -- but warned authorities could be facing a much more difficult problem if the groups escalate the resources they use.
"It's early. Once they evolve into drugs, we're in trouble. Once they evolve into money, more money, we are in trouble," said Fletcher, whose county is anchored by St. Paul and runs along the west bank of the Mississippi River.
Fletcher estimated that about 300 juveniles are involved and said part of the problem lies in the Somali gangs' relative novelty to local law enforcement and what he characterized as a reluctance to aggressively prosecute offenders across the river in Minneapolis.
"We need more people focused on this problem. Because 50 kids in this 300 need to go to jail, 25 need to be prosecuted by the feds for RICO and and another 25 need to be prosecuted at the local level. Take 50 of the most active out of the mix, and we will see dramatic changes," he said.

But the lesbian tank operating as Hennepin County's DA says that we shouldn't resort to simplistic answers like putting criminals in jail.

He ascribed some of the reticence to neighboring Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, saying she has not been sufficiently "aggressive" in prosecuting such offenders.
"One of the misconceptions is that somehow when you prosecute people, put them in jail that you're destituting them to some terrible life. This is how kids get corrected," he said.
Moriarty's office pushed back on the assertion, with spokesman Daniel Borgertpoepping saying the neighboring communities are "looking for solutions" and that Moriarty's prosecutors "communicate daily with law enforcement [and] will participate in any group that moves us toward sustainable public safety."
"The way we approach prosecution of violent crime is consistent regardless of the race or ethnicity of those involved," Borgertpoepping said.

Uh-huh.

Citizens know this is bullshit. One railed against the endless flow of obfuscatory left-wing bullshit to hide the real problem.

"We don't need more virtue signaling, yard signs, DEI initiatives, or community conversations that lead to nowhere. We need competent government, accountability, and safe neighborhoods," he said, also blaming Moriarty's office for "refu[sing]" to properly address the issue.
He also suggested officials have sometimes generalized the ethnicity of those involved, remarking that it "feels more comfortable for some people to say East African. I don't even know that that's a fair term, because 98% of these gang members are Somalians."

Yesterday I mentioned a police chief stating that these gangland shootouts aren't even about money or drugs (yet). They're just well-off teenagers who are devolving to the Somali preference for internecine warfare.

In nearby Bloomington, where about 100 casings were recovered from the scene of a late-night firefight that appeared to involve automatic weapons, Police Chief Booker Hodges took a confrontational tack toward the suspects who remained at large -- while warning they do not fit the typical stereotype of gang members.
"They're coming from two parent homes, living in apartment buildings with $3,500 a month rent, driving Beamers and Mercedes. They're not dealing with money. There's no drugs in the house. They're purchasing legal firearms," he said.

Michele Tafoya, running to be a senator from Minnesota, is campaigning on the issue.

The Republican Senate nominee in Minnesota is sounding the alarm about crime levels in the state amid a wave of Somali gang violence and a foiled terror plot by an American born to Somali parents.
"I hear a lot of concerns from Minnesotans on the campaign trail about crime, and no matter what form that crime takes, Minnesotans know that they feel under a level of threat that has increased lately here in Minnesota, and in the last week and just today," Michele Tafoya, running as a Republican against Minnesota's Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, told Fox News Digital on Wednesday. "We saw the arrest of an 18-year-old Somali American citizen to Somali parents arrested for a terrorist -- planning a terrorist attack -- at the Mall of America during a Hmong celebration."
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The FBI alleges Mohamud had digital communications beginning in December 2024 with a confidential human source he believed was a member of al-Shabaab, a Somali Islamist terror group and offshoot of ISIS.
"I can't wait until I kill kuffar man. October 24 is the day insha Allah," one of the messages said. "Kuffar" is a term used to refer to non-Muslims, and "insha Allah" means "God willing."
The Hmong people are indigenous to Southeast Asia and boast a relatively large population in the United States.
"We have a large Hmong community here in Minnesota as well, and he basically stated that he wanted to take out anyone who was not a Muslim. He also noted that the Mall of America is owned by people who are Jewish," Tafoya said. "And so this was his plan, and thank goodness for the FBI in Minneapolis here and local law enforcement for catching onto this plan and derailing it well in advance. This is a guy who has pledged his allegiance to ISIS. Again, he is of Somalian descent and terror is alive and well and thank God we averted this massive crisis."
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"And we have had Somali-related -- Somali gang-related -- attacks here locally in our suburbs at a high school football game during homecoming, at a Catholic Church parking lot, at a gas station, and this is all just really started to peak here in the last couple of weeks. So it's undeniable. Our law enforcement here are calling it out as the product of Somali gang violence, and we've got to identify it, and we have to find a way to deal with it."
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"I don't know how you can legislate that assimilation, but we simply cannot tolerate the level of crime," she said. "We've seen it with fraud here. It's in the paperwork that the Feeding Our Future fraud was largely ... in terms of percentage, probably 98%, Somali people involved in that fraud," she said.
"What I do think is any guests of this country who commits crime should be sent home with no pathway back," she said. "If you're coming here to be a guest of this country or to live in this country you cannot break our laws, and if you're an American, you cannot break our laws, period."

Below, the shootout caught on surveillance cameras.

Imagine living with this.

This "teacher" thinks she knows what the problem is: Somalis just work too hard and so don't have the time to properly raise their feral children.

"Minnesota teacher" says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings
No, this is not AI or a far-right skit https://t.co/ghU2aiQMai
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 8, 2026

Yeah, Somalis are famously hard workers:

About 54 percent of Somali-headed households in Minnesota receive food stamps, and 73 percent of Somali households have at least one member on Medicaid. The comparable figures for native households are 7 percent and 18 percent.

Nearly every Somali household with children (89 percent) receives some form of welfare.
Although Somalis have recently been implicated in welfare fraud, any population with poverty rates as high as theirs will qualify for extensive means-tested aid. The best way to reduce immigrant consumption of welfare is not simply to crack down on fraud, but to reduce the number of new arrivals who have low earning power.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:25 PM

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1 Howdy Ace

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (W6UZk)

2 What are they called in Somalia?
Tribes?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (4KUe5)

3 You can practically hear the cancers being cured.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (IUETd)

4 A juxtaposition: watching guys golf while my husband puts up the hurricane door panels.

Posted by: Ann at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (SHHm+)

5 howdy doof

Posted by: ace at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (1wjle)

6 They're lousy shots...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (91qhl)

7 Crack down on new arrivals AND denaturalize and deport.

EMBRACE THE POWER OF ‘AND’!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

8 This is the Democrats solution to every problem:

Outlaw talking about the problem.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (N1DT3)

9 What are they called in Somalia?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (4KUe5)

Brother or Husband

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (IUETd)

10 Brofo is the child of a Somali warlord who came here to avoid justice back home.

Its insane.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

11 >> saying the neighboring communities are "looking for solutions"

It’s called counter battery fire.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (c9rBD)

12 60 IQ Light Bulb Heads will never be Doctors. Lawyers, maybe.

Posted by: Aptitude Testing For Dummies at October 08, 2026 01:30 PM (EdP2u)

13 The left: It is impossible for illegals to get welfare

Also the left: If you validate citizenship for welfare literally millions of people will starve

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

14 We have a large Hmong community here in Minnesota
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You know who else has a large Hmong?

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:30 PM (IUETd)

15 Brain surgeons have gun fights all the time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (BAWkL)

16 Uh oh. Ace's time machine is back up and running.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)

17 If it walks like a duck
Quacks like a duck
And looks like a duck,

It must be a giraffe.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (W2Pud)

18 Somalians belong in Somalia.

Posted by: Bob Bop Perono at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (7Q0e+)

19 The Somali gang members in that video are two of the worst shooters I've ever seen. Zero technical gun skills or proficiency. Looks like two retards having epileptic seizures accidentally shooting guns.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

20 There is nothing "American" about these grifting pirates.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (guGkK)

21 I should move to MN.

It's been a lifelong dream of mine to live in Mogadishu.

This could have been prevented, MN.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (hzuYO)

22 From My Mother the Car to My Sister, My wife in two generations.

Posted by: TV Facts and Foibles at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (EdP2u)

23 Somalian clan warfare.

Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (2Xqig)

24 "Minnesota teacher" says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings

No, this is not AI or a far-right skit

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There's a solution to that.

Flee racist, oligarchal, capitalistic shithole America for the utopia that is Somalia.

It's full of Somalians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (1kJuV)

25 We have a large Hmong community here in Minnesota

And when you're with your buddies there, you're hmong friends.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

26 My favorite Somali moment was when Nasra Ahmed was complaining that people kept saying being Somalian was just about bananas and rice and then froze up for 20s before noting being Somalian was like bananas and rice

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)

27 Doctoring paperwork, Engineering fraud...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)

28 they really should be using the term "tribal" instead of gangs, because that's what this is really all about.

I'd also be looking at these "two-parent families living in 3500 apartments driving beemers" because I guarantee they are hooked into fraud.

Posted by: the dandy at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (8l8nW)

29 Then: Well if you don't like "big government" why don't you move to Somalia with the crazies there?

Now: Somalians literally built America you know

Posted by: The left at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

30 Take 50 out of the mix and watch 50 from the remaining 250 take their place.

Seriously, name something legitimate and if vale that come out of Somalia. Not one or two people who have risen above it, such as model Iman or Ayaan Hiram Ali, but something cultural or an industry that Somalia has created.

Math, engineering, business, music, literature — anything that culture and community has fostered that has made the world better??

*No, 101 banger recipes using bananas doesn’t count.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (4KUe5)

31 oh man what a mess

hopefully midwesterners are waking up?

meanwhile ... rumors on the net are Talafreako had a freakout and is in a rubber room (I mean a really nice one of course, it looks sufficiently like a hotel room when he does video calls with donors)

yeah so that's going well

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (j+aD2)

32 I had to look up "Borgertpoepping" to see if that name was even real.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (sDWtc)

33 Sometimes you have to shoot up a few quiet neighborhoods to lock down that neurology board certification, amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 01:34 PM (guGkK)

34 with law enforcement recovering nearly 100 casings after a gunfight captured on a resident's surveillance camera -- as officials warn they need help to contain the problem before it escalates.

Roll ICE & start bouncing them outta the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 01:34 PM (k9rrS)

35 They can't hit shit.

Posted by: deer at October 08, 2026 01:35 PM (Q+gd/)

36 I've been ahmong the Hmong and they're no geniuses, either.

Posted by: Mountain Growned Mrs. Olson at October 08, 2026 01:35 PM (EdP2u)

37 They had to leave Somalia because it was full up with skyscrapers, research institutes, universities and music conservatories.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 01:36 PM (guGkK)

38 We're going to have to have serious discussion about mass denaturalization and deportation.

We've imported enemies of our entire culture. They will not assimilate. They are actual poison to social cohesiveness.

At this point, we need to deport whole towns, whether or not they are citizens, whether or not they are "natural born".

Either that, or get ready to experience what Lebanon is and has experienced.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:36 PM (N1DT3)

39 I gotta say, if the Somalis start shooting at Hmong, there's a fair chance they'll get shot back at.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:36 PM (sDWtc)

40 In fairness it is kind of America/Europe's fault that Somalia is so poor.

See Somalia used to be a fairly powerful empire funded by...slave trading.

And the Americans/Euros made them stop.

So that's totally on us right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

41 36 I've been ahmong the Hmong and they're no geniuses, either.

Posted by: Mountain Growned Mrs. Olson at October 08, 2026 01:35 PM (EdP2u)

At least the Hmong were our allies in Viet-nam. I don't recall the Somalis doing anything but killing each other and pirating ships...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)

42 I had to look up "Borgertpoepping" to see if that name was even real.
Posted by: 88C+u

Very Dutch.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (77rzZ)

43 The one thing the sheriff it dead on about is using RICO. Everything they do is clannish - family relationships, close or distant, above all else. Find one fraudster/criminal and you will find an entire family network.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (4KUe5)

44 If only there had been some way to predict all this...

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (QHYvA)

45 "Minnesota teacher says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings."

That vid is something else. The speaker looks like some new species of demented elephant seal dressed in ratty gypsy quilts from the 1940s.

The epileptic mutants standing behind her are supposed to look like they are interested in and agree with the speaker. But instead, they can't stop fidgeting, looking away, making weird faces, and looking disinterested and not sure why they're even there.

Just a complete dumpster fire all around.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (iFTx/)

46 I've been raging on the Lutheran and Catholic 'Charities' bringing these uncivilized savages here rather than ministering to them in their own country and it occurred to me to ask the question...how many of these Somali's converted to Lutheranism or to Catholicism or to any Christian denomination? You know,...in thanks for being 'ministered' to?

I think the answer is probably 0.0%.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (QSxSN)

47 So that's totally on us right?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)

I suspect Oman (Muscat / Zanzibar, then) taking over the slave routes also might have shut out the Somali part of the trade.
Luckily for them, piracy also was available.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (sDWtc)

48 Seems like the kind of situation an enterprising type could take advantage of.

After all, with so many bullets flying, who's to say where any of the ones that might hit the combatants came from?

It'd be sensible, of course, to find out what caliber they generally used.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (vJrRc)

49 38 We're going to have to have serious discussion about mass denaturalization and deportation.

We've imported enemies of our entire culture. They will not assimilate. They are actual poison to social cohesiveness.

At this point, we need to deport whole towns, whether or not they are citizens, whether or not they are "natural born".

Either that, or get ready to experience what Lebanon is and has experienced.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:36 PM (N1DT3)

=========

Trump 2.0 is leading the largest denaturalization effort in decades. Unfortunately, SCOTUS precedent requires individual court cases through the actual court system for each denaturalization. It's slow and arduous, but Trump is doing everything he can to expand precedent.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2107271254059233680

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:39 PM (1kJuV)

50 My favorite Somali moment was when Nasra Ahmed was complaining that people kept saying being Somalian was just about bananas and rice and then froze up for 20s before noting being Somalian was like bananas and rice
Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
________

"Meh"

-- Rachel Jeantel

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)

51 Minnesota's Attorney General, Keith Ellison is hiding under a rock, hoping that the Republican Party has forgotten all about him. He's the chief instigator and shield for the Somali shenanigans.

Hiding in the shadows, scurrying from tree to tree.

He's also running this year for re-election. Not a peep from the MN MSM. No sirree. Not a mention of his Republican opponent, Ron Schutz, either.

Ron Schutz might not be a political shining star, but by simply breathing makes him the best pick by far.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (rj6Yv)

52 We have a large Hmong community here in Minnesota

And when you're with your buddies there, you're hmong friends.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)

Of note, the Hmong, the Vietnamese, the Japanese, etc... have all been in the US for some time.

NO ONE has called for their mass deportation. Because they DO have their own culture, but the ARE assimilating.

Many are fiercely patriotic Americans, but love their own history.

That's great. That's the melting pot.

But importing a hostile population, who cannot live by civilized rules, who see outsiders as marks to be grifted, will destroy this country.

Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution and ought to be sufficient justification, BY ITSELF, for deportation and exile.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (N1DT3)

53 it occurred to me to ask the question...how many of these Somali's converted to Lutheranism or to Catholicism or to any Christian denomination? You know,...in thanks for being 'ministered' to?

Don't care much for the doctrine but the crackers are good.

Posted by: Somali Refugees at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (guGkK)

54 The best way to reduce immigrant consumption of welfare is not simply to crack down on fraud, but to reduce the number of new arrivals who have low earning power.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Half right, the other half is send them ALL HOME.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (NnhvP)

55 Combat engineers and combat doctors.

But mostly combat.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (3cUTc)

56 > They can't hit shit.

They hit plenty of shit, just not the shit they want to hit.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:41 PM (mkw2N)

57 But the Hennepin County DA is a lesbian. I shan't believe that such bad things could happen what with a lesbian DA

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:41 PM (t9883)

58 We don't hire police, judges, prison guards and administrators to come up with "new solutions". We hire them to implement the old solutions.

Come up with new solutions on your own dime if they are so great, rather than breaking up the current system.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 01:41 PM (uhVAy)

59
Tut tut. A sweetheart. I always kept an eye out for Sandy Duncan.

She is reputed to have a dead-eyed view of events, or so I heard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:41 PM (ixS3i)

60 There is no ways on God's green earth that I'd live in a place where 3rd world tribes shoot it out on a nightly basis.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:42 PM (Y4uRa)

61 18 Somalians belong in Somalia.
Posted by: Bob Bop Perono

----------------
Another bleeding heart.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 01:42 PM (QHYvA)

62 off sock

Posted by: Gref at October 08, 2026 01:42 PM (5rh/l)

63 32 I had to look up "Borgertpoepping" to see if that name was even real.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (sDWtc)

Charles Dickens couldn’t even make up names that good.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 01:42 PM (6ydKt)

64 *steps out of time machine*

What the fuck?!

Posted by: Ted Baxter at October 08, 2026 01:42 PM (BAWkL)

65 Stop all funding to the immigration resettlement NGOs.

All of them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:43 PM (4KUe5)

66
"Working to hard", eh?

I did a spit-take on that. Parents who actually are working hard don't have time to put up with bullshit like this. Indeed, hard work in general greatly reduces the tolerance for bull shit like "root causes" and all that nonsense.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 01:43 PM (w6EFb)

67 But importing a hostile population, who cannot live by civilized rules, who see outsiders as marks to be grifted, will destroy this country.

Islam is incompatible with the US Constitution and ought to be sufficient justification, BY ITSELF, for deportation and exile.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:40 PM (N1DT3)
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Concur.

In the meantime...buy ammo.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:43 PM (Y4uRa)

68 Trump 2.0 is leading the largest denaturalization effort in decades. Unfortunately, SCOTUS precedent requires individual court cases through the actual court system for each denaturalization. It's slow and arduous, but Trump is doing everything he can to expand precedent.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2107271254059233680
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:39 PM (1kJuV)

That's great, and our system was designed to do things slowly...

I can only pray it will be enough and in time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (N1DT3)

69 They can't hit shit.

They hit plenty of shit, just not the shit they want to hit.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:41 PM (mkw2N)

Do they like hold their guns sideways?

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (QSxSN)

70 The patriarch of my family came here legally and alone when he was 15 years old. He never took a dime from anyone, except his parents who paid for his voyage. He did every job possible to eat and live. He had little formal education, but was an avid reader. He felt that education was a gateway to the better life that America was offering. His books were on everything from how to work cement, engineering, plumbing to classic literature which he learned to love. He had a scar on his head where a foreman hit him with a wrench. The reason? He figured out how to make a piece on a lathe where he could manufacture numerous pieces at one time. He was getting paid by the piece, so that allowed him to make more money. The foreman didn’t like that he made more than him, so he tried to kill him with a wrench. His children all went to college in an age when few didn’t. He paid for it all, and the children helped supplement it by working. That’s after most of them also served the country. In the end, he felt that being productive, making a contribution and raising a good family who would love and support the country was the best thing he could do to show his gratefulness. That’s how it’s done.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (c9rBD)

71 Yeah, Somalis are famously hard workers:
___________________________

You think fraud and extortion is easy? First you have to make up all the names of the recipients of Federal assistance. And, trust me, Somali names are hard to create. Way to many consonants. Then there is the pot of gold you are attempting to rob. You need to focus on a specific entitlement. You can't just send in an application requesting pot luck. There's hardly any time to go car shopping.

Seriously, for a second. Imagine being a level headed, fair minded conservative living in one of rural areas of Minnesota witnessing all this asinine nonsense. I'd be fit to be tied. Hell, I'm pissed off at the waste of my taxes on behalf of these opportunistic "fraud gypsies®", and I live nearly 1,500 miles away.

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)

72 They can have my Somalis when they can pry them from my cold dead hands!

- Minnesota politicians

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (ndZc7)

73 The Hmong are kinda weird but they're generally no fans of commie butchery. They were helpful to the USA in the Vietnam war. Many emigrated here legally after the war.

Plus, there was this hot Hmong girl ....

I'd take a Hmong over a Somali any day of the week and 7 billion times on Sunday.

Hell, I'd take an infestation of radioactive cockroaches who spit acid and crawl up your ass over a Somali.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

74 About 54 percent of Somali-headed households in Minnesota receive food stamps, and 73 percent of Somali households have at least one member on Medicaid. The comparable figures for native households are 7 percent and 18 percent.

Nearly every Somali household with children (89 percent) receives some form of welfare.
___

Yeah, they work so, so hard.

As someone said, you can have open borders, or you can have welfare.

Can't have both.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (Y4uRa)

75 Do they like hold their guns sideways?
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above

It comes in the box that way.

Posted by: Ted Baxter at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (BAWkL)

76 The Hmong actually provided valuable intelligence services to the US Army in Southeast Asia and this made them a target for retribution once the communists gained control. They earned their ticket here.

Unlike Somalis, who are just grifting parasites.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (guGkK)

77 68 That's great, and our system was designed to do things slowly...

I can only pray it will be enough and in time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (N1DT3)

=======

Our modern immigration problems started in the 1960s.

They were never going to be fixed in one presidential term, much less the first half of one presidential term.

The Overton Window has materially shifted against immigration, though, which opens up the window to continue the deportation operation after Trump leaves.

Republicans have to win elections, essentially.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (1kJuV)

78 Trump 2.0 is leading the largest denaturalization effort in decades. Unfortunately, SCOTUS precedent requires individual court cases through the actual court system for each denaturalization. It's slow and arduous, but Trump is doing everything he can to expand precedent.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2107271254059233680
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:39 PM (1kJuV)

That's great, and our system was designed to do things slowly...

I can only pray it will be enough and in time.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (N1DT3)

(I say that because if it ISN'T enough or in time, the result is civil war, insurgency, blood, and death. Because that's what our rulers imported into our nation, once they hit sufficient numbers to support the offensive- I think it's about 10% where the mohammedans get massively violent.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (N1DT3)

79 USDOL is spending MicroSoft and Adobe and other companies from the permanent visa program!

Whoa

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)

80
people's indulgence of endless migrant crime begins to run out.

And those people are what they call racists.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (Cqx++)

81
"We need more people focused on this problem. Because 50 kids in this 300 need to go to jail, 25 need to be prosecuted by the feds for RICO and and another 25 need to be prosecuted at the local level. Take 50 of the most active out of the mix, and we will see dramatic changes," he said.

No, you need to round up all 300 (and another 10 each for siblings and others so inclined), bundle them into choppers, and fly them back to SkinnyLand. That the choppers will become short of fuel and have to drop their passengers off in mid flight will be a minor, but necessary tragedy.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (ixS3i)

82 Hell, I'd take an infestation of radioactive cockroaches who spit acid and crawl up your ass over a Somali.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

A tickler!

Posted by: Mayor Buttplug at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (BAWkL)

83 There is no ways on God's green earth that I'd live in a place where 3rd world tribes shoot it out on a nightly basis.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Don't you live in Utah? I hear the Tongan gangs in SLC are shooting at each other pretty regularly.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (mkw2N)

84 Hell, I'd take an infestation of radioactive cockroaches who spit acid and crawl up your ass over a Somali.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

I had one crawl up my ass and THEN spit acid...
- J. Talarico, still in Urgent Care, 11 days later

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:47 PM (gLYp7)

85 Hmong are doing much better than Somalis in Minnesota, but our new Hmong mayor in Saint Paul has been in trouble because she was sexually harassing our police chief.

Posted by: Dave at October 08, 2026 01:47 PM (sbsMc)

86 Remember the guy from the George Floyd arrest, Derek Chauvin, who the FNM told us was rayciss?

He married a Hmong woman and adopted her kid too

But obviously he was a big white supremacist.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

87 The truly funny thing is that white Minnesota leftists honestly think that the Somalis wouldn't kill them in a second if they took complete control

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:47 PM (t9883)

88
Hell, I'd take an infestation of radioactive cockroaches who spit acid and crawl up your ass over a Somali.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

I would too!

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)

89 How many Somalis does it take to change a light bulb?

Trick question: Somali light bulbs are their heads.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (UjdFS)

90 That's great, and our system was designed to do things slowly...

I can only pray it will be enough and in time.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (N1DT3)

If only the process of bringing in these civilization destroying savages happened as slowly. But it doesn't so our design to do things slowly - laudable in most instances - is very harmful if not suicidal in this one.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (QSxSN)

91 Bukele would tell you how to deal with Somalis.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (rJ48h)

92 As someone said, you can have open borders, or you can have welfare.

Can't have both.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (Y4uRa)

At least not for long, as your economy shatters.

Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)

93 I'd trade every Somali for 10 Kenyans or Zimbabweyans.

If we are going to take an endless stream of Africans, can we at least take Africans that are worth a damn?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 01:49 PM (XV/Pl)

94 Don't you live in Utah? I hear the Tongan gangs in SLC are shooting at each other pretty regularly.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (mkw2N)
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No.

Missouri. The Ozarks.
No gang shootings in my AO.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:49 PM (Y4uRa)

95 You want to know what most of Somalia is like? Look at that video. The shooting posture is even the same. You just need to throw in some goats and more garbage strewn around.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 01:49 PM (c9rBD)

96 We went through a massive pro-immigration push in the late 19th century. It lasted from the Civil War until the 1920s with the passing of the Immigration Act of 1924 that essentially cut off immigrants from America completely. It lasted until the Kennedys.

In that late 19th, early 20th century time, immigrants also didn't assimilate. They created ethnic enclaves, mostly in cities, and became voting blocs. Italians, Polish, Chinese, they refused to learn English, were heavily insular, and caused massive problems in labor and public safety, creating a slowly building backlash that led to that 1924 act.

It took literally decades, but the Overton Window did eventually shift to the point where Congress would pass it and Coolidge would sign it.

We won't get our version of the 1924 act under Trump, but we could get it in the next decade if things keep moving our direction.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (1kJuV)

97 At least not for long, as your economy shatters.
Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)
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And yet, you're still a commie.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (Y4uRa)

98 94 Don't you live in Utah? I hear the Tongan gangs in SLC are shooting at each other pretty regularly.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:46 PM (mkw2N)
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No.

Missouri. The Ozarks.
No gang shootings in my AO.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:49 PM (Y4uRa)

And the residents aren't shooting back?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

99 Republicans have to win elections, essentially.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (1kJuV)

Necessary, but not sufficient, because a lot of "Republicans" have pushed this mass replacement.

We need the RIGHT Republicans to win elections. (Not that you don't know that, but I wanted to clarify.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (N1DT3)

100
ROFL. Barky is a suffering a worker's revolt at his Death Star Skeletor castle of a presidential library:

https://t.ly/yqhte

They are unionizing. Oppressive working conditions and high turnover rate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (w6EFb)

101 Please not tribes nor gangs, Lutheran Social Service Youth Group and Profit Centre.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (bX16E)

102 At least not for long, as your economy shatters.
Posted by: James Talarico at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)
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And yet, you're still a commie.
Posted by: SMH

Heh. Well done.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (77rzZ)

103 The Hmongs I knew were very tribal and we do not need, nor should we allow any tribal allegiance in the country.

And they were all scamming, usually the government. I think most tribal clans do that.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (QHYvA)

104 I'd trade every Somali for 10 Kenyans or Zimbabweyans.

If we are going to take an endless stream of Africans, can we at least take Africans that are worth a damn?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I get it. However, I am done with all immigration for a while. These fuckheads ruined it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (BAWkL)

105 90 If only the process of bringing in these civilization destroying savages happened as slowly. But it doesn't so our design to do things slowly - laudable in most instances - is very harmful if not suicidal in this one.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:48 PM (QSxSN)

=========

Deportations of illegals is easier, requires just an administrative hearing with an immigration judge (who are all executive employees, not judicial employees) and happen fairly quickly. The due process is short and sweet, and most sign waivers to just leave once caught.

It's the naturalized ones who have longer issues. The ones who did go through the process of naturalization, as compromised as it's been over the last few decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (1kJuV)

106 > Missouri. The Ozarks.
No gang shootings in my AO.

Oh, nice. My mistake.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)

107 100
ROFL. Barky is a suffering a worker's revolt at his Death Star Skeletor castle of a presidential library:

https://t.ly/yqhte

They are unionizing. Oppressive working conditions and high turnover rate.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (w6EFb)

They wouldn't even hire Obama at the Uranus fudge packing factory ...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (l3cgK)

108
60 IQ Light Bulb Heads will never be Doctors. Lawyers, maybe.
Posted by: Aptitude Testing For Dummies

This, despite their well known aptitude for lerning.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (ixS3i)

109 lol
DM: Embarrassing blow for Barack Obama as workers at his 'death star' presidential center are already so fed up they're leaving in droves... as stern letter is released

https://tinyurl.com/b7858bdt

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (UjdFS)

110 We have the opportunity to fix it,"

Probably not in the way this government giraffe believes...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (pfXMo)

111
Yes, unleash the sternly worded letters.

That will handle the Somali problem too, I'm sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 01:53 PM (w6EFb)

112 85 Hmong are doing much better than Somalis in Minnesota, but our new Hmong mayor in Saint Paul has been in trouble because she was sexually harassing our police chief.
Posted by: Dave at October 08, 2026 01:47 PM (sbsMc)

There is/was a large Hmong population in western NC.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 08, 2026 01:53 PM (N39Ws)

113 And the residents aren't shooting back?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)
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My next door neighbor, so to speak (lives a half mile away), besides my daughter and her family, is a Missouri State trooper and his family.

We really have no reason to be shooting at each other.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (Y4uRa)

114 104 I'd trade every Somali for 10 Kenyans or Zimbabweyans.

If we are going to take an endless stream of Africans, can we at least take Africans that are worth a damn?
Posted by: Thomas Bender

I get it. However, I am done with all immigration for a while. These fuckheads ruined it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (BAWkL)

I'm all for taking in South African farmers...true asylum seekers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)

115
Barack Obama is facing a fresh humiliation at his 'eyesore' presidential center with workers slamming the project's bosses and moving to unionize just months after it opened.

Scratch a community activist and you'll find a capitalist oppressor.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (ixS3i)

116 99 Republicans have to win elections, essentially.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:45 PM (1kJuV)

Necessary, but not sufficient, because a lot of "Republicans" have pushed this mass replacement.

We need the RIGHT Republicans to win elections. (Not that you don't know that, but I wanted to clarify.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (N1DT3)

=======

Indiana senator Todd Young, noted RINO, was saying wholesale anti-immigrant things in the last year.

That wouldn't have happened just 4 years ago.

Party leadership and the heir apparent is fully on the anti-immigration train (not just anti-illegal, just anti-legal), and it's now a death sentence to be pro-immigration in Republican national politics except in the smallest of exceptions.

All those GOP House members who sign onto amnesty legislation every Congress that never even gets brought up for a vote? They all voted for the OBBB which tripled ICE's funding and created the deportation machine of today, fully appropriated through 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (1kJuV)

117 Oops
Guess I wasn't the first to get a laugh out of the B.O. Library news.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 01:55 PM (UjdFS)

118 108
60 IQ Light Bulb Heads will never be Doctors. Lawyers, maybe.
Posted by: Aptitude Testing For Dummies

This, despite their well known aptitude for lerning.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (ixS3i)

As I wrote above,
They're good at doctoring paperwork and engineering fraud.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:55 PM (l3cgK)

119 Oh, nice. My mistake.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:51 PM (mkw2N)
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Heh, it's all good.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:55 PM (Y4uRa)

120 I am done with all immigration for a while."

"I'd like to teach the world to sing..."

/ yeah, sure.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 01:55 PM (pfXMo)

121 A Somali Tiger.

https://tinyurl.com/mun88td8

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:55 PM (ndZc7)

122 I'm all for taking in South African farmers...true asylum seekers.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)
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And farmers are needed.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (Y4uRa)

123 The Hmongs I knew were very tribal and we do not need, nor should we allow any tribal allegiance in the country.

And they were all scamming, usually the government. I think most tribal clans do that.

The only tribal allegiance I'll acknowledge is The American Tribe. If you don't want to assimilate and accept its values, then GTFO.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (QSxSN)

124 104 I'd trade every Somali for 10 Kenyans or Zimbabweyans.

If we are going to take an endless stream of Africans, can we at least take Africans that are worth a damn?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
_________________________

I bet I could change your mind with a simple "field trip" to France. Every single domicile they used for Kenyans, Zimbabweans, Nigerians...etc. used to have grass lawns outside them. Today, however, they are so covered with trash, you can't even see the grass. This is a result of their locations of origin not having sanitation services...as a result, everything (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING) is thrown out the window or patio door (rotting food, used diapers, unused furniture, paper, wrappers, containers....everything).

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (dIske)

125 109 lol
DM: Embarrassing blow for Barack Obama as workers at his 'death star' presidential center are already so fed up they're leaving in droves... as stern letter is released

https://tinyurl.com/b7858bdt
Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 01:52 PM (UjdFS)

In the article, they show the statues of Barack and Michelle (Big Mike). Not very realistic. Big Mike has no bulge.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (N39Ws)

126 113 And the residents aren't shooting back?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)
___

My next door neighbor, so to speak (lives a half mile away), besides my daughter and her family, is a Missouri State trooper and his family.

We really have no reason to be shooting at each other.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:54 PM (Y4uRa)

My comment was in reference to Tongan gang shootings...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK)

127 The Hmong are apparently very horny.
That St. Paul mayor who wants to use her police chief as her personal sex toy is one example but for a few months there during the ICE takeover of Minneapolis last year every other arrest was a Hmong guy wanted for child sex assault.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 01:57 PM (6ydKt)

128 Obama doesn't give two shits and he's definitely not "embarrassed".

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:57 PM (IUETd)

129 because a lot of "Republicans" have pushed this mass replacement."

All business numbers must always increase. Always. Bring in more!

/ your Chamber of Commerce

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 01:57 PM (pfXMo)

130 "I'd like to teach the world to sing..."
___

I thought this was gay as a kid.

The intervening decades have not changed my POV.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:58 PM (Y4uRa)

131 Actress Brenda Song has a Hmong father...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:58 PM (l3cgK)

132 This is very interesting. Will it go anywhere? Maybe. I would think this rancid thundercunt would be low-hanging fruit and easy to nail to the wall, but who knows.

DOJ Seeking Criminal Indictment Of Cassidy Hutchinson Over Jan. 6 Testimony

The Department of Justice is reportedly seeking criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide whose explosive Jan. 6 testimony came under scrutiny after Secret Service witnesses disputed one of her most dramatic accounts.

Federal prosecutors are seeking an indictment against Hutchinson for allegedly lying to Congress about President Donald Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to Punchbowl News’ Laura Weiss.

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division presented evidence to a federal grand jury Tuesday and plans to introduce additional witnesses and evidence later this month, Weiss reported on X, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

https://tinyurl.com/es6an3rd

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (iFTx/)

133 > My comment was in reference to Tongan gang shootings...

Much of SLC ranges from squishy left to hard left. The good old farm boys of Utah are armed to the teeth and would shoot back, but not the SLC marshmallows.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (mkw2N)

134 I thought this was gay as a kid.

The intervening decades have not changed my POV.
Posted by: SMH

We sang it in choir in elementary school.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)

135 My comment was in reference to Tongan gang shootings...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:56 PM (l3cgK)
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Oops.
My bad.

Tongans shooting each other up isn't good.

Are they better shots than Somalis?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (Y4uRa)

136 Actress Brenda Song has a Hmong father...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Is he well Hmong?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (ndZc7)

137 131 Actress Brenda Song has a Hmong father...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:58 PM (l3cgK)

Apparently she has a couple of children with Macauley Culkin...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:00 PM (l3cgK)

138 'death star' presidential center

I'd have said "Orion Rocket To Uranus" but, I'm not Adam, they don't let me name things

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 02:00 PM (sDWtc)

139 >> Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.”

Isaiah 41:12

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:00 PM (c9rBD)

140 Twink in pink crocs asks for a photo with Drew Pavlou, and does a countdown before hitting Pavlou with a weak sucker punch to the stomach.

Pavlou shoves the twink's head, then bitch slaps him.

http://tiny.cc/kbsb101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:01 PM (mkw2N)

141 We sang it in choir in elementary school.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
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I sang Tiny Bubbles in the fifth grade, after having just moved to Hawaii.

Just as gay, if not gayer.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 02:01 PM (Y4uRa)

142 I thought the Salt Lake City Marshmallows were the hockey team.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 02:01 PM (guGkK)

143 Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all.”

Isaiah 41:12
Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:00 PM (c9rBD)
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Amen!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 02:02 PM (Y4uRa)

144 Didn’t know Tongs were such a problem in Utah.
There’s only so much salad to go around, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:02 PM (6ydKt)

145 Didn’t know Tongs were such a problem in Utah.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

They seldom trust anyone who isn't completely Chinese.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (77rzZ)

146 Apparently she has a couple of children with Macauley Culkin..."

So he wasn't... Home Alone?

*ducks

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (pfXMo)

147 Twink in pink crocs asks for a photo with Drew Pavlou, and does a countdown before hitting Pavlou with a weak sucker punch to the stomach.

Pavlou shoves the twink's head, then bitch slaps him.

http://tiny.cc/kbsb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:01 PM (mkw2N)
______

Your words, they are in English, but I have no idea who these people are

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (iFTx/)

148 144 Didn’t know Tongs were such a problem in Utah.
There’s only so much salad to go around, I guess.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:02 PM (6ydKt)

"Tongs in Thongs" would probably not be a kids show, unless they were cross-dressing trannies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (l3cgK)

149 100 shots. 1 injured. Dayumm boyz you deserve to be deported.

Posted by: Chicago Latin Kings at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (wGerL)

150 I sang Tiny Bubbles in the fifth grade, after having just moved to Hawaii.

Just as gay, if not gayer.
Posted by: SMH

Don Homo

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

151 Who's side is Jesus on?

CBS News
@CBSNews
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the pugnacious Republican state attorney general who speaks about a refusal to compromise.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (ndZc7)

152 149 100 shots. 1 injured. Dayumm boyz you deserve to be deported.

Posted by: Chicago Latin Kings at October 08, 2026 02:03 PM (wGerL)

Wadda 'bout it?

Posted by: NYC Police at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)

153 There shouldn't be a single Somalian in the U.S.
Not one.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (RaFl0)

154 151 Who's side is Jesus on?

CBS News
@CBSNews
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the pugnacious Republican state attorney general who speaks about a refusal to compromise.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (ndZc7)

========

"We'll compromise. We'll cut off all the kids' dicks, and you'll stop complaining about it."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (1kJuV)

155 @132 , oh no Madison Cornbread might be indicted? Get hurt to tell the nation who put her up to lying (Liz Cheney) and then indict that person for suborning perjury

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:06 PM (t9883)

156 151 Who's side is Jesus on?

CBS News
@CBSNews
The U.S. Senate candidates in Texas could hardly be more different: James Talarico, a former seminarian turned Democratic state lawmaker who speaks in calm cadences about love and empathy, and Ken Paxton, the pugnacious Republican state attorney general who speaks about a refusal to compromise.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (ndZc7)

I had a Mexican man named Jesús come by wanting to do yard work...handed me his card...turned out he also did carpentry.

Posted by: NYC Police at October 08, 2026 02:06 PM (l3cgK)

157 Jackson2244 @PatriotWoman22
That makes six family members of ILHAN WHO ARE CRIMINALS BECAUSE HER NEPHEW JUST GOT ARRESTED TOO

tinyurl.com/42k3ax4z
I should add that the nephew gangbanger up and tells the (Somali) cops that if they were Majerteen tribals like the Omar crime family, he'd not have to be answering their stupid questions.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 02:06 PM (sDWtc)

158 155 @132 , oh no Madison Cornbread might be indicted? Get hurt to tell the nation who put her up to lying (Liz Cheney) and then indict that person for suborning perjury

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:06 PM (t9883)

Madison Cornbread, but did she use buttermilk in her recipe?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

159 We can just teach them what sights are. That will thin down the numbers.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 02:07 PM (WXktp)

160 Just as gay, if not gayer."

As gay as The 59th Street Bridge Song performed by Liberace?

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:07 PM (pfXMo)

161 Talarico is a seminarian. Yup he likes semen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:07 PM (t9883)

162 I have some pre-2000 Minneapolis experience. The Hmong then were nearly as grifty as the Somalis are now, there just was no Nick Shirley to show everyone the Learing Center.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (2ocoG)

163 It's damn John Wayne's fault!

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 OMG, you can't make this up. A Somali "leader" is now saying AMERICAN culture and way of life is the reason for Somali gangs SH00TING UP communities in Minnesota

He wants us to stop attacking Somalis and focus on American culture instead.

WHAT A JOKE!

"This is not a Somali problem."

"Those are also American youth, born and raised all here, educated here, and grew up in our communities."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

164 Where on earth do people get the idea that Jesus was never confrontational or angry? Didn't actually read the Bible?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (JrHfD)

165 161 Talarico is a seminarian. Yup he likes semen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:07 PM (t9883)

semenarian...off by one letter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

166 This story is one of the items I think is going to surprise the left next month.

Just one of those that they didn't think was a big deal because they thought they buried it.
That and the fraud.
But the voting public knows.

I bet they're off by close to 5% in the MN polls.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (3cUTc)

167 163 It's damn John Wayne's fault!

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 OMG, you can't make this up. A Somali "leader" is now saying AMERICAN culture and way of life is the reason for Somali gangs SH00TING UP communities in Minnesota

He wants us to stop attacking Somalis and focus on American culture instead.

WHAT A JOKE!

"This is not a Somali problem."

"Those are also American youth, born and raised all here, educated here, and grew up in our communities."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (ndZc7)

=======

America sounds awful. They should flee.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (1kJuV)

168 Wasn’t it the NYPD that had that shootout with some bad guys in the street several years back and fired like a hundred shots and never hit the targets, only a few innocent bystanders?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:09 PM (6ydKt)

169 164 Where on earth do people get the idea that Jesus was never confrontational or angry? Didn't actually read the Bible?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (JrHfD)

Yes, that's most of it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

170 We can just teach them what sights are. "

Obviously never been to sub Saharan Africa. You ain't teaching them....shiite.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:09 PM (pfXMo)

171 Where on earth do people get the idea that Jesus was never confrontational or angry? Didn't actually read the Bible?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The wimpification of Jesus has been going on for a long time. Drives me crazy.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:09 PM (77rzZ)

172 Tongs are a Chinese gang.
Tongans are from Tonga, a small island in Polynesia. SLC has a big problem with Tongan gangs.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (mkw2N)

173 GI toilet paper is like John Wayne: Rough, Tough, and doesn't take sh*t from anybody.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

174 169 164 Where on earth do people get the idea that Jesus was never confrontational or angry? Didn't actually read the Bible?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:08 PM (JrHfD)

Yes, that's most of it.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:09 PM (l3cgK)

He certainly had some issues with the money changers at the Temple.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (6ydKt)

175 Why, he's twice the man Reagan was!

Chris Christie compares himself to Reagan as he considers third run for president

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (ndZc7)

176 A Somali "leader" is now saying AMERICAN culture and way of life is the reason for Somali gangs SH00TING UP communities in Minnesota

There are no guns in Somalia? That would make "Black Hawk Down" a pretty short movie then.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)

177 175 Why, he's twice the man Reagan was!

Chris Christie compares himself to Reagan as he considers third run for president

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (ndZc7)

Well, Crispy Creme was quite massive...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)

178 Somalia is a peaceful nation. No violence whatsoever. Which is amazing given the average Somali has the IQ of a radish

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:11 PM (t9883)

179 I'm waiting for reports of cannibalism.

Posted by: torabora at October 08, 2026 02:11 PM (fsQJX)

180 He certainly had some issues with the money changers at the Temple.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (6ydKt)

But he gets us!

Posted by: sportsball ads at October 08, 2026 02:12 PM (sDWtc)

181 176 A Somali "leader" is now saying AMERICAN culture and way of life is the reason for Somali gangs SH00TING UP communities in Minnesota

There are no guns in Somalia? That would make "Black Hawk Down" a pretty short movie then.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)

As well as "Captain Phillips"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:12 PM (l3cgK)

182 Chris Christie compares himself to Reagan as he considers third run for president
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Somewhere, an ottoman is missing its lardass.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:12 PM (77rzZ)

183 I saw Daniel Borgertpoepping open up for Engelbert Humperdinck and Yngwie Malmsteen at the Hollywood Bowl in September '86!

Posted by: I Stand With No One at October 08, 2026 02:13 PM (cUrpM)

184
The largest employer in Somalia is "Unemployed".

Posted by: Brick at October 08, 2026 02:13 PM (OkYzo)

185 Christie doesn't run for president so much as waddle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:13 PM (t9883)

186 2026: Minnesota's Last Chance.

Posted by: Apres Walz at October 08, 2026 02:13 PM (Ovx+P)

187
You know where Somalis won't find terrible American culture?

In Somalia.

Send'em all back.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 02:14 PM (YSUhf)

188 End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Minnesota teacher" says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings

No, this is not AI or a far-right skit
-----

Every.single.one. in that video deserves to be deported. And no, I don't care if any of them were born here 40 years ago. They aren't Americans.

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 02:14 PM (TN0g+)

189 Christie doesn't run for president so much as waddle

He can pick Katy Stout as his VP, that would be a candidacy that could actually tip over Guam.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 02:15 PM (2ocoG)

190 spokesman Daniel Borgertpoepping...
=====

Bro, you're in the wrong job.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:15 PM (RIvkX)

191 i don’t think Christie is running for president sp much as he’s running for some free food paid for by his campaign until he comes in tenth place in Iowa.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:15 PM (6ydKt)

192 185 Christie doesn't run for president so much as waddle

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:13 PM (t9883)

Leave the man alone...he's on a roll.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:15 PM (l3cgK)

193 spokesman Daniel Borgertpoepping...
=====

Bro, you're in the wrong job.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Should be in pron?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (77rzZ)

194 Why, he's twice the man Reagan was!

Chris Christie compares himself to Reagan"

Three times... at least.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (pfXMo)

195 >>> Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 01:44 PM (c9rBD)

This is awesome.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (3mtzY)

196 "We saw the arrest of an 18-year-old Somali American citizen to Somali parents arrested for a terrorist -- planning a terrorist attack -- at the Mall of America during a Hmong celebration."
=====

As long as those parents walk free, this will happen again and again.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (RIvkX)

197 The largest employer in Somalia is "Unemployed".
Posted by: Brick

Goat pimps.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 02:18 PM (BAWkL)

198 I've been raging on the Lutheran and Catholic 'Charities' bringing these uncivilized savages here...
-----

I know the "charities" have Lutheran and Catholic in their names, but names can be misleading. I don't believe much Lutheran Church Missouri Synod money is flowing that direction, and I don't know that the Holy Roman Catholic Church is funding much of that either (not that the Pope isn't spectacularly wrong on the issue).

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 02:18 PM (TN0g+)

199 Start filling up C130s with lightbulb heads and dropping them into the ocean. Preferably in shark infested waters, circle back, fill em up again. Repeat until purged.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 02:18 PM (W2Pud)

200 Should be in pron?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (77rzZ)
====

Same as politics

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:18 PM (RIvkX)

201 "Minnesota teacher says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings."

If they were working hard they'd have neither the time nor the energy to do gang stuff.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 08, 2026 02:19 PM (vJrRc)

202 Who's side is Jesus on?
Cadillac.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 08, 2026 02:20 PM (o+/sW)

203 "We'll compromise. We'll cut off all the kids' dicks, and you'll stop complaining about it."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 02:05 PM (1kJuV)

I'd offer that as the compromise position to deporting them all.

But we have to tie the tubes of the ~~women~~ birthing persons, as well.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 02:20 PM (N1DT3)

204 Well-armed and easily angered, Ace.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 02:21 PM (kU0PQ)

205 I'd offer that as the compromise position to deporting them all.

But we have to tie the tubes of the women birthing persons, as well.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

Nope. I want them gone. Vamos!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 02:21 PM (W2Pud)

206 Somalis are kind of hideous.

That gene pool needs some cleaning out, and by cleaning out, I mean injection of better genes.

But not American genes.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:22 PM (iOpI2)

207
https://tinyurl.com/es6an3rd
Posted by: Elric The Blade

===============

FINALLY, something like that even gets looked at. Just stunning how these people have been able to lie their way through courts and hearings and pay no price whatsoever.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:22 PM (XJ22o)

208 FINALLY, something like that even gets looked at. Just stunning how these people have been able to lie their way through courts and hearings and pay no price whatsoever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:22 PM (XJ22o)

Our legal system has been designed to protect leftists and attack the right.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 02:24 PM (N1DT3)

209 "Roseanne Barr has finally landed a major comeback role more than eight years after her self-titled sitcom was canceled over an offensive social media post.

According to Page Six Hollywood, the controversial comedian, 73, will headline her own comedy series called Meemaw alongside a slew of other right-leaning stars.

The cast includes Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo, actors Randy Quaid and Jon Lovitz, and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe.."

*"offensive posts"..."controversial comedian"...what a bunch of pooshies ...

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:24 PM (AKptf)

210 >>> 175 Why, he's twice the man Reagan was!

Chris Christie compares himself to Reagan as he considers third run for president
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 02:10 PM (ndZc7)

Yeah, I don't think there's going to be any running if Christie is involved.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 02:24 PM (3mtzY)

211
>>"Minnesota teacher says Somalis work too hard in America and that's why the "youth" commit gang shootings."

================

Are we even sure she said that? I've watched these Somalis defend themselves at press conferences and all I can get is "in there" "go up" "they say bad" "racist" "our kids" "no care" in barely comprehensible accents.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:25 PM (XJ22o)

212 https://tinyurl.com/es6an3rd
Posted by: Elric The Blade

===============

FINALLY, something like that even gets looked at. Just stunning how these people have been able to lie their way through courts and hearings and pay no price whatsoever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:22 PM (XJ22o)
_________

They never thought they'd ever see another Trump presidency and thus thought they'd get a pass from Democrap law enforcement no matter what they did.

Surprise! Trump's election in 2024 is among the single most significant events in our nation's history. Not joking. Imagine what the country would be like if Kamala won in 2024. [Shudders] [Vomits]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

213 Chris Christie still thinks anyone wants him as President?

What a maroon.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (iOpI2)

214
Our legal system has been designed to protect leftists and attack the right.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

==============

I was thinking more to protect people with "legal" or "law" in their job titles.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (XJ22o)

215 Ed Morrissey
@EdMorrissey
As of this morning, Talarico's campaign schedule does not have a single event for the candidate planned before the election. That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

Posted by: Crusader at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (TN0g+)

216 Add Justine Bateman and you have a winner!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (AKptf)

217 If this weren't Little Mogadishu, and, say, Corsicana, TX, there would have been 200 casings.

But 100 of those would have been policed up and placed into reloading bins. And there would have been a bunch of "Somali Gang"-belonging bodies scattered about. And brisket waiting for the responding police officers, with cold iced tea.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (kU0PQ)

218 Are we even sure she said that? I've watched these Somalis defend themselves at press conferences and all I can get is "in there" "go up" "they say bad" "racist" "our kids" "no care" in barely comprehensible accents.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:25 PM (XJ22o)

“Bananas and rice”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (6ydKt)

219 213 Chris Christie still thinks anyone wants him as President?

What a maroon.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (iOpI2)

Waddles slower than a lame-dick duck...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (l3cgK)

220 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

221 I was thinking more to protect people with "legal" or "law" in their job titles.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (XJ22o)

I thought that too. And then they went after Trump's lawyers.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (N1DT3)

222 >> This is awesome.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 02:16 PM (3mtzY)

Thank you. I forgot to add he also paid his parents back the money they gave him for the voyage, and eventually paid for their house in Italy. He was able to do that by starting a business that became successful. He never forgot that America gave him that opportunity.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (yurXG)

223 220 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

Dressed as himself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)

224 >>> 213 Chris Christie still thinks anyone wants him as President?

What a maroon.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 08, 2026 02:26 PM (iOpI2)

He'll probably hire a family member for his advertising and pay them with campaign funds.

Posted by: Bernie Sanders at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (3mtzY)

225 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

in costume ? okay...

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (AKptf)

226 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

Ah, that's why Ace hasn't posted yet. He was waiting you out.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (N1DT3)

227 209 "Roseanne Barr has finally landed a major comeback role more than eight years after her self-titled sitcom was canceled over an offensive social media post.

What was the "offensive" social media post?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (JrHfD)

228 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And, thus, the Blade confirms his gayness.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

229 People are putting out "Missing" flyers in Texas with Talarico 's face on it. A reporter named Sara Gonzalez says she has info but needs confirmation as to where he is

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 02:29 PM (t9883)

230 Peter Sterne
@petersterne
·
Follow
Anti-Mamdani chants at the protest:

“Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?”

“700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!”

“Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!”

“Zohran, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”
5:38 PM · Oct 7, 2026
====

LO fvcking L

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:29 PM (RIvkX)

231
Are we even sure she said that? I've watched these Somalis defend themselves at press conferences and all I can get is "in there" "go up" "they say bad" "racist" "our kids" "no care" in barely comprehensible accents.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:25 PM (XJ22o)

“Bananas and rice”
Posted by: SpeakingOf

===============

Yeah, it was nice to get a few nouns in. I didn't even know about bananas and rice until that veiled rock-face said it about 5 times in that press conference.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:29 PM (XJ22o)

232 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And, thus, the Blade confirms his gayness.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)
____

Bro, the place is crawling with cute young ladies in revealing costumes. It's the opposite of gayness!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

233 What was the "offensive" social media post?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (JrHfD)
=====
An offhanded comment about Valerie Jarrett having a simian appearance. Which she does.

I forget the exact quote.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

234
What was the "offensive" social media post?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

===============

That was the one where she said Valerie Jarrett looked like a monkey or something.

Haha, for years I tweeted that she was a rodent.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (XJ22o)

235 I don't believe much Lutheran Church Missouri Synod money is flowing that direction, and I don't know that the Holy Roman Catholic Church is funding much of that either"

We - the taxpayers - funded this. Post 20th century "refugee" guilt led to cash for settlements. These organizations quickly realized a source of income...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (pfXMo)

236 These """doctors""" and """engineers""" deserve to be mulched into fertilizer. Then they might actually contribute something back to this country.

Posted by: lgm30g at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (I09RC)

237 Nood Rubio

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 02:30 PM (k9rrS)

238 What was the "offensive" social media post?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (JrHfD)

She said Valerie Jarrett looked like something out of The Planet if the Apes (which is true, she looked just like Helena Bonham Carter in the Donnie Wahlberg remake).

And then all hell broke loose.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 02:31 PM (6ydKt)

239 “Zohran, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”

Antifa got activated for these protests because he keeps meeting with Trump, and he's not allowed to talk to Literally Hitler. It's fucking hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 02:31 PM (2ocoG)

240
“Zohran, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”
5:38 PM · Oct 7, 2026
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LO fvcking L
Posted by: San Franpsycho

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Yeah, those people are implacable. It's just a handful and I think every lefty politician knows they're out there and not worth a minute.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 02:31 PM (XJ22o)

241 From Wikipedia:

"Throughout 2023, Moriarty has been criticized by families of victims and prosecutors in her office over her decisions to offer probation to two 17-year-olds charged with murder, a person charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, a drug dealer charged with murder after knowingly giving fentanyl-laced pills to an overdose victim, a teen who was charged with murder after shooting a driver during a deadly carjacking, and a man charged with sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl. "

This woman is a menace to civil society.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (lfNXu)

242 Nood Marco.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (gLYp7)

243
Christie doesn't run for president so much as waddle
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Leave the man alone...he's on a roll.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Running for Kaiser.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 02:32 PM (Cqx++)

244 I am going to suggest that Talarico has been informed that some really damaging and possibly illegal facts about him are about to come out.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 02:33 PM (nxLtX)

245 feels more comfortable for some people to say East African.
Which would include Egyptians, Sudanese (both flavors), Eritreans, Ethiopians, Kenyans, Ugandans, Burundians, Tanzanians, Mozambiquans(?), and maybe some South Africans. The majority of whom are very different from Somalians, culturally. (Most of those have actual governments, rather than a collection of warlords masquerading as "a" government. Other countries might be similar to Somalia in culture - tribal, corrupt, etc. - but none are quite as far gone as Somalia. IMO.)

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (kU0PQ)

246
Send Chris Christie to Haiti as a part of a Charity Effort.

He'd be good to feed a 100 or so Haitian families for at least a month.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 02:36 PM (YSUhf)

247 appeared to involve automatic weapons
They're purchasing legal firearms

Those two statements do not belong together.

Posted by: GWB at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (kU0PQ)

248 Bogartpooping? Boguspooping?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 02:38 PM (Fv808)

249 228 The Blade, he is off to Comic Con ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And, thus, the Blade confirms his gayness.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

Reminds me of a movie called "Zorro, The Gay Blade"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

250 Someone linked to this speech yesterday and I watched it entirely.
Good, but I doubt anyone who needs to listen did.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 08, 2026 02:45 PM (sl73Y)

251 Oops, wrong thread. Stands.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 08, 2026 02:46 PM (sl73Y)

252 France sends their regards.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 08, 2026 03:01 PM (PKcH4)

253 Stop all funding to ~~the immigration resettlement~~ NGOs.

All of them.
Posted by: Lizzy
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FIFY.
Seriously, stop handing out money, i.e.: "grants" to anyone for anything other than goods and services for the government.
Toilet paper for the bathrooms in the PO, OK. Janitorial service to clean the toilets, fine.
Money to someone to hand out toilet paper to "low income families", not only no, but hell no.
To much money gets stuck to NGO palms, even if they've doing something we want done.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 08, 2026 03:37 PM (8hzZQ)

254 Hey! Those Somalis have to work hard to get all those government benefits. Not to mention how hard they work at general fraud, election fraud, and imposing sharia in communities they usurp.

Posted by: Sam at October 08, 2026 03:50 PM (7jMef)

255 Nice job for letting these people in the country. How long does it take to save up government benefits to buy semi-automatic firearms.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 08, 2026 04:07 PM (SMG8K)

256 I've been raging on the Lutheran and Catholic 'Charities' bringing these uncivilized savages here rather than ministering to them in their own country and it occurred to me to ask the question...how many of these Somali's converted to Lutheranism or to Catholicism or to any Christian denomination? You know,...in thanks for being 'ministered' to?

I think the answer is probably 0.0%.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (QSxSN)

Those groups got occupied by communists from the Universities. They aren't Lutheran or Catholic.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 08, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy)

257 Finger prints on shell casings?

Posted by: Goatweed at October 08, 2026 04:43 PM (jK3NL)

258 From my reading here’s neither the Hmong’s nor the Somalis are Fancy Asians!

Posted by: Goatweed at October 08, 2026 04:52 PM (jK3NL)

El-Sayed, Ready to Campaign with Shit-Fingered Midas, Previously Said Obama Was a Failed President Who Left the Country Off Worse Than When He Found It

We have something in common with Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed: We agree that the SCOAMF was a disaster.

'The list of his failures goes on': El-Sayed's Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally

Former President Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed later this month, years after El-Sayed criticized Obama's presidency at times as a failure, saying it left the country no "better off."
In comments reviewed by CNN's KFile from Obama's 2012 reelection through the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign, El-Sayed faulted him for perpetuating war, eroding civil liberties, overseeing record deportations and preserving economic and healthcare systems that he said favored corporations over ordinary people.

LOL. The "Deporter in Chief" fake-insult was contrived by Obama in league with open borders advocates to claim he was a super-deporter when in fact he threw the borders wide open. He didn't deport people -- he pulled another statistical sleight-of-hand and redefined persons merely turned away at the border as "deported," which they had never before been counted. This allowed him to greatly inflate the number of "deportations" he was conducting and thus claim to be a border defender instead of what he was, a border eraser.

He also dismissed the Affordable Care Act as insufficient and argued that Obama's incremental approach helped create the conditions for Donald Trump's rise.
...
El-Sayed's criticism of Obama was often searing.
In a 2012 HuffPost essay written shortly after Obama won reelection, El-Sayed -- who said he had voted for him -- accused the president of failing to deliver the "hope and change" that defined his 2008 campaign. "This leader has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, deported more people from our shores than any other president before him, and the list of his failures goes on," he wrote.

Obama's tepid prosecution of the War on Terror was too much for this proud and arrogant terrorist spokesman.

"That memory will serve not as a reminder of the history we made that night -- but of the silly emotions of a na�ve young man who didn't understand that hope and change required more than flowery prose and a winning smile," El-Sayed wrote of Obama's first election. "I have little hope because there has been less change."
...
El-Sayed also took shots at the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature accomplishment and legacy across his two terms, calling it a "watered-down reform that kowtows to the interests of healthcare lobbies."

Full communism or bust.

El-Sayed said that Obama's fake recovery -- propagndized with another sleight-of-hand redefinition, changing "jobs created" to "jobs saved or created" -- was in fact fake.

"There's frustration [among voters] with the fact that they're being told by elites that their economy is back and that they should just be happy," El-Sayed said. "But it's not. Frankly, the economic comeback has largely benefited corporations and has not really benefited people like them."

This is a story that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed -- by the way, he told critics to "keep my name out of your mouth," so f*** you, Vain Terrorist, I'll use your full name every time I refer to you -- does not need. Black voters are already wary of him.

A little good news, maybe: Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are coming in at a faster rate than they have before.

Michigan is bucking conventional wisdom. Mail returns keep tilting toward Trump country: Trump-won counties' share climbed from 45.3% yesterday to 46.0% today. They had 43.4% at the four-week mark in 2022. https://t.co/2Ule3hiYtH
— petebray (@petebray) October 8, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:13 PM

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1 Yeet

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 12:13 PM (W2Pud)

2 LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (Y/06r)

3 'record deportations' my ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (Y/06r)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (NcvvS)

5 Doubt it'll get awkward with those two shit stains.

Ruining the country is more important.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (RORbl)

6 Also, all of the shit was designed to butch him up. Osama, drone striking weddings. It's horrifying, but also meant to show how tough and no nonsense he was. The pansy ass poofter.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (Y/06r)

7 El-Sayed also took shots at the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature accomplishment and legacy across his two terms, calling it a ..."kowtows to the interests of healthcare lobbies."

When he's right, he's right.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

8 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (hG5L0)

9 I hate mail in ballots, even if they go our way. It just feels like loose shit, easy to tamper with.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (Y/06r)

10
The "Deporter in Chief" fake-insult was contrived by Obama in league with open borders advocates to claim he was a super-deporter when in fact he threw the borders wide open.

Juan Williams just LOVES calling him that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (Cqx++)

11 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (amcLV)

12 Blue wave elections don't see blue enclaves fail to materialize in early voting in key states with key races.

But we're told that this happens all the time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (1kJuV)

13 Terrorists gotta terror.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)

14 7 El-Sayed also took shots at the Affordable Care Act, Obama's signature accomplishment and legacy across his two terms, calling it a ..."kowtows to the interests of healthcare lobbies."

When he's right, he's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah, a shit sandwich payoff that just was a trail of shitcrumbs to Covid Vax.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Y/06r)

15 yep, the black vote is credibly slipping away, so they urgently bribed hussein to stump for the jihadi freak

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (AKptf)

16 Doubt it'll get awkward with those two shit stains.

Ruining the country is more important.

I think it WILL eat at Obama. We all know he's a narcissistic a-hole who thinks the world revolves around him and that he can do no wrong. He will not take kindly to being dissed like this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

17 Juan Williams just LOVES calling him that.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (Cqx++)

Is he still alive? On Fox?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Y/06r)

18
I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Election SEASON

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (Cqx++)

19 Juan Williams hasn't crossed my mind for 20 years. What's next? A Mona Charen reference?

Posted by: Ahoy! Maties! at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (EdP2u)

20 11 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (amcLV)

I've had my ballot for more than a week...I always wait to either the day before of the day of the election and hand it in at a local voting center...only God and the dems know if my vote will count.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

21 5 Doubt it'll get awkward with those two shit stains.

Ruining the country is more important.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (RORbl)

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No enemies to the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (1kJuV)

22 This early voting crap allows the democrats time to manufacture the “votes” needed to win.

It’s all crap. One day. Election Day. In person with few exceptions.

Same day FINAL results.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (W2Pud)

23 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (amcLV)

not yet, just wait a little longer for the October Surprise !

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (AKptf)

24 When he's right, he's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (Riz8t)
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Broken clock, yada yada yada.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (amcLV)

25 Juan Williams just LOVES calling him that.

Sheesh, is that guy still around? Has he said anything intelligent in the last 30-odd years?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (Riz8t)

26 18
I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Election SEASON

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (Cqx++)

What spices are used in Election Seasoning?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

27 Yes, to answer my own question. Born in 54, so... 72?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (Y/06r)

28 11 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:16 PM (amcLV)

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Election day > election month.

But, until election month goes away, Republicans need to play the game.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (1kJuV)

29
Second look at Sayed? (The "el" must not be spoken!)

Rogers will be the next Tom Tillis, unless he's just saying shit lefties want to hear.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (Y8DZL)

30 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

Election SEASON

Hehehehehehe.

Posted by: 2028 at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

31 Blue wave elections don't see blue enclaves fail to materialize in early voting in key states with key races.

But we're told that this happens all the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Late vote harvest this year due to climate change.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (JzUSu)

32 16 Doubt it'll get awkward with those two shit stains.

Ruining the country is more important.

I think it WILL eat at Obama. We all know he's a narcissistic a-hole who thinks the world revolves around him and that he can do no wrong. He will not take kindly to being dissed like this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah, what kinda asshoe sends his SPEECHES to a foreign leader (the Queen of England) as a gift? Only a narcissist would.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)

33 19 Juan Williams hasn't crossed my mind for 20 years. What's next? A Mona Charen reference?
Posted by: Ahoy! Maties! at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (EdP2u)

Buck Sexton. Bowtie Tucker Carlson. Alan Colmes. LOL.

I do miss old Red Eye though.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (Y/06r)

34 I will never vote for a Muslim candidate during my life. I can't answer for what happens after I die.

Posted by: huerfano at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (2Xqig)

35 not yet, just wait a little longer for the October Surprise !
Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:18 PM (AKptf)
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Hoping it's not reminiscent of the Whizzo Assortment "Spring Surprise."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (amcLV)

36 31 Late vote harvest this year due to climate change.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (JzUSu)

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And criminal convictions against ballot harvesters who've broken the law, but mostly climate change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (1kJuV)

37 I don't have a working TV except for CD's and DVD's, don't do social media except for when its comments are reproduced here, and so I don't see many campaign ads . The only one I saw was a Bruce Blakeman ad for Governor of NY ( using AI to mock Kathy Hochul) and one for Steve Hilton for Governor of CA. So my question is this; What are Democrats saying that would encourage people to believe they have concrete plans to deal with "affordability"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (JrHfD)

38 Countdown till the left starts screaming ‘racist’ at Michigan voters…3, 2…1

Posted by: Chunk at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (9U6Wl)

39 Juan Williams hasn't crossed my mind for 20 years. What's next? A Mona Charen reference?

Tanned, rested, and ready!

Posted by: John McGlaughlin at October 08, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

40 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 12:21 PM (B0Z3q)

41 Yeah, what kinda asshoe sends his SPEECHES to a foreign leader (the Queen of England) as a gift? Only a narcissist would.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)
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I like to think that iPod is in the back corner of a disused closet in Buckingham Palace.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:22 PM (amcLV)

42 Sheesh, is that guy still around? Has he said anything intelligent in the last 30-odd years?
Posted by: Archimedes

He got in trouble several years ago for saying something like "groups of black guys make me nervous," or some such.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)

43 I think it WILL eat at Obama. We all know he's a narcissistic a-hole who thinks the world revolves around him and that he can do no wrong. He will not take kindly to being dissed like this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

But, he should have known this ahead of time. This was from 2020.

Plus, Sayed was probably playing into the ... vibe of 2020-2022 where the left felt they were so hyperdominant because of the steal they could start in on the Menshevik/Leninist/Trotskyite/Stalinist bloodbath self circle jerk of murder.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:22 PM (Y/06r)

44 Tweet on X, on this announcement:
"This race is over!"

I'm pretty sure it was a lefty who thinks Obama invented sliced bread.

Because Obama's track record of endorsements (and thus, driving turnout) in the last few years is ... bad.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)

45 41 Yeah, what kinda asshoe sends his SPEECHES to a foreign leader (the Queen of England) as a gift? Only a narcissist would.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)
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I like to think that iPod is in the back corner of a disused closet in Buckingham Palace.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:22 PM (amcLV)

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Wiped clean with a hard format, given to Henry, and lost at a swanky Las Vegas hotel, picked up by a busty hooker, and sold for $5 to fund an out of control speed habit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (1kJuV)

46 A broken acorn is right twice a day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (aKZy5)

47 Because Obama's track record of endorsements (and thus, driving turnout) in the last few years is ... bad.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (3cUTc)

His track record overall of history can't be good. Hence, shitmidas.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:24 PM (Y/06r)

48 He got in trouble several years ago for saying something like "groups of black guys make me nervous," or some such.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:22 PM (77rzZ)
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I thought that was Jesse Jackson...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:24 PM (amcLV)

49 22 This early voting crap allows the democrats time to manufacture the “votes” needed to win.

It’s all crap. One day. Election Day. In person with few exceptions.

Same day FINAL results.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Actually it is cheat by mail voting that does that. In person cheating is relatively rare because it costs more in resources and risk than cheating by mail via vote harvesting.

If WA, CA, OR, and CO had in person early voting and required individual voters to actually request absentee ballots, you would have far more competitive races in these states for the GOP.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

50 37 I don't have a working TV except for CD's and DVD's, don't do social media except for when its comments are reproduced here, and so I don't see many campaign ads . The only one I saw was a Bruce Blakeman ad for Governor of NY ( using AI to mock Kathy Hochul) and one for Steve Hilton for Governor of CA. So my question is this; What are Democrats saying that would encourage people to believe they have concrete plans to deal with "affordability"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (JrHfD)

EweToob vids I watch are full of commercials. I laugh when one commercial against Kali prop 39 comes up ("Trumphitler supports it! Orange man Bad! Prop 39 Bad!") and right after a commercial against prop 40 ("Chasing Billionaires out is Bad! Kali left loopholes to tax the rest of us!"). It's like watching Ronnie and the Ayatollah arguing with each other at "Cafe 80's" in "Back to the Future II"...
https://youtu.be/vAEU-Lf60LA&t=34s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:24 PM (l3cgK)

51 The funniest thing about this.

Dipshit will probably give an hour long speech mostly about himself.

Abdul will be mentioned 3 times.

"Oh, yeah Abdul's great! Vote for him! Do it for me!"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (Sco7b)

52 I think it WILL eat at Obama. We all know he's a narcissistic a-hole who thinks the world revolves around him and that he can do no wrong. He will not take kindly to being dissed like this.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

But, he should have known this ahead of time.

That's the story of his entire presidency.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

53 Wiped clean with a hard format, given to Henry, and lost at a swanky Las Vegas hotel, picked up by a busty hooker, and sold for $5 to fund an out of control speed habit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (1kJuV)
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Your imagination is a bit more Baroque than mine - I'll have to work on that.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (amcLV)

54 40 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

yeah she'll be big, but she won't do much

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (j+aD2)

55 Posted by: Chunk at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (9U6Wl

I'm sure they'll start start saying it anyway, but if Michigan voters vote against Al- Sayed they ( leftists) should be clued in that "Muslims are not a race," unless failing to follow Obama's support makes them racist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (JrHfD)

56 That's the story of his entire presidency.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

But, his handlers DID know ahead of time. He was just the foil, just a less obvious one than Biden.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:26 PM (Y/06r)

57 Yeah, what kinda asshoe sends his SPEECHES to a foreign leader (the Queen of England) as a gift? Only a narcissist would.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)

That never-used iPod ended up at the back of a desk drawer to be totally forgotten. Someone will find it 50 years from now and throw it away.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 08, 2026 12:26 PM (ZgwKJ)

58 Your imagination is a bit more Baroque than mine - I'll have to work on that.

Or is it a bit more Barak? Hmmmmm?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:26 PM (Riz8t)

59 He's only mad because Obama ordered the hit on Bin Laden

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 08, 2026 12:26 PM (qmxL/)

60 Tanned, rested, and ready!
Posted by: John McGlaughlin

John, nobody tans underground, wrapped in a shroud.

Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd...Cemetery Division at October 08, 2026 12:27 PM (EdP2u)

61 47 Because Obama's track record of endorsements (and thus, driving turnout) in the last few years is ... bad.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Old pols don't drive turnout. By their thirties or so, people either are accustomed to voting or not. Old out of office pols, like Obama who was last in office in 2016, don't drive yutes to vote which is what the Dems need desperately. Thus, the idiotic Clancy crap, the Cornell 7 op, and others to gin up Single White Liberal Female votes. They and Black Women who are being ignored this cycle for some reason along with Male Blacks, are the what the Dems are trying to turnout. Obama may be a nod to Black Women in Detroit which is critical in Michigan. Black males are more ambivalent about Barry.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:28 PM (E4rtv)

62 If WA, CA, OR, and CO had in person early voting and required individual voters to actually request absentee ballots, you would have far more competitive races in these states for the GOP.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:24 PM

It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun from a dealer in your state.

(10-day waiting period to vote, CA?)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 12:28 PM (0sNs1)

63
60 The GOP has moved up significantly in registered voters in swing states for the last few years. Hopefully that makes a difference.

I think in Michigan the things coming out on Yabba Dabba Sayed are the real issues. This guy is 7 degrees of Bin Laden.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:27 PM (ittVa)

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In 2020, when Roy Cooper won his last election for governor, there were 400,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans. He won by 250,000 votes.

In 2026, there are now 10,000 more registered Republicans than Democrats.

But, remember, the hard left all left New York and moved to North Carolina and made North Carolina blue after 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:28 PM (1kJuV)

64 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

yeah she'll be big, but she won't do much
Posted by: Black Orchid

Launch a huge EBT card into the eye. Problem solved.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

65 Watching these two pathetic clowns campaign together is like watching a CGI dog lick its balls for two hours

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

66 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

A Muslim bitching on a Muslim Lite President?

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (XmEjM)

67 I think it WILL eat at Obama. We all know he's a narcissistic a-hole who thinks the world revolves around him and that he can do no wrong. He will not take kindly to being dissed like this.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (Riz8t)

The scary thing is, his ego's still smaller than Steven Seagal's...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (iIyc0)

68 Ok, comments disappearing.

The guy who said that sayed was 7 degrees of separation from Osama Bin Laden:

It would actually only be 2. Since he is sharing a stage with Obama and I was told Obama personally put a bullet in Bin Laden's skull.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (Y/06r)

69 65 Watching these two pathetic clowns campaign together is like watching a CGI dog lick its balls for two hours

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (iFTx/)

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Your pornhub profile must be...different.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (1kJuV)

70 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

yeah she'll be big, but she won't do much
Posted by: Black Orchid
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That's what you'll think until the ass end of the storm hits.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (JzUSu)

71 How is it Mr. At War With the DNC uses every old tired DNC talking point imaginable? Hmmm....

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (IUETd)

72 Old out of office pols, like Obama who was last in office in 2016, don't drive yutes to vote which is what the Dems need desperately.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:28 PM

Dude. Don't say that.

Posted by: James Carville and Karl Rove at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

73 Is Mort Kondracke still around? What about Fred Barnes?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (77rzZ)

74 64 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

yeah she'll be big, but she won't do much
Posted by: Black Orchid

Launch a huge EBT card into the eye. Problem solved.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

Eh, she'll sell it to ya on the cheap...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

75 The scary thing is, his ego's still smaller than Steven Seagal's...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (iIyc0)

Huh.

Classier, Obama or Seagal?

I think I would have to go with Seagal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (Y/06r)

76 That never-used iPod ended up at the back of a desk drawer to be totally forgotten. Someone will find it 50 years from now and throw it away.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

The Queen's office at windsor Castle was quite modest. That Ipod went out in the wheelie bin next day.

Posted by: Non-Recyclable at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (EdP2u)

77 37 I don't have a working TV except for CD's and DVD's, don't do social media except for when its comments are reproduced here, and so I don't see many campaign ads . The only one I saw was a Bruce Blakeman ad for Governor of NY ( using AI to mock Kathy Hochul) and one for Steve Hilton for Governor of CA. So my question is this; What are Democrats saying that would encourage people to believe they have concrete plans to deal with "affordability"?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (JrHfD)

Great question, Fen.

The Democrats aren't saying, and the media aren't asking. I watch financial media regularly (Bloomberg), and while they are quick to emphasize the reasons why Trump's economy is in trouble - in direct contradiction to the strong economic numbers they report every single day - they never ask what the Dems will do to fix the 'problems'. You'll hear one of their analysts say that 'the markets like gridlock', but that's a meaningless statement which never gets adequately explained. All very hand wavy. It's clear that the financial press has been thoroughly infiltrated by leftists and is not to be trusted with anything more than reading off market levels.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (0CU3H)

78 75 The scary thing is, his ego's still smaller than Steven Seagal's...
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM (iIyc0)

Huh.

Classier, Obama or Seagal?

I think I would have to go with Seagal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (Y/06r)

They can bitch-slap each other.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

79 Your pornhub profile must be...different.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM

You say that like it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Kurt E. at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (0sNs1)

80 Classier, Obama or Seagal?

I think I would have to go with Seagal.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:30 PM (Y/06r)

That's a tough one.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (iIyc0)

81 This is a story that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed -- by the way, he told critics to "keep my name out of your mouth," so f*** you, Vain Terrorist, I'll use your full name every time I refer to you -- does not need.

Wait, you're saying that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed doesn't like to be called Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed? In that case I'll have to refer to Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed as Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed every time I have to mention Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (/C5Rl)

82 81 Wait, you're saying that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed doesn't like to be called Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed? In that case I'll have to refer to Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed as Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed every time I have to mention Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (/C5Rl)

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Yeah, but had you considered mentioning Prometheus?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (1kJuV)

83 And then Obama claimed women could run the country better but he still fought Hillary for the nomination.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (jjoN6)

84 Dude. Don't say that.
Posted by: James Carville and Karl Rove
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Always nice to see grifters hoovering up donor dollars for a living. Kind of the same as the professional beggars with signs that are always present at shopping complexes that want money for booze and blow.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)

85 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (j+aD2)

86 Yeah, but had you considered mentioning Prometheus?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Isn't that a banning offense around here by now?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (jjoN6)

87 81 This is a story that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed -- by the way, he told critics to "keep my name out of your mouth," so f*** you, Vain Terrorist, I'll use your full name every time I refer to you -- does not need.

Wait, you're saying that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed doesn't like to be called Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed? In that case I'll have to refer to Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed as Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed every time I have to mention Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:31 PM (/C5Rl)

Easier to say dog-sh*t asshole.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (l3cgK)

88
85 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (j+aD2)

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He did put out a tweet late last night challenging Paxton to a debate, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (1kJuV)

89 When Mort Kondracke and Mort Zuckerman were on the show at the same time, John said the show was "Mortified".

Posted by: Jack Germond at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (EdP2u)

90 Obama is an ideologue first. All he cares about is destroying the country and getting whitey.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (IUETd)

91 From the last thread - I was left dreading the thought that someday we may see Hurricane Shaniqua. She gonna be a real biyotch, y’all.

yeah she'll be big, but she won't do much
Posted by: Black Orchid
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That's what you'll think until the ass end of the storm hits.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:29 PM

To say nothing of the eyelashes of the storm.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (/C5Rl)

92 86 Yeah, but had you considered mentioning Prometheus?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Isn't that a banning offense around here by now?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (jjoN6)

Some were Pro-metheus before they were against it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

93 >El-Sayed, Ready to Campaign with Shit-Fingered Midas, Previously Said Obama Was a Failed President

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obviously he 'misspoke'

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (ZxPkt)

94 Abdul Rahman Mohammed El-Sayed

His name is my name tooooooo

Posted by: Adbul Rahman Mohammed El Sayed at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (IUETd)

95 It feels like Democrats are finally giving up on Texas and Maine. I’m not sure that leaves a lot of green field for them. NH is a dead heat. It looks like some of the early bot by Republicans is surprisingly up.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (rkCBr)

96 Yeah, but had you considered mentioning Prometheus?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM

I don't get it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (/C5Rl)

97 “It’s part of the kink,” as has been written before in this space.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (wxsGM)

98 I don't know. Early voting in Republican areas just gives them a heads up on how many 3 am ballots they need to find.

Posted by: BenMSYS at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (vR93T)

99 89 When Mort Kondracke and Mort Zuckerman were on the show at the same time, John said the show was "Mortified".
Posted by: Jack Germond at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (EdP2u)

Those two are another one. Who was the bowtie older guy... not tucker or George Will?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (Y/06r)

100 yep, the black vote is credibly slipping away, so they urgently bribed hussein to stump for the jihadi freak
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8 years in office and 14 years after he left, what do black voters have to show for all that?
Nothing.

obama is not a popular as the white liberals running the party think he is.
Like, he went to a lot of swing states for Kamala.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)

101 93 >El-Sayed, Ready to Campaign with Shit-Fingered Midas, Previously Said Obama Was a Failed President

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obviously he 'misspoke'
Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 12:33 PM (ZxPkt)

'Let me be clear'...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (Y/06r)

102 The funniest thing about this.

Dipshit will probably give an hour long speech mostly about himself.

Abdul will be mentioned 3 times.

"Oh, yeah Abdul's great! Vote for him! Do it for me!"
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 12:25 PM (Sco7b)

That's the best case scenario for Ol' Abby.

Oblabla is a true narcissist so at some point, maybe at various points, the earlier criticisms are going to eat at him and he's going to diss or "neg"
Ol' Abby-

in the same manner you see some guys use 'negging",

"Oh, you are a such beautiful girl for someone with such small boobs." That kind of thing.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (YSUhf)

103 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (j+aD2)

Gender reassignment surgery is a bitch.
As will be she.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (Sco7b)

104 The Democrats aren't saying, and the media aren't asking. I watch financial media regularly (Bloomberg), and while they are quick to emphasize the reasons why Trump's economy is in trouble - in direct contradiction to the strong economic numbers they report every single day - they never ask what the Dems will do to fix the 'problems'. You'll hear one of their analysts say that 'the markets like gridlock', but that's a meaningless statement which never gets adequately explained. All very hand wavy. It's clear that the financial press has been thoroughly infiltrated by leftists and is not to be trusted with anything more than reading off market levels.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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They literally cannot say--we want open borders, government healthcare for all including illegals, more government employees, more taxes, etc.

Everything that Biden junta just did when splooging all over America. So they just mouth a slogan because they literally cannot say what they want lest they get about 25 percent of the vote that is hardcore commie.

Even the gimmedats Democrats are smart enough to figure out that bringing in illegals means less government cheese and attention for them.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

105 95 It feels like Democrats are finally giving up on Texas and Maine. I’m not sure that leaves a lot of green field for them. NH is a dead heat. It looks like some of the early bot by Republicans is surprisingly up.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (rkCBr)

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If you want to play the "follow the money" game, Democrats gave up on Texas weeks ago when Republicans finally started spending.

Democrats have barely responded and are being outspent through the end of the election season by multiples.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (1kJuV)

106 From above, "He also dismissed the Affordable Care Act as insufficient and argued that Obama's incremental approach helped create the conditions for Donald Trump's rise."

Just nudging "Medicare for All."

Bet he has Obama's blessing!

From Obama: "We chose to write a new chapter, where in a new economy, Americans are free to change their jobs or start a business, chase a new idea, raise a family, free from fear, secure in the knowledge that portable, affordable health care is there for us and always will be."

He reiterated in other speeches that if a young person wanted to "try many different jobs and careers until you find one that suits you," portable insurance would grant them the "freedom to pursue" those dreams.

Advocacy groups like Americans for the Arts noted that the ACA fundamentally changed the economic reality for the creative community, and many more.
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This region is fundamentally changing "healthcare" at a rapid pace. Suddenly, whole services such as Radiology are without employees. They're leaving for more money, unionizing if they stay, slow walking non-emergency services, etc.

Buy into demands or go boutique services.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (NFX2v)

107 To the left Obama was a failure because he didn't destroy the country enough.

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)

108 I have an entrenched distrust of political metrics, which makes me suspicious of what might be seen as even good news. Strange place to find myself.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (Gqar8)

109
"Oh, you are a such beautiful girl for someone with such small boobs." That kind of thing.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (YSUhf)

That works for me!...somebody just filled my pants...

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (l3cgK)

110
'record deportations' my ass.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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That one always got me, too. And it's funny how they never say "record deportations" and "immigrant rights" in the same press release.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (XJ22o)

111 'Let me be clear'...
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Be funny if he made a Kinsleyian gaffe. "Let me be queer, er clear"

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

112 98 I don't know. Early voting in Republican areas just gives them a heads up on how many 3 am ballots they need to find.

Posted by: BenMSYS at October 08, 2026 12:34 PM (vR93T)

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In 2024, Philadelphia tried to shut down ballot counting at about 10pm election night like Atlanta had done in 2020.

The RNC filed a lawsuit, and the city was back to counting within half an hour.

It's like people's perception of systems is set in amber and can't change with new events, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (1kJuV)

113 I see NJ just uncovered another thousand of so illegal aliens on their registered voter list and a bunch of them voted. I guess they’re now releasing them in batches. Lol

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (rkCBr)

114 As of this morning, Talarico's campaign schedule does not have a single event for the candidate planned before the election. That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (RHGPo)

115 107 To the left Obama was a failure because he didn't destroy the country enough.

Posted by: steevy at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (YwEeS)

Not from a lack of trying.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)

116
Dipshit will probably give an hour long speech mostly about himself.

Abdul will be mentioned 3 times.

"Oh, yeah Abdul's great! Vote for him! Do it for me!"
Posted by: Stateless

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lol it looks to me like he's not putting much thought into his speeches nowadays. Mostly vibes.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 12:37 PM (XJ22o)

117 100 8 years in office and 14 years after he left, what do black voters have to show for all that?
Nothing.

obama is not a popular as the white liberals running the party think he is.
Like, he went to a lot of swing states for Kamala.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)

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I suspect Boomer blacks still love Obama like previous generations of Democrats loved JFK.

The love will never diminish, but their numbers will.

Black boomers are dying out, and the younger generations aren't nearly as loyal or dedicated to voting in general.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:37 PM (1kJuV)

118 ... another thousand of so illegal aliens on their registered voter list and a bunch of them voted ...

That never happens, or so I've been told

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (RHGPo)

119 obama is not a popular as the white liberals running the party think he is.
Like, he went to a lot of swing states for Kamala.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:35 PM (3cUTc)

I do not think black people look at obama the way the strategists think they do. He is not a charismatic figure/leader that they will follow into hell. He is an important symbol, maybe. But he has no value in of himself, if that makes sense. Same with Mandela.

Just an observation from a pasty white guy, but I have always been fascinated by the disconnect that seems to be present in how the politically 'on' view figures vs how people talk about them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (Y/06r)

120 Even Obama agrees that Obama wasn't leftard enough. How is this is any way controversial?

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (IUETd)

121 Did obama campaign for kramala? I think he did.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (AKptf)

122 110
'record deportations' my ass.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

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That one always got me, too. And it's funny how they never say "record deportations" and "immigrant rights" in the same press release.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM (XJ22o)

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He did DACA, giving protected status to millions of people, because he was so dedicated to deportations.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (1kJuV)

123 That's not the "flu," that's the "fled."

Heh. That's pretty good.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)

124 Re: Dems are going to flip Senate seats is red states.

Oh, you mean the states that have been cooperating with the DOJ on vote integrity?
And cleaning their voter rolls?

Reminds me, just a few short weeks ago, the Dems were howling about TX kicking thousands off of the vote rolls.
But that won't affect Talarico or Dem turnout--polls say they're turning Texas Blue.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (3cUTc)

125 Obama is just not bloodthirsty, murderous enough to suit the new Democrat Party. They want blood and bodies in the street. They want October 7, here.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (Gqar8)

126 85 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal
Posted by: Black Orchid

He's "got the flu" and was highly contagious.

AKA Letting others do his bidding.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (NFX2v)

127 108 I have an entrenched distrust of political metrics, which makes me suspicious of what might be seen as even good news. Strange place to find myself.
Posted by: tubal

Eh, it is more that it is a complicated tapestry of data points and what may affect a race in Michigan may not in Maine. What is clear though is that a massive blue wave is looking less and less likely. Doesn't mean GOP will win every race nor even hold the House, but this is not likely to be 2006 redux or even 1998 for the GOP.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

128 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (j+aD2)

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He did put out a tweet late last night challenging Paxton to a debate, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:32 PM (1kJuV)

That could be the answer right there.

Ol' Tally's locked up some where being trained like a seal with "zingers" and poll-tested answers to every point that Paxton might bring up, or from a list of the debate questions leaked to them.

We've seen that before with the Dims.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (YSUhf)

129 118 ... another thousand of so illegal aliens on their registered voter list and a bunch of them voted ...

That never happens, or so I've been told

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (RHGPo)

If you don't prosecute it, the crime didn't happen, as far as the statistics go. Also, changing the nature of a thing from a crime to a non-crime also has the same effect on statistics...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (l3cgK)

130 I just how republicans continue to show up and vote. I know it’s axiomatic to say he with the most votes wins, but we need to stay motivated. It feels like a lot of Democrats and their media slime op to make it feel like Democrats winning is inevitable had the opposite effect on GOP voters.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (rkCBr)

131 DNC: So, you're just a decoy to get the GOP to waste money on Texas.

Talarico: This, too, is about my anus.

DNC: Please stop saying that.

Talarico: This, too, is about my anus.

DNC: [Facepalm.]

Posted by: Dulcinea of Talarico at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (Ovx+P)

132 How's his pants crease?

Posted by: Orson at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (dIske)

133 Be funny if he made a Kinsleyian gaffe. "Let me be queer, er clear"
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:36 PM

"I have a queen...uh...dream!"

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (/C5Rl)

134 126 85 Talerico is MIA? he has no events at all scheduled until the election?

yeah that's not normal
Posted by: Black Orchid

He's "got the flu" and was highly contagious.

AKA Letting others do his bidding.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (NFX2v)

Ass flu, aka MonkeyPox...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

135 125 Obama is just not bloodthirsty, murderous enough to suit the new Democrat Party. They want blood and bodies in the street. They want October 7, here.
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (Gqar

But they want someone ELSE to do it. They are ready to cheer it on, but no one wants to be that first martyr to get headshot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (Y/06r)

136 Democrats put aide their personal differences to advance the greater cause.

Republicans could learn from this.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (T+9ay)

137 Did obama campaign for kramala? I think he did.
Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:38 PM (AKptf)

Remember the room full of black men rolling their eyes at him when he was blathering about "voting for a woman"? I don't think Odopey resonates with the yutes anymore.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (ZgwKJ)

138
The McLaughlin Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLF_D7JVZM

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

139 Anti-Mamdani chants at the protest:

“Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?”

“700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!”

“Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!”

“Zohran, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (RHGPo)

140 128 That could be the answer right there.

Ol' Tally's locked up some where being trained like a seal with "zingers" and poll-tested answers to every point that Paxton might bring up, or from a list of the debate questions leaked to them.

We've seen that before with the Dims.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM (YSUhf)

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We are less than two weeks from early voting starting in TX, the state is deep red, and I'm not the only one who has access to @TonerousHyus X account where he's outlining how turnout is trash in Democrat enclaves in a red state with a supposedly close senate election.

Paxton will win this like Cruz won 2024 when both parties spent $200 million for Allred to lose by 9.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (1kJuV)

141 Just an observation from a pasty white guy, but I have always been fascinated by the disconnect that seems to be present in how the politically 'on' view figures vs how people talk about them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I would agree with your analysis. Politically engaged people look at the world differently than those who are not.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (E4rtv)

142
He also dismissed the Affordable Care Act as insufficient and argued that Obama's incremental approach helped create the conditions for Donald Trump's rise.

This is a pattern I see from the left a lot now, namely, if you don't destroy the previous system and implement our solution 100% then everything will suck.

This should turn any rational person away from such as idea - if things get worse when your system is partially implemented it likely means the system is making things worse. And I'll contrast this with capitalism.

When the Chinese under Deng implemented modest market reforms the rates of starvation and privation went down. When they were fully socialists they were reduced to cannibalism.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

143 Ass flu, aka MonkeyPox...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

Dammit, Jim! We're on Russian Bioengineered Black Death now! Keep up!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:41 PM (Y/06r)

144 So, Obama, El Shahid (whatever the **ck his name is) and Piker; who's going to be the meet in that sandwich? I hope whoever finds the 3 of them has eye bleach on standby.

Posted by: Nelly at October 08, 2026 12:41 PM (6+ehB)

145 Obama is just not bloodthirsty, murderous enough to suit the new Democrat Party. They want blood and bodies in the street. They want October 7, here.
Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 12:39 PM

October 8th will not be quite what they think it will...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (/C5Rl)

146 I do not think black people look at obama the way the strategists think they do. He is not a charismatic figure/leader that they will follow into hell.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
___________

I write that all off to him being effeminate. Samuel L. Jackson is what they want.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (JzUSu)

147 143 Ass flu, aka MonkeyPox...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

Dammit, Jim! We're on Russian Bioengineered Black Death now! Keep up!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:41 PM (Y/06r)

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"Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a narrative creator. I can't make this viral outbreak worse than it actually is."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (1kJuV)

148 Be funny if he made a Kinsleyian gaffe. "Let me be queer, er clear"
Posted by: whig

His muslim faith would prevent such a thing.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (nEUC6)

149 DNC: So, you're just a decoy to get the GOP to waste money on Texas.

Talarico: This, too, is about my anus.

DNC: Please stop saying that.

Talarico: This, too, is about my anus.

DNC: [Facepalm.]

This made me laugh more than it should have.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

150 The McLaughlin Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOLF_D7JVZM
Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 12:40 PM (ZxPkt)

She did nail the look for Eleanor Clift.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (Y/06r)

151 I'm still alive and kickin' at 86, but no one talks about me any more.

Posted by: Eleanor Clift at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (EdP2u)

152 Dems are betting that hating Trump is enough to get Dems elected. They’ll vote for the (D) not for any specific person. Staying away is the safe choice for Talarico in that mindset.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (T+9ay)

153 Sadly, If Obama is campaigning with him, the fix is in and he’ll win.

Posted by: Maroon at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (TYYSB)

154 Someone running on Obama's 2012 re-election platform today would be called far right.

Amazing how that works.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

155 151 I'm still alive and kickin' at 86, but no one talks about me any more.

Posted by: Eleanor Clift at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (EdP2u)

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It's that lady from Independence Day!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (1kJuV)

156 "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a narrative creator. I can't make this viral outbreak worse than it actually is."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (1kJuV)

Dammit, Bones- I need that cure now!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (Y/06r)

157
This made me laugh more than it should have.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

Agreed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (l3cgK)

158 Dems are betting that hating Trump is enough to get Dems elected. They’ll vote for the (D) not for any specific person. Staying away is the safe choice for Talarico in that mindset.

I live in a blue area and about 80% of the Dem commercials are just, "I hate Trump more then anyone else, vote for me"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

159 They only send this twit out on the stump when they need a hail Mary.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (3oDcM)

160 Afternoon Ace
The thing which cracked me up about that video was Heidi Heitkamp saying that Obama's great achievements were " Affordable Care Act, Iran deal and the Paris Climate deal".
All three sucked , Heidi

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (t9883)

161
I have no problem with the way Barry dissed Elizabeth.

English monarchs deserve what gets thrown at them.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (Y8DZL)

162 Republicans could learn from this.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Governing is harder than opposition as you will always have defectors for one reason or the other.

Dems are united in opposition but as to what they actually want, they cannot speak in public about it without lying. And that has resulted in historic levels of dislike for the Democrats.

Trump is making it clear where the GOP stands this election (to the dismay of the RINOs) by actions and words.

So a pretty clear choice for the electorate policy wise.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (E4rtv)

163 156 "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a narrative creator. I can't make this viral outbreak worse than it actually is."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (1kJuV)

Dammit, Bones- I need that cure now!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (Y/06r)

Don't stick yer dick in a pustulous ass...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (l3cgK)

164 152 Dems are betting that hating Trump is enough to get Dems elected. They’ll vote for the (D) not for any specific person. Staying away is the safe choice for Talarico in that mindset.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (T+9ay)

Yeah, I think this is right. I do not know if true, but probably the thinking.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (Y/06r)

165 Sadly, If Obama is campaigning with him, the fix is in and he’ll win.

Posted by: Maroon at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (TYYSB)

Yup, you're right. We should all go jump off a bridge.

Seriously, dude, the key to a good Moby is not to be so obvious.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)

166 I'm still alive and kickin' at 86, but no one talks about me any more.
Posted by: Eleanor Clift

"Eleonor, I still think you're swellinor!"
-- Zombie John O'Laughlin

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (77rzZ)

167

Full on Commie push in Michigan.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (VuTBl)

168 TJM - something to warm your heart, with your anachronistic desire to keep movie theaters alive:

I'm not a fan of most movies, and particularly going to movie theaters.

But my older girl's best friend loves it, so we went as a family to one last night.

It was my younger one's first time going to one. She was absolutely berserk. I had to shush her at least 75 times. Totally in love with the whole thing, hooked for life. Seriously. I took her to Disney World and Universal Studios not two weeks ago,and she wasn't as jacked up as after going to our local theater, and it's all I'm hearing about today. Going to more movies.

So now, I'm stuck giving money to Big Movie forever. You're welcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)

169 158 Dems are betting that hating Trump is enough to get Dems elected. They’ll vote for the (D) not for any specific person. Staying away is the safe choice for Talarico in that mindset.

I live in a blue area and about 80% of the Dem commercials are just, "I hate Trump more then anyone else, vote for me"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

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Democrats will learn nothing when their turnout is the worst since 1970

(it's on track to be there in Ohio, at least:
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2108182813543481464 )

And they will try to shift to "Vance is the worst person in the world" when Vance doesn't have any of Trump's baggage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (1kJuV)

170 153 Sadly, If Obama is campaigning with him, the fix is in and he’ll win.
Posted by: Maroon at October 08, 2026 12:42 PM (TYYSB)

Counter: Obama campaigned for Kamala.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (Y/06r)

171 What is this "Keep [whatever] out of your mouth (mouf)? I never heard this until that Will Smith incident. Apparently something very, VERY recent.

What a bunch of jackasses.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (3AwA+)

172 What’s happening with the OH senate race?

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (rkCBr)

173 And they will try to shift to "Vance is the worst person in the world" when Vance doesn't have any of Trump's baggage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (1kJuV)

They will create the baggage.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:46 PM (IUETd)

174 Dems are united in opposition but as to what they actually want, they cannot speak in public about it without lying. And that has resulted in historic levels of dislike for the Democrats.

The two complaints I hear from non-political people are:

The cost of living is too high
The price of gas is too high

Everything the Dems want to do would raise both those costs. I saw some Dem in a debate answer the question of how he would lower the cost of living by...calling for a tax increase. Against "the rich" of course. How the hell would that lower the cost of rent or hamburger?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

175 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)

Oh, that's sweet. What did you go see?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:46 PM (JrHfD)

176 168 It was my younger one's first time going to one. She was absolutely berserk. I had to shush her at least 75 times. Totally in love with the whole thing, hooked for life. Seriously. I took her to Disney World and Universal Studios not two weeks ago,and she wasn't as jacked up as after going to our local theater, and it's all I'm hearing about today. Going to more movies.

So now, I'm stuck giving money to Big Movie forever. You're welcome.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)

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I do enjoy the theater, but I almost never go. I live too far away (25 minutes from the closest), and it's hard to justify leaving the fam for the movies I'm interested in. I only tend to go when the boys really want to see something (I think Minecraft was the last one).

But, Gen-Z is apparently the lifeblood of movie theaters these days. They want a place to go, that's safe, and hang out.

I remember when there weren't going to be any more theaters because covid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:47 PM (1kJuV)

177 130 I just how republicans continue to show up and vote. I know it’s axiomatic to say he with the most votes wins, but we need to stay motivated. It feels like a lot of Democrats and their media slime op to make it feel like Democrats winning is inevitable had the opposite effect on GOP voters.
Posted by: Vengeance

Only GOP types that like the media are to be found in DC working for Congress. Rest of the GOP is down to single digits in believing and trusting the media including the supposedly conservative Faux.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)

178 preserving economic and healthcare systems that he said favored corporations over ordinary people.

No lies detected.
It's just that by 2012 the largest corporations (especially in health) had gone so woke they were instruments of Soros' will. Look how fast they flew the rainbow after gmarriage got rubberstamped.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 12:47 PM (sDWtc)

179 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:44 PM (BI5O2)

That's sweet, YD.

I'd recommend keeping her away from The Stinkbug That Ate Toledo, however.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:47 PM (77rzZ)

180 173 And they will try to shift to "Vance is the worst person in the world" when Vance doesn't have any of Trump's baggage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (1kJuV)

They will create the baggage.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:46 PM (IUETd)

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Yeah, and Trump WITH baggage isn't animated the left anymore if early returns are to be believed.

Lowest turnout since 1970.

The outrage machine has been exhausted.

If the left can just manufacture wins, they should have probably kept Trump from the imperial presidency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (1kJuV)

181 CNN News 18 - YouTube

Obama To Campaign For El-Sayed Despite His Past Attacks: ‘Little Hope, Less Change’ | N18G

Stop playing into their rope-a-dope nonsense. Obama is and has been running the show.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (NFX2v)

182
Mail voting is the main mechanism for democrats to get their low propensity voters (black voters) to vote since that is the easiest way to vote. If they are not voting by mail, they are not voting in-person.

Gonna be honest here I don't think most of those "voters"
ever actually cast those ballots.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

183 I forgot that cocksucker Rammaswammy is running for guv in Ohio. He’s down bigly in the polls as well. I hope the polls are right in this instance.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (T+9ay)

184 171 What is this "Keep [whatever] out of your mouth (mouf)? I never heard this until that Will Smith incident. Apparently something very, VERY recent.

What a bunch of jackasses.
Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (3AwA+)

No, it was from before that. Some... activist I saw on TV and I remember remarking on it here that it was a great way to start a fight in person. But people used it freely online. Maybe... 2016 or 17?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (Y/06r)

185 Wiped clean with a hard format, given to Henry, and lost at a swanky Las Vegas hotel, picked up by a busty hooker, and sold for $5 to fund an out of control speed habit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (1kJuV)

An actual hard-drive style deck-of-cards sized ipod with the wheel control?!?! I'd pay SIX dollars for one of them!!

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (W6UZk)

186 168 TJM - something to warm your heart, with your anachronistic desire to keep movie theaters alive:

I'm not a fan of most movies, and particularly going to movie theaters.

But my older girl's best friend loves it, so we went as a family to one last night.

It was my younger one's first time going to one. She was absolutely berserk. I had to shush her at least 75 times. Totally in love with the whole thing, hooked for life. Seriously. I took her to Disney World and Universal Studios not two weeks ago,and she wasn't as jacked up as after going to our local theater, and it's all I'm hearing about today. Going to more movies.

So now, I'm stuck giving money to Big Movie forever. You're welcome.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Get on Fathom's email list for events. She might like going retro to their classic movies nights--might have to make a small trip out of it as the theaters tend to be in suburbs around metro areas.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

187 Republicans voting early just tells them how many cheat votes they need. Cynical? Yes, yes I am.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (n5tGW)

188 "I do not think black people look at obama the way the strategists think they do."
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I look at Obama as the worst president...ever.

He is an evil little man.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (Y4uRa)

189 No lies detected.
It's just that by 2012 the largest corporations (especially in health) had gone so woke they were instruments of Soros' will. Look how fast they flew the rainbow after gmarriage got rubberstamped.

It is astounding how quickly those evvvvvillll rightwing companies jumped on the left's bandwagon for everything shortly after 2008...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)

190 I dunno. WSJ also owned by Murdoch Have been a clear part of the op. Every day it’s another liberal rant on Trump and Republicans. Then today they had a glowing article on how Democrats and Trump Obama will be so much better. There really isn’t any honest media left.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (rkCBr)

191 I'd recommend keeping her away from The Stinkbug That Ate Toledo, however.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:47 PM

The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati >>> The Stinkbug That Ate Toledo.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (/C5Rl)

192 183 I forgot that cocksucker Rammaswammy is running for guv in Ohio. He’s down bigly in the polls as well. I hope the polls are right in this instance.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (T+9ay)

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"I want a Democrat in power who can undermine all conservative goals and gains in the state of Ohio rather than Vivek because Vivek likes H-1B but won't have any authority over immigration as governor of a state."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (1kJuV)

193 I do not think black people look at obama the way the strategists think they do. He is not a charismatic figure/leader that they will follow into hell. He is an important symbol, maybe. But he has no value in of himself, if that makes sense. Same with Mandela.
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There's no way to tell but the comments I see to clips of Obama, the "remember when our President had class?" and "remember when we had a President who could speak?" type shit?
It really does not read as "black."
It's just such a ... Boomer Lib lament.

Evergreen:
What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

194 I forgot that cocksucker Rammaswammy is running for guv in Ohio. He’s down bigly in the polls as well. I hope the polls are right in this instance.

There is a subset of R voters that see an Indian guy lauding outsourcing who are going to say "oh hell no"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

195
The two complaints I hear from non-political people are:

The cost of living is too high
The price of gas is too high

We can help!

Posted by: MAID in Canada at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (l3cgK)

196 Paxton said there was no debate unless he chose the moderator.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (nxLtX)

197 "This is a story that Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed -- by the way, he told critics to "keep my name out of your mouth," so f*** you, Vain Terrorist, I'll use your full name every time I refer to you -- does not need. Black voters are already wary of him."

Let's calm down the talk about things going in and out of other men's mouths. It's starting to sound like a convention of MMM furry enthusiasts.

And it was said about that The Blade may have an interesting pornhub? Jeez.

The Blade in fact has no pornhub as porn has never appealed to him.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (iFTx/)

198 187 Republicans voting early just tells them how many cheat votes they need. Cynical? Yes, yes I am.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (n5tGW)

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Trump won MI in 2024.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (1kJuV)

199 173 And they will try to shift to "Vance is the worst person in the world" when Vance doesn't have any of Trump's baggage.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:45 PM (1kJuV)

Bush AND Trump have both been Hitler for the Dems for years. Accused of killing democracy, and all other evils they imagine.

I think Vance gets para-demon status.

You can't back down on the rhetoric.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Sco7b)

200 If the left can just manufacture wins, they should have probably kept Trump from the imperial presidency.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:48 PM (1kJuV)

Trump is a generational figure. I am not MMQ I said this shit in 2016 when people made fun of me for even thinking it.

So I'm just saying they will create the baggage and it will take a will of iron and a spine of steel to navigate it.

Trump makes doing so look easy. Vance has some chops but I would not expect all (or perhaps any) R's moving forward to run the Left's gauntlet like Trump has. And a gauntlet they will run.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (IUETd)

201 What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

'If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

202 It's amusing that Democrats keep dragging Obama out on the campaign trail when he was proven over and over that he has zero coattails.

He has to have one of the worst endorsement records of all time.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (viF8m)

203 Evergreen:
What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

204
Obama is and has been running the show.

Posted by: L - No nic...

Never. Ever.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)

205 The first movie I took my son to see in a theater was Cars.

He got increasingly agitated by the overwhelming sound and big images, so we had to leave early.

That night he woke up and was sill kind of agitated. He came and sat down by my chair as I was at the computer, until he finally felt calm enough to go back to bed.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (77rzZ)

206 I dunno. Democrats historically bank votes early. That early vote is currently down. Saying it’s all of a sudden going to show up later defying history seems specious. Especially with all the eyes watching this time.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (rkCBr)

207 Well, I've done all I could to prepare my home for potential water intrusion from the coming storm surge -- stacking furniture and whatnot up high on tables, etc.

I wanted to sandbag all the entrances, but, yesterday, when I got to the "free sand" site set up by the county, there was a crap ton of sand, but no bags. I was told that they'd be getting more bags today. I just got back from there -- still no bags.

Oh, well, I did what I could.

I'm not waiting until tomorrow when the weather will be nasty and the roads clogged with traffic. I'm bugging out in about an hour to a place around 40 miles north.

See y'all around.

(Piper, if you are reading, I saw your response to me at the end of the one thread yesterday. Thanks for the offer. I think I'll be okay, though, in my bugout place. Be safe).

Posted by: one hour sober at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (J4Dwc)

208 206 I dunno. Democrats historically bank votes early. That early vote is currently down. Saying it’s all of a sudden going to show up later defying history seems specious. Especially with all the eyes watching this time.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (rkCBr)

========

They said this in 2024 when early voting wasn't turning out well for them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (1kJuV)

209 185 Wiped clean with a hard format, given to Henry, and lost at a swanky Las Vegas hotel, picked up by a busty hooker, and sold for $5 to fund an out of control speed habit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:23 PM (1kJuV)

An actual hard-drive style deck-of-cards sized ipod with the wheel control?!?! I'd pay SIX dollars for one of them!!

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 12:49 PM (W6UZk)

$20, same as in town.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (l3cgK)

210 The Sinatra Group

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SdIJimk-w8

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (ZxPkt)

211
'If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Y/06r)

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."
Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

Jinx. You owe me a coke.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 12:52 PM (Y/06r)

212 Gonna be honest here I don't think most of those "voters"
ever actually cast those ballots.
Posted by: 18-1

Depends on where those ballots are coming from. In urban areas, the blank ballot is exchanged for gift cards or some other token of the Dem appreciation in apartment complexes, jails, etc. and also picked up from vacant lots, shopping malls, etc. as well as dead letter office at USPS.

They are filled out by Dem operatives and then submitted via drop box or mail. Sometimes the Dems are lazy and just photocopy one ballot and submit the photocopies in the names of voters.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

213 193 I do not think black people look at obama the way the strategists think they do. He is not a charismatic figure/leader that they will follow into hell. He is an important symbol, maybe. But he has no value in of himself, if that makes sense. Same with Mandela.
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There's no way to tell but the comments I see to clips of Obama, the "remember when our President had class?" and "remember when we had a President who could speak?" type shit?
It really does not read as "black."
It's just such a ... Boomer Lib lament.

Evergreen:
What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

"Marine Corpse men"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

214 I wanted to sandbag all the entrances, but, yesterday, when I got to the "free sand" site set up by the county, there was a crap ton of sand, but no bags. I was told that they'd be getting more bags today. I just got back from there -- still no bags.

Inshallah.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 12:53 PM (BAWkL)

215 What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

"If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor"

[If obamacare passes] "we would see premiums Fall by as much as 3,000%"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

216 Geez, I warned people about Vivek too - and surprise surprise got shit on for it.

That wasn't even a hard one. He literally said 2020 was on the up and up. I know little old white ladies that were hardcore Democrats in 2016 that knew that 2020 was rigged the night it happened.

And what did Phony Vivek do? He played the "I am learning conservatism, you people have a lot to teach me" game. Transparent as fuck and many fell for it because conservatives are an easier fucking lay than Jane Doe.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:54 PM (IUETd)

217 Oh, that's sweet. What did you go see?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 12:46 PM (JrHfD)

It's called "Forgotten Island." The wife and I thought it was pretty lame, but the girls liked it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

218 Trump won MI in 2024.

I'm cynical about your optimism.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (n5tGW)

219 Oh, and signs out of OH that no, voting behavior is not actually changing:

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2108235689854644442

There isn't going to be some massive election day vote to save Democrats, at least in Ohio.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (1kJuV)

220 Classier, Obama or Seagal?
.......

Danny Trejo.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (UjdFS)

221 What is an Obama quote that everyone knows?
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"Mmm give me more of that juicy delicious cock"?

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (IUETd)

222 206 I dunno. Democrats historically bank votes early. That early vote is currently down. Saying it’s all of a sudden going to show up later defying history seems specious. Especially with all the eyes watching this time.
Posted by: Vengeance
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Pretty much. Dems are now arguing that their voters will turn up in person because Trump was bad mouthing mail in ballots and that caused Dem voters to fear Trump will tamper with them. That trend will either exist or not in the next week or so.

Some Dems like Elias are already pivoting to Trump stole the 2026 midterms and are gearing up for post election lawfare.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

223 If the left can just manufacture wins, they should have probably kept Trump from the imperial presidency.

I suspect 2020 was as big as they could get with fraud and it took the special circumstance of people letting the government do whatever the hell it wanted due to COVID.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

224 "A little good news, maybe: Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are coming in at a faster rate than they have before."
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Come on, you Wolverines! Pour it on! Pour it on!

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (rj6Yv)

225 I write that all off to him being effeminate. Samuel L. Jackson is what they want.
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David Plouffe (IIRC) built the entire campaign strategy for Obama from state senate to President that was "permission structure."

That is, a safe, inoffensive, well-spoken, upper-class, light-skinned Negro that whites could vote for; give themselves "permission" to vote for.

That's who he appeals to. Not actual blacks. At least, not is the "inspire for generations" way.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (3cUTc)

226 Last time I went to a movie, everyone had their phones out, 100 small white lights moving around. Plus apparently shutting the fuck up when the movie starts is no longer a thing. I’m not paying $17 for that experience.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (T+9ay)

227 218 Trump won MI in 2024.

I'm cynical about your optimism.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (n5tGW)

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"Democrats can cheat everywhere and win everything."

"Why didn't they do that in 2024?"

"So that they could win a meaningless midterm against Trump. They gave up the DOJ, DOW, DOS, DOEd, and all power over regulation so that they could do impeachment theater that will just make Trump stronger when it eventually peters out without a conviction."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (1kJuV)

228
There isn't going to be some massive election day vote to save Democrats, at least in Ohio.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (1kJuV)

Might explain why the Dems are running around accusing Trump of cheating in this election... Before the election even got started...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (91qhl)

229 218 Trump won MI in 2024.

I'm cynical about your optimism.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Sayed is a bad candidate. Even in wave years, you get some candidate that is unlikely to win like the I am not a witch woman in Delaware versus Michael Castle.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

230 Earlier this year, I mentioned that I always thought that if Trump didn't fold on the Iran War as Election Day approached (and there was no way that he was), that come sometime this month Iran would realize that ED is not a deadline for Trump, but a deadline for them. If it looks like Trump is going to do well in the midterms, they'd be begging for peace before the second half of the term started.

Trump saying today that he wasn't going to bomb the IRGC before Election Day is his marker to the Iranians.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (0CU3H)

231 223 If the left can just manufacture wins, they should have probably kept Trump from the imperial presidency.

I suspect 2020 was as big as they could get with fraud and it took the special circumstance of people letting the government do whatever the hell it wanted due to COVID.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

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I think 2022 was bigger.

They didn't have to gamble about the DOJ letting things slide. They were probably more brazen, it was just concentrated in key state-level races instead of the presidential race (mostly in the same key states) which gets more attention.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (1kJuV)

232 Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (91qhl)

Yeah Schumer came out with that like two months ago it seemed like a tell.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (IUETd)

233 Obama "my grandmother was an average white person"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (t9883)

234 Republicans have been carpet bombing with ads lately. A lot of it showing what loons these Democrats are. My theory is it’s turning off true independents. Combined with what seems like lower general dem enthusiasm outside the DSA ruin the country types, I’ll be interested to see post election what happened. My only concern right now is that the gop continues to show up.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (rkCBr)

235 Movie theaters are a delivery device for popcorn.

Posted by: Big Movie Insider at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (wBRco)

236 "They" set the goals of taking out all of the women involved in high positions with the Trump administration before mid-terms.

AI Overview: After the 2018 midterms, the "hellfire" came at Trump. Democrats won a decisive majority in the House of Representatives, granting them massive subpoena power. They used this leverage to aggressively investigate the Trump administration, leading directly to Trump’s first impeachment inquiry.

Second Term (2026): If the upcoming 2026 midterm elections result in a Democratic takeover of Congress, the script will flip back to congressional oversight targeting the Trump family's business dealings, corporate contractors, and high-level officials like Susie Wiles and Stephen Miller.

Within the executive branch, Trump’s own Justice Department has already broken from historical norms by aggressively utilizing federal power to go after political foes—a dynamic expected to intensify or recalibrate depending on how the midterms shake out.
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Oh, ho! But that wasn't Joe Biden's administration, right?

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (NFX2v)

237 Historical patterns say the Ds should do well but...

Those historical patterns depend on USAID funding for D "walking around money"

Dem mules/vote fraudsters are worried about getting arrested for the first time in ever

Millions of illegals have left and can't be paid to vote...

Many, though not all, states have enacted moderate anti-fraud measures

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

238 Sayed is a bad candidate. Even in wave years, you get some candidate that is unlikely to win like the I am not a witch woman in Delaware versus Michael Castle.
Posted by: whig

Christine O'Donnell was a cutie. Too bad about her.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)

239 How do you say "Hail Mary Pass" in Arabic?

Gaylord and Sayd deserve each other. Maybe there is some fan-fiction that ships the two.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (2GVsD)

240 235 Movie theaters are a delivery device for popcorn.
Posted by: Big Movie Insider at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (wBRco)

Popcorn sucks since they got rid of the coconut oil.. Which is funny because now they say coconut oil is good for you

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (91qhl)

241 Obama quote: The police acted stupidly.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (4KUe5)

242 229 218 Trump won MI in 2024.

I'm cynical about your optimism.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Sayed is a bad candidate. Even in wave years, you get some candidate that is unlikely to win like the I am not a witch woman in Delaware versus Michael Castle.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

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People also misunderstand wave years.

2018 was a wave year. D+9 in Congressional races.

The GOP gained 2 senate seats on net.

Because of where the senate races were. The shift nationally isn't felt uniformly and mostly happens in the safest enclaves of the party having the wave. CA goes from D+30 to D+40, but TX only goes from R+8 to R+6.

Key senate races end up having increased turnout because of the prominence within the state, making it closer to a presidential election in those states.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (1kJuV)

243 I think Yabba Dabba Sayed loses. Key dem constituencies are not voting for this guy. There is enough Trump vote to overcome that gap.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (rkCBr)

244 I'm kinda tired of this Election Month crap.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea
........

You could turn on Fox News to get away from it all.

Posted by: wth at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

245 You can not like Vivek all you want. Campaign against him in the primary in favor of someone you do like.

Rooting against him in the general is a retarded take.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (oqH4h)

246 Vivek sucks bollocks but I'd take him any day over that Acton twat. There should be no question about that.

Vivek should be a shoe-in to win the election, but he shot himself in the dick over his asinine H1B comments.

Even if Vivek believed those comments -- and I think he surely did -- he was too blind or arrogant to realize he was grabbing the modern "third rail" of conservative politics.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (iFTx/)

247 Let's see, Trump is not on the ballot, Harris is not an opponent after her senile boss dropped out of the race.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

248 WTH is a "true independent"?

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (rj6Yv)

249 237 Historical patterns say the Ds should do well but...

Those historical patterns depend on USAID funding for D "walking around money"

Dem mules/vote fraudsters are worried about getting arrested for the first time in ever

Millions of illegals have left and can't be paid to vote...

Many, though not all, states have enacted moderate anti-fraud measures

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

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Those historical pattern long predate the fed grant machine.

It's just...out of power parties tend to do better. The opposition is more animated and turns out at higher rates.

Not even Obama's campaign team, who were lauded as the best ever at the time, could undo it and saw two of the largest midterm loses in modern American history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (1kJuV)

250 Earlier this year, I mentioned that I always thought that if Trump didn't fold on the Iran War as Election Day approached (and there was no way that he was), that come sometime this month Iran would realize that ED is not a deadline for Trump, but a deadline for them. If it looks like Trump is going to do well in the midterms, they'd be begging for peace before the second half of the term started.

Iran clearly has the most leverage right now that they will have until 2028. Unless they believe they can get enough Ds elected to successfully impeach Trump they should make a deal now

But Iran's current leadership isn't really rational

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

251 "A little good news, maybe: Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are coming in at a faster rate than they have before."
- - - - - - - - - - -
But, are the ballots coming from the actual voters themselves? Or are they stolen/harvested without the actual voters even knowing?

"Harvested? You mean, like with a scythe?" - Hillary "Joker-Grinning" Clinton

Posted by: Another Anon at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (4h45B)

252 241 Obama quote: The police acted stupidly.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (4KUe5)

Obama: "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (l3cgK)

253 From what I can tell, Sayed is going for the female/AWFL vote.

The dancing, smiley-jokey guy who’s tapped into pop culture such as Love Island.
If he wins, it will be because of white women.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (4KUe5)

254 The only good thing if Acton won Ohio would be to see how long it took for her to do something really drunk.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (t9883)

255 248 WTH is a "true independent"?

equal opportunity voter; will vote for either socialists or democrats.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (oY6Yp)

256 Both shitheads in the same place?

Come on, SMOD.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (dK+Kv)

257 255 248 WTH is a "true independent"?

equal opportunity voter; will vote for either socialists or democrats.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (oY6Yp)

Or commies.

Posted by: John Brenan at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (l3cgK)

258 Obama quote: The police acted stupidly.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 12:59 PM (4KUe5)

I had just about forgotten about Barky's retarded Beer Summit. What a fucking dipshit.

Posted by: far cry at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (wBRco)

259 250
Iran clearly has the most leverage right now that they will have until 2028. Unless they believe they can get enough Ds elected to successfully impeach Trump they should make a deal now

But Iran's current leadership isn't really rational

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

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They lost their leverage once Saudi Arabia turned on their east-west pipeline, 7 months ago.

It's just been a psyop ever since, and Trump never bought into it. He just continued to squeeze.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (1kJuV)

260 237 Historical patterns say the Ds should do well but...

Those historical patterns depend on USAID funding for D "walking around money"

Posted by: 18-1

They're getting it from billionaire and extremely high in the millions women.

It's rushing into my region.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (NFX2v)

261 The IRGC are now housing their military in schools and their ammo in mosques.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (nxLtX)

262 255 248 WTH is a "true independent"?

equal opportunity voter; will vote for either socialists or democrats.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (oY6Yp)

I'm a registered Independent and I will never vote for a Dem... I changed my registration in 2020 because I was pissed at the Republican party

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (91qhl)

263 Might explain why the Dems are running around accusing Trump of cheating in this election... Before the election even got started...
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I'm really liking how they're reviving the "Trump and Musk stole 2024!" conspiracy to buttress their claims to pre-excuse why they lose this year.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (3cUTc)

264 But Iran's current leadership isn't really rational

One could argue that they're being VERY rational. They know that the instant they lose power, their lifespan is extremely limited. They can't all hop a plane to Moscow.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (Riz8t)

265 251 But, are the ballots coming from the actual voters themselves? Or are they stolen/harvested without the actual voters even knowing?

"Harvested? You mean, like with a scythe?" - Hillary "Joker-Grinning" Clinton

more like a combine harvester, hillary.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (oY6Yp)

266 Christine O'Donnell was a cutie. Too bad about her.
Posted by: Bulg

She's a witch! Burn her!

Posted by: Salem Resident With Matches at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (EdP2u)

267 Remember when Chief Justice Roberts didn't show up for the impeachment?

Posted by: torabora at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (JqwxM)

268 1pm....let's see what our intellectual betters are concerned about

CBC - Canadian crap

MSNow - Trump, Iran, the midterms and concern about the troops used as pawns. The love they have towards the troops

CNN - midterms - Ohio - Dems are going to kick ass

FoxNews - DEA raids in LA on skid row! Racists.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)

269
You want Vlad the Impaler

You'll take Victoria Regina

You'll get Vivek.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (YSUhf)

270 "I want a Democrat in power who can undermine all conservative goals and gains in the state of Ohio rather than Vivek because Vivek likes H-1B but won't have any authority over immigration as governor of a state."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Vivek is facing Covid Amy Acton that lead the Covid shutdowns for DeWino and she has a problem with drink apparently now with a suspended license kerfluffle, videos of her stumbling around drunk, and other such problems.

I feel for Ohio that they could not get a better set of candidates for governor as they have had Mr Taft, the Corruptican, Strickland the dumbass, and then a retread pos like DeWino who was not good enough for the Senate but somehow slid into the governor's office to misgovern Ohio.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)

271 262 255 248 WTH is a "true independent"?

equal opportunity voter; will vote for either socialists or democrats.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (oY6Yp)

I'm a registered Independent and I will never vote for a Dem... I changed my registration in 2020 because I was pissed at the Republican party

obviously, then, you are no true ~~scotsman~~ independent.

Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (oY6Yp)

272 Vivek should be a shoe-in to win the election, but he shot himself in the dick over his asinine H1B comments.

Even if Vivek believed those comments -- and I think he surely did -- he was too blind or arrogant to realize he was grabbing the modern "third rail" of conservative politics.

Yeah he should have played this like the Ds play immigration. Something like, "We need H1B reform and I will work with the Trump admin to get that done!" expecting voters to hear he'll reduce H1Bs when his plan is to try and increase them.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)

273 268 1pm....let's see what our intellectual betters are concerned about

CBC - Canadian crap

MSNow - Trump, Iran, the midterms and concern about the troops used as pawns. The love they have towards the troops

CNN - midterms - Ohio - Dems are going to kick ass

FoxNews - DEA raids in LA on skid row! Racists.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 01:03 PM (Sco7b)

More like they're gonna lick ass.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)

274
obviously, then, you are no true scotsman independent.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (oY6Yp)

True.. Most of my Family are Independents and don't vote Dem....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 01:05 PM (91qhl)

275

President Trump just issued a new Truth Social Post Thursday just after noon time (eastern), wherein he declared "we will not be attacking Iran at any time prior to the Midterm Elections" in November.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 01:05 PM (Cqx++)

276 I don't think Eli would make a bad president, but Dr. Magnusson would of course think he could do a better job of it.

Posted by: Judith Mossman at October 08, 2026 01:05 PM (7Q0e+)

277 Does this jihadist actually have a chance of winning? It's beyond belief.

Y'know, let me put some history on ya:

Prior to 1964, Yasser Arafat was simply a terrorist who spoke like a medieval warlord, ranting on about massacring his enemies and being tirumphant. As a consequence of this caveman mentality, he was little-known in the West and no one sympathiZed with his cause.

AND THEN some American communists traveled over there and said, "Want international support? Do this one simple trick we teach you and you will get money, weapons and cheerleading from people around the world."

Sounds greatA Arafat said. What must I do?

And then the commun ists introduced him to the concept of Marxism, and the post-modern "victimhood narrative."

"Don't keep ranting about how you are winning, how you are supeperior, Yasser. Do the opposite: Cry in public about how you are losing and how the Jews humiliate you."

Arafat: "WHAT??? I would never! That is false! We will kill all the Jews!!"

But eventually his new communist handlers prevailed. ANd he adopted Marxist verbiage. And support from the West poured in.

That has been the playbook ever since: Jihadism wearing the mask of Marxism.

Posted by: zombie at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (Av6i5)

278 I'm really liking how they're reviving the "Trump and Musk stole 2024!" conspiracy to buttress their claims to pre-excuse why they lose this year./i]

Watching the Dems flip from

Any accusation there was any fraud in our holy presidential elections is tantamount to treason and shows you are a lying Russian neo-NAZI bot

to

Of course Trump stole the 2024 election

honestly gave me a big smile...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)

279 I've added to my nightly prayers that the GOP win the mid-terms.

Something I've never prayed about before, along with massive deportations. I'd prayed for many years for evil and corruption of our government and world to be revealed. Now I add fraud to that! Lookin' at you, Somolians and Dims!

We'll see but I feel a bit optimistic. Mostly because I'm rarely a pessimist in my bubble that all will be well. And it typically is well in my world as doom swirls around it in other areas.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (hzuYO)

280 In fairness, if I was registered to vote in Ohio I'd be drinking a lot too.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (sDWtc)

281 Honestly, having trouble recalling any famous quotes, mostly recall the overused words and phrases: folks, some people say, I will not rest until,…

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (4KUe5)

282 267 Remember when Chief Justice Roberts didn't show up for the impeachment?
Posted by: torabora

Trials for former presidents do not come under where the Chief Justice had to preside. And had the trial resulted somehow in conviction and banning Trump from future office (which was the aim of it before the McConnell Senate GOP cohort got the wobblies from hearing from voters), would have undoubtedly ended up before Scotus for its irregularity.

Impeachment has been historically viewed as a removal tool for officeholders and a trial has never been conducted after the official was no longer in office in order just to ban them.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

283 Evergreen:
What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (gLYp7)

284 Bomb the schools at night, bomb the mosques whenever you want.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (BAWkL)

285 282
Trials for former presidents do not come under where the Chief Justice had to preside. And had the trial resulted somehow in conviction and banning Trump from future office (which was the aim of it before the McConnell Senate GOP cohort got the wobblies from hearing from voters), would have undoubtedly ended up before Scotus for its irregularity.

Impeachment has been historically viewed as a removal tool for officeholders and a trial has never been conducted after the official was no longer in office in order just to ban them.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)

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And 8 of the 10 GOP senators who voted for conviction are no longer Senators.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (1kJuV)

286 "Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are coming in at a faster rate than they have before."
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Let me fix that:

"Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are being thrown into shredders by postal workers at a faster rate than they have before."

Posted by: frondex at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (deybB)

287 Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallley
[Black) Detroit commentator says Obama campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed won’t move Black voters:

"We love Obama. I love Obama. But listen, a pig by any other name is still a pig. You can put lipstick on a pig, as they say. It’s a pig."

-
The word "p*g" is an obvious Islamophobic racist insult.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

288 286 "Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are coming in at a faster rate than they have before."
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Let me fix that:

"Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are being thrown into shredders by postal workers at a faster rate than they have before."

Posted by: frondex at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (deybB)

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The federal election monitor has been a thing since the 60s, but I don't think it's ever been used seriously.

I think it's going to be used seriously this year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (1kJuV)

289 Oh, I wouldn't do that. Praying for a politician to win an election is a double-edged sword at very best, and it may well turn out to be blasphemy in hindsight.

Leave Rome's affairs to Rome.

Just my $0.02.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (BI5O2)

290
59 He's only mad because Obama ordered the hit on Bin Laden
Posted by: Shenanigans at October 08, 2026 12:26 PM

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The story is, that Obama did not order the operation against Bin Laden. Intelligence services found Bin Laden, operation was put together, and Obama dithered and delayed. His underlings ordered the attack while Obama was out on the golf course. Obama learned about it when it was already in progress. That's why there are photos of Obama in the situation room in a windbreaker, looking like he didn't want to be there.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (XeO61)

291 One of the more amazing things about Arafat is that he ended up dying from AIDS

He had a thing for boys and well, picked the wrong one.

I've seen some arab commenters blame da JOOs for setting him up with an infected kid but then they have to shut up because they realize they are confirming Arafat was a pedo...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (sKqQm)

292 From cosmicbook

Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe are actual family.

The genealogy platform MyHeritage released new research on Wednesday, October 7, finding the two actresses are ninth cousins, once removed (via TMZ).

Fans have been calling Sweeney the modern Marilyn for years over the blonde bombshell looks and the old Hollywood styling

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

293 Big if true:

@desitechsuppoat 1h
BREAKING: NO VISA APPOINTMENT SLOTS AVAILABLE AT ANY USA CONSULATE IN INDIA FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (nEUC6)

294 287 Bobby LaValley
@Bobby_LaVallley
[Black) Detroit commentator says Obama campaigning for Abdul El-Sayed won’t move Black voters:

"We love Obama. I love Obama. But listen, a pig by any other name is still a pig. You can put lipstick on a pig, as they say. It’s a pig."

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The word "p*g" is an obvious Islamophobic racist insult.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (ndZc7)

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This is just evidence that Democrats are united, and the friction we can see from the outside is just for show.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (1kJuV)

295 284 Bomb the schools at night, bomb the mosques whenever you want.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (BAWkL)
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Come for the bombing, stay for the massive secondary explosions.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (oqH4h)

296 I feel for Ohio that they could not get a better set of candidates for governor as they have had Mr Taft, the Corruptican, Strickland the dumbass, and then a retread pos like DeWino who was not good enough for the Senate but somehow slid into the governor's office to misgovern Ohio.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Jim Rhodes was arguably the best governor Ohio ever had in the last 100 years. Kent State was his shining moment.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (rj6Yv)

297 When I find myself with pricy labor
CIS comes through for me
Issuing the answer
H-1B

Posted by: Paul McCartney first draft at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (wBRco)

298
From what I can tell, Sayed is going for the female/AWFL vote.

The dancing, smiley-jokey guy who’s tapped into pop culture such as Love Island.
If he wins, it will be because of white women.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (4KUe5)

The muslims(?) have been very smart in running smiling, happy-sounding, reasonably good looking
guys for their front men.

I think the same thinking produced Talarico's run.

Except that the Happy, Smiling Pedo vibe turns out not to be a vote getter.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (YSUhf)

299 293 Big if true:

@desitechsuppoat 1h
BREAKING: NO VISA APPOINTMENT SLOTS AVAILABLE AT ANY USA CONSULATE IN INDIA FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (nEUC6)

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Trump isn't doing anything about Indian immigration. I have to vote for Newsom now because Vance has an Indian wife and Rubio is brown.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (1kJuV)

300 It's "Shoo-in"!!

Posted by: Dagnabit!! at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (EdP2u)

301 What is an Obama quote that everyone knows? A "tear down this wall," "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" type.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:50 PM (3cUTc)

"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:07 PM (gLYp7)

"The buck stops...with you"

Referring to Truman's "The Buck Stops Here" plaque. Very deflect-y.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (PSEDc)

302 Come on, you Wolverines! Pour it on! Pour it on!

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 12:56 PM (rj6Yv)

George A. Custer sock opportunity missed

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (gLYp7)

303 From what I can tell, Sayed is going for the female/AWFL vote.

The term of art i am suggesting now is the "Jamey Carney vote"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

304 >>>El-Sayed's criticism of Obama was often searing.

If Obama had a commie, Islamist son.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (dK+Kv)

305 >>> 261 The IRGC are now housing their military in schools and their ammo in mosques.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (nxLtX)

"now"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (3mtzY)

306 I will never forgive Obama for his "Fundamentally transforming America" speech five days before the election. Or the clapping seals (all women as I recall) beaming and cheering behind him.

Never forgive. Or forget.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (QSxSN)

307 Oh no!
Now the Austin-American Statesman* has endorsed+ Talarico!
And so has the Houston Chronicle.**

It's over for Paxton!!

* Has never endorsed a Republican for the general
** last endorsed Cornyn in 2014; all Dems since.
+ newspaper endorsement matter to precisely 0 voters.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (3cUTc)

308 Except that the Happy, Smiling Pedo vibe turns out not to be a vote getter.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (YSUhf)

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Sure gets the wine moms all moist in the shorts tho

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (oqH4h)

309 Sayed might be overwhelmed by ubama’s tostesterene.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (5zJcS)

310 So there is a small hurricane coming in this weekend. WTF? I thought hurricane season was over.

Now we will have to hear the climate cult blather about this to punish us for noticing there weren't any hurricane during normal season.

Posted by: Ripley at October 08, 2026 01:11 PM (GUOwU)

311 Come on, SMOD.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 01:02 PM (dK+Kv)

What is the M, manhood?

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (IUETd)

312 Trump isn't doing anything about Indian immigration. I have to vote for Newsom now because Vance has an Indian wife and Rubio is brown.

The same people tells me AfD are a bunch of literal NAZIs even though their leader is gay married to a Sri Lankan woman

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

313 >>Posted by: John McGlaughlin at October 08, 2026 12:21 PM (Riz8t)

Freddy 'The Beadle' Barnes (who replaced Pat Buchanan) and Morton Kondracke. Robert Novak (if you haven't read his autobiography, Prince of Darkness, do) and Jack Germond were the rest of the regulars.

Germond hated the gig and quit as soon as his daughter's education was complete.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (NcvvS)

314 Let me fix that:

"Early voting has started in Michigan and ballots from Trump counties are being thrown into shredders by postal workers at a faster rate than they have before."
Posted by: frondex
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You do know that USPS mail is imaged front and back since the anthrax attacks back in the Bush admin. And tracked, take a look at the tiny line codes on the letter sometime. Plus you can look up whether the ballot has been received in almost every state (and certainly in Ohio).

Trump knew this fraud was going on as the vbm were not even sent or received in 2020 by mail but no court would even let him prove it.

That has changed now as standing to challenge has been changed by Scotus.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)

315 Sayed might be overwhelmed by ubama’s tostesterene.

In that pairing AES would clearly be the pitcher

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)

316 Seems like Vivek crashed because he’s not assimilated. Had he any freaking awareness of American life and normal people (not Silicon Valley elites) he would have known how stupid his tweet was. Jonathan Keeperman podcast with Christopher Rufo) explained this concisely last week.

What’s really been wild is Dinesh D’Souza’s crash out in the past week defending Vivek. His identity is still very much Indian over American. It’s unexpected.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:13 PM (4KUe5)

317 George A. Custer sock opportunity missed
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:10 PM (gLYp7
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Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:13 PM (rj6Yv)

318 Obama isn't acting Marxist enough is not "searing".

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 01:13 PM (IUETd)

319 The Houston Barnacle still exists? It was only good for the funny pages in the 1990s.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:13 PM (sDWtc)

320 Obama's swine. So is this Muslim. They're all swine. I'll give him points for honesty.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)

321
WTH is a "true independent"?

equal opportunity voter; will vote for either socialists or democrats.
Posted by: anachronda at October 08, 2026 01:01 PM (oY6Yp)

Camille Paglia clone: Spends the whole election season beating on Dems like a rented mule, says that the GOP candidate is wrong about a lot of things but he's honest about it. Then on election day, throws away her vote on the Green Party candidate because ewwww, Republicans have cooties.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (y9nCu)

322 @desitechsuppoat 1h
BREAKING: NO VISA APPOINTMENT SLOTS AVAILABLE AT ANY USA CONSULATE IN INDIA FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2027 CALENDAR YEAR
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Cartel Judge: The $100k processing fee is unconstitutional!!

Trump: Ok. The fee is now technically $0--not available at any price.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (3cUTc)

323 Eleanor Clift's voice could cut glass

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (t9883)

324 Not even Obama's campaign team, who were lauded as the best ever at the time, could undo it and saw two of the largest midterm loses in modern American history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:00 PM (1kJuV)

Yes. They took those losses in exchange for Obamacare.

If the GOP gets smoked, it was in exchange for what? The SAVE Act!! Oh... Wait...

Dems will take a savage beating in exchange for a perpetual government program.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)

325 Jim Rhodes was arguably the best governor Ohio ever had in the last 100 years. Kent State was his shining moment.
Posted by: mrp
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Ohio thought so too, I think he served for 16 years as governor.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (E4rtv)

326 What’s really been wild is Dinesh D’Souza’s crash out in the past week defending Vivek. His identity is still very much Indian over American. It’s unexpected.

When the Indian guy in Britain won as a Tory all of the Indians I worked with celebrated. Note, none of them were British or had even lived in Britain and near as I could tell they had no idea what his politics were

One of my Indian coworkers said he was happy to see Britain get colonized finally.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

327 D'Souza is pretty much the American Rushdie. Good on larger issues especially Islam. But he's going to side with subcontinental immigrants over the host population.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:15 PM (sDWtc)

328 Trump isn't doing anything about Indian immigration. I have to vote for Newsom now because Vance has an Indian wife and Rubio is brown.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The tweet was referencing a reddit post from indians try to get a time slot for a visa stamp in India.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 01:15 PM (nEUC6)

329 When I find myself with pricy labor
CIS comes through for me
Issuing the answer
H-1B
Posted by: Paul McCartney first draft

Vance says Microsoft is banned from applying for new green cards for migrant workers after company abused the system

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Incidentally, not many people know this but I was the fifth Beatle. You know the "na na nas" in Hey Jude? My idea.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (ndZc7)

330 Freddy 'The Beadle' Barnes (who replaced Pat Buchanan) and Morton Kondracke. Robert Novak (if you haven't read his autobiography, Prince of Darkness, do) and Jack Germond were the rest of the regulars.

Germond hated the gig and quit as soon as his daughter's education was complete.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:12 PM (NcvvS)
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And the lovely Eleanor Clift.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (rj6Yv)

331 Germond hated the gig and quit as soon as his daughter's education was complete.
Posted by: Nazdar

Cut into his eating and boozing hours.

Posted by: Hangry Jack at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (EdP2u)

332 Camille Paglia clone: Spends the whole election season beating on Dems like a rented mule, says that the GOP candidate is wrong about a lot of things but he's honest about it. Then on election day, throws away her vote on the Green Party candidate because ewwww, Republicans have cooties.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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This too is the story of Ann Althouse. But at least Camille is amusing while Althouse is simply tepid mush. Althouse did have a good commentariat back in the day before she flushed them for calling her out too many times. Restored it after taking engagement hits but never the same after.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

333
El-Sayed, Ready to Campaign with Shit-Fingered Midas...

Are you referring to the self-assessed genius who expressed much confusion as to why relations among America citizens became so toxic and poisonous in the last twenty years?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (ixS3i)

334 >>> 292 From cosmicbook

Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe are actual family.

The genealogy platform MyHeritage released new research on Wednesday, October 7, finding the two actresses are ninth cousins, once removed (via TMZ).

Fans have been calling Sweeney the modern Marilyn for years over the blonde bombshell looks and the old Hollywood styling

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 01:09 PM (Sco7b)

Which means they share a set of great-grands (8x for one and 9x for the other) and probably 1 centimorgan of DNA, which is jack shit but still more Indian than Liawatha has.

"And that's the closest notable connection those MyHeritage losers could find." -- Ancestry

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (3mtzY)

335 Heh, TJM, H-1b boomers must’ve missed the DoJ announcement on OPT abuse this morning…

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (4KUe5)

336 Hurricane season is May 1 - Nov.30th.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:17 PM (BAWkL)

337 Eleanor Clift's voice could cut glass
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Fun fact: Eleonor Clift was Montgomery Clift's sister-in-law. Married to his brother.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:17 PM (77rzZ)

338 Don’t underestimate the Dems embrace of socialism and radical policies on immigration, etc. because every add I’ve seen highlights them.

That’s a big issue for a lot of voters. Even somewhat sane Democrats don’t want that. They are probably sitting it out.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 01:17 PM (9I5W+)

339 And the lovely Eleanor Clift.
Posted by: mrp

You are supposed to use quote marks in that case. the 'lovely' Eleanor Clift whose voice sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Face for radio, voice for print.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:17 PM (E4rtv)

340 This too is the story of Ann Althouse. But at least Camille is amusing while Althouse is simply tepid mush

Camille had some interesting insights.

Althouse just quotes the arguments on both sides, notes the leftwing side is wrong/extreme, and then votes D anyway because of muh bortions even though she's way to old to ever get one herself

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

341 ...One of my Indian coworkers said he was happy to see Britain get colonized finally.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

I guess that means the Yookay loses all it's sewage/sanitation infrastructure.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (QSxSN)

342 Sayed and Rogers are in town tonight for a televised debate. Packing up and headed north. It’s a beautiful day

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (eCDO0)

343 I did kind of like the Kinsley/Buchanan era of crossfire. While there was stupid yelling something there was also an interesting discussion

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

344 anyway because of muh bortions even though she's way to old to ever get one herself

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

It's never too late!!!

Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (IUETd)

345 289 Oh, I wouldn't do that. Praying for a politician to win an election is a double-edged sword at very best, and it may well turn out to be blasphemy in hindsight.

Leave Rome's affairs to Rome.

Just my $0.02.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:08 PM (BI5O2)
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Agree. Not praying for any particular politician, just the Dim's defeat so President Trump can keep deporting and blocking illegals for two more years. Plus keeping our military strong.

I figure at this point God knows me pretty well.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (hzuYO)

346 Althouse just quotes the arguments on both sides, notes the leftwing side is wrong/extreme, and then votes D anyway because of muh bortions even though she's way to old to ever get one herself

did Ann's son transition or is he just gay?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (j+aD2)

347 >> Sydney Sweeney and Marilyn Monroe are actual family.

*Has erection that lifts the granite grace cover*

Posted by: JFK at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (Py+sj)

348 >>> 344 anyway because of muh bortions even though she's way to old to ever get one herself

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (sKqQm)

It's never too late!!!
Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (IUETd)

You don't say.

Posted by: Lindsay's mom, no longer a grandmother at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (3mtzY)

349 Germond hated the gig and quit as soon as his daughter's education was complete.
Posted by: Nazdar

Jack was a genuine ink stained reporter for the Baltimore Sun and he hated the fake and gay show as you said. I used to read his stuff in DC back in the day but all TV news and commentary is in essence, infotainment, and not really news as such.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

350 324 Yes. They took those losses in exchange for Obamacare.

If the GOP gets smoked, it was in exchange for what? The SAVE Act!! Oh... Wait...

Dems will take a savage beating in exchange for a perpetual government program.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (gLYp7)

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In exchange for deporting millions of illegals and shifted the geopolitical landscape in favor of the dollar and American energy by taking Iran and its proxies off the board.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (1kJuV)

351 "And that's the closest notable connection those MyHeritage losers could find." -- Ancestry

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (3mtzY)

My DNA says I'm almost 20% Native American...well, Mexican Native American...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

352 There is a big giant mother lode of true independents called "nonvoters." Some Party could really clean up on those guys by offering something. Literally, anything.

Some vision beyond "make my family richer than Croesus, so they can lord it over yours until your grandson is voting for mine to dip his bottomless cup in the money river."

I know it sounds crazy. But it just might work.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)

353 >>> 351 "And that's the closest notable connection those MyHeritage losers could find." -- Ancestry

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (3mtzY)

My DNA says I'm almost 20% Native American...well, Mexican Native American...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

No way! Did you used to work at Harvard?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:21 PM (3mtzY)

354 did Ann's son transition or is he just gay?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)

Gay which was one of her bones to pick over the GOP opposition to gay marriage. When Scotus ruled, she then flopped back to team woman for Killary, and so on. I think she was a Yale Law School student in the same group with Glenn Reynolds (instapundit) but I could be wrong.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

355 All people on earth today are related to within something like 50 generations, or so I've read.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (77rzZ)

356 22 This early voting crap allows the democrats time to manufacture the “votes” needed to win.

It’s all crap. One day. Election Day. In person with few exceptions.

Same day FINAL results.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Same day, in person, purple finger.

Only military should be by mail.

Posted by: Ann at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (SHHm+)

357 >>And the lovely Eleanor Clift.

Words that should never appear together. The poor man's Sandy Duncan.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)

358 All people on earth today are related to within something like 50 generations, or so I've read.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (77rzZ)

You're welcome.

Posted by: Genghis Khan at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (wBRco)

359 No Visa appointments available in India in 2027?
lol, thank the judge who stopped Trump from fixing the program. Now he and Rubio are ending it via bureaucratic delay.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (4KUe5)

360 One of my Indian coworkers said he was happy to see Britain get colonized finally.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

I guess that means the Yookay loses all it's sewage/sanitation infrastructure.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (QSxSN)

Finally!

The Brits can now start shitting in the streets and throwing their dead into the Thames.

A New Dawn has risen in Old Blighty!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (YSUhf)

361 >>> 354 did Ann's son transition or is he just gay?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)

Gay which was one of her bones to pick over the GOP opposition to gay marriage. When Scotus ruled, she then flopped back to team woman for Killary, and so on. I think she was a Yale Law School student in the same group with Glenn Reynolds (instapundit) but I could be wrong.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:21 PM (E4rtv)

Were the Ivies still taking nekkid pics of incoming freshman for SCIENCE! when they went?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (3mtzY)

362 >>Cut into his eating and boozing hours.

Hated being outnumbered by the conservatives on the panel. But yeah, he was old-school newspaper guy.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (NcvvS)

363 I used to love watching the McLauglin Group with Pat Buchanan, Jack Germond, Eleanor Clift, Mort Kondracke and… Freddy “the Beatle” Barnes….. it was fun to watch. Never any great insights but entertaining

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (AvqNi)

364 336 Hurricane season is May 1 - Nov.30th.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:17 PM (BAWkL)

And the occasional hurricane still manages before and after the season...even in late December or early January.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)

365 Were the Ivies still taking nekkid pics of incoming freshman for SCIENCE! when they went?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Mebbe.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

366
This too is the story of Ann Althouse. But at least Camille is amusing while Althouse is simply tepid mush. Althouse did have a good commentariat back in the day before she flushed them for calling her out too many times. Restored it after taking engagement hits but never the same after.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

Paglia's hysterically funny, and ruthlessly cruel when she wants to be. Like when she rags on radical feminists. It's fun to read. I rather suspect that her cruelty comes from being pissed off at academia for putting up road blocks to what she considers to be her proper place in a tenure-track Ivy League position, relegating her to teaching at a little nothing liberal arts university.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 01:25 PM (y9nCu)

367 So what? We Democrats have a Big Tent! All communists are welcome! Even if they disagree on minor points.

Posted by: Chuck Schumer at October 08, 2026 01:25 PM (5rh/l)

368 353 >>> 351 "And that's the closest notable connection those MyHeritage losers could find." -- Ancestry

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:16 PM (3mtzY)

My DNA says I'm almost 20% Native American...well, Mexican Native American...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (l3cgK)

No way! Did you used to work at Harvard?!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 01:21 PM (3mtzY)

No...my single chromatid of African, Jew, and Chinese weren't enough.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)

369 Michael Barone was good on the McLaughlin group. He's old now but always new his business about elections and campaigns

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (t9883)

370 >>Jack was a genuine ink stained reporter for the Baltimore Sun and he hated the fake and gay show as you said.

And whig beat me to it. Thank you, sir.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (NcvvS)

371 My DNA says I'm almost 20% Native American...well, Mexican Native American...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Deport! Deport! Deport!

Posted by: Back To Baja Movement at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (EdP2u)

372 Yes. Paglia is an interesting person. Although is a boring neurotic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (BI5O2)

373 Words that should never appear together. The poor man's Sandy Duncan.
Posted by: Nazdar

With a glass eye?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (BAWkL)

374 Were the Ivies still taking nekkid pics of incoming freshman for SCIENCE! when they went?

was that all Ivies?!?!

I. know my uncle told me Penn took this photo of him when he went! that is so crazy

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (j+aD2)

375 Althouse

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (BI5O2)

376 I used to love watching the McLauglin Group with Pat Buchanan, Jack Germond, Eleanor Clift, Mort Kondracke and… Freddy “the Beatle” Barnes….. it was fun to watch. Never any great insights but entertaining
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 01:23 PM (AvqNi)
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What? No one remembers Clarence Page? Hooray for Clarence Page!

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:26 PM (rj6Yv)

377 363 I used to love watching the McLauglin Group with Pat Buchanan, Jack Germond, Eleanor Clift, Mort Kondracke and… Freddy “the Beatle” Barnes….. it was fun to watch. Never any great insights but entertaining
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

My dad liked it and Crossfire so I saw some of them. I am really a print guy though as I read a lot faster than I get information by watching something. Get impatient and don't care much for the mugging at the camera bits.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

378 I used to love watching the McLauglin Group with Pat Buchanan, Jack Germond, Eleanor Clift, Mort Kondracke and… Freddy “the Beatle” Barnes….. it was fun to watch. Never any great insights but entertaining
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Like my five older siblings "discussing" things around the dinner table at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)

379 It's never too late!!!
Posted by: Lindsay Clancy at October 08, 2026 01:19 PM (IUETd)

You don't say.
Posted by: Lindsay's mom, no longer a grandmother at October 08, 2026 01:20 PM (3mtzY)
************
What I am hating now is the Clancy Chat Room's wanna be murder moms.

I now refer to it as Sudden Onset Clancyitis aka any year abortion of children from post partum depression.

It could even spread to mothers who have children from surrogates it is so contagious with certain mothers. Many with affluenza as a co-morbid disease.

There needs to be a new ICD code for this as it is now appearing in the news weekly.

Saw a story last night in the UK DM. Fortunately after the petite wife knifed her husband in the forehead he called 911 vs killing her (I would have killed her). Her children, ages 3 and 10mo, were stabbed in the chest and abdomen and will hopefully live.

This was near Dallas. Mommy? When the paramedics got there she was wailing about wanting to die. The police show up and she asks for a...drumroll...lawyer.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 01:28 PM (hzuYO)

380 Words that should never appear together. The poor man's Sandy Duncan.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:22 PM (NcvvS)
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Tut tut. A sweetheart. I always kept an eye out for Sandy Duncan.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)

381 Sayed and Rogers are in town tonight for a televised debate. Packing up and headed north. It’s a beautiful day

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 01:18 PM (eCDO0)

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Soros Butt-Bitch Katie Hobbs has refused to debate her Republican opponent, Andy Biggs, in the 2026 Arizona gubernatorial race -- marking the 2nd consecutive election cycle in which she has skipped a formal debate against a GOP rival. [Not that it matters with the Maricopa County & GOPee Fraud Machine.]

Democrat Xavier Becerra has pulled out of a scheduled Los Angeles Times debate with Republican rival Steve Hilton, Hilton announced Monday, a retreat that comes on the heels of independent reporter Anthony Cabassa’s exposure and challenge of Becerra’s claim that his parents arrived as immigrants with twelve dollars in their pockets -- not to mention that he got smoked in their first debate for losing track of hundreds of thousands of migrant children during his time as HHS Secretary.

Posted by: ShainS at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (sFajs)

382 I'm also apparently 5% Basque Separatist...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (l3cgK)

383 Mich's Diner.

https://tinyurl.com/nh7twraw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (ndZc7)

384 Michael Barone was good on the McLaughlin group. He's old now but always new his business about elections and campaigns
Posted by: Smell the Glove

I was trying to think of his name earlier today. I was gonna ask my wife, "What was the name of that guy who knew all the election statistics?"

Thanks!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (77rzZ)

385 >>With a glass eye?

Facial features generally - no idea about that.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:29 PM (NcvvS)

386 Like my five older siblings "discussing" things around the dinner table at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 01:27 PM (77rzZ)
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Reminds me of any presentation of "Washington Week in Review".

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 01:30 PM (rj6Yv)

387 I've got chunks of those guys in my stool.

Posted by: Sinatra Group at October 08, 2026 01:30 PM (Q+gd/)

388 Nood future doctors!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (gLYp7)

389 Knew not new. Jeez

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (t9883)

390 Sandy Duncan is still alive at the age of 80...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

391 hey jim in Kali, I saw an article explaining how the R1a DNA got into (some of) the Levite bloodline. They found another one like it in north Iran somewhere. Parthia, in the old days.
So maybe under the Babylonians?
The J lines remain Semitic.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (sDWtc)

392 I'm 10% Berserker myself.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (QSxSN)

393 >>I used to love watching the McLauglin Group with Pat Buchanan, Jack Germond, Eleanor Clift, Mort Kondracke and… Freddy “the Beatle” Barnes….. it was fun to watch. Never any great insights but entertaining

Actually had a job in the early '80s where it was possible to watch the show. One of the funniest moments was Alexander Cockburn (Brit lefty) attributing something to 'class', and Novak flipped out.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (NcvvS)

394 I'm 10% Berserker myself.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at October 08, 2026 01:32 PM (QSxSN)

By injection maybe.
- Definitely not socking Berserker

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 01:33 PM (gLYp7)

395 I had to look, Jim, as I thought Sandy Duncan was quite dead. Surprise!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 08, 2026 01:34 PM (hzuYO)

396 >>Tut tut. A sweetheart. I always kept an eye out for Sandy Duncan.

Tush, sir. Sandy was several steps above Eleanor, viewed properly.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

397 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 01:35 PM (NcvvS)

398
All people on earth today are related to within something like 50 generations, or so I've read.
Posted by: Bulg

I think that I read that in Alex Shoumatoff's "The Mountain of Names -- A History of the Human Family".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 08, 2026 01:38 PM (ixS3i)

399 An invasion of privacy.

https://tinyurl.com/2929pc3k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 01:39 PM (ndZc7)

400 He had note but no teleprompter.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 02:37 PM (nqf1u)

The Morning Rant

Cutting taxes is always...ALWAYS...a good idea. The leviathan needs to be fed to live, and cutting taxes decreases what our feckless and cowardly legislators can spend.

Except...it doesn't. they are happy to spend money we don't have, simply by borrowing from the world. And $40 trillion later, that is one hell of a bill coming due.

Trump Says He Is Considering Suspending Federal Gas Tax

In an Oct. 5 post on Truth Social, he said, "What's driving up Gasoline is no longer the Strait of Hormuz, because Record Numbers of Barrels are coming out now on an almost daily basis, but the word, 'Refineries,' where Russia's are being blown up by Ukraine, and where ours are being closed up, in Blue States, like California."

The federal gas tax is 18.4¢/gallon, which yielded about $25 billion in 2025. That's not a small amount of money, but the economic benefit of cheaper gasoline might make up for some of that tax loss.

As for the refinery crisis in America? Yes, and we should have been building them for the last 40 years, but thanks to the watermelons in almost every state, and onerous and restrictive federal regulation, building a refinery is a huge undertaking. California has been closing refineries since the 1980s, and America has lost about 10 refineries just this decade!

Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

To be fair, American refineries have become more efficient and have expanded production significantly, so the raw number looks worse than it is. But spreading production around the country is a good idea, simply to make sabotage of our refining capacity a more complex operation.

And of course the delightful bonus of stick a thumb in the eye of the rabid environmentalist left never gets old!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. And if you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow me it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 1st?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

2 OH

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (rOKnE)

3 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

"We're better than that!" -Average GOP critter.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (jjoN6)

4 CBD, I've culled the otters.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (hG5L0)

6
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (iqcvy)

7 >>And of course the delightful bonus of stick a thumb in the eye of the rabid environmentalist left never gets old!

Heh.

Old and busted California candidate: Trump is making CA gas prices go up because reasons!

New Hotness: Trump may eliminate a gas tax, now it's your turn, hon!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (rOKnE)

8 Mad Max.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (5zJcS)

9 Nothing stops a big man quicker than a thumb in the eye!

Posted by: Bobby " The Brain" Heenan at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (EdP2u)

10 A reduction in the Federal tax will help, but most of the tax here in the People's Republik of Kalifornia is State tax...seeing gasoline at over $6.50/gal now...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (l3cgK)

11 CBD, I've culled the otters.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM

Don't tell nurse about that.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 11:04 AM (/C5Rl)

12 Rubio is giving the Mother of All Speeches now in Athens

he's come a long way since the Water Bottle Incident

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at October 08, 2026 11:05 AM (4OHfz)

13 Guv Braun has suspended the Gas Tax in Indiana and extended it a couple of times. $3.60 /gal, give or take.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at October 08, 2026 11:05 AM (2CeDH)

14 EV's would solve all that.

Posted by: Leftist with an EV and no sense at October 08, 2026 11:05 AM (RORbl)

15 The tax here in Commiefornia is $ 1.24 a gallon

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (3eXFR)

16 $25 billion in 2025.

That could be recouped by eliminating fraud.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (Sco7b)

17 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

"We're better than that!" -Average GOP critter.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (jjoN6)
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Let me ask Mitch McConnell about that idea.

Posted by: John Thune at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (3ZBdr)

18 building a refinery is a huge undertaking

It is, but even worse than that is that its construction spans enough years for a change in the national government. What is OK under the GOP is anathema under the Democrats, especially where Oil & Gas is involved. Ever since that golden-boy light-worker jerked the permit for Dakota Gas, major companies have been damned leery of accumulating hundreds of billions of dollars in sunk costs, only to have their permit jerked on a whim by the Democrat-in-office.

That's what killed the nuclear power industry, and that is what is killing the Oil & Gas industry.

Posted by: NeighSayer at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (bufu1)

19 14 EV's would solve all that.

Posted by: Leftist with an EV and no sense at October 08, 2026 11:05 AM (RORbl)

Especially in the heat and cold. And Kalifornia, where our electric grid can't hardly handle a heat-wave...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)

20 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

"We're better than that!" -Average GOP critter.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (jjoN6)
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But they are dirty things!

Posted by: Thumb Tillis at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (3ZBdr)

21 Gas prices here in my neck of SE KS have been a yo-yo recently, with increases and decreases of up to 30-40 cents.

Nice to see Trump make that suggestion. I don't recall him saying that before, though I may have just missed it.

I can't recall hearing any Dem suggest it, or suggesting that any state suspend its own gas tax even temporarily. So much for their concerns about affordability.

Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 08, 2026 11:07 AM (q3u5l)

22 If it’s just blue states closing refineries why haven’t red states picked up the slack? You’d think Texas and Louisiana would be building them as fast as they can to make up for capacity shut down in California.

I get it takes some time to build refineries. But California has been shutting them down for years.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:08 AM (T+9ay)

23 CBD: Offering the slick musings of a refined simian to a barrel full of crude grease monkeys. A bit too oily in the moining for my preferences, but hey...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 11:09 AM (I0N4X)

24 That's what killed the nuclear power industry, and that is what is killing the Oil & Gas industry.
Posted by: NeighSayer at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM
And America, just as they planned.

Posted by: Eromero at October 08, 2026 11:09 AM (5zJcS)

25 How many decades does one think it'd take to build a new, modern refinery today? State of the art.

It'd likely have to be under a (R) administration or several to even approach completion.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 11:09 AM (RORbl)

26 Let me ask Mitch McConnell about that idea.
Posted by: John Thune

I recommend against speaking to the dead.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 11:09 AM (jjoN6)

27 >>> 22 If it’s just blue states closing refineries why haven’t red states picked up the slack? You’d think Texas and Louisiana would be building them as fast as they can to make up for capacity shut down in California.

I get it takes some time to build refineries. But California has been shutting them down for years.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:08 AM (T+9ay)

Because the shitstain commies created the EPA, like so many other feralgov agencies, to prevent states from acting independently of one another.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3mtzY)

28 And refineries have suffered some fires of mysterious origin in recent years, closing even more capacity.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3ZBdr)

29 >>> 28 And refineries have suffered some fires of mysterious origin in recent years, closing even more capacity.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3ZBdr)

Coincidence!!!

Like so many other things in recent years...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3mtzY)

30 Average car is driven 12K miles a year and average mpg is 25. Which means the average driver spends less than $100 a year in federal gas tax.

All else being equal sure I’d rather not give that $100 to the govt. But it’s a drop in the bucket in the overall scheme of things.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:11 AM (T+9ay)

31 Trump Says He Is Considering Suspending Federal Gas Tax

Lord, I hate this sort of pandering. Either do it or don't. Stop telegraphing your punches. And who's to guarantee that the next Dem administration won't just reverse the suspension? Or, more likely, a judge will rule Trump has no authority to suspend the tax and he'll back down, just as he did with pulling the MFM passes.

I hate sales tax or gas tax "holidays." It reinforces the idea that the State has the right to decide how much of your money it will allow you to keep. And it begs the question: if you can afford to give me a tax holiday, why can't you afford to eliminate the tax completely?

More bukakke theater for the rubes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 08, 2026 11:11 AM (qRla/)

32 Refineries must, of necessity, be built close to their major market. They have one major input, crude oil, which can be conveniently delivered by pipeline. But their output is a wide range of motor fuel, aviation fuels, and lubricants, which mostly get get trucked or railed to their users.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:12 AM (quk5M)

33 23 CBD: Offering the slick musings of a refined simian to a barrel full of crude grease monkeys. A bit too oily in the moining for my preferences, but hey...
Posted by: muldoon

I take your comment literally, and personally.

Posted by: Crude Monkey With Grease Coating at October 08, 2026 11:13 AM (EdP2u)

34 22 If it’s just blue states closing refineries why haven’t red states picked up the slack? You’d think Texas and Louisiana would be building them as fast as they can to make up for capacity shut down in California.

I get it takes some time to build refineries. But California has been shutting them down for years.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Manufacturing a commodity is a low profit rate business is why. For the most part, the US does not export fuel (and until Trump and fracking, we did not export LNG or oil either. So producing for the domestic market is a competitive exercise that yields a low profit rate versus finding and exploiting new oilfields, investments into other fuels, etc. So investment always goes to whatever the CEO, board, and stockholders think is going to be the next big thing yielding above normal profit rates than mundane crap. Same reason power companies don't spend a lot investing in electrical network improvements, gas companies on building new pipelines, etc.

Low margin business that is only competitive with other investment choices when interest rates are rock bottom.

That is why Trump wants US interest rates down in part.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

35 30 Average car is driven 12K miles a year and average mpg is 25. Which means the average driver spends less than $100 a year in federal gas tax.

All else being equal sure I’d rather not give that $100 to the govt. But it’s a drop in the bucket in the overall scheme of things.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:11 AM (T+9ay)

Then there can be no objection to doing this very minor thing.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 11:13 AM (RaFl0)

36 I buy my lubricants by the quart can.

Posted by: Asstroglide Pete at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (EdP2u)

37 Kalifornia: 63.4¢/gal starting July 1, 2026 is State excise...the 18.4¢/gal Fed excise is not a huge part of the total tax...and the tax isn't even a huge part of the total cost of gas here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (l3cgK)

38 Because the shitstain commies created the EPA, like so many other feralgov agencies, to prevent states from acting independently of one another.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3mtzY)

That was Nixon.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (sDWtc)

39 36 I buy my lubricants by the quart can.

Posted by: Asstroglide Pete at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (EdP2u)

Oil, baby, baby oil!

Posted by: P. Diddy at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (l3cgK)

40 >>> 34

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Manufacturing a commodity is a low profit rate business is why. For the most part, the US does not export fuel (and until Trump and fracking, we did not export LNG or oil either. So producing for the domestic market is a competitive exercise that yields a low profit rate versus finding and exploiting new oilfields, investments into other fuels, etc. So investment always goes to whatever the CEO, board, and stockholders think is going to be the next big thing yielding above normal profit rates than mundane crap. Same reason power companies don't spend a lot investing in electrical network improvements, gas companies on building new pipelines, etc.

Low margin business that is only competitive with other investment choices when interest rates are rock bottom.

That is why Trump wants US interest rates down in part.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)

How do these fcking retards think they're going to sell a product they can't produce?

... oh right, MBAs.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:16 AM (3mtzY)

41 There is no need to build refineries....there are more than enough mothballed facilities already sitting on the ground if there was will and money to restart them.

Posted by: daggit at October 08, 2026 11:16 AM (k0lwl)

42 Let me ask Mitch McConnell about that idea.
Posted by: John Thune at October 08, 2026 11:06 AM (3ZBdr)

Get in line, homo.

Posted by: Thom Tillis at October 08, 2026 11:18 AM (sDWtc)

43 Lord, I hate this sort of pandering. Either do it or don't. Stop telegraphing your punches. And who's to guarantee that the next Dem administration won't just reverse the suspension? Or, more likely, a judge will rule Trump has no authority to suspend the tax and he'll back down, just as he did with pulling the MFM passes.

I hate sales tax or gas tax "holidays." It reinforces the idea that the State has the right to decide how much of your money it will allow you to keep. And it begs the question: if you can afford to give me a tax holiday, why can't you afford to eliminate the tax completely?

More bukakke theater for the rubes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing
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Black and white fallacy does not make for good politics which is why libertarians get their ass handed to them in elections. Some people, particularly those in driving type jobs, are hurting from high fuel prices, so any amelioration of their pain makes them more favorable to retaining GOP in office. And these are generally the productive sort, not the layabouts.

Politics is as much about emotion as it is about logic and deduction.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)

44 Part of the problem with building new refineries, or even keeping old ones operational, is the massive size of these things. I don't think people realize how big a refinery is.

There's one in NJ that's not even a big one relatively speaking, but it covers almost 1500 acres. That's about 1,200 football fields.

These are yuge complexes that cost billions to develop and probably decades to complete.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

45 But their output is a wide range of motor fuel, aviation fuels, and lubricants, which mostly get get trucked or railed to their users.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:12 AM (quk5M)

Also, I believe, sulfur for sulfuric acid.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM (sDWtc)

46 41 There is no need to build refineries....there are more than enough mothballed facilities already sitting on the ground if there was will and money to restart them.
Posted by: daggit

Don't want those facilities in my neighborhood. Hate the smell of mothballs.

Posted by: Charles Camphor, Esq. at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM (EdP2u)

47 >>Politics is as much about emotion as it is about logic and deduction.

The entire Democrat Party is built on emotion.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM (viF8m)

48 The gas tax was last updated in 1993. Adjusted for inflation18 cents then would be 45-50 cents today, depending on what measure of inflation is used.

So really we’ve had a yuuuge gas tax cut over the last 33 years keeping it at a constant amount.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:20 AM (T+9ay)

49
Talarico in rehab? Ducking an October surprise attack? Rumors are swirling.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 11:20 AM (OkYzo)

50 >>> 38 Because the shitstain commies created the EPA, like so many other feralgov agencies, to prevent states from acting independently of one another.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:10 AM (3mtzY)

That was Nixon.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (sDWtc)

So? Dipshit should have vetoed it (or never raised the idea, or claimed credit, whatever it was). Which group of *voters*, his or McGovern's, were more excited about this, and OSHA and #)%(&*^#* price controls? Are normal people or commies more supportive of it now?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:20 AM (3mtzY)

51 Mama Hated Diesels, So Bad.

Posted by: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen at October 08, 2026 11:21 AM (EdP2u)

52 Walking back or outright eliminating some of the stupid mandated alterations to basic motor fuel would lower costs, and permit some of the mothballed refineries to reopen, too. Shitcan the "ultra-low sulfur" Diesel requirement, for one. And the oxygenate requirement for gasoline. Stick with the "no lead" requirement, because preserves the catalytic converters that make the oxygenate requirement unnecessary.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:21 AM (quk5M)

53 The entire Democrat Party is built on emotion.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM

The party of angry white women/wine moms.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 11:22 AM (OkYzo)

54 And refineries have suffered some fires of mysterious origin in recent years, closing even more capacity.

To be fair, a lot of them have been traced to genuine fuckups too. The US Chemical Safety Board has a YouTube channel where they post extremely detailed computer-animated recreations of industrial-scale stupidity. One of the better uses of our tax money.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

55 How do these fcking retards think they're going to sell a product they can't produce?

... oh right, MBAs.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Oil is a global market now that US oil can be sold abroad again. Fuel is not currently.

But it is consistent that investment money (which is discretionary spending) will go to what the mgmt/owners/etc think will bring the highest yield. Or in bad times, not be invested at all. Contra Keynes, it is investment increase or lack thereof that drives business cycles--not consumers or government.

And that is also why during Dem administrations, they shut down facilities like in CA that are running at a loss currently. You can only run a factory at a loss for so long before you close it. Future CA environmental laws kicking in made it almost impossible to run a refinery in CA so the companies figured you cannot fight City Hall and folded.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

56 49
Talarico in rehab? Ducking an October surprise attack? Rumors are swirling.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 11:20 AM (OkYzo)

Rehab for him would involve the Texas Civil Commitment Center.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 11:23 AM (RaFl0)

57 >>> 54 And refineries have suffered some fires of mysterious origin in recent years, closing even more capacity.
==
To be fair, a lot of them have been traced to genuine fuckups too. The US Chemical Safety Board has a YouTube channel where they post extremely detailed computer-animated recreations of industrial-scale stupidity. One of the better uses of our tax money.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 11:22 AM (2ocoG)

An increasing number of genuine fuckups is a sign of other problems, such as lowering standards for various reasons (not just DIE, but avoidance of hurting fee-fees and such like).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (3mtzY)

58 There are only 128 refineries in the US....supply side ecoonomics would tell you that even if there was a total abundance of oil, the refinery bottleneck would keep prices high.

Build nuclear. Build refineries.

Posted by: Jeff Carter at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (amOjK)

59 Maybe Talarico got the Russian plague.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (T+9ay)

60 Also, I believe, sulfur for sulfuric acid.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM (sDWtc)

Mostly stripped out of "sour" natural gas. I remember seeing huge bricks of sulfur adjacent to gas plants in Alberta. Imagine an entire low-rise shopping mall made of solid sulfur. Like that. All been sold off, now.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (quk5M)

61 Talarico in rehab? Ducking an October surprise attack? Rumors are swirling.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 11:20 AM

Coke-fueled orgy on Fire Island? Just asking questions, people.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (/C5Rl)

62 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (amcLV)

63 >>The party of angry white women/wine moms.

I'm expecting many shrieking articles from angry white women after the Trump administration announced today they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)

64 The incentives aren’t there to open refineries. The energy companies have been under attack by Democrats. By the time those new refineries open a lot of the companies theorize that Democrats will make an already thin margin, a loss.

They’ve said this many times. But vote for Democrats, you guys.

BTW, Do the math. Even is the raw material (bbl) is $90, that’s only $2.14 a gallon for the raw material (standard 42 gallons bbl). The current average gas price is $4.35.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (nILj/)

65 59 Maybe Talarico got the Russian plague.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (T+9ay)

His campaign said he had the flu and had to go to ER but is fine and raring to go with those debates.. The ones on CNN, MSNBC they arranged... I made that part up but they did say they agreed to 5 and Paxton said no...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (TeC7T)

66 44 Part of the problem with building new refineries, or even keeping old ones operational, is the massive size of these things. I don't think people realize how big a refinery is.

There's one in NJ that's not even a big one relatively speaking, but it covers almost 1500 acres. That's about 1,200 football fields.

These are yuge complexes that cost billions to develop and probably decades to complete.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

So, they are like data centers...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)

67 >>> 63 The party of angry white women/wine moms.
==
I'm expecting many shrieking articles from angry white women after the Trump administration announced today they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)

Which I'm sure the sooper genius HR bints and friends *bragged* about, in emails to one another.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (3mtzY)

68 entire Democrat Party is built on emotion.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:19 AM

The party of angry white women/wine moms.
Posted by: Frank Barone

How dare you exclude us H8er?

Posted by: LBGTQQQ+++ at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (T+9ay)

69 If it’s just blue states closing refineries why haven’t red states picked up the slack? You’d think Texas and Louisiana would be building them as fast as they can to make up for capacity shut down in California
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Both TX and LA are still loaded with "not until I wet my beak" Republicans and RINOs.

I mean, Cornyn and Cassidy weren't the choice of conservatives, they were the choice of the Party.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 11:28 AM (3cUTc)

70 Mama Hated Diesels, So Bad.
Posted by: Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
______

And your daddy hated that hot rod Lincoln.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 11:28 AM (JzUSu)

71 52 Walking back or outright eliminating some of the stupid mandated alterations to basic motor fuel would lower costs, and permit some of the mothballed refineries to reopen, too. Shitcan the "ultra-low sulfur" Diesel requirement, for one. And the oxygenate requirement for gasoline. Stick with the "no lead" requirement, because preserves the catalytic converters that make the oxygenate requirement unnecessary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

From my understanding--oxygenates in fuel stem not from need but from the archaic in tech terms, Clean Air Act of early 1990's. OBD-II computers basically obliterated the need for it due to a better ability to adjust fuel intake for different temperatures to prevent smog and other nasty byproducts.

MTBE was the original oxygenate used until we found it was leaking into water supplies with ill effects and then they started on our current ethanol crap which persists due to corn farmers and at the time, nat sec ideas when we imported oil from abroad of keeping a domestic source of energy. Not really needed now by my understanding.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

72 I'm expecting many shrieking articles from angry white women after the Trump administration announced today they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:26 AM (viF8m)

Does this mean my local Post Office staff will no longer look like a Star Wars Fag Cantina during happy hour?

Posted by: Jar Jar Binks at October 08, 2026 11:29 AM (pa/M5)

73 “ they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.”

So basically every single corporation with an HR department in the country?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:30 AM (T+9ay)

74 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

===

and then give every tax paying citizen a share!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:31 AM (AKptf)

75 >>Which I'm sure the sooper genius HR bints and friends *bragged* about, in emails to one another.

I have no doubt that years of being able to legally discriminate against white men is how we ended in a place where liberal white women are elevating Clancy to martyr status. Every problem in their lives is somehow the fault of evil white men.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:31 AM (viF8m)

76 65 59 Maybe Talarico got the Russian plague.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (T+9ay)

His campaign said he had the flu and had to go to ER but is fine and raring to go with those debates.. The ones on CNN, MSNBC they arranged... I made that part up but they did say they agreed to 5 and Paxton said no...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (TeC7T)

You know who gets "the flu"?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 11:31 AM (RaFl0)

77 Sure.

Nationalize all blue State refineries. Then, break ground on as many and more in red States.

Then shut down all the nationalized Blue state refineries and harvest them for parts and personnel at the new facilities.

Like the Soviets did to East Germany.

I also suggest blowing up the Hoover dam to further starve the West Coast of water and power.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)

78 73 “ they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.”

So basically every single corporation with an HR department in the country?
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:30 AM (T+9ay)

I was wondering why NCIS replaced a long time black actor with a long time returning white actor...and then launched their NY show with 4 definite white people, 1 maybe white person (never know if they gets points b/c someone is 1/4 something) and LL Cool J as the lone black actor...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

79
You’d think Texas and Louisiana would be building them as fast as they can to make up for capacity shut down in California.

I get it takes some time to build refineries. But California has been shutting them down for years.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:08 AM (T+9ay)

______________

Oil companies are understandably leery of tying up enormous amounts of capital for a commodity production subject to regulatory whims. Much easier to debottleneck existing plants.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 11:32 AM (eRlcH)

80 Nice. From zerohedge. Most of my coworkers in Ohio were from India. In retrospect, those should have been Americans.

First, US ⁠Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the ‌federal government is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa as it accuses the company of fraud.

“If you do the math, for every worker that Microsoft laid off, they replaced that worker with one and a half foreign indentured servants,” said Vice President JD Vance in a White House news conference announcing the decision.

Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling added that some of ⁠the largest ⁠IT firms ⁠in the world would also be suspended from that ⁠program, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCO and Capgemini, as well ⁠as Adobe.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to ⁠a request for comment.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:32 AM (Sco7b)

81 DEI retardation came in with hussein oblama

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:32 AM (AKptf)

82 76 65 59 Maybe Talarico got the Russian plague.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:25 AM (T+9ay)

His campaign said he had the flu and had to go to ER but is fine and raring to go with those debates.. The ones on CNN, MSNBC they arranged... I made that part up but they did say they agreed to 5 and Paxton said no...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (TeC7T)

You know who gets "the flu"?
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 11:31 AM (RaFl0)

Awfully early in the season for flu...and awfully long for a relatively healthy young male to be down with it...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 11:33 AM (tOcjL)

83 Only way for a straight white male to get ahead is to start a business. In corporate America there is no future.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:33 AM (T+9ay)

84 Currently, my two favorite copes from the left are:

"well, our voters are going to show up on Election Day. Trump's threats to use the USPS scared them away from early voting and voting by mail."

and

"well, the reason pollsters are having such a difficult time reaching conservative and rural voters is because they're not planning on voting. so the polls are actually accurate."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (3cUTc)

85 Part of the problem with building new refineries, or even keeping old ones operational, is the massive size of these things. I don't think people realize how big a refinery is.

There's one in NJ that's not even a big one relatively speaking, but it covers almost 1500 acres. That's about 1,200 football fields.

These are yuge complexes that cost billions to develop and probably decades to complete.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

So, they are like data centers...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 11:27 AM (tOcjL)
____

Significantly larger than most existing datacenters, although the newest "super" AI datacenters (mostly those in proposed staged only) are bigger.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

86 MTBE was the original oxygenate used until we found it was leaking into water supplies with ill effects and then they started on our current ethanol crap which persists due to corn farmers and at the time, nat sec ideas when we imported oil from abroad of keeping a domestic source of energy. Not really needed now by my understanding.
Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

Yes, the oxygenate requirement is an anachronism. No longer "needed" to protect the environment. They reduce the energy content of the fuel, meaning you have to burn more of it to get the same miles. And cause the fuel to be costlier to make. Shitcan the oxygenate requirement, and you would get cheaper gasoline, and more miles per gallon using it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (quk5M)

87
Talarico in rehab? Ducking an October surprise attack? Rumors are swirling.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Measuring the curtains.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (Cqx++)

88 47 >>Politics is as much about emotion as it is about logic and deduction.

The entire Democrat Party is built on emotion.
Posted by: JackStraw
=======
Have to use a bit of both in politics or in life itself as politics is a human endeavor in where people can rightly disagree about means and ends in a society.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

89 Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling added that some of ⁠the largest ⁠IT firms ⁠in the world would also be suspended from that ⁠program, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCO and Capgemini, as well ⁠as Adobe.

==

Huge!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (AKptf)

90 First, US ⁠Vice President JD Vance said on Thursday that the ‌federal government is suspending tech giant Microsoft from a program to apply for green cards for workers who come to the U.S. to live and work using an H-1B visa as it accuses the company of fraud.

—

Gee a company with an Indian CEO only hired Indians? I’m fucking shocked man.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:35 AM (T+9ay)

91 80 Microsoft did not immediately respond to ⁠a request for comment.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:32 AM (Sco7b)

=======

There's also a new $70,000 fee to use OPT for an individual that's being proposed (it'll go through the standard rule-making process so it survives court challenges on APA grounds).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:35 AM (1kJuV)

92 tech companies been doing it for the last 27 years, the h1-b fraud

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:36 AM (AKptf)

93 There's also a new $70,000 fee to use OPT for an individual t

===

another huge fraud highway

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:37 AM (AKptf)

94 >>"well, the reason pollsters are having such a difficult time reaching conservative and rural voters is because they're not planning on voting. so the polls are actually accurate."

I saw a clip from CNN where they were showing the packed turnout from the Trump rally in San Antonio yesterday. The host asked the guest why there so many people there when the polls show Talarico doing well.

The guest, not a conservative, said "Well, some times the polls are wrong.".

No way, really?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)

95 84 Currently, my two favorite copes from the left are:

"well, our voters are going to show up on Election Day. Trump's threats to use the USPS scared them away from early voting and voting by mail."

and

"well, the reason pollsters are having such a difficult time reaching conservative and rural voters is because they're not planning on voting. so the polls are actually accurate."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (3cUTc)

=======

All while turnout is down for Democrats in OH, MI, NC, and GA in early voting.

It's really down in black districts.

I think some combination of factors have scared the ballot harvesting regime (both legal and illegal, depending on the state) into standing down. A few key arrests and convictions over the last year, USAID funding (short for the whole fed grant system), and election monitors Harmeet Dhillon promised.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:37 AM (1kJuV)

96 The refinery shortage will become acute when we begin to extract the petro products from Venezuela. Unless refineries are built there with direct shipments to the US.

This is probably one of the reasons we haven't leveled Iran's petro infrastructure. We'll need it until (if) we get more domestic production capacity online.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 08, 2026 11:38 AM (RORbl)

97 Significantly larger than most existing datacenters, although the newest "super" AI datacenters (mostly those in proposed staged only) are bigger.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 08, 2026 11:34 AM (iFTx/)

Big industrial plants are big. Steel mills, auto factories, cement plants. Bigness is not unique to oil refineries.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:38 AM (quk5M)

98 CNN: Republicans are in their best position on party registration going into a midterm in 20+ years.

GOP Gains In Party Registration Margins:
Pennsylvania: 🔴 Republicans +7
North Carolina: 🔴 Republicans +8
Nevada: 🔴 Republicans +5
Arizona: 🔴 Republicans +4

(+/- vs 201

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:38 AM (AKptf)

99 2018!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (AKptf)

100 93 There's also a new $70,000 fee to use OPT for an individual t

===

another huge fraud highway

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:37 AM (AKptf)

========

Yeah, but the pathway from student visa to green card that runs through OPT and H-1B was already hit hard with the two $100,000 fees on new H-1B applications.

This is just adding fuel to that fire, emptying the clip into an already dead body.

Hell, there's also the massive decline in student visas overall.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (1kJuV)

101 100

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (AKptf)

102 on a good note, USS Lincoln returns to San Diego port today. Good for them.

I'm sure there will be more than few infants who will be waiting to see their fathers for the first time.

God bless them.

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (G0vdT)

103 All while turnout is down for Democrats in OH, MI, NC, and GA in early voting.

It's really down in black districts.

I think some combination of factors have scared the ballot harvesting regime (both legal and illegal, depending on the state) into standing down. A few key arrests and convictions over the last year, USAID funding (short for the whole fed grant system), and election monitors Harmeet Dhillon promised.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08,

AND OUR CANDIDATES AREN'T ON THE BALLOTS, SO FUCK YOU, A NON-TRIVIAL NUMBER OF US ARE STAYING HOME!!
- Black voters

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (gLYp7)

104 drat

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (AKptf)

105 People accuse me of reeking of sulfur and ass. I just checked with Bill and he says it's mostly ass.

Posted by: Never President Hellary Clinton at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (EdP2u)

106 98 CNN: Republicans are in their best position on party registration going into a midterm in 20+ years.

GOP Gains In Party Registration Margins:
Pennsylvania: 🔴 Republicans +7
North Carolina: 🔴 Republicans +8
Nevada: 🔴 Republicans +5
Arizona: 🔴 Republicans +4

(+/- vs 201

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:38 AM (AKptf)

========

"But the polls have never been wrong. Here, look at the final RCP average which was only accurate because of Trafalgar and Harvard-Harris, two pollsters I deride as Republican pollsters and insist are wrong all the time."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (1kJuV)

107 I have voted in every “major” election (presidential and mid term years) since I was old enough. And like 80-90% of off year ones. The ones I missed were mainly because I just didn’t know they were happening.

It takes at most 30 minutes for me to vote and usually more like 10 minutes.

I just can’t fathom why anywhere from 30-50% of people either don’t vote or have to be begged and pleaded with to do so. How can you be so disinterested in who runs things that affect you in virtually everything you do in life?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (T+9ay)

108 CNN: Republicans are in their best position on party registration going into a midterm in 20+ years.

GOP Gains In Party Registration Margins:
Pennsylvania: 🔴 Republicans +7
North Carolina: 🔴 Republicans +8
Nevada: 🔴 Republicans +5
Arizona: 🔴 Republicans +4

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:38 AM (AKptf)

I'm confused.

Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (gLYp7)

109 Big industrial plants are big. Steel mills, auto factories, cement plants. Bigness is not unique to oil refineries.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The biggest building in the world by volume is the Boeing plant in Everett, Washington.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (77rzZ)

110 Man, that Talarico seems like a lazy campaigner and a horrible candidate. The idiot Dem voters blew it, Crockett would be winning in a landslide!!

Posted by: Bizzaro World Influencer at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (AaY6N)

111 "But the polls have never been wrong. Here, look at the final RCP average which was only accurate because of Trafalgar and Harvard-Harris, two pollsters I deride as Republican pollsters and insist are wrong all the time."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (1kJuV)

people just need to show up like it's 2024!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (AKptf)

112 103 AND OUR CANDIDATES AREN'T ON THE BALLOTS, SO FUCK YOU, A NON-TRIVIAL NUMBER OF US ARE STAYING HOME!!
- Black voters

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:39 AM (gLYp7)

=======

Also that, yes.

Probably really important to the black women who make up the majority of the inner city election workforce.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (1kJuV)

113 That's gonna leave a mark.

>>@RapidResponse47
·
47m
.
>>@USLaborIG
: "I am announcing a historic investigation into the J-1 visa fraud involving nine major American universities — Pit, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, Brown, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT. Subpoenas have been served; investigations are underway."

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (viF8m)

114 I'm confused.

Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (gLYp7)

what do you think you should do ??

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (AKptf)

115 Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (gLYp7)

The Dems are banking on them staying home... Enthusiasm gap or something...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (TeC7T)

116 89 Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling added that some of ⁠the largest ⁠IT firms ⁠in the world would also be suspended from that ⁠program, including Cognizant, Infosys, Tata, Wipro, HCO and Capgemini, as well ⁠as Adobe.

YAASSSSSSSSS

f u Adobe!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (j+aD2)

117 *who still uses adobe ..??

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:42 AM (AKptf)

118 Vs 201??

?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:42 AM (T+9ay)

119 *who still uses adobe ..??
Posted by: runner

I download a lot of articles as PDFs.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

120 115 Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (gLYp7)

The Dems are banking on them staying home... Enthusiasm gap or something...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (TeC7T)

=======

Turnout in Ohio is angling to be the lowest since 1970.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2108190693835579635

And it's mostly driven by Democrats voting at lower levels than 2018 while Republicans keep pace with a rather standard midterm election.

The left is burned out and doesn't care anymore. They realized Bibi isn't on the ballot and stopped caring.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:43 AM (1kJuV)

121 Man, that Talarico seems like a lazy campaigner and a horrible candidate. The idiot Dem voters blew it, Crockett would be winning in a landslide!!

Posted by: Bizzaro World Influencer at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (AaY6N)

That's EXACTLY the attitude I'm counting on to win the primary!
- Kamala!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:43 AM (gLYp7)

122 I just can’t fathom why anywhere from 30-50% of people either don’t vote or have to be begged and pleaded with to do so. How can you be so disinterested in who runs things that affect you in virtually everything you do in life?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (T+9ay)

I will be going to an advance poll on Tuesday to vote in the upcoming Alberta independence referendum. Voting day is the 19th, and I expect to be back home by then, but I'm not taking any chances.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:44 AM (quk5M)

123 How do these fcking retards think they're going to sell a product they can't produce?"

Hey, that's our plan!

/XOM

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (pfXMo)

124 In my own little neck of the woods my ultra leftist neighbors have every lawn sign out as they usually do. It’s a blue enclave in a Red Sea but man these people get amped up to 11 every election, knowing they will lose by 15 at least each time.

I guess I have to respect the hustle, lol.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (T+9ay)

125
I saw a clip from CNN where they were showing the packed turnout from the Trump rally in San Antonio yesterday. The host asked the guest why there so many people there when the polls show Talarico doing well.

The guest, not a conservative, said "Well, some times the polls are wrong.".

I remember being told that rally size and yard sign placement meant nothing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (Cqx++)

126 I will be going to an advance poll on Tuesday to vote in the upcoming Alberta independence referendum. Voting day is the 19th, and I expect to be back home by then, but I'm not taking any chances.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:44 AM (quk5M)

Is there a chance that will succeed ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (TeC7T)

127 Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:40 AM (gLYp7)

what do you think you should do ??

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:41 AM (AKptf)

Same thing I always do.

Vote. Volunteer at my polling place. Encourage other like-minded people to vote.

I'm just doing it without the sense of impending dread that focusing on polling data would give me.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (gLYp7)

128 Adobe is still the standard suite for video and graphics

sadly

I have Affinity but it has gotten worse lately too. it's also quite heavily Indian all of a sudden.

other than that, what?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (j+aD2)

129 117 *who still uses adobe ..??
Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:42 AM (AKptf)

Graphics Designers, marketing. Still the dominant PDF viewer.

And to #116 above, Right on! F U Adobe.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (N39Ws)

130 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Both so far are not proven datapoints. If the Democrats do not turn out by EV or mail, then they are not going to turn out election day.

Right now the biggest miss seems to be that pollsters are modeling likely voters by those willing to respond to pollsters rather than screening questions and background (voter histories on past voting indicate strongly whether they will vote or turnout in the present.) At least so far, the 18-29 yutes are not showing up at all in actual vote by mail or EV stats. History tells us that as time gets closer to elections, these voters are the least likely to turnout in person or even early. That screws up poll weighting for a big turnout by yutes by heavy inclusion because they answer text requests for polling. Selection bias. Ditto for older TDS types in EV, it is appears that the stage four TDS cannot wait to vote against GOP but that is a small percentage of voters.

These midterms so far appear to have an older skew to them and Boomer No Kings types are voting early and responding to polls as are yutes that probably will not vote.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

131 I download a lot of articles as PDFs.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:43 AM (77rzZ)

You can both read and write PDF files without ever using purchased software.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:46 AM (quk5M)

132 119 *who still uses adobe ..??

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PDFs are very much a thing still.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:46 AM (T+9ay)

133 Hell, there's also the massive decline in student visas overall."

"Well, there goes the new rock climbing wall in the activities building "

/uni admin

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (pfXMo)

134 right , I forgot about the pdf, which is the only useful piece of that company

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (AKptf)

135 18. It is, but even worse than that is that its construction spans enough years for a change in the national government.
Posted by: NeighSayer

Exactly.

The United States lost approximately 1 million barrels per day of refining capacity & saw several major facility closures or conversions since 2020 due to poor economics, aging infrastructure, and changing market demands.

Look up: Notable U.S. Refinery Closures and Conversions (Recent Decade)

Forbes: Operable U.S. refineries dropped from about 135 in 2020 down to 130 by 2026, as companies prioritize large, low-cost Gulf Coast complexes over aging or high-cost regional plants.

And the shift to "renewable" fuel: U.S. hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA) renewable diesel capacity surged over the last few years, climbing past 5 billion gallons annually. The vast majority of this product flows directly to California, where state incentives (like the Low Carbon Fuel Standard) make it economically viable.

But, Market Consolidation and the "RIN Cliff" - The aggressive pivot to green fuels has hit a ceiling, with saturated markets & falling profit margins.

The frantic pace of conversions slowed dramatically.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (NFX2v)

136 130
These midterms so far appear to have an older skew to them and Boomer No Kings types are voting early and responding to polls as are yutes that probably will not vote.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

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Voters in blue bastion Franklin County, Ohio are literally majority boomer right now:

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2108218448174006680

Columbus, Ohio is only seeing Boomers vote. The youth vote, which is supposed to be 15-20% of the electorate according to polls, can't breach 8% in deep blue enclaves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (1kJuV)

137 and probably not for long

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (AKptf)

138 I'm sure there will be more than few infants who will be waiting to see their fathers for the first time.

God bless them.
Posted by: WisRich

I have been, how you say, very busy in San Diego!

Posted by: The Paolo, One-Armed WallPaper Hanger at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (EdP2u)

139 BTW, Mrs is doing well this am...sore and tired, to be sure...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM (pfXMo)

140 133 Hell, there's also the massive decline in student visas overall."

"Well, there goes the new rock climbing wall in the activities building "

/uni admin

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (pfXMo)

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The old one was only 2 years old and just needed a bit of maintenance, but the provost approved the spending on the new wall anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM (1kJuV)

141 *who still uses adobe ..??
Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:42 AM (AKptf)

Well... I wish it weren't so, but the answer is "basically everyone."

It remains the industry standard in creative workplaces.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)

142 I'm expecting many shrieking articles from angry white women after the Trump administration announced today they are going after people who for years have been discriminating not just American workers but white male Americans in particular.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:26 AM

Absolutely. Their hatred of white males is so much because these men won't date them.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM (OkYzo)

143 141 *who still uses adobe ..??
Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:42 AM (AKptf)

Well... I wish it weren't so, but the answer is "basically everyone."

It remains the industry standard in creative workplaces.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM (BI5O2)

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Yeah, but I don't listen to Taylor Swift, so no one does.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (1kJuV)

144 >>I remember being told that rally size and yard sign placement meant nothing.

It was obvious to in all 3 of his elections but particularly in 24 that Trump was going to win just by contrasting the turnouts at his rallies with Harris'.

Trump was selling out arenas everywhere while Harris had to pay twerkers just to get anyone to show up. The enthusiasm gap was real.

I see a similar dynamic now. How many people turnout out for a rally in San Antonio and then decide voting is just not important?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

145 At one of my corporate paralegal jobs, we would also use Adobe to redact documents for FOIA requests, as it had that functionality.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)

146 I have been, how you say, very busy in San Diego!
Posted by: The Paolo, One-Armed WallPaper Hanger at October 08, 2026 11:47 AM (EdP2u)
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This requires an "Anchorman" quote of some sort.

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (G0vdT)

147 I've been busy with my projects but CNN has been covering a lot of President Trump's speeches and rallies.

Probably as a suck up move.

And to tell their 700,000 viewers and the ones trapped in places unable to turn the channel what they should be thinking.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (Sco7b)

148 The United States lost approximately 1 million barrels per day"

And demand did not fall as projected (the EV idiocy)...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (pfXMo)

149 I reside in an Adobe Hacienda.

Posted by: Louise Massey and the Westerners at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (EdP2u)

150 This requires an "Anchorman" quote of some sort.

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (G0vdT)

LOOOUUUDDDD NOIIISSEEESSS!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (gLYp7)

151 In my company every single person I’ve encountered in HR has been a woman of color or gay man. The recruiter that brought be over was an older white woman. She’s now retired.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (T+9ay)

152 150 This requires an "Anchorman" quote of some sort.

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (G0vdT)

LOOOUUUDDDD NOIIISSEEESSS!!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (gLYp7)

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Brick killed a guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (1kJuV)

153 Yeah, but I don't listen to Taylor Swift, so no one does."

Don't go to busy restaurants either. Too crowded.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:51 AM (pfXMo)

154 BTW, Mrs is doing well this am...sore and tired, to be sure...
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM

Good news!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 11:51 AM (/C5Rl)

155 151 In my company every single person I’ve encountered in HR has been a woman of color or gay man. The recruiter that brought be over was an older white woman. She’s now retired.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (T+9ay)

So, white man playing the game with black and Hispanic women...that's the HR norm...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 08, 2026 11:51 AM (tOcjL)

156 I saw a clip from CNN where they were showing the packed turnout from the Trump rally in San Antonio yesterday. The host asked the guest why there so many people there when the polls show Talarico doing well.

The guest, not a conservative, said "Well, some times the polls are wrong.".

I remember being told that rally size and yard sign placement meant nothing.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM

Every single published public poll I have seen has talerico winning, some by as much as 9 points. That is statistically impossible here in Texas. There is no way any democrat can win a state wide election by 9 points. I saw a campaign poll released by paxton that has him winning by 4 points, that is about where I think the race will end up.

We are being gaslight and they are trying to keep republicans in Texas from voting.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 11:51 AM (I43vL)

157 I was wondering why NCIS replaced a long time black actor with a long time returning white actor...and then launched their NY show with 4 definite white people, 1 maybe white person (never know if they gets points b/c someone is 1/4 something) and LL Cool J as the lone black actor...

The current most-watched network TV show is CBS's Tracker, about a straight white guy doing straight white guy things. They may be getting the message.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (2ocoG)

158 AI tools will replace any and every dinosaur product. Integration of ai/si into old stuff will not help. there are and will be more new , more effective tools.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (AKptf)

159 How many people turnout out for a rally in San Antonio and then decide voting is just not important?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

I'd say more than 'none' and less than 'a significant number.'

My SWAG is 8% maybe?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (gLYp7)

160 154 BTW, Mrs is doing well this am...sore and tired, to be sure...
Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:48 AM

Good. I thought of you both this morning.

And on a late thread, publius mentioned his mother was not doing well. FYI...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (Sco7b)

161 Brick killed a guy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (1kJuV)
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That escalated quickly, I mean that got out of hand fast!

Posted by: WisRich at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (G0vdT)

162 Brick killed a guy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:50 AM (1kJuV)

There were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (gLYp7)

163 156 Every single published public poll I have seen has talerico winning, some by as much as 9 points. That is statistically impossible here in Texas. There is no way any democrat can win a state wide election by 9 points. I saw a campaign poll released by paxton that has him winning by 4 points, that is about where I think the race will end up.

We are being gaslight and they are trying to keep republicans in Texas from voting.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 11:51 AM (I43vL)

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YouGov, one of the worst pollsters, is already hedging.

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/
2108195340989927592

45/45

This race isn't going to be close, but Talarico will get about 45%.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (1kJuV)

164 every single person I’ve encountered in HR has been a woman of color or gay man"

The single greatest hiring criteria for the past 30 plus years has been vajayjay. Or wannabe vajayjay.

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:53 AM (pfXMo)

165 It was obvious to in all 3 of his elections but particularly in 24 that Trump was going to win just by contrasting the turnouts at his rallies with Harris'.

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I remember there were leftists online pointing out empty seats at Trump rallies and high fiving each other.

Dont get too caught up in this stuff. It can be spun both ways if you look hard enough.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:53 AM (T+9ay)

166 Absolutely. Their hatred of white males is so much because these men won't date them.
Posted by: Frank Barone

Passport Bros did nothing wrong.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 11:54 AM (jjoN6)

167 124 In my own little neck of the woods my ultra leftist neighbors have every lawn sign out as they usually do. It’s a blue enclave in a Red Sea but man these people get amped up to 11 every election, knowing they will lose by 15 at least each time.

I guess I have to respect the hustle, lol.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (T+9ay)
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Every neighborhood has at least one old bag that can't STFU about leftoid politics. We have one. Nobody wonders why her kids (if she ever had any) never stop by to visit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 11:54 AM (oqH4h)

168
I like your Ginger Ale!

Posted by: Brick at October 08, 2026 11:54 AM (OkYzo)

169 And on a late thread, publius mentioned his mother was not doing well. FYI..."

Prayers...

Posted by: man at October 08, 2026 11:54 AM (pfXMo)

170 About a year ago, I made a prediction (I don't make many, but I did make this).

I said that 2026 would be the lowest turnout and lowest spending midterm in decades.

Well, it's not lowest spending. Both parties are spending a lot, but it is gearing up to be lowest turnout, the hole centered around Democrat bastions, especially in states with a modicum of election integrity built into the system.

Why did I predict that? Because I figured fraud was high and that the Trump 2.0 admin was serious about hurting Democrats where they consolidated power: fraud.

Fingers crossed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:55 AM (1kJuV)

171 MS Now routinely wishcasts how Talarico is going to take Texas and prove how incompetent that evil orange man is.

Just once I wish our side was on the right side of history....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:55 AM (Sco7b)

172 I'm confused.

Should I believe the polls, which are PROJECTING anticipated data, or should I believe the party registration numbers, which are REFLECTING actual data?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider

Treat them as one data point amidst a host of others. Due to technological changes (scam callers have destroyed response rates), and sociological changes, people don't trust pollsters to respond, public polling as we know it is dying.

Private polling, which is escalating in costs due to non response problems and the need to triangulate data--for example, they actually check voting records of respondents to see if they voted in the past or partisan skew rather than taking their word for it, and using geographic random bloc strategies to determine overall error rate, is still doing okay.

But polling is getting lousy at determining just who is going to vote which is a) dependent on party/candidate turnout mechanisms for the sporadic voter class, b) the inclination of that individual voter to want to be turned out.

I am excluding fraud from the equation because we have guesses about how big it is but not firm data except it almost always benefits Dems.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

173
Columbus, Ohio is only seeing Boomers vote. The youth vote, which is supposed to be 15-20% of the electorate according to polls, can't breach 8% in deep blue enclaves.

I voted Tuesday (central Indiana). 100% Boomer in attendance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (Cqx++)

174 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security. And fast-track the expansion of existing refineries and the building of more in red states that are amenable to high-paying jobs.

That would be the smart thing to do. So it won't happen.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (k9rrS)

175 And it's mostly driven by Democrats voting at lower levels than 2018 while Republicans keep pace with a rather standard midterm election.

The left is burned out and doesn't care anymore.
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What are they running on?
Hate Trump.
It's their "repeal Obamacare" after years and multiple "attempts" failed.

They've been running on this for over 10 years now--their side is completely topped out on it and the conservatives have long stopped listening to them.

It's why I say their "Trump told Iran to nuke L.A. and San Diego!" is falling flat.
Not just for the pathetic desperation to gin up more Trump hate, but that everyone--outside of the most loyal Dems--just do not f'ing believe or care what they say anymore.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (3cUTc)

176 Is there a chance that will succeed ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 08, 2026 11:45 AM (TeC7T)

I really don't know. The "Yes" (pro-independence) side is well-organized, and I see a great many yard signs around here. The "nos" were kind of late getting out of the starting gate, but signs are springing up now. I take that as a sign that the "nos" misread the mood of the public, and figured they had it in the bag, but have now woken up.

IIRC, only about one third of the people in the original Thirteen Colonies were strongly pro-Independence.

A "Yes" win in this referendum does not automatically lead to Alberta gaining independence. It directs the provincial government to begin negotiations with Ottawa towards separation. Ottawa cannot be expected to bargain in good faith. If the "Yes" vote is strong, I see the current squishy conservative leader in Alberta to be replaced by more of a firebrand. Then Ottawa does something particularly stupid and evil, and triggers a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (quk5M)

177 Every neighborhood has at least one old bag that can't STFU about leftoid politics. We have one. Nobody wonders why her kids (if she ever had any) never stop by to visit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 08, 2026 11:54 AM (oqH4h)

In the neighborhood in which my parents live, my mom is the old bag that can't STFU about leftoid politics. The only person who wonders why her kids never stop by to visit is her.

Which tracks. Lefties can't really grasp the relationship between 'cause,' and 'effect.'

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (gLYp7)

178 I finally encountered one actual, in the wild, successful video studio running DaVinci instead of Premiere. Pain in the ass for me as the customer, but not an insoluble one, and I'm just happy to see somebody isn't getting assfucked by Adobe Systems, for once.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (BI5O2)

179 173
Columbus, Ohio is only seeing Boomers vote. The youth vote, which is supposed to be 15-20% of the electorate according to polls, can't breach 8% in deep blue enclaves.

I voted Tuesday (central Indiana). 100% Boomer in attendance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 11:56 AM (Cqx++)

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The youth never turn out. They really never turn out for midterms.

Polling for the last couple of years have assumed the youth do turn out for elections. Probably an issue.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:57 AM (1kJuV)

180 Every neighborhood has at least one old bag that can't STFU about leftoid politics. We have one. Nobody wonders why her kids (if she ever had any) never stop by to visit.
Posted by: ballistic

It’s not just one. It’s A LOT of them. Like both neighbors of mine. Every block has a few. There is the odd sign for the other side but it’s rare.

I just shrug whatever.

I did check out the election results for my precinct once expecting it to be 80-20 left/right because that’s what the signs would suggest. To my surprise it was more like 55-45. Goes to show signs mean fuck all.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:58 AM (T+9ay)

181 I remember there were leftists online pointing out empty seats at Trump rallies and high fiving each other.

Dont get too caught up in this stuff. It can be spun both ways if you look hard enough.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 11:53 AM (T+9ay)

Hilary in 2016 had all of her rallies at universities. I don't think she would have been filling rooms otherwise.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 08, 2026 11:58 AM (Sco7b)

182 Having refineries laying around isn't solving the problem.

Legislatively removing and writing legislation prohibiting the creation of laws, regulations and policies that would discourage investing in refineries.

Why spend money on equipment that the government, for two generations has told you they deliberately and aggressively want to eliminate?

Why spend hundred thousand dollars on a petrochem degree when the government has promised to keep you unemployed?

Why should any vendor wish to come up with innovative new refinery equipment when no new refineries are being built and the need is only for replacement fittings?

When interest rates are high, the safe money is in time-deposit, not in stocks and cap-ex. If I can get 6% in a safe time-deposit, why put money at risk for 6.5% return?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 11:58 AM (9Hs2w)

183 The youth never turn out. They really never turn out for midterms.

Polling for the last couple of years have assumed the youth do turn out for elections. Probably an issue.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 11:57 AM (1kJuV)

they kinda did in NY for mamadami; could have been an anomaly, or a trend

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:59 AM (AKptf)

184 In MA the republican challenger is running on suspending the gas tax.

The incumbent lunatic Dem says she'll do the same but she totally didn't copy him. Also, she'll totally honestly do it...but only after the election even though she's the incumbent.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:00 PM (sKqQm)

185 170 About a year ago, I made a prediction (I don't make many, but I did make this).

I said that 2026 would be the lowest turnout and lowest spending midterm in decades.

Well, it's not lowest spending. Both parties are spending a lot, but it is gearing up to be lowest turnout, the hole centered around Democrat bastions, especially in states with a modicum of election integrity built into the system.

Why did I predict that? Because I figured fraud was high and that the Trump 2.0 admin was serious about hurting Democrats where they consolidated power: fraud.

Fingers crossed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Second term midterms are a different cat than first midterms. And due to identity voting, we get a muddled signal when looking at past elections. But your assertion is historically safe that second term midterms are usually lower in turnout. That means voter mobilization of base voters versus the sporadic can lead to unpredictable swings like in 1998 depending on whose base is more motivated to turnout. I think this will be an older and whiter midterm turnout year and perhaps higher rural/suburban than urban if Ohio is predictive.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

186
The left is burned out and doesn't care anymore.

_________

They won't vote unless they're paid - hell, half of them can't get out of bed - and there ain't no walking-around money no more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:00 PM (eRlcH)

187 183
they kinda did in NY for mamadami; could have been an anomaly, or a trend

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 11:59 AM (AKptf)

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The NYC mayoral election, like the NJ and VA elections, are scheduled in ways that make them, effectively, special elections.

They advantage the organized and the hyper engaged.

I think it would help American politics if we standardized election days.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:02 PM (1kJuV)

188 It’s also an odd 2nd term mid term given it’s not consecutive. Everything about Trump for better or worse doesn’t fit the historical mold.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 12:02 PM (T+9ay)

189 I see a similar dynamic now. How many people turnout out for a rally in San Antonio and then decide voting is just not important
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Talarico, before he disappeared, was last seen begging Paxton for a debate and then resorted to posting a clip from February to fake rally enthusiasm.

Because that's what campaigns that are easily winning by 6% or more do.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:02 PM (3cUTc)

190 The youth never turn out. They really never turn out for midterms.

18-30 yo voters decline as a fraction of the vote from 14-18% to 10-12% in off year elections

Amusingly 2020 is the highest on record but I assume that's mostly due to the sheer number of fake ballots that year.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

191 That would be the smart thing to do. So it won't happen.

The smart money will build refineries in a low regulation country like Bukele's El Salvadore. Get oil from the surrounding region, refine away!

The US is too broken to be recovered. Congress is the enemy of Western Civilization so for long term investment, do it outside of the country that literally hates you for existing.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 12:03 PM (nAS9C)

192 44. These are yuge complexes that cost billions to develop and probably decades to complete.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

But provide valuable services, many skilled internal and/or contract jobs, and are job creators in many ways.

So many who've worked Philadelphia Energy Solutions (Philadelphia, PA), which closed permanently following a very strange major fire and subsequent bankruptcy prior to the pandemic, have become regional democratic politicians.

Tis fascinating (to me).

WHYY News Climate Desk
The PES refinery redeveloper signed a ‘community benefits commitment’ with 16 groups. Here’s what’s inside
The company has agreed to create a nonprofit to distribute at least $100,000 a year for community initiatives. Updated Oct. 22, 2024

In small part, "Sixteen community groups have agreed to support a “community benefits commitment” with HRP Group, owner of the former oil refinery site along the Schuylkill River, the company said."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

193 Amusingly 2020 is the highest on record but I assume that's mostly due to the sheer number of fake ballots that year.

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20 billion votes!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:04 PM (AKptf)

194 Every single published public poll I have seen has talerico winning, some by as much as 9 points. That is statistically impossible here in Texas. There is no way any democrat can win a state wide election by 9 points. I saw a campaign poll released by paxton that has him winning by 4 points, that is about where I think the race will end up.

We are being gaslight and they are trying to keep republicans in Texas from voting.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Yep. Problem is that the media that carries these polls has close to single digit belief among GOP about them. I think these are aimed at the discouraging the GOP leaners more than the base. The problem for the Dems is that the GOP base has been growing faster than the Dems and in a number of 'swing' states as seen in CNN's coverage of all places.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

195 The fakenews is big on playing up decrepit 68 year old Karens in nowheresville Ohio and how they don't want data centers. They are all former three time Trump voters (and probably McKinley voters) concerned about their property values.
Bitch, your family moved there in the first place for some coal mine or factory.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 12:05 PM (sDWtc)

196
The youth never turn out. They really never turn out for midterms.

But every four years it's "the year of the YOUTH vote!"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:05 PM (Cqx++)

197 Good rant, CBD. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:05 PM (NFX2v)

198 18-30 yo voters decline as a fraction of the vote from 14-18% to 10-12% in off year elections

Amusingly 2020 is the highest on record but I assume that's mostly due to the sheer number of fake ballots that year.
Posted by: 18-1
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In Ohio, it is running below that. About 8-9 percent so far. And yutes are usually the ones that vote early by mailin requests, not early nor election day.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

199 This race isn't going to be close, but Talarico will get about 45%.
--
That was my take during the primary, when they were releasing polls showing him beating both Paxton and Cornyn.

Because Talarico's number was the same against either--that was his ceiling, not his floor.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:06 PM (3cUTc)

200
The youth never turn out. They really never turn out for midterms.

____________

"Youth is a kind of infirmity." - James Gould Cozzens

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:07 PM (eRlcH)

201 They are all former three time Trump voters (and probably McKinley voters) concerned about their property values.
Bitch, your family moved there in the first place for some coal mine or factory.
Posted by: 88C+u

They keep citing this but often media just puts on Democrats claiming to be GOP base voters again and again. You choose--gay or fake, fake or gay sort of coverage.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)

202 We are being gaslight and they are trying to keep republicans in Texas from voting.

There are quite a number of state offices that are up for election too. It ain't just about Paxton and the do-nothing cardboard cut-out of a US Representative.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 08, 2026 12:08 PM (nAS9C)

203 Perhaps President Trump can nationalize the recently closed refineries in California in the interest of national security.
Posted by: rickb223

Nationalizing won't remove the CA policies that lead to their closure, nor the selective regulatory enforcement. The operating costs of a refinery in CA will not change either. And, you're handing the next Dem administration a weapon to shut down other companies or allow forced sales to cronies. Bad idea all around.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 08, 2026 12:08 PM (nEUC6)

204 201 They are all former three time Trump voters (and probably McKinley voters) concerned about their property values.
Bitch, your family moved there in the first place for some coal mine or factory.
Posted by: 88C+u

They keep citing this but often media just puts on Democrats claiming to be GOP base voters again and again. You choose--gay or fake, fake or gay sort of coverage.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)

=======

There was that Republicans for Talarico group that became famous for all the right reasons.

The women who started it were literal Democrats who had long histories of working for Democrats.

It got shut down the next day after it was found out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:08 PM (1kJuV)

205 I would not discount that the 3-5 % of the "youth vote" (22-34)" that voted for Trump in 2024, thinking that he will give them unlimited free time, nirvana and Sidney Sweeney, and got very disappointed that he did not, will go and vote for you next red-green nazi du jour on the D ballot.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:08 PM (AKptf)

206 It’s not just govt. that stopped refining from expanding. Blackrock and Bloomberg with their ESG bullshit closed off a lot of credit sources to refining for several years.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 08, 2026 12:09 PM (WXktp)

207
Hmm. Estimates are that 75% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since 10/7. Why are the Israelis so slack?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:09 PM (eRlcH)

208 This is the target audience for Abduls and Tallaricos. So we shall see.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 12:09 PM (AKptf)

209 18-30 yo voters decline as a fraction of the vote from 14-18% to 10-12% in off year elections

Amusingly 2020 is the highest on record but I assume that's mostly due to the sheer number of fake ballots that year.
Posted by: 18-1
_______

And they're declining as a % of the population overall, especially among dems, who have kids at Euro levels.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 12:11 PM (JzUSu)

210 205 I would not discount that the 3-5 % of the "youth vote" (22-34)" that voted for Trump in 2024, thinking that he will give them unlimited free time, nirvana and Sidney Sweeney, and got very disappointed that he did not, will go and vote for you next red-green nazi du jour on the D ballot.
Posted by: runner

It will probably be a difference in college yutes versus non college. Non college is seeing their best employment rates in decades, college yutes, especially young white males attending or graduating college, not so much which is where the groyper phenomenon seems to be centered blaming Jews and others (Indians seem to be a target as well) for their misfortunes.

Something to watch as Erika Kirk has struggled to deal with in Turning Point. When you have a shithead like James Fishback around to Turning Point chapters in some states to speak even after he had his ass handed to him by Florida voters, it is a sign.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

211 The problem is Trump voters. There are a lot of them who are not necessarily Republican voters.

None of the old models can really account for this. And there's really no sense in trying to adjust for it. This is the last midterm where a negative externality like him will be polluting the ecosystem.

This year is anyone's guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2)

212 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (NcvvS)

213 Why did I predict that? Because I figured fraud was high and that the Trump 2.0 admin was serious about hurting Democrats where they consolidated power: fraud.
--
2018 to 2022, the Dems maxed out their cheat machine.
And they knew it.
But they treated that--and continue to--as their baseline turnout.

One of my favorite 2024 stories was who Kamala put in charge of PA--a literal post-turtle that had never run a statewide campaign or had a job outside of Party patronage.
But, she check the right boxes and was put in charge of winning a "must win" state.
Because winning elections (on fraud) "just happens" for all they knew, and you don't need actual competence or skills.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (3cUTc)

214 207
Hmm. Estimates are that 75% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since 10/7. Why are the Israelis so slack?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:09 PM (eRlcH)

and 99% of those were Hamas-occupied

Posted by: P. Diddy at October 08, 2026 12:14 PM (l3cgK)

215 I can see why committed leftist voters will vote - they get paid directly or indirectly when Dems win office.

But why would a left leaning LIV vote? Your big complaint is gas prices and you know even as a LIV that voting D will RAISE gas prices.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)

216 211 The problem is Trump voters. There are a lot of them who are not necessarily Republican voters.

None of the old models can really account for this. And there's really no sense in trying to adjust for it. This is the last midterm where a negative externality like him will be polluting the ecosystem.

This year is anyone's guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 12:13 PM (BI5O2)

=======

Trump got the highest proportion of repeat voters for a president from the presidential election appearing in the following midterm than any president in the past, like, 30 years.

It was 80% vs. Obama's 50%.

The Trump-only voter is actually far less prominent than people assume. It's far less prominent than the Obama only voter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (1kJuV)

217 Off nasty sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

218 There was that Republicans for Talarico group that became famous for all the right reasons.

The women who started it were literal Democrats who had long histories of working for Democrats.

It got shut down the next day after it was found out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I ignore that crap just like old hack GOP types that endorse Democrats. They either were covert Democrats throughout their tenure in office, or they are butthurt that voters/Trump dumped them like George Conway, MTG, Massie, etc.

Democrats endorsing GOP types like in Michigan have the more audacious move as the left does not treat defection kindly. Michigan Dems picking Al Sayed may actually create some realignment in part because of leftists dumping on Democrats crossing the aisle that are supporting Rogers and now perhaps James in the governor's race.

Scars from surviving being outcast from the group tend to lead to a more permanent Left to Right transition as in burning bridges. GOP base is more good riddance to bad rubbish than burn the heretic for defectors.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

219 This year is anyone's guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
=======
Less so as time goes on. We are getting real data now regarding turnout by mail and early voting and turnout is what is going to be determinative in this midterm, not polling.

If the misses are big enough, it may well destroy the validity of polling and prediction markets when all is said and done.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

220 Data center proposed locally for a 24-acre vacant site at the former Congoleum plant.

Specs: Designed for 120 megawatts of electricity, a 3-acre electrical substation, backup gas/diesel generators, and a closed-loop cooling system.

The Congoleum site is classified as an environmental cleanup site, but technically under the EPA’s RCRA Corrective Action program rather than the traditional Brownfields grant program. Heavy metals are present in both the soil and groundwater at levels exceeding residential safety standards. There's also an engineered landfill cap on-site that must remain undisturbed to prevent exposure. The land can never be used for residential purposes and strictly prohibit anyone from drilling wells or using the local groundwater for drinking.

At least a Data Center brings work and eventually some permanent jobs to the area, which is not at all well off, and would pay taxes.

Look at some of the sites proposed for Data Centers. They may be unusable for safe housing, schools, etc. and sit barren and of no value to a particular area.

A rock and a hard place as many locals can no longer afford the County taxes thanks to the all Democrat County Council.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 12:20 PM (NFX2v)

221 Guv Braun has suspended the Gas Tax in Indiana and extended it a couple of times. $3.60 /gal, give or take.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at October 08, 2026 11:05 AM (2CeDH)
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Paid 3.30 yesterday in Indiana

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Posted by: homepage at October 09, 2026 01:07 AM (kpxJH)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe
Norman Rockwell

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

2 I have several Norman Rockwell collector's plates hanging in my kitchen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

3 Sponge!

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

4 Very sweet! I like it!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (NpAcC)

5 What is happening?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

6 Put on your glasses to fix that one.

Fascinating detail in this painting.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (fcuif)

7 Very sweet and nice color contrasts as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (JrHfD)

8 Lots of interesting detail, would hang.

Posted by: Bryce at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (quNtV)

9 Nice painting.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (h6CE+)

10 Dammit.

Well, at least it was Sponge and not Elric.

Congrats, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

11
Congrats, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (ccf/V)

12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!

Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

13 I wouldn't have pegged this as a Rockwell. Doesn't look like his usual style, somehow.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

14 Cobbler's shoes are in great disrepair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

15 Hello Shoeman.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (bR6qe)

16 Hobson's Choice is an excellent movie if you are a fan of Shoecentric Entertainment.

Posted by: A Young Mrs. Fawlty Is In It at October 08, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

17 1 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

Comment check out.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)

18 He's gonna hang on to that shoe and let his little brownie helpers fix it overnight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (FZ29D)

19 We can help this guy.

Posted by: Brothers Grimm at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

20 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

21 Fun fact I learned as a docent at a historical house that had once been owned by a cobbler and served as his shop:

In the old days, there were no left or right shoes. You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)

22 Let the cobbler stick to his last.

Posted by: Pliny the Elder at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (wVcYX)

23 Hobson's Choice is an excellent movie if you are a fan of Shoecentric Entertainment.
Posted by: A Young Mrs. Fawlty Is In It

My wife introduced me to that flick. It's one of our favorites.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

24 14 Cobbler's shoes are in great disrepair.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

Those are slippers...
And yes, that's often the way it goes. The auto-mechanics' car is often not in the best shape...because he's busy fixing everybody elses' cars.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (l3cgK)

25 We lived in a shoe!

Posted by: Buster Brown (and Tige) at October 08, 2026 09:38 AM (EdP2u)

26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

27 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.

Posted by: Flip-Flopper at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

28 26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

29 I like The Cobbler's shoes/slippers

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (r7+Q7)

30 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.
Posted by: Flip-Flopper

Banging them is much more effective.
-- Zombie Khrushchev

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

31 Good morning Horde! Thanks CBD.

Posted by: Buck at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (fiwzq)

32 I guess cobblers didn't make a whole lot of money back then.

Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

33 He's a cobbler of the Old School.

Posted by: The Old School Needs A New Roof. at October 08, 2026 09:41 AM (EdP2u)

34 27 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.

Posted by: Flip-Flopper at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (EdP2u)

https://youtu.be/Vq_UmKyPRl0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)

35 The doll was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (hdmCJ)

36 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (ptJRT)

37 26 How many miles did that doll walk in those shoes?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM (l3cgK)

Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

At least it's not The Christmas Shoes.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

38 30 Arabs are constantly throwing shoes.
Posted by: Flip-Flopper

Banging them is much more effective.
-- Zombie Khrushchev

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

Better than a toaster?

Posted by: Toaster F**kers Union at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (l3cgK)

39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)

40 I always liked this one.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (/C5Rl)

41 Five. Hun-dred. Miles.

And - Five. Hun-dred. More.

Posted by: The Proclaimers at October 08, 2026 09:39 AM (W6UZk)

And still wouldn't walk a mile for a camel...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:40 AM (l3cgK)

The Proclaimers knew nothing of the magic of addition.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (XUHiS)

42 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970

Those shoes were built to last!

(HeyOhhhhh!)

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (ptJRT)

43 Brevity is the sole of wit.

Posted by: Polonius at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (EdP2u)

44 39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)

And lace up the puns nicely, please.

Posted by: Toaster F**kers Union at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (l3cgK)

45 What about The Red Shoes?

Posted by: Kate Bush at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (XUHiS)

46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

The elves are moved into the cookie business. Humans were forced to take up the slack.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

47 45 angels want to wear them.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

48 off appliance-loving sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

49 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor

Sole inheritor to the family business.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (h6CE+)

50 46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

The elves are moved into the cookie business. Humans were forced to take up the slack.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (77rzZ)

I thought the elves' tree was chopped down by spotted owls

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (l3cgK)

51 Young lady, both you and the doll need a shower.

Posted by: Cobbler Joe at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (hdmCJ)

52 43 Brevity is the sole of wit.
Posted by: Polonius at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (EdP2u)

I don’t think that is how it goes.

Posted by: The Bard at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (XUHiS)

53 a prodigious application of ol' paint squeezins would be quite affectatious.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:44 AM (Bep7s)

54 What about The Red Shoes?
Posted by: Kate Bush

Ah, that beautiful redhead...sigh...

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

55 Moira Shearer was the ultimate yummy in The Red Shoes.

Posted by: Hubba Hubba!! at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

56 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

Those are Keeblers and they make cookies, yum.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (q7PvL)

57 2 sis was copy editor for bradford exchange.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

58 46 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete

Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (XUHiS)

59 *Sole inheritor to the family business.*

What a heel.

Posted by: Oh, no... at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (hdmCJ)

60 Moira Shearer was the ultimate yummy in The Red Shoes.
Posted by: Hubba Hubba!!

Yep. Sigh...

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

61 The area between the cobbler's lower legs is dark and lacking detail, but to me it looks like he didn't remove the man's shoe from his foot before working on it.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

62 Caption::

"No...no, Francine, you silly girl. it's not possible to snort enough ketamine off the sole of this shoe to get high.

What you need is a big snorting boot. Like the one I have here."

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)

63 Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

64 Very cute painting. Rockwell was so talented.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (lJ0H4)

65 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (XUHiS)

66 I thought the elves' tree was chopped down by spotted owls
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

They wanted all the cookies.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM (h6CE+)

67 59 *Sole inheritor to the family business.*

What a heel.
Posted by: Oh, no...

Will it last?

Posted by: Groan at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (hdmCJ)

68
Yes, dear, I can make it for you in Hot Flash Pink; come back in two weeks

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (ixS3i)

69 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.

Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

71 13 ya, like the details are a little soft.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (Bep7s)

72 I wasn't aware that human cobblers made or repaired shoes. I thought is was elves that came during the night to help out.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM

Elves is shoes. You want any tailoring done, it's all mice these days, mate.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (/C5Rl)

73 I know fuck all about art, really, but Rockwell really sticks out to me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (XUHiS)

74 Do other people think Norman Rockwell was a serious artist? I certainly do. And he was amazingly prolific when it came to producing art.

Posted by: Ralph at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (8WZD4)

75 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (/C5Rl)

76 70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.
Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

New Balance makes Velcro shoes?

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (XUHiS)

77 70 Most of you Morons got the $90 from Trump and wear Velcro Shoes.

Posted by: Hoveround Sales and Service at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

Slip-ons.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (l3cgK)

78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (rOKnE)

79
Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.
Posted by: Cow Demon

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Elves are the go-to source for all tap dancing shoes

That is all.

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (ixS3i)

80 i would like to go to holland. wooden shoe?

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (Bep7s)

81 Stop looking between my legs.
The shoe is up here.

Posted by: The cobbler at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (hdmCJ)

82 Caption:

"Look, I'm a Cobbler. Just like the sign outside says.

I make nice baked fruit-filled desserts. Sorta like pies.

Why do you crazy people keep giving me shoes!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (YSUhf)

83 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.

Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (EdP2u)

84 Peach cobbler is the El Supremo Cobbler of cobblers.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (wVcYX)

85 75 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (/C5Rl)

Hey, I SANG that song, "Sole Survivor"...

Posted by: Michael Bolton's Hair at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (l3cgK)

86 79
Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.
Posted by: Cow Demon

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *

Elves are the go-to source for all tap dancing shoes

That is all.

* tap *
* tap *
* tap *
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:48 AM (ixS3i)

The tap code

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (XUHiS)

87 What a thoroughly delightful and effective painting! The colors are soft, earthy, and comfortable. Rockwell's use of illumination from the oil lamp is brilliant. Every prop and feature is designed to emphasize a gentle, grandfatherly feel: his literal carpet slippers, cushion on the bench, his age. The contrast between the work boot he is repairing compared to the tiny doll's shoe is both poignant and humorous.

What makes the painting is the little girl's expression and posture. This is a serious matter. A doll is a real person and should be properly attired, so she brought the matter to a professional like any mother would with her child's shoe. The entire painting is sweet, nostalgic, and relaxing to view. Completely enjoyable.

I recall as a kid some older ladies who decorated their homes with framed covers of Rockwell's magazine covers. It was all they could afford. They would have loved this one.

Posted by: JTB at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

88 Even her doll had shoes? Fancy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (RIvkX)

89 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.
Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged

Leather and shoe polish.

Posted by: Tuna at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (lJ0H4)

90 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM (77rzZ)

Has anyone mentioned Hush Puppies shoes yet?

Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

91 82 Caption:

"Look, I'm a Cobbler. Just like the sign outside says.

I make nice baked fruit-filled desserts. Sorta like pies.

Why do you crazy people keep giving me shoes!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 09:49 AM (YSUhf)

Yeah, we're travel agents, but get the weirdest requests...

Posted by: Kinki Travel Service Co., Ltd. at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (l3cgK)

92 T
69 We gotta give the boot to these footwear puns.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:47 AM

Toe the line.

Posted by: Make it stop! at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (hdmCJ)

93
Has anyone mentioned Hush Puppies shoes yet?
Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)

No but you should.

Posted by: Basset hounds at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (XUHiS)

94
Hoveround Sales and Service

How many seasoned citizens died during the filming of your "Hoveround Square Dance on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon" commercial, killer?

"And, go!"

* whirring motors, followed by "Aieeeeeeeee!" *

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (ixS3i)

95 CBD, excellent picture choice today. Thanks so much.

Posted by: tubal at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (Gqar8)

96 Carpet slippers

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (XeU6L)

97 The cobbler looks like a real peach.

Posted by: Hangry Here at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (EdP2u)

98 I love this!
So sweet.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (1TCIS)

99 21 what was i reading long ago where the narrator spoke of his job as a wearer of new shoes to break them in for the actual buyer?

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:51 AM (Bep7s)

100
Apple fritters!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (ixS3i)

101 >>Hiring elves on the cheap to get around strict labor laws.

Heh, thinking about the elves in "Fatman."

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (rOKnE)

102 El Sayed has a problem...

In a 2012 HuffPost essay written shortly after Obama won reelection, El-Sayed — who said he had voted for him — accused the president of failing to deliver the “hope and change” that defined his 2008 campaign. “This leader has perpetuated war, violated our civil liberties, deported more people from our shores than any other president before him, and the list of his failures goes on,” he wrote.

“That memory will serve not as a reminder of the history we made that night – but of the silly emotions of a naïve young man who didn’t understand that hope and change required more than flowery prose and a winning smile,” El-Sayed wrote of Obama’s first election. “I have little hope because there has been less change.”

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (gLYp7)

103 We're tapped out.

Posted by: The elves at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (hdmCJ)

104 garrett has some ruffled clothing like that!

Posted by: Hollywood Fashion Plate at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (EdP2u)

105 24 mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (Bep7s)

106
I have several Norman Rockwell collector's plates hanging in my kitchen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

* sound of plate crashing and breaking *

"Well, one fewer now..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (ixS3i)

107 Electronic billboard courtesy of something called “Puff Patriot”

We were promised:

No new wars

Lower prices

How’s that working out?

(I love hearing whiny isolationists crying. It makes me smile.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (XUHiS)

108 In other art news, Shrek got busted for sending unsolicited pictures to his state senator
tinyurl.com/yc8rr9nu

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 09:53 AM (sDWtc)

109 100
Apple fritters!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:52 AM (ixS3i)

The Bestest!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (l3cgK)

110 New Balance makes Velcro shoes?
Posted by: Cow Demon

It wouldn't surprise me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (h6CE+)

111 The Apple of Her Father's Eye - a limerick

For a certain little girl named Molly Beech
The price of shoe repair was out of reach
The Cobbler said, "Let's see,
I can fix 'er up for free!"
She said. "Thanks Mister Cobbler. You're a peach!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (I0N4X)

112 >>We're tapped out.
Posted by: The elves

Need time off to heel?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (rOKnE)

113 mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.
Posted by: cmeat

He knows how they're made and would never subject his children to that.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 08, 2026 09:54 AM (q7PvL)

114 If you bind the ladies feet, you can save on leather later.

Posted by: Ancient Chinee Secret at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (EdP2u)

115

Yeah, we're travel agents, but get the weirdest requests...
Posted by: Kinki Travel Service Co., Ltd.

Tell us about it

-- TheRapists, LLC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (ixS3i)

116 No, Todd! You've crossed up the finishing lines and now we have 50 gross of fudge striped saddle shoes.

Effin' Todd!

Posted by: Line Boss Elf at October 08, 2026 09:55 AM (wVcYX)

117 Pea soup fog on the water today.

All the boats are toot toot tooting at each other.

So lovely.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:56 AM (1TCIS)

118 El Sayed has a problem...
=====

Nothing this guy says is real. He is as manufactured as Obama.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

119 117 Pea soup fog on the water today.

All the boats are toot toot tooting at each other.

So lovely.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 08, 2026 09:56 AM (1TCIS)

Is it a DISMAL FOG?

Posted by: Slayer at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (XUHiS)

120 >> mom used to say the cobbler's children had no shoes.

Because the cobbler is back-clogged?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (rOKnE)

121 "Cobbler, heel thyself!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (I0N4X)

122 Bulgar, Saw your comment about getting woozy yesterday perhaps from dehydration. I knew someone who was on border between prediabetic and diabetic. Took such great care that sometime her test strip number would suddenly drop to between 65 and 80. Suddenly woozy and weakkneed. Started to carry a sweet for emergency purposes.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (yTvNw)

123 Is he mocking us by not mocking art?

Posted by: Modern Art at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (f4oEt)

124 78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Every picture tells a story. Don't it?

Posted by: Rod Stewart at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (HcoTw)

125 100
Apple fritters!

If you want to know how good a donut place is, order one of those.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (jjoN6)

126 Talafreako is similarly fake.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (XUHiS)

127 Nothing this guy says is real. He is as manufactured as Obama.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:57 AM (RIvkX)

Which is why watching one of his own interns scream in his face yesterday was so rewarding for me.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (gLYp7)

128 My family was so poor during the Depression, I could only scavenge one shoe and one boot to wear. The kids in school called me "Shoebooty". Still hurts to this day.

Posted by: Archie bunker at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (EdP2u)

129 >>"Cobbler, heel thyself!"

Just the tip. . . ?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (rOKnE)

130 Went searching for cobbler rhymes:

“Cobbler Cobbler, mend my shoe”Lyrics

Cobbler, cobbler, mend my shoe.
Get it done by half past two.
Half past two is much too late.
Get it done by half past eight.
Stitch it up and stitch it down.
And I’ll give you half a crown.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (XeU6L)

131
Has Talafreako returned from hiding out yet?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (ixS3i)

132 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 09:59 AM (Y/06r)

133 124 IMO, Rockwell is one of the best
Posted by: Admirale's Mate at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (/enuJ)

You've seen me dancing to Rasputin?

Posted by: Sam Rockwell at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (wVcYX)

134 Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

The Museum of Modern Art once did an exhibit of all of his Saturday Evening Post covers....mementos of an earlier, more innocent time.

There was a punk couple browsing the exhibit. Leather jackets with chains, mohawks, facial piercings, the whole bit.

And they were smiling and chuckling at the displays of human nature just like the elderly lady nearby (me).

Posted by: vivi at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (37r7s)

135
'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"It's like a hot dog. But so much smaller."

-- Sum Dum Guy

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (ixS3i)

136 Cheerleaders in pleated skirts and saddle shoes!

Posted by: Those Were the Days at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (EdP2u)

137 100 pops called his "apple betty."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

138 39 12 She was only the shoemaker's daughter, but she was ready to give her awl!
Posted by: Des O'Connor, 1970 at October 08, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

Aglet the dust settle before the shoe puns run wild.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 08, 2026 09:42 AM (r7+Q7)
==========
I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Posted by: A real heel at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (JNTt1)

139 134 Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

The Museum of Modern Art once did an exhibit of all of his Saturday Evening Post covers....mementos of an earlier, more innocent time.

There was a punk couple browsing the exhibit. Leather jackets with chains, mohawks, facial piercings, the whole bit.

And they were smiling and chuckling at the displays of human nature just like the elderly lady nearby (me).
Posted by: vivi at October 08, 2026 10:00 AM (37r7s)

LOL. Punks dressed up with chains, mohawks and leather jackets is a hallmark of a simpler, more gentle time.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (Y/06r)

140 Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe
Norman Rockwell

Best Normal Rockwell Art: "Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe, this Norman Rockwell painting, appeared on the cover of The Literary Digest published April 30, 1921.

This illustration was Rockwell's twenty-fifth picture featured on the cover of The Literary Digest.

Rockwell artwork was featured on the cover of The Digest twelve times just in 1921. A Rockwell cover was published once a month just on this one magazine alone."
----
The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (NFX2v)

141 Read a piece on Breitbart.

Greenland has sharks and they causing problems for the fisherman.

-they live to be 400 years old.
-sexual maturity reached at 150 years old
-gestation, they think, lasts close to decade.

Fucking crazy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (h6CE+)

142 This woman knows what time it is.

"I may be in a small cohort here, but I experienced October 7 and Charlie Kirk’s assassination very similarly. Not because the scale or facts were similar or comparable, but because they showed me with equal clarity who would cheer if my family and I were murdered. This understanding is now central to my politics."
- Inez Stepman

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)

143 >>I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Toe the line?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (rOKnE)

144 78 His paintings always tell a story.
So talented!

Every picture tells a story. Don't it?
Posted by: Rod Stewart at October 08, 2026 09:58 AM (HcoTw)

A thousand words worth.

Posted by: Arthur Brisbane, US Newspaper Editor, March 1911 at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (wVcYX)

145 Sole Survivor, Asia’s conceptual song about making it as a cobbler.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 09:46 AM

I thought that was about a fish that got away

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (W6UZk)

146 Delightful painting, CBD! I would not have guessed it was a Rockwell. The intensity of the little girl's gaze feels like late Romanticism. But there is humor in the old cobbler's expression, which was a Rockwell trademark. Much appreciated!

Posted by: fly gal at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (NOlOe)

147 Ya gotta have stones to survive as a cobbler.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

148 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD

"It's like a hot dog. But so much smaller."

-- Sum Dum Guy
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:01 AM (ixS3i)

It's like all the other penises, but so much smaller. It's cute!

Posted by: Gal from Cornell at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (Y/06r)

149 Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

Democrats
@TheDemocrats
Trump just said it again: Let Iran hit Los Angeles or San Diego.
Disgusting and dangerous. End the war and hold him accountable.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

150 If he cobbles well enough, he, too, can be a COB!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (quk5M)

151 2 sis was copy editor for bradford exchange.
Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 09:45 AM (Bep7s)

I believe that's where my mom got the Norman Rockwell plates I have now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ccf/V)

152 cobble (v.)

1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch.

"Tennessee Dept. of Corrections cobbled the Christa Pike execution."

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (I0N4X)

153 "I may be in a small cohort here, but I experienced October 7 and Charlie Kirk’s assassination very similarly. Not because the scale or facts were similar or comparable, but because they showed me with equal clarity who would cheer if my family and I were murdered. This understanding is now central to my politics."
- Inez Stepman
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)

This is a good quote.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

154 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (quk5M)

Did you get the email I sent the other day?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (ccf/V)

155 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (ccf/V)

Given the subject of the painting, one should be calling out, "Last!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (quk5M)

156 >>Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

The people who claim they are experts on nuance once again choose to take Trump literally so that they can freak out.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (rOKnE)

157 I can conjure up the smell of a cobbler's shop just by thinking about it.
Posted by: Yes, I'm Aged

Heh, yeah, me too. The husband and wife team that ran the local shop each had the nastiest hands I have ever seen. The woman, well past middle age, was simply lovely except for those hands.

Wow.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ptJRT)

158 Aaron Rupar
@atrupar

Trump: "[You think gas prices are bad? You think the war is inconvenient?] Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)

159
----
The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic...

It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ixS3i)

160 Democrats
@TheDemocrats
Trump just said it again: Let Iran hit Los Angeles or San Diego.
Disgusting and dangerous. End the war and hold him accountable.

Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Trump: "Let them hit a missile into San Diego or Los Angeles on the way. You want to see a horror show? Let them hit San Diego. Let them hit Los Angeles. You want to see some bad things happen?"
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)

All they have is lies. Lies lies lies.

It's the "very fine people" hoax all over again.

When will they be held accountable for their lies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

161 Rockwell was underrated. Like this one, would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (t9883)

162 would hang

Posted by: Gref at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (5rh/l)

163 63 Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.
Posted by: Count de Monet

The Bad Seed strikes again!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:07 AM (NFX2v)

164 The detailing is wonderful, as are the models, but something about the painting is unsettling. (An instance where a dog may have helped.)

Would pass handing today's art selection.

Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic...

It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (ixS3i)

Or they are the stairs up to the attic where crazy Aunt Edna lives.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:07 AM (wVcYX)

165
Norman Rockwell is the best American genre painter who ever lived. He's up there with Jan Steen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Your failure to include Bob Ross in that listing is... disturbing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ixS3i)

166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

167 'It's like a shoe. But so much smaller.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD
_________

Looks to be too small for that doll's foot.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (JzUSu)

168 Thom Tillis quacks:
I've had conversations with Mitch McConnell. That man's brain is as sharp as it ever is. I met with him a week ago and he immediately jumped to asking what we are going to do to help Ukraine.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (sDWtc)

169 Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (Y/06r)

Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

170 i know a kid who has a very rare and collectible pair of nike's called "skunk dunks" that were released some time ago on 4/20. the insoles are ridiculously detailed.
my boy refers to him as a "sneakerhead."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

171 159. It's the darkened stairwell behind and above the innocent young girl. You just know that Gropey Joe Biden is just out of sight in there, ready to pounce...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

😨
Die, Monster, Die! (1965)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

172 >>Fire last night in the cobbler's shop.

400 soles were lost.

Who did it? Reports of sneakers in the area at the time of the fire. Police would like to converse with them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (rOKnE)

173
California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?

Texas Roadhouse should pull up steaks and depart that Third World Shithole

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (ixS3i)

174 Greenland has sharks and they causing problems for the fisherman.

-they live to be 400 years old.
-sexual maturity reached at 150 years old
-gestation, they think, lasts close to decade.

Fucking crazy.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Sturgeon are also slow to mature and procreate. The Jamestown Colony relied on them for protein the first few years because they were large, plentiful, easy to net or spear. They soon fished them out and numbers were very slow to rebound.

Posted by: Fish Facts at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (EdP2u)

175 134 "chainwallet sidewalk commando."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

176 175 134 "chainwallet sidewalk commando."
Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:11 AM (Bep7s)

If they were bitching about Thatcher, you know they're really going for authentic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 10:12 AM (Y/06r)

177 143 >>I'm a gonna tie this one off right here.

Toe the line?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:02 AM (rOKnE)

From Dr. Laura open jokes from some years ago:
Q: What kind of shoes do Frogs wear?
A: Open-toad shoes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (l3cgK)

178 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (1kJuV)

179 Yup, this girl is shower-ready in my book.

Posted by: Gropey Joe at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (EdP2u)

180 When my youngest daughter was four, we noticed one day that she had her shoes on the wrong feet. Missus Muldoon said in her best Mom voice, while pointing, "THAT shoe, goes on THAT foot."

Daughter replied with flawless four-year-old logic, pointing to her other shoe, "But Mom! Then where does THAT shoe go?"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:14 AM (I0N4X)

181 Carry On movies are the pinnacle of cinematic excellence. I was a big star!!

Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (EdP2u)

182 How the !@#$%^ can I make socks that small?

Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (FhXTo)

183 156 >>Trump again calls to nuke LA and San Diego.

The people who claim they are experts on nuance once again choose to take Trump literally so that they can freak out.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:05 AM (rOKnE)

The transcript I saw was wrong; changed the word "war" for "word", confusing things. It's obvious he was talking about high gas prices and the war, and that given time Iran would nuke cities like LA and San Diego if they could. It takes purposeful stupidity and obfuscation to come up with the theory that Trump wants Iran to nuke California cities.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:16 AM (l3cgK)

184 Not in my ~~wheelhouse~~ shoebox. I won't be commenting this morning.

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at October 08, 2026 10:17 AM (0sNs1)

185 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

By whose standard?

They just need to pull out and tell them, in Randian fashion, that they can do it since they know better how to do it apparently.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 10:17 AM (XUHiS)

186 Daughter replied with flawless four-year-old logic, pointing to her other shoe, "But Mom! Then where does THAT shoe go?"
Posted by: muldoon

Awww. That's sweet and hilarious.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

187
When will they be held accountable for their lies?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:06 AM (ccf/V)

1. When the commies take over and they find themselves before firing squads, wondering why, since they helped, they're the first or second group to be shot.
2. When they stand before God at the final judgement

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:18 AM (l3cgK)

188 Sturgeon are also slow to mature

************

Like a sturgeon. Poached for the very first time...

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:19 AM (I0N4X)

189 Trump wants Iran to nuke California cities.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Hey, I'm already a Trump supporter, you don't have to oversell him.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

190 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

Just change the menu from "Kids meals" to "NOT kids meals"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (l3cgK)

191 How the !@#$%^ can I make socks that small?
Posted by: DaveA at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM

And the (white) ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all

Posted by: Grace S. at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (0sNs1)

192 If they're voters weren't so gullible that they fall for the lies every time the propagandists lie to them then the media wouldn't even try to get away with it.

They have decades of lies that worked which only tells them to keep on lying until they win elections.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (6ydKt)

193 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (1kJuV)

Bookmarked!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (wVcYX)

194 I give up on grammar today.

My teachers taught me so much better than this.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (6ydKt)

195 >>> Cobbler Studying Doll's Shoe

lol. What the hell am I supposed to do with this thing?

Great painting.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 08, 2026 10:20 AM (8mulE)

196 166 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

197 2. When they stand before God at the final judgement
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The final judgement has been proceeding since 2011 and will culminate in the end of all things visible in 2033, the 2,000th anniversary of the Cross.

Posted by: Ample Biblical Evidence at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (EdP2u)

198 Did you get the email I sent the other day?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 10:04 AM (ccf/V)

I did, and I thought I sent a response. Sent one just now, in any case.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (quk5M)

199 "It's done!"
-Frodo after the Ring is destroyed

https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM

* taps foot *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)

200 Sturgeon are also slow to mature...

*********

Understandable. Four years undergrad, four years of med school, one year general internship, four year general surgery residency and then maybe four to six more years fellowship for sub-specialists such as neurosturgeons.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (I0N4X)

201 179 Yup, this girl is shower-ready in my book.

Posted by: Gropey Joe at October 08, 2026 10:13 AM (EdP2u)

Oh?

Posted by: Sniffy Joe at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (l3cgK)

202 If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

The waffle cones are made from Kale.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

203 I give up on grammar today.

My teachers taught me so much better than this.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

204 199 * taps foot *

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 08, 2026 10:22 AM (0sNs1)

=======

Tap...

Tap...

Dance...

Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (1kJuV)

205 Rockwell painted this one in 1921.

If you want a print of this one, they have three sizes available here:

https://tinyurl.com/42uksdcx
(Custom Prints - Norman Rockwell Museum)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (6ydKt)

206 Carry On movies are the pinnacle of cinematic excellence. I was a big star!!
Posted by: Charles Hawtrey at October 08, 2026 10:15 AM (EdP2u)
---------------
"I Dig a Pygmy" by Charles Hawtrey and the Deaf-Aids.

Phase One: in which Doris gets her oats.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 08, 2026 10:24 AM (amcLV)

207 All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

My main problem was using "they're" instead of "their".

I know better but my brain pretends it doesn't half the time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:24 AM (6ydKt)

208 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

This is the same class of online idiots who said Karmello Anthony was gonna get off on account of self defense. Jury only took 3 hours to say GUILTY!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (B0Z3q)

209 202 If ice cream shops have a kids menu, do they have to serve vegetables with the ice cream?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:21 AM (l3cgK)

The waffle cones are made from Kale.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (wVcYX)

Acckkk! Ackkkk!

Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (l3cgK)

210 https://tinyurl.com/28cfmr76

All of Hammer Films, ranked.

Yes, including Holiday On the Buses, for you weirdos.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Wow, I didn't know Hammer made it into the Hillary Swank era.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

211 Who votes Democrat? Single females. Everyone else is predominantly Republican.

https://tinyurl.com/54ck4kf7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (CORHs)

212 210 Wow, I didn't know Hammer made it into the Hillary Swank era.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)

======

Liquidated in 1979. Library and name bought in 2008. Changed corporate hands a few years ago, but making movies ever since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (1kJuV)

213 I know better but my brain pretends it doesn't half the time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Eh. With all the homophones in English, everybody does that from time to time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

214 180 "nice socks."
"thanks, gotta pair just like 'em at home."

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (Bep7s)

215 211 Who votes Democrat? Single females. Everyone else is predominantly Republican.

https://tinyurl.com/54ck4kf7

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (CORHs)

I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL

Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

216 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

This is the same class of online idiots who said Karmello Anthony was gonna get off on account of self defense. Jury only took 3 hours to say GUILTY!!!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:25 AM (B0Z3q)

Putting aside the Candace Owens crazy conspiracy theories, the evidence against Robinson: video , dna, texts, admissions, the towel, the gun, the car, the bullets, plus other physical evidence and circumstantial evidence, seems overwhelming and consistent.

On the other hand, maybe it was the Jews!!!

Posted by: LASue at October 08, 2026 10:30 AM (lCppi)

217 off cartoon sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:30 AM (l3cgK)

218 Too bad for Iran. The Democrats have already nuked L.A.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (AaY6N)

219 SpeakingOf

All you really need for that second sentence is a comma after "worked." You always need a comma before "which."
(Unless you're using it adjectivally, as in "which one.")
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

Sand, which?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (B0Z3q)

220 218 Too bad for Iran. The Democrats have already nuked L.A.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (AaY6N)

But the question remains, like with Japan: Nuked too much or not enough?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (l3cgK)

221 I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL
Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

Without property taxes, who will pay the schools that all their kids will go to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (quk5M)

222
Will it last?
Posted by: Groan
---

All's well that ends welt.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (XeU6L)

223 off cartoon sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If you're gonna sock a cartoon character, Bill the Cat is a pretty good choice.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

224 221 I'm reminded of a classmate who was very liberal, wanted higher property taxes...then he and his husband bought a house, and suddenly, the taxes were too high. LOL
Posted by: Bill the Cat at October 08, 2026 10:29 AM (l3cgK)

Without property taxes, who will pay the schools that all their kids will go to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (quk5M)

I think Obamacare was paying for the gay couple to have kids...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (l3cgK)

225 Rockwell returned to the little girl with a doll theme in Girl At The Mirror three decades later in 1954.

Viewable here:

https://tinyurl.com/5dupj746
(IllustrationHistory.org - direct link to .jpg)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (6ydKt)

226 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

227 223 off cartoon sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

If you're gonna sock a cartoon character, Bill the Cat is a pretty good choice.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:32 AM (77rzZ)

Well, Kale Waffle Cones...so seemed appropriate.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (l3cgK)

228 Sand, which?

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 08, 2026 10:31 AM (B0Z3q)

Sand kebabs.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (6ydKt)

229 PSA - Fun fall trips - There are two fabulous Rockwell Museums in two beautiful places to visit.

The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY, an affiliate of the Smithsonian. It has a diverse collection of American paintings, drawings, sculptures and photography.

It also has a formal land acknowledgement: The Rockwell Museum is located on the ancestral land of the Seneca, one of the six Nations that comprise the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. We recognize the many legacies of displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here.

🙄

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

230 Speaking of Hillary Swank, what's the 'Rons consensus on Hillary Swank? I thought she was pretty cute when she was younger. Still decent-looking now.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:35 AM (77rzZ)

231 226 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

Mel Brooks. LOL. That guy is still alive at 100.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:35 AM (l3cgK)

232 Susie Nose Cones >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Kale Waffle Cones

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:36 AM (0sNs1)

233 In the old days, there were no left or right shoes. You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it

-----------

The Wong Brothers emigrated to America and decided to ply their trade making shoes in a small town that had never had its own cobbler. On their opening day the brothers had on display an array of high quality shoes in various styles, but only left shoes. The orders poured in from the local townspeople and the Wongs were busier than they had ever dreamed was possible.

When the first pairs were delivered, one customer noticed first that the shoes were of excellent quality and style, but second, that both shoes were lefts. Assuming this was a mistake, the customer headed off to the cobbler's shop to get the omitted right shoe. To his surprise, he found the shop jammed with other customers, each of whom had the same complaint. Each had received two left shoes.

When Mr. Wong finally appeared before the mood of the crowd was darkening. One of the customers held up his two shoes and asked angrily, "what's the big idea giving everybody two left shoes with their order?"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (wpRMV)

234 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art. Would definitely hang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (2WIwB)

235 Sand kebabs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM

And, just like that, yesterday's discussion of Somali cuisine returns!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:37 AM (0sNs1)

236 233 sum ting wong.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

237 The Wong brother looked confused for a moment, then he said, "I thought in America everyone knows, two Wongs don't make a right."

Thank you very much.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (wpRMV)

238 It also has a formal land acknowledgement: The Rockwell Museum is located on the ancestral land of the Seneca, one of the six Nations that comprise the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. We recognize the many legacies of displacement, migration and settlement that bring us together here.

🙄

Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

Peon's land acknowledgement: "It's my land. My ancestors took it away, fair and square, from your ancestors, because they were wasting it."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (quk5M)

239 California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

How about forcing yourself to build that high speed rail instead?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (jjoN6)

240 oh, two wong's don't make a right. duh.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:38 AM (Bep7s)

241
Eh. With all the homophones in English, everybody does that from time to time.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

I read that as "With all the homophobes in England,..." and was about to beg to differ because everybody here says they're all fags

(I got they're right this time at least)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (6ydKt)

242 Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

243 You bought two straight shoes that would conform to your feet over time. Sounds painful, but that's the way they did it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:37 AM

Need further evidence of the perniciousness of the cisheteropatriarchy? I think not!

Posted by: Karen, with septum piercing and hair color not found in nature at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (0sNs1)

244 Speaking of movies...

Saw "A Cure for Wellness' last night.

A very artsy, very loooooong horror movie by Gore Verbinski.

Very pretty cinematography. Nice creepy atmosphere. Story-wise it's like a mash-up between Kafka, bergman, and those old Universal or Hammer horror films.

It also has the same problem of those old horror movies in that halfway into the flick you've already figured out the entire plot (more or less) and are ready for the scares. Even so, Pally, you've got another another hour and fifteen minutes to go.

So, it could easily lose 30-60 minutes with no damage.

The acting ain't great. Not horrible, but they're all charisma vacuums.

it's a swing and a miss. Watch if it sounds interesting to you.

A better Kafka and "horror" mash-up is "Kafka" (1991) by Steven Soderbergh. Hard to find but well-worth watching, it's another one like "Revenant" (2007), that I drag out to each each Halloween season.

Even Woody Allen's "Shadows and Fog" (also 1991!!!) is a better if not very good Kafka and horror mash-up.

TL/DR Forget AACFW and watch Soderbergh's "Kafka" (1991).

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:40 AM (YSUhf)

245 Wright Brothers-quite famous and celebrated.
Wong Brothers-forgotten to history.

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (EdP2u)

246 , "I thought in America everyone knows, two Wongs don't make a right."

Thank you very much.
Posted by: Cicero
------
Ha, ha.

Posted by: Sholess Joe Jackson at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (XeU6L)

247 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

248 Two Jimmy Choos make a lot of women swoon, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:42 AM (6ydKt)

249 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223

So, the Gulf of America's luck has finally run out?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

250 he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM

Welsh has some advantages, eh wot?

Posted by: Wffl Hse at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (0sNs1)

251 "The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

252 Well it's obviously pronounced Is-A-I-Ass.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (6ydKt)

253 We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

We need Foghorn Leghorn to teach us how say it:

"I say us, boy! I say us!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (quk5M)

254 Peon's land acknowledgement: "It's my land. My ancestors took it away, fair and square, from your ancestors, because they were wasting it."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It's only morning and you're raring to go!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

255 Onions>>Bunions

Posted by: Dr. Scholls Corn Plaster at October 08, 2026 10:44 AM (EdP2u)

256 255 "leave the funyuns julia! they can smell them!"

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (Bep7s)

257 247 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS)

Spanish for Isaiah...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (l3cgK)

258 >>Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?

The Clancy trial was held in Plymouth. Stockbridge is in western MA, other end of the state.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (viF8m)

259 Spanish for Isaiah...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

From Latin, I think. I believe it's also the form of the name in Catholic Bibles.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (77rzZ)

260 242 Isn't Stockbridge where the Lyndsey Clancy trial was held?
Posted by: Bulg

Close. Plymouth, MA

Wikipedia, in part, "Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known as "America's Hometown". Plymouth was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower Pilgrims, where New England was first established. It is the oldest municipality in New England and one of the oldest in the United States.[5] The town has served as the location of several prominent events, one of the more notable being the First Thanksgiving feast. Plymouth served as the capital of Plymouth Colony from its founding in 1620 until the colony's merger with the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1691."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)

261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

262 Spanish for Isaiah...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:46 AM (l3cgK)

Well with the way the Spanish pronounce H's I'm never gonna get this one right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (6ydKt)

263
"The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

Both versions are good, but I give the remake musical the edge.

Yes, yes, I know...I'm the only guy in the Western Hemisphere who prefers the remake.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (YSUhf)

264 261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (6ydKt)

265 Well with the way the Spanish pronounce H's I'm never gonna get this one right.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM

Call me.

Posted by: Jeb! (pronounced Heb!) at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (0sNs1)

266 From Latin, I think. I believe it's also the form of the name in Catholic Bibles.
Posted by: Bulg

Sorry. The Mackerel Snapper Thread is on Saturday morning, whenever Mis Hum gets out of bed.

Posted by: Keeping the Thread Pope Free at October 08, 2026 10:50 AM (EdP2u)

267 264 261 Hurricanes hit Canada more frequently than you think, but Alberta is in the clear.

Posted by: Keeping Score at October 08, 2026 10:48 AM (EdP2u)

Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:49 AM (6ydKt)

Water gets too cold as hurricanes get up to Kalifornia...so they lose a lot of their power. Also, they tend to curl out to sea or into Baja California first. I think in the last 150 years, maybe ONE hurricane has hit San Diego...and a handful of tropical storms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)

268 Plymouth is not in Greater Boston unless you define Greater Boston is all of eastern MA. It's right next to Cape Cod.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (viF8m)

269 Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

270 Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Please. No Fat-Shaming!

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!! at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (EdP2u)

271 Water gets too cold as hurricanes get up to Kalifornia...so they lose a lot of their power. Also, they tend to curl out to sea or into Baja California first. I think in the last 150 years, maybe ONE hurricane has hit San Diego...and a handful of tropical storms.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:51 AM (l3cgK)

Yup, Cali is positioned quite well for avoiding hurricanes as most that get that far north head into Mexico.
The rest are forming so far up in the Pacific they head northwest to Hawaii and Asia.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (6ydKt)

272 Plymouth is Boston is Providence is Augusta is Philadelphia is NYC, and so on.

All a bunch of g-ddamned Communists to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (BI5O2)

273 >>Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Totally

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

274 270 Nova Scotia gets hit a lot because it's like a huge ass hanging out over the Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Please. No Fat-Shaming!

Posted by: The Huge Manatee!!! at October 08, 2026 10:53 AM (EdP2u)

Florida, on the other hand, gets hit a lot because it's like a huge flaccid penis hanging into the Gulf Stream.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:54 AM (6ydKt)

275
Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:52 AM (0sNs1)

Sure. $20 same as in Boston.

Around the World costs extra.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:54 AM (YSUhf)

276 >>>>Can you get scrod in Plymouth?

Totally

$20 bux, same as in Woo-stah!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 10:55 AM (rOKnE)

277 HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

We can’t pronounce this bastard, but he’s already trying to take the vowels off the Waffle House sign.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 10:41 AM (k9rrS

I knew it. The Welsh have weaponized the weather, probably allied with The Joos and their weather machine.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 08, 2026 10:55 AM (iqcvy)

278 More bad news for H-1B holders and employers, particularly Microsoft.

JD coming off the top rope today.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

279 JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw

What does that mean?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

280 279 JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw

What does that mean?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

It's Wrassling lingo. In Mexico, It's real, says Homer Simpson...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:57 AM (l3cgK)

281 Rubio in Athens, giving a masterful speech

Posted by: SantaRosaStan at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (4OHfz)

282 It's been quite dry here in my AO, and Hurricane Isaias may bring some beneficial rain to SE MO/SW Illinois.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (Y4uRa)

283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

284 More bad news for H-1B holders and employers, particularly Microsoft.

JD coming off the top rope today.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

I'll know H1B reform is working when I don't see ten Hindi movies playing at the local Cinemark anymore.

So, far....meh.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (YSUhf)

285 269 old man used to send me to the fish keg for scrod.

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (Bep7s)

286 283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (6ydKt)

287 >>What does that mean?

It means the DOJ and Vance's fraud team are cancelling thousands of H-1B visas and other visa fraud that took jobs from Americans and gave them to cheaper foreign imports and banning Microsoft and other companies from using the system because of their abuse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

288 286 283 >>HURRICANE ISAIAS HAS ARRIVED!

Where's my g*dd@mned hurricane SHANIQUA or TAWANNA?!

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 10:58 AM (rOKnE)

Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (6ydKt)

Waddabout Hurricane Xi?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

289 >>Give 'em enough time and some names like that will be added to the list.

She really did complain about that - that there weren't any black named hurricanes.
SMFH

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

290 It means the DOJ and Vance's fraud team are cancelling thousands of H-1B visas and other visa fraud that took jobs from Americans and gave them to cheaper foreign imports and banning Microsoft and other companies from using the system because of their abuse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

They may not survive.
That's probably 75% of Microsoft's workforce.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (6ydKt)

291 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)

292 Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, MA, the village & area in which the Rockwells lived. It's also more diverse in art now, i.e., Exhibit: George Herriman, Krazy Kat, and the Path to Calvin and Hobbes. It also has a village walking tour.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 10:34 AM

That one is a very nice day trip. The museum and its grounds are lovely, and Stockbridge is a cute small New England town.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (/C5Rl)

293 Waddabout Hurricane Xi?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (l3cgK)

They'll probably save that for the Western Pacific Typhoon name list.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (6ydKt)

294 I got scrod in NJ hundreds of times.

Posted by: Bachelor #1 at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (EdP2u)

295 Dave Callum (from the "Three Bald Guys" podcast) thinks that it's going to be very difficult to convict Tyler Robinson of Charlie Kirk's murder. He says there's a lot of evidence that doesn't add up.

I think Elric may have said something similar here.

We'll see.
Posted by: Bulg
======
Podcasters say crap to drive audience numbers. Has little to no relation to reality nowadays.

From a decent dip into prosecution evidence against Troon furry lover from pretrial, there is not reasonable doubt to me that he did it because there is a witness, video evidence, forensic evidence (DNA, etc.), provenance of the weapon, text admissions, etc.

Too many people focus on ONE particular witness or bit of evidence when a trial is a summation of all the evidence provided. Thus they try to create an illusion of reasonable doubt on ONE piece of evidence arguing the logical fallacy--if one piece is false, then the whole case is false. Bullshit. It is the concatenated joint probabilities of all the evidence going on.

I think this case is mainly where the defense lawyers are trying and will try to keep him from getting the death penalty rather than conviction.

Posted by: whig at October 08, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)

296 She really did complain about that - that there weren't any black named hurricanes.
SMFH

Posted by: Sheila Jackson-Lee's Ghost at October 08, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

I vaguely recall somebody complaning about that awhile back.

I don't know why they'd want to be so associated with a killer storm.

My first name was attached to a hurricane that was so bad they retired the name permanently.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 11:03 AM (6ydKt)

297 We're from the government and we're here to help!

California forces Texas Roadhouse to adopt healthier menu

https://tinyurl.com/37sardw9
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)

Dear California fags, it's named TEXAS for a reason. We have decided to close 15 of our locations in your ghey state and open more in free states. Have a nice day, y'all.

Posted by: Texas Road House management at October 08, 2026 11:11 AM (hmYU4)

298 274 map filth
"hey europe, eat my florida"
-b. kliban

Posted by: cmeat at October 08, 2026 11:15 AM (Bep7s)

299 "The Producers" was remade in 2005...

https://youtu.be/bcy582OB9qk
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 10:43 AM (l3cgK)

I have the movie on Blu Ray. The stage scenes were actually filmed in the St James theater while the play was still running. The bloopers on the DVD are freaking hilarious as well. The choreographer for the stage production also choreographed and directed the movie.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 11:17 AM (hmYU4)

300 Come on Germans, go into your dance!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCf9VRLnDY&t=69s
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 08, 2026 10:23 AM

Great costumes and choreography! I don't think that could be made today.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 08, 2026 10:33 AM (0sNs1)

Mel remade it as a musical in 2005, but admitted that he would not be able to make it today.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 08, 2026 11:21 AM (hmYU4)

301 One word: Charming. Rockwell has always been one of my favorite artists. Excellent pick!

Posted by: Dr_No at October 08, 2026 11:52 AM (ayRl+)

302 Cobbler's wearing carpet slippers. Ironic?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 08, 2026 01:59 PM (w6EFb)

The Morning Report — 10/8 /26

Good morning kids. Let me say that as repulsive and distasteful as I find the likes of Bernie Sanders, Titty Caca Ocasio-Cortez and of course the Mamdani/El sayeds, I know they're coming for my throat and my bank account. So I can deal with knife-wielding terrorists and tyrants heading straight at me. But some traitorous scumbag eager to plunge a shiv in my back is something else entirely. So, with that be it resolved that Tom Tillis and everyone like him in the GOP, the Grifting Oleaginous Parasite Party must be completely and utterly destroyed. Even if it means losing seats in Congress or perhaps even the Presidency, we must have an effective, engaged and dedicated political party that truly reflects and represents our will and recognizes the existential threat that comes from the Democrat Party and who and what it represents. And with that, as the set-up you can guess the rest, but here it is anyway as your emetic for the day:

Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said the Republican Party should ditch President Donald Trump’s populism and “go back” to its conservative core.

To a repugnant desiccated coprolite like Tillis, that means surrender to the Left and Islam, and let us lying, criminal traitorous scumbags wet our beaks in peace! If somehow the supposed Blue wave fails to materialize come the Midterms, well hopefully we won't be saddled with a fresh crop of Tillises, which means President Trump's agenda for his final two years is likely dead in the water, which would be exactly the same thing but without impeachments, or perhaps with impeachments depending upon the status of J.D. Vance, that is railroad him as well and install Mike Johnson or Hakeem Jeffries as POTUS?!

If all that isn't enough to gag a maggot, I give you the following items.

Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer and creator of the Substack “Abortion, Every Day,” called abortion “an affordability issue,” and contended that “you’d be hard pressed to find something more important to your financial life than whether or not to have a child, than whether or not that you’re gonna be forced into pregnancy, or not even just forced into pregnancy, but forced into massive medical debt because your pregnancy goes wrong and you can’t get an abortion.”

Once again we have the Democrat/Left giving a very unsubtle green light to engage in infanticide. Postpartum by multiple trimesters!

The Lindsay Clancy Social Contagion feels even more real after this latest report about a Texas mother accused of trying to murder her two small children. One child is just ten months old. The other is three years old.

Well it's Texas so I'm sure if James Talarico should defeat Ken Paxton, he'll get right on this. That is make this a common occurrence!

Ugh. Even with this, and in the wake of yesterday being the third anniversary of the Islamic Mass wave of butchery from Gaza which the aforementioned story is Islamic in its theme... For some reason I'm still optimistic about the future, as you can see from my posting the essay about Marco Rubio up top. Y aqui

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is currently traveling to Iceland, Greece, and Portugal, stood where the West was born and urged our allies to reject its decline. The imagery was stunning, but the message was more important — it's something that's been a theme throughout Rubio's time at the State Department over the last 20 months: We must maintain the values that make us great.

When was the last time any real American leader spoke this way and actually meant it?! Should he, by some miracle, become President at some point in the future he will be outstanding (his baggage from his early days, in particular the Gang of 8 amnesty foolishness), and of course the opposition from the Democrat/Left and worse the Tom Tillis saboteurs of the GOP should they still be a factor.

And so here's to better days, but for now I bid you all to have a good day.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

We take the West’s conception of these things heroism, honor, duty – we take these things for granted. We assume that these somehow are universal to all people in all times and in all places. They are not.
Wow! Marco Knocks It Out of the Park — Again — With a Speech on Protecting Western Values

(His 8 years as POTUS, whenever that is, will be incredible! - jjs)

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

Yawn! - jjs
Anti-Trump Greasy Bastard California Gov. Gavin Newsom Calls For Invoking 25th Amendment
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The southern Ohio community made famous by Vice President JD Vance’s childhood memoir “Hillbilly Elegy” has been rapidly colonized by thousands of migrants from Uzbekistan who run shady, accident-prone trucking operations with glaring red flags…
Heavy load to Bear JD Vance’s hometown overrun with illegal migrants who operate shady trucking businesses
Economic security is “just as important to national security as the physical border,” U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) chief Rodney Scott said on Tuesday.
Exclusive – Rodney Scott on CBP’s Economic Security Role: ‘No Reason to Protect the Borders if the Rest of the Country Is a 3rd World Nation’
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Sharaa’s presence in Riyadh was notable for its timing, occurring amid a dramatic escalation in the conflict between the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist organization of Yemen and the legitimate government of that country, backed by Saudi Arabia.
Syria’s Jihadi President Visits Saudi Arabia, Offering Support Against Houthis
Control the passageways, control the gates of your enemies, and you rule the world.
Pax Americana on the Seas
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The latest assessment puts the number of terrorists who participated in the assault at approximately 6,000.
Israel Says It Has Killed Two-Thirds Of October 7 Attackers, Vows To Hunt Down The Rest (1.5 billion Muslims on planet Earth, let the hunting commence! - jjs)
This follows multiple Palestinian terrorist attacks in the area recently, including the one that killed a father preparing for Yom Kippur, and the one that put Ambassador Yechiel Leiter’s son in critical condition. The Palestinian Authority financially rewards terrorists who kill Israelis. Yet Westerners keep pretending Israelis are the source of the problems there.
Hamas, "Palestinians" Mark Oct. 7 by Celebrating and Attacking Israeli Shepherds
'I thought the worst I've seen in my life is what ISIS has done in Iraq and Syria...I have never imagined saying I've seen something worse'
‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: Watch Arabs React After Screening Footage Of Hamas Slaughtering Civilians
This is the test of our time; we are failing.
People Want To Forget October 7. America Has To Remember.
“It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children.”
Mamdani Marks October 7 by Accusing Israel of ‘Genocide’
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
“We really have 300 troublemakers out of 100,000 Somali people here. It’s a small number. But of that 300, 50 need to go to jail soon, because the 50 are the leadership. It may not be official leadership, but they’re the ones carrying the guns and shooting at other people. So, half of them need to be charged federally with RICO. We are working with the feds."
MN Sheriff: If We Don’t Fix Somali Gang Issue, We’ll Have 200-Year Legacy Like Parts of Europe
The scheme ran out of call centers in India. Scammers there worked the phones, and Thakkar handled the money on the American end. He collected the cash and gold taken from victims, then moved it along. The proceeds were shipped to Los Angeles and New York before being laundered overseas.
Jury Convicts Indian National in $150 Million Elder Fraud Scheme
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
“dismissing speculation that he might quickly retire to ensure Donald Trump can get a successor confirmed,” Bloomberg Law reported.
Report: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Not Retiring, Even if Democrats Win Senate
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
According to Levin, much of what is happening in France reflects some Democrats’ vision for the United States, adding that without President Donald Trump, the country could face the same fate.
Levin: If Not for Trump, the United States Would Be France Right Now
The New York Times’ Brazil coverage offers a revealing glimpse into how the Left thinks elections are supposed to work.
The Left Doesn’t Count Votes. It Finds Them.
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud was arrested Tuesday.
Somali Man Accused Of Plotting Mall Of America Attack In Name Of ISIS
“Every woman that’s in the north of France has been raped along the journey. Some of the men too.”
UK Muslim Minister Admits Most Muslim Migrants are Rapists
Look to Europe for the perils of ignoring the threat.
Why Islam Threatens Liberty
SHAMPEACHMENTS (past, present & future), 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
All Americans will bear the brunt of elected officials’ failure to justly punish Jack Smith and others who weaponized the federal government against conservatives.
If Jack Smith’s Goons Don’t Pay For Their Crimes, Innocent Americans Will (and if Smith doesn't swing from the gallows! - jjs)

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
The Lindsay Clancy Social Contagion feels even more real after this latest report about a Texas mother accused of trying to murder her two small children. One child is just ten months old. The other is three years old.
Yet Another Mother Accused of Trying to Kill Her Small Children
The accuser's apparent Instagram profile shows similar behavior.
Cornell Accuser Did Bodybuilding Poses During Orgy She Later Claimed Was Gang Rape
Two decades later, a spectacular allegation of gang rape at a prestigious university has again seized the public’s attention—this time at Cornell. Here, however, the response of Democratic statewide officials has been very different. Both Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James have seemed eager to exploit the case for political advantage at the expense of ensuring fairness to all sides. And national Democrats have been cheering them on.
In Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Democrats Forget the Lessons of the Duke Lacrosse Scandal
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
Nationwide survey from Yale’s Buckley Institute finds widespread support for socialism, censorship among America’s undergraduates
American College Students Prefer Socialism to Capitalism, Survey Finds
From designed courses to establish “social justice advocacy” among students, to a course specifically studying “whiteness,” these three courses are sure to raise a few eyebrows.
Top 3 Most Outrageous DEI Courses Found in New University Catalogs
ABORTION
“Voters understand it when you are actually talking about it, and you’re bringing it up. If you’re not bringing it up, then of course not,” she added.
Leftists Link Killing Unborn Babies in Abortions to ‘Affordability’ Ahead of Midterms
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The company that inked a deal with Jackson's cousins and in-laws to build the tower received $180,000 in taxpayer funds
Troy Jackson Touted New Cell Phone Tower for His Rural Town. It Was Built on His Family's Land.
GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITES — RINO SCUM SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Translation: Surrender to the Left and Islam, and let us wet our beaks in peace! Tillis is cancer - jjs
Tillis: GOP Should Ditch Trump Populism, ‘Go Back’ to Conservative Principles
POLITICS
Every accusation is a confession. Speaking of which, two polls just dropped. They’re not receiving much mainstream news coverage, mostly because the media loathes the results. The first poll undermines 4,131 days of a “literally Hitler” PR campaign. It’s the final solution to the mashugana Trump-is-Hitler narrative.
Shock Polls: Dems TWICE As Likely to Support Hitler, and Trump’s Popularity Soars With Young Voters
"The bottom line is this: Republicans, right now, are in a much stronger position than they have been, not just compared to eight years ago, but over the long term as well, the relative health of the Republican Party, at least in terms of party registration, is pretty gosh darn good relative to the Democrats," Enten explained.
These Numbers Should Terrify Democrats Ahead of the Midterms
Marsha Blackburn says Tennessee will "stand tall as a red wall of conservatism."
EXCLUSIVE: Trump To Hold Saturday Rally In Tennessee, Aims To ‘Supercharge’ Base
. . . to help inform voters of what’s at stake this election season.
Here’s Every Major 2026 Ballot Initiative You Need To Know About
El-Sayed is calling his shot and prognosticating a seven-point victory over Republican Mike Rogers in the state’s US Senate race. The picture being painted by insiders, however, is of a hypercompetitive contest with a number of outstanding questions that will ultimately decide it.
Abdul El-Sayed’s big, unearned ego might cost him Michigan (Benson, Nessel and Whitmer have the cheat machine in overdrive - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
At least eight people were injured, some seriously, after a knifeman entered a school in northern Poland and attacked students and teachers. (common sense Polish knife control! - jjs)
Knifeman Arrested After Rampage Attack at Polish High School
The U.S. State Department has also formally requested more information on the first incident of “pneumonia of unknown origin” from Russia.
WHO Investigating Second Suspected ‘Plague’ Death Reportedly Associated with Siberian Lab
Economic stagnation, failing public services, immigration, and political cowardice are pushing the country toward repeated cycles of violent unrest.
France’s Slow-Motion Collapse
Europe’s decline warns America what happens when a civilization loses the confidence to defend its culture, institutions, and national purpose.<
So Goes Europe
Senator and presidential front-running candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, secured their best electoral performance in four decades during Sunday’s general elections. The results also automatically triggered an upcoming October 25 presidential runoff between Bolsonaro of the PL party and current incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the far-left Workers’ Party (PT).
Conservative Sweep in Brazilian Congress Confirmed
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
Kyiv’s “Operation Vivaldi” keeps pounding away, driving Russian forces back and liberating villages in the Donetsk region, erasing most of Moscow’s (meager) gains of the last year... Even his hold on Crimea is weaker than it was.
Putin and Russia are losing — the least desperate move is to accept a truce
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
The Register reports that an FBI spokesperson stated, “The bureau continues to aggressively investigate the recent cyber incident allegedly involving ShinyHunters, having already worked with partners to arrest multiple subjects and we will spare no resource in bringing each of the responsible individuals to justice.”
Feds Arrest Multiple Suspects in ‘ShinyHunters’ Hack that Targeted FBI
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz recently projected that AI’s impact on healthcare costs is “going to get worse before it gets better.”<
Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc. Says AI Coding Tools Increased Costs by Nearly $1 Billion/a>
Americans do not buy longevity. They buy the right to be seen NOW.
Daddy Healthbucks Strolls the Midway
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
In line with the space policy announced by Trump in August 2026, the Department of Transportation yesterday announced five specific changes to the FAA’s Part 450 rocket launch and spacecraft re-entry regulations that will eliminate or reduce paperwork and streamline the licensing process.
Transportation Department eliminates or reduces launch and re-entry licensing regulations
A newly released panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up close.
Curiosity’s future travels as seen in morning light
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
When the laughs are never the point.
The Leftist Tilt of ‘Mamdani Night Live’
The problem with Kazan’s East Of Eden is that it tries to understand evil without first understanding goodness.
Netflix’s East Of Eden Has No Knowledge Of Good And Evil
Digger, Hollywood’s latest piece of pro-Global Warming, anti-Western civilization propaganda, opened worldwide to a brutal $28 million.
Global Warming Screed ‘Digger’ Flops All Over the Globe
Christian Toto: Director Aaron Sorkin's anti-Trump screed bends truth in key scene
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1 Thank you, JJ!

you rock!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 06:40 AM (VyBeY)

2 Thank you JJ

Why is Tillis opening his pie hole?? His political career is over; no one cares what he thinks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 06:45 AM (AvqNi)

3 Good morning y’all!!!!!
Thanks JJ!!!!

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 08, 2026 06:45 AM (T9qCs)

4 Top 5! yAy!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 06:45 AM (jjoN6)

5 "Why is Tillis opening his pie hole?? His political career is over; no one cares what he thinks

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 06:45 AM (AvqNi) "

propaganda. useful idiot. doing what he gets paid to do.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 06:49 AM (VyBeY)

6 Canadian MAID out of control- woman approved for MAID after she loses ability to cook. From "Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2s37n54a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 06:49 AM (JrHfD)

7 Good morning from Dublin airport. Hoping our co pilot is not a jihadi.

Posted by: Cosda at October 08, 2026 06:50 AM (7US6F)

8 Good Morning all. The GOPe needs to DIAFS.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 08, 2026 06:51 AM (Q/FnY)

9

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 08, 2026 06:51 AM (eEDbx)

10 7 Good morning from Dublin airport. Hoping our co pilot is not a jihadi.
Posted by: Cosda at October 08, 2026 06:50 AM (7US6F)

Or one of my mother's former students!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 08, 2026 06:53 AM (x0n13)

11 According to Levin, much of what is happening in France reflects some Democrats’ vision for the United States, adding that without President Donald Trump, the country could face the same fate.
================
Right in one.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 06:54 AM (aDNkm)

12 All Americans will bear the brunt of elected officials’ failure to justly punish Jack Smith and others who weaponized the federal government against conservatives.
============
Trump has been so busy he hasn't really been able to give this the attention it needs and deserves. Now, the next Presidential season begins and it will sadly get pushed aside. I think Smith, that scum sucking pig, likely walks.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 06:57 AM (aDNkm)

13 Madmani's infamous tweet from yesterday, claiming "real victim" status for the Gazan murderers may have finally been a step too far. Even the self-gassing Jews of upper Broadway can now see clearly what they unleashed. Lets see if they vote any differently now. Pray for a miracle.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 07:02 AM (YtCQo)

14 Lighter....check.

Hair....check.

EBT card and Medicaid card...check.

Generator paid for by FEMA to watch pron and play video games...check.

I'm ready for Hurricane Isaias.

Posted by: Alabama Hillbilly at October 08, 2026 07:08 AM (pa/M5)

15 the Yankees season comes to a close because of an obnoxious fan DELICIOUS fun fact the Rays new stadium will be built around the current spring training campus of the Yankees in Tampa

Posted by: paulnjax at October 08, 2026 07:09 AM (PPnyU)

16 The EU showed again what they think of America, this time by putting up the nonsensical Trump "on the backs of the people" statue.

EU government has turned totalitarian. It is also running a civic program of social suicidal policies., so their whining is another badge of success for Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 07:11 AM (r37/v)

17 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 08, 2026 07:12 AM (V1+OY)

18 19 of 27 outs last night in the White Sox-Cleveland game were strikeouts. That's never happened before in a playoff game.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 07:14 AM (NsQVn)

19 Tom Tillis and his fellow GOPe travelers are of the House of (Donor) Lords—not of the Constitutionally designed US Senate.
‘
‘Magic’ tricks and schemes like a Senate ‘parliamentarian’ and the ‘filibuster’ are as phony and destructive to Constitutional government as any single other act by Tillis ad his fellow Lords.

Posted by: Voter theater. at October 08, 2026 07:14 AM (FCPbW)

20 Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said the Republican Party should ditch President Donald Trump’s populism and “go back” to its conservative core.

Some serious butt hurt going on there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 07:16 AM (I43vL)

21 As expected, columbia university jumps on the bandwagon:

https://tinyurl.com/3ackus8r

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 07:16 AM (VyBeY)

22 Hillary Clinton

In your dotage, do you remember the times spent with Web Hubble or Huma?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:18 AM (u82oZ)

23 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:19 AM (u82oZ)

24 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 07:20 AM (k9rrS)

25 I saw Grifting Oleaginous Parasite Party open for Oingo Boingo one year at the fair.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 07:20 AM (6ydKt)

26 oingo boingo sucked donkey nuts.

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 08, 2026 07:22 AM (dCMJG)

27 Happy Thursday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 07:23 AM (/+uur)

28 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:24 AM (RIvkX)

29 >Tillis: GOP Should Ditch Trump Populism, ‘Go Back’ to Conservative Principles
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I don't see any principles at all. I see the most exclusive country club in the world, whose members are most concerned with accumulating wealth, selling favors, and pursuing re-election in perpetuity until natural death.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:26 AM (ZxPkt)

30 So, half of them need to be charged federally with RICO.

Bounties being paid out would be more efficient.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:26 AM (jjoN6)

31 Wednesday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said the Republican Party should ditch President Donald Trump’s populism and “go back” to its conservative core.
=====

Loser says whaa??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

32 Canadian MAID out of control- woman approved for MAID after she loses ability to cook. From "Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/2s37n54a

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How horrific. I'm only shocked there are still some doctors left in Canada that are sounding the alarm that MAID has gone far beyond its supposed humane purpose. The whole thing is a masterclass in pure evil.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 07:26 AM (qBdHI)

33 Talarico is NOT going to win in Texas.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 07:27 AM (nxLtX)

34 Conservative Sweep in Brazilian Congress Confirmed

Amazing what happens when you kill programs like USAID.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:27 AM (jjoN6)

35 The Yankees lose! The Yankees loooose!

Posted by: zombie John Stirling at October 08, 2026 07:28 AM (aKg+z)

36 Rubio is doing to State what Hegseth is doing to War:

Removing fatties, faggies, trannies, and commies.

People is policy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:28 AM (RIvkX)

37 Speaking of green dildos, I saw Caitlin Clark as the guest picker on College Gameday last Saturday (in Iowa City). Not sure why, but for the first time (at least to me), she looked hot. I now understand the appeal. Maybe it was because she was in normal clothes and not a basketball uniform. Anyway… looking good

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 07:29 AM (AvqNi)

38 “It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians—including more than 21,000 children.”
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Worst. Genocide. Ever.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)

39 Talarico is NOT going to win in Texas.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 08, 2026 07:27 AM (nxLtX)

From your lips to God’s ears! Is he still AWOL from the campaign trail? That’s a mighty bad flu

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 07:30 AM (AvqNi)

40 NR Pax

I think the switch was due to other factors, mostly Trump and Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador since 2019. The USAID big money went to Ukraine and to DEI posers in other countries.

The cleaning up of El Salvador was a huge reason for the switch.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)

41 Someone smarter than me said it first: why would a person raise and spend tens of MILLIONS of dollars to land a job that pays $174K a year?

To join The Club.
Wealth. Power. 1st class ticket on the gravy train.

Congress, explained.

Posted by: Don Black at October 08, 2026 07:31 AM (ZxPkt)

42 You know how you stop "fan interference" at MLB parks?
1. Remove the first two rows of seats next to the wall
2. Build a copy of the green monster
3. Put the bullpens between the stands & the HR wall

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 07:31 AM (k9rrS)

43 In your dotage, do you remember the times spent with Web Hubble or Huma?
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I'm thinking those two would rather forget that.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:32 AM (jjoN6)

44 42 You know how you stop "fan interference" at MLB parks?
1. Remove the first two rows of seats next to the wall
2. Build a copy of the green monster
3. Put the bullpens between the stands & the HR wall

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 07:31 AM (k9rrS)

4. Sniper's behind the scoreboard.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 07:33 AM (6ydKt)

45 43: "And Leon is getting laarrrrger!"

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:33 AM (jjoN6)

46 Massacre in Jenin > Genocide in Gaza

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 07:34 AM (RIvkX)

47 Good morning, all!

Looks like my one-time $90.00 medicare payment showed up in our checking overnight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:34 AM (iMotb)

48 Apparently I have free apostrophes to give away.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 07:35 AM (6ydKt)

49 I swear that by now, Gaza must be the most crowded place on Earth given how many billions have died in one year.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:36 AM (jjoN6)

50 Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 07:26 AM (qBdHI)

Yes; It's just head shakingly unbelievable how bad it is!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 07:36 AM (JrHfD)

51 34 Conservative Sweep in Brazilian Congress Confirmed

Amazing what happens when you kill programs like USAID.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:27 AM (jjoN6)

Check yesterday's Report for a contrary opinion vis vis USAID's demise an its impact on Brazil's election.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 08, 2026 07:36 AM (x0n13)

52 47 Good morning, all!

Looks like my one-time $90.00 medicare payment showed up in our checking overnight.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:34 AM (iMotb)

"Trump is bribing old people again."
- 'Banned' and ever other Dem nitwit

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 07:36 AM (6ydKt)

53 illage Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

Good for you that Trump's "walking around" money arrived. He really is a slightly to the left of JFK Democrat at heart. The Left moved a light year to the left, leaving President Trump look conservative.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

54 From your lips to God’s ears! Is he still AWOL from the campaign trail? That’s a mighty bad flu

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 07:30 AM

He has been missing for 12 days now. Other than one zoom fund raiser no one has seen him. I suspect they are hiding him like they hid biden so he won't make anymore gaffs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 08, 2026 07:37 AM (I43vL)

55 53 Why is JJ do obsessed with leather sex and domination?

Posted by: Banned at October 08, 2026 07:36 AM (mJELX)

He knows what you like.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 07:37 AM (6ydKt)

56 J.J......

Your new ~~friend~~ stalker is a little weird.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:38 AM (iMotb)

57 56: He's still in the apprentice phase. Give him time to grow.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:39 AM (jjoN6)

58 "Lighter....check.

Hair....check.

EBT card and Medicaid card...check.

Generator paid for by FEMA to watch pron and play video games...check. "

I didn't see "break into and loot local businesses" in the checklist, Alabama Hillbilly.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at October 08, 2026 07:39 AM (klU0I)

59 Salty!

Anything that Trump can do to poke the Left is fine by me.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:40 AM (iMotb)

60 Are some trolls computer generated because Post # 290 on the ONT is so bad it's laughable and doesn't sound much like any comprehensible English.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 07:40 AM (JrHfD)

61 "All Americans will bear the brunt of elected officials’ failure to justly punish Jack Smith and others who weaponized the federal government against conservatives."

Nothing will happen. The Congresscucks will fail to do anything but hearings and the Department of "Justice" will protect their own.

Posted by: fd at October 08, 2026 07:41 AM (MWfyi)

62 Are some trolls computer generated because Post # 290 on the ONT is so bad it's laughable and doesn't sound much like any comprehensible English.

Just read it. It's like the trolls aren't even trying any more. Back in MY day...

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:42 AM (jjoN6)

63 Village Idiot's Apprentice

From what I observed yesterday, this is our old and very lame troll Paul. I can't be certain, but Pixy Misa must have written a special program that replaced Paul's words with authentic frontier gibberish. And then a separate message calling him a Dick.

He is trying to get around the COBs with a different name.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

64 [____ _____] Say her name! With pictures, now easily found with a simple search.
Proves what the Hot/Crazy Matrix says about redheads. They're in a special zone with haridressers, strippers and girls named Tiffany.
Now, picture her being cross-examined about the details of her encounter -- sluttier than a porn star. Especially her resurrecting Bro #1.
I doubt that this was her first walk on the wild side -- so expect a legal fight over the admissibility of past behavior.
This won't end well for her, even if Cornell settles big (paging Sally Yates!)

As the weakest Ivy, Cornell will take a hit. Who'll want to go there, when there are other choices. It'll be a safety school for the likes of Vanderbilt.

And I expect that this will backfire on Hochul, who'll be tied to it. She'll stir up the AWFL vote, but she already had that. Most voters will be appalled as details leak out -- and they will.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 07:44 AM (dtajH)

65 "According to the store owner, looters stripped the shelves bare of all merchandise except steel toed work boots."

Posted by: Local media at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (V1+OY)

66 Are some trolls computer generated because Post # 290 on the ONT is so bad it's laughable and doesn't sound much like any comprehensible English."

Could just be a recent college graduate stretching their intellectual and literary wings.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (iMotb)

67 Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:42 AM (jjoN6

Even the trolls were better back then-yep. 😉

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (JrHfD)

68 I'm kind of amazed that I never came across any Cornell level of debauchery at my school. Part of me wonders if I missed out.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (jjoN6)

69 Did she attend Ivy Cornell or Cow Cornell?

Posted by: one hour sober at October 08, 2026 07:46 AM (J4Dwc)

70 Even the trolls were better back then-yep. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Exactly! Sure, they spat out vile insults but they took pride in their work and did their best to use proper English.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:46 AM (jjoN6)

71 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (iMotb)

LOL .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 07:46 AM (JrHfD)

72 Good Morning.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:47 AM (u3SRj)

73 FenelonSpoke

I went and looked. That comment was from an another old troll, who rarely posts anymore.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:47 AM (u82oZ)

74 Even Prolapse Paul wrote better worded insults....

back in the day.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:48 AM (iMotb)

75 “What evidence do you have that that’s the case, that the Republican Party has not been permanently changed by Donald Trump?”

Tillis said, “Well, I mean, in a populist age, it’s difficult, but I think there’s nothing like a loss in the election for people to go back.”

To McStain To Romney?
Go back to getting our asses kicked with ObamaCare and Open Borders?
Fuck You

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 07:49 AM (/+uur)

76 NR Pax

Nay, my brother. Even two girls at one time is overrated.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)

77 Well it’s over folks. The WSJ say Democrats are going to win the House. They’ve laid out their agenda and you’ll be really surprised to know it’s a lot of spending, especially on the programs with fraud. Oh, and a government takeover of the healthcare system.

You will love socialism, comrade.

The WSJ has become another liberal propaganda rag for Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 07:49 AM (A+X4b)

78 I'm kind of amazed that I never came across any Cornell level of debauchery at my school. Part of me wonders if I missed out.
Posted by: NR Pax

Better be first in line.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:50 AM (u3SRj)

79 I think Jack Smith will not be able to claim sovereign immunity when he faces the plethora of civil lawsuits that are incoming. Each and every Senator, Congressman, government worker, and private citizen caught up in his snare should sue for federal civil rights violations under the color of law, abuse of office, blatant 4th Amendment violations, and a lawyer could probably add at least a dozen other items. Hopefully the piece of shit, Jack Smith, will spend the rest of his miserable life in court defending his actions - that or he gets to be the target in a game of prison darts with Bubba and Cletus.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 08, 2026 07:51 AM (JNTt1)

80 "The WSJ ~~has become~~ remains* another liberal propaganda rag for Democrats.

*Suggested edit for accuracy

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 07:52 AM (iMotb)

81 Nay, my brother. Even two girls at one time is overrated.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

To be honest, I had a girlfriend at the time so I wasn't really going to search for things like this.

The WSJ has become another liberal propaganda rag for Democrats.

The word "become" suggests they were never that in the first place.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:52 AM (jjoN6)

82 NR Pax

Better be first in line.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

As one of my professors said about another situation like that: "I don't respect any man after #6. "

Que the Prisoner puns.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)

83 WSJ has been shit garbage for some time.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 07:53 AM (u3SRj)

84 Ashamed here in NC that I was "forced" to vote for Tillis several times. Never voting for a Commie Dem, but had to hold my nose to elect the GOPe bum. I guess everyone has done it at times, but it still irks me.

Posted by: Vote Early, Often, and MAGA! at October 08, 2026 07:53 AM (EdP2u)

85 Mornin’, All. Happy Thursday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 07:53 AM (77rzZ)

86 WSJ is part of the attack on liberty and freedom. Every article has complete left wing bias built in. That includes the financial reporting. It’s dogshit. You can get much better and correct perspectives elsewhere. No wonder they’re trying to take over the WaPO. Now they can have two garbage left wing outlets

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 07:55 AM (A+X4b)

87 Seems that Biden's administration was somewhat slow on tracking VISA overstays.

https://tinyurl.com/y438ehae

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 08:02 AM (iMotb)

88 Thom Tillis, John Cornyn, and, a blast from the past, Asa Hutchinson should start a podcast. Call it Losers' Lamentations.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at October 08, 2026 08:04 AM (gm9Sb)

89 It’s just so tiresome. It used to be a good place to catch up on world events and markets. The op-eds were usually fair. Now it’s 24/7 attacks on not just Trump but Republicans and anyone with traditional values who actually cares about the country. Every single story is filled with left wing bias. Their headline today is some garbage suggesting the Kim Guillfoyle took bribes or something. It’s another hit piece. Yesterday they did an hit piece on Bessent. Every single story is like that. Then they write a glowing article on Democrats, Jefferies, basically saying they are going to win the House and what a great plan they have. It’s laughable in its outright bias and obfuscation of facts. Nothing balanced on economics, it’s all gas prices are bad. The economy is teetering on disaster, etc.. Why read that- it’s not informative or true. It’s a weak ass lib attempt at propaganda. They are now part of the op. There are so many other places to get actual facts without the distortions.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 08, 2026 08:06 AM (A+X4b)

90 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Hoping the treatment goes well
Mamdani yesterday discovered something but I doubt he cares .
He tweeted out his condolences to the Jews , but then he knifed them the back with his Hamas support.
He went to a vigil for Jews , but the crazed Hamas supporters booed him, calling him a traitor. You can't be half way with the lunatics. His brief nice words to the Jews were just BS, but even obvious BS was bad to the crazies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:07 AM (t9883)

91 >>They are now part of the op.

Now?

Posted by: one hour sober at October 08, 2026 08:07 AM (J4Dwc)

92
This is a good short editorial about the economy.

If you know anyone on the fence over the Democrat's propaganda assault on "affordability".

This might help:

https://tinyurl.com/bdeu83pv

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 08:08 AM (YSUhf)

93 So I stumbled across a website called Recentlybooked, which allows one to look at arrests across the nation by counties. And it has a feature to allow for searching it's archives for things like 'Federal Hold"

Our little county has racked up a rather amazing number of 'Federal Hold' charges for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the last year.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 08:08 AM (iMotb)

94 Not feeling great here. Hope it's not the Siberian Pneumonia and just the Boogie-Woogie Flu.

Posted by: Long John Baldry at October 08, 2026 08:09 AM (EdP2u)

95 Progress! Last year:

Jaimee Michell
@JaimeeUSA
This is absolutely sickening.

Coffeyeh, a coffee shop in Cedar Park, Texas, just outside Austin, is giving free lattes on October 7th to anyone who comes in wearing a keffiyeh and can tell them "what day it is."

October 7th is the day Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups stormed southern Israel, killed ~1,200 people, and dragged 251 hostages into Gaza. It was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.

Turning the anniversary of a massacre into a coffee promo is sick. The Islamification of Texas continues.

https://tinyurl.com/3kr329ve
-
But not this year!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:12 AM (ndZc7)

96 Where's Waldo Talarico?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:13 AM (t9883)

97 Apropos of nothing, we went to see the Doobie Bros last night in Simpsonville. They were simply fantastic. They haven't lost any of their heyday mojo since the band formed in '69, I think. I was wondering if Michael McDonald would make any reference to his newly-found son, but he didn't. When they did "Taking it to the Streets," Mr. Black changed the lyrics to:

You don't know me, but I'm your father...

Thought it was pretty funny! Too bad McDonald didn't do it and have some fun with it, since it seems like he's on good terms with this long lost son.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 08:14 AM (qBdHI)

98 Not feeling great here. Hope it's not the Siberian Pneumonia and just the Boogie-Woogie Flu.
Posted by: Long John Baldry at October 08, 2026 08:09 AM (EdP2u)

Long John was the fag Elton John mentions as "Sugar Bear" in "Some Fag Saved My Life Tonight".

Long John told Elton that since Elton was a fag, he couldn't get married to a woman and to be happy he was a fag.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at October 08, 2026 08:14 AM (pa/M5)

99 A winning endorsement.

Peggy Flanagan
@peggyflanagan
.@HillaryClinton has spent five decades fighting for working families, dedicating her career to making the case that every child in this country deserves a fair shot.

I’m honored to have Secretary Clinton’s support, and I’ll proudly carry on her fight in the US Senate.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:15 AM (ndZc7)

100 Untimely hurricane a few weeks before election spiking oil prices.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:16 AM (T+9ay)

101 Of course there's a racial element to it. Six year old shoots teacher in Va. and prior to that the school had done nothing and the older teacher mentioned here sounds like she was amazingly calm: she put the kid in a bear hug:

https://tinyurl.com/4kypx2hk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 08:16 AM (JrHfD)

102 How is Hillary Clinton still a thing?

It's bizarre.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 08:16 AM (XV/Pl)

103 Please quit pushing Rubio for prez. The man has cuban ancestry and was part of the Gang of Eight pushing AMNESTY in 2013 when what's his name in the House lost his primary because he was a SQUISH. You know, Eric Cantor.

We need someone like DeSantis that has zero background to push him to Favor Foreign Nationals and has not favored them over Americans.
Posted by: Close The Fed at October 08, 2026 08:11 AM (lZILf)

Go back to bed.

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 08:16 AM (AKptf)

104 When they did "Taking it to the Streets," Mr. Black changed the lyrics to:

You don't know me, but I'm your father...

*********************

What a Fool Believes:

"He came from somewhere back in his long ago."

Posted by: one hour sober at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (J4Dwc)

105 It was Hadrian rooting so hard against the Yankees that made them lose. His Asstros folded earlier.

Posted by: Take Me Out Of The Ball Game at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (EdP2u)

106 103 How is Hillary Clinton still a thing?

It's bizarre.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 08, 2026 08:16 AM (XV/Pl)

To boomer women on the left she’s an icon.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (T+9ay)

107 Please quit pushing Rubio for prez.
===

Rubio/Bessent 2028!
Rubio/Bessent 2028!
Rubio/Bessent 2028!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

108
If this is true, it looks like hard times in Old Blighty-

https://x.com/andrewc44104127/status/2107753033920569777

Exactly, whose Army is being deployed?

seems to be the question.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (YSUhf)

109 "Not feeling great here. Hope it's not the Siberian Pneumonia and just the Boogie-Woogie Flu."

It might be a tumor...*

* Classic movie reference

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 08, 2026 08:18 AM (iMotb)

110 Glad we are over monkeypox pandemic!

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 08:19 AM (AKptf)

111 The Donks are brimming with confidence!

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Keith Ellison says Republicans mean to cheat in the midterms, and people should be "ready to protest, take to the streets."

"Don't act like, oh, they couldn't mean that. They mean it...So be ready to get your dukes up."

"I'm one who believes in peaceful protest, First Amendment."

"But if they try to take our vote away, we should absolutely be in the street. And I'll be right out there with everybody else."

So the sitting Minnesota AG is casting doubts on the legitimacy of the election before a vote is counted and warning about firing up street mobilization in response.

Not too long ago, this kind of rhetoric was deemed by Democrats as A Threat To Democracy -- but now it's just boilerplate Democrat.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:19 AM (ndZc7)

112 I think that Hillary Clinton has spent decades amassing huge amounts of money by ripping people off. Anyone remember Haiti?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (JrHfD)

113 Die hard Yankees fan here. You don't win a series when despite good pitching you hit and field like crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (t9883)

114 @peggyflanagan
.@HillaryClinton has spent five decades fighting for working families, dedicating her career to making the case that every child in this country deserves a fair shot.

--

Uh-huh. Wasn't she a defense attorney for a man on a rape case involving a minor? Yeah, every child deserves a "fair shot," right Hillary?

Btw, what child in America doesn't have a fair shot at achieving whatever they commit themselves to? I'd say none. I'll wait for an answer from this bozo slobbering over Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

115 65 never gets old.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 08:22 AM (VyBeY)

116 Of course there's a racial element to it. Six year old shoots teacher in Va. and prior to that the school had done nothing and the older teacher mentioned here sounds like she was amazingly calm: she put the kid in a bear hug:

https://tinyurl.com/4kypx2hk

--

I just read that earlier this morning. The savagery exhibited by this 6 year old(!) in both language and deed is incredible.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 08:23 AM (qBdHI)

117 97 Where's Waldo Talarico?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:13 AM

He's with us.

Posted by: Mitch and Maxine at October 08, 2026 08:24 AM (V1+OY)

118 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
HOLY SH*T
@City_of_Ottumwa in Iowa opened up their most recent city council meeting with a prayer to SATAN.
"Let us pray. Dear dark father... HAIL SATAN"
WTF is wrong with these people???

https://tinyurl.com/2436f6de

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Well, Satan, Hillary, tomayto, tomahto.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:24 AM (ndZc7)

119 116 65 never gets old.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

And Father's Day cards.

Posted by: Hallmark Holiday at October 08, 2026 08:25 AM (EdP2u)

120 Is it lupus?

Posted by: George Costanza at October 08, 2026 08:25 AM (V1+OY)

121 Good morning!

Cornyn, Massie, Tillis, MTG. . . there's no shortage of loser Republications who think that upon their exit it is the perfect moment to lecture those who've rejected them on how they need to completely change course.

Uh, no. YOU are the one who's on the wrong path, YOU are the ones whose ideas and policies have been rejected.

Srsly, lecturing 77 million Trump voters that they don't belong in the party is breathtakingly arrogant.

[insert meme of wallflower at party watching everyone else having fun and thinking "they just don't understand my brilliance. . ."]

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:25 AM (rOKnE)

122 Even if I had Netflix, I'd have no interest in watching this new East of Eden. The review mentions its "flat, gloomy color editing," which is my complaint about so many movies and TV shows now. And if it tries to make Cathy "the monster" into a sympathetic character --!!!

There'd be no story and no meaning without her being what she is. No thanks.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2026 08:26 AM (wzUl9)

123 >>Are some trolls computer generated because Post # 290 on the ONT is so bad it's laughable and doesn't sound much like any comprehensible English."

Probably English is not their native language?
They're not sending their best, lol!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (rOKnE)

124 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (ccf/V)

125 Satanism is just dumb. Satan was the loser in his struggle with God. Why would you worship the loser?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

126 That fan interference in the Yankee game was reminiscent of a fan interference that was not called a long time ago. The result: A game winning home run (that should not have been) by Derek Jeter… 1996 playoffs against the Orioles. His rookie year. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 08:28 AM (AvqNi)

127
"Frank J. Fleming
@IMAO_
·
21h
A war you started and suck at is not a genocide.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor
This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss. The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government’s devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza....."

Posted by: runner at October 08, 2026 08:28 AM (AKptf)

128 Posted by: Lady in Black at October 08, 2026 08:23 AM

Probably having a mother who smoked dope all the time and was in jail for four years didn't help.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 08:29 AM (JrHfD)

129 Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer and creator of the Substack “Abortion, Every Day,” called abortion “an affordability issue,” and contended that “you’d be hard pressed to find something more important to your financial life than whether or not to have a child, than whether or not that you’re gonna be forced into pregnancy, or not even just forced into pregnancy, but forced into massive medical debt because your pregnancy goes wrong and you can’t get an abortion.”

The only forced pregnancies are from rape. That's less than 1% (I think I read) of all pregnancies in the US. There are thousands of prevention methods available that allow these whores to spread their legs anywhere they want.

It really saddens me there's a faction of society that thinks they should be able to shirk responsibility by murdering a baby they willingly created by doing nothing to prevent it from happening.

We really are a doomed society if this keeps going in the direction we're headed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:29 AM (ccf/V)

130 >>"Let us pray. Dear dark father... HAIL SATAN"
WTF is wrong with these people???

So completely rejected God that it's not enough to simply be atheist, they have to performatively embrace the dark side? Gotta spit in God's face and all that?

They may be joking, but what they're doing is not comedy. . . yikes.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:30 AM (rOKnE)

131 European Parliament Displays Statue of Naked, Gold-Plated Trump Called ‘The Orange Plague’

https://tinyurl.com/mrx64u24

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Well, at least they got the gold right.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:31 AM (ndZc7)

132 Are some trolls computer generated because Post # 290 on the ONT is so bad it's laughable and doesn't sound much like any comprehensible English."
*
Probably English is not their native language?
They're not sending their best, lol!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:27

***
I think they *are* sending their best. You don't want to see what their midwits and their worst are like.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2026 08:31 AM (wzUl9)

133 Where's Waldo Talarico?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:13 AM

He's been glad handing voters and kissing babies sooooooo much, he got the flu, which appears to have made a roaring comeback after being completely irradicated by covid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:31 AM (ccf/V)

134 >>Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer and creator of the Substack “Abortion, Every Day,” called abortion “an affordability issue,” and contended that “you’d be hard pressed to find something more important to your financial life than whether or not to have a child, than whether or not that you’re gonna be forced into pregnancy, or not even just forced into pregnancy, but forced into massive medical debt because your pregnancy goes wrong and you can’t get an abortion.”

And yet she no doubt believes that we must all pay for the children of others - unemployed, refugee, immigrant/illegal immigrant.

Maybe we could more easily afford kids if we weren't paying premium prices and high taxes in order support a large portion of the population getting everything for free?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:32 AM (rOKnE)

135 I fully endorse your next GOP President, Thom Tillis!

Posted by: Sen. John Cornyn at October 08, 2026 08:33 AM (wVcYX)

136 Why do bodies of government need to have a prayer at all? Just meet, get shit done, and go home.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)

137 European Parliament Displays Statue of Naked, Gold-Plated Trump Called ‘The Orange Plague’

https://tinyurl.com/mrx64u24

-
Well, at least they got the gold right.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:31 AM (ndZc7)

Trump donates his entire Presidential salary to charity. What does the leaders in the EU give?

Not a f*cking thing.

DIAF that your love of immigrants light, assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:33 AM (ccf/V)

138 Today Is Bring Your Bible To School Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 08:33 AM (NpAcC)

139 >>European Parliament Displays Statue of Naked, Gold-Plated Trump Called ‘The Orange Plague’

These people are toddlers.
Even in their mocking of Trump they couldn't resist doing it in gold. Only the best, most luxurious metals used to depict Trump!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:34 AM (rOKnE)

140 Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)

Because most of them are thumbing their nose at Christians. I think most of them don't believe in it all. They just use Satan as a convenient symbol . For the ones who do believe, Satan offers the rationale to do anything they like as it feels good.
I have a friend who's a Christian whose daughter is attracted to Wicca ( yes, I know it's not the same thing as Satanism ) because they're so "friendly" and non judgmental ( and supportive of LGBt people ) and because she likes the power bit of casting spells,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 08:35 AM (JrHfD)

141 The President last night in TX said that Talafreako has been AWOL because he was forced to eat Bar-B-Q and Beef while campaigning and his delicate constitution couldn't handle it.

Posted by: Meat, Wonderful Meat at October 08, 2026 08:36 AM (EdP2u)

142 The President last night in TX said that Talafreako has been AWOL because he was forced to eat Bar-B-Q and Beef while campaigning and his delicate constitution couldn't handle it.
Posted by: Meat, Wonderful Meat at October 08, 2026 08:36 AM (EdP2u)

He's been saying that every time Talafreako eats meat, he goes and throws up.

I wonder if there's any validity to that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

143 "populism" is just a sneer that means "delivering on campaign promises to conservatives."

There is not one thing that Trump has campaigned on for the last 10 years that wasn't first said by a Republican conservative.

In fact, I bet if you listed the campaign promises of Tillis when he first ran for Senate, every one of them will match Trump--or go farther.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (3cUTc)

144 113 Die hard Yankees fan here. You don't win a series when despite good pitching you hit and field like crap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (t9883)
============
Cleveland needs to learn this lesson, and in a hurry.

Posted by: Hick Follywood at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (PFC1v)

145 F*CK the YANKmees.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (ccf/V)

146 Commission a statue on the National Mall of Angela Merkel pegging Macron's prolapsed boyhole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:38 AM (h6CE+)

147 Morning, all. I think the interview went well enough, but won't know for a few weeks. I think some of my other recent interviews are a better fit for me, experience and duties-wise. Still, "If this is the right one, God, let them give me a firm offer. If it is not, let them NOT give me a firm offer."

Today, back to the grindstone of job searches and crossing out all the ones that are too bad a fit to even apply for.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 08, 2026 08:38 AM (aJQbY)

148 Why cast spells when you can cast lures?

Posted by: Bill Dance at October 08, 2026 08:38 AM (EdP2u)

149 Sponge

The Yankees are cancer? All righty, then.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

150 World Health Organization Sees No Evidence of Plague Spreading in Russia

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You can trust them. They're like doctors and shit.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:39 AM (ndZc7)

151 >> @peggyflanagan
.@HillaryClinton has spent five decades fighting for working families, dedicating her career to making the case that every child in this country deserves a fair shot.

Excuse me, what has Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Award* winner, dedicated her career to re: babies????

*their highest honor

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:39 AM (rOKnE)

152 "populism" is just a sneer that means "delivering on campaign promises to conservatives."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (3cUTc)
-----------------------------------
Classic Thimb Tillis: "I know better than the voters"

Posted by: Hick Follywood at October 08, 2026 08:39 AM (PFC1v)

153 And no one spoke up to interrupt the prayer to Satan?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:40 AM (RIvkX)

154 I'm kind of amazed that I never came across any Cornell level of debauchery at my school. Part of me wonders if I missed out.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (jjoN6)

Toga! Toga! Toga!

Posted by: Sen. Blutarsky at October 08, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

155 Sponge

The Yankees are cancer? All righty, then.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 08, 2026 08:39 AM (u82oZ)

In some circles, I would imagine they could be considered that.....but I just can't stand them.....and their fanbase has been some of the most obnoxious I've ever had the displeasure of being around.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:41 AM (ccf/V)

156
Good substack by Insty about the great speech by Marco Rubio:

https://tinyurl.com/46bfnscv

Posted by: naturalfake at October 08, 2026 08:41 AM (YSUhf)

157 The acceptance of Hillary's endorsement is further evidence that Flanagan is batshit nuts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:42 AM (t9883)

158 Rubio/Bessent 2028!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:17 AM (RIvkX)

Chico and the Gay Man

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:42 AM (/+uur)

159 Toga! Toga! Toga!
Posted by: Sen. Blutarsky at October 08, 2026 08:41 AM (wVcYX)

Best Pearl Harbor movie eva

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (/+uur)

160 @peggyflanagan
.@HillaryClinton has spent five decades fighting for working families, dedicating her career to making the case that every child in this country deserves a fair shot.

If by 'shot' you mean, the morning after pill, the covid vaccine, or any other means of destruction to a child.........

Watched a video yesterday of a young child 4 days before one of the new vaccines and 4 days after.

They're evil butchers.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (ccf/V)

161 Definitely not a shit hole.

Haiti Postpones Elections Indefinitely As Political Instability and Gang Violence Continues

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (ndZc7)

162 The thing is, Thom knows they are using him.
That as soon as the midterms are over, none of these programs will have him on again.
And he is happy to be used.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)

163 113 Die hard Yankees fan here. You don't win a series when despite good pitching you hit and field like crap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (t9883)
============
Cleveland needs to learn this lesson, and in a hurry.
Posted by: Hick Follywood at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (PFC1v)

We could have shown you that, back in the '80s and '90s.

Posted by: Your Houston Astros at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

164 A San Francisco home has sold for nearly double its asking price, the latest example of the city’s ultra-hot luxury market.

The sprawling house at 2 Sixth Ave. closed at $15 million, $7 million over its initial $8 million asking price. It was put on the market on Sept. 17 for only the second time ever.

Spanning 4,490 square feet — by most standards disqualifying it from the moniker “mansion” — the four-bedroom, four-bathroom property was built in 1914, with its original owners maintaining it for 70 years. In 1984, it sold for the first time ever to residents who lived there until now.
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We used to live a few doors away from there before we bought our house.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

165 stand them.....and their fanbase has been some of the most obnoxious I've ever had the displeasure of being around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

They're amateurs!

Posted by: Fans of Philadelphia at October 08, 2026 08:44 AM (EdP2u)

166 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 08:44 AM (ExV1e)

167 And what’s with that “Thom” crap?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (77rzZ)

168 "That fan interference in the Yankee game was reminiscent of a fan interference that was not called a long time ago. "

I was at that game -- in the upper deck so we couldn't see what happened in the right field corner.

Someone had the sense not to replay it on the Jumbotron which would have shown the interference.

We did see the Os manager getting tossed.

I only learned what happened when I got home.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (dtajH)

169 I would like to point out that Barack Obama, the man whose presidency El-Sayed called a 'miserable failure,' is trying to save El-Sayed's campaign.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (gLYp7)

170 153-Some local pastor spoke afterwards.

https://tinyurl.com/ytkcywt3

What a rude man who offered a prayer to Satan. He just needed to do his little sideshow.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (JrHfD)

171
They're amateurs!
Posted by: Fans of Philadelphia at October 08, 2026 08:44 AM (EdP2u)

I've not been around Eagles fans nor Red Sox fans. I can only base my opinions on things that I've experienced, however I've read really fun things about them as well.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

172 Here's another weirdo globalist: https://tinyurl.com/5aan8xm6

Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland

I’m thrilled to share that my new book, Unreliable Boyfriend, will be out on October 13. I can’t wait for you to read it.

Not a teen romance:
From the bestselling author of Plutocrats, journalist-turned-political leader Chrystia Freeland delivers a personal and incisive examination of power, international relations, and global trade. Drawing from her years in government, Unreliable Boyfriend offers a revelatory view of the United States through the eyes of a Canadian who dealt with American chaos firsthand.

USA = "unreliable boyfriend"
How old is she?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (rOKnE)

173 113 Die hard Yankees fan here. You don't win a series when despite good pitching you hit and field like crap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:21 AM (t9883)
============
Cleveland needs to learn this lesson, and in a hurry.
Posted by: Hick Follywood at October 08, 2026 08:37 AM (PFC1v)

We could have shown you that, back in the '80s and '90s.
Posted by: Your Houston Astros at October 08, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)

This is what happened to the Braves against the Dodgers. They actually got good pitching in that series but couldn’t hit worth beans…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (AvqNi)

174 I would like to point out that Barack Obama, the man whose presidency El-Sayed called a 'miserable failure,' is trying to save El-Sayed's campaign.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (gLYp7)

That should tell you all you need to know about what it means to be a Democrat.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (ccf/V)

175 They're amateurs!
Posted by: Fans of Philadelphia

Truth right there.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (h6CE+)

176 In some circles, I would imagine they could be considered that.....but I just can't stand them.....and their fanbase has been some of the most obnoxious I've ever had the displeasure of being around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:41 AM (ccf/V)
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Have you never visited Philadelphia?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

177 @164 will the Millennium Tower land on it when it falls over?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:47 AM (t9883)

178 Cheating?

Posted by: The Houston Asterisks at October 08, 2026 08:47 AM (V1+OY)

179 I would like to point out that Barack Obama, the man whose presidency El-Sayed called a 'miserable failure,' is trying to save El-Sayed's campaign.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (gLYp7)

He left out "stuttering clusterfuck".

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 08:48 AM (wVcYX)

180 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 08, 2026 08:48 AM (53oGX)

181
Have you never visited Philadelphia?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)

I have.....during Bush/Kerry, actually.

And yes.....I ran across assholes, which you do most everywhere at some point.

I've just not been around them in large numbers in a smaller area.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

182 @172 Freeland is a leftist one worlder dirt bag. If she takes a position, go the opposite.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (t9883)

183 @164 will the Millennium Tower land on it when it falls over?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:47 AM (t9883)
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Inshallah!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (RIvkX)

184 and their fanbase has been some of the most obnoxious I've ever had the displeasure of being around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

We're sitting right here.

Posted by: University of Michigan fans at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (J4Dwc)

185 This is the problem with having prayer in public govt funded events. You can’t just limit it to Christian prayers. My guess is this was a stunt to prove just that.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (T+9ay)

186 Cheating?
Posted by: The Houston Asterisks at October 08, 2026 08:47 AM (V1+OY)

Yep. They were the only ones in the history of ever to do that........We should vilify them for eternity.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:49 AM (ccf/V)

187 >>I would like to point out that Barack Obama, the man whose presidency El-Sayed called a 'miserable failure,' is trying to save El-Sayed's campaign.

El-Sayed had a podcast on Obama bros Crooked Media (the Pod Save America dudes).
I'm guessing Obama has been helping El-Sayed for a while.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:50 AM (rOKnE)

188 I see that the US Govt Cash Helicopter deposited $90 in my account last night, for no good reason.

Money printer go brrrrrr.

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

189 Either all the pollsters are running an op or this is the weirdest political year ever. I mean a Dem senate candidate in Minnesota is sweating and yet Paxton “ trails” Talarico??? That is some mighty fine ganja they’re smoking…. Not to mention a combination commie/terrorist is supposedly ahead in MI. Okay then…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 08:50 AM (AvqNi)

190 178 Cheating?
Posted by: The Houston Asterisks at October 08, 2026 08:47 AM (V1+OY)

Hello there...

Posted by: University of Michigan Asterisks at October 08, 2026 08:51 AM (J4Dwc)

191 Either all the pollsters are running an op or this is the weirdest political year ever. I mean a Dem senate candidate in Minnesota is sweating and yet Paxton “ trails” Talarico??? That is some mighty fine ganja they’re smoking…. Not to mention a combination commie/terrorist is supposedly ahead in MI. Okay then…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 08:50 AM (AvqNi)

Talarico is so popular in Texas, his campaign rolled out a photo from early in the PRIMARY showing that he spoke to a full house last week........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:51 AM (ccf/V)

192 Rocker Jack White Slams Trump as “Worst American of All Time”

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Because he wants to nuke LA and San Diego. No, really.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

193 >>Freeland is a leftist one worlder dirt bag. If she takes a position, go the opposite.

Yup. She was an executive at WEF while serving as Deputy Prime Minister.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (rOKnE)

194 @188 me too. An extra $90 from the government is good

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (t9883)

195 Boston Red Sox fans are obnoxious but nowhere near the arrogance of the New England Patriots fans.

Actually, they're the same.

Posted by: dantesed at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)

196 Rocker Jack White Slams Trump as “Worst American of All Time”

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Because he wants to nuke LA and San Diego. No, really.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:51 AM (ndZc7)

The liberal media is still winning........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (ccf/V)

197 I was an NHL game where the visiting team were the Bruins. A Yankees Suck chant broke out by Bruins fans. Keep in mind Boston was the visiting team, haha.

Gotta respect the Boston fans. The hatred for the fucking Yaaankeees runs deeeeep.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (T+9ay)

198 Jessica Valenti, a feminist writer and creator of the Substack “Abortion, Every Day,” called abortion “an affordability issue,” and contended that “you’d be hard pressed to find something more important to your financial life than whether or not to have a child, than whether or not that you’re gonna be forced into pregnancy, or not even just forced into pregnancy, but forced into massive medical debt because your pregnancy goes wrong and you can’t get an abortion.”

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And yet, when we apply this logic to prisoners sentenced to life or people who are on welfare longterm, it is "wrong". If you want to make it about financial burden you will be unhappy with how that doctrine gets applied to other issues.

Posted by: Penfold at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (Fbt5B)

199 The suffering did not begin nor end that day
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This is a threat.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (IUETd)

200 US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Miami International Airport spotted what court documents described as an “unexplained bulge” around a passenger’s waist and pelvic area after he arrived on a flight from Havana, Cuba, according to a federal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.

A closer inspection allegedly uncovered 10 live birds concealed beneath the traveler’s clothing, the complaint said.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

201 >Either all the pollsters are running an op or this is the weirdest political year ever.
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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (V1+OY)

202 The suffering did not begin nor end that day
--------

This is a threat.
Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (IUETd)

Of course it is, but diversity, so it's fine.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V)

203 The suffering did not begin nor end that day
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Do not be wowed or snowed by his next sentence. This is unequivocally a threat and is meant to be taken as such.

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (IUETd)

204 >>Yup. She was an executive at WEF while serving as Deputy Prime Minister.

Check out her grandfather Michael Chomiak.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

205 Today is also,
World Octopus Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

206 A closer inspection allegedly uncovered 10 live birds concealed beneath the traveler’s clothing, the complaint said.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)

How high do you have to be to look at yourself in a mirror and determine "That's PERFECT!!!!!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V)

207 And yet, when we apply this logic to prisoners sentenced to life or people who are on welfare longterm, it is "wrong". If you want to make it about financial burden you will be unhappy with how that doctrine gets applied to other issues.
Posted by: Penfold at October 08, 2026 08:52 AM (Fbt5B)

or $15k/mth drugs

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (/+uur)

208 Talarico is so popular in Texas, his campaign rolled out a photo from early in the PRIMARY showing that he spoke to a full house last week........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:51 AM (ccf/V)

Leading up to Election Day 2024 leftists were giddy that some Trump rallies had empty seats. Don’t fall into this trap.

Or the trap of seeing it not seeing lawn signs.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (T+9ay)

209 Notice

We are increasing our early bird special to $90 price fixe effective immediately.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

210 205 Today is also,
World Octopus Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Testicles everywhere

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (/+uur)

211 >>“We really have 300 troublemakers out of 100,000 Somali people here. It’s a small number. But of that 300, 50 need to go to jail soon, because the 50 are the leadership. It may not be official leadership, but they’re the ones carrying the guns and shooting at other people. So, half of them need to be charged federally with RICO. We are working with the feds."

Sure, sure, only 300 bad apples.
Glad he's working with the feds.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (rOKnE)

212 "That fan interference in the Yankee game was reminiscent of a fan interference that was not called a long time ago. "

I was at that game -- in the upper deck so we couldn't see what happened in the right field corner.

Someone had the sense not to replay it on the Jumbotron which would have shown the interference.

We did see the Os manager getting tossed.

I only learned what happened when I got home.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 08:45 AM (dtajH)

That was such a horrible non-call. One of those moments that live in infamy in the collective minds of Orioles fans.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (W6UZk)

213 The Paolo, he often has to deal with the problem of, how you say, unexplained bulge, at security checkpoints.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (V1+OY)

214 I have a sudden craving for calamari.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:56 AM (ccf/V)

215 I was with my daughter in Hatteras Village in the summer headed to a restaurant. Thirty miles out in the ocean, beautiful summer day. Everyone in a good mood, except one guy. Daughter had a Mets vanity plate on the front of her car. Guy had a Phils hat on, walks by saying loudly, Mets,! Mets,! Who the hell roots for the Mets? I said "You must live a miserable life, can't even be happy on vacation". He slunk away quietly, because I look like a large Viking. Some people are just unhappy creeps.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at October 08, 2026 08:56 AM (EdP2u)

216
That was such a horrible non-call. One of those moments that live in infamy in the collective minds of Orioles fans.
Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 08:55 AM (W6UZk)

Now we simply have the chant "CHECK his DRAFT kings!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)

217 Online Dems are absolutely convinced they are going to get 53 in the Senate.

Again, "unskew the polls" and all that, but what exactly are the Dems running on?
Trump hate.

Ok, so Trump is so unpopular, and everyone is going to vote for the Democrats.

BTW: What is the favorability rating of the Democrat Party?

Illustrative:
The "Trump told Iran to nuke L.A. and San Diego!" smear would have been wall-to-wall for weeks less than 5 years ago.
But, despite every Dem of any stature pushing the lie, it fizzled in barely a day.
They won't understand why or what it means for their midterm strategy.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (3cUTc)

218 Loser lefty musicians hating on America nothing new. That's one reason I became a fan of country music. Unfortunately the Left are a cancer and have spread into Nashville big time. Zach Bryant being the current biggest douchebag.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (KC5Lt)

219 Tillis: GOP Should Ditch Trump Populism, ‘Go Back’ to Conservative Principles

I watched the interview. (no I didn't) He didn't say harrumph even once so he's a faux conservative.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (ExV1e)

220 Sure 300 bad
but the 99,700 with IQs barely high enough to be street sweepers will be on the Big Govt Test forever and ever

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (/+uur)

221 I've just not been around them in large numbers in a smaller area.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Uncle had season tickets. I went to one game - Eagles vs Cowboys. It was like being in Beirut. Ice balls, batteries and whatever had density was thrown at Dallas coming out of the tunnel. Fights in the parking lot and stands. Romans at the Colosseum would have been in shock.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 08:58 AM (h6CE+)

222 I've been a fan of several things in my life, but I've never been able to understand the whole "Fight to the death because you're rooting for the wrong team" thing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:58 AM (ccf/V)

223 214 I have a sudden craving for calamari.
Posted by: Sponge

Damn you. Now I have to go to Licari's for lunch.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 08:58 AM (Y8DZL)

224 205 Today is also,
World Octopus Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

You're breaking my heart.

Posted by: Michelle Fields Farewell To Arms at October 08, 2026 08:58 AM (EdP2u)

225 Didn't look like interference to me unless the outfielder was Superman.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (KC5Lt)

226 Oh no!

Ana Navarro Predicts Everyone Will Die from Russian Plague — Because of Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (ndZc7)

227 >>I was an NHL game where the visiting team were the Bruins. A Yankees Suck chant broke out by Bruins fans. Keep in mind Boston was the visiting team, haha.

I was at a Red Sox - Yankees game at Fenway during the weekend when the NYPD softball team was in Boston to play the Boston PD softball team. I happened to get a seat right behind the NYPD team.

Non-stop heckling and abuse from the NYPD toward the Sox and Sox fans they entire game. And these were cops.

Being a fan of neither team I was just rooting for injuries.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (viF8m)

228 Jeffrey Maier was the kid who reached over the wall on Jeter's hit.
More popular than the guy who interfered in the Cubs game I would think

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (t9883)

229 Was Tillis wearing a plaid shirt next to a Ford pickup when he said that? Oh right he only does that during campaign ads.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (T+9ay)

230 Ana Navarro.
Is there anything she DOESN'T know?

Posted by: Homer Simpson at October 08, 2026 09:00 AM (V1+OY)

231 Tillis is a sore loser who will soon be forgotten unless he joins the Dem party.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:00 AM (KC5Lt)

232 Now we simply have the chant "CHECK his DRAFT kings!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:57 AM (ccf/V)

Exactly. That's a huge reason why I don't spend a lot of time watching any sporting events anymore. I still love hockey, but even that is getting more suspicious.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:01 AM (W6UZk)

233 I was at a Giants game in Pittsburgh when they were champs and Barry Bonds (former Pirate) was on the field.

I talked as much smack as possible but all the Pirates fans were too nice and none of them took the bait.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 08, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

234 Something magical about Fenway. I’ve been to several games there in my travels to Boston. I’m not a yuuge beisbol fan but going to games there is awesome. I’ll take those old timey stadiums over the $1B new ones any day.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:02 AM (T+9ay)

235 @TheBabylonBee
Hamas Disappointed Leftists Don't Believe They Massacred Jews After They Went To All The Trouble To Livestream It

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:02 AM (/+uur)

236 Exactly. That's a huge reason why I don't spend a lot of time watching any sporting events anymore. I still love hockey, but even that is getting more suspicious.
Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:01 AM (W6UZk)

College football has been pretty solid, unless it's a significant game, then the mysterious pass interference or roughing the passer call comes out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:02 AM (ccf/V)

237 Jeffrey Maier was the kid who reached over the wall on Jeter's hit.
More popular than the guy who interfered in the Cubs game I would think
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 08, 2026 08:59 AM (t9883)

He became a celeb in the Big Rotten Apple. I think he was on Letterman.

The Cubs thing was Steve Bartman. Opposite effect for him because his interference was adverse to the home team.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:03 AM (W6UZk)

238 Guy had a Phils hat on,

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Even the Democrats may be able to recognize a woman now.

Sophie Cunningham Appears to Troll Transgender Community With “Women” Hat at Missouri Football Game

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 09:04 AM (ndZc7)

239 Long ago when they had Foam in the Dome, it was usually just Astros fans fighting each other and being brought down to Astro Jail.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:04 AM (KC5Lt)

240 How high do you have to be to look at yourself in a mirror and determine "That's PERFECT!!!!!"
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (ccf/V)

Come on, man. Get some jive going. Be cool. Shake it, but don't break it. That's it. Hey man, how do I look? "You look sharp, mister." I feel sharp! Ya hear? I feel like the sun around midnight. You dig? Outta sight! Get down! Get down! Feeling good! Feeling fine! Feeling real fine! That's it, just loosen up those hips, sugar. All you whiteys got a tight ass! Yeah, get that ass moving there! Outta sight! I'm a macaroni! Get down! I'm the king, number one baby!

Posted by: George Caldwell at October 08, 2026 09:04 AM (pa/M5)

241 Claiming Bartman for the cubs losing that game is like blaming forks for obesity. It’s beyond retarded.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (T+9ay)

242
Today is also,
World Octopus Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 08:54 AM (NpAcC)

Somewhere in NYC...

Awwww, yeah!

*takes off pants*

*lowers bare butt into octopus tank*

Posted by: And now you know where Talarico has been for the last 10 days... at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (YSUhf)

243 172 USA = "unreliable boyfriend"
How old is she?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 08:46 AM (rOKnE)
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One of the most outstandingly obnoxious globalist totalitarians alive and kicking today, IMO, Freeland is a first class bitch. She led the seizure of truckers equipment and bank accounts during the last unfortunate administration in Ottawa.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (4nevv)

244 Legal betting is destroying sports.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (h6CE+)

245 >>Something magical about Fenway. I’ve been to several games there in my travels to Boston. I’m not a yuuge beisbol fan but going to games there is awesome. I’ll take those old timey stadiums over the $1B n

>> When I was in high school we would take the T to Fenway and get scalped bleacher tickets for a couple bucks. Sit in the bleachers on a nice summer day with a dog and a beer, yea that were pretty lenient about IDs back then, and it was great day.

One of my high school teammates got a summer job "working" the manual scoreboard on the Green Monster. He got paid to watch games from one of the best seats in the house.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

246 HillaryClinton ... making the case that every child in this country deserves a fair shot.

**********

...or an exercise band to the neck if the mom doesn't have a gun handy.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:06 AM (I0N4X)

247 244 Legal betting is destroying sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (h6CE+)

Now do ESPN the OCHO

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

248 Legal betting is destroying sports.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:05 AM (h6CE+)

The NFL is now PARTNERED with gambling firms. Not sponsored, PARTNERED.

The NFL is the WWE with pads and a ball.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:06 AM (ccf/V)

249 “I thought the worst I’ve seen in my life is what ISIS has done in Iraq and Syria,” Rawan Osman who is Syrian and Lebanese said. “I have never imagined saying I’ve seen something worse.”...
“They were so joyful and cheering over dead bodies and they were parading bodies without clothes,” Al Harbi, who is Muslim, said. “That’s not the Islam that I knew my whole life.”

That is the truth about Islam. To say on one side that it's "not the Islam" they know, and at the same time say they "never imagined" something worse that what ISIS did is to Taqqiyah about the issue.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:08 AM (l3cgK)

250
Now do ESPN the OCHO
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:06 AM (/+uur)

Those aren't sports.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:08 AM (ccf/V)

251 A closer inspection allegedly uncovered 10 live birds concealed beneath the traveler’s clothing, the complaint said.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
======================
The everyday Miami airport shenanigans would make a great comedy show backdrop.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:08 AM (4nevv)

252 “We really have 300 troublemakers out of 100,000 Somali people here. It’s a small number. But of that 300, 50 need to go to jail soon, because the 50 are the leadership. It may not be official leadership, but they’re the ones carrying the guns and shooting at other people. So, half of them need to be charged federally with RICO. We are working with the feds."
-MN Sheriff
========

BS. The current crop of miscreants is the "muscle" for the massive Somali grifting industry. IOW, the enforcement division of Fraud, Inc.

You take out the "leadership" now, and the head honchos will just hire a new "leadership". You can't run a criminal syndicate without a corps of tough guys to do what has to be done.

Posted by: mrp at October 08, 2026 09:09 AM (rj6Yv)

253 Damn spaghetti spiced sell out!

Socialist protesters call Zohran Mamdani “traitor” for being too pro-Israel

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)

254 130 So completely rejected God that it's not enough to simply be atheist, they have to performatively embrace the dark side? Gotta spit in God's face and all that?
Posted by: Lizzy

Their worldview can be summed up as follows:

1. I don't believe in God.
2. I HATE HIM!!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 09:09 AM (jjoN6)

255 The everyday Miami airport shenanigans would make a great comedy show backdrop.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:08 AM (4nevv)

Americas Funniest Third World Invaders

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)

256 I'm kind of amazed that I never came across any Cornell level of debauchery at my school. Part of me wonders if I missed out.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 07:45 AM (jjoN6)

It's possible that when you were matriculated, your university didn't actively encourage debauchery.

Here's the university's official "have you done this yet" checklist:

https://tinyurl.com/bp7t4fem

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

257 Who knew The Last Boy Scout was a documentary.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:10 AM (KC5Lt)

258 Gambling is what’s keeping sports alive. Otherwise yuutes don’t have the attention span to watch a 3 hr game.

With micro bets the score doesn’t even matter anymore for a lot of “fans”. It’s how many catches did so and so make or how yards didn’t and so rush for.its fantasy football on steroids. That’s a large chunk of the betting market. Who won or lost is almost an afterthought.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:10 AM (T+9ay)

259 Thumb Tillis reminds me of a character from Monty Python's "Upper Class Twit" skits.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:11 AM (4nevv)

260 Banana Ball is great for many reasons, the fans are part of the action. Fans get one Fan Challenge per game and every ball caught cleanly by fans is an out. One game I saw this year had 11 fan caught outs, a record.
Dan Oberst of the Bananas fouled out to the fans 15 times this year, once, three times in a row.
The Championship Game Bananas vs. Tailgaters is Saturday in the Nationals Ballpark in DC. Every game is live on Youtube.

Posted by: Big Fan Here at October 08, 2026 09:11 AM (EdP2u)

261 Woods, an aerospace engineering student from Saraland, is accused of responding to a TikTok post about Trump's upcoming visit with the comment, "he gotta die bro."

Maffs be like hard and shit

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 09:12 AM (/+uur)

262 Always always always type and delete

Posted by: ... at October 08, 2026 09:12 AM (IUETd)

263 Only sport I watch now is golf.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:12 AM (KC5Lt)

264 Legend has it that Judge Roy Hofheinz lived in a lavish, 24-room suite within the Astrodome that he claimed was his legal homestead to protect the stadium from foreclosure or seizure for unpaid taxes under Texas law.

The Judge's Quarters, which Hofheinz occupied from 1965 to 1972, was a 24-room complex spanning up to seven floors located in the right-field stands behind the scoreboard, that cost approximately $1.5 million to build.

Its eclectic, "early King Farouk" decor included a Presidential Suite with purple velvet baths and gold toilet handles reserved for Lyndon B. Johnson, a Tipsy Tavern with a slanted floor, a bowling alley, a shooting gallery, a private putting green, and conference rooms with zebra-print chairs.

This apartment was dismantled and removed in 1988 to make room for additional stadium seating.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:12 AM (wVcYX)

265 American College Students Prefer Socialism to Capitalism, Survey Finds.

Shock Polls: Dems TWICE As Likely to Support Hitler, and Trump’s Popularity Soars With Young Voters

I think I see the problem...and it's not with young voters...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:13 AM (l3cgK)

266
Atheism requires a lot of faith.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 09:13 AM (Y8DZL)

267 256: It's possible that when you were matriculated, your university didn't actively encourage debauchery.

Here's the university's official "have you done this yet" checklist:

I'll see it when I get home. And I'm almost afraid to.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 09:13 AM (jjoN6)

268 Bronx-bred Yankees fan here who was often in the Fenway bleachers while in school. My vote for the best place to watch baseball.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 09:13 AM (dtajH)

269 263 Does anybody bet on golf?

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

270 Either all the pollsters are running an op or this is the weirdest political year ever. I mean a Dem senate candidate in Minnesota is sweating and yet Paxton “ trails” Talarico??? That is some mighty fine ganja they’re smoking…. Not to mention a combination commie/terrorist is supposedly ahead in MI. Okay then…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 08, 2026 08:50 AM (AvqNi)
******
Saw a poll that had Gina Hinojosa beating Governor Greg Abbott by 2 points.
Sweating bullets now.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (NpAcC)

271 My Bronx born father was a Mets fan.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (KC5Lt)

272 "An extra $90 from the government is good "

Why not send out $900K to everybody then? That would be 10K times better, right?

I guess it's not just Dumocrats who like Free Govt Money.

The U.S. federal budget deficit for fiscal year (FY) 2026 is estimated to be approximately $2.0 trillion. We can afford it!

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

273 Oh no!

Ana Navarro Predicts Everyone Will Die from Russian Plague — Because of Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
+++
Isn't she supposed to be the conservative one on the show?
Do people actually watch that garbage?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Lo97M)

274 How do college students support socialism and Trump popularity soars with young people?

The math ain’t mathing as the kids would say.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (T+9ay)

275 From the anti-Mamdani protest.

Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?'

'700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!'

'Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!'

'Zohran, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide!'

https://tinyurl.com/h4xms5ju

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700,000 dead, huh?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ndZc7)

276 Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Jr5Lq)

I don't think we should do it but it's not free money. It's money being returned.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (KC5Lt)

277 Isn't she supposed to be the conservative one on the show?
Do people actually watch that garbage?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Lo97M)

I thought she was the green room food disposal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ccf/V)

278 Maybe James Talarico has that tick bite born disease where you get violently ill if you eat meat, and that what's his big deal about being a Vegan is , but instead of announcing that he virtues signals against eating beef.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (JrHfD)

279 Does anybody bet on golf?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

Absolutely. You can bet on just about any sport on the planet these days with Draft Kings and the like.

I mean like bets on Brazilian volleyball tournaments and shit. Gambling addiction has become THAT bad for some.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:16 AM (T+9ay)

280 263 Only sport I watch now is golf.
Posted by: polynikes

I get it, my wife hates it.

Every stroke is a game in itself.

Golfers don't play against each other, they play against themselves.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)

281 "I don't think we should do it but it's not free money. It's money being returned."

It's money being PRINTED!

Posted by: gp at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (Jr5Lq)

282 American College Students Prefer Socialism to Capitalism, Survey Finds.
====================
Prefer starvation to excess food? Unemployment to jobs? Are you a luddite?

Socialism is for you!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (4nevv)

283 IIRC, ESPN had a show discussing the 7 reasons why you couldn't blame Steve Bartman for the Cubs losing that series in 2003. The #1 reason was that Bartman's interference occurred in game SIX of the series. The Cubs still had a chance at the Friendly Confines to regroup and win Game 7.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (2CeDH)

284 Does anybody bet on golf?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

I made a $100 bet on the last Masters. Didn't win.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (KC5Lt)

285 Savannah Bananas put asses in seats.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:18 AM (h6CE+)

286 263 Does anybody bet on golf?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

Gambling is strictly forbidden at Bushwood, sir!

Posted by: Judge Smails at October 08, 2026 09:18 AM (wVcYX)

287 "Saw a poll..."

Who's poll was it? How many more donktards did it sample than R?

When was the last time a R led a monmoth college poll? UT poll.

Why you letting a "poll" gaslight you?

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 08, 2026 09:18 AM (dCMJG)

288 @274 "The math ain’t mathing as the kids would say."

Non-College outnumber College by two to one for all ages of adults. This has huge implications if we get the Turnout that I expect.

The Left continues to alienate the working class. Trump's success has been built on getting them to vote R.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (dtajH)

289 Polls are for strippers.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (ccf/V)

290 Bronx-bred Yankees fan here who was often in the Fenway bleachers while in school. My vote for the best place to watch baseball.
Posted by: Ignoramus at October 08, 2026 09:13 AM (dtajH)

Benn there and also to a alot of other current and former ballparks. I'll take Wrigley over Fenway. For the modern ballparks, Pittsburgh is really a gem.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (W6UZk)

291 125 Satanism is just dumb. Satan was the loser in his struggle with God. Why would you worship the loser?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)
======
Ask the 1.5 Billion muzzies that question.
allah, master deceiver = satan, father of all lies

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (JNTt1)

292 Does anybody bet on golf?
Posted by: Bulg

I'll bet Tiger gets another DEI before the end of the year.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 09:20 AM (k9rrS)

293 Socialism these days can be defined as any govt program. I see a lot of this online with people going oh you hate socialism so then I guess we should get rid of the police and fire fighters huh? They think that’s a sick burn.

If you re-asked the question from do you support socialism to do you think the govt should run every aspect of the economy, even among retards in college the support would drop considerably.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:20 AM (T+9ay)

294 251 A closer inspection allegedly uncovered 10 live birds concealed beneath the traveler’s clothing, the complaint said.
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 08, 2026 08:53 AM (/+uur)
======================
The everyday Miami airport shenanigans would make a great comedy show backdrop.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:08 AM (4nevv)

Florida man, what CAN'T you do?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:20 AM (l3cgK)

295 Ohio pollsters claim Husted is running behind Sherrod Brown. Republicans are confident of a solid win, and early mail in ballot requests support their view (at least so far, as TJM data points out). Nobody can figure out what is happening with the polls, except to say they must be oversampling a Democrat group, probably young voters.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:21 AM (4nevv)

296 He's been saying that every time Talafreako eats meat, he goes and throws up.

I wonder if there's any validity to that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

No. I've seen him down dozens of sausages in a single night with no problem. -- Corey Booker

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 08, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

297 254 130 So completely rejected God that it's not enough to simply be atheist, they have to performatively embrace the dark side? Gotta spit in God's face and all that?
Posted by: Lizzy

Their worldview can be summed up as follows:

1. I don't believe in God.
2. I HATE HIM!!

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 09:09 AM (jjoN6)
3. ?
4. Profit!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:21 AM (l3cgK)

298 From the anti-Mamdani protest.

Zohran, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?'

'700,000 dead. Mamdani, your hands are red!'

'Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!'

'Zohran, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide!'

https://tinyurl.com/h4xms5ju

It'd be funny if they got ahold of him. The GAF meter is out of batteries.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 08, 2026 09:21 AM (h6CE+)

299 700,000 dead, huh?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ndZc7)

They'll get it up to 1.6 million in a few years and then they'll be on par with the Holocaust.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 09:22 AM (6ydKt)

300 He's been saying that every time Talafreako eats meat, he goes and throws up.

I wonder if there's any validity to that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 08:36 AM (ccf/V)

No. I've seen him down dozens of sausages in a single night with no problem. -- Corey Booker
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Did they have ketamine on them?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 08, 2026 09:22 AM (k9rrS)

301 Benn there and also to a alot of other current and former ballparks. I'll take Wrigley over Fenway. For the modern ballparks, Pittsburgh is really a gem.
Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (W6UZk)
================
Love all those parks, along with Camden Yard and, especially, seating behind home plate in San Francisco on a sunny afternoon. Best seat in baseball, IMO.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:23 AM (fcuif)

302 I always bet on Dr. Beeper at Bushwood. Lost my shirt every time.

Posted by: Inveterate, Degenerate, Gambler at October 08, 2026 09:23 AM (EdP2u)

303 According to a poll, kammie the kommie won Iowa by 14 points last POTUS election!!

Lets keep quoting polls as some kind of anonymous source.

How about you name the poll so people can check the crosstabs for themselves?

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 08, 2026 09:23 AM (dCMJG)

304 258 Gambling is what’s keeping sports alive. Otherwise yuutes don’t have the attention span to watch a 3 hr game.

With micro bets the score doesn’t even matter anymore for a lot of “fans”. It’s how many catches did so and so make or how yards didn’t and so rush for.its fantasy football on steroids. That’s a large chunk of the betting market. Who won or lost is almost an afterthought.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:10 AM (T+9ay)

I would rather set the money in my wallet on fire that bet on sports. It's essentially the same thing for me with less time lost.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:23 AM (l3cgK)

305 The saying is true. We, the residents of Warsaw and Cracow, are very pro-stripper.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

306 Boston Globe: -- story by Michael C. Bender, NYTimes

The Trump administration’s lack of action on the Cornell case highlights an apparent drop from the president's first term in resolved investigations of sexual assault.

---

The Cornell incident happened:
• under Biden
• in a Democrat-controlled state
• in a deep, deep blue city
• at a leftist university
• by progressives

Every. Single. Person. Involved. Is. A. Democrat.

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)

307 Just checked my bank account - $90 incoming from SSA.

It's more like a transposition error than anything significant.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)

308 Non-College outnumber College by two to one for all ages of adults. This has huge implications if we get the Turnout that I expect.
-

For people under 30 it’s close to 50/50.

2:1 is the population at large but it really skews based on age. The older you get the lower the percent is.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (T+9ay)

309 273 Oh no!

Ana Navarro Predicts Everyone Will Die from Russian Plague — Because of Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
+++
Isn't she supposed to be the conservative one on the show?
Do people actually watch that garbage?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Lo97M)

Because it's happening in RUSSIA, and everybody knows (because of the Deep State) that Trump is a RUSSIAN asset, right?
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (l3cgK)

310 Does anybody bet on golf?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (77rzZ)

Of course. Both "officially" on the various sites/apps and also unofficially amongst a lot of everyday amateurs. My buddies and I almost always have some bet going during our rounds. Usually a $5 per person bet on every Par 3 - whoever is closest to the pin wins it all. Has to be on the green though. So if nobody hits the green, it carries over to the next Par 3. That hole becomes $10 per person - an so on. We carry it forward to the next round if necessary.

Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (W6UZk)

311 274 How do college students support socialism and Trump popularity soars with young people?

The math ain’t mathing as the kids would say.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (T+9ay)

Because young college students are mostly brain-washed by college, but don't make up the majority of young voters...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:26 AM (l3cgK)

312 The over/under on the longest time Patrick Cantlay takes to hit any tee shot in any tournament next year:

7 minutes

I'll take the over

Posted by: one hour sober at October 08, 2026 09:26 AM (J4Dwc)

313 The pollsters have to make the poll results more even by October.

If they don't, the Dems leading races by 10 points might give the Dem voters the idea that they have this thing in the bag already, and then they won't show up to vote.

Can't have that, so the polls get closer.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 09:26 AM (6ydKt)

314 277 Isn't she supposed to be the conservative one on the show?
Do people actually watch that garbage?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 08, 2026 09:14 AM (Lo97M)

I thought she was the green room food disposal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:15 AM (ccf/V)

Soylent Green is Ana Navarro!

Posted by: Zombie Charlton Heston at October 08, 2026 09:28 AM (l3cgK)

315 CNN recently reported (Harry Enten) that GOP party registration is stronger than it's ever been, and that in swing states, it's up over any Dem gains.

For TWO YEARS, the media has told us voters are fleeing Trump to join the Dems, and polling that that same media is publishing 'confirms' that.

But party registration numbers places the GOP in a stronger position than they have ever been.

I wonder which are real - the polls which are projecting data or the party registrations, which are RECORDING data...

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 08, 2026 09:28 AM (gLYp7)

316 Sadly, after the midterms, Democrats will crank up their 2028 Presidential PR, and we will have to read a lot of hagiographic crap about Kamala again.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:28 AM (fcuif)

317 >>'Traitor, traitor, come on out! You sold all your people out!'

Is this for real, or some kind of performative protest* where he gets to look moderate after pledging $22 million to Sarsour's group and his horrible Oct 7th statement?

*I'm remembering the Obama speeches where Code Pink would heckle him, so then he'd say "no, no, they have a point. . ."

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:28 AM (rOKnE)

318 Posted by: Doof at October 08, 2026 09:25 AM (W6UZk)

Yeah, I know about Diogenes fleecing the geezers. I was thinking of betting on pro golf. Seems like it would be harder to do than with team sports, but resourceful people will always find a way, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

319 280 263 Only sport I watch now is golf.
Posted by: polynikes

I get it, my wife hates it.

Every stroke is a game in itself.

Golfers don't play against each other, they play against themselves.

Posted by: Auspex at October 08, 2026 09:17 AM (Y8DZL)

Old folks stroke differently.
Young folks stroke, but in a different way.

Posted by: Zombie Charlton Heston at October 08, 2026 09:29 AM (l3cgK)

320 The Propaganda Press will, hopefully, stroke out after election day.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (fcuif)

321 I'd like to be able to bet on Diogenes on Tuesdays.

Posted by: Fleece the Geezers!! at October 08, 2026 09:30 AM (EdP2u)

322 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 08, 2026 09:31 AM (ccf/V)

323 Yeah, I know about Diogenes fleecing the geezers. I was thinking of betting on pro golf. Seems like it would be harder to do than with team sports, but resourceful people will always find a way, I guess.

Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

If it's a 'sport' you can bet on it somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (6ydKt)

324 Sponge is busy getting first! on the art thread.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (fcuif)

325 291 125 Satanism is just dumb. Satan was the loser in his struggle with God. Why would you worship the loser?
Posted by: Bulg at October 08, 2026 08:27 AM (77rzZ)
======
Ask the 1.5 Billion muzzies that question.
allah, master deceiver = satan, father of all lies

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 08, 2026 09:19 AM (JNTt1)

Ask Saul Alinsky who dedicated his book to Satan...

Posted by: Zombie Charlton Heston at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (l3cgK)

326 Ask Saul Alinsky who dedicated his book to Satan...
Posted by: Zombie Charlton Heston at October 08, 2026 09:32 AM (l3cgK)
================
Is that so? Well, that explains (at least) part of Hillary's fascination with it.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:34 AM (fcuif)

327 Every stroke is a game in itself.

************

That comment needed a Mitch McConnell sock

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at October 08, 2026 09:35 AM (I0N4X)

328 off Soylent Sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (l3cgK)

329 >>A closer inspection allegedly uncovered 10 live birds concealed beneath the traveler’s clothing, the complaint said.

Many years ago I had a job that included providing subpoenaed service bills to law enforcement. Had a regular INS agent (pre-ICE) who was chatty, and he loved to get serious criminals on things like bird smuggling (akin to tax evasion). If they're smuggling birds, probably also smuggling drugs, etc..

Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

330 If they're smuggling birds, probably also smuggling drugs, etc..
Posted by: Lizzy at October 08, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)
=================
Or, like Jeb!'s wife, jewelry bought overseas.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 08, 2026 09:43 AM (OSZOS)

331 Anytime something bad happens to a Senator, I hope Tillis is the victim

Posted by: SMOD at October 08, 2026 09:50 AM (RHGPo)

332 Mr. Tillis and Mr. Cornyn can keep swilling in the juice of sour grapes.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 08, 2026 10:14 AM (XUHiS)

333 Tillis has no effing idea what the conservative ideology is. He's been a freaking RINO for decades. I hope the ads push people away from voting for this idiot.

Posted by: sidney at October 08, 2026 10:47 AM (Uy/WF)

334 'I thought the worst I've seen in my life is what ISIS has done in Iraq and Syria...I have never imagined saying I've seen something worse'
‘I Couldn’t Breathe’: Watch Arabs React After Screening Footage Of Hamas Slaughtering Civilians

Again, heartbreaking.

But couldn't those lovely, important women have seen the film and spoken out before? Did their opinions and feelings about the atrocities seen go beyond the Daily Caller, aside from venues such as this?

We've sheltered generations from the reality of true, lasting evil and now it has gained a foothold once more.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 08, 2026 11:01 AM (NFX2v)

335 About 10 years ago there was a joke of asking pro-abortion people if they would support aborting the baby in the fourth trimester. They would say yes not realizing there are only three trimesters and the fourth would mean the baby is already born. Now they would still say yes, and it's not a joke anymore.

Posted by: Hadsil at October 08, 2026 12:12 PM (/4OWh)

336 Maybe Tom should just go away. He can spend his days sucking dick like the useless piece of shit he is.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 08, 2026 01:53 PM (j3Fsw)

Daily Tech News 8 October 2026

Top Story

I wondered recently when Saleforce blamed their failure to increase profits on their AI spending habits what the hell they were doing with it, because while they didn't put a number on it the figures they did mention implied it is in the hundreds of millions of dollars a year, enough to build twenty production-grade compilers or one public toilet in San Francisco.

Well, it's not Salesforce, but I have found someone doing something useful with AI coding tools: ArtCraft. (Get ArtCraft)

ArtCraft itself is an AI-assisted art program. That's not the neat part, though.

The neat part is the smaller associated apps.

PhotoCraft is a photo editing program. VectorCraft is a vector graphics program. FilmCraft and EffectCraft are for video editing and effects. DesignCraft is for document layout.

If this sounds like the offerings of a certain major software company to you, you are not alone.

And it's all free as in beer and as in speech. Download the binaries, download the source code, and do whatever you want with them. All the programs run on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, and on web browsers.

Early days yet; two programs are in alpha and the others haven't even got that far, but this is what we'll be seeing a lot more of in the future.

Tech News

Microsoft has reduced monthly AI spending caps from $100,000 per employee to $10,000. (RS Websols)

That sort of expense could easily mount into the hundreds of millions of dollars a year for a large company with a lot of developers, but as I said of Salesforce, there is little sign the money was well-spent.
Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop Ultra, with Nvidia's RTX Spark CPU and up to 128GB of RAM starting at $2599. (Notebook Check)

You do not get 128GB of RAM in the $2599 model. You get the slower version of the CPU and 24GB of RAM. But the top of the line model is less horrifyingly expensive than I was expecting at $5899.

Lacks the Four Essential Keys, though, so that's a no from me.
Shiny Hunters, the hacking group who recently broke into an FBI employee database and promptly got to encounter FBI employees up close and personal, we up to other shady and stupid stuff. (Krebs on Security)

And the hackers already arrested are singing like canaries.
Minisforum's new expansion card brings four M.2 slots, a USB-C port, and for some reason, OCuLink to a single PCIe x4 slot using AMD's B850 motherboard chip for around $135. (WCCFTech)

Fine, but also, why?
JGINYUE (who?) also delivers four M.2 slots, two 10Gb USB-A ports, a 10Gb USB-C port, and a 2.5Gb Ethernet adaptor to a PCIe x4 slot using AMD's older B650 motherboard chip for around $58. (WCCFTech)

A year or so ago when storage was still cheap this would have been great. Now it's... Fine.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: No, the other behind you!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 So fiscal reality is starting to finally assert itself after all the emotionally driven wasteful spending. Funny how that always happens.

If you don't see actual value, maybe you shouldn't be dumping a ton of money into it.

G'morning, Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 08, 2026 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

3 Hello Techsters

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 08, 2026 04:05 AM (yG7pF)

4 I wonder how many in the Shiny Hunters group were FBI plants?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 08, 2026 04:05 AM (O7YUW)

5 Good morning, All.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 08, 2026 04:10 AM (PKL0q)

6 JGINYUE (who?)

*puts on sunglasses from 'They Live'*

CCP

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 08, 2026 04:11 AM (O7YUW)

7 G&R, reading the financial reports of the Hyperscalers wouldn’t support your conclusion. They are still spending like crazy and even though the cost of compute is falling rapidly the usage is expanding so rapidly that the total spend continues to grow. For now.

The hard landing likely will occur but it sure doesn’t appear to be happening soon.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 08, 2026 04:12 AM (yG7pF)

8 I wonder how many non-Chinese companies are going to start branding with nonsensical letter combinations just so they stand half a chance of their own crap getting listed anywhere amidst all the unpronounceable Chinesium slop that has inundated the internet's marketplaces....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 08, 2026 04:13 AM (aKiSo)

9 Then again, for all everyone bitches about the fact that America doesn't make anything anymore (myself included), we can't even open a couple big buildings full of computers whose only exhaust product is a slight hum and a bit of heat without a bunch of Concerned Citizens lighting their pitchforks on fire and marching in the streets. How the heck would we ever get away with building an actual factory anywhere making actual tangible products?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 08, 2026 04:17 AM (aKiSo)

10 Although the TV show Benson was not based on the musician George Benson, Clayton Endicott was played by René Auberjonois who also played Odo on Deep Space Nine, which as I always say, if you give me the Deep Space, and I will give you the Nine.

(He was in Boston Legal with Spader and Shatner so that's a Sci Fi Trio)

And this song also reminds of the song Stomp, by the Brothers Johnson, who wisely didn't not shorten their name to the BJays.

So there's a lot of fun facts that don't really have a lot to do with each other. Here's a couple of more fun facts:

When I lived in Nashville we had a local construction company called Lojac. They had several unfortunate blast incidents while working on the highway, so I renamed them BlowJac, and started singing David and David's Welcome to the Boomtown.

David and David
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97wvwuHUMCw

BJays Stomp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPBDMihPRJA

Posted by: meh at October 08, 2026 04:19 AM (zZxsY)

11 on the set it was known as "deep throat 9"

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 08, 2026 04:24 AM (jrgJz)

12 Around here if you mention nuclear power the pitch forks come out. " I don't want to die with cancer" "Remember Chernobyl"
"we all going to die" "if they build it, I'm moving'. on and on.
And the media loves to quote them for a great headline.

Posted by: cplin at October 08, 2026 04:35 AM (CiQE7)

13 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 04:43 AM (sAmhv)

14 12 Around here if you mention nuclear power the pitch forks come out. " I don't want to die with cancer" "Remember Chernobyl"
"we all going to die" "if they build it, I'm moving'. on and on.
And the media loves to quote them for a great headline.
Posted by: cplin at October 08, 2026 04:35 AM (CiQE7)

---‐--

Yes, it's so unfortunate. Nuclear power generation technology has really progressed.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 08, 2026 04:50 AM (PKL0q)

15 David and David's Welcome to the Boomtown.

That was a great album. David Baerwald's first solo album, 'Bedtime Stories' is nearly perfect.

youtu.be/oG7n8u72vi8

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 04:55 AM (sAmhv)

16 Publius Rascal, if you're still here, you have my sincerest sympathies on your mother's condition.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 08, 2026 04:57 AM (Fv808)

17 Long commute again
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 05:07 AM (Ia/+0)

18 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 08, 2026 05:09 AM (Hbeqj)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 08, 2026 05:14 AM (AMvSw)

20 And the hackers already arrested are singing like canaries.

The realization that they are not going to do well in prison may be the reason.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 08, 2026 05:14 AM (jjoN6)

21 Is this thing on?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 08, 2026 05:20 AM (3AwA+)

22 11 on the set it was known as "deep throat 9"
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 08, 2026 04:24 AM (jrgJz)

That sounds like a fun set!

Posted by: SciVo at October 08, 2026 05:21 AM (ke3zm)

23 "Connected to the vine. "Man writes on John 15:1-8

https://tinyurl.com/mw3fwujr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:22 AM (JrHfD)

24 >> Publius Rascal, if you're still here, you have my sincerest sympathies on your mother's condition.

I'm sort of checking in every now and then. Miley and I are taking shifts around the clock basically, and the schedules are getting wild. I didn't get to sleep until about 3PM yesterday, and woke up about 12AM. And both of our sleep periods are sort of walking crazy around the clock. It's insane.

Thank you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 05:24 AM (w6EFb)

25 Two girls who play hockey on opposing teams realize they're sisters ( Both were adopted separately) . Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2zjkxh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:28 AM (JrHfD)

26 You and your family are in my prayers, publius.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at October 08, 2026 05:28 AM (3AwA+)

27 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 05:24 AM (w6EFb)

It's sounds exhausting and it's not as if you're both young people. May God give you both strength to help her run the race to its finish to be received in
God's arms.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:31 AM (JrHfD)

28
Thank you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 05:31 AM (w6EFb)

29 Sorry about your Mum, Publius.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 08, 2026 05:38 AM (sAmhv)

30 G'mornin' everyone!

thx for the artcraft link, Pixy! interesting!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 05:39 AM (VyBeY)

31 Old time hymn ( well compared to some others it's not old , "Great is thy faithfulness" by Thomas Chisholm, 1923 , but still a favorite in some church traditions:

https://tinyurl.com/tr2r3nwf

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 08, 2026 05:52 AM (JrHfD)

32 Early days yet; two programs are in alpha and the others haven't even got that far, but this is what we'll be seeing a lot more of in the future.

The PhotoCraft section has screenshots that make it look just like Photoshop. The toobar has two columns instead of one, but everything is similar. At least it's better than Gimp in that department.

I'm surprised Adobe isn't already trying to sue them.

I downloaded Photocraft (the installer file is only 51.8mb) and it opens psd files, which is always a good sign for a photo editor. Works just like Photoshop, too. What it's missing is the newer AI features Pshop has that can help select an area, remove/replace selected areas, or use AI generative fill when needed.

But yeah, it's a a lot easier to use than Gimp if you're trying to find a Photoshop replacement because it's basically a clone.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 05:56 AM (6ydKt)

33 Gimp is the dwarf fortress of photoshops

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 08, 2026 05:57 AM (aKiSo)

34 w00t late

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)

35 George Benson - Give Me The Night

yay

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:01 AM (odBC9)

36 Evening and morning, ever'body,

Welcome to the AoSHQ Empire. You won't be assimilated, but you will be drawn in. Resign yourself.

Thor's Day!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2026 06:03 AM (wzUl9)

37
Good morning, Hordians. It's a great day waking up and knowing that the Yankees haven't won a World Series in 17 years and won't this season either.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 06:03 AM (eRlcH)

38 Temps are fairly low for Da Swamp in Oct., humidity is down a bit, and the trop storm/hurricane is aiming at Mobile Bay. Actually I'm hoping for some rain tomorrow, as Linda wants to drag me to another of these silly luncheon- lectures at my old employer, but it doesn't look like the rain will be heavy enough. Darn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

39 10 When I lived in Nashville we had a local construction company called Lojac. They had several unfortunate blast incidents while working on the highway, so I renamed them BlowJac

Posted by: meh at October 08, 2026 04:19 AM (zZxsY)

Hit the BlowJac
And don't you come back no more no more no more no more

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:05 AM (odBC9)

40 Minisforum's new expansion card brings four M.2 slots, a USB-C port, and for some reason, OCuLink to a single PCIe x4 slot using AMD's B850 motherboard chip for around $135. (WCCFTech)

Fine, but also, why?

I can understand somebody might want some exta M.2 slots if their motherboard (like mine) only has two M.2, I can understand somebody (like me) who only has a 10gbps USB-C on their motherboard wanting the 20gbps port.

But, I have no clue why somebody would want Occulink on an add-in card. I mean, if you're already on a desktop with PCIe slots then why would you need an Occulink port for a GPU?
Occulink is good for connecting GPUs to Mini-PCs without expansion slots until USB-C/Thunderbolt gets fast enough.

Maybe use the Occulink to hook up another AI system with a faster connection?

Not much else I can imagine doing with it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:08 AM (6ydKt)

41 >>>Shiny Hunters, the hacking group

Shiny Hunters
In the wine
Makes me feel happy
Makes me feel fine
Shiny Hunters

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:10 AM (odBC9)

42 33 Gimp is the dwarf fortress of photoshops

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 08, 2026 05:57 AM (aKiSo)

I've tried using it, and I can get some stuff done, but it's a lot different than Photoshop in many aspects to the point I can't figure out where anything I need is half of the time.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:11 AM (6ydKt)

43
Taking Her Majesty to the airport this morning for her flight to Nashville for a judging assignment tomorrow at the Cumberland Valley Hound Association show. What will be entertaining is her flight back on Saturday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 06:12 AM (eRlcH)

44 RadioToday
23 hours ago

BBC Radio 2 apologises for George Benson tribute error

BBC Radio 2 has apologised after mistakenly paying tribute to George Benson following a news report announcing the death of composer George Fenton.

The error happened after the 11pm news on Monday during The Good Groove, in which Melvin Odoom was sitting in for DJ Spoony, when the presenter introduced George Benson’s version of Nature Boy as a tribute.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:12 AM (odBC9)

45 What will be entertaining is her flight back on Saturday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 06:12 AM (eRlcH)

That one may get cancelled if the leftovers of the hurricane are still around.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:14 AM (6ydKt)

46 They're predicting it's going to rain again this weekend here.
It's rained every weekend for like a month.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 08, 2026 06:18 AM (6ydKt)

47 This weekend is my annual Torque and Recoil event shooting guns and driving the. tail of the Dragon and other roads.

Really not wanting rain.

Posted by: blaster at October 08, 2026 06:23 AM (NlEaG)

48 Time I got myself up, changed, and stretched for my workout. It may be raining tomorrow, so if I skip today I'd be short on sessions for the week. Plus I want to take advantage of the lower humidity.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 08, 2026 06:27 AM (wzUl9)

49 BBC

Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds

Retailer issues update after BBC contacted by cyber criminals who said this week's breach went beyond "basic contact details"

https://tinyurl.com/y343hxby

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:28 AM (odBC9)

50 33, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 06:31 AM (VyBeY)

51 Thursday memes are up at Midwest Chick's place:

https://tinyurl.com/2ddak5wt

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 06:39 AM (VyBeY)

52 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 08, 2026 06:40 AM (VyBeY)

53 For those of us who enjoy your blog but are not techies ourselves, would you please remind us of exactly what the Four Essential Keys are?
Many Thanks.

Posted by: BrianinTn at October 08, 2026 06:47 AM (ALOqG)

54 53 For those of us who enjoy your blog but are not techies ourselves, would you please remind us of exactly what the Four Essential Keys are?
Many Thanks.
Posted by: BrianinTn at October 08, 2026 06:47 AM (ALOqG)

Page Up
Page Down
Home
End

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 06:53 AM (odBC9)

55 I tried Vectorcraft. The control latency makes it almost unusable. Feels like I'm dragging the mouse around with a rubber band. I'll stick to Inkscape, thanks.

Posted by: Sam Duncan at October 08, 2026 07:42 AM (uvpJn)

Wednesday Night ONT - October 7, 2026 [TRex]

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

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

If you're a troll, go away.

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

Early morning activity planned here, so won't be around much in the ONT comments tonight. Please don't make a mess of the place. The cleaning charge is horrific. JQ is in charge and will rule with an iron fist.

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ONT Department of Science and History

You had me at "Radioactive Dinosaurs."

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ONT Food Content

Spaghetti in a bucket from Little Ceasars. Not sure...real or AI?

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ONT Department of Feline Food Fashion

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ONT Department of Science News

Whisky to be aged in space for first time in university satellite project

Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028, sending a satellite containing samples of whisky and its base ingredients on a five-year mission to orbit the Earth.
It is hoped the frequent changes between extreme heat and freezing cold experienced by the whisky as it rotates the planet every 90 minutes could speed up the maturation process.
This could potentially open the door to future production of space-aged whisky, which the scientist behind the project expects to have "very bold" flavours as a result of its unusual journey.

Funny. My university experience did not involve launching rockets to age alcohol.

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Mandatory Maiden

Iron Maiden released its ninth studio album in 1992 titled "Fear of the Dark." The song "Fear of the Dark" was written by bassist Steve Harris. It was the twelfth and final track on the album. I'm not a musician or a music critic but it is in a different class than the other eleven. I scrolled through the rest of the album thinking that a deep cut might be fun to feature and kept coming back to "Fear of the Dark."

The song has become a staple of Iron Maiden's live shows. It has a mix of tempo, the crowd sings along, and Dickinson adds a theatrical flair. It is metal, but there is nothing else like it. It is unmistakably Maiden. It is over seven minutes of pure energy. It isn't just a song - it is an event.

I had initially planned to include a clip from Metallica shows at the Las Vegas sphere for this part of the content but the clips I saw didn't resonate with me. Impressive visuals and nothing about the music was objectionable, but it felt like Metallica was providing the soundtrack for a movie which was inserted between the crowd and the band.

I have likely included Fear of the Dark before and probably will again. I make no apologies. Anyway, here is Iron Maiden playing Fear of the Dark live in Brazil in 2017 - twenty five years after the song's 1992 release:

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is a YouTube channel called Burls Art. The sole and exclusive purpose of the channel is showing crazy ways to build guitars. Yes, it has a little shock value but the workmanship and visibility into the process earns it a place in the content. It is a business rather than a hobby. He also builds commissioned guitars.

The host does not give his real name. The channel has over 784k subscribers. Several videos have attracted millions of views. Posting frequency is about three to five a year. I'm not qualified to opine on the quality of the guitars as musical instruments or art, but I'm mostly fascinated that someone can sustain a single YouTube channel dedicated solely to making guitars.

One man's trash is another man's treasure? Playing metal with metal?

This guitar sold for $4,800.

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Pittsburgh Scanner

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

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Stone cold crazy for the big ONT finish:

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Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly sorted and processed. Are you lurking ????

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

Comments

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1 Hooray Hooray

The ONT is here!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 10:00 PM (QGaXH)

2 Ya, know, turn on the keyboard first.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (VQ0bX)

3 Pussy Tacos?

The mind wobbles.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (ptJRT)

4 St

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (kOluj)

5 Howdy Dino- nice mystery click! Go Big Red....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 07, 2026 10:02 PM (kOluj)

6 And the weirdo out in California walks away with a First.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 10:02 PM (QGaXH)

7 I have blueberry coffee cake in the oven.

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

8 Star TRex: The Primeval Generation

whut?

Evenin', all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - voting pleasant at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (uhtpA)

9 Engineers in Scotland and Japan are planning to put Scotch on a rocket in 2028, sending a satellite containing samples of whisky and its base ingredients on a five-year mission to orbit the Earth.

It is hoped the frequent changes between extreme heat and freezing cold experienced by the whisky as it rotates the planet every 90 minutes could speed up the maturation process.

I can answer that without going to space.

Balcones Distilling ages its whiskies for notably short periods, often as little as 2 years or less, due to the rapid maturation caused by Texas’s intense heat and wide temperature swings.

This climate forces barrels to "breathe" more frequently than in cooler regions, accelerating extraction and allowing the distillery to release spirits with deep flavor profiles much faster than traditional methods.

The whiskey that they age only 24 months has won numerous awards.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (ExV1e)

10 Harvest season up top pic with an excellent mystery click. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (keC+P)

11 Pussy Tacos?
The mind wobbles.
Posted by: Tonypete

THE SHIRT IS FUNNY BECAUSE TACO CAT IS A PALINDROME.

Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

12 If you're a troll, go away.

Crap!

Posted by: Fin the Troll at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

13 Wow

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (LOvBA)

14 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)

15 That's not particularly funny, BEN, but that is probably what they were aiming for.

Posted by: mikeski at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (VHUov)

16 Holy cow you little armed manly man!
Thanks Mr T🦖!
Happy hump day evening....
And hey! Hello wonderful Horde!
💕💕💕💕

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (jCKWs)

17 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.

Posted by: Willie Windrower at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (EdP2u)

18 Just in time for a change of pace, the Wednesday ONT.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (sl73Y)

19 Mmm. Purritos.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)

20 So, Scotland is too cold to actually make great whiskey?

LOL

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (LOvBA)

21 T-Rex, bringing it!

Love the musical choices.

Greeting Horde!

Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (K7v1x)

22 Nice ONT, TRex. Thanks!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:06 PM (Jr+re)

23 So, Scotland is too cold to actually make great whiskey?

No, it just takes longer.

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

24 Pittsburgh Scanner
Downtown. Penn Ave. Caller says a dude in a purple suit is walking around with a bag filled with toys. Caller thought that was weird.

Santa is way early, and caller is colorblind.

Or shrooms.

One or the other.

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

25 Dude walking around in a purple suit with a bag of toys...

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What?

Posted by: Huggy Bear at October 07, 2026 10:07 PM (RIvkX)

26 Up the Irons!

Buddy and I pooled our money together and ordered the first Iron Maiden album via Gibson's drug store (which was kind of a Woolworth type store). When it arrived, the Far Side style matronly lady looked at it and sniffed, then handed it over.

We were cutting edge metal heads in that small Wyoming town.

First concert I ever saw was Maiden on their Somewhere in Time tour, in Glendale AZ, 1987.

\m/ \m/

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (0aYVJ)

27 Godzilla! Not dead, therefore not radioactive?

Posted by: Rex B at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (6lvzU)

28 10 Harvest season up top pic with an excellent mystery click. Thanks for the ONT, Dino.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM
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Doggo!

Posted by: TRex - farmer dino at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (XfIK1)

29 Little help, please. What is the humor around the street closures for an ambulance run?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (Jr+re)

30
Mmm. Purritos.
Posted by: Cicero

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Catacos.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (XJ22o)

31 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower
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Best not to combine too many commitments.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (keC+P)

32 I think I'll try one of those red-headed Yolandas.

Posted by: Sen. Geary at October 07, 2026 10:09 PM (wpRMV)

33 "Whisky to be aged in space"

I'm sure they were totally sober when they came up with this idea.

Posted by: mindful webworker - we'll give it a... shot at October 07, 2026 10:09 PM (uhtpA)

34 Thanks Mr T🦖!
Happy hump day evening....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM
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Howdy COMM!

Posted by: TRex - hump day dino at October 07, 2026 10:09 PM (XfIK1)

35 America's oldest Natural History Museum at Drexel in Philly just closed. There might be a fossil glut soon. Opened in 1812.

Posted by: Old Fossil, Myself at October 07, 2026 10:09 PM (EdP2u)

36
Little help, please. What is the humor around the street closures for an ambulance run?
Posted by: LRob in OK

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It seems a little odd in the era of sirens.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 10:09 PM (XJ22o)

37 "Whisky to be aged in space"

They are obviously engineers/scientists and NOT economics majors.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

38 But I have instant gratification issues.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 07, 2026 10:10 PM (LOvBA)

39 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 07, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

40 Pittsburgh Scanner
Larmier. Kelly Street. Caller says that two neighbors are having a BBQ sauce and baby powder fight.

That's not a fight, it's foreplay.

One party seems to have gotten a steel folding chair.

Oh. Well, still fitty-fitty, maybe.

Posted by: mikeski at October 07, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

41 When I rent an AirBnB, I expect roof privileges. No Pittsburgh cop is going to change my mind.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 07, 2026 10:11 PM (syz1S)

42 Doggo!
Posted by: TRex - farmer dino
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'Evening, farmer Dino. Had to repair a John Deere over the weekend. Not AOP worthy repair, but reattaching a compression fitting may have resulted in a bit of of puffed chest.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:11 PM (keC+P)

43 All Scotch tastes like iodine.

Posted by: Archie Bunker, 1972 at October 07, 2026 10:11 PM (EdP2u)

44 and Mandatory Maiden?!? LOVE Fear of the Dark.... great description of the song! We're not worthy!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 07, 2026 10:12 PM (kOluj)

45 Little help, please. What is the humor around the street closures for an ambulance run?
Posted by: LRob in OK

I'll go with maybe a copy and paste error. Dunno.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 10:12 PM (9tX4s)

46 29 Little help, please. What is the humor around the street closures for an ambulance run?
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM
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Less humor and more an affirmation of good people doing good things amidst the madness.

Btw, good evening Sir!

Posted by: TRex - lights and bells dino at October 07, 2026 10:12 PM (XfIK1)

47 OK. Spaghetti in a bucket....I would have to be soooo stoned...
And I haven't smoked dope in decades.
Good freakin' grief...Although....maybe some good cheese😗...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:12 PM (jCKWs)

48 43 All Scotch tastes like iodine.

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Oh for peats sake.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 10:12 PM (wpRMV)

49 Less humor and more an affirmation of good people doing good things amidst the madness.

Okie doke!

Ready for the MoMe?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:13 PM (Jr+re)

50 Iron maiden...fucking metal as it should be.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 07, 2026 10:13 PM (vzuC7)

51 >>>she escaped from a wedding

lol

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 07, 2026 10:13 PM (syz1S)

52 Regarding the top photo. I love how farmers here in Idaho creatively utilize all the arable land, creating curvy lines around the lava and basalt upthrusts, and following slopes. It's very beautiful. As an artist, I love it.

Pretty fucking happy that we moved here.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:14 PM (0aYVJ)

53 50 Iron maiden...fucking metal as it should be.

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Is that slogan trademarked?

Posted by: Acme Aluminum Dildos, Inc. at October 07, 2026 10:14 PM (wpRMV)

54 Ready for the MoMe?
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:13 PM
***
Ready and aiming. Preparing to fire.

Posted by: TRex - fundamental dino at October 07, 2026 10:14 PM (XfIK1)

55 Iron maiden...fucking metal as it should be.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Yep.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:15 PM (keC+P)

56 Thank you for ONT, Mr. TRex!

Not a particularly big fan of Fe Maiden but enjoyed the music anyways.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 10:15 PM (QGaXH)

57 COMM!

So good to see you are posting. Hope you and your homestead are ok.

Thank you Dino for the awesome thread. Love the Queen at the end!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 10:15 PM (yEz+x)

58 "Whisky to be aged in space"

I'm sure they were totally sober when they came up with this idea.
Posted by: mindful webworker

There's that "Jefferson's Ocean" bourbon, where they put the barrels on ships and haul them around the seven seas while they age. I guess the sloshing is supposed to help? It's pretty good stuff, but probably in the Food Thread's "too much money for what it is" category.

Jefferson's Starship here is just trying to be one louder.

And it better as f**k be named that if it makes it to market.

Posted by: mikeski at October 07, 2026 10:16 PM (VHUov)

59 "Dude walking around in a purple suit with a bag of toys..."

The toys aren't green, are they?

Posted by: WNBA at October 07, 2026 10:17 PM (Q+gd/)

60 I watched the new 4K of "Forbidden Planet." It looks great, and Robby is a lot of fun. Leslie Neilson is kind of stiff, which described him pretty well until "Airplane." And the music and effects are great.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 07, 2026 10:19 PM (CHHv1)

61 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 07, 2026 10:19 PM (+9wcF)

62 It makes me sad...there should be more Doggo🐶🐶!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:19 PM (jCKWs)

63 Many decades ago, I moved from Colorado to Portland, Maine but did not plan well financially. My Colorado bank had money and I thought I could just open an account in Maine and the money would just magically appear. Nope. I took several days and, in the meantime, I had no money for food for several days. Finally, the money came and I bought a bucket of spaghetti similar to the Little Caesar's bucket above. I sat on a bus stop bench and ate it in the rain. Nothing was ever so good.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)

64 59 "Dude walking around in a purple suit with a bag of toys..."

The toys aren't green, are they?
Posted by: WNBA at October 07, 2026 10:17 PM (Q+gd/)

Dinosaur or Teletubby?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (QGaXH)

65 Keep your paws off my old minivan! And quit lookin'!

Posted by: Asstrovanner at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (EdP2u)

66 I agree COMM, we need more Doggo in the ONTs

Posted by: The Grateful at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (XfIK1)

67 It makes me sad...there should be more Doggo🐶🐶!!!
Posted by: COMountainMarie
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Well thank you, COMM. Work life is a bit silly - time alligator for another few months.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (keC+P)

68 THE SHIRT IS FUNNY BECAUSE TACO CAT IS A PALINDROME.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

So, if an aerodrome is an area used for aircraft, and a velodrome is a racecourse for bicycles, shouldn't a Palindrome be a place to store Michael Palin?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 07, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

69 31 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower
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Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (keC+P)

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Enough of this rakish behavior!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 07, 2026 10:23 PM (kOluj)

70 days and, in the meantime, I had no money for food for several days. Finally, the money came and I bought a bucket of spaghetti similar to the Little Caesar's bucket above. I sat on a bus stop bench and ate it in the rain. Nothing was ever so good.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

That movie should have been filmed in black and white, Fellini style.

Posted by: I'm Hearing The Soundtrack In My Head at October 07, 2026 10:23 PM (EdP2u)

71 Work life is a bit silly

But here ya get the dental and I've heard the 401k payouts are stupendous . . . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:24 PM (Jr+re)

72 Thanks, T Rex, for the Wednesday Night ONT!

That Pittsburgh scanner gets crazy sometimes, and today is one of those times...

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 07, 2026 10:24 PM (D/6p1)

73 Posted by: COMountainMarie

Fire update please!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 10:24 PM (NnhvP)

74 Evening, TRex and ONT Horde. Watched the dinosaur video. Presenter was a little shy on why dinosaur bones may be radioactive (mammoth bones, too). Bones contain carbon-based organic material. Carbon can reduce oxidized uranium minerals transported in ground water, and cause them to replace other minerals in the bone. On the Colorado Plateau, entire petrified logs have been found, replaced by yellow uranium minerals.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:25 PM (i9VX2)

75 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower
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Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (keC+P)
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Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
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Just cultivating boundaries.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:26 PM (keC+P)

76 It's kinda funny that Leslie Nielsen acted for decades before anyone knew he was funny.

Posted by: Better Late Than Never at October 07, 2026 10:27 PM (EdP2u)

77 57 nurse

We're hangin' here...had a fire yesterday just over the hill approximately 4 + miles. It took us about 30 minutes to get our shit together to evacuate. A very good practice. Luckily the fire was contained quickly. Ya always gotta be prepared.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:27 PM (jCKWs)

78 How did that person know I had a bag full of toys??

Posted by: mindful webworker in a purple suit at October 07, 2026 10:27 PM (uhtpA)

79 72 Thanks, T Rex, for the Wednesday Night ONT!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 07, 2026 10:24 PM
***
Vielen Dank!

Posted by: TRex - danke dino at October 07, 2026 10:27 PM (XfIK1)

80 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower

Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog

Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog

Mind the puns, or someone'll give you a threshing.

Posted by: mikeski at October 07, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

81 So I'm about two hours into the follow up to Disco Elysium, No Parade: For Dead Spies, and I do not not like the protagonist you play as, it's a female spy named Cascade, she looks like Jodi Whitaker and sounds like Marge Simpson's sister with a gravely, 4 pack a day voice.

Aesthetically and visually it's comparable, game mechanics are slightly different, there is no thought cabinet, the inner monologue is not to the same caliber as Elysium, it's bigger game world but overall, it's a pale comparison.

For instance, the Secret of Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge, was leaps and bounds better than the 1st game, which was a great game itself.

I'll finish this game, but I'm dissapointed.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 07, 2026 10:28 PM (XV/Pl)

82 Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:26 PM (keC+P)

Just make sure the rest of us can glean something from the prior puns.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 07, 2026 10:28 PM (1Ff7Z)

83 Klobuchar is now calling for "anti-terrorism investments" after the FBI foiled a terrorism plot against the Mall of America.

The Dems are on the ropes in Minnesota.

Posted by: mrp at October 07, 2026 10:29 PM (rj6Yv)

84 It's kinda funny that Leslie Nielsen acted for decades before anyone knew he was funny.
Posted by: Better Late Than Never at October 07, 2026 10:27 PM (EdP2u)

Right?

See also, Lloyd Bridges.

PUDDING?

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:29 PM (0aYVJ)

85 @76

>>It's kinda funny that Leslie Nielsen acted for decades before anyone knew he was funny.

Well, before Airplane, he wasn't a comedic actor.

And let's be real, pretty much everything he did after Airplane was essentially Airplane.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 07, 2026 10:29 PM (XV/Pl)

86 TRex! next week!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (NnhvP)

87
Klobuchar is now calling for "anti-terrorism investments" after the FBI foiled a terrorism plot against the Mall of America.

Posted by: mrp

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She's really ahead of the game, isn't she?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (XJ22o)

88 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower

Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog

Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog

Mind the puns, or someone'll give you a threshing.
Posted by: mikeski
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That's fair. Best not to sow what one cannot reap.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (keC+P)

89 Looks like Alfalfa up top. I can tell it's not Buckwheat.

Posted by: Or Farina at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

90 Posted by: COMountainMarie

Glad to hear!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 10:32 PM (NnhvP)

91 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower

Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog

Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog

Mind the puns, or someone'll give you a threshing
Posted by: mikeski
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That's fair. Best not to sow what one cannot reap.

Like the farmer above will soon be doing, you all are stacking it a little deep.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:32 PM (Jr+re)

92 86 TRex! next week!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM
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Yessir!

Posted by: TRex - radioactive dino at October 07, 2026 10:32 PM (XfIK1)

93 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower

Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog

Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog

Mind the puns, or someone'll give you a threshing.
Posted by: mikeski
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That's fair. Best not to sow what one cannot reap.

You guys are too funny, ho, ho, ho...

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 10:32 PM (BJzO2)

94 "anti-terrorism investments"

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Donk politicians must be required to go to talk like an asshole boot camp.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 10:33 PM (ndZc7)

95 Live Maiden is always the best Maiden. Eddie approves.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 10:33 PM (kvLZQ)

96 Evening all,

We have the SpaceX Crew 12 splashdown in the morning.

SpaceX/NASA - SpaceX Crew-12
Deorbit Burn & Splashdown Pacific Ocean
Date: October 8, 2026
Splashdown: 8:34 a.m. PDT (1534 UTC, 17:34 CEST)

https://youtu.be/5JLug2btUnw

Posted by: Joyenz at October 07, 2026 10:34 PM (2F0/Y)

97 Yep, still lurking. Thanks for the Journey!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 07, 2026 10:34 PM (D/6p1)

98 37 "Whisky to be aged in space"

They are obviously engineers/scientists and NOT economics majors.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

I wonder what the radiation in space might do to it. Will it ferment correctly? What happens to the taste?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 07, 2026 10:35 PM (qx7Zg)

99 37 "Whisky to be aged in space"

They are obviously engineers/scientists and NOT economics majors.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:10 PM (Jr+re)

When spending other people's money on ourselves, people tend to maximize quality while ignoring price. If they had been spending their own money on something for someone else, they'd minimize price and be less concerned with quality.

Posted by: Milton Friedman at October 07, 2026 10:35 PM (r7+Q7)

100
See also, Lloyd Bridges.

Posted by: Pug Mahon

I'll bet he kicks himself for turning down being Capt 'Kirk'!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 10:35 PM (NnhvP)

101 Well, before Airplane, he wasn't a comedic actor.

And let's be real, pretty much everything he did after Airplane was essentially Airplane.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

"We need a stone-faced guy to never laugh in this comic movie with nine jokes every minute." So they got a guy who played mob thugs.

Perfect casting.

Leslie had an astounding acting career based on his ability to never re"act" to anything.

Posted by: mikeski at October 07, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

102 Looks like Alfalfa up top. I can tell it's not Buckwheat.
Posted by: Or Farina at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

Sorghum was cast, but all her scenes were cut and she never returned to the set.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 07, 2026 10:37 PM (wVcYX)

103 83 Klobuchar is now calling for "anti-terrorism investments" after the FBI foiled a terrorism plot against the Mall of America.
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Klobuchar with a comb, that's terroristic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 10:37 PM (VQ0bX)

104 Wonderful picture up top, but I may have to bale early on this thread.
Posted by: Willie Windrower
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Best not to combine too many commitments.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:08 PM (keC+P)
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Enough of this rakish behavior!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
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Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:26 PM (keC+P)

The scything comments are cutting down the crop of puns.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 07, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)

105 Both Ron Palillo and Robert Hegyes had college degrees in drama, including Shakespearean experience, but people only remember them as Arnold Horshack and Juan Epstein. Both died in 2012, which I find very suspicious.

Posted by: PrincipalWoodman May Have Been Involved. at October 07, 2026 10:39 PM (EdP2u)

106 73 fire update

The evacuation has been lifted. All is good for now. But, very dry for this time of year!
Keeping go-bags ready. An awful decision - if I have to beat feet from here, I have to let my chicken loose to fend for her own....other things that hurt my heart...
Can't wait for snow....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:39 PM (jCKWs)

107 Rat!

You bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 10:40 PM (tslp2)

108 I have one of these right here in this basement:

https://tinyurl.com/ympuzdan

And I have some mosasaur bone, and ammonite fragments, too. It never occurred to me that they might be radioactive, but I have the means to check it. That Precision Scintillator was introduced in 1954, and it has acorn tubes in it, invented during WWII for proximity fuses. It would be right at home in that Forbidden Planet movie. I have the Scintillator, the manual, the calibration source, and the leather case. I did load it up with batteries once, and it worked just fine. The sensor is a large crystal of sodium iodide, coupled to a photomultiplier tube. A gamma ray passes through the crystal, causing a faint flash of light, which is picked up by the photomultiplier tube, and amplified thousands of time, resulting in a current pulse: a "count".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:41 PM (i9VX2)

109 Cotton was Stymie's little brother.

Posted by: Never Came To Harlem, Though at October 07, 2026 10:41 PM (EdP2u)

110 Seems the Flat Earthers have now been over taken by the rebirth of the fake moon landing conspiracy .

These people vote.

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:42 PM (KC5Lt)

111 They only remember Gabriel Kaplan as Mr. Kotter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

112 First concert I ever saw was Maiden on their Somewhere in Time tour, in Glendale AZ, 1987.

\m/ \m/
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx
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Was in Glendale in 87 too. No maiden. Sad.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:42 PM (keC+P)

113 The wanna be MN terrorist was an anchor baby.

Shocked I am.

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:44 PM (KC5Lt)

114 The UK DM has two different stories of motherhood tonight:

1) A petite fashionista, apparently living well near Dallas, Texas from photos of her house and poses, stabs her tall husband in the forehead and then her two sweet children, ages 3yrs and 10months early Tues morning. Due to Clancyitis aka post partum depression. Right. The babies thankfully will live after being stabbed in the chest and abdomen after her husband called 911. EMT's said she wanted to kill herself. Officers said this changed when they appeared and she wanted a lawyer. Another for the growing list. Demons walk among us.

2) A young mother in Ohio fought Stage 4, 2B triple negative breast cancer and a double mastectomy when her first daughter was 1yrs old (now 9yrs old). She then developed headaches and a brain tumor metastasis and kept fighting with partial brain radiation and a PARP inhibitor for BRCA mutations to stop the tumor's growth with no active disease. In 2023 she conceived naturally and was able to have a second baby girl, 22mo old. She said, "My life with these kids is messy and perfect and I love it."

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 10:45 PM (hzuYO)

115 Both Ron Palillo and Robert Hegyes had college degrees in drama, including Shakespearean experience, but people only remember them as Arnold Horshack and Juan Epstein. Both died in 2012, which I find very suspicious.
Posted by: PrincipalWoodman May Have Been Involved. at October 07, 2026 10:39 PM (EdP2u)

Very sad, really. Because, even as a kid, I loathed Welcome Back, Kotter.

They are part of the woefully underappreciated, along with Jim Varney.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)

116 nurse ratched

Nurse! How are you, one day removed from your birthday!?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 10:46 PM (BJzO2)

117 Keeping go-bags ready. An awful decision - if I have to beat feet from here, I have to let my chicken loose to fend for her own....other things that hurt my heart...
Can't wait for snow....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:39 PM (jCKWs)
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That has got to be a pretty high ambient level of stress.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)

118 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 10:46 PM (zZu0s)

119 Alternative to the hidden link: Make Hay

https://tinyurl.com/msbhhfvt

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at October 07, 2026 10:46 PM (y7zkd)

120
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:45 PM (0aYVJ)
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Up your nose with a rubber hose!

Posted by: The Sweathogs at October 07, 2026 10:47 PM (RIvkX)

121 107

Yeah! Like she said!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:47 PM (jCKWs)

122 Looks like Alfalfa up top. I can tell it's not Buckwheat.
Posted by: Or Farina at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

Or Darla!

Posted by: Fish Tacos at October 07, 2026 10:47 PM (zZu0s)

123 Just cultivating boundaries.
Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:26 PM (keC+P)

The implement in the top pic is a swather of some kind. Well, a John Deere swather, by the color of it. I have not seen swathers that do a triple swath before. I suspect the crop is some kind of green feed, like alfalfa?

Here, they often swath grain or canola, let it dry in the swath for few days, and then combine it. But weather lately has been good, so mostly straight combining is being done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:47 PM (i9VX2)

124 A lot of people didn't like queen for obvious reasons, but they were a tight band and very innovative. Great talent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 10:49 PM (kvLZQ)

125 Marie, good to hear things are improving. If you have to release the chicken, any chance of arming it?

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 10:49 PM (BJzO2)

126 Looks like Alfalfa up top. I can tell it's not Buckwheat.
Posted by: Or Farina at October 07, 2026 10:30 PM (EdP2u)

Sorghum was cast, but all her scenes were cut and she never returned to the set.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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LOL.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:49 PM (keC+P)

127 I have never seen a bbq sauce and baby powder fight! I been missin’ out!

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 07, 2026 10:49 PM (B0Z3q)

128 Also remember Palillo from Friday the Thirteenth III.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 10:50 PM (9tX4s)

129 I remember when they use to bale hay, now they roll hay and they started doing that for cotton now. These huge rolls of hay and cotton were on display across the fields today. The hay will be used by the cattle ranchers to feed their stock for the winter, the cotton will be loaded onto trucks and sent to markets. Cotton is still King in Alabama, because that is the money crop.But raising cattle is catching up with cotton, beef is high priced now. It's funny how a field of cotton looks like a field of snow while it's 80 degrees outside.

Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 10:50 PM (ROPCF)

130 I have never seen a bbq sauce and baby powder fight!

Maybe we can set something up at the TxMoMe. You know - Friday evening around supper time.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:51 PM (Jr+re)

131 Kaplan starred in another TV series 1981-82, Lewis and Clark. A fish out of water type deal as a New Yorker who moves to Luckenbach, TX to open a C&W club with Guich Koock. Didn't catch on, ran for 13 episodes. A couple Sweathogs guested on it. Kaplan was also team captain on Battle of the Network Stars for the ABC team for a couple years.

Posted by: Poker Player, Too at October 07, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

132 I have never seen a bbq sauce and baby powder fight! I been missin’ out!
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 07, 2026 10:49 PM (B0Z3q)

Zombies! Light a fire under them, and tasty, tasty zombies!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:51 PM (i9VX2)

133 Just read about Phil Collins recent interview. Guess I have to add him to the Lefty douchebag list. Was sort of a surprise since how big his interest was with all things Alamo.

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:51 PM (KC5Lt)

134 Good night, horde! Early start required tomorrow.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 07, 2026 10:53 PM (Jr+re)

135 117

Yep. I get very attached to my critters. But what do I do? Carry the girl in a box? Gosh...I don't actually know 🐓?..

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:53 PM (jCKWs)

136 Downtown Penn. Ave: Caller says a dude in a purple suit is walking around with a bag filled with toys. Caller thought that was weird.

____________________________

Ole Saint Nick's younger, more hip, and questionably employed step-brother....aka... "Cashmere Carlos". He doesn't drive a sleigh, but has a rather impressive 1976 Chevy Impala with gold plated fenders, and a reindeer head hood ornament decked out with a red LED nose.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 10:53 PM (dIske)

137 I remember when they use to bale hay, now they roll hay and they started doing that for cotton now. These huge rolls of hay and cotton were on display across the fields today. The hay will be used by the cattle ranchers to feed their stock for the winter, the cotton will be loaded onto trucks and sent to markets. Cotton is still King in Alabama, because that is the money crop.But raising cattle is catching up with cotton, beef is high priced now. It's funny how a field of cotton looks like a field of snow while it's 80 degrees outside.
Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 10:50 PM (ROPCF)

They grow a fair bit of cotton in Arizona around Florence and Coolidge, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:53 PM (i9VX2)

138 A couple Sweathogs guested on it. Kaplan was also team captain on Battle of the Network Stars for the ABC team for a couple years.
Posted by: Poker Player, Too at October 07, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)
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It was in our contract.

Posted by: The Sweathogs at October 07, 2026 10:54 PM (RIvkX)

139 Darla Hood died of sepsis after an appendectomy at age 49 or so.

Posted by: She Didn't Like Alfalfa, Nobody Did at October 07, 2026 10:54 PM (EdP2u)

140 "This climate forces barrels to "breathe" more frequently than in cooler regions, accelerating extraction and allowing the distillery to release spirits with deep flavor profiles much faster than traditional methods. "

So they're sending barrels into space?

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (w6EFb)

141 Here, they often swath grain or canola, let it dry in the swath for few days, and then combine it. But weather lately has been good, so mostly straight combining is being done.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:47 PM (i9VX2)

My painting of a Canola field. see nic

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

142 Yep. I get very attached to my critters. But what do I do? Carry the girl in a box? Gosh...I don't actually know 🐓?..
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 10:53 PM (jCKWs)

Put her in a hatbox. She can't be very heavy. What's a henway, anyhow?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (i9VX2)

143 "Klobuchar is now calling for "anti-terrorism investments" after the FBI foiled a terrorism plot against the Mall of America."

Klobuchar sounds like a cartoonish Klingon bad guy/gal, from the animated series.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 07, 2026 10:56 PM (Fv808)

144 This climate forces barrels to "breathe" more frequently than in cooler regions, accelerating extraction and allowing the distillery to release spirits with deep flavor profiles much faster than traditional methods. "

So they're sending barrels into space?
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
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Natural barrel progression post Niagra Falls testing.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 10:56 PM (keC+P)

145 Rat!

Jeebus, I’m old.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 10:56 PM (XFI3v)

146 Hope RandomDave had an easy drive to his job interview.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

147 The roadside on Rt. 64 going west toward Rocky Mount, NC is littered with cotton scraps through most of the winter.

Posted by: Flatlander at October 07, 2026 10:57 PM (EdP2u)

148 Ever seen The Boy in the Plastic Bubble? Awful, awful TV movie. Robert Reid spent the whole time implying "I'm not gay, you're the one who's gay"

Travolta was also, totes not gay, in his little 70s style shorts.

Ralph Bellamy lent the film a nicely prim, but masculine vibe.

But the chick was a gall-dang smoke-show.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:57 PM (0aYVJ)

149 My painting of a Canola field. see nic
Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)
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I really love this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

150 Iron fist? Moi?

*chuckles; dons velvet glove*

Well, I am my mother's daughter...

Howdy, horde!

Thanks for the ONT, TRex!

Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 10:58 PM (rdVOm)

151 Did anyone see the Babylon Bee's suggestion for executing Hasan? The Hasan Bomb?

https://tinyurl.com/3d4kjvnx

Now THAT I'd pay to watch!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 07, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

152 My painting of a Canola field. see nic
Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (KC5Lt)

Nice! If that building were tan stucco with a green metal roof. it would look a lot like stately Peon Manor when the field next door was sown in Canola. It was barley this year. Not my land next door!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:59 PM (i9VX2)

153 If someone asked which Moron would have a radiation detection device we would all know the answer.

Posted by: Innate Knowledge at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (EdP2u)

154 I remember feeling “that’s it?” after getting hold of fear of the Dark soon after the release. But the title track is awesome.

Be Quick or be Dead is another banger off that album. Opening track. The Apparition is another good one.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (XUHiS)

155 Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 10:57 PM (0aYVJ)

Travolta dated his tv movie mom for a long time up to when she died.

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (KC5Lt)

156 125 Rat

Already taken care of. You'd be surprised how many lovely chicken armored vests are available! And oh my gosh! A hen AK!
They are so cute🤣
My girl will be ok - unless that friggin' fox with the machine gun shows up...

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (jCKWs)

157 I really need t be in bed, but stopped in to say hi quickly! The warnings here have started. Cat 1 or 2. Let’s hope it’s more 1 than 2.

Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

158 Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:58 PM (RIvkX)

Thanks

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:01 PM (KC5Lt)

159 Happy belated, Nurse. And good to see you in the comments, Rat.

Posted by: scampydog on the road at October 07, 2026 11:01 PM (keC+P)

160 Kaplan also played Groucho in a TV movie.

Posted by: Cigar And All at October 07, 2026 11:01 PM (EdP2u)

161 Already taken care of. You'd be surprised how many lovely chicken armored vests are available! And oh my gosh! A hen AK!
They are so cute🤣
My girl will be ok - unless that friggin' fox with the machine gun shows up...
Posted by: COMountainMarie

Heh! Love this, well played!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 11:02 PM (BJzO2)

162 Kaplan also played Groucho in a TV movie.
Posted by: Cigar And All at October 07, 2026 11:01 PM (EdP2u)

His Groucho was better than Alda's.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 11:03 PM (0aYVJ)

163 Cat 1 or 2. Let’s hope it’s more 1 than 2.
Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

Cat 1, Tigger be her name, is snoozing on the desk behind the monitor. There is no Cat 2.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:03 PM (i9VX2)

164 Nurse, you young sprite. Ya got a long way to go just to catch up to old farts like me...

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 11:05 PM (BJzO2)

165 There were a couple of canola fields on the hill south of my place, between fields of other (green) stuff this Spring. Pretty patchwork!

The view changes with the seasons. Was alternating colors throughout Summer, at various stages of growth/ maturity/ harvest/ tilling under. It's all green now, with cover crops for Winter.

Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 11:06 PM (rdVOm)

166 I really need t be in bed, but stopped in to say hi quickly! The warnings here have started. Cat 1 or 2. Let’s hope it’s more 1 than 2.
Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

Hunker down, and be safe.

But it's weird how little I have heard about this one. Usually it's all over the media. I guess it might not fit in with the agenda or something.

Again, stay safe, hunker down.

Heh. Hunker is a funny word.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 11:06 PM (0aYVJ)

167 The Canola Field painting is very nice, really captures the look. It isn't planted often around here (Far Eastern NC), but it looks cool when someone does it. Rotating soybeans and corn is the norm.

Posted by: Tarnation! at October 07, 2026 11:06 PM (EdP2u)

168 scampydog

Looking forward to chatting all things with you and our beloved Horde!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 07, 2026 11:07 PM (BJzO2)

169 Kaplan also played Groucho in a TV movie.
Posted by: Cigar And All at October 07, 2026 11:01 PM (EdP2u)

Him and that damn cigar!

Posted by: Moanica at October 07, 2026 11:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

170 The Bubble Boy Seinfeld episode was fun.

Posted by: Moops! at October 07, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

171 Canola fields are actually Rapeseed fields. Rapeseed Oil not a very marketable name.

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)

172 I really need t be in bed, but stopped in to say hi quickly! The warnings here have started. Cat 1 or 2. Let’s hope it’s more 1 than 2.
Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 11:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

As destructive as 1 politician, or 2?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 07, 2026 11:10 PM (qx7Zg)

173 3 Pussy Tacos?

The mind wobbles.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (ptJRT)

IIRC, Lindsay Lohan once dated the young founder/owner of the Pink Taco restaurant chain. Everyone was like, "Tacky," and also, "Figures."

Posted by: SciVo at October 07, 2026 11:11 PM (ke3zm)

174 Winter Wheat is a nice swath of green when everything is brown, dormant in the winter, too, forgot that one.

Posted by: Tarnation!! at October 07, 2026 11:11 PM (EdP2u)

175 Klobuchar is now calling for "anti-terrorism investments"
Posted by: mrp

what you wanted: throw all the goatfuckers out
what you'd settle for: outlaw the democrat party
what you'll get: cash payments to goatfuckers to not commit terrorism

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at October 07, 2026 11:12 PM (2Lx7t)

176 Holy smokes! I just invented a new drink, and it's actually not that bad. Poured a shot of vodka into a tumbler, added eggnog. Whoops! Not enough eggnog, glass only half full. Top it off with kinda flat cola. Kind of a creamy caramel taste, maybe a hint of butterscotch.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:12 PM (i9VX2)

177 They plant a lot of Rapeseed around the Cornell campus.

Posted by: I Love New York! at October 07, 2026 11:13 PM (EdP2u)

178 Canola fields are actually Rapeseed fields. Rapeseed Oil not a very marketable name.
Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)
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I always use Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:13 PM (RIvkX)

179 The Bubble Boy Seinfeld episode was fun.
Posted by: Moops! at October 07, 2026 11:09 PM (EdP2u)

I love the moment when Bubble Boy's dad was talking about his son, and Elaine is welling up and hands a napkin to Jerry, and he uses it to clean off his mouth. I LOL'ed

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 11:14 PM (0aYVJ)

180 Poured a shot of vodka into a tumbler, added eggnog. Whoops! Not enough eggnog, glass only half full. Top it off with kinda flat cola. Kind of a creamy caramel taste, maybe a hint of butterscotch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:12 PM (i9VX2)
======

Nah, just milk and Pepsi please.

Posted by: LaVerne DiFazio at October 07, 2026 11:15 PM (RIvkX)

181 AOP - what do you call that drink? A Yellow Russian? A Scrambled Russian? Maybe a Leningrad Bulldog?

Posted by: PabloD at October 07, 2026 11:15 PM (OXSZa)

182 They only remember Gabriel Kaplan as Mr. Kotter
Posted by: San Franpsycho

That was a poorly-conceived spoof of the original Klingon series with Gabriel K'Plan as General Kotter.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 07, 2026 11:16 PM (Fv808)

183
Yankees eliminated. At home, which makes it even more delicious.

Hope the guy who interfered with Volpe's fly ball sleeps well.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 11:16 PM (eRlcH)

184 re: Iron Maiden

So, if you haven't seen "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" You don't really get it, but there is a significant scene preceding the final conflict. It was the entirety of "The Number of the Beast." and I laughed my ass off for how ridiculous it seemed while still being appropriate for the moment, and then I laughed even more because what made it so ridiculous and so appropriate is that I liked Iron Maiden, I liked them when I was a kid, when they were one of the major instruments of youthful rebellion and FUCK YOU ROCK! And realized. . . _I'm_ a Maiden Fan!! That's what we look like now rocking out in the car.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:16 PM (kVIWl)

185 Occurds to me it's parting of the wheys time.

Tomorrow will probably arrive. Sleep should help.

https://youtu.be/qW9mZLnQ7Yc

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - time traveler from a previous century at October 07, 2026 11:16 PM (uhtpA)

186 I guess it's time for sleeping...

Rest now, panic tomorrow....

Love you wonderful pals❤️❤️

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 11:18 PM (jCKWs)

187 Just read about Phil Collins recent interview. Guess I have to add him to the Lefty douchebag list. Was sort of a surprise since how big his interest was with all things Alamo.
Posted by: polynikes

He called us fat slobs with guns. Or some such shit. He can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 11:18 PM (9tX4s)

188 Canola fields are actually Rapeseed fields. Rapeseed Oil not a very marketable name.
Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:10 PM (KC5Lt)

Canola is a cultivar of rapeseed (which is a relative of mustard). Rapeseed oil contained too much erucic acid to be palatable, but had industrial uses. By good old selective breeding, Canadian agribusiness was able to create a rapeseed so low in erucic acid that the oil was palatable, and fit to cook with. Hence "Canola". It's really striking to see a field of canola next to a field of flax, with its blue flowers.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:18 PM (i9VX2)

189 176 Holy smokes! I just invented a new drink, and it's actually not that bad. Poured a shot of vodka into a tumbler, added eggnog. Whoops! Not enough eggnog, glass only half full. Top it off with kinda flat cola. Kind of a creamy caramel taste, maybe a hint of butterscotch.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

What will be the name when you bring it to market? Michael Savage's son Russ invented Rock Star energy drink and wasgoing around to bodegas, selling it out of his station wagon. Eventually sold it to Pepsi for $3.85 Billion.

Posted by: Russ Weiner at October 07, 2026 11:18 PM (EdP2u)

190 I can't imagine drinking Pepsi and Vodka .

Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:19 PM (KC5Lt)

191 I can't imagine drinking Pepsi and Vodka .
Posted by: polynikes at October 07, 2026 11:19 PM (KC5Lt)
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When I was in the USSR they were ubiquitous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:21 PM (RIvkX)

192 AOP - what do you call that drink? A Yellow Russian? A Scrambled Russian? Maybe a Leningrad Bulldog?
Posted by: PabloD at October 07, 2026 11:15 PM (OXSZa)

A Cloaca Libre?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:21 PM (i9VX2)

193 Yankees eliminated. At home, which makes it even more delicious.

Hope the guy who interfered with Volpe's fly ball sleeps well.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It's a good day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 11:21 PM (9tX4s)

194 @167.-Tarnation

Yeah, rotating crops is a good thing. To plant the same crop year after year will make the soil poor. You need to let the soil retain the nutrients it needs and help build those nutrients back up. So farmers rotate crops to keep good soil.

Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 11:23 PM (ROPCF)

195 Franpsycho when you were in the USSR did you guys and your Russian friends drink the standard cheap 3-ruble stuff? I mostly checked out on the drinking, but some of my group would get Stolichnaya at the Beriozka to share with our russki acquaintances.

USSR was a Pepsi country (as opposed to a Coke country). Actually don't recall seeing Pepsi, but do recall orange Fanta being for sale a few times. A line, of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 07, 2026 11:23 PM (U/Byj)

196 176 AOP

oh my! Yum!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 07, 2026 11:25 PM (jCKWs)

197 Yeah, rotating crops is a good thing. To plant the same crop year after year will make the soil poor. You need to let the soil retain the nutrients it needs and help build those nutrients back up. So farmers rotate crops to keep good soil.
Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 11:23 PM (ROPCF)

Plant a legume like field peas, to put nitrogen back in the soil.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:25 PM (i9VX2)

198 194 @167.-Tarnation

Yeah, rotating crops is a good thing. To plant the same crop year after year will make the soil poor. You need to let the soil retain the nutrients it needs and help build those nutrients back up. So farmers rotate crops to keep good soil.

A concept that WHITES celebrate and share and utilize while growing food. While it was an accidental habit over time, supposedly with the Mennonites was actually defined by a BLACK MAN! who also whites celebrate, and almost never gets a day of recognition during Black History Month. Apparently only SOME blacks, like the ones who don't accomplish anything but inciting riots.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:26 PM (kVIWl)

199 LOL

Movie reactors trying to watch Wicked City Shinjuku, if you had not watched the movie yourself you would have almost no clues as there is so much blurring going on.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)

200 I use "defined" in a scientific sense. Maybe should have said, "described" or "demonstrated scientifically, etc etc.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:27 PM (kVIWl)

201 Too bad about Phil Collins... I liked his music, both solo and with Genesis.

"Shut up and just sing/play!"

And he's a limey. Fk what he thinks about U.S. politics!

Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

202 142 Put her in a hatbox. She can't be very heavy. What's a henway, anyhow?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:55 PM (i9VX2)

Fun with conversions:

1 Henway = 1/1000 Steinway

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 11:28 PM (QGaXH)

203 When I had cash I would get Stoli but more often just the cheap stuff. I liked a Pepsi chaser, some liked the Orange Fanta. I also liked pickle juice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:28 PM (RIvkX)

204 I'm home, didja miss me?

If you did, take shooting classes at the MoMe!

I think I represented myself well. I also feel like the job isn't the best fit I've interviewed for recently. I pray that if it's where God wants me, they give me a firm offer, and I pray that if it's not where He wants me, that they *don't* give me a firm offer. I should hear one way or the other by Halloween.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 07, 2026 11:30 PM (aJQbY)

205 Phil Collins wrote "Susudio"

I think we all understand how awful this is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

206 When I had cash I would get Stoli but more often just the cheap stuff. I liked a Pepsi chaser, some liked the Orange Fanta. I also liked pickle juice.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:28 PM (RIvkX)

You might want to try Pinnacle Whipped Cream vodka, mixed with fresh-squeezed orange juice. Tastes just like an Orange Julius. It's pretty cheap vodka, won't break the bank to try it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 11:31 PM (i9VX2)

207
A few fields near me that were left fallow for a few years were tilled recently, so we'll see what goes in next spring.

I haven't seen soybeans planted around here for quite a while. Largely, it's corn or rice, occasionally sorghum. But over in Fort Bend county, you'll see cotton.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 11:32 PM (eRlcH)

208 Fanta was invented in Germany in 1940.

Posted by: Legacy From Hitler! at October 07, 2026 11:32 PM (EdP2u)

209 Hope RandomDave had an easy drive to his job interview.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 10:56 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:32 PM (RIvkX)

210 I think we all understand how awful this is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 11:31 PM (RIvkX)

Yes s s s s!

Posted by: Gollum at October 07, 2026 11:33 PM (i9VX2)

211 Never liked Phil Collins "(It's no fun being an) Illegal Alien" song. Especially the line about "over the border, there lies the Promised Land
Where everything comes easy, you just hold out your hand."

And Peter Gabriel was the better half in Genesis.

Posted by: Rex B at October 07, 2026 11:34 PM (4hwuX)

212 San Franpsycho - the drive each way was actually quite nice, just too long. Low traffic except in in the largest cities along the way.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 07, 2026 11:35 PM (aJQbY)

213 But over in Fort Bend county, you'll see cotton.

When them cotton bolls get rotten
You can't pick very much cotton

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 11:36 PM (4Je4D)

214 >>>He called us fat slobs with guns. Or some such shit. He can go horsefuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
---

Ain't diversity great? Phil, don't call us
when they're hitting your caboose.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 11:37 PM (VQ0bX)

215
If someone asked which Moron would have a radiation detection device we would all know the answer.
Posted by: Innate Knowledge

He has to stay out of the gamma rays. He might Hulk up.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 11:43 PM (Cqx++)

216
Flat cola + vodka + eggnog = creamy caramel taste, maybe a hint of butterscotch.

Call it a

Mellow Russian
Glasnost
Czar's Omelet

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 11:44 PM (XJ22o)

217 One of my Friends in the Corps came from money, he was from Marin County, that says how well off his family was, not super money but money. One of the reasons we bonded was first, I was a damn near psychopath, willing to do damn near anything for a story, he could get me. He said a number of times I reminded him of his dad, because while his family is from money, his dad wanted to be a normal working class guy, and he did a good job at his fraud, but at the same time, he recognized things.

One of those things was QUALITY! And my friend found it funny when we went to his family house for New Years, and his dad opens the licquor cabinet and there was 2 of everything, but he said, something that I said almost verbatim. "Stoli straight, everything else for mixing, Beam for mixing, Don't touch my Livet." Because I just happened to be a Livet guy.

It's even more funny because his dad kinda hated me, but his mom absolutely loved me. I guess it's true about people who share characteristics are more likely to find the flaws in each other because we recognize our own.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:45 PM (kVIWl)

218 I may have grown up in the city but both my Grandfather's were farmers, they explained why they did what they did. They raised their families by farming. Back in those days it was really hard work. Made me appreciate what they went through to get by. I live in the countryside now and love it except for the real hot summers, but I can always find some shade.🙂

Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 11:45 PM (ROPCF)

219 My older brother has a Geiger counter. Asked him to bring it over to my former house because there was a *mutant* iris in the garden & I wanted to know if there was some radioactive explanation. Turned out: no, just a random strange growth habit/mutation.

Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 11:47 PM (rdVOm)

220 218 I live in the countryside now and love it except for the real hot summers,

For me when I lived near dirt farms it was the smell of Wyrmcast fertilizer. Innoffensive in general, but on a hot day, jesus christ it fills the entire cabin of your car, or if you are dumb enough to leave the window in your place open, your entire apartment.

Cattle, There are always chickens, and there is more than one of them next to eachother, so the fucking Cocks Crowing isn't film thing or a quaint tale. It's FUCKING PIERCING AND MAKES YOU WANT TO STAB A PUPPY!

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:50 PM (kVIWl)

221 129 I remember when they use to bale hay, now they roll hay and they started doing that for cotton now. These huge rolls of hay and cotton were on display across the fields today. The hay will be used by the cattle ranchers to feed their stock for the winter, the cotton will be loaded onto trucks and sent to markets. Cotton is still King in Alabama, because that is the money crop.But raising cattle is catching up with cotton, beef is high priced now. It's funny how a field of cotton looks like a field of snow while it's 80 degrees outside.
Posted by: Case at October 07, 2026 10:50 PM (ROPCF)

During our RV odyssey in August we saw many fields with rolls of, I guess, hay? Being city folk we wondered what they did with them. We thought perhaps winter feed for livestock? Your post above seems to confirm our conjecture.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 11:51 PM (QGaXH)

222
MAKES YOU WANT TO STAB A PUPPY!
Posted by: wickedpinto

And that's an entirely different sound. Altogether.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 11:52 PM (Cqx++)

223 And bedding, particularly for the cattle that's isolated for lameness, I learned that from HoofGP.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:53 PM (kVIWl)

224 Bertram, Well played. Well played.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 07, 2026 11:54 PM (kVIWl)

225 Would a young Phil Collins make a dent in the music industry these days? That has to be a brutal way to make a living.

A lot of the young actresses from the kids' shows - no blacks and no gays - are all around 20 years old now. Many of them are still working but a lot of them are also working putting out music. And they're talented and pretty but still....

Olivia Rodrigo is doing amazingly well.

You'll probably hear of Kylie Cantrell in a few more years. She was on 'The Masked Singer.'

But still. Deciding to get out of the Hollywood meat grinder to go into music....The best to all of them.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 11:55 PM (Sco7b)

226
I remember when they use to bale hay, now they roll hay and they started doing that for cotton now.

___________

You can buy bales of hay just about anywhere. One of the more fun things is to introduce puppies to a bale of hay. Puppy crack. They jump on it, play king of the mountain, tear off flakes and shake them, and burrow through it. It all gets spread out and they sleep exhausted in it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 11:56 PM (eRlcH)

227 ...Cocks Crowing isn't film thing or a quaint tale. It's FUCKING PIERCING AND MAKES YOU WANT TO STAB A PUPPY!
Posted by: wickedpinto

No kidding! One neighbor had chickens and that &^($@^%%&* rooster started up before dawn every single day... and crowed most of the day... Told hubby I was gonna kidnap that fk'ing bird & do a disappearing act on it. He stopped me, dammit.

Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

228 >>>Turned out: no, just a random strange growth habit/mutation.

Posted by: JQ
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Breed up a new strain.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 11:57 PM (VQ0bX)

229 Huh? Both Marjoe Gortner and Eva Marie Saint kicked this week. Wonder who's number three?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 08, 2026 12:00 AM (1Ff7Z)

230 Breed up a new strain.
Posted by: Braenyard

I left that one clump behind when I moved in with hubby. It only did the weird thing that one year. Wish I could find the picture, it was bizarre looking!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

231
One neighbor had chickens and that &^($@^%%&* rooster started up before dawn every single day...

__________

Roosters are asshoe. They're lucky each day they don't get their necks wrung.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:03 AM (eRlcH)

232 192 Greetings hordlings - from your "Old Asia Hand" Publius Redux in Singapore. Things remain hot and hazy here. Will be back home in Texas in November - hopefully I can see some folks when there.

I am flying in specifically to vote in the election btw - and staying through Thanksgiving.

Did I see, btw, that Talarico had disappeared for 10 days? is this accurate - if so - wth? It's a month before the election.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 08, 2026 12:03 AM (Gu66x)

233 Did I see, btw, that Talarico had disappeared for 10 days? is this accurate - if so - wth? It's a month before the election.
Posted by: Publius Redux

T'Freako *claims* to have the flu.

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 12:04 AM (rdVOm)

234
Bald, bearded Trump looks as badass as hell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:05 AM (eRlcH)

235 Ronnie Schell passed on in June, age 94. I didn't realize it until today. He had the distinction of being America's "slowest rising comic" since 1959.

Posted by: RIP Duke Slater at October 08, 2026 12:07 AM (EdP2u)

236 151 Did anyone see the Babylon Bee's suggestion for executing Hasan? The Hasan Bomb?

https://tinyurl.com/3d4kjvnx

Now THAT I'd pay to watch!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 07, 2026 10:58 PM (qx7Zg)

If he were beheaded it would be called the Hasan Chop.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at October 08, 2026 12:10 AM (0CU3H)

237 Just watched Furiosa. I have to say I liked it a lot more than Fury Road. I assume I'm in the minority.

Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 12:10 AM (KC5Lt)

238 @220-wickedpinto

Pretty quiet where I live. I only have three acres but I'm right in the middle of it. Living in the city was constant noise, and terrible traffic. You had to learn what areas to stay away from. Always had to watch your back. No, I don't miss city living. Also everyone around here is armed, and there is very little crime. I wonder why?🙂

Posted by: Case at October 08, 2026 12:10 AM (ROPCF)

239 In elementary school, my brother brought home a chick that had been hatched in an incubator in class. Turned out to be a rooster and started crowing at 4 AM. It disappeared one day and my Dad said it had a stroke. Dad grew up on a farm in Norway and knew how to handle things like that.

Posted by: The Alarm Clock at 5:30 AM Was Bad Enough at October 08, 2026 12:13 AM (EdP2u)

240 Heh, from deadline

Just as so many big-name rock acts are on farewell tours, at least one is making a live comeback. Ending what was billed as a permanent vacation from the concert stage, Aerosmith on Wednesday announced a pair of shows set for October 29 and November 1 at the Hollywood Bowl — with a little help from a lot of friends

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 08, 2026 12:17 AM (Sco7b)

241

You are my wife.
Good bye city life!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 08, 2026 12:18 AM (Cqx++)

242 236 151 Did anyone see the Babylon Bee's suggestion for executing Hasan? The Hasan Bomb?

https://tinyurl.com/3d4kjvnx

Now THAT I'd pay to watch!
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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The British had a method of execution whereby they would tie a man across the muzzle of a cannon. Blown asunder. Gell on the ground, limbs over there and there and the head somewhere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 12:21 AM (VQ0bX)

243 Roosters are asshoe. They're lucky each day they don't get their necks wrung.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 08, 2026 12:03 AM (eRlcH)

Dude across the street from me has a bunch. Out of nowhere. One day they were all over his lawn. I see them in the street, in my driveway, all over. The houses are set back far enough to where you barely hear them when you're outside. Still, I don't mind being around the corner from farms, just not in my frigging yard. One was walking up my driveway exploring. It saw me standing in the garage and started walking faster. I started one of the bikes quick. He changed his mind. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 08, 2026 12:25 AM (vzuC7)

244 @238 Cass

If you wanna see where I'm from, I'm from Hammond Indiana, the perfect combination of City, Urban, and Rural. I spent the last 12 years before moving to Australia in Portage.

Hammond, City, gangs, crime all over the place, Marine Corps, dead ass of no where. Dead silence, it was unnerving, then 12 years in Portgate/Valpo, Traffic and farms.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 08, 2026 12:31 AM (kVIWl)

245 Just watched Furiosa. I have to say I liked it a lot more than Fury Road. I assume I'm in the minority.
Posted by: polynikes
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Not yet seen Furiosa. Fury Road - meh. Still like the original Mad Max the best.

Posted by: scampydog at October 08, 2026 12:35 AM (keC+P)

246 @EYakoby

: Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.
---

https://tinyurl.com/bdzhekf5

_www.freedomnews.tv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 12:38 AM (VQ0bX)

247 No more rooster in our little 'hood... Dude switched over to raising turkeys for a while. That was cool! After one particularly strong storm, his birds got spooked and went for a run over to our place. Couple of adult pairs and perhaps 2 dozen mid-sized chicks.

Cat was on the deck railing, looking at all those big birds going by... like, wtf? He just sat there, amazed.

I opened the gate to let them in & corral them until owner could round them up. Much fun. They were welcome to browse all the bugs they could eat off my property!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)

248 >>>Anyway, here is Iron Maiden playing Fear of the Dark live in Brazil in 2017 - twenty five years after the song's 1992 release:

Good choice. Fear of the Dark is up there in the top 5 with Hallowed Be Thy Name and Children of the Damned. And Brazil shows are always next level.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 08, 2026 12:43 AM (dK+Kv)

249 Still like the original Mad Max the best.
Posted by: scampydog

Like the part where he's got that a-hole cuffed to the wrecked car (which is leaking gasoline) and sets a zippo near the leak, tosses him a hacksaw & rides away...

*BOOM!*

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)

250 [*lit zippo*]

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 12:48 AM (rdVOm)

251 I believe Trump is going to hit Iran when the West Coast Voting Ends on Election Day.

Makes sense because everyone thinks Trump will not hit Iran until days or weeks after the election

Just Sayin ..........

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 08, 2026 12:54 AM (pL0ET)

252 237 Just watched Furiosa. I have to say I liked it a lot more than Fury Road. I assume I'm in the minority.
Posted by: polynikes at October 08, 2026 12:10 AM (KC5Lt)

I agree with this. But I like both. I really wish we'd get more of these movies (we apparently won't).

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 08, 2026 12:54 AM (RaFl0)

253 >>Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.

Huh. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

254 253 >>Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.

Huh. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

Pardon, sir. Permission to giggle and point?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 01:05 AM (Y/06r)

255 IIRC, Furiosa bombed.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 01:06 AM (Y/06r)

256 Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.

Huh. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 01:03 AM (rdVOm)

Hee hee.

Posted by: It's absolutely not the same guys in Patriot Front at October 08, 2026 01:08 AM (1Ff7Z)

257
Fully masked Islamists are now chasing down Zohran Mamdani, and threatening him.
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https://tinyurl.com/bdzhekf5

_www.freedomnews.tv
Posted by: Braenyard

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Yeah, handful of idiots. Those are the people who are always chasing people, and they never catch anyone.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 08, 2026 01:08 AM (XJ22o)

258 Crop rotation goes back to 6000 BC according to Wikipedia. They were doing two crop rotation. By the Middle Ages farmers were doing three crop rotation. In the 1700s the British switched to four crop rotation thanks to Charles Townshend. This was crucial for the British Agricultural Revolution. For more, see Wikipedia.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 08, 2026 01:19 AM (PY8/y)

259 Well, past 11:00 here, and I am getting sleepy. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 08, 2026 01:22 AM (i9VX2)

260 IIRC, Furiosa bombed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 01:06 AM (Y/06r)

It did. It was a Mad Max movie with no Max in it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 08, 2026 01:22 AM (kZXPY)

261 youtu.be/RsP3rFJJk1Y

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 01:43 AM (rdVOm)

262 Watched Trans Siberian the other night. It's worth the time.
Watched The Men Who Tread On Tigers Tails last night. It's one of Kurosawa's early works. Interesting the way he puts a movie together.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 01:43 AM (gpvQO)

263 260 IIRC, Furiosa bombed.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 01:06 AM (Y/06r)

It did. It was a Mad Max movie with no Max in it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 08, 2026 01:22 AM (kZXPY)

And even Mad Max wasn't Mad Max.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 08, 2026 01:44 AM (Y/06r)

264 GPT-6 Luna

Without Wikipedia's help, when did humans start crop rotation?

The reference is the World History Encyclopedia article “Agriculture in the Fertile Crescent & Mesopotamia.” It says a Sumerian “Farmer’s Almanac,” dated to 1700 BC_, shows that Mesopotamians understood crop rotation and left fields fallow to maintain soil fertility. World History Encyclopedia

I need to correct my earlier “around 6000 BCE” answer: that date is associated with early agriculture and irrigation in Mesopotamia, not evidence for crop rotation. The source supports at least by 1700 BC_ for documented knowledge of the practice—not necessarily when people first began rotating crops.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 01:53 AM (gpvQO)

265 Always doubt Wiki. It's one of the best liars on the web.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 01:54 AM (gpvQO)

266 Furiosa was an OK movie - but I literally have no interest in "Stronk Female Empowerment Action Heroine" movies anymore, particularly ones where 100lb women beat up 260 Lb. chiseled weightlifting men, or even more unbelievably, take a full on punch from them or direct blow with a blunt weapon and don't fall down dead or unconscious and mortally wounded, like they would in actual planet Earth reality. In fact all "female driven" movies get a hard pass from me entirely now. Absolute garbage. My female friend started watching the Netflix series on Lizzie Borden ( an homage to current "heroine" Lindsay Clancy - and all that's wrong with women.) Watched 4 minutes - when it became clear that an interesting murder mystery, probably with financial gain as a motive, in 19th century MA was being fashioned as a "stylistic" "Lesbo kills parents because they were straight and mean to her and her lesbo servant friend with pink hair" story - I was done. I turned to my friend and asked "do you actually like this garbage?" she looked at me and said "no, I don't" - we shut it off, Thank God and never watche again.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 08, 2026 01:59 AM (Gu66x)

267 Tiptoes in after waking from a snooze on the couch...it seems like the Horde is sleepy.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 08, 2026 02:00 AM (ibDUx)

268 First concert I ever went to was Iron Maiden, Powerslave tour, 4th night at Long Beach Arena, which they recorded for their live album Live After Death.

Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 08, 2026 02:00 AM (ECToT)

269 Until now, there was no clear reason why the United States applies an additional screening process for Mexicans who have set foot in Ukraine within the last four years, but this might be the explanation. Milenio gained access to a national intelligence document documenting that cartel members have traveled to Ukraine.

Mexican cartel members are reportedly traveling to Ukraine to pose as war volunteers and receive training in the operation of high-tech drones. The goal: to return to Mexico and use that knowledge against authorities, civilians, and rival criminal organizations.

Ace's link, Oct 5, talked about them fighting with Ukraine as soldiers for the cause but specifically there to learn drone tech and bring it home. That tech is in Ecuador now.

It's never mentioned in the news the Ziggy is supplementing his army with skilled Mexican mercenaries.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 02:01 AM (gpvQO)

270 267 Tiptoes in after waking from a snooze ...

We'll speak softly for a minute or two.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 08, 2026 02:02 AM (gpvQO)

271 Today's headliner "wimmens" make my skin crawl, and are an embarrassment to me *as a woman*...

Lord, have mercy!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

272 >>>Please don't make a mess of the place. The cleaning charge is horrific. JQ is in charge and will rule with an iron fist.

JQ's been promoted!

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:03 AM (odBC9)

273 *speaks softly*

Hi, Debby.

*pours Chivas*

Cheers...

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

274 JQ's been promoted!
Posted by: m

Yeah... bartender to bouncer? LMAO!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

275 11 TACO CAT IS A PALINDROME.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at October 07, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

I did not know that.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:06 AM (odBC9)

276 274 JQ's been promoted!
Posted by: m

Yeah... bartender to bouncer? LMAO!
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

>>>Please don't make a mess of the place. The cleaning charge is horrific. JQ is in charge and will rule with an iron fist.
"In charge" sounds more like a managerial position.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:09 AM (odBC9)

277 Brewers win!!! Brewers win!!!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 02:10 AM (GYqb1)

278 7 I have blueberry coffee cake in the oven.
Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (ZxPkt)

yum
That is such an excellent idea.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)

279 Mom ruled us kids with an iron fist-- Dad was her *backup*-- we never wanted the backup to step in, LOL!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

280 No kidding! One neighbor had chickens and that &^($@^%%&* rooster started up before dawn every single day... and crowed most of the day... Told hubby I was gonna kidnap that fk'ing bird & do a disappearing act on it. He stopped me, dammit.
Posted by: JQ at October 07, 2026 11:57 PM (rdVOm)

I may yet have to shoot that fucker across the street who has the rooster. Fucker was upset that, when he let his chickens wander all over the fucking neighborhood, my dogs collected a couple of them. No chickens died, they were all fine, but that fucking rooster, all day and all night here, since the sun doesn't set in the summer.

Guy is a lunatic. He will, at some point, come up against us again, and he will lose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 02:14 AM (GYqb1)

281 279 Mom ruled us kids with an iron fist-- Dad was her *backup*-- we never wanted the backup to step in, LOL!
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:13 AM (rdVOm)

Dad was the beater, but mom held us down. Some day, there will be a reckoning. Not now, since they are both dead now, but some day.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 02:15 AM (GYqb1)

282 >>...rooster, all day and all night here, since the sun doesn't set in the summer.

Ugh! Sorry, tcn! That reallllly sux.

Any chance you can (surreptitiously) capture the rooster and *say abracadabra*?

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)

283 How's *the boy* tcn? And how are you & hubby holding up?

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

284 19 Mmm. Purritos.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)

haha!

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:22 AM (odBC9)

285 283 How's *the boy* tcn? And how are you & hubby holding up?
Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

The boy remains an ass. I didn't raise him that way, but he is determined to be an idiot.

The grandbaby is still in limbo, depending upon a court date in the first part of November. Haven't seen his cute little backside since June, so he must be a whole different kid by now. Prayers are gratefully accepted.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 08, 2026 02:25 AM (GYqb1)

286 Prayers-- you got them!

All I can do from here, tcn....

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:27 AM (rdVOm)

287 Cheers JQ, and thank you.

tcn, I keep you in my prayers too, I know how much you love that little grandbaby.

I am praying for our country too.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 08, 2026 02:28 AM (ibDUx)

288 63 Many decades ago, I moved from Colorado to Portland, Maine but did not plan well financially. My Colorado bank had money and I thought I could just open an account in Maine and the money would just magically appear. Nope. I took several days and, in the meantime, I had no money for food for several days. Finally, the money came and I bought a bucket of spaghetti similar to the Little Caesar's bucket above. I sat on a bus stop bench and ate it in the rain. Nothing was ever so good.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 10:21 PM (ndZc7)

Great story.
I would eat that spaghetti. Sort of a cross between canned spaghetti and take-out Chinese.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:31 AM (odBC9)

289 Not sure I'd want to try "Little Caesar's" spaghetti-- their pizza is (IMO) like a hot, oily sponge crust, with tomato sauce and... whatever, cheap crap... on top. Eww.

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:38 AM (rdVOm)

290 Christina pike's first words. Where am I? Am I in hell? Your in Tennessee. Pike: Close enough to hell. Trumpsters in action. AZ Democrat congrssional candidate green-placentia raped by trumpster as she was repairing campaign sign damaged by trumpster. 26 days till we take back the country from these vermin.

Posted by: raimondo at October 08, 2026 02:39 AM (+2O7U)

291 That Pike b!tch needs to be at Fort Hood on 12/3, so she & the jihadi MFer can get stacked up and both go the hell with one shot.

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

292 Aaaannnd, on *that* happy note--- I'm clocking out for tonight.

*puts keys on the bar*

Love you all. Lock it up when you're done!

Posted by: JQ at October 08, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)

293 The photo up top looks like corduroy.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:50 AM (odBC9)

294 Great clickable tune behind the photo up top!

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 02:57 AM (odBC9)

295 'Night JQ, and all, I am off to sleep some more. Sweet dreams.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 08, 2026 03:02 AM (ibDUx)

296
Hate to be a bummer and all, but it looks my mother is in the terminal phase, and there's probably not much time left. Her heart rate is getting sort of erratic, and her O2 level is dropping. I've got this 5L/min O2 concentrator cranked up to 4.5L/min, which is about the max just to keep her O2 in the mid - 80% range.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

297 Been up mostly since 1:45 am

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

298 296 Hate to be a bummer and all, but it looks my mother is in the terminal phase, and there's probably not much time left. Her heart rate is getting sort of erratic, and her O2 level is dropping. I've got this 5L/min O2 concentrator cranked up to 4.5L/min, which is about the max just to keep her O2 in the mid - 80% range.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

Blessings on you, publius.

Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 03:35 AM (odBC9)

299 .
NOOD

Pixy's here with the Daily Tech News

NOOD!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 08, 2026 04:00 AM (O7YUW)

300 Thats sad publius.

Posted by: Skip at October 08, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

301 298 296 Hate to be a bummer and all, but it looks my mother is in the terminal phase, and there's probably not much time left. Her heart rate is getting sort of erratic, and her O2 level is dropping. I've got this 5L/min O2 concentrator cranked up to 4.5L/min, which is about the max just to keep her O2 in the mid - 80% range.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 08, 2026 03:29 AM (w6EFb)

Blessings on you, publius.
Posted by: m at October 08, 2026 03:35 AM (odBC9)

Godspeed. I was here with my father not long ago.

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Deep Dark Cafe

Inside Grundtvig's Church, Denmark
By: kenny ollseon

They're putting up the Krampus decorations already? They've completely commercialized the true meaning of Krampus!

A cat does cat-like things.

The now-abandoned Summit Tunnel at the Donner Pass.

A lot of fuzzy mouths to feed. This guy thinks he's a dog owner but when you have twenty huskies in your house you're more of a dog hostage.

Supposedly, a tricky paint job on the front of this building creates the illusion that it's warped by non-Euclidean energies from Yuggoth. I'm wondering if it's actually AI. If not, it's a very impressive illusion.

Larry Byrd doesn't get talked about much these days, except when talking about Dee Reynolds, but he was pretty good.

Ever get out of bed but you can't shake the sleep off your back?

Hyena and sons.

1949 film to advertise the Boeing 337 Stratocruiser.

Dog would like some attention now please and thank you.

The longbow v. crossbow argument has a new entrant: Chakram? And how about the simple sling?

Hot chick with a lion cub.

Ace the Bat-Hound. (Silver Age Batman had hound named Ace.)

The Burj Khalifa skyscraper (from Mission Impossible 4), by drone.

Istanbul, 1905.
In the then capital of the Ottoman Empire, this colorized video shows the Galata Tower, pedestrians circling both sides of the Golden Horn and its boats carrying goods to the city
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1 The Summit Tunnel video's AI slop. Just sayin'

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 07, 2026 07:35 PM (lfNXu)

2 I dun nooded.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:37 PM (l3cgK)

3 The EU unveiled a statue mocking Trump at their Strasburg HQ. In the lobby. It's covered in gold leaf.

We need to get out of NATO now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:38 PM (l26NL)

4 Objection! Istanbul was NEVER the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople was.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 07:38 PM (ZOv7s)

5 Why do hockey players do a group hug after every goal?

seems

intimate

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 07:40 PM (ZxPkt)

6 We need to get out of NATO now.
----

Yep. We don't need NATO and I don't want to be responsible for defending them. Whatever they may face, they brought it on themselves.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:40 PM (TN0g+)

7 Supposedly, a tricky paint job on the front of this building creates the illusion that it's warped by non-Euclidean energies from Yuggoth. I'm wondering if it's actually AI. If not, it's a very impressive illusion.
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All I know is that I'm never going in that building.

No telling what weirdness is lurking inside.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 07:42 PM (FZ29D)

8 National Auto Tire Organization is just big tire making you buy Summer and Winter tires.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:42 PM (/+uur)

9 5 Why do hockey players do a group hug after every goal?

seems

intimate
Posted by: Don Black

That's nothing compared to girl volleyballers. They hug or grabass after every point won or lost. It's off-putting and silly.

Posted by: Grow Up! at October 07, 2026 07:44 PM (EdP2u)

10 Next time, I’ll get a half a pint and sleep in the wagon yard.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 07, 2026 07:44 PM (zqeQL)

11 5 Why do hockey players do a group hug after every goal?

seems

intimate
Posted by: Don Black

Have to take off mask to kiss

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:44 PM (/+uur)

12 Turkish girls have really hairy arms. And backs.

Posted by: Hirsute and Hisute at October 07, 2026 07:45 PM (EdP2u)

13 That's nothing compared to girl volleyballers. They hug or grabass after every point won or lost. It's off-putting and silly.
Posted by: Grow Up! at October 07, 2026 07:44 PM (EdP2u)

There is an old supposedly rich dude at my watering hole that watches college VB at the bar.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:46 PM (/+uur)

14 5 Why do hockey players do a group hug after every goal?

seems

intimate

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 07:40 PM (ZxPkt)

They yell, "NO HOMO" before they do it, so it totes okay.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:46 PM (l3cgK)

15 12 Turkish girls have really hairy arms. And backs.

Posted by: Hirsute and Hisute at October 07, 2026 07:45 PM (EdP2u)

I knew a girl in HS whose mustache was thicker than most of the guys her age...and she was very cute too. At our reunion saw her again; she waxes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:47 PM (l3cgK)

16 Here's a little something for Ace, because it can't always be a one-way street. I'd LOVE to see Tapper "holding him to it". And then walking out of the HQ building with his personal stuff in a box.

For some reason the personalities at CNN dont get how capitalism works

The Ellison's now own CNN and Jake Tapper went on air to say “We here at ‘The Lead’ want you to know that we take Mr. Ellison at his word and we will hold him to it.”

Hold him to it? Its -- meaning CNN - is his to do as he pleases

Jake = employee
Ellison = owner

https://tinyurl.com/yntrs43s

Posted by: Archimedes at October 07, 2026 07:47 PM (Riz8t)

17 They yell, ~~"NO HOMO"~~ No Tongues before they do it, so it totes okay.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:46 PM (l3cgK)

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:48 PM (/+uur)

18 17 They yell, "NO HOMO" No Tongues before they do it, so it totes okay.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:46 PM (l3cgK)

fixed it

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:48 PM (/+uur)

But sucking is okay, right?

Posted by: Don Lemon at October 07, 2026 07:48 PM (l3cgK)

19 No to mention the Turkish girls mustaches.

Posted by: Waxing Poetic at October 07, 2026 07:49 PM (EdP2u)

20 But sucking is okay, right?
Posted by: Don Lemon at October 07, 2026 07:48 PM (l3cgK)

sorry
never played hockey

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 07:49 PM (/+uur)

21 When Ace mentioned a Chakram, I was worried it was an Al Gore kinda thing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:49 PM (l3cgK)

22 The now-abandoned Summit Tunnel at the Donner Pass.

https://youtu.be/3I-D8Ozc4Oc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:51 PM (l3cgK)

23
*snaps fingers imperiously*

Garçon! This steak was left in the fire for too long.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:51 PM (eRlcH)

24 It has been reported that I eat "DICK Sandwiches!!

I want to set the record straight on this false accusation!!

I do not eat DICK SANDWICHES because I DO NOT LIKE BREAD!!

Posted by: James Talarico at October 07, 2026 07:53 PM (jGtoG)

25
The Ellison's now own CNN and Jake Tapper went on air to say “We here at ‘The Lead’ want you to know that we take Mr. Ellison at his word and we will hold him to it.”

__________

Jake is quite - oh yes, quite, quite - replaceable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:53 PM (eRlcH)

26 23
*snaps fingers imperiously*

Garçon! This steak was left in the fire for too long.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:51 PM (eRlcH)

https://youtu.be/78RUyWC--bQ&t=81s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)

27 I think Thom Tillis might be to most disgusting politician going out the door I've ever seen. Even worse than Cornyn. Just garbage.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:55 PM (l26NL)

28 The Larry Byrd highlights were amazing. I miss the days when the players wore those cute little shorts.

Posted by: Tuna at October 07, 2026 07:57 PM (lJ0H4)

29
All four girls got a brush, trim and nails done today. Puff, who's a deranged maniac, was the quietest while getting her nails ground. Ruth, who's more sedate, screamed all the way through.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:59 PM (eRlcH)

30 >>>A cat does cat-like things.

hahaha
I'm sure the turtles deserved what they got.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 07, 2026 08:00 PM (syz1S)

31 Tired of reading, start scanning for sports. Espn2 has a college football talking heads show then a division two game or something. Good enough, I switch over.
Immediately, a commercial comes on, for Nashville 911 season premier.
Apparently, the bible thumping far right Christian nationalists are going after Nashville. Again.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2026 08:01 PM (sl73Y)

32 Blow an airhorn that deep in the ground no telling what you're calling up.

Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)

33 If you want to see a big display of wealth the area around the Burj is your go to destination. Right next to the Burj is the Dubai Mall. Every shop is ultra high end, no Walmart or Target. Lots of restaurants too.

Every Friday Emirates and other wealthy Arabs and people from around the world pour into the place and spend huge amounts of money. Theres even a skating rink and an aquarium, a huge one, inside the mall. The indoor ski hill is at the Mall of the Emirates across town.

And the whole building complex is built around a huge man made lake with a fountain and light show that makes Vegas look like a traveling carnival. Quite a place.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)

34 You know what else is deep and dark?

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2026 08:03 PM (MWfyi)

35
It's Banned Book Month! If you don't approve of having The 120 Days of Sodom in your school's library, you're a book burner and likely a Nazi.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 08:04 PM (eRlcH)

36 My daughter is about three weeks back from hiking another trail in the Dolomites. Both she and her boy friend are hikers, fine by me, and climbers (I don't want to know).

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2026 08:05 PM (sl73Y)

37 It's Banned Book Month! If you don't approve of having The 120 Days of Sodom in your school's library, you're a book burner and likely a Nazi.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 08:04 PM (eRlcH)
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No one expects the gay Nazis, but they were there from the beginning. Ernst Roehm and friends. Until that one night...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)

38 No one expects the gay Nazis, but they were there from the beginning. Ernst Roehm and friends. Until that one night...

He suggested a sausage fest, which was misinterpreted by many of the Nazis present.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 07, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t)

39 Trump with a beard and shaved head. It works for him.

https://tinyurl.com/3cpjdjwr

Posted by: Archimedes at October 07, 2026 08:11 PM (Riz8t)

40 Why is it that if I say "They banned the band the Band" you will know what I mean even if you don't read it?

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)

41 He suggested a sausage fest, which was misinterpreted by many of the Nazis present.
Posted by: Archimedes

It was the wurst!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2026 08:11 PM (ptJRT)

42 He has the flu

@NEWSMAX
·
41m
Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico addressed a U.S. Hispanic Business Council forum virtually Sept. 30 after being diagnosed with the flu, saying he did not want to risk infecting attendees. MORE: https://bit.ly/3TL9eF9

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (ZxPkt)

43 "It was the wurst!
Posted by: Tonypete"

They were really packing the brats.

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

44 He suggested a sausage fest, which was misinterpreted by many of the Nazis present.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 07, 2026 08:09 PM (Riz8t)
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You came for the gay orgy and didn't expect the firing squad.

I have to say the left's weird Main Character/Persecution Fantasy complex is getting completely out of hand.

Book stores and libraries put out large displays of books that were pulled from the West Podunk Public Library and and act like it's Kristallnacht, meanwhile Dem candidates for high office debate whether Jews have a right to exist.

The cognitive dissonance is off the charts.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (ZOv7s)

45 If you want to see a big display of wealth the area around the Burj is your go to destination. Right next to the Burj is the Dubai Mall. Every shop is ultra high end, no Walmart or Target. Lots of restaurants too.

Every Friday Emirates and other wealthy Arabs and people from around the world pour into the place and spend huge amounts of money. Theres even a skating rink and an aquarium, a huge one, inside the mall. The indoor ski hill is at the Mall of the Emirates across town.

And the whole building complex is built around a huge man made lake with a fountain and light show that makes Vegas look like a traveling carnival. Quite a place.
Posted by: JackStraw

It's incredible. Almost overwhelming.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (9tX4s)

46 Didn't see anybody wearing pajama pants on the Stratocruiser.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (Cqx++)

47 Blow an airhorn that deep in the ground no telling what you're calling up.
Posted by: Eromero at October 07, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)
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Yeah, the most terrifying part would be hearing an answering airhorn long after the echoes from yours have died away...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 08:14 PM (FZ29D)

48 41m
Texas Democrat Senate nominee James Talarico addressed a U.S. Hispanic Business Council forum virtually Sept. 30 after being diagnosed with the flu, saying he did not want to risk infecting attendees. MORE: https://bit.ly/3TL9eF9
Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (ZxPkt)
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Surely everyone attending was triple-masked and quadruple vaccinated.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 08:16 PM (FZ29D)

49 Yeah, the most terrifying part would be hearing an answering airhorn long after the echoes from yours have died away...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 08:14 PM (FZ29D)
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Drums, drums in the deep...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

50 If you want to see a big display of wealth the area around the Burj is your go to destination.
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Can't say that I do.

All that wealth will eventually turn to dust.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 07, 2026 08:16 PM (Y4uRa)

51 1 The Summit Tunnel video's AI slop. Just sayin'
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts
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I wouldn't know, because clicking the link leads me to Google Play, where I am expected to install yet another "stick its nose up my ass" app in order to watch. Remember, if it's free, you're the product.
Homie don't play that game.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 07, 2026 08:16 PM (WwlAa)

52 So far I'm about an hour into the followup to Disco Elysium, No Parades: For Dead Spies, and it's.....

Ok.

Of course they made the main protagonist in this game a woman, and woman with a five pack a day voice to boot.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 07, 2026 08:17 PM (XV/Pl)

53 Didn't see anybody wearing pajama pants on the Stratocruiser.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Or flip flops with dirty, crusty feet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 08:19 PM (9tX4s)

54 Just came across an interesting quote in the book I'm reading:

"That is the trick of good government. To make folk live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 08:20 PM (FZ29D)

55 SHUT UP, BIRD

Posted by: Frank Reynolds at October 07, 2026 08:21 PM (iN6fC)

56 >>It's incredible. Almost overwhelming.

It really is. Used to enjoy watching the cars coming into the garage. Ferraris, Maseratis, exotic Porsches, etc.. So many G Wagons they seemed common.

You really have to see the area in person to appreciate the spectacle.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:21 PM (viF8m)

57 In fact, the female character looks a lot like Jodi Whitaker.

Of course, she is, of course she is.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 07, 2026 08:22 PM (XV/Pl)

58 I'm watching Cheetoh Hitler on C-SPAN.

I love having a president who says the word "bullshit"!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 07, 2026 08:23 PM (kpS4V)

59 "You really have to see the area in person to appreciate the spectacle.
Posted by: JackStraw"

All built on that dirty nasty oil.

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2026 08:25 PM (MWfyi)

60 >>All built on that dirty nasty oil.

Certainly not on the hard work of Emirati citizens. Cause they don't work hard. Or work at all.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:27 PM (viF8m)

61 I love having a president who says the word "bullshit"!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes

But can he word salad about Venn diagrams snd yellow school buses?

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 07, 2026 08:29 PM (q7PvL)

62 This weekend is Homecoming, and we had the parade tonight. We live across the street from the education complex and the stadium, so we have a great view.
One of the firetrucks leads off, followed by the marching band, who have been practicing ALL week. Then the homecoming royalty and all the middle and high school sportsball teams.
It's very sweet.

Posted by: sal at October 07, 2026 08:30 PM (f+FmA)

63 Home Despot has a Halloween animatronic called John the Last Chance Mixologist complete with hipster beard and glasses and flannel shirt.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 07, 2026 08:31 PM (kpS4V)

64 Book stores and libraries put out large displays of books that were pulled from the West Podunk Public Library and and act like it's Kristallnacht,

There is no group of people more convinced of their own heroism than public librarians.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 07, 2026 08:31 PM (vTZFs)

65
Certainly not on the hard work of Emirati citizens. Cause they don't work hard. Or work at all.

The Beverly Hillbillies never had to work but they insisted on doing so anyway.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 08:32 PM (Cqx++)

66 If this don't make yo booty move
Yo booty must be dead

Posted by: John the Last Chance Mixologist at October 07, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)

67 Certainly not on the hard work of Emirati citizens. Cause they don't work hard. Or work at all.
Posted by: JackStraw

TCN's.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 08:34 PM (9tX4s)

68 But can he word salad about Venn diagrams snd yellow school buses?
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 07, 2026 08:29 PM (q7PvL)
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Trump is a verbal Evel Knievel who spins doughnuts on your Venn diagram and jumps over all your yellow school buses, then pops a frosty Diet Coke.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at October 07, 2026 08:36 PM (kpS4V)

69 I once had a thing for pubic librarians.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 08:38 PM (wlCsd)

70 "The Beverly Hillbillies never had to work but they insisted on doing so anyway.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

There wasn't anything else to do. They couldn't hunt and fishing in the cement pond was terrible.

Posted by: fd at October 07, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

71 saying he did not want to risk infecting attendees.

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 08:13 PM (ZxPkt)

He should have tried not letting them fuck him in the ass.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 08:40 PM (wlCsd)

72
I'd have more respect for librarians if they cleared out the homeless bums who are just there to surf porn.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 08:41 PM (eRlcH)

73 >I once had a thing for pubic librarians.
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used to be, the librarian was a much older woman. You didn't know about her private live- you didn't want to know about her private life.

Posted by: Don Black at October 07, 2026 08:41 PM (ZxPkt)

74 One trick pony here, The TXMoMe is next weekend. Shoot , eat, drink and be merry!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2026 08:41 PM (nxLtX)

75 >>The Beverly Hillbillies never had to work but they insisted on doing so anyway.

Haven't done business there in a decade so things might have changed but the powers started to realize they had a problem on their hands. Not just the UAE but the Saudis, Qatar and others.

Between checks going out to citizens and the requirement that anyone wanting to start a business in those countries had to have citizen that was a partner, another way to get a check for doing nothing. And they had a lot of young people, mostly men, that weren't doing anything and we all know what happens with idle hands. Particularly there.

They hired consultants to help them come up with a thing that was called Vision 2030. Basically, how do we get young people working and wean the country off total reliance on oil. We'll see.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:41 PM (viF8m)

76 marching band, who have been practicing ALL week. Then the homecoming royalty and all the middle and high school sportsball teams.
It's very sweet.
Posted by: sal

Well within hearing distance of the stadium i would guess.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 07, 2026 08:42 PM (sl73Y)

77 >>I'd have more respect for librarians if they cleared out the homeless bums who are just there to surf porn.

Hey! This is library. You been 4 hours. You go now.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:45 PM (viF8m)

78 Pan Am Flight 6 was a Stratocruiser that flew Between SF and HI. Lost an engine kind of explosively, taking out another. Couldn't climb to altitude and was right in the middle with not enough fuel to make land either way. There was a Coast Guard Cutter out there for just this scenario. The pilot circled the Cutter til daylight and did a perfect water landing. All hands safe. A Capt. Sully in 1956.

Posted by: Splashdown at October 07, 2026 08:53 PM (EdP2u)

79 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 08:56 PM (77rzZ)

80 Deepest Cave Pit.

Seems vaguely familiar.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 07, 2026 08:57 PM (wVcYX)

81 I avoid lieberries because they insist on pants like that "Perfessor" dude.

Posted by: Non-Conformist at October 07, 2026 08:58 PM (EdP2u)

82 Hello! Car is full of gas, we have water. Schools are closed on Friday. Let’s see what happens!

Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 08:59 PM (ZdaMQ)

83 82 Hello! Car is full of gas, we have water. Schools are closed on Friday. Let’s see what happens!
Posted by: Piper

If you have a pool, you have water. I have 18,000 gallons on hand.

Posted by: Wet Willie at October 07, 2026 09:01 PM (EdP2u)

84 One trick pony here, The TXMoMe is next weekend. Shoot , eat, drink and be merry!
Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2026 08:41 PM (nxLtX)

I'm pushing to get these tax returns prepared, reviewed, and filed asap in the next week. As soon as the last filing acceptance notice is received on Thursday next, I'm Northbound and Down!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 07, 2026 09:01 PM (wVcYX)

85 The Ellison's now own CNN and Jake Tapper went on air to say “We here at ‘The Lead’ want you to know that we take Mr. Ellison at his word and we will hold him to it.”

And that is the kind of arrogant bullshit that causes me to despise the media. Just who the F**k elected you, dickhead, to hold anyone accountable for anything? Your job is to sit there and read a teleprompter. Meanwhile check your ratings asshole. We the public are holding you accountable.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 09:01 PM (2WIwB)

86
I don't want the Dodgers to win, but Atlanta's fans are so annoying i don't want them to win either.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 09:02 PM (eRlcH)

87 83 82 Hello! Car is full of gas, we have water. Schools are closed on Friday. Let’s see what happens!
Posted by: Piper

If you have a pool, you have water. I have 18,000 gallons on hand.
Posted by: Wet Willie at October 07, 2026 09:01 PM (EdP2u)

I do have a pool, as luck would have it! But I don’t know I would want to use that to drink.

Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 09:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

88 Inside Grundtvig's Church, Denmark

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Empty just like Scandinavian spirituality.

Posted by: Decaf at October 07, 2026 09:04 PM (5BOLF)

89 Grundtvig's Church, Denmark

If the Scandi's aren't careful, that'll become an impressive mosque.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 09:08 PM (2WIwB)

90 As to Piper v. the Hurricane, my odds are on Piper.

Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

91 I do have a pool, as luck would have it! But I don’t know I would want to use that to drink.
Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 09:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
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If you have a pool then you probably have chlorine of some sort, yes?

Maybe not ideal but in a pinch you can look up what type and quantity of chlorinator you can use to sanitize the water to drinkable standards and survive. Might taste like chlorine but you won't get dysentery.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 09:13 PM (oqH4h)

92 McKinney TX, Collin County, second richest in TX, collected enough signature to recall the city council and the mayor who approved a mosque plan.

On the way to prayer, Muslims drove past protesters holding signs proclaiming Jesus and 'Don't Mecca My Texas'.

The protesters were multi generational and multi racial.
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7,600 signatures—more than the 5,805 required, have been collected.

The signatures still have to be certified by the city secretary.
If certified, and the officials don’t step down, the council must order a recall election. (bitches)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 09:14 PM (VQ0bX)

93 "Ace the Bat-Hound. (Silver Age Batman had hound named Ace.)"

Of course. There are no Penguin-Hounds of good, or even moderate, or even neutral reputation.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 09:15 PM (0sNs1)

94 -----
If you have a pool then you probably have chlorine of some sort, yes?

Maybe not ideal but in a pinch you can look up what type and quantity of chlorinator you can use to sanitize the water to drinkable standards and survive. Might taste like chlorine but you won't get dysentery.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 09:13 PM (oqH4h)

Anecdotal, but during the Kuwait occupation in 1990, when Iraq invaded, the embassy personnel were trapped on the compound. They had tuna that someone had ordered for the canteen and drank the pool water for six months until their safe passage out was negotiated. Pools have a use besides fun!

Posted by: moki at October 07, 2026 09:18 PM (wLjpr)

95 If you have a pool then you probably have chlorine of some sort, yes?

Maybe not ideal but in a pinch you can look up what type and quantity of chlorinator you can use to sanitize the water to drinkable standards and survive. Might taste like chlorine but you won't get dysentery.
Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 09:13 PM (oqH4h

Yes, we have the little tabs and a copper ionizer, so we don’t have to use a heck of a lot of chlorine. I think we will be okay unless this turns a whole lot worse than it shows now. I am guessing power to the studio will be brought online fairly quickly as it’s anchored by Publix and we can always get water from there.

But the pool may be nice for a bath if there is no water or electricity at home. Plus, my neighbor can run a lot on both of our houses off of his Tesla, which is pretty cool. 😎

Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 09:21 PM (ZdaMQ)

96 Dang never heard that! Tuna and pool water for six months sounds sub-optimal, lol.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 09:22 PM (oqH4h)

97 And that is the kind of arrogant bullshit that causes me to despise the media. Just who the F**k elected you, dickhead, to hold anyone accountable for anything? Your job is to sit there and read a teleprompter. Meanwhile check your ratings asshole. We the public are holding you accountable.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 09:01 PM (2WIwB)
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I cannot wait for Jake's interviews on Tucker and Candace introducing his new podcast.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 09:23 PM (RIvkX)

98 Three drops of bleach per gallon, let it gas off overnight, drink up. Mike Hammer was delivering pool water in 5 gallon buckets to his neighbors for weeks after Emily.

Posted by: Wet Willie.. at October 07, 2026 09:23 PM (EdP2u)

99 My cousin passed away recently. Early-onset Alzheimer's. He was only 4 years older than I. One of eleven kids, five boys, six girls.

He was such a cool guy. One of the highlights of my youth was spending several days with them in the wilds of Oklahoma. The whole family was simply wonderful. The kids lived life fully.

Rest in Peace, Norman.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)

100 And the whole building complex is built around a huge man made lake with a fountain and light show that makes Vegas look like a traveling carnival. Quite a place.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 08:02 PM (viF8m)

And every woman there dressed in a toebag?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 09:25 PM (i9VX2)

101 Rest in Peace, Norman.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 09:24 PM (0aYVJ)
====

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 09:26 PM (RIvkX)

102 The EU unveiled a statue mocking Trump at their Strasburg HQ. In the lobby. It's covered in gold leaf.

We need to get out of NATO now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:38 PM (l26NL)

Or just go medieval and conquer the fucking thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 07, 2026 09:27 PM (vzuC7)

103 The signatures still have to be certified by the city secretary.
If certified, and the officials don’t step down, the council must order a recall election. (bitches)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 09:14 PM (VQ0bX)

Godspeed.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 09:28 PM (9tX4s)

104 McKinney TX petition against Epic Mosque, organizer
Ashley Marie Louden. Went to several common publications to
get a pic of her.

Don't understand why the leader of a successful coup against the Epic Center Mosque, the city's mayor and the city council wouldn't
be front and center.

She's on the right.

https://tinyurl.com/y566pbwy

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 09:30 PM (VQ0bX)

105 Today I did a very foolish thing, and walked to the nearest ABC store.

The trip there was fine. The trip back, not so much. But I made it home.

Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

106 Thank you, Pug.

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 09:33 PM (yEz+x)

107 Rest in Peace, Norman.
Posted by: Pug Mahon

Two years ago, actress and Miss America 1955 Lee Meriwether's youngest daughter announced that both her Mom and older sister Kyle Aletter had Alzheimer's. Lee is still alive at 91, but Kyle died within months, age 64. Kyle was a long time substitute model on The Price is Right in the 80s and 90s. Her dad was actor Frank Aletter, who was in a million things in the 60s and 70s.

Posted by: Terrible Disease at October 07, 2026 09:34 PM (EdP2u)

108 102 The EU unveiled a statue mocking Trump at their Strasburg HQ. In the lobby. It's covered in gold leaf.

We need to get out of NATO now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:38 PM (l26NL)

Or just go medieval and conquer the fucking thing.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 07, 2026 09:27 PM (vzuC7)

The muzzies are gonna beat us to it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 09:37 PM (l3cgK)

109
Rest in Peace, Norman.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October

I am so sorry, Pug. It’s hard to lose people we love, obviously, but when they are so close in age to us, it brings about all the uncertainty of our own mortality. A lot of emotions and feelings, for sure. I hope you hold all the wonderful memories in your heart, and know this life isn’t the end of our journey.

Posted by: Piper at October 07, 2026 09:37 PM (ZdaMQ)

110 Today I did a very foolish thing, and walked to the nearest ABC store.

The trip there was fine. The trip back, not so much. But I made it home.
Posted by: Bulg

Did you drink the bottle on the way back?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 09:39 PM (9tX4s)

111 San Franpsycho,

Thank you for introducing me to that phrase. It is lovely and poignant. I use it often now.

What is the history? I assume it is an OLD Jewish blessing.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 09:40 PM (yEz+x)

112 Thank you all for the kind words. Norman and his older brother were wonderful story tellers. They would leave my grandpa in stitches. I miss Grandpa's laugh.

That whole branch of the clan was blessed with some wonderful personalities. salt of the earth.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 09:42 PM (0aYVJ)

113 Pug, may his memory give you comfort.

Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 09:45 PM (77rzZ)

114 Yikes.

Is it acceptable for me, a Roman Catholic to appropriate that phrase? I only mean it in reverence and honor of the Dead.

Ugh. I don’t want to offend you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 09:46 PM (yEz+x)

115 110 Nope. I should’ve taken water with me. I got light-headed, I think, from lack of water.

Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 09:48 PM (77rzZ)

116 "I wouldn't know, because clicking the link leads me to Google Play, where I am expected to install yet another "stick its nose up my ass" app in order to watch. Remember, if it's free, you're the product.
Homie don't play that game.
Posted by: buddhaha at October 07, 2026 08:16 PM (WwlAa)"

Select "continue on web" in the upper right corner. Instagram hides it in blue font.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 07, 2026 09:48 PM (iIyc0)

117 Pug, may his memory give you comfort.
Posted by: Bulg at October 07, 2026 09:45 PM (77rzZ)

Yes, it does. I have stories of the time my brother and sisters spent in Oklahoma with them, but I'll not bore y'all. Just gonna sip my beverage and reminisce.

Lord Bless.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 09:49 PM (0aYVJ)

118 Good evening all!
I have been at the dentist’s office all week. Three crowns. I am worn out😩

Posted by: Jmel at October 07, 2026 09:52 PM (3TlS+)

119
First five minutes of "The Silencers" and am creeped out.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 09:54 PM (Y8DZL)

120 Where in the world is Jimmy?

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 09:54 PM (/+uur)

121 Condolences, Pug.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 07, 2026 09:54 PM (iIyc0)

122 Condolences, Pug.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent

Ditto

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 10:00 PM (9tX4s)

123 118 Good evening all!
I have been at the dentist’s office all week. Three crowns. I am worn out😩
Posted by: Jmel

I don't know if King Charles has three Crowns. That's pretty cool.

Posted by: Prince Of Dorkness at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (EdP2u)

124 Certainly not on the hard work of Emirati citizens. Cause they don't work hard. Or work at all.
Posted by: JackStraw

The Bedouin Hillbillies!

Posted by: Rex B at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (6lvzU)

125 Condolences, Pug.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at October 07, 2026 09:54 PM (iIyc0)

Likewise from me, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:02 PM (i9VX2)

126 The Bedouin Hillbillies!
Posted by: Rex B at October 07, 2026 10:01 PM (6lvzU)

The Bel Arabs

https://www.snlarchives.net/Episodes/?197912083

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (/+uur)

127 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 07, 2026 10:03 PM (i9VX2)

128 Damn! Garrett Morris and Dr Johnny Fever!

Posted by: Rex B at October 07, 2026 10:06 PM (6lvzU)

Quick Hits

We must trust the Deep State with all of our might.

A former CIA officer admitted in a plea deal Tuesday that he disclosed details about a secret U.S. intelligence source to a foreign official and embezzled nearly $200 million from the federal government.
David Rush pleaded guilty in Virginia federal court to one count of wire fraud after an FBI raid on his home in May uncovered 298 gold bars worth $46 million, $2.1 million in cash and dozens of luxury items.
Justice Department officials said Rush embezzled $194 million from the federal government, using his position at the intelligence agency to create an elaborate scheme designed to facilitate his "maximum self-enrichment at the expense of the United States."
...
Rush admitted in a plea document that he disclosed "certain descriptive information of a U.S. government clandestine human source" last year that could "endanger the safety and life of the human source and the U.S. government officers working with the source," according to NBC News.
He also admitted his actions jeopardized America's "ability to recruit human sources, who rely on the U.S. government's assurance of absolute secrecy."

Which country he sold us out to was not revealed. His plea deal calls for merely up to 20 years in prison.

Maryland jury finds that males falsely accused of sexual assault are therefore the victims of sex-based harassment.

In what may amount to a landmark decision for college campuses, a Maryland jury has declared a man falsely accused of sexual assault the victim of sex-based harassment.
A male college student falsely accused of sexual assault scored a major victory for due process and equal rights late last month, after a federal jury found the University of Maryland failed to protect him from severe harassment after he was falsely accused and ultimately cleared through the school's own Title IX process.
The jury sided with the falsely accused student -- identified as John Doe in a federal lawsuit reviewed by The Daily Wire -- who accused the University of Maryland of failing to protect him from severe harassment, including a student-led smear campaign, after he was fully cleared from from the female student's allegations.
The case was heard before an Obama-appointed judge, Paula Xinis, and the jury found evidence that falsely accused man faced harassment that was "so severe, pervasive, and objectively offense that it deprived him of equal access to an educational opportunity or benefit at the University of Maryland." It also found that the University of Maryland "was deliberately indifferent to the harassment."
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The ruling marks the first time that a jury has ever found that false sexual assault accusations can be considered sex-based harassment, according to the man's attorney, Jason Greaves of the Binnall Law Group.

Sanity half-prevails as a federal judge upholds New Hampshire's new election-security rules, which state that a student cannot just show a student ID to prove his eligibility to vote. He must show official ID showing he's a permanent resident of New Hampshire.

Unfortunately, this woke judge then struck down New Hampshire's rule that all voters must show an official ID. He claims that's an "overstep" of authority that might keep illegal aliens from voting for Democrats.

He didn't say the last part, but that's their concern.

New Hampshire students will no longer be able to use a student ID card as proof of identity when they show up to the polls to vote after a federal judge upheld the state's new voter ID restrictions.
The ruling, issued by U.S. District Court judge Joseph Laplante, upheld a New Hampshire law requiring students to have a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver�s license or passport, to vote.
But Laplante's decision also sided with good government groups who sued over New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlan's unilateral extension of that requirement to the voter registration process, ruling that the state's top election official overstepped his authority.
"The State has offered no independent justification for that broader prohibition," Laplante wrote in the ruling. "Under the Supreme Court�s standard for evaluating voting regulations, even a minimal burden on the right to vote must be justified by the State�s interests, and the State has identified no interest."

Trump continues his agenda of a Reagan-like rearmament.

I know that's bad because Tucker Carlson says no nation has the right to go to war, ever, unless it's Nazi Germany or Putin's Russia. Or probably one of the Arab states he may or may not be partnered up with.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the construction of a major shipyard in Baltimore, which he said would be the largest new shipyard in the U.S. since World War II.
"Today, we're officially launching the construction of the largest new shipyard in the United States since World War II, there's been nothing like what we're doing today," Trump said.
The $3.7 billion investment from Anduril will receive billions more in support from the federal government. The facility will span 2 million square feet and be known as Arsenal-2.

Trump said the new yards will help build submarines.

No way.

Content warning on hitting the link -- it runs with lightly censored pictures of this cow having sex. She's about as cute as you'd expect a Democrat weirdo "they/them" hobbyist pornographer to be.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
Oct 5
🚨SCOOP: Nebraska Democrat nominee runs p**nographic OnlyFans pages
Meet Whitney Hansen, the Democrat nominee for Douglas County Board of Commissioners in Nebraska, who uses "They/Them" pronouns.
She runs MULTIPLE p*rn webpages where she posts disturbing p*rnographic images of herself.
According to images provided by a source, Hansen made posts about how she loves to "fantasize and play with younger girls."
She also allegedly posted p*rnographic photos WHILE working as a teacher at @MillardPS.
Hansen is currently working as a public employee at @NatlParkService.
This is who Democrats want to elect...

The NYT is attempting to get Sophie Cunningham banned from the WNBA.

A New York Times columnist says WNBA player Sophie Cunningham, an outspoken opponent to transgender athletes in women's sports, has turned games for her team, the Indiana Fever, into a "circus" and that the team should release her.
The Fever was eliminated last week from championship contention, and the 30-year-old Cunningham is now an unrestricted free agent for a second consecutive offseason.
"Cunningham is too combustible, her takes too turbulent to be paired with [league star] Caitlin Clark," columnist Candace Buckner writes in her opinion story, published Tuesday.
"Clark, by her presence alone, already can't get through a season without being thrown into gutter debates that pit White against Black; hate that appears even in the DMs of her own teammates. Cunningham, with only a few words, introduced new divisions."

Akademiks TV

@AkademiksTV

WNBA Playoffs lost 70-76% of their viewers After Caitlin Clark was eliminated 🫪

2026 WNBA Semifinals between the Golden State Valkyries and the Las Vegas Aces drew approximately 500,000 viewers on NBC and Peacock & the Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty drew approximately 654,000 viewers compared to the 2.1 million average viewers (peaking at 2.6 million) that watched the Aces face the Indiana Fever in Game 1 of the first round just a week prior😬

A Chinese foreigner "professor" of Islam at Haverford "College" has been charged with threatening a Jewish colleague with violence and calling for a new Holocaust.

He also threatened the colleague's child.

Religion of peace, you know.

Oh, and he posed as "MAGA" in doing it.

Lot of that going 'round.

Steve McGuire
@sfmcguire79
NEW: Haverford Professor Guangtian Ha has been arrested and charged with cyberstalking a Jewish colleague.
Posing as a MAGA anon on X, he allegedly messaged another Haverford professor around 50 times between October 2025 and May 2026.
In addition to posting vile antisemitic messages (see below), he allegedly posted his colleague's "home address, infant child's name, a photograph of the family's mailbox, countless antisemitic slurs and threats, and reference to real-time observation of their home."
The target's wife twice moved out of the home with their three children because they were so terrified.
Ha is a member of Faculty for Justice in Palestine.
He has called complaints about antisemitism on campus "Zionist witch hunts."
Originally from China, he is an associate professor of religion at Haverford who studies Islam in China.
He holds a PhD in anthropology from Columbia. His dissertation is entitled, "Religion of the Father: Islam, Gender, and Politics of Ethnicity in Late Socialism."
He won the 2023 Clifford Geertz Prize in the Anthropology of Religion for his book, The Sound of Salvation: Voice, Gender, and the Sufi Mediascape in China.
He is "charged with one count of cyberstalking pursuant to 18 U.S.C. �
2261A(2). The statutory maximum for cyberstalking is five years' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a $100 special assessment."
Here are some of the messages he posted (brace yourself):
"Jew, get the fuck out of my country"
"Jew pig, get the fuck out of Lower Merion"
"If jews are so special then they should also be placed in special camps and receive special treatments"
"LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons."
"@[Victim 1] Eliminate thejewish cockroaches. Exterminate the jewish state. [Victim 1], you will have nowhere to go. Your family has no future in the US. Give it another 10 years, and you shall see a true holocaust."
"@[Victim 1] Fat jew, leave lower merion."
"@[Victim 1] Jew, watch your [Victim I's minor son's true name]. There shall be a sign."
After the victim took security precautions: "@[Victim 1] The goyim have woken up, jew. Run. Flee. Leave. Blurring your home on google map and installing a security camera next to your mailbox won't help."
"[Victim 1], the jewish state will stop existing, whether you like it or not, which is why as an Israeli zio jew you want to recreate america in 'iSrAeL's' image. This won't work. You and your family have no future here. Homeless dogs jews will once again become, if you do survive."
"That's right[Victim 1]The end of American jews is close. Let's start with the jews in Lower Merion. Watch out jewish nigga."
"[is] that blood, [Victim 1]? We know jews are blood-sucking demons. Only the libtard niggas [...] will protect you. But soon we are going to make sure you have no place to hide, fat rat."
"Nothing wrong to hate jews. We started to decline the moment we stopped hating, eradicating and expelling jews. Babylonians knew, the Romans knew, the Spaniards knew. American jews have been exposed. Fuck anti-Zionism. HH [i.e., "Heil Hitler"]."
Haverford College has placed Ha on administrative leave and barred him from campus. His information has been wiped from the college's website.

Fire him:

Alex Christy
@alexchristy17
Jimmy Kimmel goes all in on the Trump wants Iran to bomb Los Angeles and San Diego fake news "that is one of the craziest, most indefensible statements I have ever heard even this maniac make. Openly musing about Iran, a country we are currently at war with "Taking out" two American cities while his adoring fans cheer him on! But it's okay because we're liberals. We deserve to be bombed. Could somebody please change this man's diaper already?"
He also says people are hypocrites for criticizing his Trump-Melania joke "So if that joke, that rhetoric was deranged and dangerous and violent and dark, surely you must be mortified by the president of the United States casually ruminating the deaths of 13 million people."

Jimmy Kimmel goes all in on the Trump wants Iran to bomb Los Angeles and San Diego fake news "that is one of the craziest, most indefensible statements I have ever heard even this maniac make. Openly musing about Iran, a country we are currently at war with "Taking out" two American cities while his adoring fans cheer him on! But it's okay because we're liberals. We deserve to be bombed. Could somebody please change this man's diaper already?"
He also says people are hypocrites for criticizing his Trump-Melania joke "So if that joke, that rhetoric was deranged and dangerous and violent and dark, surely you must be mortified by the president of the United States casually ruminating the deaths of 13 million people."
(1/2)
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) October 7, 2026

BREAKING: Masked Islamists at Columbia University are currently on campus, celebrating the October 7th massacre, and calling for a �Global Intifada.�
The Columbia administration is a bunch of cowards. https://t.co/kJD9j6aNXT
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) October 7, 2026

Incredible re UK migration: �, the Welsh are the ethnic group most closely descended from the original Brythonic inhabitants of the British Isles. They are now outnumbered by migrants who arrived in just those four years.�
— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) October 7, 2026

Remarkable that you could ship petty thieves, vandals, vagrants and the dirt poor from England to the other side of the globe and a hostile untamed continent and within 150 years the place is a paradise. Don�t let anyone tell you the solution to our problems lies outside ourselves.
— RAW EGG NATIONALIST (@Babygravy9) October 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:20 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 06:20 PM (9SiAB)

2 st!

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:20 PM (TN0g+)

3 Maryland jury finds that males falsely accused of sexual assault are therefore the victims of sex-based harassment.

It's progress.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 06:21 PM (vJrRc)

4 Hey remember the

WarOnWomen?

Don't hear much about that anymore

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 06:22 PM (vE0+H)

5 calling for a Global Intifada.
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That's just their culture.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 06:23 PM (vE0+H)

6 Which country he sold us out to was not revealed. His plea deal calls for merely up to 20 years in prison.
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So he'll get 1 year of house arrest with an ankle monitor?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 06:23 PM (FZ29D)

7 Australia...where the men wear smaller swimsuits than the women do.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 07, 2026 06:23 PM (s1VwS)

8 WarOnWomen?

Don't hear much about that anymore
Posted by: ..

The Left found more tractable victim groups to embrace

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 06:23 PM (vJrRc)

9 "LM jews are going to have it big time, jew. Remember this. You scums have had it too easy. Goyim are taking America back, blood-guzzling demons."
----------------

That's just his culture.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 06:24 PM (vE0+H)

10
$200 million? Misdemeanor defalcation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:24 PM (eRlcH)

11 Hansen made posts about how she loves to "fantasize and play with younger girls."
-------------------

That's just her culture.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 06:25 PM (vE0+H)

12 "New Hampshire students will no longer be able to use a student ID card as proof of identity when they show up to the polls to vote after a federal judge upheld the state's new voter ID restrictions."

Taking their motto "live free or die" to a whole different level, trust but verify.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 06:25 PM (I43vL)

13 Oh great, Columbia is yet again hosting hamas protests. Ilhan Omar’s daughter still a student there?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:26 PM (4KUe5)

14 Anthropology of Religion ?? What?

Posted by: dantesed at October 07, 2026 06:26 PM (Oy/m2)

15 How much of that $194 M will ever get recovered?
Bet not pennies

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 06:26 PM (Ia/+0)

16 I think I could easily have a crippling migraine til the mid-terms are over. I haven't had a migraine in 35yrs or so, but the news is grim.

In olde English they used to call migraine's megrims. Fitting.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 06:26 PM (hzuYO)

17 She also allegedly posted p*rnographic photos WHILE working as a teacher at @MillardPS.

Not hot for the teacher.

Posted by: David Lee Roth at October 07, 2026 06:27 PM (guGkK)

18 We must trust the Deep State with all of our might.

Meanwhile, over at Amazon . . .

https://tinyurl.com/y9m24ke6

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 06:28 PM (ndZc7)

19 In other words, out of state NH college students could easily vote in NH. As well as their home states.

By design. This loophole needs to be shutdown in every state.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)

20 >>Australia...where the men wear smaller swimsuits than the women do.

That was an Australia that was poised to give us Elle Macpherson.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 06:29 PM (9n8wX)

21 AW I am not surprised

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 06:29 PM (Ia/+0)

22 >>How much of that $194 M will ever get recovered?
Bet not pennies

He used a lot of that money to buy gold bars which have recovered so we might get some of it back.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:30 PM (viF8m)

23
That was an Australia that was poised to give us Elle Macpherson.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 06:29 PM (9n8wX)

_________

Peak Elle. Yum.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:30 PM (eRlcH)

24 So the Chinese professor who studies Islam in China is yelling at Jews. If he was so concerned about Islam shouldn't he be yelling at the CCP over the Uighers? Being murdered in camps, forced abortion and used for organ harvesting, but the Joooz

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:31 PM (t9883)

25 Posted this to Fen earlier, but Guangtian Ha is Hui. That is a Chinese ethnicity that converted to Islam I-Don't-Know-When.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 06:31 PM (sDWtc)

26

A federal judge in Maryland refused to block the state’s ban on Glock pistols Monday, arguing it was “consistent with restrictions on excessively dangerous weapons.”

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 06:32 PM (Cqx++)

27 MAX 20 years for Treason, wire fraud, stealing US Money... and potentially getting a US Agent KILLED?

ONE COUNT OF WIRE FRAUD??? and I bet there is already a deal for low amount of time to serve.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

28
1966 Australia had incredibly restrictive immigration laws. Like, you had to be a white man to get in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:33 PM (eRlcH)

29 Here are some of the messages he posted (brace yourself): "Jew, get the fuck out of my country"

He seems nice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 06:34 PM (guGkK)

30 7 Australia...where the men wear smaller swimsuits than the women do.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Woo Hoo! Banana Hammocks, FTW!

Posted by: The Grand Poof at October 07, 2026 06:35 PM (EdP2u)

31 >>How much of that $194 M will ever get recovered?
Bet not pennies

He used a lot of that money to buy gold bars which have recovered so we might get some of it back.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:30 PM (viF8m)

It'll be totes safe in Fort Knox.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 06:37 PM (2WIwB)

32 1966 Australia had incredibly restrictive immigration laws. Like, you had to be a white man to get in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:33 PM

We briefly looked at retiring in Australia back in the late 80s. Even back then just to get a permanent resident card you had to prove you were financially independent, had a provable basic monthly income greater than the minimum they required for immigration and had access to or could pay for full medical insurance.

It was very tough for most non rich people to qualify.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 06:37 PM (I43vL)

33 A federal judge in Maryland refused to block the state’s ban on Glock pistols Monday, arguing it was “consistent with restrictions on excessively dangerous weapons.”
----

That'll get over-turned.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:38 PM (TN0g+)

34 29 Here are some of the messages he posted (brace yourself): "Jew, get the fuck out of my country"

He seems nice.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 06:34 PM (guGkK)

So, he wants the Jews out of China? BOTH of them?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:39 PM (mP0Kj)

35 How many more millions of him are here?
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Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
·
45m
BREAKING: DHS says ICE has arrested a Nigerian illegal alien campaign staffer for Democratic Congressional nominee Janelle Stelson, who is running against Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) in PA-10, considered to be a tight/toss up race. Per DHS, while working as a canvasser for Stelson, Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe was arrested by police in East Pennsboro Township, PA after he was caught in public with his pants off, fully exposing himself in a residential neighborhood near a park and children. He pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct. ICE arrested him after his conviction.

DHS says he is a visa overstay who was granted deferred action by the Biden administration in 2021.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 06:40 PM (kX27y)

36 The Maryland judge in the Glock case is a senior judge originally appointed by W. Senior judges should be banned, they can make ridiculous decisions without a concern

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:41 PM (t9883)

37 Per DHS, while working as a canvasser for Stelson, Chimaobim Adedayo Igbojekwe was arrested by police in East Pennsboro Township, PA after he was caught in public with his pants off, fully exposing himself in a residential neighborhood near a park and children. He pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct. ICE arrested him after his conviction.

DHS says he is a visa overstay who was granted deferred action by the Biden administration in 2021.
Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 06:40 PM (kX27y)
***********
They sent their finest!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 06:41 PM (hzuYO)

38 Release the Epstein files

Posted by: Banned at October 07, 2026 06:41 PM (UOsky)

39 11 Hansen made posts about how she loves to "fantasize and play with younger girls."
-------------------

That's just her culture.
Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 06:25 PM (vE0+H)

And was a school teacher? /shudders

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:41 PM (mP0Kj)

40 Family matters. So does culture.
From GatewayPundit.

Newly unsealed police bodycam footage shows the shocking moments after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school back in 2023.

In 2023, the Newport News Commonwealth’s prosecutor decided the 6-year-old boy who shot a Virginia school teacher wouldn’t face charges.

Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner was hospitalized for two weeks after one of her students shot her in January 2023.

An elderly female teacher had the child restrained on her lap when officers arrived.

“Ya’ll wanna f*ckin piece of me, bitch!” the child shouted as police officers entered the classroom. “F*ck you bitches!”

“That n*gga retired last year!” the boy shouted after the teacher said she had warned the assistant principal of a threat earlier.

Out of the mouth of babes...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:42 PM (Sco7b)

41 Which country he sold us out to was not revealed. His plea deal calls for merely up to 20 years in prison.

Make sure rumors that he's a child molestor (quite possibly true, given he works in Gov't) spread generously to the gen pop of whatever prison he's kept at. 20 years? He wouldn't make it 2...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:42 PM (l3cgK)

42 Of course the Nigerian guy had no pants. He's a prince who can't access his money without help. Send cash

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (t9883)

43 Elle Macpherson?

Si.

BTW, back home. Mrs is pretty wiped out, and very, very sore. 7 incisions...

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (pfXMo)

44
Posted this to Fen earlier, but Guangtian Ha is Hui. That is a Chinese ethnicity that converted to Islam I-Don't-Know-When.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 06:31 PM (sDWtc)

___________

China has a non-negligible Turkic population. Somehow I think if they got as frisky as our Musloids, they'd be mown down without a second thought by the CCP.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (eRlcH)

45 A federal judge in Maryland refused to block the state’s ban on Glock pistols Monday, arguing it was “consistent with restrictions on excessively dangerous weapons.”
----

That'll get over-turned.
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:38 PM (TN0g+)

Nope. It will not. At the end of the day, Roberts and ACB will side with probably Gorsich.

The 2A simply isn't protected by courts the way the rest of the fuckin' Bill of Rights is. The Anti-Federalists tried to tell you.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (9SLkQ)

46 Is this professor a citizen or does he still belong to China? If it's the latter, ship him back there.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (JrHfD)

47 13 Oh great, Columbia is yet again hosting hamas protests. Ilhan Omar’s daughter still a student there?
Posted by: Lizzy

Peter Woit calls them antigenocide protests and you're fascist for complaining.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (sDWtc)

48 Make sure rumors that he's a child molestor (quite possibly true, given he works in Gov't) spread generously to the gen pop of whatever prison he's kept at. 20 years? He wouldn't make it 2...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:42 PM (l3cgK)

Spread the word about his treason as well...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (mP0Kj)

49 buy gold bars"

Not like in the movies.... I'm guessing they're thumb sized?

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (pfXMo)

50 Remarkable that you could ship petty thieves, vandals, vagrants and the dirt poor from England to the other side of the globe and a hostile untamed continent and within 150 years the place is a paradise. Don�t let anyone tell you the solution to our problems lies outside ourselves.
—

The 19 Crimes that would get you 'transported' to Australia.
Grand Larceny, theft above the value of one shilling.
Petty Larceny, theft under one shilling.
Buying or receiving stolen goods, jewels, and plate...
Stealing lead, iron, or copper, or buying or receiving.
Impersonating an Egyptian.
Stealing from furnished lodgings.
Setting fire to underwood.
Stealing letters, advancing the postage, and secreting the money.
Assault with an intent to rob.
Stealing fish from a pond or river.
Stealing roots, trees, or plants, or destroying them.
Bigamy.
Assaulting, cutting, or burning clothes.
Counterfeiting the copper coin.
Clandestine marriage.
Stealing a shroud out of a grave.
Watermen carrying too many passengers on the Thames, if any drowned.
Incorrigible rogues who broke out of Prison and persons reprieved from capital punishment.
Embeuling Naval Stores, in certain cases.

Posted by: Gref at October 07, 2026 06:45 PM (5rh/l)

51 46 Is this professor a citizen or does he still belong to China? If it's the latter, ship him back there.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (JrHfD)

Unless he did the paperwork he is still a Chinese Citizen.... just dual US / Chinese.

Which is another reason we need to fix the Supreme Court created problem of dual citizenship.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:46 PM (mP0Kj)

52
David Rush pleaded guilty in Virginia federal court to one count of wire fraud after an FBI raid on his home in May uncovered 298 gold bars worth $46 million, $2.1 million in cash

==============

Was this tool planning to go to some silly country with no US extradition treaty to enjoy all that money? Or am I the silly one for thinking the CIA sort of tracks big huge financial transactions made by personnel in sensitive positions? I mean, what's it worth having all that dough if you can't spend it?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 06:46 PM (XJ22o)

53 Of course the Nigerian guy had no pants.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (t9883)
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So that's why we never see him on the Sunday Morning Book Thread...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 06:46 PM (FZ29D)

54 Australia...where the men wear smaller swimsuits than the women do.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

Ewwwww. I'm not looking forward to seeing what is down under.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 07, 2026 06:46 PM (ptJRT)

55
Please to remember that Australia became a dumping ground for criminals when America stopped being a dumping ground for criminals.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (eRlcH)

56 "Under the Supreme Court's standard for evaluating voting regulations, even a minimal burden on the right to vote must be justified by the State's interests, and the State has identified no interest."

Yeah, the state should have no interest in preventing voter fraud, even at the registration phase, right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (l3cgK)

57 Newly unsealed police bodycam footage shows the shocking moments after a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at a Virginia elementary school back in 2023.

In 2023, the Newport News Commonwealth’s prosecutor decided the 6-year-old boy who shot a Virginia school teacher wouldn’t face charges.

Richneck Elementary School teacher Abby Zwerner was hospitalized for two weeks after one of her students shot her in January 2023.

An elderly female teacher had the child restrained on her lap when officers arrived.

“Ya’ll wanna f*ckin piece of me, bitch!” the child shouted as police officers entered the classroom. “F*ck you bitches!”

“That n*gga retired last year!” the boy shouted after the teacher said she had warned the assistant principal of a threat earlier.
------

I read that the same kid as a 5-year old walked behind his teachers desk and choked her from behind. And get this, even though Hollywood female action stars show this is physically impossible, apparently the kid was well on his way to choking the teacher out until a teaching-assistant intervened.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (TN0g+)

58 BTW, back home. Mrs is pretty wiped out, and very, very sore. 7 incisions...

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (pfXMo)

I hope everything heals fast.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (Sco7b)

59 Impersonating an Egyptian."

So "walk like an Egyptian" would be a misdemeanor

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (pfXMo)

60 The 19 Crimes that would get you 'transported' to Australia.

Impersonating an Egyptian.

Posted by: Gref at October 07, 2026 06:45 PM (5rh/l)

WAIT!!! Walking like and Egyptian gets you sent to Australia????

Not to mention Steve Martin and King Tut!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:48 PM (mP0Kj)

61 Bigamy

Can you bring both wives to Australia? What if one of them doesn't like spiders?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 06:48 PM (sDWtc)

62
BTW, back home. Mrs is pretty wiped out, and very, very sore. 7 incisions...

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (pfXMo).

__________

Positive thoughts for the missus.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:48 PM (eRlcH)

63 BTW, back home. Mrs is pretty wiped out, and very, very sore. 7 incisions...

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:43 PM (pfXMo)

Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 06:49 PM (0aYVJ)

64 I read that the same kid as a 5-year old walked behind his teachers desk and choked her from behind. And get this, even though Hollywood female action stars show this is physically impossible, apparently the kid was well on his way to choking the teacher out until a teaching-assistant intervened.
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (TN0g+)

That's insane.

At some point, enough. Just enough.

Oh, I mentioned it earlier today but CNN mentioned France in their scrollbar today.

France is dealing with the most difficult student protests in years. Or something like that.

I just want to get this next script running and take a nap.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

65 Impersonating an Egyptian."

So "walk like an Egyptian" would be a misdemeanor
----

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop.
They sing and dance
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:50 PM (TN0g+)

66 I read that the same kid as a 5-year old walked behind his teachers desk and choked her from behind. And get this, even though Hollywood female action stars show this is physically impossible, apparently the kid was well on his way to choking the teacher out until a teaching-assistant intervened.

Meh. Blue on Blue. Don't care. Choke harder.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 06:52 PM (CK0H5)

67 The NYT is attempting to get Sophie Cunningham banned from the WNBA.

The NYT is blaming Sophie and Kaitlin for pitting "White against Black" is similar to blaming the 12-year-old girl for wearing a dress for being gang-raped by a bunch of Muzzies.
F-u, NYT.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:52 PM (l3cgK)

68 France is dealing with the most difficult student protests in years. Or something like that.
----

Yep, fighting for a stronger curriculum and better classrooms and facilities I'm sure.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:52 PM (TN0g+)

69 BTW, back home. Mrs is pretty wiped out, and very, very sore. 7 incisions...

Posted by: man

Being home with you is the best medicine. Hold her hand and tell her you love her and be quiet.

Quiet is so needed after the hospital.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 06:52 PM (W2Pud)

70 France is dealing with the most difficult student protests in years. Or something like that.

I just want to get this next script running and take a nap.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

"French" "Student" "Protest".

Every word a lie.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 07, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

71 Can you bring both wives to Australia? What if one of them doesn't like spiders?
-----

I think Australia is home to like 7 or 8 of the most deadly snakes as well.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:54 PM (TN0g+)

72 65 Impersonating an Egyptian."

So "walk like an Egyptian" would be a misdemeanor
----

If you want to find all the cops
They're hanging out in the donut shop.
They sing and dance
They spin the clubs, cruise down the block.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:50 PM (TN0g+)

Susanna Hoffs did it better.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:54 PM (l3cgK)

73 >>Nope. It will not. At the end of the day, Roberts and ACB will side with probably Gorsich.

>>The 2A simply isn't protected by courts the way the rest of the fuckin' Bill of Rights is. The Anti-Federalists tried to tell you.

You mean the same court that gave big wins in both Heller and Bruen.

This is dumb and unconstitutional ruling. It will be overturned.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)

74 There are a couple of 2A cases on the SC docket that s term. It is teed up for them to make a definitive ruling. I hope

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:56 PM (t9883)

75 We briefly looked at retiring in Australia back in the late 80s. Even back then just to get a permanent resident card you had to prove you were financially independent, had a provable basic monthly income greater than the minimum they required for immigration and had access to or could pay for full medical insurance.

It was very tough for most non rich people to qualify.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 06:37 PM (I43vL)

That was never really true - I remember reading about people jumping off planes and boats from various islands 20+ years ago with the connivance of the government there.

So one rule for you, another rule for everyone else.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 07, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)

76 Please to remember that Australia became a dumping ground for criminals when America stopped being a dumping ground for criminals.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:47 PM (eRlcH)

Thomas Meagher was sent to Tasmania, which was the Alcatraz of Australia. Made his way to NY. Became a commander of Irish Union troops in the Civil War, and eventually became the first territorial govern of Montana. There is a bronze statue on the capitol grounds in Helena MT. He even has a county named after him.

The Immortal Irishman.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 06:56 PM (0aYVJ)

77 49 buy gold bars"

Not like in the movies.... I'm guessing they're thumb sized?

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 06:44 PM (pfXMo)

Gold thimbles?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:57 PM (l3cgK)

78 303 gold bars were found. 298 turned in.
It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

Posted by: MkY at October 07, 2026 06:57 PM (ZHRuH)

79 Nope. It will not. At the end of the day, Roberts and ACB will side with probably Gorsich.

>>The 2A simply isn't protected by courts the way the rest of the fuckin' Bill of Rights is. The Anti-Federalists tried to tell you.

You mean the same court that gave big wins in both Heller and Bruen.

This is dumb and unconstitutional ruling. It will be overturned.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:54 PM

I agree yes it will, but in the meantime there is a ban on selling Glock pistols in the state and it will be in effect for at least two years.

That judge has deprived all of that states citizens the right to buy a gun that is available in 49 other states and he is most likely gloating about it to his liberal friends. The process is the punishment.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 06:58 PM (I43vL)

80 Yeah, fighting for better classrooms, or trying to take over the country for Islam

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 06:58 PM (Ia/+0)

81 You Jew go now! You here four hour!

Doesn't sound particularly MAGA to me...w

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (bX16E)

82 The odds are looking pretty good for the Dem fsg in TX
Trump is why

Posted by: Banned at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (9oTd9)

83 70 France is dealing with the most difficult student protests in years. Or something like that.

I just want to get this next script running and take a nap.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:50 PM (Sco7b)

"French" "Student" "Protest".

Every word a lie.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 07, 2026 06:53 PM (uhVAy)

Fresh-frozen real immitation jumbo shrimp.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)

84 >>There are a couple of 2A cases on the SC docket that s term. It is teed up for them to make a definitive ruling.

This is the reason Alito has been hanging on, imo.

It's yet to be seen if Roberts et al are setting up another Garland type Showdown in 2027/8 ... but, I think that ratfuck Roberts might have played Alito, here.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (9n8wX)

85 According to images provided by a source, Hansen made posts about how she loves to "fantasize and play with younger girls."

How imagine someone like Paxton had said something like that.

It wouldn't just end his run for office, EVERY SINGLE Republican would be asked about it.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (sKqQm)

86 You mean the same court that gave big wins in both Heller and Bruen.

This is dumb and unconstitutional ruling. It will be overturned.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:54 PM (viF8m)

Are New Yorkers and Illinois residents suddenly grabbing Gun Permits and Concealed Carry rights en masse ?

No. They are fucking not. Because the devil is in the details. And the Supremes have declined to even listen to every suit that appeals how certain States are blocking gun rights at the practical level.

It was Failure Theatre. Again.

You got a Concealed Carry ? Can you tote that smoke-wagon across state lines into Mass ? NYC ? Maryland ?

No. You can not.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM (CK0H5)

87 >>As part of his plea agreement, Rush agreed to forfeit at least $194 million, including 298 gold bars, two BMWs, 35 luxury watches and four luxury homes in Florida. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

https://tinyurl.com/5ywhyprt

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

88 I've noticed jihadis and jihadi allied leftists make the same argument about the holocaust now:

First: It didn't happen. Or the numbers were fudged. Or Germany couldn't feed Jews due to allied bombing. But its definitely a hoax

Then: But you know its too bad Hitler didn't finish the job.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (sKqQm)

89 Regarding the chinese muslim professor, I thought it was CCP policy that they consider Islam a mental disorder.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (l26NL)

90 87 >>As part of his plea agreement, Rush agreed to forfeit at least $194 million, including 298 gold bars, two BMWs, 35 luxury watches and four luxury homes in Florida. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

https://tinyurl.com/5ywhyprt

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

I was always suspicious of that Canadian band...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:01 PM (l3cgK)

91 As part of his plea agreement, Rush agreed to forfeit at least $194 million, including 298 gold bars, two BMWs, 35 luxury watches and four luxury homes in Florida. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

The left tells me people don't respond to incentives - if you give money for people to not work that some people will...decide not to work.

I'm sure Rush didn't do this for money though I'm sure he was a real Chinese (or whatever) partisan and the payout was just, uh, incidental.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 07:02 PM (sKqQm)

92 89 Regarding the chinese muslim professor, I thought it was CCP policy that they consider Islam a mental disorder.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (l26NL)

The way they handle the Uighurs, more like an existential disorder.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:02 PM (l3cgK)

93 >>You got a Concealed Carry ? Can you tote that smoke-wagon across state lines into Mass ? NYC ? Maryland ?

>>No. You can not.

That's not how it works. They make decisions based on the case before them, they don't write laws or at least they aren't supposed unless they're leftists.

Glocks are in common use, obviously. That's what the decision is about.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

94 France is dealing with the most difficult student protests in years. Or something like that.

I hear its the most difficult student protest they've had since 1940. Or maybe 1871. Or 52 BC.

Something like that

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 07:04 PM (sKqQm)

95 Posted by: Banned at October 07, 2026 06:59 PM

You mean the candidate that disappeared 11 days ago and has not made a public appearance since then and no one has a clue where he is?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 07:04 PM (I43vL)

96 89 Regarding the chinese muslim professor, I thought it was CCP policy that they consider Islam a mental disorder.

I flew through Beijing one time. Once. To Malaysia.

The Chinese build Muslim Prayer Rooms in their airports. Certainly had one there.

That told me something.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 07:04 PM (CK0H5)

97 Let's hope so.

Mark Halperin
@MarkHalperin
·
6h
For all the obvious tensions between the mayor and the Jewish and pro-Israel communities in the past, today, I believe, because of @ZohranKMamdani statement, will be a watershed moment. Maybe even a turning point. The mayor is a genius, so he must have known what the reaction to his words would be. Amazing, truly. And, now, dangerous and volatile.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 07:05 PM (kX27y)

98 Glocks are in common use, obviously. That's what the decision is about.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)

Then tote your Glock into NYC. Or anywhere in Maryland. Tote it to Mass.,

Tell us how it goes.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 07:06 PM (CK0H5)

99 As part of his plea agreement, Rush agreed to forfeit at least $194 million, including 298 gold bars, two BMWs, 35 luxury watches and four luxury homes in Florida. He faces up to 20 years in prison.

https://tinyurl.com/5ywhyprt

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (viF8m)

I was always suspicious of that Canadian band...
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Subdivisions...

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:06 PM (TN0g+)

100 Apparently the CIA has offered buyouts to its entire workforce.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 07:06 PM (kX27y)

101 Let's hope so.

Mark Halperin
@MarkHalperin
·
6h
For all the obvious tensions between the mayor and the Jewish and pro-Israel communities in the past, today, I believe, because of @ZohranKMamdani statement, will be a watershed moment. Maybe even a turning point. The mayor is a genius, so he must have known what the reaction to his words would be. Amazing, truly. And, now, dangerous and volatile.
Posted by: beckster at

Marky is playing it pretty fast and loose with "genius" there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 07:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

102 But you know its too bad Hitler didn't finish the job.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM

Three coats in an afternoon isn't possible.

Posted by: zombie Adolf H. at October 07, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

103 >>Then tote your Glock into NYC. Or anywhere in Maryland. Tote it to Mass.,

>>Tell us how it goes.

Somebody has to bring a case. The Supreme Court doesn't just pick an issue and make decisions.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:08 PM (viF8m)

104 You mean the candidate that disappeared 11 days ago and has not made a public appearance since then and no one has a clue where he is?
----

It was reported earlier that he has Aids, was caught with both a live boy and a dead girl, and that authorities were digging up bodies in the backyard of a home he once rented.

Allegedly.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:08 PM (TN0g+)

105 Somebody has to bring a case. The Supreme Court doesn't just pick an issue and make decisions.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:08 PM (viF8m)

They won't change shit on this issue. They've declined to even listen every time since Heller.

They'll pass on this one. Because it's just too hard. Too chaotic.

And NYC and Mass and Maryland and New Jersey and on and on will simply refuse to comply. Like they've done every since Heller. That's enough right there to turn Roberts and ACB.

You keep looking for a Perry Mason moment. That's not how any of this works.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 07:11 PM (CK0H5)

106 Where's Mitch?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 07:11 PM (kvLZQ)

107
Gold thimbles?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Only in the Twilight Zone.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 07:13 PM (Cqx++)

108 Where's Mitch?
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Reviewing legal briefs, considering legislative matters, and napping.

Mostly napping.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:13 PM (TN0g+)

109 Mitch who?

Posted by: MkY at October 07, 2026 07:13 PM (ZHRuH)

110 As an Iowan (though not a Hawkeye fan) I have to say CC is fun to watch. That said, I am so, so glad the fever got beat out, so I can stop following the joke that is the WNBA. Apparently it's A'Ja Wilson's world (I’m embarrassed to say I know who that is) and the rest of the league is just living in it.

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 07, 2026 07:14 PM (QFchU)

111 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 07:11 PM (kvLZQ)

Right?

This a huge part of why I loathe everything about the legislative branch of the gubmint.

Although, the other two are also pretty fucked up.

This just in: Mitch gurgled. Might mean something.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 07, 2026 07:15 PM (0aYVJ)

112 David Rush pleaded guilty in Virginia federal court to one count of wire fraud after an FBI raid on his home in May uncovered 298 gold bars worth $46 million, $2.1 million in cash and dozens of luxury items.

Evidently the original report claimed there were 303 gold bars, so might be 5 bars "missing."

Posted by: Max Power at October 07, 2026 07:15 PM (SwyyQ)

113
Marky is playing it pretty fast and loose with "genius" there.
Posted by: BruceWayne

===============

Also "watershed," "turning point, "truly," "dangerous," and "volatile."

Clearly, Mark has not met #NothingWillHappen guy, who has proved correct far more often than Mark.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 07:16 PM (XJ22o)

114
It was reported earlier that he has Aids, was caught with both a live boy and a dead girl, and that authorities were digging up bodies in the backyard of a home he once rented.

When this news was released he gained 10 points in the poll.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 07:16 PM (Cqx++)

115 >>They won't change shit on this issue. They've declined to even listen every time since Heller.

You do know there is national concealed carry reciprocity being worked in the House now, right?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:17 PM (viF8m)

116 Shrek is undeniably male, and I have photographic proof!

-- D.J. Byrnes, publisher of the Ohio political newsletter The Rooster

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

117
I was always suspicious of that Canadian band...
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Subdivisions...
Posted by: Crusader

Conform or be cast out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)

118
Halperin wants to be shot last.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:20 PM (eRlcH)

119
Haverford Professor Guangtian Ha

Deport him, immediately.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 07, 2026 07:20 PM (ixS3i)

120 Sing along with Mitch.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

121 Clearly, Mark has not met #NothingWillHappen guy, who has proved correct far more often than Mark.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 07:16 PM

That Guy is a prolific commenter here, but not quite enough to crack The Wall of Shame.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

122
Halperin wants to be shot last.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

But only after he finishes giving Mo' Money Ro Khanna's private parts a thorough tongue bathing.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at October 07, 2026 07:21 PM (ixS3i)

123 Sing along with Mitch.
-----

Why did Helen Keller play the piano with only one hand?

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:21 PM (TN0g+)

124 Halperin wants to be shot last.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 07:20 PM

So does Nidal Hasan now.

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

125 Kimmel is a retard. I read Trump's comments. Trump's is saying high gas prices are a small price to pay to stop a nuclear Iran, otherwise if Iran became a nuclear power they could take out L.A. or San Diego.

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 07, 2026 07:23 PM (mseD3)

126 Has anyone heard if Talarico's sex-change operation was successful?

Posted by: mindful webworker - inquirer minds want to know at October 07, 2026 07:24 PM (uhtpA)

127 125 Kimmel is a retard. I read Trump's comments. Trump's is saying high gas prices are a small price to pay to stop a nuclear Iran, otherwise if Iran became a nuclear power they could take out L.A. or San Diego.
Posted by: Darth Randall at October 07, 2026 07:23 PM (mseD3)

So is the rest of the MSM. They all got the Memo.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)

128 Has anyone heard if Talarico's sex-change operation was successful?
Posted by: mindful webworker - inquirer minds want to know at October 07, 2026 07:24 PM

How could you tell?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

129 How could you tell?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

His T levels became measurable?

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 07:26 PM (YZ0Fo)

130 The Blue Plate Special in tonight's Café is gonna be flambé!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 07:27 PM (0sNs1)

131 They won't change shit on this issue. They've declined to even listen every time since Heller.

Posted by: I Remember at October 07, 2026 07:11 PM (CK0H5)
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God bless you. Either you are a paid troll or monumentally ignorant of current 2A cases before SCOTUS. Hawaii's "vampire law" was struck down just a couple of months ago, and both Hawaii and California continue to be used as whack-a-mole by SCOTUS, and in the process, the 2A just keeps getting broader.

I have prayed for you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)

132 There was a coin dealer a couple doors from my bookstore. Any one could walk through the door and purchase gold coins with no documentation.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 07, 2026 07:28 PM (DK5Sh)

133 Much of leftism is pretending not to know things and just make shit up and rage about it.

Almost 100% of the stuff they rage at Trump and us over is just made up by them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)

134 So is the rest of the MSM. They all got the Memo.
Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 07:25 PM (kX27y)
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The Blue Wave is so real that they have to just make up lies to try to gull the rubes. Texas is totally turning blue, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 07:29 PM (ZOv7s)

135 Unexpectedly...

@nettermike 9h
Los AngelesUnified School District (LAUSD)is at “high risk” of insolvency due to declining enrollment, rising staff and labor costs, as well as growing expenses for special education, a California fiscal crisis oversight team determined.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 07:30 PM (nEUC6)

136 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun from a gun dealer.

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

137 Almost 100% of the stuff they rage at Trump and us over is just made up by them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m)
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It is only effective the True Believers, who were going to vote against him anyway.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 07:30 PM (ZOv7s)

138 It was reported earlier that he has Aids, was caught with both a live boy and a dead girl, and that authorities were digging up bodies in the backyard of a home he once rented.

Allegedly.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 07:08 PM (TN0g+)

----------------

But enough about Adam Schitt and his BFF Ed Buck ...

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 07:31 PM (ls2v0)

139 Quiet is so needed after the hospital."

Indeed. Youngest had been over, cleaned a bunch, had everything sorted out for us...

Posted by: man at October 07, 2026 07:32 PM (pfXMo)

140 I really need to try and get to bed
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 07:33 PM (Ia/+0)

141 Regarding the chinese muslim professor, I thought it was CCP policy that they consider Islam a mental disorder.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 07:00 PM (l26NL)
====

The CCP is happy to sow division and hatred any way it can.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 07:33 PM (RIvkX)

142 >>It is only effective the True Believers, who were going to vote against him anyway.

It's a strategy that is definitely losing effectiveness. When they first trotted out the Russia lie it fooled a lot of people.

I just assume anything they say is a lie until they can show irrefutable proof. They usually can't.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)

143 Thomas Meagher was sent to Tasmania, which was the Alcatraz of Australia.

Van Diemen's Land. There are folk songs about it in the old country.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 07:34 PM (sDWtc)

144 All muslims should be sent and or deported to Red China.

Why should Red China miss out on all the fun?

Posted by: Moose Dung at October 07, 2026 07:35 PM (buDni)

145 I just assume anything they say is a lie until they can show irrefutable proof. They usually can't.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 07:34 PM (viF8m)
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The difference in the number of people who watch network news now vs 2016 is also a factor. No one under 65 watches it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 07, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

146 106 Where's Mitch?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 07:11 PM (kvLZQ)

*checks watch*

Posted by: Charon at October 07, 2026 07:35 PM (sDWtc)

147 NOOD Cafe

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 07:36 PM (l3cgK)

148 Meanwhile, over at Amazon . . .

https://tinyurl.com/y9m24ke6

Seriously trying to decide whether I want to know or not.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 07, 2026 07:37 PM (vTZFs)

149 Mamdummi is a genius? In what world?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 07:40 PM (9tX4s)

150 Unexpectedly...

@nettermike 9h
Los AngelesUnified School District (LAUSD)is at “high risk” of insolvency due to declining enrollment, rising staff and labor costs, as well as growing expenses for special education, a California fiscal crisis oversight team determined.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 07:30 PM (nEUC6)

so fire the staff. You could make several swipes in the admin areas taking out 10 percent before the students even notice. You could probably do the same with teachers.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 07, 2026 07:41 PM (uhVAy)

151 >>>I was always suspicious of that Canadian band...
-----

Subdivisions...
Posted by: Crusader

Conform or be cast out.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buXrqR6xUPk&list =PLlV3qNv6mz9YSEmwFWwPFPEdExqaeTnae&index=6

one space because I'm lazy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 07:44 PM (kvLZQ)

152 Which country he sold us out to was not revealed. Perhaps not, but the money he stole no doubt came from the Ukraine grift, so in hoe math, 2 + 2 =

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 07, 2026 08:19 PM (QaH55)

153 "But it's okay because we're liberals. We deserve to be bombed."

The most intelligent thing Kimmel has ever said.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 07, 2026 08:21 PM (QaH55)

Somali Aspiring Doctor and/or Engineer Arrested for Plotting to Shoot Up the Mall of America for ISIS

We're hitting Economic Contribution and Cultural Enrichment levels that shouldn't even be possible!

In another persuasive example of how diversity increases our strength, the FBI conducted what appears to have been a sting operation that netted a Minnesotan Somali man who was planning a terrorist attack at the Mall of America later this month.

Details of the plot are still emerging, and it's unclear whether the man was acting alone. Clearly, the FBI had reason to suspect him, since the charges indicate that he bought a weapon from an FBI agent and discussed his intentions, pledged support for ISIS and terrorism in general, and his desire to die for Allah. Obviously, something directed the FBI to this man as the plotting was going on, since they had been following his movements for two years.

Some People Plotted to Shoot Some Other People.

According to an affidavit unsealed on Wednesday, FBI agents arrested 18-year-old Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud on Tuesday directly after he purchased an AK-47 and 200 rounds of ammunition with the stated intent of carrying out a mass shooting.
The criminal complaint alleges Mohamud had messaged an informant for nearly two years, discussing his hatred of non-Muslims and his desire to align with an Islamic terror group. He floated the idea of joining al Qaeda and al Shabaab before deciding to lend his support to the Islamic State.
Mohamud repeatedly expressed his admiration for Islamic terrorist attacks, including the New Year's Eve 2024 attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans; the 2017 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida; and the 2025 mass shooting during a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
When the informant tried to talk Mohamud out of such an attack, he replied, "I am 100% committed [sic] to the cause of dying for the sake of Allah only."
Messages indicated he planned to target the Hmong Arts Celebration at Mall of America on Oct. 24 because "it will be a lot of people." ... During that transaction, he explained that he was "an active member of ISIS" and that "part of his motivation was that the Mall of America was owned by Jews," the complaint states.

Videos at the link.

Meanwhile: United allows a jihadi to fly its commercial planes.

A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as "resistance by a brave people" and said it was "not unprovoked" is still flying passengers for the airline.
Ibrahim R. Mossallam was temporarily removed from flying duties after the post sparked outrage, but later returned to the cockpit. Since then, he has continued posting strongly anti-Israel statements.
Mossallam also serves as Vice President of the Board of CAIR-New York.

🚨BREAKING: UNITED PILOT WHO DEFENDED OCT. 7 STILL FLYING
A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as �resistance by a brave people� and said it was �not unprovoked� is still flying passengers for the airline.
Ibrahim R. Mossallam was temporarily removed from flying duties after the post sparked outrage, but later returned to the cockpit. Since then, he has continued posting strongly anti-Israel statements.
Mossallam also serves as Vice President of the Board of CAIR-New York.
I asked United a simple question: Why is he still flying passengers?
As of now, United has not provided an official response.
Watch the full report below. @united
— Libby Blanca Alon לבי בלנקה אלון (@libby_alon) October 5, 2026

Related: Two Maryland Men are arrested for stabbing an off-duty NYPD officer.

I imagine that one of the violent street muggers is a Doctor, and the other, an Engineer.

The two thugs accused in the cowardly stabbing of an off-duty NYPD detective are both illegal migrants from the Dominican Republic who snuck into the US under former President Joe Biden, according to officials.
Each of them also had been later busted for various crimes in Gotham -- but released because of soft-on-crime laws and the Big Apple's Sanctuary City rules preventing law-enforcement cooperation with ICE.
The criminals had attacked Detective Jose Mercedes as he was grabbing items out of the trunk of his car at Rochambeau Avenue and East 208th Street in Norwood in The Bronx around 1:45 p.m. Friday, cops said.
The brazen pair pulled up to Mercedes on e-bike, then tried to snatch the cop's gold chain, authorities said. The cop fought back and was stabbed seven times by the violent muggers, who sped off and left the detective bleeding on the sidewalk, police said.
Mercedes, who is assigned to the 44th Precinct in The Bronx, miraculously survived the attack because the knife missed his vital organs, sources said. He was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center and treated for his injuries before being released Monday.
Police identified his alleged attackers Tuesday in the midst of a continuing massive manhunt for them.
"Both of these suspects were released into the country by the Biden administration, and despite multiple prior arrests in New York, sanctuary politicians refused to cooperate with ICE and released them," said Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in a statement.
"These suspects remain at large," Mullin said. "DHS is calling on New York authorities to cooperate with us so we can get these dangerous criminals off our streets."
...
Mejia and his family illegally crossed the US border with Mexico near San Luis, Arizona, in December 2022 and were nabbed by border patrol agents but released into the country, authorities said.
Mejia was then arrested in The Bronx on a weapons-possession charge last year -- a rap that was not bail-eligible -- and he was released, authorities said.
DHS, which oversees ICE, said Mejia also had other previous raps against him: criminal possession of stolen property, possession of burglar's tools and grand larceny. The disposition of the charges was unclear.

If you are booking a flight on United Air, maybe you should think twice. This is the caliber of people they have flying your planes.
Advertisement
So, this pilot defended Hamas killing innocents in Israel. Rightfully, United Air removed him from the cockpit.
The ridiculous pilot's union defended him so he got his job back.

NEW: As we reported, DHS confirms both suspects are Dominican illegal aliens caught & released at the AZ border by the Biden admin w/ lengthy criminal histories in sanctuary NYC. New DHS photos of them attached.
Statement via @SecMullinDHS:
These illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic are suspects in the stabbing and attempted robbery of an off-duty NYPD detective,� said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. �Both of these suspects were RELEASED into the country by the Biden Administration, and despite multiple prior arrests in New York, sanctuary politicians refused to cooperate with ICE and released them. This horrific crime could have been prevented if it weren�t for Biden�s open borders and the America Last policies of New York sanctuary politicians. These suspects remain at-large. DHS is calling on New York authorities to cooperate with us so we can get these dangerous criminals off our streets. Our thoughts and prayers are with the detective for a speedy recovery.�
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) October 6, 2026

The laws are different for our Aspiring Nomadic Doctors and Lawyers:

So the first murder is a freebie? A slap on the wrist?
cc: @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/3EkZYQxFej
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) October 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:20 PM

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1 Reposting from the last thread. Walz can't figure out why it's a more dangerous world.

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
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1h
Grateful for the swift and professional action to keep Minnesotans safe. This is exactly the kind of threat we need federal law enforcement working to prevent, and the kind of work that should remain a priority as we navigate a more dangerous world.

ABC News
@ABC
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BREAKING: The FBI arrested and charged an 18-year-old for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack in support of ISIS at the Mall of America, U.S. attorney for Minnesota Dan Rosen said. https://abcnews.link/vO0u2uK

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (kX27y)

2 \o/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

3 Speaking of spies, the long awaited follow-up to Disco Elysium has been released, No Parades: For Dead Spies (Directors Cut) has been downloaded and is ready for it's first boot.

Going to get into it later this evening over a nice bourbon.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (XV/Pl)

4 So enriched

Posted by: H at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (JSLNb)

5 FUN FACT: By legend, Sheikhadoon is the charming magical Arab town that appears only once every 100 years.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:23 PM (guGkK)

6 This is going to end in an extremely ugly way.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (9n8wX)

7 I do so love the smell of gunpowder when it fills up a major shopping mall.

Posted by: Gwen Walz at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (guGkK)

8 You handle crime by getting rid of the 1% that cause most of the violence in society - either prison or other methods.

We've spent 20 years importing that same 1% from other countries instead though

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (sKqQm)

9 >>You handle crime by getting rid of the 1% that cause most of the violence in society - either prison or other methods.

I don't think you can make a dent until you triple that.

3% at the very least.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:26 PM (9n8wX)

10 I could be wrong, but I think the fraud in MN is massively being underrated as an issue for voters.

And the constant reports of the other general criminality of those who commit the fraud.

That is, there should be no way the Senate race is a 1 point race.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 05:26 PM (3cUTc)

11 A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as "resistance by a brave people" and said it was "not unprovoked" is still flying passengers for the airline.
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Seems like a boycott would be in order.

And a big f-you to the pilot union for defending the jihadi.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:26 PM (TN0g+)

12 Sheikhdoon

what a name.
Surely would’ve been a Rhodes Scholar if he hadn’t been so interested in jihad.

——

There’s a simple solutuon to the e-bike muggers in NYC.
Steel-wire clotheline.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

13 Here's the complaint. Very interesting read of the comms between the FBI and the young genius. You can see Allah and the Koran are deeply embedded in the thinking process. Islam is not compatible with any of us:

https://tinyurl.com/3szefkus

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (kX27y)

14 If I don't see the Pilot and the entire Flight Crew eat a piece of bacon, each...
I'm not getting on the plane.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (9n8wX)

15 The Congolese migrant who beat the Swedish off-duty policeman Christian Zedig to death in a FIFA World Cup fan zone in Copenhagen was sentenced to 1 year.

The judge also banned Nkumba Tshiembe from going to bars, restaurants, nightclubs and other places where alcohol is served after midnight for a year after his release from prison.

"Beat another innocent Danish citizen to death and you can expect an even harsher response from the government next time, young man!"

-- The Judge

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (guGkK)

16 This is going to end in an extremely ugly way.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM

We can hope.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (4NO2D)

17 Has anyone done a scientific study as to why the Amish are so prone to violence and crime?

Posted by: Dr. Dre at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (Ll78X)

18 18 Has anyone done a scientific study as to why the Amish are so prone to violence and crime?
Posted by: Dr. Dre at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (Ll78X)

Their Germanic roots are to blame.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

19 >>>@visegrad24
5h
BREAKING:

The Congolese migrant who beat the Swedish off-duty policeman Christian Zedig to death in a FIFA World Cup fan zone in Copenhagen was sentenced to 1 year.

How is that even possible.
I see, in other articles, that the Congolese migrant is a Danish citizen.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:30 PM (odBC9)

20 I believe the United pilot has been banned from flying again.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

21 Ethnic cleansing is evil and wrong.

In theory.

I'm thinking there are upsides.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (Sco7b)

22 Why aren't there hundreds, if not thousands, of Somali restaurants dotting America's vibrant cuisine scene by now?

Where are the Somali-themed fast food chains?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

23 ‘ they had been following his movements for two years’

Two years? Since this cockroach was 16?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (VghP0)

24 >>> This is going to end in an extremely ugly way.

I'm guessing more whimper than bang

Posted by: Max Power at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (SwyyQ)

25 Let's see. One muslim idiot tries to light his shoes on fire on an airplane, so we spend the next 25 years taking off OUR shoes to board a plane, and meanwhile a proven muzzie sympathizer and organizer for CAIR is flying the plane.

I think I see the problem here, and it isn't us.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (GYqb1)

26

It was not suddently bred.
It will not swiftly abate.
Through the chilled years ahead,
When Time shall count from the date
That the Saxon began to hate.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:32 PM (Cqx++)

27 (Via GP)
The City of Ottumwa’s (Iowa) official YouTube channel posted the October 6, 2026, regular meeting.

After the mayor called the 5:30 p.m. session to order and invited those who wished to participate in the invocation to stand, the scheduled speaker began: “Let us pray. Dear dark father, let us stand now unbowed and unfettered by arcane doctrines born of fearful minds in darkened times.”

He continued by urging the room to “embrace the luciferian impulse to eat of the tree of knowledge and dissipate our blissful and comforting delusions of old,” to judge people by “concrete actions” rather than “arbitrary social norms,” and to hold “only to that which is demonstrably true.”

He closed with the line that set off the room: “It is done. Hail Satan.”

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:32 PM (TN0g+)

28 Sheikhdoon, isn't that good be of those half breed little dogs that celebs keep in their handbag?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (t9883)

29
Where are the Somali-themed fast food chains?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

___________

Our menu

Sand
Fried sand
Whipped sand
Fricaseed sand
Sand with salt water sauce
Sand soufflé

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (eRlcH)

30 Fuqing United Airlines …

🤦‍♂️

Posted by: Inspector Cleuseau at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (LJhse)

31 Has anyone done a scientific study as to why the Amish are so prone to violence and crime?
Posted by: Dr. Dre at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (Ll78X)

Their Germanic roots are to blame.
---

And deathmetal. Yeah, deathmetal for sure.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (TN0g+)

32 How did we get to this point?
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The footage shows the boy, identified only as J. T., sitting in the lap of Amy Kovac, the class's reading specialist, with police surrounding them at Richneck Elementary School on January 6, 2023.

The child stole his mother's gun and brought it into school, before shooting his first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner in the left hand and upper left chest.

In the video, obtained by the Virginian-Pilot and published for the first time since the ordeal three years ago, the child is heard shouting expletives before police tried to handcuff him.

Officer Brian Torrez's bodycam caught the defiant boy saying 'I don't care if I go to jail, b****,' while the reading specialist restrained him on her lap.

'If you want a piece of me, come get it!' The six-year-old said to the police after the officer asked for the boy's name.

'I stole that from my mom,' the boy said, pointing to the gun that was used in the shooting.

'I don't care if you call back up, I don't care if I go to jail, b****,' the boy can be heard saying in the footage.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (kX27y)

33 Why aren't there hundreds, if not thousands, of Somali restaurants dotting America's vibrant cuisine scene by now?

I'm still waiting for the Somali Steve Jobs to appear.

*looks at watch*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (guGkK)

34 6 We’re still voting Democrat, because even though they want us all dead, Republicans hate gays so that’s out.
Posted by: Jews at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (NmQ5w)

Wait. Do Republican gays hate gays, too? Or are these Jews saying Jews are all gays?

Identity politics is quite confusing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (GYqb1)

35 United = Inclusive

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (UjdFS)

36 Where are the Somali-themed fast food chains?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at O

Bananas and rice don't provide for a varied menu.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

37 This is going to tank Mall of America's reputation even further. I still remember my one trip there as a kid, and the place was so amazing. Now you have to be careful around the railings in case a "local" flips you over or decides to shoot up the place.

Posted by: pookysgirl, head on a swivel at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (ohn0/)

38 Diversity, tea or me?

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (UjdFS)

39 This poor immigrant wouldn't have been forced to defend himself if this cop wasn't there! Defund the police now! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 07, 2026 05:35 PM (Ovx+P)

40 "The Congolese migrant who beat the Swedish off-duty policeman Christian Zedig to death in a FIFA World Cup fan zone in Copenhagen was sentenced to 1 year."

Lindsay Clancy fans understand the short sentence, he was just having a bad day.

He's also a repeat offender ... rape, stabbing, etc.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:35 PM (vbXSk)

41 The Danes were beginning to make progress with their crime and immigration issues. Then a sentence like this appears and you realize "nope, they're doomed"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:35 PM (t9883)

42 Fly the friendly skies of DEI.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 05:35 PM (UjdFS)

43 A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as "resistance by a brave people" and said it was "not unprovoked" is still flying passengers for the airline.

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I can see why people would rather drive long hours than fly these days though roads are becoming risky too what with all the unskilled and non-English speaking illegals driving trucks into anything that gets in their way.

Posted by: Decaf at October 07, 2026 05:36 PM (5BOLF)

44 'I don't care if you call back up, I don't care if I go to jail, b****,' the boy can be heard saying in the footage.
Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM (kX27y)

Yeah, well, we DO care that you go to jail, bitch. And take yo momma with you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:36 PM (GYqb1)

45 I'm still waiting for the Somali Steve Jobs to appear.

*looks at watch*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM

* poof *

Presenting the iFraud!

Posted by: Somali Steve Jobs at October 07, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

46 I don't think you can make a dent until you triple that.

3% at the very least.
Posted by: garrett

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1% every year would work.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:37 PM (TSNP/)

47 He's also a repeat offender ... rape, stabbing, etc.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:35 PM (vbXSk)

He seems nice.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:37 PM (GYqb1)

48 Yeah, well, we DO care that you go to jail, bitch. And take yo momma with you.

If only they knew who his daddy was they could take him too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:37 PM (guGkK)

49
How did we get to this point?
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'I stole that from my mom,' the boy said, pointing to the gun that was used in the shooting.

They'll blame the NRA.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:37 PM (Cqx++)

50 I'm still waiting for the Somali Steve Jobs to appear.

*looks at watch*
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I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

51 Sand kebabs
Sand Creole
Sand gumbo
Deep fried sand
Stir fried sand
Pineapple sand
Lemon sand
Coconut sand
Pepper sand
Sand soup
Sand stew
Sand salad
Sand and potatoes
Sand burger
Sand sandwich

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)

52
I'm still waiting for the Somali Steve Jobs to appear.

*looks at watch*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM

__________

Hell, the chances of a European Steve Jobs are rapidly diminishing.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (eRlcH)

53 60 IQ Engineers and doctors are few and far between. We need to import more to find some.

Posted by: Sheikhmood Einstein at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (EdP2u)

54 He closed with the line that set off the room: “It is done. Hail Satan.”

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:32 PM (TN0g+)

And he wasn't lynched afterwards because...?

Posted by: pookysgirl, calculating the drive to Ottumwa at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (ohn0/)

55 United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as "resistance by a brave people"

I didnt know Mamdani was a pilot...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (zZu0s)

56 This your Captain speaking.
The aloha snackbar cart will be by shortly.
Please keep your seatbelt on if plane turns upside down.
Thank you for flying with us.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (UjdFS)

57 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

Margaret Cho was entertaining?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

58 "Why aren't there hundreds, if not thousands, of Somali restaurants dotting America's vibrant cuisine scene by now?"

"If there are millions in subsidy for a new restaurant, we will certainly fill out the paperwork to create many new restaurants, like we did with child care and Medicaid services". The Muzzies

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (vbXSk)

59 People saying boycott United -- it's the union. You would have to boycott the entire industry.

I don't understand this -- the pilots all claim that they are "executive officers" for their companies. ("flying VPs") but the union says that is a lie and they are on-managerial grunt labor that can't be fired. Pick a lane.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (TSNP/)

60 There's got to be a simpler solution...

@GrageDustin
🚨 BREAKING: St. Cloud Police are investigating a social media threat ahead of Tech High School’s homecoming football game Friday.

A school resource officer flagged the post Tuesday morning. The post warned of a planned fight at the stadium.

Extra security will be on hand as authorities work to determine whether the threat is credible.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (nEUC6)

61 The little psycho's mother Deja Taylor got 21 months in Fed prison arising out of this mess. Criminal charges against the principal Ebony Parker were dismissed, but she got hit with a $10 judgement for failure to heed warnings about the little psycho

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (t9883)

62 Margaret Cho was entertaining?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (6ydKt)

No, but the good news is that as a fat, ugly lesbian, she won't be reproducing.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (GYqb1)

63 I don’t think this has anything to do with United. They tried to get rid of this jiahadi creep. The pilots union blocked that. The creep has been suspended again by United. He’s not flying. Whether the pilots union blocks that again, who knows?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (VghP0)

64 I read Ayaan Hirsi Ali's book 'Infidel' a long while back.

She basically described Somalis as operating in a pack behaviour manner. Great book.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)

65 Bananas and rice don't provide for a varied menu.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:34 PM

Not true! You can order bananas, rice, bananas and rice, or rice and bananas.

Plus, we'll remind you "Would you like rice with your banana?"

Posted by: Mahmood McSomali's at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

66 He closed with the line that set off the room: “It is done. Hail Satan.”

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:32 PM (TN0g+)

And he wasn't lynched afterwards because...?
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Great question! Apparently a citizen in attendance objected immediately and asked for a brief moment of prayer and a city council member responded with the equivalent of "Sorry, we've already completed the invocation".

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

67 $10 million judgement.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (t9883)

68 Meanwhile, these geniuses from some college in AL were being monitored by the FBI for making death threats against President Trump. Why do people think they can say whatever they want on social media and nothing will come back at them?.

"Hot Air" site:

https://tinyurl.com/bds7en25

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (JrHfD)

69 Somali Dinning Centers

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:42 PM (guGkK)

70 Underfunding Learing Centers can have catastrophic consequences!

Posted by: Finna Riot Over Here at October 07, 2026 05:42 PM (EdP2u)

71 There is hope. It started with the reelection of Donald Trump. You're seeing the tide turn in Germany, France, and maybe Spain. The right has swept elections in South America. I may be a bit of a Pollyanna, but I think the globalists have seen their high water mark.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:42 PM (2UnvF)

72 I don't understand this -- the pilots all claim that they are "executive officers" for their companies. ("flying VPs") but the union says that is a lie and they are on-managerial grunt labor that can't be fired. Pick a lane.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:39 PM (TSNP/)

Every few years the teachers unions come out with a bunch of crap about how very educated and professional the teachers are, and how they deserve better pay and benefits.

Are they professionals, or are they union grunts?

And honestly, a teachers degree is worth less than TP, which itself is at least useful for wiping your ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (GYqb1)

73 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

Margaret Cho was entertaining?
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Margaret Cho is one of Ace's favorites!

You didn't know?

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

74 No, but the good news is that as a fat, ugly lesbian, she won't be reproducing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (GYqb1)

She might be thinking about artificial insemination, though.

If AOC can save her eggs, anybody can.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (6ydKt)

75 How is it brave to attack unarmed men, women and children, torture some, rape some, murder is horrendous ways and then take hostages back to your caves?

You want to display bravery then fight against the IDF. Murdering unarmed civilians is some cowardly shit.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

76 Margaret Cho is one of Ace's favorites!

You didn't know?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

Of all of the favorites that ace loves to hate, Cho is his favoritest.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

77 Sand pie
Sand pudding
Sand chili
Sand pizza
Sand toffee

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 05:44 PM (W2Pud)

78 >>>This is going to end in an extremely ugly way.

Posted by: garrett

>There will be no end. Nobody has started. The push is relentless and the breaking point is pushed back every day.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 07, 2026 05:45 PM (kvLZQ)

79 People saying boycott United -- it's the union.
---

I disagree. We can't let politeness lead into a suicide pact. Boycott United and force them to either confront/ignore the union or go bankrupt.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:45 PM (TN0g+)

80 "Please keep your seatbelt on if plane turns upside down.
Thank you for flying with us."

"hey, we landed a plane upside down, but at least we landed." The All Female Endeavor Airline

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:45 PM (vbXSk)

81 They actually mean "The Mall of Mogadishu"...

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 07, 2026 05:45 PM (mrJNc)

82 Anyway, like I was sayin', sand is the fruit of the desert.

Posted by: Forrest bin Gump at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (guGkK)

83 Great question! Apparently a citizen in attendance objected immediately and asked for a brief moment of prayer and a city council member responded with the equivalent of "Sorry, we've already completed the invocation".

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g+)

Funny how the division between church and state is only referenced for *one* religion. Sigh... Jesus did say we'd be persecuted.

Posted by: pookysgirl has read the Gospels a few times at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (ohn0/)

84 hey, we landed a plane upside down, but at least we landed." The All Female Endeavor Airline
Posted by: illiniwek

Denzel Washington did too!

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

85 How is it brave to attack unarmed men, women and children, torture some, rape some, murder is horrendous ways and then take hostages back to your caves?
Posted by: JackStraw

There isn't a single form of human depravity that can't be justified by islam.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (nEUC6)

86 9 You handle crime by getting rid of the 1% that cause most of the violence in society - either prison or other methods.

We've spent 20 years importing that same 1% from other countries instead though
Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (sKqQm)

Close to 50, Carter did it with the Cuban criminals, and Clinton did it with the Haitians.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (k1E2D)

87 Read what tje Muslims are doing in France

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

88 The City of Ottumwa’s (Iowa) official YouTube channel posted the October 6, 2026, regular meeting.

Radar O'Reilly would not approve of the Satanic invocation, I suspect.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 05:47 PM (JrHfD)

89 A United Airlines pilot who described the October 7 attack as "resistance by a brave people" and said it was "not unprovoked" is still flying passengers for the airline.

Gee, I guess the passengers on a plane were thrilled to hear about that.

Posted by: dantesed at October 07, 2026 05:47 PM (Oy/m2)

90 Read what tje Muslims are doing in France
Posted by: Skip at

Seems too close to reading the content to me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

91
Sand flambé
Sand and grits
Sand Supreme
Iced sand

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:48 PM (eRlcH)

92 There isn't a single form of human depravity that can't be justified by islam.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM

* cackles in unison *

Posted by: Big Penguin at October 07, 2026 05:49 PM (0sNs1)

93 You get rid of crime by not criminalizing behavior. Theft, rape, murder…. Not a crime!

Poof. No more criminals!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (W2Pud)

94 You want to display bravery then fight against the IDF. Murdering unarmed civilians is some cowardly shit.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

---------------

As one who faced them in Iraq, I can tell yo they are shit against military force. Unless that military is also muzzie. Then they will incompetently fight each other to a draw.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (2UnvF)

95 87 Read what tje Muslims are doing in France
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)

That'll cheer me up.

They can take it like little bitches or have enough.

I don't think that 'had enough' line gets pushed back. It's a stationary line and at some point it gets reached.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (Sco7b)

96 BruceWayne, soon.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (nxLtX)

97 I'm still waiting for the Somali Steve Jobs to appear.

*looks at watch*
---
Mean tweet I saw:
Some leftie, commenting on a photo of some lightbulb head Africans standing in a line: "I see future doctors, lawyers and scientists."

Response: "Can you tell the [Africans] to move so the rest of us can see them too?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (3cUTc)

98 Don't believe anything United Airlines says.

The United pilot whose social media post after Charlie Kirk was murdered was supposedly fired, according to United.

Nope.

He was only suspended for a short time.

Someone I know with United checked the active pilot list a few months afterwards. He was back flying.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (J4Dwc)

99 We should not condemn all Ragheads for "Some people doing stuff" in France today...

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (mrJNc)

100 You want to display bravery then fight against the IDF. Murdering unarmed civilians is some cowardly shit.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)

All terrorists are cowards.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (GYqb1)

101 Apparently a citizen in attendance objected immediately and asked for a brief moment of prayer and a city council member responded with the equivalent of "Sorry, we've already completed the invocation".
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g

The invocation? They invoked satan. Who thought that was a great idea?

Posted by: Emmie at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (BPiQp)

102 I can only hope PDJT just ignores the district judges and ramps up removing the vermin from our home.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 07, 2026 05:51 PM (nCTkv)

103 >>1% every year would work.

I would settle 2.5% every other year.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:51 PM (9n8wX)

104 As one who faced them in Iraq, I can tell yo they are shit against military force. Unless that military is also muzzie. Then they will incompetently fight each other to a draw.

What are you looking at me for?

Posted by: The Iranian Revolutionary Guard at October 07, 2026 05:51 PM (guGkK)

105 BruceWayne, soon.
Posted by: Ben Had at October

*nods sagaciously*

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 United was all in on DEI hiring, and made a point of it in their commercials. I haven't booked United since then.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (GYqb1)

107 France could be headed to the first Muslim takeover or civil war

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

108 Apparently a citizen in attendance objected immediately and asked for a brief moment of prayer and a city council member responded with the equivalent of "Sorry, we've already completed the invocation".
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:41 PM (TN0g

I would have insisted on giving the Land Acknowledgment and boy, would it have been a doozy.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (guGkK)

109 107 France could be headed to the first Muslim takeover or civil war
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

_____

Not hopeful...Frances traditional national white flag will become black, red and green soon.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 07, 2026 05:53 PM (nCTkv)

110 A month of union dues is worth more than 200 passengers on a plane.

Got it.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 05:54 PM (GXElQ)

111 If I may go OT for a second...

They could've at least picked a name for the hurricane that on-air meteorologists can pronounce without stumbling all over it.

Screw the Spanish shit. I'm just going to call it "Isaiah" and be done with it.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:54 PM (J4Dwc)

112 I am a bit pissed off that the Ukranians keep targeting Oil Infrastructure.

NATO apparently wants to put pressure on the Trump Administration and hurt his party in the mid-terms.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:56 PM (9n8wX)

113 "hey, we landed a plane upside down, but at least we landed." The All Female Endeavor Airline
Posted by: illiniwek
Denzel Washington did too!" Posted by: BruceWayne

I saw that movie, but I'm thinkin' he inverted to correct a mechanical failure, but then corrected to land on the wheels. (while slightly drunk?).

That is the difference between men and women, imo. Men (testosterone) rise to the task, women freak out under pressure (in general, not all men or all women, obviously).

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:56 PM (vbXSk)

114 109 107 France could be headed to the first Muslim takeover or civil war
Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)

_____

Not hopeful...Frances traditional national white flag will become black, red and green soon.
Posted by: Cray Cray at October 07, 2026 05:53 PM (nCTkv
*****
But what about me?

Posted by: Lbqtb2 flag at October 07, 2026 05:56 PM (Wt1Rs)

115 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

That’s suggesting that Margaret Cho is a great entertainer.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 07, 2026 05:56 PM (RO8Uk)

116 Isha'yahu?

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (sDWtc)

117 Blackhawk Down: Minnesota. Somalis are the gift that keeps on giving.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (VyD10)

118 Pecan Sandies

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)

119
I would have insisted on giving the Land Acknowledgment and boy, would it have been a doozy.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:52 PM (guGkK)

__________

We are meeting on land a dirty band of heathen savages squatted upon without right or title until civilized white Christians arrived to redeem it and make it prosperous.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (eRlcH)

120 That’s suggesting that Margaret Cho is a great entertainer.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

She's at least as good as Tig Nataro.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

121 107 France could be headed to the first Muslim takeover or civil war...

“Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (mrJNc)

122 Pecan Sandies
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)

---------------

An underrated cookie

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:58 PM (2UnvF)

123 Gazans killed kidnapped indiscriminately.
Waiting on the French.
They're like sheep.

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 05:58 PM (Wt1Rs)

124 Same thing going in France is also happening in Brussels.

It's obviously a coordinated attack. Violence from muslims installed in the west is amping up.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:58 PM (viF8m)

125 >> I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear.

I found Bananas and Rice Girl to be pretty entertaining.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:58 PM (9n8wX)

126 115 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

The Somali Jenna Jameson.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

127
The Somali Jenna Jameson.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)

__________

*runs from room with hand over mouth*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:00 PM (eRlcH)

128 “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 07, 2026 05:57 PM (mrJNc)

---------------

Allow me to translate. He said management has plucked the feathers from your bread.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 06:00 PM (2UnvF)

129 Iced sand

Where are you going to get ice in Somalia?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 07, 2026 06:00 PM (RO8Uk)

130 Where are you going to get ice in Somalia?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 07, 2026 06:00 PM (RO8Uk)

---------------

At the 7 Eleven. Duh

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 06:01 PM (2UnvF)

131 "Somali Aspiring Doctor and/or Engineer Arrested for Plotting to Shoot Up the Mall of America for ISIS"

The benefits of diversity just keep getting better!

Is this one the fault of guns or Trump?

Posted by: Ripley at October 07, 2026 06:02 PM (PTDkx)

132 Somali women have undergone genital mutilation. Probably wouldn't be good pron stars.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:02 PM (t9883)

133 Apparently some of you have never read the sidebar titled "Greatest Hitjobs". Some of Ace's greatest work resides there.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (TN0g+)

134 115 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear. Where's the Somali Margaret Cho?
Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:38 PM (TN0g+)

The Somali Jenna Jameson.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 05:59 PM (Sco7b)
——

JJ was a slut and literal whore. I assume there are a lot of Somali whores. They may not look like JJ, but they will undercut her prices by large amount! JJ no longer charges $20 for a blowjob, ya know?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (VghP0)

135 The FBI arrest sounds like it's from their standard playbook, i.e. the "find some sub-literate moron and incite them to do something so's we can issue a grandiose press release congratulating ourselves for stopping a terrorist plot" chapter.

Gotta justify that sweet sweet budget, no?

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (lfNXu)

136 Seems contageous.

@nypost 1m
Mom had heated argument with husband before allegedly stabbing him and 2 young kids, witness says

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (nEUC6)

137 17 Has anyone done a scientific study as to why the Amish are so prone to violence and crime?
Posted by: Dr. Dre

I'll ask my sister. She's surrounded by them. Who knew 'The Children of the Corn' was a documentary!!

/s

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (sAmhv)

138
The Somali Jenna Jameson.

Peter Parker's boss?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (Cqx++)

139 I'm still waiting for the first great Somali entertainer to appear.

I found Bananas and Rice Girl to be pretty entertaining.
Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:58 PM (9n8wX)
——

‘Meh’

— Rachel Jeantel

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 07, 2026 06:04 PM (VghP0)

140 Iman is a Somali. She and Bowie had a home above Woodstock, about 15 miles from me. Saw them once, she's still real purty

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:04 PM (t9883)

141 If the USA had not imported so
many third world scum bags and allowed illegal aliens in to our country for 50 years, I wonder what our country would look like?

We would be homogenous and for the most part doing a lot better, both culturally and economically.

Suicidal empathy and virtue signaling by leftists and communists has absolutely ruined our country and future.

So many dead Americans for no reason, fraud, crime, drug addicted and mentally ill young people.

DEI has been a horrible mistake and the citizens get to pay for its costs. We did not ask for this. But we are paying the price.

Posted by: Czech Chick at October 07, 2026 06:05 PM (rg/w7)

142 You know, Marie Antoinette never said “Let them eat cake.” That was a quip by Voltaire attributed to Maria Thérèse, ruler of the Hapsburg Dominions.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 07, 2026 06:05 PM (RO8Uk)

143 "You want to display bravery then fight against the IDF. Murdering unarmed civilians is some cowardly shit.
Posted by: JackStraw
All terrorists are cowards." Posted by: tcn in AK

Cowardly or not, when Islam has a few million suicide bombers/killers, and millions more that will scam any system, and murder/rape/threaten from within, then Islam has a system that can take down altruistic "peaceful" nations that are not prepared for their barbarity.

When "kill them all" is the plan, killing the unprepared civilians and domestic structures works pretty well, as we see in Europe, or Minnesota

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 06:06 PM (vbXSk)

144 >>She and Bowie had a home above Woodstock, about 15 miles from me. Saw them once, she's still real purty

He also had a really nice place not quite between Oneonta and Cooperstown. One a pretty large parcel of land.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 06:06 PM (9n8wX)

145 Somali Aspiring Doctor and/or Engineer Arrested for Plotting to Shoot Up the Mall of America for ISIS ???

Isis is one of the most important goddesses of ancient Egypt. Why would these people try to do something for a Goddess ??

They are not Greek ?? They are "Mostly Peaceful" Pro Palestine protesters ...

Duh.... And Trump calls me an idiot !!!!!!!!

Cackle .... Cackle ...... Cackle .......

Posted by: Kami Harris at October 07, 2026 06:06 PM (jGtoG)

146 murder is okay now, but if I call a man in a dress a man it's like murder and I should be murdered.

Yeah, this is going to work out great.

Posted by: 29Victor at October 07, 2026 06:07 PM (0MjtC)

147 >>she's still real purty

Disagree. Her forehead is suitable as an IMAX screen

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 06:08 PM (J4Dwc)

148 So the FBI had been communicating with him for two full years. At what point was he radicalized? Did the FBI informant egg him on to become radicalized? If that’s the case, is that considered entrapment? I’d love to see these messages.

This investigation was started while Biden was president, so the "corrupt FBI groomed him" argument makes no sense. Up until Trump 2 the FBI was the most reliable LE org in the country

wonder if they waited till he was 18 to move forward with charges? Instead of identifying someone to save with intervention as a youth with the right support

How shit must your life be to want to pledge allegiance to isis and plan something like this? Dude was born and raised here too wtf.

I guarantee there will be zero poll impact because of this. Especially with how the current news cycle works now it'll probably be forgotten by the weekend.

Do we have any corroboration from a reliable source? Or is this yet another case of the DOJ making things up and dropping charges later?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 07, 2026 06:08 PM (tM78k)

149 Who would have thought importing masses of pirates into your state would result in massive fraud and (potential) terrorism?

Baffling, really.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (4KUe5)

150 JJ was a slut and literal whore. I assume there are a lot of Somali whores. They may not look like JJ, but they will undercut her prices by large amount! JJ no longer charges $20 for a blowjob, ya know?
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 07, 2026 06:03 PM (VghP0)

So, I seem to remember Madonna saying she'd give blow jobs for Hillary votes...

Did she evah deliver? I wonder if someone could sue for breach of promise...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (mP0Kj)

151 And here we have another violent anti semetic
Nutcase . Haverford College professor threatening his Jewish college and doxing him.

https://tinyurl.com/4wtvy7av

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (JrHfD)

152 29
Where are the Somali-themed fast food chains?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)

___________

Our menu

Sand
Fried sand
Whipped sand
Fricaseed sand
Sand with salt water sauce
Sand soufflé

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (eRlcH)

Eggs, sand, sand, sand, spam, sand, sand and cheese.

Posted by: a.moron at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (X5Jzz)

153 132 Somali women have undergone genital mutilation. Probably wouldn't be good pron stars.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:02 PM (t9883)

Ayaan described the procedure.

Sadly, I'm sure there's a market....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 06:10 PM (Sco7b)

154 149 Who would have thought importing masses of pirates into your state would result in massive fraud and (potential) terrorism?

Baffling, really.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (4KUe5)

And not even good COOL Pirates with Parrots and Hats!

But then agin, Jack Sparrow was NOT the sharpest tool in the six pack... maybe he WAS actually from Somaliland?

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:11 PM (mP0Kj)

155 Dang, Redditors are so close to getting it!

Why would someone born and raised in prosperous America ally with isis? Think, think, think, what could it be????

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:11 PM (4KUe5)

156 And not even good COOL Pirates with Parrots and Hats!

But then agin, Jack Sparrow was NOT the sharpest tool in the six pack... maybe he WAS actually from Somaliland?
Posted by: Romeo13 at

He was pretty crafty.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 06:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

157 The Congolese migrant who beat the Swedish off-duty policeman

-
Better to beat an off duty policeman than to beat off a policeman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 06:12 PM (ndZc7)

158
Home from the People's Republic of Denver. Got a dinner date with Smash, afterwards we are seeing Five Finger Death Punch.

Tomorrow I report to the cardiologist to find out how fucked I am with this heart murmur. A prayer would be deeply appreciated.

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 07, 2026 06:12 PM (71YP+)

159 Dang, Redditors are so close to getting it!

Why would someone born and raised in prosperous America ally with isis? Think, think, think, what could it be????
Posted by: Lizzy at

Festive lil hats!

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 06:12 PM (YZ0Fo)

160 Trump should rebrand it as The Mall of Somalia.

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 06:12 PM (ls2v0)

161 Somali Aspiring Doctor and/or Engineer Arrested for Plotting to Shoot Up the Mall of America for ISIS ???

***
I just finished Stephen Hunter's SoftTarget, a thriller from 2011 with exactly that plot. Well, he calls it "America's Mall," and develops it so that it sounds unlike the real one. But the story features twelve Somalians, brought in by an imam under the direction of . . . well, that's a surprise. It's what Die Hard III should have been. And there is even a nod to the original film.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 07, 2026 06:13 PM (wzUl9)

162 The French do the "this is fine" meme:

https://tinyurl.com/j2ttkwcw

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 07, 2026 06:13 PM (JzUSu)

163 This investigation was started while Biden was president, so the "corrupt FBI groomed him" argument makes no sense. Up until Trump 2 the FBI was the most reliable LE org in the country

Wait... the same FBI who framed Gen Flynn? Who set up the Jan 6 folks...

Oh... wait... reliable agents of the DEMOCRAT Pahty!

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 07, 2026 06:13 PM (mP0Kj)

164 >> Up until Trump 2 the FBI was the most reliable LE org in the country

Wow. How is it even possible to be this dumb and uniformed?

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 06:13 PM (viF8m)

165 Where are you going to get ice in Somalia?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

They don't even have ice in Poland anymore. The lady with the recipe passed away.

Posted by: Insults For All Occasions at October 07, 2026 06:13 PM (EdP2u)

166 Shoot'em all and let allah sort it out?

It is coming to that, alas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 06:14 PM (dxtDq)

167 the FBI conducted what appears to have been a sting operation

-
If this is the way the US treats illegal aliens, it doesn't deserve to have any!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 06:14 PM (ndZc7)

168 Willowed:

Scammers have been selling food stamps for the money to buy what they really -- since the day after food stamps were invented. Decades ago.

I WILL have my double sugar-frosted Sugar Pops!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 07, 2026 06:15 PM (g48ZS)

169 The photo of the Dominican bike riders looks like the ride of the zombies.

Perhaps DHS should put bounties on them so Americans can make citizen's arrests and meet them at a cattle car bound for a C-130 transport plane.

Stack 'em like cordwood as who cares? Certainly not me.

Enough! We are not the pussified UK or Europe! Be gone!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 06:15 PM (hzuYO)

170
I imagine that one of the violent street muggers is a Doctor, and the other, an Engineer.

--------------

"They were collaborating with F. Joe Biden and on the verge of a cure for cancer, h8r! YOU PEOPLE are now responsible for millions of unnecessary deaths each year ..."

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 06:16 PM (ls2v0)

171 Has anybody mention the gold Trump statue unveiled in the EU HQ lobby?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 07, 2026 06:16 PM (l26NL)

172
JJ was a slut and literal whore.

___________

She said she had converted to Christianity, though she had previously converted to Judaism, so who knows. So, until such time that becomes implausible I'm willing not to comment further.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 06:16 PM (eRlcH)

173 After listening to several Christian apologists debate Muslims, Im convinced Islam is the religion of those who have either 1) been restrained from reading their own Koran and other binding documents, or 2) A low IQ and no intellectual curiosity.

Posted by: LASue at October 07, 2026 06:17 PM (lCppi)

174 158
Home from the People's Republic of Denver. Got a dinner date with Smash, afterwards we are seeing Five Finger Death Punch.

Tomorrow I report to the cardiologist to find out how fucked I am with this heart murmur. A prayer would be deeply appreciated.
Posted by: BifBewalski at October 07, 2026 06:12 PM (71YP+)

It's interesting how many of us are inmates of the great state of Coloradifornia. What part you in? (I'm in a nasty little Fort Collins suburb.)

Hoping your cardio gives you good news...

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 07, 2026 06:17 PM (lfNXu)

175 The amazing part about the arrests, the threats and gang shootings are that they are occurring right before the midterms. Independents are watching and thinking "the Republicans are stupid , but the Dems are insane". Either they vote R or don't vote.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 06:17 PM (t9883)

176 “Did the FBI groom him?”
“Did they radicalize him to entrap him?”

OMG, soooooooo close to getting it.
Now apply this to the Whitmer “assassination plot” op and J6, both investigations led by the same FBI guy.

Yes, yes they do groom and entrap. Maybe more than with your precious immigrants.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:18 PM (4KUe5)

177 Home from the People's Republic of Denver. Got a dinner date with Smash, afterwards we are seeing Five Finger Death Punch.

You'll enjoy FFDP.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 06:18 PM (9SiAB)

178

It's interesting how many of us are inmates of the great state of Coloradifornia. What part you in? (I'm in a nasty little Fort Collins suburb.)
Hoping your cardio gives you good news...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts

We live in North Alabama, just a work trip this week to Denver. Will be back around Veteran's day, but in Colorado Springs

Posted by: BifBewalski at October 07, 2026 06:19 PM (71YP+)

179 After listening to several Christian apologists debate Muslims, Im convinced Islam is the religion of those who have either 1) been restrained from reading their own Koran and other binding documents, or 2) A low IQ and no intellectual curiosity.
Posted by: LASue

3) Pure f*cking evil.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 06:19 PM (ndZc7)

180 The Congolese migrant who beat the Swedish off-duty policeman Christian Zedig to death in a FIFA World Cup fan zone in Copenhagen was sentenced to 1 year.

------------------

He was a ~~Maryland~~ Danish Man.

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 06:19 PM (ls2v0)

181 After listening to several Christian apologists debate Muslims, Im convinced Islam is the religion of those who have either 1) been restrained from reading their own Koran and other binding documents, or 2) A low IQ and no intellectual curiosity.
Posted by: LASue at October 07, 2026 06:17 PM (lCppi)
----
Those are not mutually exclusive premises. Both are largely true.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 06:20 PM (FZ29D)

182 It's interesting how many of us are inmates of the great state of Coloradifornia. What part you in? (I'm in a nasty little Fort Collins suburb.)
Hoping your cardio gives you good news...
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts

Mesa County.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 07, 2026 06:20 PM (ndZc7)

183
He was a Maryland Danish Man.
Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 06:19 PM (ls

Speaking of Maryland man I see his lawyer is still fighting in court for him... Who pays for these lawyers ?.... Never mind

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 06:21 PM (+gK6I)

184 The doctors joke is even worse, given Bin Laden’s 2nd in command was a doctor. It’s not unusual for Islamic radical leaders to by highly trained professionals.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 06:21 PM (4KUe5)

185 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 06:21 PM (9SiAB)

186 Quiche nood

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 06:22 PM (vJrRc)

187 Shooting up the Mall of America isn't a new thing. Shooting it up for Isis is.

Which probably explains why ace thought it necessary to include that detail.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at October 07, 2026 06:22 PM (F+dPH)

188 >> It’s not unusual for Islamic radical leaders to by highly trained professionals.

It is also not unusual for their degrees to be completely bogus.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 06:25 PM (9n8wX)

189 Guangtian Ha
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (JrHfD)

He's Hui. That's a Moslem minority in China.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 07, 2026 06:27 PM (sDWtc)

190
Why aren't there hundreds, if not thousands, of Somali restaurants dotting America's vibrant cuisine scene by now?

Where are the Somali-themed fast food chains?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:31 PM

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Their distinctive cuisine such as fly loaf with goat manure gravy never caught on like it should have.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 07, 2026 06:39 PM (kf4RM)

191 Sand
Fried sand
Whipped sand
Fricaseed sand
Sand with salt water sauce
Sand soufflé

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:33 PM (eRlcH)

"Barbecued sand, boiled sand, broiled sand, baked sand, sautéed sand, sand kebabs, sand Creole, sand gumbo, pan-fried sand, deep-fried sand, stir-fried sand, pineapple sand, lemon sand, coconut sand, pepper sand, sand soup, sand stew, sand salad, sand and potatoes, sand burger, sand with grits, sand tartare and a sand sandwich."

*pauses while cleaning floor with toothbrush*

"Yep, I think that's about all you can make with sand."

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 07, 2026 11:23 PM (Gu66x)

192 Greetings hordlings - from your "Old Asia Hand" Publius Redux in Singapore. Things remain hot and hazy here. Will be back home in Texas in November - hopefully I can see some folks when there.

I am flying in specifically to vote in the election btw - and staying through Thanksgiving.

Did I see, btw, that Talarico had disappeared for 10 days? is this accurate - if so - wth? It's a month before the election.

Posted by: Publius Redux at October 07, 2026 11:44 PM (Gu66x)

Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs.
The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam.

Mediaite:

That all came after a wild investigation which showed how street hoods trade their SNAP funds for cash -- or fentanyl, oftentimes. Shirley likened it to swapping Pokemon cards, only this was for pennies on the dollar; he asked a man who said he had $306 on his food stamp card how much he was willing to deal it for, and the man said he was willing to sell it for $120.
Shirley then linked up with a middle-aged woman from Vietnam who said she could make a deal with him. She ushered him over to a seafood market where the cashier rang them up for $120 for a can of spam and one plate of sushi; Shirley -- who was donning a Seahawks beanie and face mask as he tried to hide his identity -- said it was clear the woman was part of a "mafia-style ring," where she was getting a kickback from the store for funneling bogus food stamp deals to them.

I assume the woman would then "refund" him like $60, taking $120 in a "sale" of one can of spam (which taxpayers pay for) and then giving the guy presenting the card half of that back in cash.

After leaving the store together, Shirley and his crew confronted the woman.
"You're committing fraud. Food stamp fraud. It's against the law," Shirley told her.
The woman took it in stride. "I know, yeah." She then started ratting other people out on the street who were apparently running the same scheme.
Shirley then returned to the seafood market to ask why they were allowing the fraud to take place. While there, all hell broke loose on the sidewalks outside, with one of the security guards trading blows with a "homeless individual" -- which led to his gun falling out in a crowd of suspected fentanyl addicts. The security guy then started punching other guys around him when no one would return his gun.
Once he was filled in as he was leaving the store, Shirley and the other members of his crew started running for safety. A homeless suspected drug addict tried to join their getaway, but he apparently couldn't keep up.
"I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

Nick shirley
@nickshirleyy
🚨 1 can of Spam for $120.
Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters as they partner with local businesses to commit the fraud as they trade SNAP cards like Pokémon cards on the streets.
Across America food stamp fraud is happening everywhere. It has become a billion dollar fraudulent industry as taxpayers fund the $100 billion program.
We caught a fraudster on the streets of Seattle as she attempted to buy a can of spam and sushi for $120 in a food stamp for cash exchange, it's a billion dollar fraudulent scheme stealing from the poor and hungry. This is a must watch and is happening everywhere.
EXPOSE AND SHUT IT ALL DOWN.

🚨 1 can of Spam for $120.
Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters as they partner with local businesses to commit the fraud as they trade SNAP cards like Pok�mon cards on the streets.
Across America food stamp fraud is happening everywhere. It has become a billion dollar fraudulent industry as taxpayers fund the $100 billion program.
We caught a fraudster on the streets of Seattle as she attempted to buy a can of spam and sushi for $120 in a food stamp for cash exchange, it�s a billion dollar fraudulent scheme stealing from the poor and hungry. This is a must watch and is happening everywhere.
EXPOSE AND SHUT IT ALL DOWN.
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) October 7, 2026

Update: They're trying to just kill conservative journalists.

WOW. Additional video from the attack on @TheMaineWire reporter Joe Sokol appears to show a preliminary attempt by driver Ryan Hayward to hit Sokol with his car.
You can see Hayward divert his car at the last second as a cop passed by.
INSANE
https://t.co/GIUq8um4SW
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 7, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:25 PM

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1 My God, it's full of link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (zZu0s)

2 What?

Posted by: Accomack at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (4c58h)

3 Voight yanked that guy just in time

Posted by: Accomack at October 07, 2026 04:26 PM (4c58h)

4 IT'S FULL OF RED

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:28 PM (odBC9)

5 REDRUM REDRUM

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (odBC9)

6 Better read than dead.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (XeU6L)

7 You youngsters must not know this has been going on since I was a kid.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (RIvkX)

8 But it was GOOD Spam?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (Cqx++)

9 https://tinyurl.com/2dmn4a6z

obigatory government cheese

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Wt1Rs)

10 My God, it's full of link.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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One giant sausage!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (XeU6L)

11 Nood. Link.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

I am not surprised, because I'm pretty sure Ace Does Not Video Game, but am still slightly disappointed that this has nothing to do with Legend of Zelda.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (vJrRc)

12 I'm with Fenty.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Cqx++)

13 8 But it was GOOD Spam?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:29 PM (Cqx++)

5 Stars in Oahu!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (Gqar8)

14 I was disappointed BBB didnt do more on food stamps. I remember welfare reform in the 90s where at least theoretically it was capped at a certain amount of years.

It should be the same with food stamps.

But bring back soup kitchens, this gift card nonsense needs to stop. Just about every fast food place has a "we accept EBT"

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (YZ84N)

15 I'm on fenty, so I can't read the content.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (90f8g)

16 You youngsters must not know this has been going on since I was a kid.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Was even "easier" then. Just sold the stamps
For cash.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

17 I saw Homeless Bums open for Death Cab for Cutie at the Hollywood Bowl in '86.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (guGkK)

18
Leftists don't care about helping the poor. They care about the smoosh they can extract from programs for the poor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (eRlcH)

19 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

20 18
Leftists don't care about helping the poor. They care about the smoosh they can extract from programs for the poor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (eRlcH)

This, 1000%.

They also rarely ever personally donate to the poor b/c that's someone else's job...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

21
I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (OkYzo)

22 You can't make a decent pizza without $120 Spam.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (guGkK)

23 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

========

He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

24 I’m on Fenty so I can’t clean my room.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (Gqar8)

25
This is the kind of journalism that scares the left into passing laws against it.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (Y8DZL)

26 21 I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (OkYzo)

That would be infuriating.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (odBC9)

27 First you get the underlines, then you get the red font, then you get the women.

Posted by: Tony "Ace" Montana at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (90f8g)

28 The red typeface merely emphasizes the red ink being spilled all across the fruited plain by ths egregoius fraud. The noted auteur, going under the whimsical moniker of "Ace of Spades", frequently dabbles in such off kilter tag as "centering" text for extended periods of time, thereby disorienting the viewers and posters, in mock-deprecation known as "morons." The avant guarde has never been prouder.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (sFNX2)

29 There needs to be a hard RESET.

All existing accounts closed.
Every current recipient must reapply in person, show valid ID and prove citizenship.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (4KUe5)

30 I remember watching the bums buy huge grocery cart loads of bottled water, take it outside the store and dump it all out. Walk the empty bottles back in and turn it in for the 5 cent deposits and buy a tall boy beer.

It's almost as irrational as taking a functioning automobile and pouring sand into the crankcase.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (guGkK)

31 They hit government paid for asthma inhaler after each cigarette. Get sick lame crazy pay for cash to buy cigs.

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (Wt1Rs)

32 Spam Scam. Had no idea. How do Hawaiians stay so fat then?

Posted by: Poi Poi Platter? at October 07, 2026 04:34 PM (EdP2u)

33 Is the fenty guy a flearf?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (odBC9)

34 We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
---------

Lightfoot:
'Pride of Man'
https://shorturl.at/Oh8ad

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)

35 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!"

Soon to be sampled on a Kanye track.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (CwhoI)

36 God bless Nick Shirley.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (4KUe5)

37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.

Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

38 Nothing new under the sun. Years ago, when I was walkin' through Mamfis, a local denizen approached and asked if I wanted to buy some food stamps. I declined.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (sFNX2)

39 The EBT scams have been going on forever, too.

Remember the stories of jugs of Tide detergent being used to barter for drugs?
They can buy Tide with EBT, everybody needs detergent, so bottles of Tide became currency in some places.

Like American whiskey amd cigarettes were as good as gold during WWII and the occupation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

40 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

This checks out.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (6ydKt)

41 I was gonna fraud, but then I got high..

Posted by: Fenty Bum at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (4NO2D)

42 Was even "easier" then. Just sold the stamps
For cash.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Heh and that's the reason for EBT

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (RIvkX)

43
Black cherry float. Good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (eRlcH)

44 We used to be a serious country.
Now we’re a skit in a satirical comedy show.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
--------

Those who sit at the gate mock me, and I am the song of the drunkards. - Psalm 69:12

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (XeU6L)

45 I do all my washin' in Tide.

Posted by: Too Damn Cold Out-Tide at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (EdP2u)

46 This is what I voted for.

Posted by: democrats everywhere at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (Ll78X)

47 Hershey bars got a lot of guys laid in the WW2.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (CwhoI)

48 Phew! I missed the red.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)

49 We could probably balance the federal budget if we could just eliminate fraud. But that won't be easy to do.

Posted by: Ralph at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (8WZD4)

50 I think there's no way to determine for sure but I'll bet better than 50% of the economy of these large blue cities are built on fraud.

Cause it's not just the direct fraud, but the whole ecosystem of administrators and NGOs that are funded because of the fraud.

And then the second and 3rd order, the businesses and such all funded all or mostly by the fraud.
E.g., one of the sob stories before Congress on the new SNAP rules was a local convenience store that had to shut down because soda was no longer eligible.
Just how large a part of your business was soda sales?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (3cUTc)

51 Shirley, he can't be serious!

Posted by: Don't Call Me Shirley! at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (EdP2u)

52 They just need that feynt for their family.

-AOC

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (YZ0Fo)

53 see update -- they tried to run down a Daily Wire reporter with a car.

Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)

54 Cicero, that’s on par with causing tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage to strip copper for pennies per pound.

Unfathomable cost of allowing the homeless hordes run wild, off-limits from normal Regan’s laws.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (4KUe5)

55 We call it the “Fent Fold.”

I so want To see one of those bums fall on their faces, but they never do.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (W2Pud)

56 Monday. First day of the work week, which is rarely fun to experience.

And, here's ACE going full throttle with five straight posts (ON A MONDAY) that raise blood pressure, challenge your ability to display human decency, and make you question your own grasp on reality.

I'm guessing the sixth post will be about some Nigerian drop kicking infants in a corral of rabid dogs.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (dIske)

57 "I'm on fenty, I can't run!"

Soon to be sampled on a Kanye track.
----

I was listening to Lionel Ritchie's "All Night Long" on Yacht Rock Radio, and when they got to the part of the song where there are party people voices in the background I found myself thinking that if the song were recorded today and were accurate there would be the sound of gunfire mixed in along with the voices.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (TN0g+)

58 Lightfoot:
'Pride of Man'
https://shorturl.at/Oh8ad
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (XeU6L)

New to me, but it fits.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM (6ydKt)

59 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (vJrRc)

60 45 I do all my washin' in Tide.

Posted by: Too Damn Cold Out-Tide at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (EdP2u)

You can do yer washin' in Tide, but you shouldn't in a red tide...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (l3cgK)

61 In gaming news, the defilers and despoilers can't help themselves from being vandals.

Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

62 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (dIske)

63 Black cherry float. Good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:37 PM (eRlcH)
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Wut? Is that cherry soda or cherry ice cream or both?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

64 Geez...maybe I should lower my food costs by buying up EBT cards. /sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (l3cgK)

65 They also rarely ever personally donate to the poor b/c that's someone else's job...
Posted by: Nova Local
-----

Those who agitate re homelessness, generally have an empty spare bedroom.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (XeU6L)

66

Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

I never figured out what was white people food.

Okay, *ucking starve.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

67 It's a bottomless pit of fraud. Just layer and layer.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (viF8m)

68 62 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (dIske)

That's awfully close to the orbit of Uranus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (l3cgK)

69
I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...
Posted by: FeatherBlade

==============

That's been one of my broken-record posts. This can't be ended by some linear process of prosecutions. It has to be torn down and rebuilt from scratch.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (XJ22o)

70 Nylons and silk stockings make great barter.

Posted by: Leggy Pharma Rep In High Heels at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (EdP2u)

71 I think the government should simply issue hard drugs to these addicts and let nature take its course. You want to live on the street, with no responsibilities, and get high all the damned time? Go for it. And here's some extra potent ketamine, heroin, or fentanyl to do so with. No reason at all to prolong their misery with drugs that don't kill them outright. Let's get to it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (GYqb1)

72 I like programs that sort of outsmart these people, similar to handing an illegal a free plane ticket out of here. Way cheaper than actually deporting.

What about you have a choice, an EBT card if you qualify or just like a $100 monthly Visa gift card, no questions asked. I bet at least half would take the $100.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (YZ84N)

73 Monday. First day of the work week, which is rarely fun to experience.

And, here's ACE going full throttle with five straight posts (ON A MONDAY) that raise blood pressure, challenge your ability to display human decency, and make you question your own grasp on reality.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:39 PM

Mein Fuhrer ...

Posted by: toby928(c) tugs collar at October 07, 2026 04:41 PM (4NO2D)

74 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (odBC9)

75 66

Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

I never figured out what was white people food.

Okay, *ucking starve.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (l3cgK)

76 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma

To what? Shub-Afrimericath?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (vJrRc)

77
Wut? Is that cherry soda or cherry ice cream or both?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

_________

Vanilla ice cream, black cherry soda.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (eRlcH)

78 Nick Shirley is suing in Federal court the AG and Sec of State of California, the offices, over the recently passed Stop Nick Shirley Act.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (2GVsD)

79 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
OMG. Deranged man just tried to run over a @TheMaineWire reporter with his car.

The man claims the reporter was "invading people's privacy" by filming a story in public.

This is attempted M*RDER.

There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (6ydKt)

80 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma

They've gone full retard.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (q7PvL)

81 Years ago there was an illegal alien from Jamaica who crashed into a truck in Boston (caused a mess), and she had ~ 25 different EBT cards . She was arrested, while telling police she could many more, laughed about it.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (4KUe5)

82 Time zone issue on the Monday reference...I live on Neptune.
Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM

How to tell us you're retired without telling us you're retired.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (4NO2D)

83 74 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (odBC9)

How many EBT cards did the fent cost ya?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (l3cgK)

84 I think there's no way to determine for sure but I'll bet better than 50% of the economy of these large blue cities are built on fraud.
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I fully believe that 70% or more of every state and federal tax dollar collected in the last 20 years has ended up somewhere OTHER than its stated reason for spending. Sure, some office somewhere got a desk for a civil servant, and some constituent got a bag of food, and maybe a street sign was erected, but a TON of money was siphoned away into people's pockets who weren't mentioned at all in the bills that authorized the spending.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (TN0g+)

85 Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.
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We had to stop. 'Incidents' were occuring. Two of our security people quit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:43 PM (XeU6L)

86 33 Is the fenty guy a flearf?
Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:35 PM (odBC9)

I think that should be:
Is the fenty guy a flearfer?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (odBC9)

87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

88
Years ago I volunteered at a church who provided "free" food to needy families.

The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons

==============

Kinda of OT, but there were no complaints from one of my former roommates who worked full-time and made enough money to buy his own food but knew where to score free canned goods, Kraft macaroni, etc. He'd come in grinning with bags of free groceries once a week.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (XJ22o)

89 Shub-Gorrath

In other words, they totally butcher the Sumerian Lovecraft originally base the name on: Shub-Niggur.

Talk about whitewashing and colonizing another culture.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
----

We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!

Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

91 Fenty vs Clippy: Who would win?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (l3cgK)

92 87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

The fent often does a good enough job all by itself...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (l3cgK)

93 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

94 "The Homeless Bums Chase Him Down the Street for Exposing the Scam."

Lead them into a dead end alley, hobo jerky time.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (I43vL)

95 87 Put ricin in the fentanyl. End of problem
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (t9883)

Yeah, no.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (odBC9)

96 90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
----

We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!
Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

Ass, handed to.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar8)

97 I DECIDE WHAT DAYS ARE MONDAYS!

Posted by: Goering at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (RIvkX)

98 Lead them into a dead end alley, hobo jerky time.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly

Make sure to get ace's recipe.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (YZ0Fo)

99 Anytime the government is giving shit away, somebody is making a dollar off of it. It is out of control.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (odBC9)

101 I fully believe that 70% or more of every state and federal tax dollar collected in the last 20 years has ended up somewhere OTHER than its stated reason for spending. Sure, some office somewhere got a desk for a civil servant, and some constituent got a bag of food, and maybe a street sign was erected, but a TON of money was siphoned away into people's pockets who weren't mentioned at all in the bills that authorized the spending.
Posted by: Crusader

===

You can't win because these EBT cards were a form of privatization, like not having "government cheese" like they used to, because it the cost goes up 10x if the government makes anything.

But the reality is just handing people credit cards is not "feeding" the poor, it's just another form of welfare.

And now you have big food corporations fighting to keep EBT dollars flowing.

And you can't just hand it to the states to manage because big blue states brag about the fraud and get their cut.

You just have to end these programs.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (YZ84N)

102 Put ricin in the fentanyl

and shake it all up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:47 PM (4NO2D)

103 The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons

What the don't want is food they actually have to cook. Too lazy to work, too lazy to cook, and their houses are a gawd-awful mess.

DH's office "sponsored" a family at Christmas. Took them all sorts of cool things, including a big screen TV. They complained that it was too small. Last time they did that little exercise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (GYqb1)

104 Then there is the low-level but "everybody knows" fraud of selling plates of food.

Buy the food with their EBT, cook it, put in take-out boxes and sell.
While claiming they need EBT b/c they can't work.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (3cUTc)

105
Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

===============

He was probably fed Chicken McNuggets for the first 5 years of his life.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (XJ22o)

106 23 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

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He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (9ZFZd)

107 104 Then there is the low-level but "everybody knows" fraud of selling plates of food.

Buy the food with their EBT, cook it, put in take-out boxes and sell.
While claiming they need EBT b/c they can't work.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (3cUTc)

The Birth of Food Trucks?

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)

108 Fraud going on with SNAP funds?? I shan't believe it. I simply shannot!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 07, 2026 04:49 PM (V362x)

109 > I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

Same way they prosecute stores selling booze to underage patrons. Send in undercover buyers. If they sell you something on EBT and give you cash, bust the hell out of them. Big fines. Remove their ability to process EBT.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (mkw2N)

110 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
More than 2 hours and a roundabout trip to get home

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (Ia/+0)

111 Maybe we should outlaw Narcan.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (4NO2D)

112
A century ago, charity was local, provided by churches and local groups. Not only did those groups see to it that the need was genuine, most people then would have preferred to die rather than accept it.

Now? It's just a bunch of government money blowing around. Nobody is responsible for it and nobody cares what happens to it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (eRlcH)

113 96 90 There are few things more dangerous than a self-righteous, drunk yankee on a mission to save the union,
----

We said that about Ulysses Grant for years and nobody listened!
Posted by: Victims of The War of Northern Aggression at October 07, 2026 04:45 PM (TN0g+)

Ass, handed to.
Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (Gqar

See, my observation holds up to scrutiny.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (6ydKt)

114 I'm on fenty, I can't run!" the man yelled as Shirley skirted off.

========

He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS

Don't forget the prototype!

-Frank Reynolds

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

115 93 Shub-Niggurath in Call of Cthulhu is being renamed.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (2GVsD)

I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (6ydKt)

Cats can be VERY racist...
https://youtube.com/shorts/yGTnSoGVlVs
https://youtube.com/shorts/hnudJpWQpTk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (l3cgK)

116 He should by a music stand from Charlie Kelly.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:32 PM (YZ0Fo)

I laughed. Great business idea.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti

Million dollar idea for sure!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (q7PvL)

117 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The bums in my little.town all share the same sad sack dog to lay at their feet while they hold up HOMELESS. ANYTHING HELPS sign.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (2WIwB)

118 Food stamps have become the new ATM for fraudsters
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! That's funny!

No, they have not.

They have BEEN an ATM for something like 40 years! (Maybe longer.) Welcome to the club, kid!

Posted by: GWB at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (kU0PQ)

119 The Birth of Food Trucks?
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I like how Food Trucks are granted a virtual free pass while local brick/mortar restaurants have to sweat bullets on when the next inspection by the health department will be conducted.

But hey! Buffy and Biff get to enjoy their trendy food truck lunch, so all's well!

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (TN0g+)

120 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM

members of Our Bible study group years ago started carrying little snack packs of food for the homeless. A can of tuna/Crackers/Mayo with bottled water to hand out. Next week we got together to see how it went for everyone. The guy with bandage on his forehead and bruise on his eyebrow said "I suggest we don't include canned food. They hurt when they throw them at you".

Ungreatful bums don't want food. They want money.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (OkYzo)

121 There hasnt been someone that's actually died of starvation since like the Great Depression. Its obesity that's the big problem now. And here's your medicaid to buy Ozempic because of all teh junk food you eat that we pay for.

Its just sickening.

Posted by: Leupold at October 07, 2026 04:51 PM (YZ84N)

122 I am going to take a wild guess on what the problem could possibly be and keep it to myself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

That people are stupid, ignorant, and enjoy forcing other people to cater to their particular stupid ignorant hang-ups?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (vJrRc)

123 Now? It's just a bunch of government money blowing around. Nobody is responsible for it and nobody cares what happens to it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM (eRlcH)

Local food banks might care, but yeah if the government is involved in any way it’s all “free” so who cares?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (6ydKt)

124 Homeless kid asking for money for food. Asked him what he wanted to eat; he said Chicken McNuggets. Told him I'd buy him REAL food, not that crap...he refused.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:42 PM (l3cgK)

No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.

Posted by: Amos N Andy at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (Ll78X)

125 89 Shub-Gorrath

In other words, they totally butcher the Sumerian Lovecraft originally base the name on: Shub-Niggur.

Talk about whitewashing and colonizing another culture.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:44 PM (2GVsD)

Oh dang, you were serious? Almost as bad as portraying orcs as Mexican cowboys.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (9ZFZd)

126 During the Biden inflation, I often lamented, "how are the poor making it?"
As I knew how hard it was for me to pay bills and buy food.

I mean, I knew they all had welfare.

I just never knew how much.

At least 20% of this country is completely insulated from any economic difficulty.

Because I'm fucking paying for them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (3cUTc)

127 Fenty me gently.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (Cqx++)

128 Every program from Governments is a looting set up

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (Ia/+0)

129 39 The EBT scams have been going on forever, too.

Remember the stories of jugs of Tide detergent being used to barter for drugs?
They can buy Tide with EBT, everybody needs detergent, so bottles of Tide became currency in some places.

Like American whiskey amd cigarettes were as good as gold during WWII and the occupation.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (6ydKt)

Their was an article about how a crack house was full of Tide and it confused the Police why.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 04:53 PM (gnaDX)

130 No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.
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Shameeka so fat when she sits around the house she sits...around...the...house!

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (TN0g+)

131
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

132 You'll never guess how he beat the rap.

@nypost 5m
Elderly Portland train passenger cleared of attempted murder for shooting crazed flasher

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (nEUC6)

133 What the don't want is food they actually have to cook. Too lazy to work, too lazy to cook, and their houses are a gawd-awful mess.

DH's office "sponsored" a family at Christmas. Took them all sorts of cool things, including a big screen TV. They complained that it was too small. Last time they did that little exercise.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:48 PM (GYqb1)

This is why I've been selective about my Christmas giving. I pick the kids whose parents are in jail, so they are getting fostered. The kids also have to not be illegal (yes, there are programs that do not include illegals). I figure no matter how well off they might be in foster care, it still helps to get a little something from someone else.

I also refuse to do the gift card requests. That's just another form of resale by parents for drugs/alcohol/bad habits in most cases with nothing going to the kids.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

134 That people are stupid, ignorant, and enjoy forcing other people to cater to their particular stupid ignorant hang-ups?
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (vJrRc)

That too, but basically the problem is any word with the letter ‘N’ followed by two ‘G’s somewhere down the line.

The risk being that somebody somewhere might mentally combine and fill in missing letters somewhere and thus commit a thoughtcrime.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (6ydKt)

135 Their was an article about how a crack house was full of Tide and it confused the Police why.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

They wanted to skim the cash and the drugs. Gallon of tide just ain't the same.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (YZ0Fo)

136 131
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

137 Yes, a bunch of the "less regulated" street food vendors are selling product they bought with their EBT.

Funded by the taxes on the restaurants they compete with.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (3cUTc)

138 No one in the hood cooks anymore. It's all fast food, processed food or some sketchy chinese buffet.

Which is why Shameeka is so fat.
Posted by: Amos N Andy at October 07, 2026 04:52 PM (Ll78X)

It ain't so much that she eats processed food, but that she eats so damn much of it while sitting on her lazy ass.

Posted by: GWB at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (kU0PQ)

139 Shut it all down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (dK+Kv)

140 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

I guess reducing food support and deporting foreign nationals who are facilitating it will help, but...
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Are you kidding? this is the easiest crime in the world to stop

- Put bounty on convictions.
- Use tracking of people, and what cards they get, and what they spend
- use tracking of purchases.
require biometric id for all purchases with snap
- deport any non-naturally born involved
- CLAW BACK from stores treble damages of any fraud found

There are a hundred tools that can be used, but the government doesn't give a shit because it is not their money, and local governments see it as a revenue source. They are all in a competition to steal the most from the feds so they can stay "ahead".

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (TSNP/)

141
Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

__________

C rations. Ham and lima beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (eRlcH)

142 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)

143 Reparations by another name.

I periodically get served content where well-meaning people go find homeless people and buy them some new clothes and give them a place to shower and sleep for a night. Noble enough, but about half the time the guy asks what they need and it's "my phone broke, can you help me get a new phone?"

Bitch fucking please. You can't put a roof over your head but you have an iphone with data plan? I think I've identified the first of your many self-made problems.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (oqH4h)

144
Last two times I saw begger sign that I gave money to:

"please support the Uganda Space Program"

"Lazy. Like beer. God bless"

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (Y8DZL)

145 You should hear this cat's accent...
https://youtu.be/kkwiQmGWK4c

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)

146 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (TSNP/)

147 They will try to kill you if you expose their malfeasance.

See also: Trump; Butler PA

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 07, 2026 04:59 PM (9UHVp)

148 Shut it all down.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 07, 2026 04:56 PM (dK+Kv)

---------------

I'm old enough to remember Trump saying, in his 2019 SOTU speech, that "America will never be a socialist country."

And me, sadly, saying: "Too late ..."

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (WqelK)

149 Comrade Flounder I'm in favor of that

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)

150 142 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)
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I volunteered at a food bank some years ago. You could always tell the people/families that genuinely got cornholed by life through little to no fault of their own and temporarily needed a hand versus the regulars who treated the food bank like it's part of their weekly grocery shopping, because it was.

I found other ways to volunteer because having my generosity (and that of others) blatantly abused was not doing anything but pissing me off weekly.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (oqH4h)

151 Long term, you set up work houses.

You want food? well, you gotta live here. Food is gruel. Doors close at 8pm and open at 6am. Only allowed to leave to work. ... Oh forget it, just read Little Dorrit for details on how it works.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:00 PM (TSNP/)

152 145 You should hear this cat's accent...
https://youtu.be/kkwiQmGWK4c
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)

Sounds kinda like Red Foxx after a bender.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

153 One particular spot for the beggars around here is at the median at the first traffic signal out of the mall. It must be a cash cow. Apparently someone asked one of them about that spot and the bum said they have a schedule and take turns because it is the most wanted site. And I do use that route about twice a day. Sure enough, I see people all of the time handing out money from their cars.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (cmRvr)

154 146 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:58 PM (TSNP/)
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That sounds suspiciously like RAYCISSMMMM

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (oqH4h)

155 For starters, you have accountants go undercover and attempt fraud at stores. If they commit any fraud, you just shut down their SNAP privileges for that store (and this is important) any family members of owners. This will wipe this whole thing clean in months.
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Yeah, you have (in midwestern "normal" states) convenience stores where they won't sell you a 6-pack of beer if you left your wallet/ID in the car even though I'm almost 3 times the minimum age to buy the product. BUT, I'm supposed to believe that government can't put the same fear of God/government into stores who willingly participate in SNAP fraud?

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:01 PM (TN0g+)

156 The folks I knew that got Reagan cheese just used it. It was just a 5 pound block of cheese and not much used for trading. I do know that they used to keep adding to your EBT while you were in prison. One guy we knew was in a couple of months and had $400 on the card when he got out.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (apFY6)

157 I don't even know how you'd begin to prosecute this.

Same way they prosecute stores selling booze to underage patrons. Send in undercover buyers. If they sell you something on EBT and give you cash, bust the hell out of them. Big fines. Remove their ability to process EBT.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 07, 2026 04:50 PM

Problem with that approach is the majority of states do not want to catch these people. And yes that includes some red states like Kentucky.

If you aren't busy look up the food stamp Kentucky pop train, it was/is a huge ebt scam. People go to walmart when the ebt cards get loaded and buy up every case of soda that they can. Then they drive to lexington or frankfort and sell that soda to a big buyer for 50 cents on the dollar for cash.

At the first of the month walmart would shove pallets of cokes to the front of the store to help these customers. Everyone knows it is going on, the fed says it is a state problem and the state says it is a fed problem.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (I43vL)

158 The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance. Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance. imho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:57 PM (RIvkX)

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"You get more of what you subsidize & reward -- and less of what you tax & penalize."

-- Econ 101, Day One

Posted by: ShainS at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (WqelK)

159
Another scam is free school lunches. The whole school gets free lunch now, no matter the income of the parents/families. So a lot of these low income families kids get breakfast/lunch 5 days a week. They only have to supply food weekends and evenings. But that's too much for them, as they have internet, cigarettes, 3 cell phones, multiple cars, and government subsidized rent. Some schools actually pack food for the kids to take home on the weekends.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (OkYzo)

160 >>Long term, you set up work houses.

Soylent Green Energy.

Solving the World's Energy Problems...with People!

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:03 PM (9n8wX)

161 This is not great music, but at least it's infuriating. I mean, she was trying to call attention to EBT abuse in Los Angeles in 2011:

Chapter Jackson - It's Free Swipe Yo EBT (Official Music Video)
***Explicit*** https://youtu.be/NzspsovNvII

Chapter Jackson - It's Free Swipe Yo EBT (Clean) [2012 VEVO]
https://youtu.be/lWDhFc6nN1Q

Posted by: SciVo at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (ke3zm)

162 We used to drink generic beer in our poverty days. Literally a black and white can that said BEER.

It tasted like Schlitz.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (4NO2D)

163 Hasn't Morning Joe and Mika informed us that this never happens?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (0sNs1)

164 >>Another scam is free school lunches. The whole school gets free lunch now, no matter the income of the parents/families. So a lot of these low income families kids get breakfast/lunch 5 days a week. They only have to supply food weekends and evenings.

They also get fed through the Summer AND on Holdiays.

It's a total shitshow.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (9n8wX)

165 There's plenty of video out there of what appear to be recent immigrants loading up shopping carts with gallon jugs of milk. I don't think they drink it all. Do Hindus even drink milk?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (9UHVp)

166 Some schools actually pack food for the kids to take home on the weekends.
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That needs to end.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

167 Like I said, the problem is that the local governments love the fraud.

They really see it as GDP for the city, it makes their supporters with money (the store owner) rich, and it keeps their voters (the addicts) drunk and happy. There is no downside to them, as they live in the nice parts of the city.

Their goal - (CA, NY, Mass, ...) is to figure out how to steal more of this money than the other states.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 05:05 PM (TSNP/)

168 The corporate wing of the GOPe doesn't want to end EBT fraud either because it's a massive cash cow for Walmart and other megacorp retailers that keep their campaign coffers full.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (oqH4h)

169 Like I said, the problem is that the local governments love the fraud.

They really see it as GDP for the city, it makes their supporters with money (the store owner) rich, and it keeps their voters (the addicts) drunk and happy. There is no downside to them, as they live in the nice parts of the city.

Their goal - (CA, NY, Mass, ...) is to figure out how to steal more of this money than the other states.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus

Fraud IS the system.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (YZ0Fo)

170 >>There's plenty of video out there of what appear to be recent immigrants loading up shopping carts with gallon jugs of milk. I don't think they drink it all. Do Hindus even drink milk?

Oh, they also use SNAP to buy product for businesses like cafes and restaurants.

The REAL suckers are the ones paying their Taxes.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (9n8wX)

171 The thing is, if you start cracking down on stores that defraud EBT programs then a lot of these marginal stores and bodegas will stop dealing with EBT completely because it isn’t worth it if they can’t skim some profit.

Then the community groups start complaining about ‘food deserts’, the media picks up on it and does a five-alarm whine, and the Dems come in to save the day by lowering requirements/audits again.

We’ve all seen this movie before.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)

172 @ toby928

Me too. BERE. It was brewed by Falstaff.

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (J4Dwc)

173 Verily, is the third world, mon, come us. We now a turd world country.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (QaH55)

174 37 I'm on fenty, I can't do HTML.
Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:36 PM (1wjle)

Ace is morphing into Cricket

https://youtu.be/uR3iWewO4Mo?si=w0d5zxKe86ltX2xR

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (k1E2D)

175 * BEER

fuk

Posted by: one hour sober at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (J4Dwc)

176 The REAL suckers are the ones paying their Taxes.
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There's a saying "Anything that can't go on forever...won't."

DOGE woke up a lot of people even on "our" side that the game of government is rigged against those who follow the rules.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:07 PM (TN0g+)

177 OT - what a putz:

Governor Tim Walz
@GovTimWalz
·
1h
Grateful for the swift and professional action to keep Minnesotans safe. This is exactly the kind of threat we need federal law enforcement working to prevent, and the kind of work that should remain a priority as we navigate a more dangerous world.
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ABC News
@ABC
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3h
BREAKING: The FBI arrested and charged an 18-year-old for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack in support of ISIS at the Mall of America, U.S. attorney for Minnesota Dan Rosen said. https://abcnews.link/vO0u2uK

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

178 So the (drunk?) driver attempted murderer ... gave a clear view of his face, THEN decided to go ahead and attempt the murder. And victim got his plate. And all is on video clear as day.

I can't wait to hear about the arrest.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (vbXSk)

179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

180 >>@ toby928

I remember being so poor, we just forgot that things like Soda and Beer were an option for people.

Posted by: garrett at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (9n8wX)

181 The complaint we would get because they would call the church was "we don't want white people food."

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4

"Fine, call Oprah or barack."

I don't think any free money can flow even with the best of intentions before corruption sets in. People abuse the system. Or the guy running it feels he's doing so much good and deserves a 3 week Carribean vacation complete with 3 hookers and coke.

5pm

Fox - The Five - Emily! - Madmani is a retard

CBC - MAID - the government won't expand it.

CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln! They care so much.

MSNow - Trump evil, helping pro-Russian parties in Europe.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 07, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

182 See Imam Mamdani today clams Israel for genocide

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:09 PM (Ia/+0)

183 CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln!
----

Push them overboard.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:10 PM (TN0g+)

184 Even people with little money or struggles will eventually overcome with help, hard work, and perseverance.

But people should not be forced to adopt such tactics in a nation as rich as ours!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 05:11 PM (guGkK)

185 >>Grateful for the swift and professional action to keep Minnesotans safe. This is exactly the kind of threat we need federal law enforcement working to prevent, and the kind of work that should remain a priority as we navigate a more dangerous world.

No mention of the fact that this terrorist was given birthright citizenship because his Somali parents were citizens when he was born.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

186 Jessica Tarlov on The Five is just thrilled with Mamdani, thinks he is so charming he has Trump eating out of his hand. I take it she also agrees with Mamdani's attitude to Hamas. You can put a Democrat on Fox but you can't take the terrorist sympathizer out of her.

Posted by: Decaf at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (5BOLF)

187 179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

Intertubes say it's not true...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

188 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (gnaDX)

189 187 179 136 131 Old school: Government Cheese,government powdered milk,government canned meat, government canned beans.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 07, 2026 04:54 PM (OkYzo)

The Gov't diligently drops tons of powdered milk into the ocean to keep milk prices propped up...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:55 PM (l3cgK)

Is this a real thing?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:08 PM (odBC9)

Intertubes say it's not true...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (l3cgK)

Yay!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:16 PM (odBC9)

190
The vast majority of "poor" people make poor decisions and have poor habits. There are very good reasons that they are "poor." Very few are total victims of circumstance.

___________

"In my work, I've had a great deal of experience with cheap people. I don't expect much of them. As far as I'm given grace to, I try to love them, since in God's sight they are precious. I do what I can for them. It isn't much because there is usually little to work on. Many of them seem to be simply bad stock, bad blood - just what those things really are doesn’t matter... They have no chance because they are no good."

James Gould Cozzens, Men and Brethren (1936). The narrator is an inner-city minister.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (eRlcH)

191 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

In the newest season of Lioness they caught up to part of the group that kidnapped Jo (main character) in a hangar. They all said they had diplomatic immunity so the dude from Jo's just shot em. Seems this woulda worked here as well.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (YZ0Fo)

192 I do recall reading about the powdered milk dumping, but alas, I can no longer find it on the intertubes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 05:17 PM (l3cgK)

193 My now deceased brother in law was on the EBT, and when he got his funds, he'd have someone give him a shopping list and then head off to Walmart or Kroger and buy a shitload of meats. The person would give him about 50 cents on the dollar for it, and then he would buy his drugs.

As for his food, every Saturday he would get a couple of boxes of food at one of the local food banks to eat while he sat around getting high. Worked great for him and the person giving him money and the store. Store got full price sale, he got drugs, money person got half priced beef.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at October 07, 2026 05:18 PM (k1E2D)

194 188 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 07, 2026 05:14 PM (gn

I was guessing they let them go in order to track them back to their dens.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:18 PM (odBC9)

195 Interesting that the UK Media is speculating that the 5 guys that were caught near the RAF base might have had Diplomatic Immunity thus why they got bail
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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Foreign nationals out of uniform performing acts of sabotage on your soil may be shot as spies.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:20 PM (2UnvF)

196 >>Jessica Tarlov on The Five is just thrilled with Mamdani, thinks he is so charming he has Trump eating out of his hand. I take it she also agrees with Mamdani's attitude to Hamas. You can put a Democrat on Fox but you can't take the terrorist sympathizer out of her.

And she's Jewish.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m)

197 I was guessing they let them go in order to track them back to their dens.
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I'm still guessing they let them go because the UK is corrupt as hell and those running it no longer believe in anything of any worth.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 05:21 PM (TN0g+)

198 In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (2UnvF)

199 nood somali engineer

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:23 PM (odBC9)

201 198 In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 07, 2026 05:22 PM (2UnvF)

heh

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 05:23 PM (odBC9)

202
CNN - Russia plague. We're all going to die. And CNN is on the USS Lincoln!
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Push them overboard.
Posted by: Crusader

Sharp turn to starboard. Oops!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:24 PM (Cqx++)

203
In her defense, Jessica Tarlov is very dumb.

She just signed a three year contract.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 05:25 PM (Cqx++)

204 Tarlov was born wealthy, married wealthy and appears to believe she floats above all of the troubles that Mamdani may unleash. She's in for a shock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 05:28 PM (t9883)

205 Rich enough don't get bothered by less fortunate

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:44 PM (Ia/+0)

206 Then why are we still here?

Posted by: Skip at October 07, 2026 05:46 PM (Ia/+0)

207 I met an old vet that gets $120/month of food stamps. He's white and when he has a latina or black checker they are surly with him. A couple even said those are for us not whites.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 07, 2026 05:50 PM (xvV+O)

208 It's an entire circle of fraud.

The bums sell the illegals the food stamps for cash like 30-50% of its actual value for food.

The illegals go use the food stamps at full value to buy entire sections of things like sodas or meat.

They take them to their own stores or stands and sell them at a markup.

The bums get drug money. The grocery stores get paid by the government. The illegals get supplies for their unregistered stands and carts and make huge profit.

EVERYBODY is getting what they want out of it except the taxpayers.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 07, 2026 06:30 PM (lCHt6)

209 He should look at the blue barrel scam as well

Posted by: John at October 07, 2026 06:35 PM (eUgQg)

210 No mention of the fact that this terrorist was given birthright citizenship because his Somali parents were citizens when he was born.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)

I thought I just read they were not citizens when he was born, but they were here, so that's how he got his citizenship. As an anchor baby.

Posted by: SciVo at October 07, 2026 06:48 PM (ke3zm)

211 I just was in the local Publix where the EBT had come up short for the groceries for the lady in front of me. so she started removing twinkies and fruit rollups from the bags in the cart to get under the amount on the EBT card. this is not what EBT is supposed to do it is supposed to be for SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITONAL AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM not a junk food bonanza. instead of fruit rollups how about actual fruits and vegetables and instead of twinkies how about a loaf of bread with peanut butter and jelly.
I grew up quite poor but we always had the basics to eat

Posted by: paulnjax at October 07, 2026 08:03 PM (PPnyU)

Jihadi Zohran Mamdani: I'd Like to "Grieve" the 1,100+ Victims of the October 7 Hamas Attacks. That Out of the Way (In Just Three Sentences), Let Me Now Explain Why Hamas Was Right to Massacre Jews and They Brought It On Themselves.

Oh no he didn't, you might be thinking.

But Oh yes he did:

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor

This day is profoundly painful for so many New Yorkers. It marks three years since the horrific war crimes of October 7. On that day, Hamas killed more than 1,100 Israelis and abducted 251 others. We grieve alongside our many friends and neighbors who still carry that unthinkable loss.
The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government's devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians--including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them -- all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.
Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue, where war crimes are met with impunity, and our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment.
To honor the dead, we must fight for a world in which every person can live with freedom, safety, and dignity.

Note his justification of Hamas terror murders, kidnapping, and rapes is much more detailed and particularized than his brief, begrudging "Some People Did Some Things" blow-off of October 7.

Do you want the US to support full ethnic cleansing of the "Palestinian" territories? Because this is how you get the US to support full ethnic cleansing of the "Palestinian" territories.

And if you keep on justifying your cult's constant terrorism, you might see worse than that.

Keep it up. Keep telling us exactly what you really believe, and what you really have in store for us kafirs once you wipe the Jews off the map.

Noam Blum
@neontaster
"On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, let us take a moment to reflect on the lost beauty of Dresden..."

Two weeks before the attack. https://t.co/0Sj9XvMjkX
— MAZE (@mazemoore) October 7, 2026

Last week, David Strom wrote that Islamists are increasingly brazen about admitting their plans for sharia law and the subjugation of non-Muslims -- but they get away with it because the communists they're in league with lie and say They Don't Really Mean It, Bigots.

The homepage of the group raising money for a new 40,000 square foot Islamic facility near Plano, TX prominently features a Christian church being replaced by a mosque. Islamists are not here to �coexist� or assimilate. They are here to conquer and replace America�s Christian heritage with Sharia.
— Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) September 30, 2026

�We�ll make sure no non-Muslims live in our city.�
How?
By charging a �service fee�, and funneling 75% of it to the mosque.
�We�ll name our streets after the greatest Islamic conquerors, like Khalid bin al-Waleed.�
�If they keep saying Muslims want to take over America, it will become a reality.�
�We�ll use the infidels to serve Islam. John Smith will get us the permits. We have the money.�
— Dan Burmawi (@DanBurmawy) September 29, 2026

Dearborn Shiite Imam Usama Abdulghani:
"9/11 was a big lie, made up. The apologies by the Muslims were shameful and sad to see. Islam wants us to embrace its absolute supremacy over everyone else."
https://t.co/4K0RAWehPU
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) September 30, 2026

After defending his fellow pro-terrorist Muslim Hasan Piker for a year, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed only now calls Piker to tell him to stop telling the world what they really think only because it's hurting his poll numbers.

Just keep silent until November 7 -- then you can let it all hang out.

Black and Jewish leaders are warning that they and many in their communities need more outreach. Multiple people relayed to CNN conversations they've had with El-Sayed in which he's asked for their support but also noted that he can make up the votes he loses in their communities elsewhere.
...

"I'm not the Democrat the Democrats want, but I am the Democrat that Democrats have. And I am decidedly not a Republican. But this is what I'll tell you: I am a Democrat that Michiganders want," El-Sayed told CNN outside the food truck.
El-Sayed says he's been pressured to modulate his positions since he beat the more moderate Stevens in the August primary, though he insists he will not. But he talks less about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which spent $33 million through its super PAC trying to defeat him, and sticks more to frustration over high prices for ground beef, gas and healthcare.
El-Sayed has quietly made one concession: He distanced himself from Hasan Piker after campaigning through the end of the primary with the streamer, who's said that Jews who keep supporting Israel should worry about their safety and that America is "pound for pound" worse than Al-Qaeda. El-Sayed recently called Piker and warned his rhetoric was costing El-Sayed votes, asking him to stop, according to two people El-Sayed told about the conversation. Piker did not respond to requests for comment.

Republican Mike Rogers predicts that he'll win 50% of the state's Jewish voters.

Don't worry: "Western" "elites" will keep telling you that Muslims don't mean what they keep on saying.

The Bee:

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

Comments

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 03:20 PM (y+Apl)

2 Yet NYC Jews vote overwhelmingly for democrats.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 03:20 PM (I43vL)

3 He is asshoe

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at October 07, 2026 03:21 PM (l3cgK)

4 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

5 He is asshoe
Posted by: Jerry Nadler at October 07, 2026 03:21 PM (l3cgK)

Agreed, but don't you have underwear to launder?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

6 Jihadi Zohran Mamdani: I'd Like to "Grieve" the 1,100+ Victims of the October 7 Hamas Attacks ...

BUT!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (odBC9)

7 off sh*tty sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (l3cgK)

8 5 He is asshoe
Posted by: Jerry Nadler at October 07, 2026 03:21 PM (l3cgK)

Agreed, but don't you have underwear to launder?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (ccf/V)

I'm sure that's not the only thing he launders...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:23 PM (l3cgK)

9 The suffering did not begin nor end that day. It instead continued through the Israeli government's devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians--including more than 21,000 children. Even since the so-called ceasefire, more than 1,400 Palestinians have been killed. That suffering has intensified with every Israeli bomb dropped on ambulances waiting outside hospitals, every drone strike targeting a residential building or journalist, and every shipment of food aid turned away at a border crossing. Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them -- all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.

Everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:23 PM (ccf/V)

10 All will be better when the US amends the Constitution to outlaw any and every flavor of Islam.

Things that will never happen for $500, Alex.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 07, 2026 03:23 PM (D0X9e)

11 I’m literally nauseated reading this post.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 07, 2026 03:24 PM (W2Pud)

12
Everything that guy just said is bullshit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:23 PM (ccf/V)

Posted by the Gaza Ministry of Health. Counting combatants as civilians, counting deaths by their combatants as deaths by Israelis, then inflating on all counts.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:24 PM (l3cgK)

13 Mamdani can go straight to hell without any preamble. What a POS.

Posted by: washrivergal at October 07, 2026 03:24 PM (cmRvr)

14 All the leftist retards throwing out the death toll numbers released by Hamas.

When Hamas is your 'most trusted name in news,' you've got a serious problem.

And there's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (ccf/V)

15 Someone should hit him with multiple defamation suits...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

16 This rampant Islamophobia will end when we take back Congress and defund ICE! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (Ovx+P)

17 14 All the leftist retards throwing out the death toll numbers released by Hamas.

When Hamas is your 'most trusted name in news,' you've got a serious problem.

And there's no such thing as a 'palestinian.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (ccf/V)

Not after Israel bombs them into oblivion!

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (l3cgK)

18 I take it the new antisemitism task force is out today celebrating?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (Sco7b)

19 16 This rampant Islamophobia will end when we take back Congress and defund ICE! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]

Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (Ovx+P)

How many seals has she blown?

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

20
They can't be thinking this Gaza stuff will bring them voters they don't already have.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)

21 Someone shared the link in the comments earlier today.

After reading Mamdani's statement, I *knew* ace would be posting about it because his comments really are that bad.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (FZ29D)

22 He knows he can get away with it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (zZu0s)

23 16 This rampant Islamophobia will end when we take back Congress and defund ICE! [Wild applause from clapping seals.]
Posted by: Alexandria Ocasio-Cloaca at October 07, 2026 03:25 PM (Ovx+P)

You ight take back Congress but ICE is funded till 2028

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (+gK6I)

24 20
They can't be thinking this Gaza stuff will bring them voters they don't already have.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)

He's targeting Leftists, Commies, Socialists, and Muzzie terrorists...you know, his base.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (l3cgK)

25 At this stage, I'd be fine if Israel had a continuous Mediterranean coastline that extended from Lebanon to Egypt, with a slight indentation where the Gaza Strip used to be.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (Av6i5)

26 Three years later, we must refuse to accept a world in which occupation and apartheid continue,
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Let's take a look:

South Africa's crime rate remains high post-apartheid, with the murder rate estimated at 44 per 100,000 in 2023, making it one of the highest in the world.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (XeU6L)

27 If the Gaza operation is a genocide so is the NYC police rounding up murders.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

28
How many seals has she blown?
Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (l3cgK)

Many. Many seals have been blown.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (ccf/V)

29 Here's an antidote to Mamdani:

Rubio speech
Fox

https://tinyurl.com/mrvefmyw

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (odBC9)

30 I looked up lying pig-fu*king asshole in the dictionary. Sure as hell, there was Mamdani's picture.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (2WIwB)

31 27 If the Gaza operation is a genocide so is the NYC police rounding up murders.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)

So many genocides! Trannies, Gazans, Palis...
/sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (l3cgK)

32 Do you want the US to support full ethnic cleansing of the "Palestinian" territories?

Sadly but truthfully, I less and less see any other end to it, at least in Gaza. I'd still like Israel to try just crushing Hamas totally, which they honestly still haven't truly attempted.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (9ZFZd)

33 The best thing about Mamdani is that he's 3,000 miles away from me.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (Av6i5)

34 Bombing ambulances!!!
Bombing residential buildings!!!
Bombing journalists!…hold on a second

Posted by: Oglebay at October 07, 2026 03:29 PM (2ap+5)

35 24 20
They can't be thinking this Gaza stuff will bring them voters they don't already have.

Posted by: Auspex at October 07, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)

They believe they are winning... Get out and vote to make sure they don't...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:29 PM (+gK6I)

36 Jihadis complaining about the Israeli response to Oct 7 is like the Mendez brothers complaining they are being mistreated because they are orphans

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:29 PM (sKqQm)

37 Let Me Now Explain Why Hamas Was Right to Massacre Jews and They Brought It On Themselves.
.......

He said with his Shit Eating Grin.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 03:29 PM (UjdFS)

38 Keep telling us exactly what you really believe, and what you really have in store for us kafirs once you wipe the Jews off the map.

Shorter:
When they sat "First the Saturday people then the Sunday people" BELIEVVE them.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 03:30 PM (NnhvP)

39 Where's Mamdani's wife?

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:30 PM (odBC9)

40 "It instead continued through the Israeli government's devastating, ongoing genocide in Gaza, in which it has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians--including more than 21,000 children."

These numbers are accurate because they came straight from Hamas "Journalists". And Hamas would never use a hospital as an base of their military operations.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 03:30 PM (vbXSk)

41 They can't be thinking this Gaza stuff will bring them voters they don't already have.

Remember Biden said at one point he didn't need moderate voters.

The left argues that's because they are the majority but Biden also mentioned he had the greatest vote fraud operation in history so I don't think AES and the rest think they are going to get more votes from citizens no matter what issues they choose to run on.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)

42 Congrats, NYC.

You elected this turd.

Continue all the reapings unabated.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:30 PM (ccf/V)

43 Out: The Great Replacement Theory
In: The Shitty Replacement Theory

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (Av6i5)

44 High priority on any goatrapers here illegally. Get these fuckers outta here ASAP.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (y+Apl)

45 33 The best thing about Mamdani is that he's 3,000 miles away from me.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (Av6i5)

It'd be better if he was 7600 miles away in Gaza...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

46 This Bombdaddy guy, he sure talks tough. He also bragged -- indeed, promised -- that he'd arrest Bibi when he came to town.

Bombdaddy made good on that promise by ...

Having the NYPD personally escort Bibi around the city and arrest a bunch of antifa types protesting Bibi and Israel.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)

47 Eliyahu Pinchas Asheri at age 19 was kidnapped and brutally murdered by the fucking scum that call themselves "palestinians" . This was in 2005. To this day I remember this young man.

May they all go to Hell.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (nxLtX)

48 WTF is wrong with the other 50% of Jewish voters?

Posted by: Butch at October 07, 2026 03:32 PM (98xTj)

49 Congrats, NYC.

You elected this turd.

Interestingly based on the numbers that were shared Bombdaddy only won because of immigrant/first generation immigrant voters.

This is why immigration is such a problem. Invaders come in and vote for invaders and the Jamey Carney demographic joins with them

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

50 Religion (not really) of pieces . . . of shit.

Posted by: Peaches at October 07, 2026 03:32 PM (hpNcA)

51 NYC is in the same US state as Cornell University!

Wake up, sheeple!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:33 PM (odBC9)

52 WTF is wrong with the other 50% of Jewish voters?

Jews that actually believe in God vote rightwing. Atheist Jews vote overwhelmingly leftwing.

So when Bombdaddy rants about da JOOs the leftwing Jews assume he just means the believers and they are fine with whatever happens to them.

Of course the Jihadis, and honestly the whole rest of the left, see Jews, religions or not, as uber white devils.

Remember Sharpton didn't try and pull a pogrom on Christians...he did it against Jews...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:34 PM (sKqQm)

53 All will be better when the US amends the Constitution to outlaw any and every flavor of Islam.

Things that will never happen for $500, Alex.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

Not until Islam is declared what it is: Political not a Religion.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 07, 2026 03:34 PM (NnhvP)

54 Mamdani dreaming of collecting that sweet jizra.

Posted by: Oglebay at October 07, 2026 03:34 PM (2ap+5)

55 Where's Mamdani's wife?
Posted by: m
.......

Taking care of the goat in case Zohran is feeling frisky when he gets home.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 03:35 PM (UjdFS)

56 Congrats, NYC.

You elected this turd.

Interestingly based on the numbers that were shared Bombdaddy only won because of immigrant/first generation immigrant voters.

This is why immigration is such a problem. Invaders come in and vote for invaders and the Jamey Carney demographic joins with them
Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
_______

Bombdaddy won because his competition was (i) a disgraced nepo sex offender that even Democraps grew to hate and (ii) a weirdo perennial loser that's been a joke for decades.

If NY had any semblance of a functioning GOP party, this election would have been ours. But we don't, so we got loser weirdo Sliwa as our candidate for the 500th time.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

57 Got this in just after the Nood on the previous thread but reposted because I so infrequently have anything clever to write. Some will say I still don't.

I rate that 'Fair, but harsh.'

194 175 I'm still waiting to hear one person tell me one thing that Joe Biden was actually good for. Even the lefties can't do that. He was the most useless piece of crap ever to enter politics in the first place, and that's a very low bar what with Sheila Jackass Lee and Maxine Waters in the mix. Venal, stupid, reckless, with scrambled brains and a leaky white bread libido. What a POS.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 03:16 PM (GYqb1)

Apparently drunk and stupid was a viable life plan after all....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 03:22 PM (QGaXH)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 03:36 PM (QGaXH)

58 I looked up lying pig-fu*king asshole in the dictionary. Sure as hell, there was Mamdani's picture.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM

A small part of that is haram, effendi.

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (0sNs1)

59 These Islamist thought leaders should be put on planes and flown to the country of their closest relationship, in the middle of the night, and given no re-entry permit.
Let the judges try to bring them back; then tag those judges.
It's time make America American.
_Andrew Jackson and James Monroe's ghost

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (pMmVV)

60 Where's Mamdani's wife?
Posted by: m
.......

Taking care of the goat in case Zohran is feeling frisky when he gets home.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 03:35 PM

She is with talerico having a trans party.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (I43vL)

61

Here in rural Wyoming we had a muzzie looking person show up on our porch this morning claiming he has tree surgeon skills.

The dogs were going crazy because they knew something was up with the asshole. He was dressed like a thug.

Husband told him our son works for the Forest Service here and we will check with him to see if you are legit.

The pos could not leave fast enough.

The pieces of shit are everywhere in our country.

Get dogs and weapons.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (/QHx4)

62 Bombdaddy won because his competition was (i) a disgraced nepo sex offender that even Democraps grew to hate and (ii) a weirdo perennial loser that's been a joke for decades.

If NY had any semblance of a functioning GOP party, this election would have been ours. But we don't, so we got loser weirdo Sliwa as our candidate for the 500th time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

People in the know have said Sliwa was offered 10M to drop out and said no. More grifting to be had by being a perennial loser.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (YZ0Fo)

63 So Mamdani is upset that the Israelis didn't just lie down and take it when Hamas RAPED BABIES and put them in ovens while alive. He doesn't think defending themselves is the right thing to do when Hamas tortured, raped and murdered both men and women, and took hostages. By defending themselves, he claims they are committing war crimes and "genocide." And yet, there is Hamas, just as big and evil as ever, not genocided at all, and supported by leftist asshats in the US.

I'm thinking this pig lives in an entirely different world than the rest of us sane human beings.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 03:38 PM (GYqb1)

64
"Woke 2.0 was craaayyyy-zeeeee!"

--AOC waking up to the reality of Sharia law in a near future.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 07, 2026 03:38 PM (XJ22o)

65 I thought the death toll on Oct 7th was way higher, seems Israel brought it down to 1200+ , which is what I saw everywhere... so why did the muslim mayor say 1100????

Posted by: zigggggy at October 07, 2026 03:39 PM (EDeJ/)

66 The pieces of shit are everywhere in our country.

Get dogs and weapons.
Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (/QHx4)

There is an active mosque in Anchorage, and ragheads and baggie wearing Nigerian women too, but I have yet to see any in the valley. I think we would like to keep it that way. I suspect the long winters drive most of them away. One can only hope.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM (GYqb1)

67 New York Comic Con starts tomorrow, check the Furries to see if one of them is Talefreako?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)

68 I am happy to see Mayor Mamdani speak truth to power. I will gladly become a muslim, chop my clit off and wear a bed sheet to pay back all those hateful white men who kept Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the white house.

Plus I look forward to being raped by Mohammed and the boys. Allah be praised!

Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM (Ll78X)

69 Remember:
90% of muslims are sub-80 IQ retards.
From centuries of fucking their cousins.
Yes, one here and there isn't, the one-eyed man in the land of the blind.
But they in the whole are violent, cousin-fucking retards.

And they do not respect or care for or understand reason, logic or morals.
They only understand violence.
Loud, yelling, brutal violence.

And giving them anything less than that is seen only as weakness, that you are too stupid, too weak, and too cowardly to beat the shit out of them and kick their teeth in like they want and deserve.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM (3cUTc)

70 I'm thinking this pig lives in an entirely different world than the rest of us sane human beings.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 03:38 PM (GYqb1)

Well, you can define him and his as not sane (I don't, I think he's twisted and evil but sane), but there are a LOT of folks living there with him.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:41 PM (9ZFZd)

71 There are trees in Palestine? (wherever that is)

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 03:41 PM (UjdFS)

72 Mamdani is so dreamy...do you think he'd run away to ireland with me?

Posted by: Jamey Carney at October 07, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

73 I don't give a flip about how many of these sand rats and their offspring die. I would do a Dresden on Gaza in a heartbeat.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 07, 2026 03:41 PM (nxLtX)

74 Bombdaddy won because his competition was (i) a disgraced nepo sex offender that even Democraps grew to hate and (ii) a weirdo perennial loser that's been a joke for decades.

If NY had any semblance of a functioning GOP party, this election would have been ours. But we don't, so we got loser weirdo Sliwa as our candidate for the 500th time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

People in the know have said Sliwa was offered 10M to drop out and said no. More grifting to be had by being a perennial loser.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:37 PM (YZ0Fo)
____

100%. I don't know if the offer was actually made, but it's clear that Sliwa was in the race just for the grifting. Pure greed and selfishness. He had zero.point.zero chance of winning.

I think Adams would have won reelection if he hadn't put a toe over the line of Approved Thought and been smeared and cancelled.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:41 PM (iFTx/)

75 Will the last decent person leaving NY State please turn out the lights?

Posted by: Too Late, They Done Left Last Week. at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (EdP2u)

76 59 These Islamist thought leaders should be put on planes and flown to the country of their closest relationship, in the middle of the night, and given no re-entry permit.
Let the judges try to bring them back; then tag those judges.
It's time make America American.
_Andrew Jackson and James Monroe's ghost

Posted by: Braenyard

Well, some super powerful Magistrate judge will say no way, and the Trump Admin, fearing being called Facists, will comply ...sigh

Posted by: zigggggy at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (EDeJ/)

77 Will the last decent person leaving NY State please turn out the lights?

And take the Statue of Liberty with them.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (2GVsD)

78 New York Comic Con starts tomorrow, check the Furries to see if one of them is Talefreako?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM

How come you never mention us anymore, Ms. Puma?

Posted by: Bronie Bros at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

79 Plus I look forward to being raped by Mohammed and the boys. Allah be praised!
Posted by: Karen Muddlumps, democrat scold and busybody
.......

Perfect. They like it dry and sandy.

Posted by: wth at October 07, 2026 03:43 PM (UjdFS)

80 60 Where's Mamdani's wife?
Posted by: m
----

At a spa in Spain receiving an immigrant massage.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 03:43 PM (pMmVV)

81 New York Comic Con starts tomorrow, check the Furries to see if one of them is Talefreako?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM (2GVsD)
_______

I'm going. I go every year. No furries in previous years, but some hot half-nekkid "look at me" girls.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)

82 77 Will the last decent person leaving NY State please turn out the lights?

And take the Statue of Liberty with them.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (2GVsD)

Thanks to its poem, even that has become shaped into a Leftist tool. Leave it there.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (9ZFZd)

83 Perfect. They like it dry and sandy.
Posted by: wth at October

I don't like sand. It's coarse, and gets everywhere.

-Anakin Skywalker

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

84 Perfect. They like it dry and sandy.

There's a 600-grit joke in there but not going there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (2GVsD)

85 It'd be better if he was 7600 miles away in Gaza...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

I have noticed that all of these fabulists who claim poor Hamas is simply misunderstood and downtrodden, and only resisting their oppression, are nowhere near Gaza or Hamas. They run their pie holes but they don't actually do anything for anyone in Gaza, do they?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (GYqb1)

86
In all honesty, if I was the leader of a country that was invaded by the country/territory/whatever next door on a murder, torture, rape expedition directed toward babies, children, and women and civilians in general.

I would do everything in my power to scour the land of those a-holes, destroy everything they have , then push them all out and take the land over.

I'm still surprised the Israelis didn't do that. The palestinians have conclusively proven that they can't be their neighbors at all.

My special contempt goes to them then whining about the effects of the war that they themselves started. It's almost incomprehensible except as demonic animal aggression. That islam is some religion, huh?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (YSUhf)

87 NYS is full of decent people - we just need to cut NYC off from the rest of the state and push it out to sea...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

88 Perfect. They like it dry and sandy.
Posted by: wth

Huh, I thought they liked it furry and bleeting.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (q7PvL)

89
Well, some super powerful Magistrate judge will say no way, and the Trump Admin, fearing being called Facists, will comply ...sigh

Posted by: zigggggy
----

You missed the part about flying them out before asking.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (pMmVV)

90 Interestingly based on the numbers that were shared Bombdaddy only won because of immigrant/first generation immigrant voters.

This is why immigration is such a problem. Invaders come in and vote for invaders and the Jamey Carney demographic joins with them
Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

60% of voters stayed home.

That happens, you earn the communist utopia you helped get.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (ccf/V)

91 People in the know have said Sliwa was offered 10M to drop out and said no. More grifting to be had by being a perennial loser.
Posted by: BruceWayne
========
He hired his family to run his campaign.

Posted by: whig at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

92 I'm going. I go every year. No furries in previous years, but some hot half-nekkid "look at me" girls.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think there are supposed to be some new LEGO announcements from there.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (YZ0Fo)

93 I'm going. I go every year. No furries in previous years, but some hot half-nekkid "look at me" girls.

Then there are the ones who are into body positivity running around in bikinis. Male and female.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (2GVsD)

94 Sent my Red Beret off to be cleaned and blocked.

Posted by: Perennial Sliwa Voter at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (EdP2u)

95 78 New York Comic Con starts tomorrow, check the Furries to see if one of them is Talefreako?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:40 PM

How come you never mention us anymore, Ms. Puma?
Posted by: Bronie Bros at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

I knew a Brony. They actually seemed like a somewhat weird but harmless subculture.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (9ZFZd)

96 I read somewhere that Israelis got 3/4 of the 10/7 jihadis. I say , go for 150% !

Posted by: runner at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (AKptf)

97 A civilized person could agree with some Nazi policies on principle. Maybe the Versailles Treaty really did need revision, or maybe Nazi monetary policy really did improve the lot of average Germans, or some such shit. But the horrendous atrocities committed by the Nazis foreclose any decent person from expressing supporting for anything connected with Nazi rule. The Nazis were so profoundly evil that nothing they did could support a "but on the other hand..." type of defense. Even Leftist retards would agree.

I wonder why that principle doesn't work at all with the fucking Palestinians.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (guGkK)

98 They run their pie holes but they don't actually do anything for anyone in Gaza, do they?

Where is Greta von Thule?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:47 PM (2GVsD)

99
I knew a Brony. They actually seemed like a somewhat weird but harmless subculture.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (9ZFZd)

Brony James will be a cancer upon the Lakers franchise for years to come.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 07, 2026 03:47 PM (ccf/V)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:47 PM (odBC9)

101 Once the Gazan kids are taught "there is a Jew behind that bush, go and kill him", they are of no use to society, and change is nearly impossible.

These not so precious children become Islam's tools, as Jihadists and suicide bombers (and lering center/Medicaid scammers). More merciful (to society) to kill them now, as they pick up weapons to use against free people.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 07, 2026 03:48 PM (vbXSk)

102 I'm going. I go every year. No furries in previous years, but some hot half-nekkid "look at me" girls.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think there are supposed to be some new LEGO announcements from there.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:45 PM (YZ0Fo)
______

I just go for a few hours, wander around, take some pics, and leave. If I see something I really like that I can't get elsewhere, I'll buy it.

But the place is a MADHOUSE. There are many people out there who take this very seriously. Some go all four days.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)

103 cf: the Brony Killer aka Brandon Scott Hole.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:48 PM (2GVsD)

104 Remember:
90% of muslims are sub-80 IQ retards.
From centuries of fucking their cousins.
Yes, one here and there isn't, the one-eyed man in the land of the blind.
But they in the whole are violent, cousin-fucking retards.

And they do not respect or care for or understand reason, logic or morals.
They only understand violence.
Loud, yelling, brutal violence.

And giving them anything less than that is seen only as weakness, that you are too stupid, too weak, and too cowardly to beat the shit out of them and kick their teeth in like they want and deserve.
-----

Yep. And their "holy book" tells them to behave *exactly* that way.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 03:49 PM (TN0g+)

105 But the place is a MADHOUSE. There are many people out there who take this very seriously. Some go all four days.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I have a friend that goes to SDCC for all 4 days. Sleeps outside to get into panels. The full mogilla.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:49 PM (YZ0Fo)

106 60% of voters stayed home.

That happens, you earn the communist utopia you helped get.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
-------

Do nothing Republicans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 03:50 PM (pMmVV)

107 Is ComiCon directly linked to the Decline of the West?

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

108 I can't look at Mandingo for more than a swift glance online.

If I had to draw satan as an adult, vs a red man with horns, it would be him. He reeks of evil through the Internet and his sheet eating grin.

In other news I had an eye appt and my pupils were so blown when I left they looked like I'd returned from an ecstacy party with hits of meth and a psilocybin sandwich for lunch. I could not read street signs. I think I got an extra dose, and now I know what I'd look like with dark brown eyes vs green. Not usually this bad.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (hzuYO)

109 97 A civilized person could agree with some Nazi policies on principle. Maybe the Versailles Treaty really did need revision, or maybe Nazi monetary policy really did improve the lot of average Germans, or some such shit. But the horrendous atrocities committed by the Nazis foreclose any decent person from expressing supporting for anything connected with Nazi rule. The Nazis were so profoundly evil that nothing they did could support a "but on the other hand..." type of defense. Even Leftist retards would agree.

I wonder why that principle doesn't work at all with the fucking Palestinians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
=======
Germany got the same terms that they handed the French after they defeated them in the 1870-71 Franco Prussian war. Treaty of Frankfurt 1871. Massive indemnity, seizure of Alsace and Lorraine (which Bismarck opposed btw), occupation until the French paid up and so on.

Posted by: whig at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (E4rtv)

110 106 60% of voters stayed home.

That happens, you earn the communist utopia you helped get.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
-------

Do nothing Republicans.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 03:50 PM (pMmVV)

Ennui should be only a French Thing.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (Gqar8)

111 96 I read somewhere that Israelis got 3/4 of the 10/7 jihadis. I say , go for 150% !
Posted by: runner at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (AKptf)

They got one of the guys who kidnapped the girl from the music festival on motorcycle where she was crying and reaching out for her boyfriend (who was killed).

They blew his ass up with a drone and released the footage a few weeks ago.

The Israelis are going after as many as they can get like they did after the Olympics massacre.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (6ydKt)

112 What the Project A-kon?

Foamy Squirrel's PSA from years ago about convention hygiene, I have to prove to YouTube I am old enough to watch it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (2GVsD)

113 I read somewhere that Israelis got 3/4 of the 10/7 jihadis. I say , go for 150% !

2,000 left.

The Israelis have been carefully reviewing video and other evidence to identify each and every Gazan who crossed the border on 10/7. (The terrorists didn't disguise their faces, which was an error.)

The Israelis intend to kill each and every one.

Sucks to be you.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (aD4fx)

114 "Do nothing Republicans.
"

How many of those live in NYC?

Posted by: Will Robinson at October 07, 2026 03:53 PM (dCMJG)

115 amazing WaPo headline today: "Three years after Oct. 7, Israeli strikes in Gaza grind on and deaths climb"

Posted by: Commodore at October 07, 2026 03:53 PM (V6W16)

116 Is ComiCon directly linked to the Decline of the West?
Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar

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The NYC version is goofy and nerdy and silly, at least for people like me who aren't big comic fans, and don't care to play the latest video games that won't be out for a few months.

But it's shockingly not woke. You'd think it would be, but it's not.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (iFTx/)

117 108 I can't look at Mandingo for more than a swift glance online.

If I had to draw satan as an adult, vs a red man with horns, it would be him. He reeks of evil through the Internet and his sheet eating grin.

In other news I had an eye appt and my pupils were so blown when I left they looked like I'd returned from an ecstacy party with hits of meth and a psilocybin sandwich for lunch. I could not read street signs. I think I got an extra dose, and now I know what I'd look like with dark brown eyes vs green. Not usually this bad.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 07, 2026 03:52 PM (hzuYO)

Maybe it’s scopalomine. Don’t let anyone make suggestions to you.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (Gqar8)

118 107 Is ComiCon directly linked to the Decline of the West?
Posted by: tubal
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It is more that it shows an unwillingness of a lot of people to engage with reality as adults.

Posted by: whig at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

119 2,000 left.

The Israelis have been carefully reviewing video and other evidence to identify each and every Gazan who crossed the border on 10/7. (The terrorists didn't disguise their faces, which was an error.)

The Israelis intend to kill each and every one.

Sucks to be you.
Posted by: The ARC of History

And they don't care how long it takes either.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

120 I wonder why that principle doesn't work at all with the fucking Palestinians.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 03:46 PM (guGkK)

The palis are just another tool in the commie toolshed to destroy the western, white,Christian world order.

See also homos, feminists and DEI.

Posted by: George Soros Jr. at October 07, 2026 03:55 PM (Ll78X)

121 I want all of them gone.
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Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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15m
NEW: I'm told by federal sources that the parents of the 18-year-old man arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting an ISIS inspired mass shooting at Minnesota’s Mall of America are both Somali nationals who first flew into New York in 2000 and were later naturalized into U.S. citizens. Mom in 2010, dad in 2017. It's unclear how they initially came in (visa, refugee, etc).

The suspect, Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, was born in the US in 2008 before his parents were naturalized, and he received his US citizenship as a result of birthright citizenship.

DOJ says Mohamud's parents refused to speak with the FBI when they tried to make contact with the family last year when there were initial indications of potential radicalization.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)

122 Dear Santa:

I would like a few neutron bombs detonated at Mecca.

I would like every Somalian sent back to the paradise from which they hailed.

I would like every foreign national barred from ever holding any elected office in my country.

I would like every foreign national barred from ever being a police officer, prison guard, public defender, or teacher.

I would like a 75% “fee” on remittances under $10,000 to foreign nationals.

If this is asking for too much, then just give me the first thing on the list.

With hope,
Kathy

Posted by: Kathysaysso at October 07, 2026 03:55 PM (T9s//)

123 119 2,000 left.

The Israelis have been carefully reviewing video and other evidence to identify each and every Gazan who crossed the border on 10/7. (The terrorists didn't disguise their faces, which was an error.)

The Israelis intend to kill each and every one.

Sucks to be you.
Posted by: The ARC of History

And they don't care how long it takes either.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

IOW they know how to treat cancer.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:55 PM (Gqar8)

124
Right on Kathy!!

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 03:56 PM (/QHx4)

125 30 I looked up lying pig-fu*king asshole in the dictionary. Sure as hell, there was Mamdani's picture.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (2WIwB)

I rate this: 'Implausible'

Goat-f'er certainly, but definitely not a pig-f'er.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 03:56 PM (QGaXH)

126 Where is Greta von Thule?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:47 PM (2GVsD)

I don’t have any Greta Von Thule, but you can have some Greta Van Fleet:

https://youtu.be/aJg4OJxp-co

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 03:56 PM (6ydKt)

127 2,000 left.

The Israelis have been carefully reviewing video and other evidence to identify each and every Gazan who crossed the border on 10/7. (The terrorists didn't disguise their faces, which was an error.)

The Israelis intend to kill each and every one.

Sucks to be you.
Posted by: The ARC of History

And they don't care how long it takes either.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (YZ0Fo)
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Something tells me that not one of those murderous assholes is going to die of old age...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (FZ29D)

128 Speaking of evil

@amuse 11m
CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (nEUC6)

129
DOJ says Mohamud's parents refused to speak with the FBI when they tried to make contact with the family last year when there were initial indications of potential radicalization.
Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)

Of course... Their spawn was gonna shoot up the Mall of America... From what I hear it is now mostly frequented by Somalis....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (+gK6I)

130 On the BBG the nerd dipshits ( the entire male cast ) periodically got sexually aroused by the upcoming Conventions.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (Gqar8)

131 I would like a few neutron bombs detonated at Mecca.

I would like every Somalian sent back to the paradise from which they hailed.

I would like every foreign national barred from ever holding any elected office in my country.

I would like every foreign national barred from ever being a police officer, prison guard, public defender, or teacher.

I would like a 75% “fee” on remittances under $10,000 to foreign nationals.

If this is asking for too much, then just give me the first thing on the list.

With hope,
Kathy

Posted by: Kathysaysso

Best I can do is 80$.

-Rick Harrison

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

132 So tired of this bullshit. They do this all the time and the same idiots either fall for it or pretend to fall for it over and over.

1. Terrorists attack civilians
2. Terrorists retreat and hide behind their civilians
3. Terrorists lie about their casualties and play victim

Rinse and repeat

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (viF8m)

133

Think how wonderful our country would be if we morons and 'ettes ran the government. I'm serious about that.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)

134
Think how wonderful our country would be if we morons and 'ettes ran the government

Well some of us anyway....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (+gK6I)

135

E. Brony and Ivory

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (Cqx++)

136 Sucks to be you.
Posted by: The ARC of History

And they don't care how long it takes either.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

The thought of these fat ugly jihadis getting run to ground just brings a smile to my face.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (guGkK)

137 Think how wonderful our country would be if we morons and 'ettes ran the government. I'm serious about that.
Posted by: four seasons

There wouldn't be any "botched" executions. I can tell ya that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

138 Think how wonderful our country would be if we morons and 'ettes ran the government

Well some of us anyway....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (+gK6I)
_____

The Blade for Supreme Court ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 07, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

139 137 Think how wonderful our country would be if we morons and 'ettes ran the government. I'm serious about that.
Posted by: four seasons

There wouldn't be any "botched" executions. I can tell ya that.
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 03:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

Bullet in the back of the head of kneeling criminal.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (Gqar8)

140 Of course... Their spawn was gonna shoot up the Mall of America... From what I hear it is now mostly frequented by Somalis....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (+gK6I)
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Yes, many Somalis shop there with their welfare bucks. He'd have to aim carefully to avoid hitting them instead of the kafirs.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

141 There wouldn't be any "botched" executions. I can tell ya that.

A back-up woodchipper would always be at the ready.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (guGkK)

142 CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

The magic word is Baltimore.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (y+Apl)

143 Jihad first everything else second

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (5EeHw)

144 CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

The magic word is Baltimore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

Hamsterdam, yo!

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:02 PM (YZ0Fo)

145 Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.

This reads like a parody of the left. I feel sorry for the Bee.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 07, 2026 04:02 PM (o3/x/)

146 96 I read somewhere that Israelis got 3/4 of the 10/7 jihadis. I say , go for 150% !
Posted by: runner at October 07

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I always held back from saying this here, but these are my thoughts.

- You know how Israel will swap 1,000 terrorist prisoners for one Israeli? I think they should have said it works both ways -- kill one of us, we kill 1,000 of you.

(There was more to this comment. Still holding back.)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:02 PM (TSNP/)

147 Been a minute since there was a Christian “ jihad”.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:02 PM (Gqar8)

148 Yes, many Somalis shop there with their welfare bucks. He'd have to aim carefully to avoid hitting them instead of the kafirs.

Posted by: beckster at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

Muslims are mostly killed by Muslims. They don't target mosques in an attempt to kill whitey

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:03 PM (5EeHw)

149 142 CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

The magic word is Baltimore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:01 PM (y+Apl)

The girl made him do it with her white girl witchy witch spells and evil white supremacist thinking.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:03 PM (6ydKt)

150 The Sunnys and the Shits are always killing each other. Tradition!!!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:04 PM (Gqar8)

151 I read somewhere that Israelis got 3/4 of the 10/7 jihadis. I say , go for 150% !

I keep hearing about this Palestinian genocide, but the Israelis are honestly putting up rookie numbers of Palestinian deaths. They're gonna have to do better.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 07, 2026 04:04 PM (o3/x/)

152 Do you know which country has a huge wall protecting it from Gaza? Egypt.

Nobody wants the Palestinians and that's a fact.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:04 PM (viF8m)

153 131 I would like a few neutron bombs detonated at Mecca.

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Imma let you finish, but why neutron? Why not turn the whole place into glass. In fact, I think that is necessary.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:04 PM (TSNP/)

154
Ace has Jimmy T looking for some gayballz that he can have surgically implanted in his robustly studly body.

You heard it here first.

Or he's paired up with Elliott Page to do a photoshoot of "Twins Separated at Birth".

You decide.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 07, 2026 04:04 PM (ixS3i)

155 Of course... Their spawn was gonna shoot up the Mall of America... From what I hear it is now mostly frequented by Somalis....

There was a Hmong cultural festival scheduled for the Mall on that date, so lots of infidels to shoot up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 07, 2026 04:06 PM (aD4fx)

156 Ellen Page went to a whole lot of trouble to become an EMO twink.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:06 PM (Gqar8)

157 Casualties accounts are from them. First genocide where the population increases.

Posted by: torabora at October 07, 2026 04:06 PM (Wt1Rs)

158 Ace has Jimmy T looking for some gayballz that he can have surgically implanted in his robustly studly body.

You heard it here first.

Or he's paired up with Elliott Page to do a photoshoot of "Twins Separated at Birth".

You decide.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

I was going to guess monkey pox, but figured somebody said that in the previous post.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:07 PM (q7PvL)

159 Do you know which country has a huge wall protecting it from Gaza? Egypt.

Nobody wants the Palestinians and that's a fact.

Soon to be former Congressman Shri Thanedar reposted a Republican stating that Communists build walls to keep people in, with a photo of Trump at our border wall.

He got massacred in the comments, of course. Democrats will never beat the accusations of being low IQ.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 07, 2026 04:07 PM (o3/x/)

160
I looked up how many mosques are here in our country. 2900 that are here. Now add in more that are not "registered"Hell here in Wyoming there are four at last count.

I gurantee they are all stocked with weapons.

Posted by: four seasons at October 07, 2026 04:07 PM (/QHx4)

161 Speaking of Baltimore, it’s going so bad for the Orioles that they just laid off the Oriole mascot.

The Baltimore Orioles have reportedly cut 16 employees across departments, ranging from ticket sales and graphic design to food and beverage. The downsizing most notably reached the team's entertainment wing, leaving the performers behind the beloved Oriole Bird mascot and "Mr. Splash" without positions.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (6ydKt)

162 That's all bullshit -- they are not killing every one responsible unless they kill every Gazan.

Yeah, I know, there might be some who are against it. Well, that is where the wisdom of our ancestors (and yesterdays grey boxes) comes into play.

Kill them all, Satan will know his own.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (TSNP/)

163 The thought of these fat ugly jihadis getting run to ground just brings a smile to my face.

Imagine having to anxiously check for drones every time you step outside for the rest of your life.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (aD4fx)

164 So I missed the "Talarico is missing " thread..... Wonder what's up ? Does he think he can just coast to victory ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (+gK6I)

165 128 Speaking of evil

@amuse 11m
CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (nEUC6)

According to this CBS News story, the 12-year-old was DRIVING the car; the 15-year-old STOLE the car.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6dbnka

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (odBC9)

166 Soon to be former Congressman Shri Thanedar reposted a Republican stating that Communists build walls to keep people in, with a photo of Trump at our border wall.

He got massacred in the comments, of course. Democrats will never beat the accusations of being low IQ.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 07, 2026 04:07 PM (o3/x/)

That muthafucka is not real!

Posted by: Peaches at October 07, 2026 04:09 PM (hpNcA)

167
Many New Yorkers are reckoning with this unbearable grief, and we mourn alongside them -- all while knowing that our tax dollars fund these war crimes.

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Our tax dollars funded Hamas as they dug tunnels, accumulated weapons, and built rockets with antipersonnel warheads.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 07, 2026 04:09 PM (HLgI3)

168 This guy literally can’t catch a break from far right fuckheads, he’s painted as a “terrorist” and so on, and now the pro Palestine movement is blasting him as well. He’s there to acknowledge these types of tragic events, and he’s trying to bring people together not divide and hate, like the orange pedophile criminal fuckhead

Oct 7 was 3 years ago now, Israels genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians is ongoing to this day. If you're sour about mamdani pointing that out then go suck a lemon.

Truth to Republicans is like holy water to a vampire. Remember when Biden said bad things about Domestic terrorists, they raised holy hell and accused him of hating white people.

Americas mayor is right, Israel is committing genocide and being protected by both republicans and democrats.

If you want an actual solution, the both sides bad shit needs to go because it keeps the country from giving the clearly better party consistent power to be able to do something about this.
Throwing in a republican every few cycles pushes us so far back from any kind of resolution as we're seeing with Trump + a fully republican federal government right now.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 07, 2026 04:09 PM (PkrKm)

169 So I missed the "Talarico is missing " thread..... Wonder what's up ? Does he think he can just coast to victory ?

He's getting his "bottom surgery". He'll be back in a few days, but now Stunning and Brave.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 07, 2026 04:09 PM (o3/x/)

170
Not interested in what goes on in foreign countries like NYC.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:10 PM (eRlcH)

171 170
Not interested in what goes on in foreign countries like NYC.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:10 PM (eRlcH)

Nice.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:11 PM (Gqar8)

172 The magic word is Baltimore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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'We gave them space to destroy' -- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:11 PM (XeU6L)

173 If you want an actual solution, the both sides bad shit needs to go because it keeps the country from giving the clearly better party consistent power to be able to do something about this.
Throwing in a republican every few cycles pushes us so far back from any kind of resolution as we're seeing with Trump + a fully republican federal government right now.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

Clearly better party...... riiiiiiiiiiiight.

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:11 PM (YZ0Fo)

174 @BillMelugin_
·
15m
NEW: I'm told by federal sources that the parents of the 18-year-old man arrested by the FBI for allegedly plotting an ISIS inspired mass shooting...
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Quit fucking around. Due process is one of two things
1. fly the whole related family out.
2. shoot the whole related family.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 07, 2026 04:12 PM (pMmVV)

175 Cities over 200,000 are automatically suspect.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:12 PM (Gqar8)

176 He's getting his "bottom surgery". He'll be back in a few days, but now Stunning and Brave.
Posted by: Ian S.

I'm not sure he has a dick to remove. Probably smooth plastic down there like a Ken doll.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 07, 2026 04:12 PM (q7PvL)

177 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 07, 2026 04:09 PM (PkrKm)

Doesn't matter how many Joos are tortured, defiled, and murdered, it's ALWAYS their fault in the eyes of fools like these.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

178 Our Secretary of State, the Magnificent Marco Rubio, gave a great speech in front of the (original) Parthenon today. And I do mean great. No teleprompter, which I think made it more effective and from-the-heart. He tied our (superior) western values and virtues to Ancient Greece. Well worth watching in its entirety.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (sFNX2)

179 Cities over 200,000 are automatically suspect.
Posted by: tubal
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Any city/town with a university.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (XeU6L)

180 87 NYS is full of decent people - we just need to cut NYC off from the rest of the state and push it out to sea...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

We need to amend the constitution to provide a mechanism by which the people in the unaffected portion of a state could vote to remand a portion of the state back to territorial status and ineligible for statehood on their own.

For example the people of NYS outside of NYC vote to kick out NYC.

See also how fast coastal California remains part of California if the rest of California had anything to say about it.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (QGaXH)

181 164 So I missed the "Talarico is missing " thread.
Posted by: It's me donna at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (+gK6I)

"Talarico is missing" ______

his muskiness!

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (odBC9)

182 172 The magic word is Baltimore.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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'We gave them space to destroy' -- Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:11 PM (XeU6L)

Leave space to Elon Musk...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

183 >>He got massacred in the comments, of course. Democrats will never beat the accusations of being low IQ.

The truth is many in the Middle East don't want the Palestinian issue solved. Arafat sure as hell didn't. He was given multiple options for a Palestinian territory and turned them all down while stealing billions in aid money from the Palestinian people.

No arab country will take in Palestinians, even Jordan stopped. They like having the conflict since they can blame everything on Israel. This stupid farce has been going on forever. Until Palis stop coddling terrorists and take responsibility for their own lives this will just go on and on.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

184 Doesn't matter how many Joos are tortured, defiled, and murdered, it's ALWAYS their fault in the eyes of fools like these.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

They are all powerful and will eliminate all who speak against them. That is why I speak against them everyday without fear of reprisal.

-Reddit tard

Posted by: BruceWayne at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (YZ0Fo)

185 Cities over 200,000 are automatically suspect.
Posted by: tubal

50,000

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (y+Apl)

186 it's ALWAYS their fault in the eyes of fools like these.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

They want it to happen

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (5EeHw)

187 178 Our Secretary of State, the Magnificent Marco Rubio, gave a great speech in front of the (original) Parthenon today. And I do mean great. No teleprompter, which I think made it more effective and from-the-heart. He tied our (superior) western values and virtues to Ancient Greece. Well worth watching in its entirety.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (sFNX2)

29 Rubio speech
Fox

https://tinyurl.com/mrvefmyw
Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (odBC9)

188 If world peace arrived one day, no crime, no wars, no terrorism, no sickness, no wants or needs unfulfilled anywhere, everybody giving off nothing but love and happiness everywhere…

…the left would last one day before complaining that there was nothing left to watch on TV and no current issue for them to support/oppose to add to their social media profiles.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (6ydKt)

189 I have a bad habit, it would seem, of rooting for the wrong team. When I notice some party or organization initiating murder, rape, inflicted degradation, and abuse I have a knee jerk reaction to be against those qualities. But, the Muslims have shown me that these acts are humanitarian and necessary.

Any response by the party experiences these humanitarian and necessary actions does not have the right or obligation to respond in any fashion that would inconvenience the first party. Such behavior is qualified as "Genocidal Backlash."

Incidentally., look at the Wikipedia page that lists famous historical "Genocides". The first one they list (which they explain in great detail as still occurring) is GAZA. Real time editing of history.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (dIske)

190
Will the last decent person leaving NY State please turn out the lights?

And take the Statue of Liberty with them.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (2GVsD)

Thanks to its poem, even that has become shaped into a Leftist tool. Leave it there.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (9ZFZd)

She's French. And tall. You'd need chainsaws to shave her pits.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (y9nCu)

191 178 Our Secretary of State, the Magnificent Marco Rubio, gave a great speech in front of the (original) Parthenon today. And I do mean great. No teleprompter, which I think made it more effective and from-the-heart. He tied our (superior) western values and virtues to Ancient Greece. Well worth watching in its entirety.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:14 PM (sFNX2)

Yeah, no need to keep selling me. Rubio has slight edge for me for 28.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (Gqar8)

192 Only thing wrong with the youtube I saw of Marco's speech is that near the end it was interrupted by an ad from Talifreako, begging for donations. Jeez! talk about not reading the room.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (sFNX2)

193 It's almost like the people of NYC are getting exactly what they voted for.

Again, behold the now-empty bucket of fucks that I carry for leftists that vote for this shit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (oqH4h)

194 These motherfuckers gonna talk about "that shit was three years ago" then go cry about slavery and cotton fields.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (5EeHw)

195 193 It's almost like the people of NYC are getting exactly what they voted for.

Again, behold the now-empty bucket of fucks that I carry for leftists that vote for this shit.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 04:16 PM (oqH4h)

They pretty much refuse to spend a year or two in the communist or Islamist sh*tholes they talk so positively about.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (l3cgK)

196 The truth is many in the Middle East don't want the Palestinian issue solved. Arafat sure as hell didn't. He was given multiple options for a Palestinian territory and turned them all down while stealing billions in aid money from the Palestinian people.

If that goatraper had signed any peace agreement with Israel, he would have been dead within a week.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (y+Apl)

197 194 These motherfuckers gonna talk about "that shit was three years ago" then go cry about slavery and cotton fields.
Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (5EeHw)

And conveniently leaving out the part about the Democrat Party War.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar8)

198 No arab country will take in Palestinians, even Jordan stopped. They like having the conflict since they can blame everything on Israel.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)
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Some of that but also the Jordanians are seemingly smart enough not to import sub-moron IQ terrorists on purpose... unlike, say, Minnesota.

Posted by: ballistic at October 07, 2026 04:18 PM (oqH4h)

199 196 The truth is many in the Middle East don't want the Palestinian issue solved.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (y+Apl)

Many such cases.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:18 PM (odBC9)

200 200

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:18 PM (odBC9)

201 Incidentally., look at the Wikipedia page that lists famous historical "Genocides". The first one they list (which they explain in great detail as still occurring) is GAZA. Real time editing of history.
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That's the value of historical printed encyclopedias. Virtually NONE of them have even an entry for "Palestine" prior to...perhaps 1967? And the ones that do have an entry for "Palestine" do NOT make any assertion that its a "state" or anything of the sort. Instead its mentioned as a "region" within Israel.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (TN0g+)

202 The episode of Law & Order where Trump raped Jeanie aired in 1996 and they still won't shut up about it.

Posted by: ... at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (5EeHw)

203 201 Incidentally., look at the Wikipedia page that lists famous historical "Genocides". The first one they list (which they explain in great detail as still occurring) is GAZA. Real time editing of history.
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That's the value of historical printed encyclopedias. Virtually NONE of them have even an entry for "Palestine" prior to...perhaps 1967? And the ones that do have an entry for "Palestine" do NOT make any assertion that its a "state" or anything of the sort. Instead its mentioned as a "region" within Israel.

Posted by: Crusader at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (TN0g+)

When Britain had control over it, I believe they called it Palestine.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (l3cgK)

204 Just saw the reference to Dresden

Fvck off you fawning David Irving fan-boi.

Dresden was a legitimate military target that the Soviets requested the Western Allies bomb. It contained vital command and control functions along with intact rail network useful to rushing military soldiers and equipment to face the encroaching Soviets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (2GVsD)

205
Soon to be former Congressman Shri Thanedar

Shri should have a wig duel with Maxine Waters.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 07, 2026 04:20 PM (Cqx++)

206 Wikipedia is worse than useless for much of its information.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:20 PM (Gqar8)

207 165 128
@amuse 11m
CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (nEUC6)

According to this CBS News story, the 12-year-old was DRIVING the car; the 15-year-old STOLE the car.

https://tinyurl.com/5n6dbnka
Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:08 PM (odBC9)

October 4, 2026

The 15-year-old is charged with motor vehicle theft.

The police release did not announce an arrest or charges against the 12-year-old.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:21 PM (odBC9)

208 https://tinyurl.com/mrvefmyw
Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (odBC9)

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (odBC9)

Thank you, going to listen now!

Posted by: Peaches at October 07, 2026 04:21 PM (hpNcA)

209
No arab country will take in Palestinians, even Jordan stopped. They like having the conflict since they can blame everything on Israel.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:15 PM (viF8m)

___________

Every Arab country would be secretly pleased if all the Palestinians vanished tomorrow.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:22 PM (eRlcH)

210 206 Wikipedia is worse than useless for much of its information.
Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:20 PM (Gqar

_____________________

Sure. You know that. I know that. But, ask any College kid, or any random younger generation individual at random "where do you get your historical information?"

Guess the answer.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:22 PM (dIske)

211 Not absolutely certain but I think Palestine was a term used during Roman rule.And not for the entire region being discussed today.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar8)

212 The truth is many in the Middle East don't want the Palestinian issue solved.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (y+Apl)

Many such cases.
Posted by: m

I forgot to tag Jackstraw with that quote.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:23 PM (y+Apl)

213 WTF is wrong with the other 50% of Jewish voters?
Posted by: Butch

They're leftists who hate Israel and are all in favor of Hamas, who think Christians are as great or greater a threat to American Jewry than Moslems are.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:24 PM (vJrRc)

214
There was nothing extraordinary about the Dresden bombing. It was a fairly routine bomb load and routine targets. The death toll was made much worse by Mutschmann's incompetence about civil defense.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (eRlcH)

215 Will the last decent person leaving NY State please turn out the lights?

And take the Statue of Liberty with them.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 03:42 PM (2GVsD)

Thanks to its poem, even that has become shaped into a Leftist tool. Leave it there.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 07, 2026 03:44 PM (9ZFZd)

She's French. And tall. You'd need chainsaws to shave her pits.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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On a historical note, the The Statue of Liberty began as a planned monument for the Suez Canal in Port Said.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (XeU6L)

216 Mamdani does not give one crap about Jews except for the few who may have voted for him. Once they vote no more care. Everything he says "nice ' about Jews is taqqiya.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (t9883)

217 The whole problem started with the Hebrews not doing what God told them to do.

Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (Gqar8)

218 Nood. Link.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 07, 2026 04:26 PM (zZu0s)

219 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 07, 2026 04:26 PM (NcvvS)

220 o arab country will take in Palestinians, even Jordan stopped.

Only after they tried to murder the Jordanian royal family and take over the country.

It's like some people object to that kind of behavior or something.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 07, 2026 04:27 PM (vJrRc)

221 45 33 The best thing about Mamdani is that he's 3,000 miles away from me.

Posted by: zombie at October 07, 2026 03:28 PM (Av6i5)

It'd be better if he was 7600 miles away in Gaza...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 07, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)

Even better if he were 7600 miles + 6 feet away.

Posted by: a.moron at October 07, 2026 04:27 PM (X5Jzz)

222 Nood. Nick Shirley Exposes How Bums Sell Taxpayer-Funded Food Stamps to Scammers -- Often "Foreign" -- for Cash to Buy Drugs.

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:27 PM (odBC9)

223 217 The whole problem started with the Hebrews not doing what God told them to do.
Posted by: tubal at October 07, 2026 04:25 PM (Gqar

____________________________

Yeah, that Abraham ("The Hebrew") dilly dallied around when he was told by God to kill his son, Isaac. I don't know what he was thinking.

Posted by: Orson at October 07, 2026 04:28 PM (dIske)

224 >>Every Arab country would be secretly pleased if all the Palestinians vanished tomorrow.

My old customer in the UAE had an associate who was Palestinian. He was one of a handful who was finally given residency permission in the UAE after years of waiting and proving he could support himself.

Even he took a pretty dim view of Palestinians.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 07, 2026 04:28 PM (viF8m)

225 JackStraw

212 The truth is many in the Middle East don't want the Palestinian issue solved.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:17 PM (y+Apl)

Many such cases.
Posted by: m

I forgot to tag Jackstraw with that quote.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 07, 2026 04:23 PM (y+Apl)

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (odBC9)

226 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 07, 2026 04:30 PM (RIvkX)

227 the nood is full of link

Posted by: m at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (odBC9)

228 "I take it the new antisemitism task force is out today celebrating?
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy"

The Mandami plan to fight antisemitism is mostly getting rid of the semites. Then there will be peace.

Posted by: Ripley at October 07, 2026 04:31 PM (GUOwU)

229 204 Just saw the reference to Dresden

Fvck off you fawning David Irving fan-boi.

Dresden was a legitimate military target that the Soviets requested the Western Allies bomb. It contained vital command and control functions along with intact rail network useful to rushing military soldiers and equipment to face the encroaching Soviets.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (2GVsD)

But... but.... it was just plain MEAN! Americans should always remember to be nice during war. Always.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (GYqb1)

230 204 Just saw the reference to Dresden

Fvck off you fawning David Irving fan-boi.

Dresden was a legitimate military target that the Soviets requested the Western Allies bomb. It contained vital command and control functions along with intact rail network useful to rushing military soldiers and equipment to face the encroaching Soviets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 07, 2026 04:19 PM (2GVsD)

. . . and the Nazis inflated the Dresden casualty numbers by a factor of ten for propaganda purposes, then after the war the Soviets continued to echo the Nazi inflated numbers, to claim that the US and Britain were war criminals. You can still find the inflated numbers in a lot of references - 350,000 dead vs the reality of 28,000 - 32,000 dead.

Posted by: a.moron at October 07, 2026 04:33 PM (X5Jzz)

231 see update -- they tried to run down a Daily Wire reporter with a car, too.

Posted by: ace at October 07, 2026 04:38 PM (1wjle)

232 400 million Hindu Buddhist Zoroastrians and Jews were killed in India by the Mandami conquest

Posted by: Avi at October 07, 2026 04:46 PM (yvqDG)

233 Speaking of evil

@amuse 11m
CRIME: Black 12-year-old stole a car and killed a 69-year-old man in the process. Baltimore prosecutor has declined to charge the boy. His passsnger, a 15-year-old white girl was charged with motor vehicle theft.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 07, 2026 03:57 PM (nEUC6)

Paul Kersey to the white phone.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 07, 2026 05:40 PM (hmYU4)

234 Wiki puts Dresden in second place German civilian bombing deaths due to allied air forces in wwii. Were the top five due to the RAF?

Posted by: Goatweed at October 07, 2026 06:09 PM (jK3NL)

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