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Daily Tech News 10 May 2025
Top Story
- A lithium deposit valued at $1.5 trillion has been discovered in Oregon. (Earth)
Well, that's Portland sorted out.
Tech News
- Mexico has sued Google over naming the Gulf of America the Gulf of America on American maps after the American government voted to name it the Gulf of America. (The Guardian)
Yes, that's sure to work.
- A Florida state bill requiring backdoors for minors' social media accounts has quietly died... But not before passing the state Senate. (Tech Crunch)
Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation called the bill "dangerous and dumb." Security professionals have long argued that it is impossible to create a secure backdoor that cannot also be maliciously abused, and encryption backdoors put user data at risk of data breaches.
State legislatures tend to be dangerous and dumb. Sometimes their worst instincts are restrained. Sometimes you get California.
- What's new in Swift 6.2? (Hacking with Swift)
Things. I haven't really looked at Swift since I tested it against the PyPy Python compiler and found it about 0% faster.
- AI use damages professional reputation. (Ars Technica)
As it should.
Musical Interlude
Song is Lone Digger by Caravan Palace. Anime is various.
Disclaimer: To be fair anime is usually various.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 04:30 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all new at May 10, 2025 04:31 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 10, 2025 04:32 AM (BLOW1)
I haven't read the article yet, but if a writer uses AI like a writer uses a dictionary, say, there could be virtually (ha) no trace of its influence and all should be well.
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 04:34 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 10, 2025 04:35 AM (6PUpl)
Agreed but people are lazy and eventually it will be reduced to CTRL-C, CTRL-V.
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all newer at May 10, 2025 04:36 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 04:39 AM (CQE5S)
Also people's perceptions are notoriously dumb so telling me what people think about something tells me practically less than nothing. So of course now it's perceived as "lazy" but in less than five years everyone who works near a computer will likely be required to use AI.
Posted by: ... at May 10, 2025 04:41 AM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 10, 2025 04:42 AM (O7YUW)
Also people's perceptions are notoriously dumb so telling me what people think about something tells me practically less than nothing. So of course now it's perceived as "lazy" but in less than five years everyone who works near a computer will likely be required to use AI.
Posted by: ... at May 10, 2025 04:41 AM (E0p3T)
Good morning, Sunshine!
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 04:43 AM (CQE5S)
Puritanical progressive sin tax.
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 04:44 AM (GHi7c)
Posted by: ... at May 10, 2025 04:45 AM (E0p3T)
Oregonians outlawed mining. (lol)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 04:50 AM (GHi7c)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 04:51 AM (ypFCm)
Puritanical progressive sin tax.
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 04:44 AM (GHi7c)
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For what is that tax money earmarked?
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all newest at May 10, 2025 04:52 AM (sPQoU)
For what is that tax money earmarked?
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all newest at May 10, 2025 04:52 AM (sPQoU)
Free needle exchange.
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 04:54 AM (GHi7c)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 04:55 AM (ypFCm)
Here's one more for tonight:
\SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-83
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs LiveLaunch
Date: May 11, 2025
Launch Time: 12:24 a.m. EDT, 0424 UTC, 06:24 CEST
https://www.youtube.com/live/bWdacZ2nDVM
Posted by: Ciampino - Spaceports are busy at May 10, 2025 04:55 AM (sPQoU)
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Now that would be interesting. By increasing DEI type hiring after banning criticism, this is likely a natural outlet to express the unspeakable.
This is extremely good news. It's already predictably destroying the absurdly low academic rigors and expectations involved in college education. We don't want or need real world applications of the same.
Imagine if all it takes to collapse a trillion dollars industry is coworkers smirking while shaking their heads.
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 10, 2025 04:59 AM (EGr8c)
Whatever. Either makes more sense than Gulf of Mexico.
It is the biggest gulf in the Americas.
Throw in a carrot - that gulf over on the west coast... at Baja... Rename it the Gulf of Mexico.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2025 05:00 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 05:09 AM (GHi7c)
So may all your efforts result in maximal benefit in all instances and corresponding heartburn for the leftwit fungal entities who befoul these environs.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 10, 2025 05:13 AM (hKoQL)
For what is that tax money earmarked?
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all newest at May 10, 2025 04:52 AM (sPQoU)
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The pockets of the administrators of the tax.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 05:26 AM (QnmlO)
In the first experiment conducted by the team from Duke, participants imagined using either an AI tool or a dashboard creation tool at work.
*imagined*
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:30 AM (CQE5S)
From Plato questioning whether writing would undermine wisdom, to modern debates about calculators in education, people have long worried that labor-saving tools might reflect poorly on users' abilities.
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:33 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:35 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 10, 2025 05:37 AM (xzkgE)
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:37 AM (AN2gy)
10 million programmers and 160 million to clean up after AI
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:39 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 05:45 AM (Wlnrr)
And then you'll have a nice big hole in the ground.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 05:47 AM (yvnLa)
Convenience stores over the city line will thrive.
New England is physically small, so it is easy to drive to a nearby state. New Hampshire has several retail hubs near the Massachusetts state line, fed by people avoiding sales tax and paying lower tobacco and alcohol tax.
What I still can't fathom is that Massachusetts does this in reverse near Connecticut.
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 05:48 AM (Wlnrr)
Recently I pondered the notion that writing was invented for people with poor memories.
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:49 AM (AN2gy)
From Plato questioning whether writing would undermine wisdom, to modern debates about calculators in education, people have long worried that labor-saving tools might reflect poorly on users' abilities.
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I'd submit that 80% of the concerns have been correct and borne out.
Jokes about autocorrect and cashiers struggling to make change abouund here, and we're not a terribly low IQ hangout even if you allow me to post here.
(goes to get ChatGPT to rewrite this in order to improve the overall readability and formatting)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 10, 2025 05:52 AM (EGr8c)
I tried for the first time an AI function on my patent platform to generate some results around a query. Almost everything it gave me was junk. I could have generated much better focused junk myself.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 05:53 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)
"sin" tax
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:53 AM (CQE5S)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6z8wrn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 05:53 AM (Wlnrr)
(goes to get ChatGPT to rewrite this in order to improve the overall readability and formatting)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 10, 2025 05:52 AM (EGr8c)
-->we're not a terribly low IQ hangout if you allow even me to post here
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:54 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:56 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 05:57 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 05:57 AM (yvnLa)
mornin yall
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 05:58 AM (vFG9F)
Mrs fluffy and I consulted the Peterson's Field Guide and decided that it is likely an immature orchard oriole.
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:59 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 06:00 AM (Wlnrr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:03 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Coliin at May 10, 2025 06:03 AM (wlQdF)
So either i'll have the underpinnings of a lovely new garden, or a brand new mud pit for the dog to wallow in.
Win-win.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 06:04 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 06:04 AM (SzczT)
Haircut today (all of them), and tonight Miss Linda is dragging me to a "Champagne Stroll" along an uptown shopping district. Many of the shops stay open late, and many offer libations and crackers & cheese, so it's a free snack session with a little exercise mixed in.
Today I'll stop at World Market and get her a nice candle, card, and bag of flavored coffee for Mother's Day. (She is my cats' de facto "mom," after all.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Coliin at May 10, 2025 06:03 AM (wlQdF)
They also have a five-finger discount city ordinance in effect, so it doesn't matter anyway.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 06:05 AM (yvnLa)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at May 10, 2025 06:08 AM (tljrc)
And getting the job done is all that matters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2025 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)
And getting the job done is all that matters.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2025 06:08 AM (XV/Pl)
Bingo.
It's just a robot. Make it do what you need it to do.
Automation is not autonomy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 06:09 AM (yvnLa)
I tried to get this retirement thing right the first and only time. Should have started working on it in February, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:10 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 05:47 AM (AN2gy)
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When I lived in Syracuse I saw Canadians in the parking lot of the Carousel mall dressing in the new clothes they had just bought. They wore the clothes as they drove back over the border to avoid the import duty.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:11 AM (RIvkX)
I hope i've gotten it all straightened out . . . but now I won't see those funds and my first payment for another month.
*sends Wolfus some cat food*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:13 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:13 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 10, 2025 06:14 AM (yvnLa)
That's very sweet!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 06:14 AM (42Vb+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025
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Back when I was considering living in eastern S. Dakota, I found the state does not allow tobacco purchases to be mailed in. My plan: purchase a P.O. Box just over the line in MN and make a weekly drive to pick up my illicit mail.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at May 10, 2025 06:17 AM (hoCmQ)
>>It's just a robot. Make it do what you need it to do.
Pretty much, I even talk nice to it.
Although that’s frowned upon by the ai companies because wasted computing power on courtesies.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2025 06:18 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Just Wondering at May 10, 2025 06:19 AM (dg+HA)
*sends Wolfus some cat food*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025
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Stirling and Dagny appreciate that! It's not that bad. Yesterday I did a rough calc of my usual expenses, and even without the extra payment I'd only be spending about 70% of my income in a month. Assuming I have no car, health, or cat emergencies, that is.
It does mean, I guess, that I have to put off my road trip and recon of IN and KY until June. Which I hate, as the weather is hotter and there will be more vacationers on the roads.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:19 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:19 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: Thomas Bender "
Being rude to AI saves electricity? I gotta try this.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:20 AM (vFG9F)
I don't ever feel the need to cross check my calculator.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:21 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:11 AM (RIvkX)
I saw Canadians in the parking lot of the Carousel mall headlining at Caesar's Superdome in '75.
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 06:21 AM (CQE5S)
Now streaming the Symphony No. 5 of Bruckner, with Claudio Abbado conducting the Vienna Philharmonic.
That spot in my playlist had been occupied by the Karajan/BPO recording, but at 80 minutes it's too slow (though not as slow as Celibidache's 8
. So I thought I'd try something less monumental, though not as brisk as Neeme Järvi's (at 62 minutes). Ormandy, Poschner and Abbado all clock in at 71-72 minutes, and I chose the last.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:22 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:23 AM (omVj0)
I don't ever feel the need to cross check my calculator.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:21 AM (vFG9F)
I do, but it's my entering of the numbers I'm doublechecking, not the calculator's processing of them.
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 06:25 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:26 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: m"
GIGO. It applies to so many things nowadays.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:27 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 10, 2025 06:28 AM (ZmEVT)
"Nicole Campau-Rocha was driving southbound in her SUV when she spotted a dog stranded in traffic. Without hesitation, she stopped in the fast lane and crossed all three lanes of the busy freeway to reach the frightened animal on the opposite side."
It would be interesting to know if there were any rear-endings, ambulances or law enforcement en route, children going to spend a few precious final minutes saying goodbye to a dying parent, etc. in the traffic.
We are witnessing the end result of so many things all at once. Yes it sucks for a dog to get hit by a car, but that's still just a dog and you, ma'am, slammed on the brakes in the fast lane of a six lane freeway. For a stray dog.
They're not fur babies. They're not children. They don't belong in the grocery store with you.
Not too long ago dogs were family pets. Now they're replacement families/children, common with single people and being kept in apartments.
We're watching broken (ahem) people reacting predictably to being taught that dogs are a half-step below children.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:29 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)
That was close to a decade ago, so I’m assuming that the denizens of New York are the thinnest people in the country by now.
Yet, just the other day I see a photo of a new statue in Times Square of a 12 foot tall overweight black woman.
So apparently it’s ok to be chubby in NYC again, it you’re still going to pay extra for that 32 oz. Big Gulp.
About all that sin taxes accomplish is raising taxes on poor people.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:30 AM (6ydKt)
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I've mentioned it before but hey what's new?
There's a concerted effort to persistently "teach" AI that 2+2 = 5 in order to remove the ability for it to be trusted on calculations, and I love it.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:32 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:30 AM (vFG9F)
Yes.
Posted by: expert who is totally not an alligator at May 10, 2025 06:32 AM (xzkgE)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025
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She couldn't have maneuvered over to the far right, parked on the shoulder, and run back for the dog? Of course, at 70 mph or more, you'd be two miles beyond the dog by the time you got to the shoulder. Still doesn't excuse the dead stop on a freeway. And she could have been killed running across, too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:34 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 06:34 AM (ypFCm)
We also pay a 5 cent tax on every container, so add thirty cents to your six-pack for that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:33 AM (RIvkX)
Well, I can understand my taxes going to roads, police and water. I pay so the government can do something for me. But what value add comes from slapping a tax on drinks?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:37 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 06:34 AM (ypFCm)
You’d think with the pope as a fan the White Sox would have a chance to win the World Series sometime this century.
But I wouldn’t bet any real money on it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
>>Being rude to AI saves electricity? I gotta try this.
Being rude would actually use more computing because the ai is trained to be cordial and demur.
What they want is for you to say nothing.
Don't thank the AI, just go about your day.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2025 06:38 AM (XV/Pl)
What got me: Our local media stated in the story that their last known address was "on South Peters in the French Quarter" -- a street that is NOT and never has been located in the Quarter. North Peters is -- on the edge, not legally in the Quarter -- but not South.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 10, 2025 06:39 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:40 AM (g7exq)
You’d think with the pope as a fan the White Sox would have a chance to win the World Series sometime this century.
But I wouldn’t bet any real money on it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
I think the White Sox had been trying but things fell apart. They're not like the Pittsburgh Pirates, which arrange things so they make a profit but don't even seek to be competitive because it might cost money.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:41 AM (QnmlO)
https://tinyurl.com/mpsv8vr6
Fen, four clicks to the right looks like what we have been seeing.
Posted by: fluffy at May 10, 2025 06:41 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)
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Here's how it works:
We buy soda in cans and bottles, pay 5 cent tax
Drink soda, throw can into recycle bin
Put recycle bin out for pickup
Gangsters come down the street and empty everyone's recycling bins the night before pickup
Gangsters collect 5 cent bounty per container
Recycling program goes bust
Profit!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 06:42 AM (Rnx7g)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 06:42 AM (OzWW4)
If they can't get a simple thing like that right why should we believe anything they say?
Our local "newspaper" is infested with stuff like this. I think they must be using AS.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:42 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 10, 2025 06:43 AM (Rnx7g)
Posted by: Skip at May 10, 2025 06:34 AM (ypFCm)
You’d think with the pope as a fan the White Sox would have a chance to win the World Series sometime this century.
But I wouldn’t bet any real money on it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:37 AM (6ydKt)
I think the real issue is: Is God a White Sox fan? Evidence so far points to , no.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 10, 2025 06:43 AM (pJWtt)
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Or better yet use it as a lesson to teach our sons and daughters the correct thing to do and what is appropriate in a functioning society. That is almost always the proper response.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:44 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)
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The value of taxes is always added bureaucracy and politicians.
Somebody has to pay for these people’s salaries and pensions.
Isn’t their benevolent guidance of us ignorant laymen value enough?
How would we survive without their constant shepherding of errant secular flocks?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:44 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: alex at May 10, 2025 06:44 AM (llzAX)
I think we've learned enough from the last couple of months to know now that the "humanitarianism" of the Left consists of taxing you a dollar, giving a nickel to the poor (or "poor") and keeping 95 cents for themselves.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:45 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2025 06:45 AM (0aOmD)
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God roots for the Angels
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 06:46 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 06:47 AM (OzWW4)
I wish Jill would peg me more often, but she's usually too busy screaming at the maids who failed to call her 'doctor' or getting air tight with those 3 nice negro lawn jockeys to spend time with me...
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at May 10, 2025 06:48 AM (X2IJu)
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:48 AM (vFG9F)
Never in my life have I been so glad I voted for someone.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (0aOmD)
A single official Death Certificate arrived yesterday. I need 4 more, which will arrive next week.
With this I can move a local bank account oof my wife's to my Navy Federal Credit Union account. Which has been hard hit paying the property tax due yesterday.
Question. If taxes never go down, is that government or a cancer?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)
-random Columbia student
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Savage Henry at May 10, 2025 06:46 AM (AOsQT)
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Ah! So he's the one!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 10, 2025 06:50 AM (0aOmD)
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Oh man. I don't care who you are, that's a terrible thing to do to / to have happen to a human being.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:50 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 06:51 AM (OzWW4)
Who among us has a pot of hot chicken grease in an extended-stay kitchen? Not me.
Book her Danno. Attempted murder.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:51 AM (u82oZ)
Question. If taxes never go down, is that government or a cancer?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)
Property taxes: proof that the government actually owns your land.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:52 AM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie"
A fowl deed, indeed.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 06:53 AM (OzWW4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:54 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:54 AM (u82oZ)
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I've begun to accept that this is the difference between sub $120/night hotel rooms and $120+/night hotel rooms.
The sub ones often have permanent residents.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:54 AM (g7exq)
Dealing with AT&T is like trying to reason with one of your drug-addled homeless panhandlers.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:55 AM (u82oZ)
A fowl deed, indeed.
Posted by: fd at May 10, 2025 06:53 AM (vFG9F)
He gave her lip and she gave him lipid.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 10, 2025 06:55 AM (QnmlO)
We buy soda in cans and bottles, pay 5 cent tax
Drink soda, throw can into recycle bin
Put recycle bin out for pickup
Gangsters come down the street and empty everyone's recycling bins the night before pickup
Gangsters collect 5 cent bounty per container
Recycling program goes bust
Profit!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:41 AM (RIvkX)
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And people used to complain about the 5 cents (10 cents in somewhere like Michigan, from what I heard?) per glass bottle as a deposit, in order to get people to bring back the empties.
That was all being phased out when I was a kid as things moved to aluminum cans and plastic bottles.
Even by then, nobody worried about the bottle deposit in the few places that still sold soda in glass bottles. I don’t think I ever returned one myself.
I still seem to recall that Coke tasted better coming out of glass, or maybe it’s because they weren’t using corn syrup as sweetener yet?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 10, 2025 06:56 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 10, 2025 06:56 AM (OzWW4)
He is their economic engine. Their money spigot. The cruel avarice of these people is boundless.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 10, 2025 06:56 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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"Sorry, we're short-staffed today, one of our staff apparently got in some trouble at her extended stay motel."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:56 AM (g7exq)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 10, 2025 06:57 AM (g7exq)
"Hooray, hooray for the 6th of May
Chicken fat canning begins today!"
Just an old Mad Magazine rhyme from 6+ decades ago I just remembered. Anniversaries, birthdays, due dates are sometimes a struggle, but this crap floats around in the head.
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Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 10, 2025 06:49 AM (u82oZ)
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
- Ben Franklin
He should have added the word “increasing” after the “and”.
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Fido Friday: Forever home
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Oooh, what a lucky man, he was
Simple solutions to real world problems
Joy
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 9, 2025
Truth
Darth Leo
That's not optimal
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 10, 2025
To-may-to, to-mah-to
Today's cartoon
Canada is gone
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 10, 2025
Breaking news
An organization named after ABRAHAM LINCOLN(!) unironically tweeted this
Skin in the game
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Obscure car
Guide to mushrooms
Genius
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 10, 2025
When she got home, she knocked him down
Word of the day
What am I supposed to do?
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2025 09:58 PM (51Cc3)
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Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 09, 2025 10:01 PM (SRRAx)
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Posted by: Some Rat at May 09, 2025 10:03 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: Ciampino - too real at May 09, 2025 09:58 PM (sPQoU)
1:05 usually comes after midnight, yes. But it would be considered morning after midnight.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 09, 2025 10:03 PM (0eaVi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:04 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2025 10:04 PM (R08QW)
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar - THIS Year in Corsicana - again at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (hOUT3)
Am I the only one who hates the expression "Rest in power"? It sounds smarmy, leftist and just the kind of thing an anti-religious hate bigot would say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
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New executive order has dropped: Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards
"Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets — promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486) — make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional. “Efficiency” standards render other American appliances like clothes washers and dishwashers less useful, more breakable, and more expensive to repair. The Federal Government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers’ lives worse."
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 10:06 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 10:06 PM (gkIzt)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:07 PM (dDmld)
Am I the only one who hates the expression "Rest in power"? It sounds smarmy, leftist and just the kind of thing an anti-religious hate bigot would say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
You are not. Other than "vote Democrat," it has to be among the stupidest phrases ever uttered.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 10:08 PM (gkIzt)
You really should stop by. I think I made enough for an army.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 10:09 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:10 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 10:09 PM (a4NoL)
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Be there in 10. Don't start eating.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:11 PM (dDmld)
The Jehle Saphier looks like it was built from Legos in some designer's manic phase.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:10 PM (QnmlO)
Why do you assume it wasn't?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 10:11 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Ciampino - too real at May 09, 2025 09:58 PM (sPQoU)
That 105 is in the Cafe thread
Posted by: Ciampino - previous thread at May 09, 2025 10:12 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: tcn in AK
When it comes to margaritas, I am a one man army.
You're just around the corner from me here in KC, right?
Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2025 10:12 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
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*clap*
*clap*
*clap*
*clap*
Deep in the heart of Texas!
Posted by: No One of Consequence at May 09, 2025 10:12 PM (OGOaV)
Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2025 10:12 PM (cPGH3)
Go north and then south to Anchorage, then head out the Glenn Highway north, turn southish at KGB and go about 17 1/2 miles. We're on the left.
If you get to the Tug Bar, you've gone a mile too far.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 10:13 PM (a4NoL)
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Posted by: Ciampino - previous thread, now here at May 09, 2025 10:13 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
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Could you put a mask on pleasethankyouverymuch!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Practical Solutions, Inc. at May 09, 2025 10:14 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Ciampino - previous thread, now here at May 09, 2025 10:14 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 10:14 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: MkY at May 09, 2025 10:12 PM (cPGH3)
Go north and then south to Anchorage, then head out the Glenn Highway north, turn southish at KGB and go about 17 1/2 miles. We're on the left.
If you get to the Tug Bar, you've gone a mile too far.
Posted by: tcn in AK
No mention of the Slawson Cutoff. . . .
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:14 PM (cYBz/)
Could you put a mask on pleasethankyouverymuch!
Posted by: San Franpsycho
________
Go piss up a rope.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:15 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 10:15 PM (6PUpl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
You are not. Other than "vote Democrat," it has to be among the stupidest phrases ever uttered.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 10:08 PM (gkIzt)
Yes, we must eschew obfuscation!
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 10:16 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 10:16 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: tcn in AK
If the Goose Bay Inn doesn't sell thousands of tee-shirts saying: "I got goosed at Goose Bay Inn" they are missing a monster revenue stream.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:16 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 10:17 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:14 PM (cYBz/)
Well, you could come by boat, up the Inside Passage, across the Gulf of Alaska, around the south end of the Kenai Peninsula, past Anchorage but not far into Knik Arm. We're on the left that way, too.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 10:17 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 10:18 PM (IDphi)
🐶Fido Friday - dog looks like my son's Kelpie. As many times as I see this kind of video, that little girl's joy brings dust to my ol' eyeballs.
😂The dancing with Joy just makes me happy.
😒 Tranny tombstone is just annoying.
🎞️I presume the Darth Leo 2nd pic is someone I would know if I was familiar with Start Warts?
🍄☠️Dad loved mushrooms. Grew them in our basement. Was also a pretty good amateur mycologist, but never trusted his judgment enough to trust any he found in the wild.
Posted by: mindful webworker - memes to live by at May 09, 2025 10:18 PM (b/vRQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:18 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: PaleRider
+++
Also speaking truth to power.
Also leaning in.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (Lo97M)
You got the usual 'death'. Most of the other bad effects listed are minor variations of "diarrhea" or 'severe diarrhea'.
But just one variety list the effects as
'Explosive evacuation of the bowels'.
Always wanted to find those and try them out on some unsuspecting asshole.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
I love you in the morning
I love you late at night
I love you in the evening
When the moon is shining bri-ight Oh
Skinnamarinky dinky dink
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (s8j++)
I place more faith in those who cultivate and market mushrooms than I do with any other food.
Second is the sushi chef at our local restaurant.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tcn in AK
No way. You can't get there from here.
Posted by: U.S. Americans Have No Maps at May 09, 2025 10:20 PM (G5+As)
Am I the only one who hates the expression "Rest in power"? It sounds smarmy, leftist and just the kind of thing an anti-religious hate bigot would say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
That's because it's smarmy, leftist, and something an anti-religious hate bigot would say. Apparently, only black people are allowed to use it, according to the speech fascists. Almost makes me want to use it for everything (REST IN POWER, KITTUH!! REST IN POWER, GUM DROPS!!), except I hate it too!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 10:20 PM (6PUpl)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
I'm thinking the family is pretty glad the tranny took the dirt nap.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 10:20 PM (A28Ag)
However, the modified planes would be prone to making unusual sounds.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 10:20 PM (Aqu9a)
I just want to thank everyone for sharing stories yesterday about inheritances and how people go insane.
It helped.
Thank you all!
Stateless
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 10:21 PM (jvJvP)
And whatever happened to that blonde waitress chick? She was kind of hot.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 10:21 PM (RWJYA)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:21 PM (dDmld)
Watching TOR-FLA in OT and a newsreel of a Rangers-Canadiens game from the 30s, which looks like beer-league play.
So, we're you to take hockey (or baseball) players from 100 years ago and give them modern equipment and playing venues and take modern players back 100 years and give them what was available back then, who adapts quicker?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:22 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:10 PM (QnmlO)
It looks like a lame attempt to build a GT on a VW platform.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 10:22 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2025 10:22 PM (cQ2n9)
Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: tcn in AK
Only if you'll stop by the PNW MoMe tomorrow.
I believe I have enough seafood for about 20 folks, I think like ten are showing!
Posted by: Some Rat at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (TfUTr)
Am I the only one who hates the expression "Rest in power"? It sounds smarmy, leftist and just the kind of thing an anti-religious hate bigot would say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seven
I have an aversion to "It is what it is."
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (jvJvP)
The Milton video is the sweetest thing I've seen in a long time.
I cried then showed it to my Husband and he cried.
He said it is beautiful.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (3ek7K)
But, nooooo - apparently some Hordelings were able to use Ace's Time Machine™ (which he totally doesn't have, swearsies, youze guyz) to comment at 9:58 pm this evening.
I demand a recount.
Or something.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: polynikes
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I don't consider myself stupid. But Admiral Ackbar has gotten me more than once.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 09, 2025 10:24 PM (Lo97M)
Given that even if you're correct, the prize is a mushroom, it's not worth it.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:24 PM (s8j++)
It's comforting to think that while the tranny's mortal remains will soon moulder into dust, his bolt-on hooters will survive to see the next millenium.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:21 PM (dDmld)
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In 1000 years they'll be dug up and they'll immediately know if it's a man or woman.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:25 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 10:25 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 10:26 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (jvJvP)
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That's what we say whenever a close business associate gets whacked.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:26 PM (RIvkX)
I bought 4 bottles.
Tough week. I'll try them latwr.
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 10:26 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 10:27 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 10:27 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
It only makes sense if your body is thrown into the furnace of a power plant, or you've become so radioactive you are a source of nuclear power.
If not, and you want to "Rest in Pwer", ask to be launched into the sun.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2025 10:28 PM (VNX3d)
For a man of his personal hygiene, he doesn't steal as much as you would think he would.
For a Recommendation: If you are thinking of giving this man a berth, make sure it is a wide one.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 10:28 PM (RWJYA)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (Dnobf)
I think Leaning In had something to do with teaching aspiring girlbosses how to combine the worst features of men and women.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (9Hese)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 10:27 PM (VofaG)
Got the bolt-ons, got the bottom surgery, got the sads when all the men he'd like to fuck him looked at him like he was a radioactive pile of shit.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 10:29 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:30 PM (KAi1n)
INTelligence is knowing every physical fact about the mushroom.
WISdom is know whether or not it will kill you if you eat it.
Posted by: pookysgirl lives in the House of Low Wisdom Scores at May 09, 2025 10:30 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 10:23 PM (IDphi)
How does the Constitution apply to people whose first act upon entering the country is breaking the law?
How hard is it to enter the country through a PoE, where you show a passport to a CBP official? At which point, if CBP approves your entry, the Constitution and its protections attach (for when you visit a foreign country, you are likewise subject to its laws)?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:30 PM (aTimx)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
This expression only gets said about people who have contributed nothing to society but misery and drama.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (wgbpW)
'Explosive evacuation of the bowels'.
Always wanted to find those and try them out on some unsuspecting asshole.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 10:19 PM (/lPRQ)
We could try it on the AINOs in Congress.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (VNX3d)
Am I the only one who hates the expression "Rest in power"? It sounds smarmy, leftist and just the kind of thing an anti-religious hate bigot would say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
No. To me it’s just dumb AF.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (aTimx)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Amy Coney Barrett! at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (xTIDn)
Born 5/6 after my Daughter's typical 40 minute labor, the Boy spent so little time in the birth canal that he wasn't quite caught up with the process when he popped out. Spent 2 days in the NICU, turning blue with lungs not cleared of amniotic fluid yet, and not latching or nursing at all for over 24 hours.
His body finally caught up with the fact that he really had been born, and now he's breathing fine with clear lungs and eating like a tiny horse.
Grandpa babysits him and his two older brothers, Jaxson (4) and Kacey (1.5) on Monday for 3 hours, expecting to spend much of that time keeping the Big Kids from smacking him because he's soaking up attention that properly belongs to them.
I can't wait!
Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2025 10:32 PM (/RHNq)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 10:32 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 10:26 PM (bP/i4)
My mother was actually a Nun in Cleaveland, Ohio for 14 years.
%
Never touched a Bible. They were always cleaning.
Even until last year Mom was talking to Nun friends. Fifty years later. But the nuns were pretty traumatized.
The convent was not the happiest of places.
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 10:32 PM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:32 PM (S+5p3)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 10:33 PM (AOsQT)
I have never actually heard that expression, but I agree with your analysis and seeing the age that the person died at, I can't help but wonder if they died by suicide because the fake transgenderism didn't solve their mental health problems. It's sad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:33 PM (DPzJO)
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Congrats. G-babies are the best.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (dDmld)
Nailed it in one.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: tcn in AK
No way. You can't get there from here.
Posted by: U.S. Americans Have No Maps at May 09, 2025 10:20 PM (G5+As)
It amazes me even now when I tell some people I drove to AK one year, I am occasionally asked “You can do that?”
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (aTimx)
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around how anyone thinks that an agreement among Americans about how our government is to function and deal with us has any bearing on how it treats foreigners.
Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Simon Legree at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (RWJYA)
An amazing number of leftists think Abe was a gay Democrat...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (t0Rmr)
Periodically some tranny posts on X that all of "her" male friends want to fuck "her", now that "she's" transitioned.
Yeah, right.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (KAi1n)
Well, FDR believed it allowed him to order the military to shoot at them.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:35 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:05 PM (QnmlO)
No. To me it’s just dumb AF.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (aTimx)
Every time I hear it, I think of the assertion that it's better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. Seems like it fits a particular mindset, anyway.
Posted by: Methos at May 09, 2025 10:35 PM (Dnobf)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:36 PM (S+5p3)
Yeah, right.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (xTIDn)
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If "she" really wants the guys to line up, tell "her" about prison.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:36 PM (dDmld)
WISdom is know whether or not it will kill you if you eat it.
Posted by: pookysgirl
Disagree. Both are INT. WIS is understanding it would be better to not FAFO.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:36 PM (KAi1n)
At the height of trannymania there were trannies arguing that straight guys not wanting to have sex with them...sorry date them...was illegal discrimination.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:36 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:36 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:37 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 10:31 PM (NztoB)
If you look up "stunned C*nt" in the dictionary, you will find her picture. And the worst thing? The news conference was purportedly about the state of the investigation into the disappearance of two (white) children. And the awesome news they had to reveal? No progress on the case.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 10:37 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 10:38 PM (D7oie)
The deceased went full tranny a couple of years before killing himself. The father said he was ok with the silly tranny bag being put on the tombstone but said he wasn't near it and didn't have anything to do with it.
So...I'm guessing he didn't pay for the actual tombstone...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:39 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Probably paid extra for that service while above ground.
Don't give it a freebie.
Posted by: Some Rat at May 09, 2025 10:39 PM (TfUTr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:39 PM (DPzJO)
Our elites don't find it funny...but they also don't seem very concerned about finding missing children either do they?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:40 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 10:40 PM (bP/i4)
I watched the new Donut Operator video earlier today where a female cop saw herself in a mirror and started shooting at the mirror. I guess it made her look fat or something. Point being, I see a cop of the non-penile variety my expectations are already rock bottom.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 10:40 PM (NztoB)
Posted by: Simon Legree
Unless as punishment for a crime for which the person was duly convicted, no. The 13th is essentially phrased as "slavery shall not exist". Slavery was a vile, even if somewhat universal concept over the millennia, and those who participated in it here put a curse on this land we are still dealing with.
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:40 PM (KAi1n)
SIGH
I have to curtail my doomscrolling for the night: brain MRI in the morning, Very Very A.M.
Spare a thought or a prayer for me? not least that I can get some sleep tonight. Y'all are the best.
Posted by: Beverly at May 09, 2025 10:41 PM (Epeb0)
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2025 10:42 PM (41CYW)
Yep. And anyone assisting them in their invasion, including and especially officeholders, are guilty of treason
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:42 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: GWB at May 09, 2025 10:42 PM (HnHlg)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 10:43 PM (AOsQT)
SIGH
I have to curtail my doomscrolling for the night: brain MRI in the morning, Very Very A.M.
Spare a thought or a prayer for me? not least that I can get some sleep tonight. Y'all are the best.
Posted by: Beverly at May 09, 2025 10:41 PM (Epeb0)
Prayers up.
If you're even a little claustrophobic, ask for something to keep you calm. It does make a difference.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2025 10:44 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:44 PM (S+5p3)
Mazel tov!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:37 PM (RIvkX)
Wait. Is there another new Pope?
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 10:45 PM (Aqu9a)
Because tea time in Old Blighty is inviolable.
Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 10:45 PM (cOamX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Devolved a long way since Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.
Posted by: Death Spiral at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (DPzJO)
Texas state House just passed a bill banning political memes with fines & up to 1 year in jail.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (AOsQT)
Just think of all the diversity Britain would be missing out on if they didn't import millions of immigrants
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:47 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (KAi1n)
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As See on TV
She sprays the grapes and the dirt comes right off!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 10:47 PM (RIvkX)
Devolved a long way since Sgt. Preston of the Yukon.
Posted by: Death Spiral at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (G5+As)
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Or even Dudley Do-Right.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:47 PM (QnmlO)
And what on earth makes them think the Lenape didn't conquer the land from a preceding tribe?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:48 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:49 PM (DPzJO)
We will miss you tomorrow in Yakima.
Give the newest little one a sniff for me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 10:49 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Death Spiral at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (G5+As)
The "Indians" in Nova Scotia are Micmac, who don't resemble other tribes of Indians at all. They look Iberian to me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 10:49 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:49 PM (QnmlO)
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tonight is Nuevo De Mayo at chez tcn
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So, it's the night of mayonnaise, and there's cheese.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 10:50 PM (GVQFY)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 10:51 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:48 PM (t0Rmr)
EXACTLY why such nonsense is stupid. I challenge these clowns to name a part of the inhabited world that has NOT been conquered by someone else in the past.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:52 PM (aTimx)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (DPzJO)
Ask them to show you the original deed of the Lanape indians. Oh, ask them to show you a map of their towns, roads, and a copy of their written language.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 10:52 PM (5xuJ/)
Of course the tribes did, but the point was to feel very good about their progressive inclusivity.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:52 PM (DPzJO)
Peace be with you. MRIs are scary, but essential diagnostic tools. There is nothing positive you can do by worrying or catastrophizing.
Give your worries to God. He wants you to. And sleep well, sweet lady.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 10:52 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: polynikes
Because, even though they think of themselves as caring individuals, they're actually too self absorbed to realize that there might be other ways of looking at things, than their own.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 10:53 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:53 PM (t0Rmr)
Texas state House just passed a bill banning political memes with fines & up to 1 year in jail.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 10:46 PM (AOsQT)
Authored by the Drinker of the House. Dade Phelan should have his email inbox saturated with memes.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:53 PM (aTimx)
Posted by: Beverly at May 09, 2025 10:41 PM (Epeb0)
My best wishes for a good outcome..
Posted by: Javems at May 09, 2025 10:54 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
These Boys are maniacs, and every minute I spend with them is the best minute of my life.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (qSBqO)
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (gKDq2)
Hold accountable.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 10:48 PM (t0Rmr)
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Historians knows the Lenape had to liquidate the Lagniappe to get that land.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:56 PM (dDmld)
Does the Universe SPIN once every 500 billion years?!
Dr Becky
https://youtu.be/ZuHqVqwssYQ
Sometimes I actually get some of what she's talking about. Sometimes. Somewhat.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what, me yootoob? at May 09, 2025 10:56 PM (b/vRQ)
These Boys are maniacs, and every minute I spend with them is the best minute of my life.
Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2025 10:55 PM (qSBqO)
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All the fun, none of the responsibilities.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 10:56 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (KAi1n)
I use Fit produce rinse. There's some other stuff (I don't recall the name) that leaves a weird greasy, soapy residue. I like Fit much better.
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 10:57 PM (Sf2cq)
Is the Left saying that being illegal is a criminal act and thus habeas Corpus is required to determine if that charge is accurate?
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 10:57 PM (VofaG)
Another Judge-King has illegally amended the Constitution.
This time, finding that the Chief Executive can only tinker around the edges staffing the Executive Branch:
Minor staffing level changes only.
That, should the Chief Executive wish to fully run the Executive Branch as he sees fit, he must 1) seek approval from Congress and 2) the plan must be confirmed by a Judge-King.
Further, employee unions, non-profits, state and local governments must also be consulted first.
Naturally, the taxpayer, the voter, the citizen--who expressed their wishes via the election of the President--must be ignored.
Trump, if he does not abide by and respect this illegal Amendment, will foment a Constitutional Crisis.
Not the illegal order of a self-proclaimed Judge-King.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 10:58 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 11:00 PM (DPzJO)
Do you eat it or launch a rocket with it?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 11:01 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Beverly at May 09, 2025 10:41 PM (Epeb0)
fervent prayers, Beverly. Lord bless.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 11:01 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Dark Litigator
Run it by RFK jr. to see if it is safe.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 11:02 PM (0Htd1)
We will miss you tomorrow in Yakima.
Give the newest little one a sniff for me.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Thank you, nurse. Will do.
I'll miss all of you, too. Have fun!
Posted by: Sharkman at May 09, 2025 11:02 PM (qSBqO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 11:03 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 11:04 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: discombbbulated Miklos at May 09, 2025 11:05 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I don't even know what that means. It makes no sense
I think the best gravestone epitaph would be
See You Soon
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:06 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 11:06 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 11:07 PM (0aYVJ)
See You Soon
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:06 PM (rT96s)
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Mine will have an Indian land acknowledgment.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
96
I have never actually heard that expression, but I agree with your analysis and seeing the age that the person died at, I can't help but wonder if they died by suicide because the fake transgenderism didn't solve their mental health problems. It's sad.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 10:33 PM
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It's true. This man had no dick.
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venckmann at May 09, 2025 11:07 PM (GVQFY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 11:08 PM (rsgLv)
Posted by: Ian S.
On tv cop shows the female cops outrun the male cops and can throw down a perp like it's nothing. But on the reality cop shows the female cops who try to throw down a perp almost always get tossed around like ragdolls.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 11:08 PM (0Htd1)
My mother sent me something called "Clean Boss", a fruit and veggie wash made with water, citric acid, sodium citrate, salt, decyl glucoside, glycerin, and K sorbate. Anyone heard of it or other washes?
Posted by: Dark Litigator
I see the ads on TV for it. The blonde lady who advertises it invented it.
https://www.joymangano.com
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 11:08 PM (63Dwl)
__________________________
I know someone like this. These are the people who have been to the E/R so many times they know him by his first name.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 11:08 PM (dIske)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:09 PM (rT96s)
Houthis are zero for 2,000 on F-18s, but we got one! USS Gettysburg - which tried for two, but one evaded.
In any case, given the scale and tempo of operations, my impression is that this operation was very impressive in terms of safety. One loss to friendly fire eff-up, one to landing equipment failure - out of the hundreds/thousands? of sorties, in a combat zone. Not bad at all.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:10 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Dark Litigator
I see the ads on TV for it. The blonde lady who advertises it invented it.
https://www.joymangano.com
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 11:08 PM (63Dwl)
The power of pumice compels you!
Posted by: Lava Soap at May 09, 2025 11:12 PM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 10:34 PM (KAi1n
I just visited the Clean Boss website. Seems like a nice product, but there were a couple of things that seem inaccurate to me. First, it says Veggie Wash is tasteless and odorless, but that's the brand I don't use because it leaves an oily, soapy residue that tastes bad. Fit rinses clean. Secondly, they feature a photo of blueberries implying that the natural whiteish bloom is a harmful residue or wax or pesticide when it is actually naturally-occurring and a sign of freshness. The bloom does not need to be washed off.
How am I supposed to have confidence in their claims of quality and efficacy when they make these inaccurate statements?
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 11:13 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Cicero
The best land acknowledgment?
My people kicked your people off this land, now stay out!
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:14 PM (rT96s)
"An F-18 fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea on Tuesday after tipping off the flight deck of the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier, in the second such incident in about a week, two U.S. officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The officials said the jet failed to come to a proper halt after landing on the carrier. Both members of the crew ejected before the jet plunged into the water and were recovered by a rescue helicopter, one of the officials said."
Previously, one rolled off the hangar deck, taking its tractor with it.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 11:17 PM (RWJYA)
"Here lies John 'Masterbating Pete' Doe."
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:18 PM (cYBz/)
I do miss the haiku , top ten list, x is so y that… , etc threads.
Now it’s just puns . And puns about puns. A fuck ton of puns. Puns piled on top of puns .
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:18 PM (VofaG)
Fucking legend.
Buddy and I chipped in to buy their debut album. had to be mailed to the store. The clerk lady glowered, but took our money.
Fist concert I ever saw was Maiden in Phoenix in 1987.
UP THE IRONS!!!
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 11:18 PM (0aYVJ)
Now they are warning about gas station heroin.
I've still got my eye on that shriveled, split, leathery hot dog on the roller. No one's claimed it for a couple weeks now.
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 11:19 PM (144I4)
Mr Reagan builds a pretty good case, but I'm far from as hopeful as he tries to be
Is the New Pope MAGA? (19:0
https://youtu.be/Bg6Np0vx0h4
And I think I caught him at one instance calling the new pope "Louie the 14th." Heh.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Leo Leo oooh baby now we gotta go at May 09, 2025 11:19 PM (b/vRQ)
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Both members of the crew may have to fill out some paperwork.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 11:19 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Miklos is often Dissapoint at May 09, 2025 11:19 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Corporate America sucks at May 09, 2025 11:20 PM (TbWk/)
Otherwise. If I’m cooking, not much of a worry.
I got my Hep A vaccination a long time ago.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 11:20 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2025 11:22 PM (wgbpW)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 11:22 PM (AOsQT)
"The theater stinks of blood."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:23 PM (sMW+k)
Of course as judged by idiotic Beltway "journalists", or vast numbers of illiterates who get their "understanding" from novels or TV, this result fails the Perfection Expectation.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:23 PM (1m82a)
I totally read that as "I got Hep A on vacation a long time ago." Glad to know I was mistaken.
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2025 11:23 PM (t0MFc)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 11:25 PM (U7Gpi)
Glad the crew survived.
Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 11:26 PM (IDphi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 11:26 PM (42Vb+)
These are actually about me, not the CoBs.
All these quotes are from my last AoS COB review.
I understood them as the Executive Summary to Ace from the Consultants
Posted by: Miklos, Kinsey and Company at May 09, 2025 11:26 PM (t6ibK)
Think the number is 4K+ now.
There was another recent incident where a pilot ejected safely (very late) - of course can't recall where. Some small country/air force. Assume those F-18 seats are "zero-zero", meaning they can be effectively used on the deck, and no forward motion.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:27 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Miklos of few words at May 09, 2025 11:27 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 11:26 PM (42Vb+)
Angie Dickinsen, 'Police Woman', 1974-1978.
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
Its set in the 80s and they have a speech by Reagan early on. I read the director included it because he wanted to contrast Reagan's ideas of foreign enemies with evil in small town America.
And...[Spoilers] the vampire in the movie does come from outside to ravage the town and she succeeds preciously because the police don't have the tools to stop her. The director actually made a movie that makes Reagan's point.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:29 PM (t0Rmr)
I was forgetting that. I didn't watch it regularly.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 11:30 PM (42Vb+)
https://youtu.be/Ukdqxl4srwA
Looked like they had a beautiful Spring day, as opposed to last year.
https://youtu.be/Ukdqxl4srwA
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 11:30 PM (RWJYA)
The Democrats aren't just allowing the cartels to bring in criminals.
The Democrats are the political wing of the cartels. And the criminals are their foot soldiers.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:30 PM (t0Rmr)
Why not? Somebody's gotta drive.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 11:31 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:01 PM (dDmld)
Big fishing magnet, powered straight from the reactors.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:31 PM (W5ArC)
See You Soon
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:06 PM (rT96s)
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Spike Milligan stipulated that his epitaph should read, "I told you I was ill.". They inscribed that, but in Irish.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 11:31 PM (hB3+Q)
https://youtu.be/Ukdqxl4srwA
Heh, I immediately recognized the Command and Conquer music...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:31 PM (t0Rmr)
I have never seen any shows about policewomen. Sometimes it's a real advantage not having a TV that gets " normal" stations
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
You never saw Police Woman?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071034
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: RickZ
What was the show with Rock Hudson, and his purported wife drove a cool 30's MG convertible in San Fran?
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (t6ibK)
It was a remake of the Swedish movie Let the Right One In.
Any attempt by the director in Let Me In to make a political statement went over my head.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:33 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (t6ibK)
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Roots?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 11:34 PM (dDmld)
See You Soon
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 11:06 PM (rT96s)
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Spike Milligan stipulated that his epitaph should read, "I told you I was ill.". They inscribed that, but in Irish.
Posted by: Captain Obvious,
"I'd rather be in Philadelphia"
Posted by: Epitaph of W. C. Miklos-Fields at May 09, 2025 11:34 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory
McMillian and Wife
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (cYBz/)
"Here lies John 'Masterbating Pete' Doe."
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:18 PM (cYBz/)
Miklos's stone would dwarf the Washington Monument...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (zTf8W)
Memory not helping but I think we helped the Paks with their PALs (think complex safeties, for nukes). But can't they come up with their own bureaucratic terminology? National Command Authority (NCA) is what we have long used to describe national military command elements (civilians).
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (1m82a)
Oh, none?
So you're basically "acknowledging" that you're a deadbeat tenant?
Okay. Carry on.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (t6ibK)
McMillan and Wife?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (/y8xj)
Yes you can. My brother asked me about it one time. He had been to every state except Alaska. He thought the only way to get there was to fly or by.ship. I showed him on a map how he could drive there through Canada to a town across the border named Hyder, Alaska. Well, he went, took his family and they took lots of pictures of themselves in Alaska. He said it was one of the best trips they ever took.
Posted by: Case at May 09, 2025 11:36 PM (OrSPY)
Posted by: Young Miklos was young at the time at May 09, 2025 11:36 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
Cagney and Lacey was another.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:37 PM (W5ArC)
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I was at the gun range a few years ago and there was a female officer who was just leaving and she was an absolute dime. I was thinking damn arrest me now, be rough, just not hospital rough. I just smiled at her and minded by business. She knew she was hot.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2025 11:37 PM (wgbpW)
Spin relative to what?
Posted by: Oddbob
The Earth
-- Aristotle and Ptolemy
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:37 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Miklos Kunta Kinte, lying like Alex Nikki-Haley at May 09, 2025 11:38 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Case at May 09, 2025 11:36 PM (OrSPY)
I don't think you can get from Hyder to any other part of Alaska by road. Usual route is by way of the AlCan highway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:38 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: Bingos to Pongo at May 09, 2025 11:39 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Epitaph of W. C. Miklos-Fields at May 09, 2025 11:34 PM (t6ibK)
"All things considered . . . I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
Not a great tourism ad for Philly.
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 11:40 PM (gKDq2)
Hell, you can drive all the way to the Arctic Ocean on the Dalton Highway (aka the North Slope Haul Road).
Best have plenty of spare everything and supplies if you're headed up that road, though. What Alaska calls a "highway" often bears little resemblance to what a highway would be in the Lower 48. It's essentially all gravel.
The fam came up in the early '80s, back when the Alaska Highway was still a thousand mile gravel road. That was a fun trip.
Nowadays the Alcan is all paved.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:40 PM (W5ArC)
Putin's speech had annoying background chatter which was Xi's translator, and I think Abbas' as well. Gotta fix that next year. Also, the public address narration of events included constant references to the SVO (special military operation = festivities in Ukraine), many more than previous years as I recall.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:40 PM (1m82a)
https://www.youtube.com/live/JWjmhcHICSo
That Russian "ooo-rah" war cry will raise your hackles for sure.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 11:41 PM (RWJYA)
Yemen's Houthis (Ansarallah) have fired another ballistic missile directly on Israel - and this time it was reportedly intercepted.
Friday's inbound missile was intercepted not by a US-supplied system, but by Israel’s Arrow long-range air defense system.
Israeli media is currently highlighting the failure of the American THAAD system, which missed the intercept.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 11:42 PM (63Dwl)
Rock Hudson and Susan Saint James had probably the best on-screen chemistry of any TV couple.
I always wondered, when she was kissing him on screen, if she knew what the mouth of his had been doing the night before.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2025 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (2h2Wy)
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (t6ibK)
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Roots?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 11:34 PM (dDmld)
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That gave me a chuckle
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (wgbpW)
Spin relative to what?
Posted by: Oddbob
The Earth
-- Aristotle and Ptolemy
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:37 PM (cYBz/)
Recent microwave mapping of the universe arguably points to the earth being the center of the universe.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:38 PM (A28Ag)
That's right, you can't.
I think the ferry used to stop there but it doesn't any more.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:44 PM (1m82a)
In the Burning Times, such will be the Words of Recognition. Also Barney Fife's girlfriends.
No hesitation if challenged.
Anything Matlock are enemies
Use bayonet
Posted by: Sgt. Miklos Hulka at May 09, 2025 11:44 PM (t6ibK)
Any attempt by the director in Let Me In to make a political statement went over my head.
It was a more subtle thing, not "Reagan = Bad" but he was attempting to argue the idea of foreign enemies was too simplistic. But...vampire from out of town qualifies as foreign you know...
I saw that in the original Swedish movie the female vampire was actually supposed to be a gelded boy that everyone just assumes is a girl but was played by an actress. I can't imagine how that would be handle now with all the tranny stuff.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:44 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 11:45 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 11:45 PM (2h2Wy)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2025 11:42 PM (w6EFb)
A waste on a guy who didn't even enjoy it.
She was a real honey.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:45 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 11:45 PM (AOsQT)
There were mounted honor guards at the Kremlin gate where the visiting foreign VIPs entered.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:46 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (VofaG)
Pshaw!
Posted by: Meghan Markle - The Real Center of the Universe at May 09, 2025 11:47 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (VofaG)
The earth is very near the center of the universe. The giant turtle which carries the earth upon his back would need something to stand on, right?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 11:47 PM (RWJYA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (VofaG)
If the universe is infinite, then every point within it is the center.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: polynikes
Here lies Joe Biden
Lying to the end
Did he tell the truth about his underwear?
Depends
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (144I4)
There were mounted honor guards at the Kremlin gate where the visiting foreign VIPs entered.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:46 PM (1m82a)
Putin, mounted on a giant bear, would be very cool.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (A28Ag)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:48 PM (A28Ag)
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War bear cavalry of Kislev FTW!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 11:50 PM (hB3+Q)
And Nancy Walker, Rhoda's mother, played their housekeeper, who had good chemistry, well anti-chemistry you might say with Rock's McMillian character.
Sort of a lovable annoyance. She'd piss him off, but yet, he adored her.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2025 11:51 PM (w6EFb)
Trump says A man a plan Pamama
And the big , beautiful AlCan Highway
That much I can tell you
Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at May 09, 2025 11:52 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 11:43 PM (2h2Wy)
Friend of mine worked on that show. Says Tyne Daley was a peach. The other one, not so much..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 11:53 PM (zTf8W)
Sort of a lovable annoyance. She'd piss him off, but yet, he adored her.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 09, 2025 11:51 PM (w6EFb)
Rosie the Robot and George.
No, not that way! Get yer minds outta the gutter.
Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 11:54 PM (gKDq2)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:54 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Fourth Stooge at May 09, 2025 11:54 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 11:54 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:54 PM (t0Rmr)
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I've battled Archaon. Joe's more of a squig herd.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 11:55 PM (hB3+Q)
"So, if Trump is riding on a T-Rex, and he got in a fight with Putin riding shirtless on a giant bear, which one would win?"
(Wanders off to look for the Doritos.)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 11:55 PM (RWJYA)
Revolutions have been started for less.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 11:56 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
So
One learns so much here
Posted by: Miklos aspires to be a Loveable Annoyance, or maybe Aunt Bea (nah) at May 09, 2025 11:56 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:56 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Cross-eyed Miklos at May 09, 2025 11:57 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 11:58 PM (AOsQT)
BONUS Zeducation | TNTL 211 (13:37)
https://youtu.be/0UTL_F6rH3U
Could be half as long if they cut out the Zed parts. 😁
Saving Casual Geographic, History Guy, and Rick Beato for tomorrow. But there's this other series we've been binge-watching…
https://youtu.be/KeKGPhcSPHk
G'nite, y'all. Tomorrow morning comes fast.
Posted by: mindful webworker - feel a whole lot better when I'm gone? at May 09, 2025 11:58 PM (b/vRQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 11:56 PM (W5ArC)
Benson and the rest of the cast...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 11:58 PM (zTf8W)
--
It was originally a really creepy book, like old-school Stephen King when he could still write
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 10, 2025 12:00 AM (rT96s)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 12:00 AM (cOamX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Weezy held the purse strings.
Lil' sis and I used to dance in front of the TV to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-OnRQ4P0VY
Posted by: Movin' on up Miklos at May 10, 2025 12:00 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 10, 2025 12:01 AM (zS4/f)
Posted by: polynikes at May 10, 2025 12:02 AM (VofaG)
The CMB background supports a preferred direction in the universe, not that we're at the center. IOW, breaking isotropy, that all directions look the same.
They call this the Axis of Evil, and argue about it, is it a real effect, or just some sort of local effect skewing the results.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: 13times
Now is about when the Moscow packed snow melts, and they recover the many winter "gone missings".
Posted by: Miklosov Miklosevich, Ancient Slavonaut Theorist at May 10, 2025 12:04 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Miklos "Judit" Polgar at May 10, 2025 12:05 AM (t6ibK)
I am curious where authority of mere district judges to micro-mange El Presidente comes from. Sure isn't in the Constitution aaaaand I don't see it in the Legislature's powers for them to delegate to literally thousands of lowest tier judges.
This edict goes even further - blocking dozens of actions or more that have almost nothing to do with pretty much anything.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2025 12:06 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 12:00 AM (cOamX)
I don't know. That's be a tough race to bet on. Bears or drunk Russians?
I also guess we'd get an answer to either question of how many men does it take to kill a bear by hand or, how many men can a bear kill before he gets bored?
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 12:06 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: 1967-75 at May 10, 2025 12:06 AM (G5+As)
I told my husband that our next dogs were going to be two female Golden Retrievers whose AKC registered names would be Skippy and Daphne, The Fun Girls From Mt. Pilot.
Posted by: moki at May 10, 2025 12:06 AM (wLjpr)
Posted by: polynikes
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Rook
Posted by: Miklos "Judit" Polgar at May 10, 2025 12:05 AM (t6ibK)
Pawn.
Posted by: Mongo at May 10, 2025 12:07 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: polynikes
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Rook
Posted by: Miklos "Judit" Polgar at May 10, 2025 12:05 AM (t6ibK)
Pawn.
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Queen! What do I win?
Posted by: Mongo at May 10, 2025 12:07 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 10, 2025 12:08 AM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Mikleuse, hors de repartee at May 10, 2025 12:09 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Mongo at May 10, 2025 12:07 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird
A lovely Parting Gift.
Posted by: the Lovely Carol Merrill at May 10, 2025 12:11 AM (t6ibK)
His character became so popular that they spun off a show that had a pretty run of its own..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2025 12:15 AM (zTf8W)
Posted by: streng geheim at May 10, 2025 12:16 AM (t6ibK)
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At some point, Trump is going to have to say "No".
I don't think the short fingered Orange vulgarian has it in him.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 10, 2025 12:11 AM (O3vFu)
I tend to agree with you. Trump really doesn't want a war with the Courts (but the courts seem to want a war with him). Should he have the stones to defy such a ridiculous judicial decree, I would hope he would book prime-time tv minutes to speak about why he is doing what he is doing. Have the Constitution explained, with large imaqes of text as needed. Have the whole thing laid out. Throw the gauntlet down at Roberts' feet.
When the courts micromanage our government, there can never be any "We the People."
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 12:17 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 10, 2025 12:19 AM (hB3+Q)
>>This edict goes even further - blocking dozens of actions or more that have almost nothing to do with pretty much anything.
Doesn't there at least have to be a suite brought in order for the judge to act?
Looks like the judge just said, nope, not so fast slick.
At the end of the day, it's the judiciary that is causing a constitutional crisis.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 10, 2025 12:19 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 10, 2025 12:22 AM (hB3+Q)
What was the show with Rock Hudson, and his purported wife drove a cool 30's MG convertible in San Fran?
Posted by: Miklos admits declining TV show memory at May 09, 2025 11:32 PM (t6ibK)
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"The Adventures of Fudge Johnson."
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venckmann at May 10, 2025 12:24 AM (GVQFY)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2025 12:28 AM (/lPRQ)
When the courts micromanage our government, there can never be any "We the People."
Posted by: RickZ
Roberts is the one forcing the Constitutional crisis. Roberts has now publicly repudiated Trump at least twice. It was Roberts who put the corrupt Judge Boasberg on the FISA court, and Boasberg happily overlooked the FBI's criminal actions in falsifying evidence against Trump administration officials.
It is also John Roberts who felt it necessary to fly all the way to the Czech Republic and spend a week in a secure diplomatic compound privately discussing "legal strategy" with the Trump-hating Lawfare architect Norm Eisen.
What were Roberts and Eisen discussing, and why did they need such secrecy? Was this an illegal ex parte communication?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:30 AM (X+xvk)
Trump is doing what he is Consitutionally allowed to do as The Executive. The Courts are getting way out of their 'balls and strikes' co-equal branch of government lane. Roberts knows this but he is a coward, and that was proven with 404Care's 'it's a TAX!' wimpout. Therein lies the 'Constitutional crisis', a very weak and/or compromised Chief Justice Roberts.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 12:34 AM (gKDq2)
We've emptied many a bottle trying to figure out why our governments want us to fight.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 10, 2025 12:18 AM (O3vFu)
I prefer Russians. They’re sharp, logical, funny.
Chinese bore me. They’ve learned too much of our DEI bullshit speak. “From my perspective, as minority engineer…”
I have no desire to fight either, though. Just get the hell out my country and let’s chat over Slack if we need to. Let’s all try make our own spheres of influence good places to live and stop being so intertwined.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 12:34 AM (l3YAf)
What direction is this possible Axis of Evil in the universe? Get your start chart and look at constellation dubbed Coma Berenices (Bernice's hair, I call it). There's a star there, which is, among other names is called Polaris Galactus Borealis, which is Latin for Pole, Galaxy, North.
That's the direction of the Milky Way's north pole, perpendicular to the galactic plane. And that's where the possible axis of Evil is, meaning the Milky Way's disc spin axis is aligned with it.
Now, some large survey of galactic spin axes seems to indicate a non-random distribution aligned with that direction. They've wondered if that's some artifact, some error in measurement, but it seems to persist.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 12:36 AM (w6EFb)
289 Barbara Anderson and Elizabeth Baur were comely policewoman in Robert T. Ironside's employ.
Posted by: 1967-75 at May 10, 2025 12:06 AM
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"Fudgewagon."
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venckmann at May 10, 2025 12:36 AM (GVQFY)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:30 AM (X+xvk)
They’re crooks, man. There’s no other explanation.
You think there’s a coincidence to the most powerful man in America having a cozy relationship with Trump’s biggest lawfare for?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 12:38 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:30 AM (X+xvk)
Great questions that should be asked by multiple news outlets camped out on Roberts' front lawn. We treat the Judiciary like some exalted priesthood instead of a coequal branch of government, and it's well past time for that to end.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 10, 2025 12:39 AM (zTf8W)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:39 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: polynikes at May 10, 2025 12:40 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 12:41 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 12:41 AM (0nHVk)
Well, I am OK. Got some good shit done today. Now I am tired, and need to go to bed. Early day tomorrow, too. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 10, 2025 12:42 AM (t1XLA)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 10, 2025 12:43 AM (Uzn0I)
Posted by: Miklos under low clouds at May 10, 2025 12:45 AM (t6ibK)
We’re in a fight for our country, man. Will anti-white gay communism win?
Do I think Trump has a master plan where everything is falling into place, just so? Unfortunately, no.
I think Trump’s plan is “Be President on May 10th and FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT” We don’t know how this will play out.
Trump is fighting for us. I’m not going to backbite him. He’s gotten a hell of a lot further than anyone else ever has.
Hopefully when the time is right, things will play out to our advantage. I don’t know. There are a lot of variables.
Civil wars are notoriously messy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 12:46 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
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Dude. When I had finally divorced a-hole XH (who had a DUI, so you know $R22) and called my agent, to get him taken off the policy-- and you know what?
Freaking premium went UP!!! I was p!ssed! WTH, I asked agent? I had ZERO tickets!
"Oh, *now* you're a single woman under blahblah years old."
Bulllshit. I changed companies & got it halved. But then, that was over 29years ago.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 12:47 AM (rdVOm)
You think there’s a coincidence to the most powerful man in America having a cozy relationship with Trump’s biggest lawfare for?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
I think the legal collusion goes much deeper. When you take a closer look at John Roberts, you find not just Norm Eisen, but James Boasberg, Mary McCord, Beryl Howell, and on and on and on.
Not one legal centrist or conservative among them. All close Roberts buddies. I wouldn't be surprised if Roberts moved to Connecticut to open a B&B with Cass Sunstein.
Remember the "Journ-O-List?" We have the same degree of collusion going on with our judiciary.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:47 AM (X+xvk)
SW Oz may get some Cosmos on them.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2025 12:48 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Miklos notes that Mojotos are 3-4-1 for the Ladies at May 10, 2025 12:49 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 12:50 AM (rdVOm)
Which is your opinion.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson
Which makes you an asshole
TXT me bae
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard Expert at May 10, 2025 12:51 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 12:51 AM (cOamX)
315 I feel great sympathy for both the Russian and Chinese peoples. The suffering they have both endured is almost unspeakable.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:39 AM (X+xvk)
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Yes.
But working with many mainland Chinese over the years, has made me somewhat less sympathetic to them than I would otherwise be.
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venckmann at May 10, 2025 12:51 AM (OA/Kt)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Which gives some insight into why Roberts is so insistent that there are no politics in the judiciary - like all leftist totalitarian scum, projection is all they know, and everything is about politics for them, so nothing is.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 10, 2025 12:53 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Genial late Nite Miklos at May 10, 2025 12:53 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Joe Kidd
We still labor under the yoke of the KneePad Press, happily on their knees every day, servicing the Democrat Party agenda. They're Monica Lewinsky with microphones.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 12:53 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 12:54 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Genial late Nite Miklos
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*muah!*
You're so sweet, Miklos. Pour one for yourself and join us!
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 12:56 AM (rdVOm)
I wasn’t shrieking, man. Meds, dude.
Yeah, it may be a losing hand. Oh well. Gotta fight with what we got.
Sure as hell ain’t joining the other side. So this is it.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 12:57 AM (l3YAf)
“I hate newspapermen,” Sherman raged, “They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are.”
'If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.'
Posted by: General William Sherman at May 10, 2025 12:57 AM (6PUpl)
I'm coming to terms with it all, slowly. Ugh.
Thanks for asking.
How are YOU?
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 12:58 AM (rdVOm)
That’s good to hear. I’m sorry this is happening, JQ. I’ve been praying for you. You seem pretty cool.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 12:59 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
We are call this "mopeds*
(tall shot glass, tequila or rum, Sprite or Mexican Squirt if in Mexico)
*napkin over top, twist and shout*
Now for drink NOW
Posted by: Genial late Nite Miklos, trained by Mayans at May 10, 2025 01:00 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Scoggbot is shrieking at May 10, 2025 01:00 AM (6PUpl)
Posted by: Lee Majors, feeling like a million bucks or six at May 10, 2025 01:00 AM (w6EFb)
Miklos? I'd like to buy the FDA Director a beverage of choice... Please prepare one. Thank you.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: General William Sherman
Truth. Whores have far more honor than anyone in our national media.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:05 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ
Well
This is the first time in my life to be ever called "sweet".
Will not help with my Crabby Old Guy Professional certification.
Posted by: Mikos has a random pitcher of Long Island Ice Tea over here at May 10, 2025 01:06 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:03 AM (rdVOm)
Old Fashioned. Light on the syrup. Bartender’s choice.
Thank you kindly.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 01:07 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: JQ
One Russian Quaalude coming right up
Posted by: Miklos recalls the Drinks of the 80s at May 10, 2025 01:07 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Mikos has a random pitcher of Long Island Ice Tea over here
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Oooops! Well now, I wouldn't want to tarnish your hard-earned reputation... We can pretend I never said what I said, LOL!
*holds out empty glass*
But I'd love to sample some o' that LI iced tea, if you please?
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:09 AM (rdVOm)
Nobody else in the world has that.
***
Agreed. We’re crazy good at exploring. We can blaze trails like nobody else. Probably that whole frontier thing.
Hopefully we can get back to being a decent nation again.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 01:10 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venckmann
Why?
Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:10 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ
One Russian Quaalude coming right up
Posted by: Miklos recalls the Drinks of the 80s
A "Russian Quaalude." Now that sounds like a surgical-grade drink. Now I'm all thirsty...
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:12 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 01:17 AM (0nHVk)
Oh, that reminds me: I need to check for Russian Standard watka next trip to likker sto. Never tried it, but would like to do so.
Are they(TM) still all p!ssy about russiarussiarussia imported booze?
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Whole thing been sitting here a while
*adds ice*
This pitcher has your name on it
In lipstick, maybe Debbie did that
Posted by: Miklos guffaws genially like Marine Pilot Ed McMahon at May 10, 2025 01:20 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 10, 2025 01:20 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:20 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
Stolichnaya has not been made in Russia for long years.
If I can buy, so can Tovarishckina
Posted by: Miklosov who guffaws at May 10, 2025 01:23 AM (t6ibK)
youtube.com/watch?v=waxFYn5LNOU
Posted by: JQ
Santana played just last week at Winstar Resort in Oklahoma, I believe.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:25 AM (X+xvk)
Look up the "Death Probe" Six Million Dollar man episodes. That was entertainment to my 10 yr old self.
An indestructible Russian Venus probe crashed in the US, and thinks its on Venus. Steve Austin has to stop its rampage.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 10, 2025 01:27 AM (85eYc)
The Russian Quaalude and the B-52 were in Cold War competition.
https://tinyurl.com/yc7f2xub
Posted by: Mikloso who had to make up drinks on the fly at May 10, 2025 01:30 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 10, 2025 01:30 AM (hKoQL)
And I'm genuinely serious.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson
I have heard they are self-absorbed, greedy, amoral and beyond ruthless. Having a totalitarian government watching your every move and stamping out any trace of belief in the divine probably does a lot to get that result.
I would still like to hear from you. No, I haven't dealt with mainland Chinese. That's why I'm asking.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:30 AM (X+xvk)
Oh, last night about this time, I had a spooky anomalous discharge event inside the house...
An electrical discharge event, that is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 01:32 AM (w6EFb)
I find it oddly interesting that Guns N Roses are that popular wherever people named Rudakubana come from
Posted by: azjaeger at May 10, 2025 01:32 AM (3/XaG)
Why?
Genuinely curious.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:10 AM
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I had the Dr, Venkmann sock on.
I certainly don't claim that they are all like this, just enough recurrence that I am wary. Briefly:
Arrogance
Believe themselves to be a superior life form
Unwillingness to hear something from an American
Tribalism with other Chinese
Clearly believe that China is essentially at war with us and they must remember their duty
Sneakiness
I knew a guy (American) who was in graduate school for anthropology, specialty was China. He quoted an expert in that field; "The arrogance of Chinese intellectuals has to be seen to be believed." He said that was his experience in China, and I'd have to say it has been mine to some extent.
And their business practices -- mein gott.
I've known many who were not like this, were fine, but I've learned to be aware of the possibility.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2025 01:33 AM (ES1Rb)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 11:48
Useless TV trivia-
Susan Saint James was one of 2 famous actresses from my hometown Rockford, IL. The other was Barbara Hale of Perry Mason fame. And she was the mother of actor William Katt.
Anyone remember his best known role?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 10, 2025 01:35 AM (55Qr6)
Does "Stolichnaya" = "Russian Standard"?
I is confuselated.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:35 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Robert Culp at May 10, 2025 01:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 01:38 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Story time! Do tell us!
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:39 AM (rdVOm)
1 ounce Kahlua
1 ounce Irish cream
1 ounce cream
All must be at proper temperature, pour over the back of a spoon.
It should end up in visible layers
Posted by: As best recalled at May 10, 2025 01:40 AM (t6ibK)
And their business practices -- mein gott.
I've known many who were not like this, were fine, but I've learned to be aware of the possibility.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
I've seen a lot of videos on the corrupt building processes, and the "tofu dreg" construction. Fake rebar inserted into phony concrete, all in assembling a 78-story building or twelve.
Terrifying.
If they pulled that crap in the Seven Gorges Dam...
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:41 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:41 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
My discharge event was more broccoli-related.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:42 AM (X+xvk)
I is confuselated.
Posted by: JQ
It means "Purity Vodka" not from Russia.
Na Zdarovie!
Posted by: Miklosov, for the Estate of Uncle Palp at May 10, 2025 01:43 AM (t6ibK)
About this time last night, some thunderstorms rolled through. We got 0.79" total. There was some distant lightning and thunder going on in the background, nothing too close.
And then, sitting right here, there was this loud, strange crack, almost a slapping noise. It sounded like it was inside the house. Nearby lightning strike? Well, it wasn't that loud, and there wasn't a blue flash, and hell, there were no power glitches, the UPS didn't complain, no blinking lights, nothing.
What the hell. Now, Miley's brother was in the bed in an adjacent bedroom. He was awake, watching something on his phone.... He was discombobulated......
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 01:44 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
I blame it on the dog.
Posted by: Miklos, dog owner and servant at May 10, 2025 01:44 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:45 AM (X+xvk)
Lying there, bro-in-law says he saw a blue flash, *right in the middle of the room*, about 3' off the floor. Right in the center of the room, like an arc, in midair.
Let's see he's not a trained observer, and my questioning of him, well I wished I would've seen it with my own eyes. I thought at first was this actual ball lightning? I was getting excited.
But nope, from his description there wasn't a floating spherical ball, it was just like a little spontaneous arc in the middle of the room. A local blue flash, with that slap/crack sound.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 01:47 AM (w6EFb)
I is confuselated.
Posted by: JQ
It means "Purity Vodka" not from Russia.
Na Zdarovie!
Posted by: Miklosov, for the Estate of Uncle Palp
I'm learning Russian right now. The cases and the structure of the language make zero sense. Unless, of course, I put on my Boris Badinov accent, which makes it all seem to come together.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:48 AM (X+xvk)
But what *is* a good brand of real, russki vodka?
I tried a Polish one-- very smooth. And I'm not really a "vodka drinker" as in, drinking it straight.
Mostly just curious, but on a thin budget.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: DaveA at May 10, 2025 01:50 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Sam Adams
Ochen harasho
The Cyrillic alphabet will be fine within two weeks.
BUT-not the same in Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian...
Posted by: Miklosov signs off at May 10, 2025 01:51 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 01:52 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: JQ
Depends on local selection. will check
You know, there was a whole story based on a woman and a particular kind of green colored vodka...
Posted by: Miklos Maugham at May 10, 2025 01:54 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 01:55 AM (rdVOm)
Yes, indeed. For the first nine episodes. They dropped the character after that, don't know why.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 01:55 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:58 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Mere Mikos, overdue at the Waffle Hut at May 10, 2025 01:58 AM (t6ibK)
378
I've seen a lot of videos on the corrupt building processes, and the "tofu dreg" construction. Fake rebar inserted into phony concrete, all in assembling a 78-story building or twelve.
Terrifying.
If they pulled that crap in the Seven Gorges Dam...
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 01:41 AM (X+xvk)
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In getting things manufactured in China, one has to be aware of them counting on "hollowing out" the product. A minor preliminary production run is submitted by the Chinese manufacturer, the sample is good quality at an amazing price.The actual production run will be low quality. In fact, degrading the quality is the only way the Chinese company can make a profit at the quoted price.
About 15 years ago I was working at a small pharma company. They bought abouf $100,000 worth of an intermediaite from a custom synthesis company in China, and they pulled that exact stunt. A pure white sample that impressed, and then the actual production run was gray instead of white, and assayed at 85% product, 15% something else.The US pharma company spent a couple of months trying to clean it up enough to use.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 10, 2025 01:59 AM (ES1Rb)
The Cyrillic alphabet will be fine within two weeks.
BUT-not the same in Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian...
Posted by: Miklosov signs off
The constant modification of words is killing me. There shouldn't be seventy-four variants of "want," "you", "me." God help me.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:01 AM (X+xvk)
Katt also auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker. He was seriously considered. How different things could've been....
Sort of like Jack Lord could've played Captain Kirk. Book 'im, Scotty! Or beam me up, Danno!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
We should talk
Posted by: Art Bell, out there somewhere at May 10, 2025 02:03 AM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
Everything with them is about piracy, shortcuts, slave labor, and a garbage product. Most frightening of all is how many people they own here in America, in our government, our intelligence agencies, our research labs and our universities. None of this ends well with them in a dominant position.
More ethylene glycol in your gopher, Everett?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:05 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally
I see, Captain
I see
Posted by: Wo Fat with Space ships (Miklos always admired Wo Fat, he got away with everything" at May 10, 2025 02:06 AM (t6ibK)
Still better than the crap "music" on those other stations, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:08 AM (rdVOm)
The Shat, in the original Star Trek had not yet risen the high hair level of the Shatner Turbo 2000 wig.
Jack Lord as Kirk would've brought the hair worthy of true legend.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 02:09 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 02:10 AM (41CYW)
Ol' Burt Reynolds, there at the last, said it was the Shat that set him with his famous rugs. He said that, all in all, if he had to do it all over again, he'd say the hell with the toupee and would do it bald.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 10, 2025 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mere Mikos, overdue at the Waffle Hut
Just how many languages do you speak?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:17 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
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Was thinking about that Burt Reynolds movie, Hooper today. No idea why.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 02:18 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:19 AM (rdVOm)
Miklos, got any more LIIT in that there pitcher?
Posted by: JQ
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Evening, JQ. Ohhhhh, LIIT's... sworn off after flipping that Mountie off in Vancouver back in '88.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 02:22 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: scampydog
Oh. Understood!
Well... whatever you'd like, then.Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:33 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ
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Not my finest hour in Vancouver, but a story with a smile! Nowadays, a Bacardi or three. WD tossed out an awesome ONT tonight. A lot of fun.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 02:34 AM (41CYW)
And trundled off home happy and sated.
Consider Taco Night slayed.
The leftovers will be epic.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 10, 2025 02:35 AM (a4NoL)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 02:36 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:17 AM (X+xvk)
The problem is that we don't speak any of them, and he could just be spouting gibberish and we wouldn't know any better.
SKOL!
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 10, 2025 02:37 AM (a4NoL)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:17 AM (X+xvk)
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The problem is that we don't speak any of them, and he could just be spouting gibberish and we wouldn't know any better.
SKOL!
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 10, 2025 02:37 AM (a4NoL)
It's The Horde. Somebody probably speaks one of them. Hell, somebody here might speak Esperanto.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 02:40 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 02:46 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:52 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: JQ
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Listened to it twice. Either I liked it or I'm a bit slow. Or both.
And a hi and hello to DDS.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 02:55 AM (41CYW)
SKOL!
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 10, 2025 02:37 AM (a4NoL)
It's The Horde. Somebody probably speaks one of them. Hell, somebody here might speak Esperanto.
Posted by: RickZ
Pretty sure SanFranPsycho speaks Russian fluently. I would never underestimate The Horde. There are a ton of seriously intelligent and capable people here.
(Which is another very good reason for me to say much less and read much more.)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 02:56 AM (X+xvk)
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Me too, Sam Adams.
Keepin mah mouf shut, lest I sound lahk a dayum'd *hick*
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 03:03 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 10, 2025 03:05 AM (0nHVk)
(Which is another very good reason for me to say much less and read much more.)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Comment of the decade. Surrounded by smarty's here.
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 03:05 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 03:06 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: scampydog at May 10, 2025 03:09 AM (41CYW)
Posted by: JQ at May 10, 2025 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
Angie Dickinson is 94.
Posted by: Ciampino - spelling at May 10, 2025 03:19 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 10, 2025 03:19 AM (SRRAx)
(Which is another very good reason for me to say much less and read much more.)
Posted by: Sam Adams
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Comment of the decade. Surrounded by smarty's here.
Posted by: scampydog
I genuinely believe that if there were some cataclysmic event, if you were able to bring the Horde together, if they had access to the tools, the parts or the raw materials, most of them would be fine. They would find a way to carry on.
Half of that survival would be attributable to their intelligence and a broad range of practical knowledge and advanced skills. The other half of that survival would be a result of their simple human decency.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 03:19 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 03:19 AM (X+xvk)
There's a meme going around: White people's hobbies are all about prepping. [They show a gun range, hunting, etc.]
My favorite recent meme: In the UK, they talk of banning knives. In the US, they have a tv show about making knives at home. [Picture of 'Forged In Fire' judges reviewing blades.]
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 03:28 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: 13times at May 10, 2025 03:36 AM (GHi7c)
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 03:28 AM
Sounds about right.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 10, 2025 03:36 AM (Wnv9h)
My favorite recent meme: In the UK, they talk of banning knives. In the US, they have a tv show about making knives at home. [Picture of 'Forged In Fire' judges reviewing blades.]
Posted by: RickZ
I love 'Forged in Fire.' Also loved 'Survivor Man.' In the end, I think we'll wind up in our own version of 'Naked and Afraid.'
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 03:37 AM (X+xvk)
There's a meme going around: White people's hobbies are all about prepping. [They show a gun range, hunting, etc.]
I'm a stamp collector.
Posted by: Postmaster General at May 10, 2025 03:38 AM (GHi7c)
If you get Story TV, outta Connecticut, or nearby (to Queens), they show on Friday 8:00 a.m. to Sat. 7:00 a.m. Forged in Fire. Nothing but. Repeats after 12 hours. Also, VICE sometimes has a Forged in Fire run on Saturdays.
I find that show pleasantly addicting. You get good at spotting who's going to fail. When you can't pick a winner is when it's really good. But only in 'Mer'ca. I bet if you had a big enough forge, you could make your own cannon 'for personal use'.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 03:46 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: Postmaster General at May 10, 2025 03:38 AM (GHi7c)
Shoot well riding a horse? You'll be our mailman.
I saw it in a movie.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 03:50 AM (gKDq2)
I'll look for that. I would love to learn to forge steel. The Damascus blades are beyond beautiful.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 03:51 AM (X+xvk)
Welcome to the HQ. The HQ acknowledges that we exist in the land of electrons. Electrons enslaved to do our bidding, which is how it should be. Now, stop slacking off, electrons, and get back to your assigned tasks. Thank you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 10, 2025 03:55 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 03:51 AM (X+xvk)
I told my friend, it's so uniquely human: Taking rock, or bits of this and that, melting it down and turning it into something useful and not by design lethal, like rakes and hoes. But those Damascus blades. Some of the final round at-home blades are stunning in their beauty and awesome in their lethality.
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 04:00 AM (gKDq2)
I love working with metal and love welding. But all of that hammering....That's a younger man's game. Absolutely fascinating to see, though. Would still love to try it.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 04:06 AM (X+xvk)
Susan St. James
Born August 14, 1946 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Susan Jane Miller
Posted by: Ciampino - not dead yet at May 10, 2025 04:09 AM (sPQoU)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-83
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs LiveLaunch
Date: May 11, 2025
Launch Time: 12:24 a.m. EDT, 0424 UTC, 06:24 CEST
https://www.youtube.com/live/bWdacZ2nDVM
Posted by: Ciampino - did ya see the one just now? at May 10, 2025 04:10 AM (sPQoU)
Welcome to the HQ. The HQ acknowledges that we exist in the land of electrons. Electrons enslaved to do our bidding, which is how it should be. Now, stop slacking off, electrons, and get back to your assigned tasks. Thank you.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 10, 2025 03:55 AM (xG4kz)
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Now for the sake of the Erf, ensure that you recycle all your electrons using only approved receptacles.
Posted by: Ciampino - My protons are all new at May 10, 2025 04:14 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 04:16 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ
How often is Doug showing signs of serious injury from engaging in martial arts fights involving weapons? Is it just me, or is that guy getting seriously hurt on the regular?
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 04:22 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 04:28 AM (gKDq2)
Posted by: RickZ
Yeah, I would not want to test that man. He faces tougher than me every time he flosses.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 04:30 AM (X+xvk)
Posted by: m at May 10, 2025 04:31 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 10, 2025 04:32 AM (X+xvk)
Born August 14, 1946 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Susan Jane Miller
Posted by: Ciampino - not dead yet at May 10, 2025 04:09
Thanks C, did not know that.
Also, did not know The Greatest American Hero was only on from 1981-83 or that William Katt was in Carrie. More useless trivia.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 10, 2025 05:25 AM (55Qr6)
Baby Animals Cafe
Pratibha's Photography
Kitten and puppy have cute play fight.
Baby goats hopping all over a cow.
Dog gently escorts a bird out of the house.
A bear, which is out of control, devours a watermelon.
Kitten has Disney eyes. Groomer eyes, I mean.
Hippos invade a suburban parking lot.
Baby cow ambles over for a head butt.
Baby deer exhibits zero survival instincts.
Polar bears are out of control.
Big horse is afraid of a little donkey.
Man befriends an eagle, who then brings his parents to meet him.
I know you're curious about "junior's" black head. Apparently young bald eagles have dark brown heads, which then turn white when they mature.
These frogs elbowing each other for the spotlight look like Muppet characters.
Baby racoon tries to catch soap bubbles.
I never realized baby Rhino feet were so adorable 😂 pic.twitter.com/KZhC2zVi8V
— Nature is Amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) May 8, 2025
Elephants protect their caregiver from the rain and make sure she�s ok pic.twitter.com/WZi9u2RtZV
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— B&S (@_B___S) May 8, 2025
Dance like nobody's watching..🐕🐾🕺😅
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 07:44 PM (OdaX4)
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Posted by: Ciampino - another useless degree at May 09, 2025 07:48 PM (sPQoU)
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous Morons,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing be first?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 07:50 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 07:51 PM (Xnrdt)
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous Morons,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing be first?
Posted by: Romeo13
MEEP!
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 07:52 PM (OdaX4)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 07:53 PM (ypFCm)
They keep stomping on their own dicks. It’s like they can’t help themselves.
*happy dance*
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (OdaX4)
It didn't work out too well--
http://tiny.cc/1laj001
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall...
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Posted by: French Jeton at May 09, 2025 07:59 PM (DehcO)
Kinda sparse here, did we forget to "nood"?
Posted by: tankdemon
_________
Could be worse. I could be commenting.
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D'aawww!
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Miss Rosalind is turning out to be a thoroughly naughty girl. She shredded a roll of paper towels and ate chewed up a bar of soap. Bad Ros!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:04 PM (QnmlO)
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Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 08:05 PM (gKWVE)
NOW!
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 15-3
SLC-4E - Vandenberg SFB - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 9, 2025
Launch Time: 5:03 p.m. PDT - May 10, 0003 UTC, 0203 CEST
https://www.youtube.com/live/7l4kQRXuufY
Posted by: Ciampino - another launch at May 09, 2025 08:05 PM (sPQoU)
http://tiny.cc/ulaj001
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 08:04 PM
Threadwinner.
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Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at May 09, 2025 08:08 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Yakima Police Chief at May 09, 2025 08:08 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching
No support
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2025 08:09 PM (lJ0H4)
Saw a petition titled "Amend Laws to Allow Family Involvement in Adult Mental Health Care Decisions"
Family that put it up has a tragic story - son with schizophrenia is homeless because he refuses to be helped, eventually gets murdered in his mid-30s .
On the one hand seems common sense; on the other hand obviously a law that can be abused.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 08:11 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at May 09, 2025 08:08 PM (G5+As)
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Wouldn't you be drooping after 10 years?
Posted by: Ciampino - another mound to conquer at May 09, 2025 08:11 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 08:13 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: You Can Observe A Lot Just By Watching at May 09, 2025 08:08 PM (G5+As)
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Wouldn't you be drooping after 10 years?
Posted by: Ciampino - another mound to conquer at May 09, 2025 08:11 PM (sPQoU)
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SAG Awards?
Posted by: Ciampino - another moutain? at May 09, 2025 08:14 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 08:14 PM (63Dwl)
At around 8 he left and joined the circus.
I still have his blanket and feed bag.
I hope he comes back.
If he reads this my postal code is 7A773R
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 08:16 PM (gbOdA)
GET WOKE, GO…: Jaguar Land Rover hunting for new advertising agency after disastrous woke rebrand unveiling new Tesla Cybertruck-style car.
https://is.gd/UGdBmv
Posted by: Nobody ever at May 09, 2025 08:19 PM (s8j++)
I did NOT see that coming.
GET WOKE, GO…: Jaguar Land Rover hunting for new advertising agency after disastrous woke rebrand unveiling new Tesla Cybertruck-style car.
https://is.gd/UGdBmv
Posted by: Nobody ever
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Should I not have done that? Because I've gotta tell ya...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 08:21 PM (U7Gpi)
I wouldn't go along with the unreservedly part. Dogs will do similar things and willingly give their lives to protect their people.
But I agree that growing up around both of them they along with a few other animals have unique bonds with humans. Some anyway.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:22 PM (viF8m)
GET WOKE, GO…: Jaguar Land Rover hunting for new advertising agency after disastrous woke rebrand unveiling new Tesla Cybertruck-style car.
https://is.gd/UGdBmv
Posted by: Nobody ever
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>>Jaguar insisted that any review into the creative accounts was not linked in any way to public outrage over the re-brand.
Do we think that's true?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (63Dwl)
Laws aren't the way to go in things like this.
Messy as it can get it's best left to family and if necessary
lawyers.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (63Dwl)
Where did they find the trebuchet?
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 08:28 PM (/y8xj)
Do we think that's true?
Absolutely. And the media had no idea about Biden's cognitive decline.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 08:29 PM (s8j++)
lawyers.
Posted by: 85 Bears
How does the family intervene if the person is mentally unwell but not a danger to others?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 08:30 PM (rT96s)
It was no-music Friday for me today, which was kind of a pain because there was a project I wanted to work on. Oh, well. Tomorrow's another day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:31 PM (QnmlO)
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Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 08:35 PM (ypFCm)
The trooper will, and he takes the horse with him when he charges.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 08:37 PM (LHPAg)
What has this got to do with my exam? Am I going to get a hug with the prostate check? Please G-d no
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 08:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 08:11 PM (rT96s)
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vmom, don't even get me started. I don't know if you read my long article on my psychotic best friend, but it's clear we need to do something with/for the mentally ill other than let them fend for themselves. People with slow-killing physical diseases can make a decision not to prolong their lives and skip treatment, but the mentally ill don't know they're sick. And their sickness can endanger them or leave them destitute.
But intervention is rife with abuse.
If you really want to learn about it, read a book called The Best Minds by Jonathan Rosen. He tells the story of his childhood friend who had a schizophrenic break as a young man, along with an exhaustive review of the history of our mental health institutions. They've been successful and merciful in some iterations.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 08:38 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 08:40 PM (ldQlo)
It's a good thing I don't like grapes. There are enough hazards in my home environment, without bringing grapes into it.
Posted by: Bombadil at May 09, 2025 08:41 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 08:41 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 08:43 PM (/Ghsb)
59, huh, that was on the "new" shelves at my libary today ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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Huh, it's from 2023.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 08:44 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 08:45 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 08:40 PM (ldQlo)
Maybe he's escaped to the Ottawa underground to lead a varied and ragtag group of special forces guys.
If you have a problem and no one else can help, maybe you can hire:
The C team.
*scenes of AOP welding as music starts*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 08:45 PM (wLj9Q)
Posted by: Slick Willie bentcarrot.com at May 09, 2025 08:46 PM (G5+As)
Saw a petition titled "Amend Laws to Allow Family Involvement in Adult Mental Health Care Decisions"
Family that put it up has a tragic story - son with schizophrenia is homeless because he refuses to be helped, eventually gets murdered in his mid-30s .
On the one hand seems common sense; on the other hand obviously a law that can be abused.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 08:11 PM (rT96s)
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Pretty sure that every state have laws that allow family to start incompetency hearings and declare a family member incompetent and get guardianship.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 08:47 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 08:43 PM (/Ghsb)
I could not read a book like that, too sad. Not surprised ubama liked it though.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 08:49 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ciampino - pull the lead out folks at May 09, 2025 08:51 PM (sPQoU)
Slow thread tonight.
Posted by: Ciampino - pull the lead out folks
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*squints at horizon*
Yeah, too slow.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:52 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 08:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ciampino - pull the lead out folks at May 09, 2025 08:51 PM (sPQoU)
'Maudlin' seems to be the theme. Discussion of mental health usually quiet all of the voices I see in the gray boxes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 08:53 PM (wLj9Q)
Posted by: Ciampino - acceleration to wazoo at May 09, 2025 08:53 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:54 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at May 09, 2025 08:55 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: PabloD at May 09, 2025 08:56 PM (t0MFc)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 08:56 PM (NVNRw)
But that was so long ago.
Now we have laws and lawyers.
Better now?
Who's to say?
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 08:56 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:54 PM (QnmlO)
Have any tips on getting a puppy to switch to another method to get attention besides whining like a dentists drill? I do not mind the intent, he is letting me know he needs food or water or to go outside, but dear Lord the pitch is driving me nuts.
He refuses to bark. I have clocked two barks in 3 months and he looked almost surprised that he made them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 08:56 PM (wLj9Q)
Not surprised ubama liked it though.
Posted by: Eromero
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Oh I wish I hadn't found that out.
Maybe he was lying. I don't think he reads. At any rate, he must have missed a whole bunch of the book, because it skewers the shyte out of Obama's intellectual heroes.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 08:56 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 08:58 PM (wLj9Q)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 08:13 PM (r2ymA)
Horses are suckers for humans who say “this is gonna be great! You’re gonna love it!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 08:58 PM (S+5p3)
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High at May 09, 2025 08:55 PM (G5+As)
You might want to look at Better Help.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 08:58 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at May 09, 2025 08:59 PM (G5+As)
More likely it was a book he expected he should like.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 08:58 PM (wLj9Q)
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Do people in DC actually read books? Or do they just tell some flunky to find out how many times they get mentioned?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:00 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 08:53 PM (gKWVE)
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I just glanced at it on Amazon. It appears to be all-memoir? What I admired about Rosen's book is his exhaustive research.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 09:00 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:00 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at May 09, 2025 08:59 PM (G5+As)
It is nice, but I think he is extremely afraid of loud noises. He hates cars. A loud muffler will make him shy away when we are out walking. Deathly afraid of the garage.
He's getting better, but he has quirks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 09:01 PM (wLj9Q)
I’m surprised they haven’t made a movie. It’s a great story.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:02 PM (VofaG)
Do people in DC actually read books? Or do they just tell some flunky to find out how many times they get mentioned?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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I don't think they do. I remember when someone asked Hillary "which books were on her nightstand" and she said "Of course 'The Goldfinch'" and named a couple of others. yeah, as if. That gollum stares at the ceiling plotting revenge and falls asleep bent over a stomach full of bile.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 09:03 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Skip
There’s five within a hundred miles or so from me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:03 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Krazy Kat at May 09, 2025
Shiba Inus rarely bark, but they do yodel. And when it’s really dramatic, they scream. But all in all, they are pretty quiet.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 09:03 PM (p4NUW)
Some of our guys don't bark. Diana, like her mother Delilah and her grandmother Carmen, will let you know exactly when it's dinnertime. Dan will stand and watch me treadmilling Rosalind and metronomically bark for 15 minutes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:04 PM (QnmlO)
My favorite horse movie.
Hidalgo
Posted by: polynikes
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It's funny how awful Secretariat and Seabiscuit were. It should be so easy to make a great horse movie, especially about those two characters.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 09:05 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:05 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 09:06 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 09:07 PM (6PUpl)
Hidalgo
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:00 PM (VofaG)
Yes it was.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 09:07 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2025 09:07 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:09 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:09 PM (NVNRw)
For me, the most heartbreaking moment in sports was when Ruffian broke her leg in the match race with Foolish Pleasure.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:10 PM (QnmlO)
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 6-91
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: May 10, 2025
Launch Time: 2:28 a.m. EDT - 0628 UTC, 08:28 CEST
https://www.youtube.com/live/jlbnXYuFYmw
Posted by: Ciampino - acceleration to escape at May 09, 2025 09:11 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:11 PM (NVNRw)
That is not what our Daisy did when she caught a bird in the house.
🐦☠️😐
Posted by: mindful webworker - urk at May 09, 2025 09:16 PM (b/vRQ)
I’m surprised they haven’t made a movie. It’s a great story.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:02 PM (VofaG)
I have that book. Recall, the Navy Department was going to leave Sgt. Reckless in Korea but her (yes, her) Marines wanted her in America. And that's where she landed up.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 09:17 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:21 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:21 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:21 PM (NVNRw)
Blonde Morticia, there has been a movie about both.of them.
Posted by: Ben Had
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I know, and they were lousy movies.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 09:23 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 09:17 PM (LHPAg)
She lived a good long life her. I remember reading about the retirement /promotion ceremony they gave her .
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:23 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:24 PM (NVNRw)
Patton saved the Lippazaners.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:24 PM (NVNRw)
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Before the Russians could eat them. No, really.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:25 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Suburban, Escalade, etc. at May 09, 2025 09:27 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 09:28 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:29 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: I care at May 09, 2025 09:31 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 09, 2025 09:31 PM (a6fXK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (63Dwl)
If it wasn't from the door of a Chinook cruising at 8500 feet over the Gulf Stream, they did it wrong.
Posted by: Suburban, Escalade, etc. at May 09, 2025 09:31 PM (MFYQF)
It has one of my top five movie scenes. When all the other herd chasers stopped at the steep incline and Jim came flying through on his mountain horse. Awesomely awesome.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:33 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 09:33 PM (mI2IC)
Done working on vehicles for the day. Replacement engine is sitting on the mounts in '99 Suburban #1. And my phone is AWOL.
Posted by: Suburban, Escalade, etc.
Peon, is that you?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:34 PM (g6nLY)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv1FO5C1tHE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qKbdevWl4
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 09:34 PM (XjTSo)
I should've said:
People here are wondering: Crate or junkyard?
Posted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 09:34 PM (mI2IC)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 09:35 PM (mI2IC)
Someday I'd like to get my hands on old Chevy/GMC pickup, 1995-2005, from a rust-free region.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:35 PM (g6nLY)
Buffalo calf, aka "red dog", because apparently that's how they all appear when they're young (vs the dark brown adults).
https://shorturl.at/Qnm7N
(expert I am not, I just watch lots of videos)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 09:36 PM (Vqx30)
https://youtu.be/XFLpKjuie48
Aluminium, which is much more dangerous than aluminum, you know.
Posted by: mindful webworker - oh, nooo at May 09, 2025 09:36 PM (b/vRQ)
Posted by: Suburban, Escalade, etc. at May 09, 2025 09:36 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:36 PM (MFYQF)
Crazy amount of room in engine bay with those old Chevys.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:37 PM (g6nLY)
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Did you ever watch the Brit TV series?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hasBJ1Gkjy8
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 09:39 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 09:33 PM (mI2IC)
Neither. It is a running used engine that came out of a 1998 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup that was rolled over by by neighbor's #1 son. I test drove the truck, and it ran fine, other than that scrunch down in the seat thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:39 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: mindful webworker - wrenching at May 09, 2025 09:40 PM (b/vRQ)
My dad had a '77 C10 but it was on the C20 suspension with 8 lug wheels. Step-side with wood slats in the bed, 350, and a granny 4-speed. l would love to have that truck or one like it now.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 09:40 PM (/y8xj)
AOP, will you need to reflash the PCM?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:40 PM (g6nLY)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 08:26 PM (63Dwl)
If it wasn't from the door of a Chinook cruising at 8500 feet over the Gulf Stream, they did it wrong.
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I heard that!
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 09:41 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:40 PM (g6nLY)
I doubt it. Will be overhauling original transmission, and use that. AFAIK, injectors, sensors, etc. are identical between the two Vortec engines.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:42 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Beartooth at May 09, 2025 09:43 PM (dLmtu)
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Anyone have "Indo-Pakistani war" and "Mayor arrested by DHS" on their 2025 bingo cards?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 09:43 PM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:43 PM (g6nLY)
Ever hear of Tom T. Hall?
He's some sort of country music star, or something.
Here he is in old Chevy pickup tv ad:
https://is.gd/inkeCD
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:46 PM (g6nLY)
Anyone have "Indo-Pakistani war" and "Mayor arrested by DHS" on their 2025 bingo cards?
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 09:43 PM (XjTSo)
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As for the first, I know they both have whizbangs but I can't see either side using them. What over? This isn't an existential battle for either side.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:47 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:39 PM (MFYQF)
But that was a chance to get out the angle grinder and make yourself a rag-top. Just the thing for the Prairie winter!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 09:48 PM (D7oie)
I'm still chuckling over that dumb new "SLATE" electric truck that will supposedly sell for $20K.
Ain't never gonna happen.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 09:48 PM (g6nLY)
It has one of my top five movie scenes. When all the other herd chasers stopped at the steep incline and Jim came flying through on his mountain horse. Awesomely awesome.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:33 PM (VofaG)
istr reading that the actor, not a stunt man, rode the horse down the hill.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 09:49 PM (Vqx30)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 09:48 PM (D7oie)
Frame was tweaked, too. And extended cab, long bed. Longer than a Russian novel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:50 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 09:47 PM (QnmlO)
Kashmir in general. Pakistani terrorists killed Hindu tourists, Indian air force took out some terrorist sites, Pakistan decided that was not acceptable and fired back, and now there is general scramble while Baluchistani separatists are taking over the Pakistani rear.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 09:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:52 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 09:53 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 09:51 PM (D7oie)
If Iran invades Pakistan from the rear, will Greece help?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:53 PM (MFYQF)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 09:28 PM (rT96s)
I’ll bet that Seabiscuit is a better movie.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 09:55 PM (S+5p3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 09:53 PM (MFYQF)
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Be still my beating heart!
Posted by: Mayor Pete at May 09, 2025 09:55 PM (dDmld)
New executive order has dropped: Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards
"Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets — promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486) — make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional. “Efficiency” standards render other American appliances like clothes washers and dishwashers less useful, more breakable, and more expensive to repair. The Federal Government should not impose or enforce regulations that make taxpayers’ lives worse."
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 09:55 PM (D7oie)
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AOP stars as Buford T. Justice in Smokey and the Bandit 2025
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 09:56 PM (mI2IC)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 09:55 PM (S+5p3)
Not as funny as Air Biscuit though.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 09:58 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2025 09:59 PM (51Cc3)
Changing of the guard. India - Pakistan border.
https://tinyurl.com/5n7p3zay
(if you're unsure where Monty Python got the Ministry of Funny Walks idea from, watch the clip. Now imagine these same men with this same mentality facing off in airplanes)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 10:00 PM (mI2IC)
120 India is claiming that they have shot down 2 Pakistani jets and the Pilots ejected, in India airspace and India bases have been hit
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at May 09, 2025 09:31 PM (a6fXK)
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This conflict appears to be following a script. It's like the weird daily border guard dance ceremony at the Pakistan-India border crossing, except this performance is staged every 20 years or so, and it's more expensive.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 10:03 PM (ES1Rb)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 10:06 PM (Vqx30)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a3pTXw7ab1M
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 10:07 PM (XjTSo)
Insurrectionists Force Their Way Into ICE Detention Facility
Hang 'em high.
Fox News's video report is here.
Two NJ members of Congress, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Bob Menendez, Jr., as well as the mayor Newark broke into an ICE facility in order to disrupt their operations and obstruct justice.
They're now crying that they were forcibly removed.
Here's how Regime media is reporting the insurrection: See, they forced their way into a law enforcement facility they had no right to be present in to "exercise oversight authority."
Today, following an inspection of the Delaney Hall ICE facility in Newark, New Jersey with Reps. LaMonica McIver and Robert Menendez, Jr., Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman released the following statement:"At around 1pm today, my colleagues Rep. Lamonica McIver and Rep. Rob Menendez, Jr. and I arrived at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark to exercise our oversight authority as Members of Congress.
"Contrary to a press statement put out by DHS we did not "storm" the detention center. The author of that press release was so unfamiliar with the facts on the ground that they didn't even correctly count the number of Representatives present. We were exercising our legal oversight function as we have done at the Elizabeth Detention Center without incident.
"Reopening Delaney Hall won't make us safer and it won't create an immigration system that is fair and secure for all families.
"Private Prison companies like GEO Group create a perverse incentive to increase incarceration to increase corporate profits. It's no accident that GEO Group was the first corporation to max out donations to Trump's Super PAC, to the tune of $500,000 dollars. And they're being rewarded with huge contracts to imprison immigrants like we're seeing here at Delaney.
"New Jerseyans don't want more private prisons just to increase shareholder income at the expense of taxpayers. They want a fair and secure immigration system that reflects our values and respects our Constitution."
That is, of course, not how this works.
Either we prosecute them, or we just give up. We either maintain that the law applies to the left, and they do not get to violate it or start riots every fucking time their fucked-up mentally-ill brains get into a tizzy, or we just give up to them now.
Either we stand firm on the point that the law binds them, or we bend to their assertion that they are so morally pure they are free from following the law.
In which case, they have have won the revolution and the civil war without firing a shot. Or, at least, not many shots.
Benny Johnson
@bennyjohnsonSee the woman in the red jacket in that video?
That's Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver.
She broke into a New Jersey ICE facility and assaulted multiple law enforcement officers--violating federal law under 18 U.S. Code sec. 111.
Expel her from Congress. Lock her up.
See the woman in the red jacket in that video?
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 9, 2025
That�s Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver.
She broke into a New Jersey ICE facility and assaulted multiple law enforcement officers�violating federal law under 18 U.S. Code � 111.
Expel her from Congress. Lock her up. pic.twitter.com/qG3aMgpAKx
🚨 #BREAKING: MULTIPLE Democrat members of Congress have BROKEN INTO an ICE facility in New Jersey, and the Mayor of Newark has been ARRESTED by DHS
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 9, 2025
They waited for the busses to open the gates, and they stormed in.
THIS IS A FEDERAL CRIME! ARREST REPS. MENENDEZ AND WATSON TOO! pic.twitter.com/tXeJI5xDJX
BREAKING: Newark Mayor Baraka has been arrested and taken into federal custody for storming an ICE facility pic.twitter.com/CdO6lhDBJV
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 9, 2025
Insurrectionist must feel the full force of the law https://t.co/jtrcaJshVw
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 9, 2025
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (9jZWY)
Posted by: Ciampino - also for wagon axles? at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 06:47 PM (e5NfL)
Boy, good thing the Newark mayor doesn't have any problems like, say, a dangerously malfunctioning airport to worry about.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (9jZWY)
That only affects Americans. Illegals have become the Democrats key constituency. Trannies, abortion Barbies, gays and blacks are back numbers now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (QnmlO)
Nothing will happen to these traitors.
Nothing.
I try like hell to not be the Nothing's Gonna Happen guy, but, again and again these fookers geta away with it. Every damn time.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Max Power at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (q177U)
'Ever see the movie Fail Safe?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. '
I laughed out loud. I know just the scene you mean.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (d9Cw3)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (ImXfC)
'Ever see the movie Fail Safe?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. '
I laughed out loud. I know just the scene you mean.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (3wi/L)
I love movies with happy endings.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)
Carry on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (6ydKt)
It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
Whatchoo mean?
Posted by: DeShawn Washington at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (ImXfC)
Good lord there’s a Menendez Jr in NJ politics?
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (ImXfC)
I would not be surprised by a Menendez III in NJ politics.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (vnkoR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (QnmlO)
Like when you see Rocky Horror at a theater in Greenwich Village with the lights out?
Posted by: David Hogg at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (l3YAf)
Airport?
Newark is one of the most crime ridden shitholes in this country. Used to be a beautiful city, too. Went the way of Detroit a long time ago.
Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (BUf8Q)
Posted by: Hakeem Jeffries at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (85eYc)
Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (BUf8Q)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (ImXfC)
Their assaults are speech.
Our legitimate law enforcement efforts are racist violence.
It sounds to me like the Democrats are taking us back to a two-tiered system of justice.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (g47mK)
Carry on.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (6ydKt)
The insane thing is: it's not hurting them as badly as you think. I see people every day who are furious at Trump over this.
You think it would be political suicide but about half the country wants to commit civilizational suicide, so..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (vmkyp)
Conclusion? GOPers are not as committed to the ruse.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 06:57 PM (vnkoR)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Oh wait, actual crimes don't count at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: LaMonicaLa McIver at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (l3YAf)
"LaMonica McIver"
It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
Daryle Lamonica says, "Steady on there, pal."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (QnmlO)
The Majority of the Population had to be dragged through the Revolution, kicking and screaming.
Most of the sheep in the paddock are always happy to be there.
Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (BUf8Q)
@bennyjohnson
See the woman in the red jacket in that video?
That's Democrat Rep. LaMonica McIver.
She broke into a New Jersey ICE facility and assaulted multiple law enforcement officers--violating federal law under 18 U.S. Code sec. 111.
Expel her from Congress. Lock her up.
ICE!!! Why is Tep. McIver in this facility?!!! Why are you not stomping Rep. McIver's guts out?!!!
- Gunny Hartman, probably
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (Wnv9h)
>It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Fuckin' Irish.
Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (BUf8Q)
Black Irish?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (QAkQ3)
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People are busy. Life and such.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (W2Pud)
Wait a minute.
"Rep. LaMonica McIver... broke into a New Jersey ICE facility and assaulted multiple law enforcement officers"???
Did she actually conk any of them in the head or twist their arms or whatever? Because if so, don't these officers know self-defense? Can't they fend off a would-be FEMALE assailant before hands are actually laid on them?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (U7Gpi)
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They should be thankful they didn't have their own Michael Byrd to shoot them.
Which I understand is in play....
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (SATZE)
You think it would be political suicide but about half the country wants to commit civilizational suicide, so..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (l3YAf)
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The country voted in November for Trump to deport as many as possible.
Which is why they are running sob story after sob story of illegals getting deported to change the narrative.
It hasn't moved the needle.
The majority wants them gone.
This is not a winning issue and they'll have to change the subject by next year or risk losing again in the next election.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (6ydKt)
If DOJ takes it to trial, the scumbag jurors are going to find them not guilty.
Posted by: Cashin at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (r7eZu)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (U7Gpi)
I've been informed by some white knights that men are never supposed to defend themselves from crazy, violent women who get in their faces and start hitting them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (l3YAf)
Apart from the electoral benefits, how many Democrats are complicit in sex trafficking, cartels and drugs from illegal immigration?
Just raising consciousness over this issue.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Cashin at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (r7eZu)
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Overruled!
Posted by: Judge Boasberg at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM
I once came across a book entitled "How to Name Your Black Baby".
One suggestion was "Show your creativity by adding a nonsense syllable like 'la' or 'da' in front of the name".
I didn't look to see if the KKK published it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:03 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Karine Jean Pierre at May 09, 2025 07:03 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (NCBV1)
https://tinyurl.com/2ayppdnd
Guess it was just the mayor? Too bad. I would consider arresting multiple dem members of Congress to be "a good start," as the old joke goes.
Posted by: mindful webworker - congressional undersight at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (b/vRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (NVNRw)
This political stunt was done on purpose by three black people to pull the race card after they got arrested. Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Bonus points from Ras Baraka for Islamophobia as well. Doesn't matter if he's not actually Muslim, btw.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (U7Gpi)
This is not a winning issue and they'll have to change the subject by next year or risk losing again in the next election.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (6ydKt)
To what? The economy hasn't collapsed, we aren't at war, DEI is dead, nobody cares about abortion any more and everyone is realizing transgenderism is a fraud.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (SATZE)
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Needs a little more sun.
Posted by: Josh Brolin at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (vnkoR)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (eb5mD)
What a stupid idea.
Posted by: Ha Monica at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (6ydKt)
Or 2030.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM
Monday *at* 2030.
FIFY.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (6ydKt)
I'm afraid it might be like "cutting spending." If you poll people on cutting spending vs raising taxes, cutting spending will always win.
When you start proposing actual cuts, there's always a group that gets upset and produces a sob story, so cutting spending is nearly impossible.
The other issue is that even if a majority does want that, there is still a shocking number of people out there who basically want no borders. It's insane.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (l3YAf)
So they admit they were not en route to Congress and therefore exempt from petty political harrament the cops.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: HoMonica at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (SATZE)
Most of the sheep in the paddock are always happy to be there.
Posted by: garrett at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (BUf8Q)
Modern American Black women are the most undeserved privileged group of people in history.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (QnmlO)
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I have no idea what they'll run on.
But it's the left, so you'll know they'll come up with some creative B.S. to complain about.
They're nothing if not persistently annoying complainers.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at May 09, 2025 07:06 PM (qPv0v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM (QnmlO)
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Saw earlier today that somebody ranked 1000s of news telecasts since the election.
Nobody else but Fox even has a slot in the first 1000 highest-rated shows.
They keep thinking that they can sway people over....
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:06 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Karine Jean Pierre at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 09, 2025 07:04 PM
He should have been more creative ... and used LaNewark.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (vm8sq)
'The insane thing is: it's not hurting them as badly as you think. I see people every day who are furious at Trump over this.'
That's depressing but we should still rake them over the coals about it even if it only makes our side know what they all are.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:08 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:08 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (vm8sq)
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I.e. doing the Their Job part of it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:09 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 07:09 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Miklos ain't been anywheres nearNew Jersey at May 09, 2025 07:09 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (tykPk)
Posted by: Ann at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (4neFu)
Go ahead. Keep putting them in positions of power. It always turns out the same way.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Miklos recalls that at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (r2ymA)
They were doing pretty good until then.
But nah, the Hatians had to eat a few neighborhood pond ducks and the Venezuelans had to turn everywhere they went into Caracas and here we are...
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (vnkoR)
Why does that name sound familiar?
Posted by: Miklos ain't been anywheres nearNew Jersey at May 09, 2025 07:09 PM (t6ibK)
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Auric Menendez or a Menendez Brother?
Posted by: Ciampino - a Spanish name at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (sPQoU)
Why does that name sound familiar?
Posted by: Miklos ain't been anywheres nearNew Jersey"
Now now. No stereotypes.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ce gars qui pense toujours que ça commence at May 09, 2025 07:12 PM (hB3+Q)
It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
We can't go after a good Irish man or Scot. kick em loose.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:12 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM
Good morning, LaNewark.....!
Nah. Doesn't work for me.
Posted by: John Waters at May 09, 2025 07:12 PM (Wnv9h)
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Hahahahaha!!
Posted by: Black Trannies of America at May 09, 2025 07:13 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Miklos has Easy Solution at May 09, 2025 07:13 PM (t6ibK)
'If DOJ takes it to trial, the scumbag jurors are going to find them not guilty.'
Are there any good judges we can ring these congress-bastards up in front of?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:13 PM (3wi/L)
This is going to come as a shock to some but Democrats haven't been on the right side of issues for years. We talk about it here daily. The only way they have won is by owning the bureaucracy which is being taken from them and cheating which is also being taken from them.
They're pretty boned right now and they know it. They spent years going further left because it never cost them and now they don't know how to stop when it will.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (r2ymA)
I think the Aztecs had a tradition of choosing a fellow or lady and treating them like royalty, giving them the nicest foods and drinks. Then at the end of the year they sacrificed them and ate them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:14 PM (8avO+)
Coulda solved her situation with chewing gum, the wrapper, and some duck tape.
Posted by: Miklos McGiver at May 09, 2025 07:14 PM (t6ibK)
I love it when liberals do things like this: Cite the opinion of judges--not the Constitution--to prove that we reject the Constitution, which is not MvM.
What I said to my wife earlier today really cuts through it:
They're rebelling. Not thinking.
Given enough time the human brain starts doing what it normally does, it starts filling space with words to rationalize behavior. Which is why you can often find a key disconnect right in the center of their reasoning. They've already jumped over that gap to get to their elaboration now.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:15 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:15 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:11 PM (r2ymA)
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If the measurement is who is the most oppressed, and victimized, then they are on the top of the totem pole in the leftist hierarchy, so yeah, in that sense you're correct.
Only a transgender, queer, black, handicapped, mentally ill, s/he-queen ranks higher if you go by their logic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (tykPk)
can't vote in Congress either.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:16 PM (8avO+)
It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
We can't go after a good Irish man or Scot. kick em loose.
Posted by: Oldcat
CULTURAL NOMENCLATURE APPROPRIATION
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at May 09, 2025 07:16 PM (t6ibK)
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I think there was a "Night Stalker" episode back in the '70s that played off this. Eric Estrada was the guy who got the great year--and then it was his turn to die.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:16 PM (TN0g+)
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Hahahahaha!!
Posted by: Black Trannies of America at May 09, 2025 07:13 PM
ALULULULULULULULULU!!!!!!
Posted by: Palestinian Trannies at May 09, 2025 07:17 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:17 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:13 PM (3wi/L)
I've been sayin for a couple years now...
We don't have a Justice problem... we have a Judge Problem.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 07:17 PM (QAkQ3)
Which is why they are running sob story after sob story of illegals getting deported to change the narrative.
It hasn't moved the needle.
The majority wants them gone.
This is not a winning issue and they'll have to change the subject by next year or risk losing again in the next election.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (6ydKt)
It HAS moved the needle...in our direction. Against them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Miklos McMiklos, of the Auld and Ancient Clan McMiklos at May 09, 2025 07:16 PM
She's clearly Black Irish.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:18 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (J8LnB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (vm8sq)
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I.e. doing the Their Job part of it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:09 PM (krQz2)
Ah, but Congresses Job is not to Legislate! It is to perform Political Theatre.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:18 PM (Wnv9h)
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Say it loud: I'm black and I'm prood!
Posted by: The Committments at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:20 PM (TN0g+)
I agree but the worst human beings in the world help facilitate it.
The woke lefty white women.
Just recently the #1 WNBA 2025 draft pick, a white girl , gave a self hating white woman speech about how her white privilege was evil.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 07:20 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (QAkQ3)
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Under revised standards.
They should get a Greek chorus.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:20 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: The Committments at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM
The comedian Lenny Henry had a hilarious Black Welsh rapper skit.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:21 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: The Late Phil Lynott at May 09, 2025 07:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 09, 2025 07:21 PM (/gkdL)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:22 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:22 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (QAkQ3)
Actors and prostitutes.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:22 PM (bF7Q5)
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Set the Controls to the Heart of the Stun.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Fat Black Ignorant & Bitter at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 07:20 PM (VofaG)
She didn't give up the draft slot and contract to someone more deserving did she?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 80s Miklos is like gag me with a spoon at May 09, 2025 07:23 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 07:24 PM (NVNRw)
Sounds like the Babylonian custom. If the kingdom was suffering, they'd hoist up a fake king to "rule". Then when the storm was over they'd execute him and put back the real king.
(Any comparison with the recent Biden Administration will not be tolerated)
Anyway this practice ended with Irra-Immiti. He'd put his gardener Enlil-Bani up there. Enlil-Bani, being a gardener, knew his way around toxic plants. Long Live King Enlil-Bani.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 07:24 PM (gKWVE)
I think the Aztecs had a tradition of choosing a fellow or lady and treating them like royalty, giving them the nicest foods and drinks. Then at the end of the year they sacrificed them and ate them.
Posted by: Oldcat
That was a Kolchak episode with Eric Estrada.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:22 PM (bF7Q5)
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It used to be "Set Laser printers to stun!"
Posted by: Ciampino - old StarTrek humor at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (9r4XZ)
Posted by: Robert Francis "Beto" O'Rourke at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (vmkyp)
And you are paying for it.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:26 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:21 PM (hB3+Q)
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You need bail money already?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:26 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 07:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 07:27 PM (NVNRw)
(Any comparison with the recent Biden Administration will not be tolerated)
Anyway this practice ended with Irra-Immiti. He'd put his gardener Enlil-Bani up there. Enlil-Bani, being a gardener, knew his way around toxic plants. Long Live King Enlil-Bani.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 07:24 PM (gKWVE)
Celts did that but without the nice times first. If they were pissed they just had the priests whack the king
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:27 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 07:27 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Captain Obvious
Yakima
Yakima
Yakima an-an nay
Yakima fee-na nay
Posted by: Miklos translates from the New Orleans original as taught by the Dixie Cups at May 09, 2025 07:27 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:28 PM (RIvkX)
The current whipping word is "genocide".
They think transgenders are undergoing a genocide.
Then it was the Palestinians being slaughtered to non-existence.
Now they're doing the same thing with illegals.
It's working out about the same way as their work with "Racist" and "Fascist" - worn out and ignored.
Meanwhile a few million Uyghurs are being turned into a state property in China and Christians across Sub-Sarharan Africa are being slaughtered by jihadists and all they do is yawn and move on to more important crusades for human rights.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:28 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (ypFCm)
And you are paying for it.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:26 PM (r2ymA)
Lord, we got folks in the street ain't got nothin' to eat
And the obese milkin' welfare
But God, if you're five foot three and you're three hundred pounds
Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds...
Posted by: Applies To Every Big Fat Mammy at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:26 PM (RIvkX)
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No, but I've got beer and cheap scotch.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)
'I hear tell that deportations will ramp up. '
Trump better be ready to defy some judges. Because that will ramp up too.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:30 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 07:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip
Is Forward Dog 9 on rotation?
Posted by: Miklos notices things at May 09, 2025 07:30 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)
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Are his teeth still perfect and blinding?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:31 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:31 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:31 PM (9r4XZ)
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Yeah, I don't think your big fancy ten dollar words and logic are going to assuage them.
We're talking about people who think being deported back to your home country is a death sentence.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:32 PM (6ydKt)
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At least that piker-pedo Ghandi isn't around for this one...
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:34 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Whoever has the best play by play commentary on the video wins!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 07:35 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (agvh/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 07:25 PM (vmkyp)
AWFLs will be stunned when smacked around. But...
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Miklos likes linguistics at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ciampino - gotta ignore those judges at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:37 PM (hB3+Q)
L' Lloyd L'Dafyddious Shaquandus ap Rhyson-Tyson Jones
Posted by: Miklos likes linguistics at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (t6ibK)
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I'm laughing but he's probably got a show on the BBC.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 07:37 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:38 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Whoever has the best play by play commentary on the video wins!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 07:35 PM (2J/Lj)
Never happen because AWFLs have totally adopted black female culture down to the fingernails,
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 07:38 PM (LHPAg)
10 "LaMonica McIver"
It's amazing how you can gather from just a name.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (vFG9F)
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That tub claimed that after they broke in they were given a tour of the facility. I hope that's not true.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 07:38 PM (eSwpz)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (vFG9F)
Is Levin still doing his old schtick and wearing those same verkakte suits? He has a face for radio and a voice for Prison Bitch. Who listens to that guy?
Posted by: Maury Sline at May 09, 2025 07:39 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: University of Wollamalloo at May 09, 2025 07:40 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:41 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:42 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Miklos likes linguistics at May 09, 2025 07:36 PM (t6ibK)
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If ever you wander down by the Welsh border
Come stop by and see me and all of my kin
I'm Morgan ap Dafydd ap Gwion ap Hywel
ap Ivor ap Madoc ap Rhodri ap Gwin
We'll feast you on mutton and harp for your pleasure
And give you a place to sleep out of the cold
Or maybe we'll meet you out on the dark roadway
And rob you of horses and weapons and gold.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:42 PM (hB3+Q)
"Let's stage a PR stunt in which we take the wrong side of our most unpopular issue, and have it backfire spectacularly!"
"That's the ticket!"
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 07:43 PM (pMi6S)
Yeah, he really said that.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 07:43 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:44 PM (r2ymA)
Some ex-slaves used their former owner's last name after they were freed if didn't have one of their own. That's how you get names like Dedonreous Ridiclios Smith.
Posted by: fd
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Moreover, the south was settled by the Irish and French. That is also why many Black Americans have faked-up French-sounding names + Irish last names. LeBron, Joie, LaTrine, etc + McEvoy or whatever.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 07:45 PM (U7Gpi)
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Doubling down is not just a river in Brazil.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:45 PM (hB3+Q)
Yeah, he really said that.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 07:43 PM (paSBy)
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But Vance is a nutter standing out and calling for Europe to stop trying to jail their political opposition.
They are not thinking. They are rebelling.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:46 PM (krQz2)
"Let's stage a PR stunt in which we take the wrong side of our most unpopular issue, and have it backfire spectacularly!"
"That's the ticket!"
Posted by: zombie
Yeah! Let's do something pointless, stupid, and illegal to raise awareness of a topic everyone has known about for years!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (2J/Lj)
Yeah, he really said that.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 07:43 PM (paSBy)
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We told you that, Ro. We practically begged you not to go down that road. You didn’t listen. We didn’t want the new rules, but we now have them.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (u73oe)
'Ro Khanna says, "In America, you cannot arrest your political opponents."'
If he'd said, "In America, only democrats can arrest their political opponents.' even the retards would have picked up on the double standard.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 07:45 PM (U7Gpi)
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There' always the ever-popular "Boudreaux."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (sB5dv)
If not, they're trespassing. They could get shot dead in Texas for that...especially with assault added to it. As they say, "NOBODY is above the law".
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 07:48 PM (/Ghsb)
They called the natives "foreigners".
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:48 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:49 PM (9r4XZ)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 07:50 PM (gDhA9)
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Just like the dancing nurses celebrating tens of thousands gathering in public right smack dab in the middle of an alleged public health crisis.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:50 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: PG at May 09, 2025 07:50 PM (afPT4)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 07:48 PM (/Ghsb)
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It's a filk called "Welsh History 101" written by a lady who actually teaches history.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:50 PM (hB3+Q)
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Just like the dancing nurses celebrating tens of thousands gathering in public right smack dab in the middle of an alleged public health crisis.
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And like pointing to Chuck Shummer and claiming the equivalent of "That guy is a real leader" while meanwhile ignoring that he can't even grill a simple hamburger.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:51 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:51 PM (bF7Q5)
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What was Jamestown and Albemarle for $500?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 07:51 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 07:52 PM (gDhA9)
There is a line at a deli counter.
I cut to the front of the line.
Somebody challenges my right to be served before him.
And I say, hold on. Wait a minute. Let's have a proper process. Everybody presents their case that I shouldn't be served next and then I'll present mine. We'll have a back and forth and a true discussion, we'll sequester people for a discussion period for a while and then I will have received due process over whether or not I should be removed from the line.
That sounds fair, doesn't it?
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 07:52 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 07:53 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 07:53 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (2J/Lj)
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I bet when she sat around the school she sat AROUND the school!
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (2J/Lj)
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Mr. Magoo?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 07:54 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:55 PM (bF7Q5)
As a 33-year veteran police officer through personal experience it is perfectly permissible, in fact, necessary to use any defensive tactic to avoid being assaulted by a female assailant. Anything other than that is, to put a fine point on it, stupid.
Posted by: It's Gonna Be Yuge! at May 09, 2025 07:55 PM (SFMsh)
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That beats some watery tart throwing a sword at you.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:55 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:49 PM (9r4XZ)
Heh.
My Dad's middle name was LeRoy. He hated that middle name. "It's le Roy, not Leeroy!"
Middle names are the parents' way of messing with the kid's head.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 07:57 PM (gkIzt)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2025 07:47 PM (u73oe) "
now all we need to do is actually enforce the new rules
innit?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 07:57 PM (/Ghsb)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 07:57 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 07:57 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:57 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Stepin Fetchit at May 09, 2025 07:58 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Ciampino - another useless degree at May 09, 2025 07:59 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:56 PM (9r4XZ)
My wife's kin hale from southwest Ohio. Very, very German. Lots of small towns, each with a big church. the biggest landmarks on the horizon were the church steeples of other nearby towns. Very reminiscent of what we saw when I was stationed in Germany.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 08:00 PM (0aYVJ)
Don't question it, just play along....
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 08:00 PM (gkIzt)
There is a line at a deli counter.
I cut to the front of the line.
Somebody challenges my right to be served before him.
And I say, hold on. Wait a minute. Let's have a proper process.
...
That sounds fair, doesn't it?
Posted by: Axeman
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As a youth at an Agricultural Society dance in line, with an adult, to get some beers a fellow with an urgent excuse attempted to cut in front. A man further back told him in no uncertain terms, the line forms at the rear, the cutter looked for support and found none. He exited the hall.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 08:04 PM (sB5dv)
Middle names are the parents' way of messing with the kid's head.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 07:56 PM (0aYVJ)
My great grandfather was named Leroy at birth, and was known as Roy, but he was offered a mule by a relative if he changed his name to his, so he took on the name "Matthew" and so went his whole life as Matthew Roy, and his oldest son, my grandfather, was named after him.
Then during WWII, in doing some work that needed a background check, it was discovered that his name officially was still Leroy, and he went through the trouble of changing it officially since all his licensing was under Matthew Roy.
After which my Grandfather referred to him as Matthew Roy the Second, since his father was officially "named" after him
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Posted by: RickZ at May 10, 2025 04:16 AM (gKDq2)
Vanity Fair: People Are Eating More Protein Because of Right Wing Extremist MAGA Politics
Oh no, men are eating meat and, as usual, liberal women want to monitor men and correct them.
TikTok content creators are hawking powders from Just Move and Ryse. Netflix is teasing its documentary Untold: The Liver King, which tracks the rise and fall of the raw-meat enthusiast, out later this month. Influential podcast bros, from the physician Peter Attia to the very well-paid Joe Rogan, swap protein-heavy diet anecdotes and share their "current state of protein supplementation." One of this year's most talked about shows, season three of The White Lotus, derived a whole thread of narrative tension from what can only be described as Chekhov's protein shake.For decades, an American protein mania has been building. This year, it may be hitting its peak. News and takes have abounded, from Vogue's "4 Signs You're Not Getting Enough Protein" and Grub Street's deep dive on added-protein foods to The New Yorker's profile of a protein bar company and The New York Times' fact-check of "big protein claims."
Big Protein. Perfect.
"I don't have a good sense on what's driving that right now, other than if it's just the usual manosphere--or manomania, here in the United States," says Pieter Cohen, an internist at Cambridge Health Alliance and associate professor at Harvard Medical School who leads the center's Supplement Research Program. "Everyone's letting their testosterone out these days." One thing he's noticed: More men than women arrive at his office "interested in protein."
Oh no, men are interested in having high testosterone, not the low testosterone that liberal women prefer.
It's not only men who care about protein, but a mosey through recent history suggests a strong correlation between the rise of the likes of the men's rights movement and our national lust for protein--which is how we got to the quagmire of contradiction wherein a "manosphere" helmed by Donald Trump (he of the diet dubbed by his own health secretary, the admittedly often incorrect Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to be "really, like, bad") has such a vocal contingent of intense protein-maxing "health" obsessives.
The intertwinement of masculinity and red meat (and its attendant health properties, namely protein) is strong and deep-seated. A 2023 study found that men were "more likely to eat foods to the extent that those foods were perceived as higher in masculinity and lower in femininity," which correlated with foods that were seen as higher in protein. Another, from this year, found that men who have what they describe as a strong "meat-eating identity" also "tend to perceive themselves as more masculine." An obsession with protein affords a masculine-coded cover on the feminine-coded world of body image and dieting--and a subject over which men can bond as bros.
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Cohen also points me to the work of his Harvard colleague S. Bryn Austin, in the Social and Behavioral Sciences department at the School of Public Health, who is the founding director of a research and training program dedicated to eating disorder prevention. In 2022, she coauthored a paper examining young men's use of protein supplements. Its findings warn clinicians to "be aware of their male patients' use of protein powders and muscle-building supplements," which pose "acute and long-term physical and psychological consequences." Last year, one of her coauthored studies found that muscle-building supplements formed a pipeline to anabolic steroids in young men.
Oh no, another "pipleine" to right-wing radicalism.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is 0.36 grams per pound of bodyweight, but some popular online health experts, like Attia, who advises David Protein and has invested in the protein-forward deer meat company Maui Nui Venison, recommends far greater levels. He says that his practice aims for one gram per pound of bodyweight. (Andrew Huberman has called this a good starting point--though one of his own supplements of choice, and a financial incentive, is AG1, which contains a measly two grams of protein per serving.)
AG1 is the new name for Athletic Greens, a supplement for getting all of your nutrition from vegetables that you might not get if you're on a mostly-meat diet. So of course it doesn't contain much protein. It's all greens.
This is "journalism" today.
Big Protein may have come for all of us. Mary Claire Haver and Gabrielle Lyon are prominent pro-protein online personalities who target their content toward women, and an informal poll floated to an active group chat found that the respondent protein-supplement enthusiasts had women slightly outnumbering the men (sample size: five).
Thank you so much for spotlighting this important study.
TikTok is rife with people of all genders ranking (and selling) Ryse protein and eating (and selling) David Protein bars. But on TikTok, at least, the videos tend to conform to aesthetic gender norms. The men often show up in tank tops that reveal bulging biceps, hefting tubs of the powder, while the women cook through "what I eat in a day" videos in sports bras and tight pants showcasing abs and what one user describes as "a flat stomach and fat butt."
How are you doing GAINZZZ-wise? I'm getting back on track after a bad couple of months. In the beginning of the year I was losing a lot of weight while barely doing anything so I kept that strict regime of barely doing anything up. But then, get this, my Program of barely doing anything stopped resulting in lower weight, and actually began putting weight on me.
Unrelated: Grand jury subpoenas have been sent out in the Latitia James federal mortgage fraud case.
🚨 #BREAKING: Grand jury subpoenas have just been issued in the Letitia James mortgage fraud investigation
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 9, 2025
Looks like an arrest could be coming VERY soon!
Big Tish is gonna be BIG MAD! 🤣🔥 pic.twitter.com/CW7pjKegrX
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (GYt5+)
People who don’t eat more protein die.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (vm8sq)
True, but incomplete.
Who the fck wants to go through life never eating BACON???
.... oh and have I mentioned that this year will be the *tenth* annual TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (Vqx30)
Bring on the meat, bring on the eggs, bring on the protein!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)
They'll marry Trevor The Goody Two Shoes Leftist but go to Chad the Right Wing MAGA Extremist (TM) when they want to consume some meat themselves
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 05:46 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Charles Martel at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (gM+1v)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (QnmlO)
True, but incomplete.
Who the fck wants to go through life never eating BACON???
.... oh and have I mentioned that this year will be the *tenth* annual TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (Vqx30)
I know people who hate bacon. In my family no less. And I shake my head at their sad, empty lives…
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (vm8sq)
I broke diet to have a slice. MAN...was it good. Banana bread, especially warm from the oven, is heavenly.
I really miss carbs, most days honestly.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (E0p3T)
Bring on the meat, bring on the eggs, bring on the protein!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)
Tell me more....
The Scotch is my nemesis...
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (SATZE)
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I know people who hate bacon. In my family no less. And I shake my head at their sad, empty lives…
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (Vqx30)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: guy who thinks everything sound dirty at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (n2swS)
Real religions, I mean. Not status vegetarians. Fuck them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (xcxpd)
Cutting carbs is valuable too but start with dastardly sugar.
I love sugar btw.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (E0p3T)
Downside ?
Not seeing one
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (SATZE)
I recall reading an article from a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion who first ate bacon as an adult. His first reaction was anger at his parents for keeping it from him.
Heh.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (W5ArC)
Its incredible. I look so much better. Not sure how much better I feel, but my diabetic numbers are off the charts good. So good in fact that we're talking about taking me off some of my meds.
So I'm here to report massive gainzzzzzzz!
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (WYStd)
This is interesting.
Hubbie went to the doctor yesterday and she told him he needs more protein.
The man is 76 y/o and walks 10 miles on the treadmill 6 days a week. Wouldn't he have enough protein to do that?
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (3ek7K)
Looks like an arrest could be coming VERY soon!
______
I hope Roger Stone lead the 5am tactical team raid
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (Vqx30)
Bring on the meat, bring on the eggs, bring on the protein!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)
Tell me more....
The Scotch is my nemesis...
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (SATZE)
I think Scotch is low carb
My cardiologist put me on The South Beach Diet. It's basically a variant of Atkins, though you do slowly add carbs (in moderation, no doughnuts or pasta) back in.
It works, it's not too painful even.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (Vc147)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (3AwA+)
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (WYStd)
Big congrats
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (xcxpd)
I'm up to a block and a half of walk every day, its not much but at least its honest work.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (n2swS)
INTRODUCE HER TO CROSSFIT!!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (D7oie)
Cut down on lots of carbs and get on the treadmill daily for 300 calories worth of walking. I'm down from 193 to 181 in a month.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (Vh9CX)
Helena,
Bacon grease is a staple in our house, lol. When we have company some of them love the vegetables I cook. I don't tell them they are loaded with bacon grease.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (3ek7K)
You can deprecate anyone's religion (except Muslims, who will murder you), but do NOT deprecate anyone's dietary/nutrition religious views.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (YqDXo)
This is interesting.
Hubbie went to the doctor yesterday and she told him he needs more protein.
The man is 76 y/o and walks 10 miles on the treadmill 6 days a week. Wouldn't he have enough protein to do that?
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (3ek7K)
iirc there are some concerns about people in the Over 29 Set being able to process / retain what they eat, so docs have been encouraging higher consumption. My mom has been drinking protein shakes on her primary doc's recommendation.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (Vqx30)
I think I saw that NY passed legislation giving her a $10M legal fund.
I did not read it and am not even sure it passed both houses, so I am not 100% sure but it seemed to be specifically for her. (just worded to make it legal)
Posted by: Alabama at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (iavUj)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (3AwA+)
Unless you're competing, don't sweat the last 5 pounds. If you get within 90% of your goal, call it.
Now if you're doing IFBB or boxing/wresting...yeah, ounces matter. But not for real world stuff
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (krQz2)
Remember: Whatever the opposite of what Trump supporters like is automatically good. 100% carb diets are therefore healthiest!
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (Vh9CX)
Recommended by....?
The same people who invented the food pyramid?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (E0p3T)
It is possible to cut sugar out. I only have sugar in jam now, and it is jam I make.
My problem is bread and potatoes. I make my own bread. I could eat half a loaf at a sitting when it is fresh and warm.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (n2swS)
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My eldest daughter did the same thing. Full vegan, couldn't keep on weight, always hungry, not feeling well. One day her boyfriend offered her a chicken wing at B-Dubs and she ate it and then devoured the rest of the order and had him order a second plate.
Steak night is very popular at Chateau Lloyd.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Helena,
Bacon grease is a staple in our house, lol. When we have company some of them love the vegetables I cook. I don't tell them they are loaded with bacon grease.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (3ek7K)
Excellent.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (Vqx30)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (3ek7K)
If we do, we're shit. So don't fall for it. Eat what you decide is best for you, wear what you like, sit how you like, etc.
As far as I'm concerned a meat and potatoes diet used to be standard fare but knowledge about the effects of excess starches and carbs has made me cut back on those items. Metabolic syndrome, anyone?
That leaves meat. Oh darn, the sacrifice.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (FCbAQ)
Are we allowed to mix units like that?
Why not "ounces per kilogram of body weight?"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (GlyvH)
A lot of sky-is-falling rhetoric going around about those, but not only has mine made me lose a ton of weight, I'm now completely off insulin.
If it causes people to develop toenail cancer or something 30 years down the line, I don't give a crap. I'm unlikely to be around that long. I'll take that risk if it means not having to inject myself with insulin every day and do finger sticks several times a day.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM
We take the dogs for a walk 3-4 times a day. Granted it's only about 15-20 minutes at a time but it adds up.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 05:56 PM (e5NfL)
it is nice to wake up with a blood glucose test of 89 instead of the previous 130
I think diet and not eating until 11-ish is helping too.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:56 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)
My problem is bread and potatoes. I make my own bread. I could eat half a loaf at a sitting when it is fresh and warm.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (D7oie)
I hear that
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:56 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (GlyvH)
Troy ounces per stone.
Even though they've been metric for a long time, both the Brits and the Aussies still give their weight in "stone".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:56 PM (W5ArC)
Remember: Whatever the opposite of what Trump supporters like is automatically good. 100% carb diets are therefore healthiest!
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (pMi6S)
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Based on their body shape, they are already doing this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (HKUNe)
If it causes people to develop toenail cancer or something 30 years down the line, I don't give a crap.
______
You may end up featuring in an ad on AoSHQ.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (3AwA+)
Unless you're competing, don't sweat the last 5 pounds. If you get within 90% of your goal, call it.
Now if you're doing IFBB or boxing/wresting...yeah, ounces matter. But not for real world stuff
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (xcxpd)
I second this; would not worry about a few extra pounds given some of the silliness in the world today.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (Vqx30)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (wzAuc)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (Vc147)
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Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (vmkyp)
The man is 76 y/o and walks 10 miles on the treadmill 6 days a week. Wouldn't he have enough protein to do that?
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (3ek7K)
He doesn't like steak?
honestly though, the food pyramid is being changed again and "everyone needs more protein" the way everyone once needed to not eat fats
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (D7oie)
Bring on the meat, bring on the eggs, bring on the protein!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (xcxpd)
Good for you MAE! Ace, my Gainzzz are that I lost 5 lbs over a couple of weeks, buy doing similar to Mark above.
The system is basically real whole foods. I've cut out a ton of carbs, mainly pasta, bread and pastries. Which is tough for me. Cut out a ton of processed sugar too. I'll use honey to sweeten stuff, like oatmeal or Greek yogurt.
Basically trying to eat stuff without seed/vegetable oils and sugar (and other ingredients that aren't natural). For example, I bought natural peanut butter that is just peanuts and salt. It's not bad actually!
And it's too soon to see how the trend plays out, but my blood pressure has gone down too. From 140-150's/80-90's to around 120's-130's/80's. I think it will keep going down as I continue.
Also, I'm considering getting some bloodwork done as a baseline to check triglycerides, etc...
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (144I4)
And I prefer to get my protein from food rather than supplements. There's really no reason to resort to powders when I can eat eggs, beef, salmon and other fish, chicken, lamb now and then ... I try for 20-50 grams of protein per meal. Any more than that is a waste for my size and activity level. Too much less than that is not good, since there is no substitute for protein for building and repairing tissue. The FDA recommended level is inadequate in the long term.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)
To be at the midpoint of "normal" BMI for my height, I'd have to lose 15 more pounds. I don't think this is happening.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (QnmlO)
I ignore it all and eat what I want.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (cIOlQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (n2swS)
INTRODUCE HER TO CROSSFIT!!!!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (D7oie)
__________________
Complete the trifecta and get her admitted to Harvard.
Hey, they took David Hogg.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 05:59 PM (YqDXo)
Breakfast
-- 2 pieces of celery
-- egg-white omelet
Lunch
-- Count Chocula smoothie
-- estrogen injection
Dinner
-- fair-grade arugula salad
-- 1 kumquat for dessert
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:59 PM (pMi6S)
I refuse to get Metamucil, so I'm trying to adjust my diet to get the required 25 grams of fiber daily. It's not easy, and I eat more now than I have since I was a teenager, but I don't gain any weight because it all just goes straight through me.
My colon is slowly getting used to pushing concrete through me, but it has been an uneven process. Once I get the bikes cleaned up, I'll probably lose a few more pounds and be at my Basic Training weight.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:00 PM (ZOv7s)
I cut my sugar to literally just altoids which I don't enjoy at all which is the point. Eventually they will stop. Like you I still bake bread. In fact I have english muffins on the go as we speak. I tend to each starch only with protein.
The best thing about cutting or eliminating sugar is the energy boost. Everyone I convince to do it comes back to me and can't believe how they feel after just a couple weeks.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 06:00 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 06:00 PM (63Dwl)
Protein Idol - a limerick
If you want to be manly like Van Cleef
Going vegan simply beggars all belief
To be a studly feller
You must channel Clara Peller
Approach the counter yelling "WHERE'S THE BEEF!!"
Posted by: BEN R. at May 09, 2025 06:00 PM (HOX+I)
What surprised me is how little added sugar is in peanut butter. I buy the sugar free stuff and it tastes nearly the same as the regular Jif. I add a little artificially-sweetened honey if I want it to taste sweeter.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (l3YAf)
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Oh, the irony. Protein powders are the devil's work. But, "gender re-assignment" invasive surgery is just what the doctor ordered.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (dIske)
Remember: Whatever the opposite of what Trump supporters like is automatically good. 100% carb diets are therefore healthiest!
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (pMi6S)
Let's not forget the vegan contingent among them.
So I would propose they go some mix of vegan and carb.
And zero protein.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (r2ymA)
As a woman who doesn't consider it a meal unless there is meat in it, and eats steak once a week, I consider that statement to be misogynistic.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (0Htd1)
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"Laying pipeline? You mean, like, a vaginal cigar?"
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (Vc147)
Nutrition's fine as I eat a balanced and non-stupid diet.
Hoping to get back on the ice soon. Meanwhile finally took a TRX class and will now have that as an option at the gym when it's crowded (it won't be now, college gym), and just for the good full-body and natural kinds of resistance stuff you can do with it.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (1m82a)
I was doing well with my workout program until Mom had surgery, and the a stroke. Have spent the last two weeks in hospital and rehab rooms.
My body and my kettlebells are crying out for each other!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
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It is possible to cut sugar out. I only have sugar in jam now, and it is jam I make.
My problem is bread and potatoes. I make my own bread. I could eat half a loaf at a sitting when it is fresh and warm.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (D7oie)
I made my first-ever batch of jam last week from a you-pick strawberry farm nearby. Yes, it has lots of sugar, but it doesn't have any of the WTF stuff from mass production. No bread yet - I had a machine in the past and foolishly got rid of it.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 06:02 PM (Vqx30)
Failed fag magazine Rolling Stone pulled this shit a year ago -- did hit pieces on the "right's obsession" with Seed Oils.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:02 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (dIske)
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"C'mere kid, and try these synthetic hormones that are too dangerous for old ladies, but can't possibly be a health problem for a 12 year old."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 06:03 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pow!
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman at May 09, 2025 06:03 PM (krQz2)
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Just thinking I hadn't seen you post in awhile then I saw this and remembered you changed nic
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:03 PM (RIvkX)
People who don’t eat more protein die.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (vm8sq)
True, but incomplete.
Who the fck wants to go through life never eating BACON???
.... oh and have I mentioned that this year will be the *tenth* annual TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (Vqx30)
To be fair the attraction of Bacon is likely the fat as much as protein
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (8avO+)
(It's funny though, because it was Rorhlisburger doing a beef limerick!)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (17s+e)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pow!
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman
OOF!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (/U5Yz)
The vegetarian whack jobs insist we can get by on vegetables and ersatz powders. Remember there are no “essential carbohydrates”.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (vlJl4)
Denying that Protein is not only necessary but king diet nutrition is just like denying binary biological sex.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:02 PM (xCUMI)
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We had seed oils!
And we LIKED 'EM!
Posted by: The Rolling Mossy Stone at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (krQz2)
I did not know that.
Wait until you those little old ladies with their protein supplement drinks at the gym. Ripped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:02 PM (xCUMI)
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Are those the perfectly safe oils that can only be made through industrial processes and have nothing to do with soaring colorectal cancer rates?
Stupid right wingers.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Turns out the Cholesterol is a needed building block for Testosterone.
So of course, 50% of Men, almost ALL older men, are on perpetual medication to lower their Cholesterol.
Almost like... there is a connection there.... as big Pharma has a perpetual money stream, based on the myth that all Cholesterol is bad... and so talk Doctors into continuously lowering the amount of cholesterol before they put you on meds...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (QAkQ3)
But the foghorn is sounding which means it will all end, sooner or later.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Miklos sees a solution and FREEDOM at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (Vqx30)
Of course we do!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (h7ZuX)
[ . . . ]
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 06:00 PM (E0p3T)
try getting xylitol mints, I buy "smart mouth" mints.
They taste similar to the Certs Grammie had to hide her cigarette breath and they have the added benefit of killing the mouth bacteria that can cause cavities.
Keep them away from your dog, they are bad for dogs.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (/U5Yz)
No. 69, really? lol
I had to read The Orphan Master's Son about someone in a North Korean prison camp. They found a renewable source of protein.
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (144I4)
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman
OOF!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (/U5Yz)
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BORT!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (dIske)
And I prefer to get my protein from food rather than supplements. There's really no reason to resort to powders when I can eat eggs, beef, salmon and other fish, chicken, lamb now and then ... I try for 20-50 grams of protein per meal. Any more than that is a waste for my size and activity level. Too much less than that is not good, since there is no substitute for protein for building and repairing tissue. The FDA recommended level is inadequate in the long term.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (Sf2cq)
Hmm, I think I ought to try this as a baseline, what with all the critters I've been feeding.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (Vqx30)
The main problem with ingesting naturalfake's protein rich milkshake is
That his swimmers are so numerous and virile that Ladies, your pancreas will get pregnant!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (dThEA)
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for protein is 0.36 grams per pound of bodyweight...
Yeah, that's the MINIMUM.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (xCUMI)
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Pretty soon you start buckling your knickers below the knee!
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)
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"This is your ass on a low-protein diet ..."
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (CzPwu)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pow!
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman
Wait... if'n you are what you eat... BAT? Man?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
Omnivore diet is the best, because if Papa can't bring down that X point buck everybody dies unless both you and Mama stashed some beans, preserves, or the like for winter.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: The most annoying person in the world at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (2UnvF)
Just do SOMETHING every day. Even if it's lame, even if it's not much, just something. Buy some light weights or a kettlebell and lift/swing every morning. Or jog around your neighborhood. Walk if you can't run.
Get a dog, walk the dog, you will be happier and healthier.
Any excercise is good, just do it every day.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
I'm not sure they know what they're talking about on cholesterol. I bet it turns out that genetics is way more important.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (UBKzV)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (g47mK)
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman
OOF!
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (/U5Yz)
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BORT!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)
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Mort! Mort! Mort!
Posted by: The Swedish Chef at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:01 PM (/U5Yz)
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Pow!
Biff!
Zop!
Wham!!
Posted by: TV's Batman
Wait... if'n you are what you eat... BAT? Man?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (QAkQ3)
also known as 'chicken of the cave'
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (l3YAf)
I gave it up as a guideline when they started randomly changing what bad was.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (8avO+)
The experts recommend getting your proteins from nuts, soy milk, lean chicken, and whey powders. Which is how you know you should be eating red meat.
Posted by: t-ibrd at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (nYrjk)
It is called retaliation...
Do unto others...
Glass houses...
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Stupid Bint.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (/lPRQ)
(It's funny though, because it was Rorhlisburger doing a beef limerick!)
Posted by: muldoon
Quite right
I try to stay in my own lane, but I got Tu
Posted by: Modest Magyar Metairie Miklos at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (t6ibK)
Maybe Ace could write an expose on how the Left treats the Democrat Party like an IP like Star Wars, that can be re-imagined, re-made, and re-shaped into the Current Manufactured Political Climate.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (l3YAf)
I gave it up as a guideline when they started randomly changing what bad was.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (8avO+)
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In serious circles, BMI has always been regarded as a joke at best, dangerous at worst.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)
re-tooled, also
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Miklos sees a solution and FREEDOM at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (t6ibK)
Just try it.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 06:09 PM (l3YAf)
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BMI is not that useful. Muscle is far heavier than fat. For me, I have a lot of muscle. I weigh about 165 which is 25 pounds more than college but still bench 350 and other weight stats about the same as then. But I'm getting shorter. Over 1 inch the lat few years. So my BMI is going up. But not much visibly fatter.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable a Clear and Present Danger at May 09, 2025 06:09 PM (17s+e)
I did n... .
Posted by: Alabama
I had read that somewhere also.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 09, 2025 06:09 PM (JkCto)
Fuck off soy soaked beta cucks ( but I repeat myself)
Now pardon me while I enjoy my bacon wrapped porterhouse with a side of ribeye steak
Btw that was the kind of diet Iive been eating that resulted in losing 75 pounds
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:10 PM (HYKHz)
That his swimmers are so numerous and virile that Ladies, your pancreas will get pregnant!
Posted by: naturalfake at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (dThEA)
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Resulting in Panco-Bred Children.
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:10 PM (CzPwu)
It's all IP's to the Left.
Global Warming is an IP.
The Democrat party is an IP.
Homos are an IP.
Blacks are an IP.
Just like how Disney treats Star Wars & Marvel, as manipulatable IP's for a political agenda.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:10 PM (xCUMI)
Get a dog, walk the dog, you will be happier and healthier.
Any excercise is good, just do it every day.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (xcxpd)
Yeah, I think this is it. Damn good advice.
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 06:10 PM (SATZE)
I think I saw that NY passed legislation giving her a $10M legal fund.
I did not read it and am not even sure it passed both houses, so I am not 100% sure but it seemed to be specifically for her. (just worded to make it legal)
Posted by: Alabama
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Trump's got deeper pockets.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 06:10 PM (/lPRQ)
How much protein is in your average penguin?
Posted by: Miklos sees a solution and FREEDOM at May 09, 2025 06:05 PM (t6ibK)
did not know you are a NAZI!!!!
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:11 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:04 PM (8avO+)
And the Bacon Wenches, whom I hope I'm lucky enough to meet some day!
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 06:11 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (l3YAf)
Yup, at 6 ft 220 (which I have been at since I was 25)... I am just over the border of obese...
Yeah... you know who else is 6 Ft 220? NFL Linebackers... and some strong safeties...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:11 PM (QAkQ3)
Important for the Youngs, though.
Many Colleges and Universities and Scholarship programs stopped using SAT or ACT in favor of BMI
Posted by: Miklos has noticed campus activist and Walmart shopper singularities at May 09, 2025 06:11 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (UBKzV)
It is. Genetics and extra body fat have a higher impact on serum cholesterol than dietary cholesterol.
I'm pretty healthy but had persistently elevated cholesterol and triglycerides. I switched from a high-carb, low-cholesterol diet to a high-cholesterol, low-carb keto diet and my numbers immediately jumped into line. So I think eating carbs also causes the problem.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: The Pangolin. at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (dIske)
I've told this story before, but I lived in a community with non-fluoridated water for several years, and then they started adding fluoride. Before the fluoride, we had mostly normal-sized people with lots of skinny ones as well, and a few fatties. After fluoride, nearly everyone gained 30 pounds. We had mostly fatties with some normals and a few skinnies.
I ended up on thyroid meds. Thanks, Karens!
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (Sf2cq)
Calcium
Citrate
Fructose
Glucose
Lactic acid
Magnesium
Potassium
[b[Protein
Zinc
Posted by: Maj. Healey at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (/U5Yz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 06:13 PM (7hx0x)
I have it on good authority that liberal women are very interested in high testosterone: for themselves.
Posted by: Dr. T at May 09, 2025 06:13 PM (9jZWY)
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:13 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 06:13 PM (gwrBY)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 05:58 PM (Sf2cq)
Hmm, I think I ought to try this as a baseline, what with all the critters I've been feeding.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 06:06 PM (Vqx30)
There are almost certainly many cross connections between tummy and body that are unhappy at getting some pile of powder instead of the inefficient equivalent in meat, veggies, soups. For me a soup is far more filling and lasts more than the little bit of veg and meat put into it. My home made stuff even more so. I even out a bit of gelatine power (beef) to make it thicker.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (8avO+)
Anyone here dabble in STEVIA?
I like cans of Dole Pineapple Chunks for my morning breakfast protein shake.
Dole now offers Pineapple Chunks in Water with added Stevia. Much lower Sugar, and kinda tasty.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (gwrBY)
It is entirely possible to be both underweight or in the green as far as BM and “fat” from the technical standpoint one needs to increase muscle mass.
Still, fat people should lose the 75 or 150 or 250 pounds of blubber as soon as practicable. Shouldn’t need a chart or anything to figure that out.
1. Have I seen my cock since the Obie administration?
2. Can I wipe my ass without ass-isstance?
3. Etc
Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (vlJl4)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:12 PM (l3YAf
Yes, cholesterol production is a byproduct of insulin production.
Dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on cholesterol levels.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: t-ibrd at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (nYrjk)
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The experts are fake and gay.
Posted by: The Pangolin. at May 09, 2025 06:15 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Miklos may have been drinking at May 09, 2025 06:15 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 06:15 PM (gwrBY)
Calcium
My bones are adamantium levels of strong!
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (xCUMI)
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Old & Busted: CalvinBall.
New Hotness: CalvinPol.
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (aGVRo)
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Checks notes for today:
Cleared fallen aspen tree from driveway, cut to fireplace lengths, loaded a truckload of downed brush and branches down to the community slash pile for burning next winter, chased down the puppy after she jumped out of the truck to chase a pair of elk, vacuumed the whole house.
I'm good for the day.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (HOX+I)
It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so disturbing
The 80s kids always have healthy skin tones and muscle builds
The zoomers either look like glue paste or miniature versions of David French
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (HYKHz)
Sheesh, I'm at three times that to keep weight on. I kept losing weight at .75g/lb (which was good, up to a point)
Posted by: t-ibrd at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (98iWb)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:11 PM (QAkQ3)
Think that's a little light for a LB.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Miklos just told the girls "It's a nutricious cocktail" at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (t6ibK)
Dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on cholesterol levels.
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (Sf2cq)
But the Science(TM)! The Experts(TM)! They said to avoid bacon and eat HFCS-laden industrial soy products to get healthy!
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (Sf2cq)
It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so disturbing
The 80s kids always have healthy skin tones and muscle builds
The zoomers either look like glue paste or miniature versions of David French
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (HYKHz)
Film was expensive, you didn't photograph the ugly ones.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (8avO+)
I always carve off sections for myself when sectioning the meat into weekly freezer bags.
Posted by: Beartooth at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (dLmtu)
Only good thing is that Fett seat is up in 2028, but causes a special election in 2026?
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (gwrBY)
Posted by: The most annoying person in the world at May 09, 2025 06:07 PM (2UnvF)
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Harvard grad.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:18 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (gwrBY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (sB5dv)
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Oh! IOW, you're just gonna make up whatever you want about this Manosphere Protein Mania.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (qBdHI)
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An addictive chemical that makes you crave it fortnightly.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (UBKzV)
Remember how Ag industries would occasionally do short, massive ad-campaigns and then just abruptly stop. For instance:
"Milk. It Does A Body Good."
"Pork. The Other White Meat."
I'll bet you don't remember this little jingle:
"The Incredible. Edible. Egg!"
https://is.gd/z5lBqw
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Emmie celebrates the Audacity of Trump! at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (Sf2cq)
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The funny thing about cholesterol is that they're only counting the suitcases, not the contents.
It's nuts.
It's what each type of "suitcase" tends to carry.
But that tendency is varied by genetics as well.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:20 PM (krQz2)
I'm good for the day.
Posted by: muldoon
Cutting firewood in May?
You have learned much, not grasshopper.
Posted by: Aunt Miklos at May 09, 2025 06:20 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: t-ibrd at May 09, 2025 06:08 PM (nYrjk)
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The experts are fake and gay.
Posted by: The Pangolin. at May 09, 2025 06:15 PM (krQz2)
Whey attracts spiders. Just ask little miss muffet
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:20 PM (8avO+)
We used to grind up the ugly and weak into a nutritious slurry.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:20 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: That Guy at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (wBaIH)
"Milk. It Does A Body Good."
"Pork. The Other White Meat."
I'll bet you don't remember this little jingle:
"The Incredible. Edible. Egg!"
https://is.gd/z5lBqw
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (xCUMI)
You Lose
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (8avO+)
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Yeah, but this is bullshit. Muscle weighs more than fat. If you are easily mistaken for an NFL linebacker, than it’s OK, maybe you’d have a point.
Generally speaking - Anybody who weighs more than 180 or 190 (without being seriously fit and working out) regardless of height. Meaning most people most places most times.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (vlJl4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (vmkyp)
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Appointed by Trump as Ambassador to Iran? Transylvania? Holy Roman Emperor?
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (A5ASI)
Posted by: The Pangolin. at May 09, 2025 06:15 PM (krQz2)
Whey attracts spiders. Just ask little miss muffet
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:20 PM (8avO+)
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No whey!
Posted by: Axenab at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (UBKzV)
Taco Bell Tapeworm.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (wBaIH)
What kind of food/medicine is named Zepbound?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:22 PM (8avO+)
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This wasn’t the 1950s, it was the 80s, which was only 10 years ago!
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:22 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 06:22 PM (144I4)
It’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so disturbing
The 80s kids always have healthy skin tones and muscle builds
The zoomers either look like glue paste or miniature versions of David French
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (HYKHz)
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Is that why they always blame boomers for their easy life?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (sB5dv)
This is, of course, proper investigative tactics now. See, The United States v. Roger Stone.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (Tlcgu)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (vmkyp)
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Democracy means removing elected representatives of the people, who you previously defended to the hilt, because they are no longer as gung ho on your ideology.
It always has.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (krQz2)
I do like fruit which i also call vegetable candy.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (g47mK)
In my teens and early twenties I had a ten year period where eating fast food was my primary diet. But I had an unusually strong constitution that most didn't.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 06:16 PM (vmkyp)
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Appointed by Trump as Ambassador to Iran? Transylvania? Holy Roman Emperor?
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (A5ASI)
What are they going to do, shoot him? He has a six year term going.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Miklos likes chocolate milk, but Yoo-Hoo seems artificial at May 09, 2025 06:23 PM (t6ibK)
>> Abbe Lowell is Laetitia's attorney and he's a major Dem fixer . He's probably drooling right now over the fees he'll get from the NYS Dem slush fund for criminal Pols
As per the rules used against Trump, infer Lowell is part of the the criminal conspiracy and raid his offices and spy on his communications.
I mean, that's how it's done right?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 06:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:19 PM (UBKzV)
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He's got a heed the size of a planet!
It's got it's own weather system!
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:24 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 06:24 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts
Sesame seed oil is yummy. Damn good on pasta.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (0Htd1)
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It's interesting that bring that up. I've always lived in a community area that includes country and urban areas pretty close. The country areas have their own wells. Urban has water treatment with fluoride. And, invariably, the urban folks are more overweight that less healthy.
Fluoride has been proven to disrupt various natural body processes (including the natural creation of testosterone). There are actual studies that show that fluoride causes increases in depression and weight gain.
The reason I'm suspect of the whole process is that just about every bottled water product includes fluoride, and they don't have to list it in ingredients...and the dive in testosterone seems to have corresponded with the popularity of bottled water.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Oldcat
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There has been a confluence of drug names and modern baby names.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (UBKzV)
Posted by: Shedeur Sanders at May 09, 2025 06:26 PM (PiwSw)
And file bar complaints. Lots of bar complaints.
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2025 06:26 PM (Tlcgu)
Aldous Huxley...
Medical Science has made such tremendous progress that there are almost no healthy people left....
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:26 PM (QAkQ3)
I picked up like 2.5lbs of London broil and some eggs. I originally had planned to cut the steak in half and make steak and eggs. But that first night, I was hungry. So I cooked one of the London broil and ate the whole damn thing that night. ThEN I also made four eggs.
Woke up feeling great.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 06:27 PM (4TkVL)
Then I decided to stop drinking alcohol (could no longer use the 2020 insanity, The Steal, and the subsequent Junta as an excuse and justification for chronic insomnia).
I've lost 20 lb in a matter of a few months since. Who knew (of course, I did ...)?
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:27 PM (A5ASI)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 06:21 PM (wBaIH)
Zepbound is the exact same drug as Monjourno, which is for diabetes. Same dosing available. If you're diabetic or pre-diabetic you can probably get insurance to cover the latter.
What does are you up to? The low doses don't do a lot.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:27 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (0Htd1)
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But it needs to be expeller-pressed, or it's got toxins and distressed fats in it.
Plant oils were originally developed to replace petroleum in machines. They got a special grant during the WWII butter shortage to try them in foods.
The rest is history.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:28 PM (krQz2)
'I think I saw that NY passed legislation giving her a $10M legal fund.'
NYers want to remind us how much they hate us, I guess. The feeling's mutual.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:28 PM (3wi/L)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 06:28 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:28 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 06:29 PM (pZEOD)
NYers want to remind us how much they hate us, I guess. The feeling's mutual.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
Ever see the movie Fail Safe?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 06:29 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:29 PM (g47mK)
Aldous Huxley...
Medical Science has made such tremendous progress that there are almost no healthy people left....
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:26 PM (QAkQ3)
Brave New World has gotten strangely forgotten as its predictions of a drug addled conforming cheap sex future got more accurate. A young lady I was friends with at the time was very amused by the categorization of the girls by how pneumatic they were.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (8avO+)
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I dunno those lefty whack jobs in Pennsylvania already have a track record of trying to assassinate people who don’t tow the communist line
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (g47mK)
One of my favorite Bee headline was when we were having a beef shortage.
Taco Bell Totally Unaffected By Beef Shortage.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (HYKHz)
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They made that decision with the best observations they had at the time. (And money from Big Sugar).
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:29 PM (g47mK)
There goes my Big Mac infused vodka idea.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 06:31 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:31 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (8avO+)
and that's a good thing!
*shakes head
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:31 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 06:29 PM (63Dwl)
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It's been a Feel Good movie for a couple of decades now.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at May 09, 2025 06:26 PM (Tlcgu)
As said by a lawyer. Welcome back Mallamutt.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (r2ymA)
Stupidest person: vegan who makes his cat or dog vegan
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:30 PM (ImXfC)
Dogs could actually survive as a vegan, cats are obligate carnivores. Either in the kibbles or in your leg, take your pick.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (ImXfC)
I can't find it, but one of those BIG EGG commercials in the 70's taught us how to make a Delicious & Nutritious egg shake!
Just add 1 egg to a glass of cold Orange Juice, add Ice, and Blend. YUM!
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: uglykidmoe at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (D004a)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
You forgot a smooth vodka.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (4TkVL)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (ImXfC)
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Also sunlight.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 06:31 PM (wBaIH)
I've heard of peptides, and polypeptides but never zeptides.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Maj. Healey
I never went into that much detail
Posted by: Miklos just told the girls "It's a nutricious cocktail" at May 09, 2025 06:17 PM (t6ibK)
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G. Gordon Liddy would regularly read off-beat articles on his radio show and he found one where a doctor in Thailand was in trouble for telling women that they could enlarge their breasts by rubbing his ejactulate into them.
Liddy laughed a bit and then paused. "Thing about this is that - as any man will tell you - it's absolutely true."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:34 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
You forgot a smooth vodka.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (4TkVL)
The shell makes it cruncheriffic!
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:34 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:35 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (ImXfC)
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Jane Fonda exercise videos are now Nazi propaganda.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:35 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:35 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (krQz2)
'Turns out the Cholesterol is a needed building block for Testosterone.'
I'll just tell my doctor I must be just too manly.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (3wi/L)
They did blood work, all was good. He said I had a little bit high bad cholesterol, but my good cholesterol was very high (and good).
So he prescribed 10mg lisinopril. The day after I took it my bp went from 150/85 to 120/80. It upset my stomach a bit, but that seems to have subsided. So I still need to exercise more, but lately getting in 8k to 10k steps, in farm prep for soybeans and other spring stuff.
And still doing mild keto, 1.1 ketone reading yesterday, 0.9 glucose ... all is well.
GAINZZ are good ... God Bless the Horde.
Posted by: illiniwek at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (Cus5s)
I also noticed not a single vegan I met was a straight man, they were either women or gay all day
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:35 PM (l3YAf)
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See also, "Sleeper," Woody Allen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Didn't he also laud ABBA as the greatest band ever? Could swear I heard him say that more than once.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (UBKzV)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (HYKHz)
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If they're gay, we know where they were getting extra protein.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (HYKHz)
Current mainstream theory is that a) that doesn't matter because there is no way to alter it, and b) you start depositing cholesterol plaque on the artery walls at birth and the only question is how to moderate that deposition.
Oh, and if you do all the things prescribed in the popular health press, and you still wind up with atherosclerosis you get told "well, maybe its genetics"
bastards.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (UBKzV)
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He had a tribute band on his show and they did a parody of "Waterloo" called "Watergate."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)
NYers want to remind us how much they hate us, I guess. The feeling's mutual.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:28 PM (3wi/L)
Putting 10M at the disposal of a lawyer and someone on trial for fraud. NOT A GREAT PLAN.
Trump should offer her a light sentence if she can spin the trial out to drain the fund.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: uglykidmoe at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM (D004a)
Reminds me that I really want to go further than just listening to the intro commercial of the guy who trains Hollywood stars and endorsed by Dr Drew The hook for me is he says he loves carbs and will eat pizza .
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (xCUMI)
Until then … fuck right off
As to gainzzzz, I’m about to complete my best training block since 2019
Posted by: browndog wagging tail at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Woody Allen was also ahead of the curve on the whole stepdaughter thing.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:39 PM (l3YAf)
I know I do.
I have never eaten a steak and said, "Boy Howdy, I do love eating some of this protein so I can be a manly man!!".
I'll never understand this obsession with putting a leftist moralistic label on anything and everything that humans have been doing for hundreds of thousands of years.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 06:39 PM (qcVI3)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:33 PM
Wait...whut?!
- Crossfitting Harvard grads
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 06:39 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (NtVYv)
Nobody tells me anything.
I'm married to a man. I guess he shoulda told me.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (Eo96p)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
Nope. I gag just imagining it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (h7ZuX)
Was hoping for boards over windows. Unfortunately, no....
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (SATZE)
Oh, and if you do all the things prescribed in the popular health press, and you still wind up with atherosclerosis you get told "well, maybe its genetics"
bastards.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 06:37 PM (D7oie)
My brushes with nutrition teachings go from yeah duh to 'Is this a witchdoctor speaking to me?'
Our Piper excepted, of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (NVNRw)
I know I do.
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I have never heard a woman rave about the slightly burnt fat on a ribeye.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (UBKzV)
Was hoping for boards over windows. Unfortunately, no....
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (SATZE)
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It was not located in Portland, I take it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (krQz2)
In other words: there's no patented drug to sell that will modify it.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (h7ZuX)
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I bet you love the scene in "Rocky" where he drinks a pitcher of raw eggs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
Nope. I gag just imagining it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (h7ZuX)
Isn't that close to an Orange Julius?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Bark soup for the plebs, steak for the inner party at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: javems at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (8I4hW)
Helena,
Bacon grease is a staple in our house, lol. When we have company some of them love the vegetables I cook. I don't tell them they are loaded with bacon grease.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (3ek7K)
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From 'A Northener Moves South'
"Save all manner of bacon grease. You will be instructed later on how to use it."
Posted by: Ciampino - also for wagon axles at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (krQz2)
Bethesda
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: browndog wagging tail at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (TTAGa)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:32 PM (xCUMI)
You forgot a smooth vodka.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Not exact, but pretty close
Posted by: Miklos, having an Adult Orange Julius at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: The girl in the raspberry beret at May 09, 2025 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (8avO+)
Aww, thank you.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (pZEOD)
You'll have to pry the 5lb dumbbells from my cold, dead hands!
Posted by: Barack Obama at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (6bxmr)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (vFG9F)
Fuck you vanity fair and your soy boy cuck readers.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (HYKHz)
Tigers disagree
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (8avO+)
Hell yeah, when they quit putting the raw egg in it wasn't the same
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM (NtVYv)
'cholesterol production is a byproduct of insulin production.
Dietary cholesterol has almost no impact on cholesterol levels.'
But doesn't dietary cholesterol cause insulin production?
If not, what does?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (3wi/L)
I could eat a half dozen breakfast pork chops with no problem.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (NVNRw)
FTFY. Goes all the way back to the book of Genesis.
Posted by: Boss babe ruined Paradise at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:25 PM (UBKzV)
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"Common side effects of Shaniqua may include:
chest pain, discomfort, or tightness; decreased urine output; difficult or labored breathing; difficulty with swallowing; dilated neck veins; extreme fatigue; fainting; fast, slow, irregular, pounding, or racing heartbeat or pulse; fever; heat intolerance; hives or welts, skin itching, rash, or redness; irregular breathing; irritability; menstrual changes; nausea; pain or discomfort in the arms, jaw, back, or neck sweating; swelling of the eyes, face, lips, throat, or tongue; and
. tremors.
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (V8agI)
1- PAF Murid Air Base Chakwal, Punjab
2- Nur Khan Air Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi
3- PAF Rafiqui Air Base Shorkot, Punjab
Pakistani press conference
https://tinyurl.com/2cfceakx
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
I'm convinced that IF we stick to natural foods, then what tastes good is what our body needs at that time.
It's our reward for eating right... Problem is, that we have chemically created crap, that our body says MIMICS the taste of what we need... but is unhealthy.
Like, our body likes fruit, which has a sweet taste... fruit that our body needs, but then we create chemicals and pure sugar, and make that sweet taste in Ice Cream... instead of much healthier fruit.
Steak tastes good because it is one thing our body needs... which is why it cracks me up when Vegans make plant based things that MIMIC the taste of meat.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (g47mK)
I don't eat Butter.
I switched to Coconut Oil a long time ago.
Butter IS bad, especially heated/melted butter because the heat rearranges the molecules. Really.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (HF1su)
Posted by: Bark soup for the plebs, steak for the inner party at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (TbWk/)
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They were really hoping to kill more of us in 2020.
They knew what HCQ did, which is why legislation banned the use outside of a hospital (which then refused to administer it).
They never said boo about or to India which gave out free Ivermectin with a diagnosis, and had great success with that treatment.
They learned and kinda knew what ventilators would do.
They rely on the ignorance and incuriosity of the average Dem to never learn these things.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (krQz2)
I could eat a half dozen breakfast pork chops with no problem.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (VofaG)
I have Shake and Bake porkchops once a week.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (NtVYv)
Blue Bunny ice cream company has a product out called "Twist", in a few flavors, that's a mix of two ice creams that are as close to soft-serve as I've ever eaten coming out of a pint.
It's not quite as milkshake-ish as a Frosty, but the flavor is dead on the same.
I just had some and it's quite good.
Blue Bunny is here in the south, not sure if it's around the other parts of the country.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM
Have you been to a TXMOME?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (63Dwl)
If not, what does?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 06:44 PM (3wi/L)
Carbohydrates cause insulin production.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (8avO+)
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Orangeman Julius.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (kTd/k)
1- PAF Murid Air Base Chakwal, Punjab
2- Nur Khan Air Base Chaklala, Rawalpindi
3- PAF Rafiqui Air Base Shorkot, Punjab
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (sB5dv)
When I first read that it was WAIT!!! Israeli Air Force is bombing the Pakis?
/Facepalm
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:47 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:36 PM (UBKzV)
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He had a tribute band on his show and they did a parody of "Waterloo" called "Watergate."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)
There is a world where you could say ABBA was one of the ten most important popular music bands of all time. In terms of impact on popular culture a given time.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:47 PM (r2ymA)
*********
One of the four essential oils of life
Coconut oil
Avocado oil
Olive oil
Motor oil
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (HYKHz)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (QAkQ3)
Back when the Onion was funny there was a great story about Vegans redefining cows and pigs as plants.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (hlNLQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (NVNRw)
Within a week millions of leftists will have eaten rat poison and/or set themselves on fire.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (mus+M)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:47 PM (r2ymA)
They had a lot of hits and I can't remember too many terrible ones.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Oh, yeah...no. I really can't even with that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (HF1su)
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Well I'm bad then, because I use President butter cooking a lot of stuff.
It tastes soooooo good.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM (bF7Q5)
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Excessive consumption with no fasting for an insulin drop really takes its toll.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 09, 2025 06:45 PM (NtVYv)
That was my mom's go to when I visited. She knew I loved it. There are different flavors .
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (VofaG)
That Hellmans shit is crap. It's Motor Oil.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (mus+M)
yeah but I get better mpg with it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:47 PM (r2ymA)
Got to any event be it a wedding, sportsball game, nightclub what have you. Dancing Queen comes on everyone’s dancing and singing along.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:40 PM (8avO+)
Aww, thank you.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 06:43 PM
Not gonna lie...I do like kale.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 06:50 PM (UBKzV)
That Hellmans shit is crap. It's Motor Oil.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (mus+M)
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Soybean oil is the main ingredient on about 80% of the "mayonnaise".
I'm thinking that's not what mayonnaise used to be before the 20th century.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (krQz2)
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It's the crap they put into pasta, bread and flour. You can go to Italy and eat pasta every day and nothing will happen. You might even lose weight. You can to to France and eat 3 medium sized delicious baguettes every day, and you might even lose weigh. But in the US, you blow you like a porky pig.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (g47mK)
If you take drugs, any drug, to help lose weight and you do not take the time to completely change your lifestyle while the drug tricks you into eating less, you are wasting your time and effort. You have to change it all. You also need to be very aware that glp1 meds cause muscle loss, if the reward is greater than the risk- meaning you are very, very overweight, please incorporate both weight work and cardio into your loss plan because your heart is a muscle.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (pZEOD)
I pity the fool
Posted by: B.A. Baracus (no relation) at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:48 PM
More for us normal* people.
*for a given value of "normal".
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: some 70s ad at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Oh, yeah...no. I really can't even with that.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 09, 2025 06:49 PM (h7ZuX)
As a child I used to be absolute disgusted by cooked egg white taste. No easter eggs, no over easy...my mom persevered and she found that only eggs super soft boiled so the white was mostly clear and slimy. It disgusted her but she had to get me some eggs in from the mom handbook.
I lost the reaction to it somewhere along the line.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:53 PM (8avO+)
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She's demanding the psyop of a mayoral inspection of a federal facility.
Remember when the libs all told the Arizona governor to pound sand?
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (r2ymA)
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huh, had the same reaction to egg yolks. disgusting. I am not over it. to this day !
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ben Had
Ace and garret had their little getaway at "Couples Only" Sandals in Jamaica.
They should do that more often.
Posted by: Miklos knows the story at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (krQz2)
You can make your own like they used to.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:54 PM (r2ymA)
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As long as you don't include mustard in there, we don't have to fight.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:51 PM (krQz2)
You can make your own like they used to.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 06:55 PM (8avO+)
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Got a recipe?
I made my own horseradish sauce because it's all soybean oil these days. (Using avocado mayo).
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 06:57 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Robert Dubois at May 09, 2025 06:57 PM (kOvt2)
Posted by: runner
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He stopped eating the buns of his McDonald's hamburgers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:58 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I ate 1200 calories (balanced veg and meat, but low carb) and went from 219 down to 175 over about eight months with a two mile walk every day. It sucked moose cock. Always hungry, never sleeping well, grumpy. I gained it all back. Now I'm happy, sleep better, and walking sometimes...when my new knee lets me.
My basic training weight was 119 pounds. I weighed 135 when i resigned my cw2 commission 10-ish years later. There's no way in hell I'll ever be 119 again, unless it's a fleeting day or so as my decaying body rots in the grave.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (MsrgL)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 06:59 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:46 PM (NVNRw)
Not really, but today I decided to eat whatever.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Got a recipe?
I made my own horseradish sauce because it's all soybean oil these days. (Using avocado mayo).
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 06:56 PM (krQz2)
https://www.allrecipes.com/article/making-mayonnaise/
I dont consume much mayo aside from thanksgiving turkey sammies but this recipe looks about right - eggs and oil and a bit something to keep them from separating.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: polynikes
HEY
That's my pickup line
Posted by: Miklos at the Country Bunker at May 09, 2025 07:00 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (MsrgL)
Dogs are wonderful.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 07:01 PM (NCBV1)
93% yes
_7% no
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Yes, but only the album version--not the Plant/Page version.
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (bF7Q5)
93% yes
_7% no
Posted by: Braenyard
It was a telephone poll.
One million calls to the US from "Greg".
Posted by: Miklos , happy for assisting with your issue at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (bF7Q5)
1 kg is 2.2 pounds IIRC
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:03 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Crusader at May 09, 2025 07:03 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: Eromero
I hesitate to ask what you can eat.
I can send you some things.
Posted by: Miklos near Saxe-Gotha part of Lexington county at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 06:52 PM
Get him to a TxMoMe?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:02 PM (bF7Q5)
1 kg is 2.2 pounds IIRC
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 07:03 PM
And 1 kg = 1,000 grams.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 09, 2025 07:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 07:08 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:10 PM (bF7Q5)
I can send you some things.
Posted by: Miklos near Saxe-Gotha part of Lexington county at May 09, 2025 07:05 PM (t6ibK
I can get okra here, and we have some good butcher shops, and I found some Peanut Patch Boiled Peanuts in a can. They're half raw so you have to finish boiling them, but hey this ain't Pelion is it?
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 07:15 PM (LHPAg)
They could be defined as "protein curious"...
Or just "cocksuckers".
Posted by: UncleJefe at May 09, 2025 07:29 PM (gAuAm)
The bad news is that she will undoubtedly get re-elected if she runs and if she isn't disbarred.
Posted by: Ashley Squishy at May 09, 2025 07:43 PM (kvDvI)
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:39 PM (9r4XZ)
Nova Scotian?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 07:48 PM (D7oie)
1)I was too stupid to understand instructions.
2) That's racist.
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 07:56 PM (gDhA9)
Anabolic steroids for men to get stronger - bad.
Anabolic steroids for confused little girls - good.
Posted by: Marty at May 09, 2025 08:17 PM (ELmyf)
Posted by: Marty at May 09, 2025 08:19 PM (ELmyf)
Posted by: Stacy0311 at May 09, 2025 09:26 PM (ZymR0)
Now discarded like a burned out Tesla.
I hope she gets a $500 billion dollar fine, 99 years in prison and 8 hours a day on a treadmill watching Glenn Beck TV shows.
Posted by: jimmymcnulty at May 09, 2025 11:35 PM (Oq0A7)
Biden's Pick to Lead His Rehabilitation Tour...? A Hack PR Spinner Whose Speciality Is Covering Up Democrat Health Problems, Including Hiding Lloyd Austin's Absense from Office and Hospitalization
To Rebut Reports of His Senility, Biden Hires Press Flack Who Helped Hide Lloyd Austin's Hospital Stay
Chris Meagher, one of four Pentagon spokesmen who covered up the former defense secretary's hospitalization, has already begun attacking journalists for reporting on Biden's cognitive declineJoe Biden, 82, hired a publicist who previously helped cover up former defense secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization to defend him against allegations of senility.
The former president's team tapped Biden administration spokesman Chris Meagher to "help [Biden] transition past the first 100 days of the Trump administration," Politico reported on Thursday.
The hire comes amid a flurry of high-profile books detailing Biden's age-related cognitive decline and his family's, the White House's, and the media's attempts to keep his mental state quiet during his reelection run. Biden allies also fear that soon-to-be-released audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who said the former president came across as an "elderly man with a poor memory," could "further damage his legacy," according to Politico.
Meagher's history of covering up damaging health-related stories about Democrats makes him a natural choice to represent Biden. He was part of a small group of Department of Defense aides who helped conceal Austin's 2024 hospitalization following prostate cancer surgery.
Meagher, a Pentagon spokesman at the time, was one of four aides who knew the defense secretary was indisposed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from complications after his emergency surgery but hid the news from the White House for two days.
Austin's two-week hospital stint drew criticism from the public and national security experts who questioned whether he had properly delegated his authority--and whether anyone was running the Pentagon after an ambulance rushed him to Walter Reed.
Meagher has jumped into his new job as Biden's spin doctor. According to Politico, the former Pentagon spokesman "played an instrumental role" in booking Biden's first live post-presidential interview on Thursday, a softball appearance on The View alongside his wife and handler, Jill.
Meagher had already begun using social media to swat down stories about his boss's senility even before his new role came to light. When Axios's Alex Thompson won the White House Correspondents' Association's highest award for his reporting on Biden's exit from the 2024 presidential race, he used his speech to discuss the Biden administration's "deception" and admitted that the media "missed a lot of this story."
Meagher took to X to accuse Thompson of lying.
Alex Thompson is about to release a book about the cover-up of Biden's dementia, along with CNN propagandist and Deep State agent Jake Tapper.
Scott Jennings claims that this book will be a "nuclear bomb" of revelations about the Biden White House. (But not the media -- Tapper's game is to blame everything on Biden's staffers so that no blame can fall on his own narrow, womanly shoulders.)
I will just say watching him over the last few days reminded me that a whole bunch of people were telling us with a straight face that this man was capable of serving another four years as president. And that these appearances [are] coupled with what I understand is going to be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb dropped on the Democratic Party when Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book comes out next week.I don't know that the Democrats have fully internalized what's about to happen to them between what he looks like today and what they're about to report.
You know, of course, that Mark Halperin is reporting that the Biden family is broke and is looking for some way to get the Graft Machine running again. Halperin believes this Rehabilitation Tour is all in service of that.
Note that it was previously reported that no one is willing to pay him his ridiculous $300,000 speaking fee. He's got to find some way to make the public want to hear from him again, or else all of his scumbag drug-addict children and grandchildren will be forced into actual productive employment.
The horror of that!
At the end of this clip, they try to wargame ways that Biden can start grifting again. None of Biden's options are good.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 04:48 PM (fS2Jb)
Posted by: Doctor Jill at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (YStF8)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (e5NfL)
Film at 11.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (GYt5+)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (D7oie)
There is no future and Dr. Jill's dreamin'
No future
Noo fuuture
Nooo Cunucks for yooouu
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (e5NfL)
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They need to grift somehow. Maybe set up a PAC and skim the donations.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (CYHde)
There is no future and Dr. Jill's dreamin'
No future
Noo fuuture
Nooo Cunucks for yooouu
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (wBaIH)
He said on The Spew he's writing a book !
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (VE6XX)
Money.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (viF8m)
Joe Biden, 82, hired a publicist who previously helped cover up former defense secretary Lloyd Austin's secret hospitalization to defend him against allegations of senility.
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What a shitty job.
Posted by: Septic Tank Cleaner at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (ufCEJ)
Film at 11.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (xcxpd)
This requires Garrett Morris shouting
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (Vyll1)
He was capable of sitting at a desk, quietly, while some other group continued to eff everything up. That's what they were telling you.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (0JhQy)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 04:56 PM (VE6XX)
"And that these appearances [are] coupled with what I understand is going to be the equivalent of a nuclear bomb dropped on the Democratic Party when Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book comes out next week."
Nobody in the Democrat party will give a fuck.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (VE6XX)
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They have delusions of him being the 'shadow president' and getting world leaders to buy access but they all know that he's a meat puppet without any working strings.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: Doctor Jill at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (YStF8)
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (0JhQy)
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Who owned the autopen?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (s8j++)
It's rumored that the fee for FJB's appearance on the View was a coupon for $1.50 off a pint of Ben and Jerry's
Posted by: Curly Shuffle
He probably paid THEM.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (63Dwl)
(BTW, where did that 'top of mind' expression come from? I hate it)
Posted by: InZona at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (wFJHy)
Tanned, rested and ready, Jack. C'mon, I'll do more pushups than you.
Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 05:01 PM (63Dwl)
Ace, does "Absense" mean smart tummy?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:01 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:02 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 05:02 PM (mH4AI)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:02 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: The Cryptkeeper at May 09, 2025 05:02 PM (vFG9F)
Geez Louise,
A Catholic Newspaper is saying the new pope may be the first black pope ever.
That's really reaching.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (3ek7K)
Today's stupid MSM headline, or one of them anyway:
"Pope Leo speaks English. That's bad news for J.D. Vance."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (42Vb+)
They hate him now but he hates them too. It's a no lose situation for us.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (viF8m)
Everyone already knew and knew since 2019.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: doc ock at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (/vuFu)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:01 PM
No. It's the banned liquor that gets you all fucked up.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (mH4AI)
Well, at least he has experience at it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:04 PM (2VST1)
A specialist in healthcare PR coverups?
What does that entail exactly?
Paying off/threatening healthcare personnel & reporters?
Just being a really good, smooth talking, liar?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:04 PM (6ydKt)
That's really reaching.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (3ek7K)
Uh huh.
Posted by: Gelasius at May 09, 2025 05:04 PM (gKWVE)
The posts and Biden probably had roughly equal IQs prior to his brain aging.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 05:05 PM (HlyYF)
A Catholic Newspaper is saying the new pope may be the first black pope ever.
That's really reaching.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (3ek7K)
Saw something this AM saying he has Creole in his ancestry which is black !Put a photo of him with his 2 brothers and they are whiter than me and I'm Swedish
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 05:05 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:05 PM (r2ymA)
I mean.. who the hell can't speak English these days? Except anyone working in customer service, of course.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:05 PM (l3YAf)
I mean, what's the point of all of this? I guess nobody in their circle understands that everyone else in Dem world finally sees The Emperor's New Clothes and is abandoning them now that they are of no use to them any more.
Most non-Dems saw this years ago, but apparently we are just hateful idiots.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 09, 2025 05:06 PM (SRRAx)
Regarding Biden going broke, I wouldn't be surprised. His family took in millions but have lived large and have a lot of family to support. Hunter went through it all via hookers, blow and meth.
Biden is like your typical pro athlete who makes a ton of money while playing but has all kind of hangers in, family and bling to pay for. Once it all runs out he's still got his pension but that is not nearly enough to pay for the houses , cars and child support
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:06 PM (vmkyp)
No surprise there.
He's less popular than Jimmy Carter was.
At least Jimmy was relatively young and could do his charity and peace work.
Biden is old, demented, and stupid.
Very few people on this planet care one iota what he has to say.
People started ignoring Joe Biden's existence about a week after the debate with Trump.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
How about the millennium of mostly Italians after me? Or... Sicilians? If I wasn't Catholic I might have a thing to say about Stephen III...
Posted by: Gelasius at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (gKWVE)
Chris Meagher
@chrismeagher
@PeteButtigieg
brings an invigoratingly rational perspective to the political stage these days."
(Santa Barbara Independent.)
April 30, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/yzhrzf8k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (sB5dv)
May the Biden name be purged from American culture and history forever except to serve as a warning to others that failure is real and can be spectacular.
Posted by: AnonybotymousDrivel at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (gLikB)
Tapper's book will be called "old news" by the Dems.
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Expect loads of stories featuring "Yale psychologists" saying Trump is senile and deranged.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:08 PM (QnmlO)
Sigh. Always metaphorical..
Posted by: Nuclear bomb enthusiast at May 09, 2025 05:09 PM (l3YAf)
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The GloboHomo Oligarchic Money-Laundering And -Bribing Art-World hardest hit ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (6Azpp)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:05 PM (l3YAf)
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Pope Leo can speak directly to the English-speaking world, whereas other popes would need translations, which were frequently jacked up to make clickbait and demoralize Catholics.
So that is a big difference.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (vmkyp)
I don't think I've ever seen that happen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:06 PM (vmkyp)
Like a big lottery winner being broke in five years.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: doc ock at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (/vuFu)
So that is a big difference.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (ZOv7s)
That's a good point. I don't know why Vance needs to look out, though, unless Pope Leo is planning on needlessly dividing the faithful. I'm hopeful he will not.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (l3YAf)
I'm convinced somebody could do a comedy routine to receptive Republican and Independent voters just stringing together some MSM headlines with appropriate commentary and funny faces in between them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (bevB2)
Maybe the plan is to make the Democrats pay Biden not to appear in public.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (CzfKa)
Most stereotypes are right, but not politically correct these days.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (3ek7K)
Geez Louise,
A Catholic Newspaper is saying the new pope may be the first black pope ever.
That's really reaching.
Posted by: four seasons
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WaPO, Pope Leo XIV’s Creole ancestry uncovered
Census records list the new pope’s maternal grandparents as Black and living in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. Black Catholics, an often overlooked part of the American Catholic community, have celebrated the discovery.
May 9, 2025 at 3:18 p.m. EDTToday at 3:18 p.m. EDT
Reportedly, someone of some influence has stated race can not be swept under the rug now.
And here we go again.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 05:12 PM (NFX2v)
*************
There IS a code for that.
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code R42
Dizziness and giddiness, paroxysmal vertigo
Good thing his wife is a dizzy blonde...
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (HOX+I)
I am pretty sure that was planned from the beginning, although probably not the first week.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (2VST1)
Like a big lottery winner being broke in five years.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (r2ymA)
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It's horrible what those big prizes do to people. Instead one should go to someone dedicated to quiet philanthropy and restrained but elegant living. I recommend me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: L'Mikloquarius, Entrepreneur at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:11 PM (l3YAf)
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Liberal wishcasting, as usual. Right now they're trying to spin him as a progressive, but already his prior statements regarding abortion, homosexuality, transing kids, etc. are being brought up.
Unlike Francis, he speaks clearly and unambiguously, which they will rapidly come to hate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (ZOv7s)
You can't speak the truth in Commie World. Freedom is slavery. A man in a dress is a woman. Everything is inverted.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (l3YAf)
It's Friday Ace, you should call out Disney for changing the name of Thunderbolts to New Avengers/ in the middle of it's theatrical run because it's bombing.
I don't think I've ever seen that happen.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
We saw it happen in 2024.
The Democrat party changed the "biden" show to the "harris."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (xCUMI)
Posted by: Jake T. at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (3ek7K)
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The International & Official Face, Ass, and Spokeshole for The Adult Diaper and Erectile Dysfunction Industries.
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (6Azpp)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (QAkQ3)
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And by "unbelievably," Ace means "totally believaby."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (hB3+Q)
White men really don't have any rhythm and women cannot really parallel park
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (UBKzV)
brings an invigoratingly rational perspective to the political stage these days
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The 2028 nominee. They may as well spell it out in fireworks.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (3ek7K)
I recommend you too but only if you'll share with my family "charity."
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (3ek7K)
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If I win one, I'll remember all my Hordian friends. Briefly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:13 PM (2VST1)
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If Disney/Marvel are really down to using that kid of cheap marketing tactic then they really are worried.
There's supposed to be a whopping 35 central characters in the Avengers: Doomsday flick they're working on.
If that's true it's going to be an crowded, unintelligible, mess.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (SATZE)
Kinda like when Hills lost in 2016, the "donations" to the Clinton Global Foundation just.....stopped.
Weird
Posted by: D'Miklos, seeing' how y'all whypplple do it at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Jake T.
They've each borne the weight of another man's schlong, no doubt.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (gKWVE)
The Democrat party changed the "biden" show to the "harris."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (xCUMI)
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Typical Disney not to learn the lesson.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (6ydKt)
The Democrat party changed the "biden" show to the "harris."
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (xCUMI)
We also saw it in the 1950's and 60's as the Democrats went from the party of Jim Crow and KKK, to suddenly the Freind of the Black Man... and the Blacks bought it.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (E0p3T)
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Nope. The gay moment has passed. By 2026 he'll be called a fag to his face on national television and the audience will laugh.
Without the Gay is Kool crap he has zero to recommend him. He's dumb as a post, and his statements about buying mixed race kids because they were cheaper will wipe him out for good. No one cares at the moment, but they will.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Captain Rum: -Aah! You have a woman’s purse! I’ll wager that purse has never been used as a rowing-boat. I’ll wager it’s never had sixteen shipwrecked mariners tossing in it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:17 PM (2VST1)
brings an invigoratingly rational perspective to the political stage these days
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It will be FABULOUS
Posted by: Miklos has a lovely mauve outfit..needs shoes at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (t6ibK)
Seeing how we had a whole cycle from the Whitehouse Correspondence dinner about how "everybody missed" his decline and isn't this liberal who wrote a book about it, after everybody was out of power, the hero of the hour.
The thing is that if Chuck Todd reverts, I doubt he'll feel an ounce of shame about it.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (krQz2)
Kinda like when Hills lost in 2016, the "donations" to the Clinton Global Foundation just.....stopped.
Weird
Posted by: D'Miklos, seeing' how y'all whypplple do it at May 09, 2025 05:16 PM (t6ibK)
What it weirder to me is they are STILL buying off the Obamas... Estimated $300 Million since he left office.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Besides, that's not even true.
Posted by: the libyan merchants at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (gKWVE)
If that's true it's going to be an crowded, unintelligible, mess.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (6ydKt)
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Like the old 60s screwball comedies with all the cameos, only less funny.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
One day soon, they're gonna hoist Brandon into a chair, with clumps of hair falling from his skull and a big earthworm crawling from his eye socket to his earhole, while DOCTOR Jill insists that he's in fine health.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (BI5O2)
brings an invigoratingly rational perspective to the political stage these days
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Tackling racist highways--that Whitless got into office vowing to rebuild.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (krQz2)
Mayhaps Ace can do a Book Review for us -- Alex Baldwin's fake spanish wife, "Hilaria," has a new book! It's called Manual *not* Included.
She seems to be in competition with megan markle for worst wife everyone hates and won't go away.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (xCUMI)
It worked, sort of, they had a spike of viewers the day after it happened. But it was Tuesday, so that might have just been cheap ticket Tuesday, shrug.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (2VST1)
His last name is "Meager"?? How...apt...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (Nzy0B)
Used to be that "Just one drop" was a bad thing, no?
Next thing you know, they will be saying he is African American....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (SRRAx)
Driving into work on I395 in NoVA. Went under a bridge and saw three people standing behind a banner reading 'NO KINGS', with a Ukraine flag and Canadian flag on the right and left sides. Babylon DC is full of retards. 😂
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (pL9dh)
PeteButtigieg
brings an invigoratingly rational perspective to the political stage these days
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Fag hag Ann Althouse will vote for him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (QAkQ3)
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He's in charge of the Deep State (or at least hosts the people in charge of it).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (kTd/k)
Biden has always been obsessed with comparison to others. Even if he didn't need the money (I suspect they have 100s of millions overseas) he wants to have a better post presidency than that articulate boy and the white trash empire that preceded him.
Posted by: Alabama at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (iavUj)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (xCUMI)
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Because Trump deported him?
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:20 PM (krQz2)
If that's true it's going to be an crowded, unintelligible, mess.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (6ydKt)
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Like the old 60s screwball comedies with all the cameos, only less funny.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
Yeah, but Hollyweird is saying it worked for Dead Pool.... sooooo... anything to plug the leaks in this sinkin ship
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:20 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:20 PM (8avO+)
The Health Insurance lobby will never let Trump cut income tax!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:20 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM
They are tossing money at the obama's because they think they can get mochelle to run for president in 2028.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:17 PM (2VST1)
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You could tell Tom Baker was having a ball chewing the scenery in that role.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (hB3+Q)
Next thing you know, they will be saying he is African American....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Plucky Comic Relief, AoS Ladies Brigade - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (SRRAx)
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They are rebelling. Not thinking.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (zZu0s)
Like the old 60s screwball comedies with all the cameos, only less funny.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Apocalypse
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Thought a snake was going to bust out of his mouth during that appearance yesterday.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (UBKzV)
That war is over. They lost bigly. No one questions his physical or cognitive fitness; he doesn’t have any. But let them keep plucking that chicken. It’ll just make them more broke more quickly.
Posted by: AnonybotymousDrivel at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (gLikB)
White men really don't have any rhythm and women cannot really parallel park
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (2VST1)
These are the mildest stereotypes. Get back to me when you start talking about Irish.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (r2ymA)
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/
1920925184023765278
Posted by: Ciampino - gate crashers at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (sPQoU)
Driving into work on I395 in NoVA. Went under a bridge and saw three people standing behind a banner reading 'NO KINGS', with a Ukraine flag and Canadian flag on the right and left sides. Babylon DC is full of retards. 😂
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (pL9dh)
Thats amusing as it is Zelensky who has cancelled elections and outlawed opposition parties and their speech.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Romeo13
Strange if true.
But until recently, the Hillerites controlled the USAID money, and probably more, so maybe a good investment.
Posted by: Miklos needs more ICE (Immigration Enforcement Happy Hour) at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (t6ibK)
"que?"
--Manuel
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (2VST1)
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Fawlty Towers reference FTW.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 05:21 PM (e5NfL)
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She won't, but having that podcast is designed to make people think she will.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:18 PM (ZOv7s)
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, Endgame
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (D7oie)
May their offspring live in houses with wheels for a Thousand Years.
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (SATZE)
He was channeling his best Brian Blessed, it was great.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (2VST1)
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/
1920925184023765278
Posted by: Ciampino - gate crashers at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (sPQoU)
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The governor of Arizona couldn't defend her state, but they Mayor wants inspection rights.
The left is a clusterfuck.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (krQz2)
"This is not a Wendy's"
Posted by: Arresting Officer Miklos at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 05:15 PM (6ydKt)
Like the Longest Day- but shit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (D7oie)
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They think the audience is as retarded as they are.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Old Spice is hiring hair sniffers to test the new sphincter cologne.
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (ey6uh)
Canada literally has a king.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (gKWVE)
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Didn't Obamacare outlaw HSAs?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Help me out here at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
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They already made that: Saving Private Ryan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: jsg
We put 'em up on blocks and sell the wheels
Posted by: Miklos at Trailer Acres at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (t6ibK)
That's when the parties swapped.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:25 PM (2VST1)
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/
1920925184023765278
Posted by: Ciampino - gate crashers at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (sPQoU)
John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:25 PM (D7oie)
May their offspring live in houses with wheels for a Thousand Years.
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:22 PM (SATZE)
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When Joe got elected, I tried to think of whether or not there was anybody in Washington who deserved to never to have President on their resume more.
There was no one. I disdained nobody more than Joe Biden, over the years watching CSPAN II.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:25 PM (krQz2)
Somewhere in Arkansas, the bastard child of a pole dancer is growing up embarrassed by her father's family.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Heh. Well I can't argue there.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (zZu0s)
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It's a post-racial world. People are no longer categorized and pigeonholed based on the color of their skin.
They are categorized and pigeonholed based on the color of their grandparents' skin.
Yay for us.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:25 PM (2VST1)
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Uyghur?! I hardly even know her!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
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They already made that: Saving Private Ryan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Only the second half of Saving Private Ryan is shit
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)
Wrong usage. You would say 'I have p*rnable shoulders.' It's like Bette Davis eyes kinda...
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (pSknm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (QnmlO)
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LOL.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Somewhere in Arkansas, the bastard child of a pole dancer is growing up embarrassed by her father's family.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (QnmlO)
There you go lol that's what I'm talking about.
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:27 PM (SATZE)
That rhymes with...
Posted by: Help me out here at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (dg+HA)
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Should sound more or less like "mawr", but I don't know how this guy pronounces it.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:27 PM (hB3+Q)
Like 2 mins later Sean Connery popped up.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (QnmlO)
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LOL.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Arkansas Bastard Kids? Yeah, that there are not a bunch of 'Clintons' running around pretty much proves the Bill was shootin blanks...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 05:28 PM (QAkQ3)
I never heard the term "trohouse" until we moved to Wyoming.
It's a trailer with some sort of house built around it. We have rural areas where there is no zoning, which I don't mind unless you have to live next to one of the falling down things.
Even a trohouse would be too good for the Biden clan.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:28 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Help me out here at May 09, 2025 05:28 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Jake T. at May 09, 2025 05:14 PM (0sNs1)
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Some people have been watching too much porn.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:28 PM (krQz2)
I wonder what it'd be like if Trump wasn't infatuated so much with his portrayal by said media.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)
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The moment they showed women clerks writing fake letters back home I utterly hated that film. Total Spielbergian b.s. and an insult to commanders who took the time to write home. Fuck him sideways with a chainsaw.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)
What puirpose is now served by propping up the ludicrous lie that` Biden is compos mentis?
It made sense when they were trying to drag him across the finish line. But now?
If anything, one would think thatg they would uncork the ol' "Trump didn't really win, because he was 'punching down' against tragic Alzheimer's patient who has to commendably bow out" argument.
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Doctor Jill at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (YStF
The time to get on the pole was back in the '70s, honey.
Then again, I guess that granny porn is a thing nowadays.
Even Ashley is well past her prime.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (W5ArC)
Yay for us.
Posted by: muldoon
*stretches out*
*grabs full 32 oz insulted tumbler*
*works on tan*
Posted by: Miklos does not discriminate-rum, bourbon, K&B only please at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (t6ibK)
_Drone attack in Barmer, about 50 drones are attacking
Barmer stay alert
Jai Hind🇮🇳 Jai Bhavani🚩
_News coming from sialkot.
Pak General nasir khan dead by Indian Strike.
_Pakistani DG ISPR claims that India has fired 6 BALLISTIC missiles and Pakistan is burning now!!
_Finally Lahore is on fire!! 46m
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (sB5dv)
Yeah she lies about her dad. "No he was... a meth dealer that blew up when his trailer caught fire. Mom was a stripper though, she totally worked the pole."
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (2VST1)
Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
7m
🚨 JUST IN: Trump has just signed a resolution RESCINDING Biden’s looney restrictions on refrigerators and gas water heaters
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd. at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (G5+As)
That rhymes with...
Posted by: Help me out here at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (dg+HA)
"Mar." It's Irish. So the last thing you want is to pronounce it the way it looks.
- Pog Mathoi'nn
Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Bastard child of a pole dancer in Arkansas at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (dg+HA)
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If only they'd work half as hard for the taxpayer.
This gives credence to the theory that the only way the Dem party will survive is if they can keep the 30 million illegals in the US for the census and for their ballots (to be filled in for them)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (Dv3i1)
JUST IN: Trump has just signed a resolution RESCINDING Biden’s looney restrictions on refrigerators and gas water heaters
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (D7oie)
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Still waiting on the firehose shower heads.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Nelly
My baby so hot
Posted by: Bruce Ohr at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (ey6uh)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (sB5dv)
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Unless and until both sides mobilize their reserves, it's a plinking contest.
Once that do that, shit's getting real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (hB3+Q)
I think it just prevented it from being a form of insurance and being written off as a deduction.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (D7oie)
I loved that scene in PCU where the guy saw Longest Day and it was his masters thesis that no matter what time it is, you can find a Michael Caine or a Gene Hackman movie on TV.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (vFG9F)
The idea that the "parties swapped" is patent nonsense, generally used in an attempt to cover up the centuries of historical racism perpetrated by the Democratic Party.
To name just one, Robert Byrd (the only Klan official ever to serve in Congress) was a Democrat and remained one until the day he died.
\He was also Hillary Clinton's self-described "mentor".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (W5ArC)
Driving into work on I395 in NoVA. Went under a bridge and saw three people standing behind a banner reading 'NO KINGS', with a Ukraine flag and Canadian flag on the right and left sides. Babylon DC is full of retards. 😂
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 05:19 PM (pL9dh)
The LA Kings hockey club will be so sad.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (8avO+)
They are categorized and pigeonholed based on the color of their grandparents' skin.
Yay for us.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (HOX+I)
I was a kid in the 90s and we just got along and didn't care about anyone's race. I had black friends and white friends. It was really wonderful. Not perfect, but getting us close to a colorblind society based on merit.
Went that way up until 2008 when the Democrats went all-in on 24/7 Communist race agitation.
I'm tired, boss.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 05:33 PM (l3YAf)
This is the time not only for defense also for brutal attack.
This is the time to Take back our POK.
Each and every inch of KASHMIR belongs to India 🇮🇳
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:33 PM (sB5dv)
____
Who bothers to look at the shoulders?
Posted by: Pizza Delivery Guy at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (ey6uh)
He's not allowed near the cotton candy booth.... kept trying to smoke the sugar crystals.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:32 PM (vm8sq)
He wants someone good at it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (8avO+)
To name just one, Robert Byrd (the only Klan official ever to serve in Congress) was a Democrat and remained one until the day he died.
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*ahem*
Posted by: Zombie Sen. Theodore "The Man" Bilbo (D-MS) at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (QnmlO)
FDA,
I remember when we weren't supposed to see color only character. We never cared if someone was a different color. Boy Howdy, have things changed. It's sad.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (ey6uh)
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I loved those! When I was about eight.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (hB3+Q)
I wonder who started it. Probably CBS, ABC, and NBC.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
*grabs full 32 oz insulted tumbler*
*works on tan*
Posted by: Miklos does not discriminate-rum, bourbon, K&B only please at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (t6ibK)
Well screw you, too, buddy.
Posted by: Tumbler at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (2VST1)
>>What puirpose is now served by propping up the ludicrous lie that` Biden is compos mentis?
I don't think there are more than a handful of Democrats who want Biden in public and most of them have the last name Biden. Most want him to disappear from the earth in the most expeditious manner possible.
Joe and even more so Jill feel like they were betrayed by Democrat leaders and now they want payback. And money. Mostly money.
This the time when we should step back and let them fight it out while cheering injuries. We don't have a dog in this fight and we can't lose no matter what happens.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I just learned from Space Ice that Michael Caine was in a Steven Seagal flick.
He was probably still good in it.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (UBKzV)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (3ek7K)
I wonder who started it. Probably CBS, ABC, and NBC.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
I always laugh when I hear that, because it is a sure sign that the person uttering it is a 100%, grade A, non-thinking NPC maroon.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (i24o9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) a
They need to debunk half a dozen books saying he was out of it. Otherwise, he wasn't really president president.
And only a traveling bookmobile as a presidential library.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (JkCto)
Posted by: Zombie Sen. Theodore "The Man" Bilbo
Damn, Bilbo was a klansman? I used to like that little guy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (vFG9F)
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It was used to explain why the Dems were getting annihilated in the South. It was a gradual process, but inexorable, and blaming RAAACISTS was a lot easier than accepting that going full gun control, abortion on demand and high taxes were hideously unpopular policies.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (ZOv7s)
Lahore is obviously Urdu for "the whore"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (vmkyp)
__________
Her Majesty went to school in Lahore in the mid-60s, when it was actually a nice place.
Posted by: Zombie Sen. Theodore at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (QnmlO)
Maybe they were talking about penguins.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (vFG9F)
*ahem*
Posted by: Zombie Sen. Theodore "The Man" Bilbo (D-MS) at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (QnmlO)
Sure enough. I could weasel by saying that Bilbo was only a member, not an official, but I won't.
Okay, Byrd was one of the only Klan officials to serve in Congress.
Personally, I blame it on that magic ring Bilbo found..
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (W5ArC)
Off sock
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (2VST1)
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The fecal ones, OTOH...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 05:31 PM (QnmlO)
Apparently this afternoon
I think Trump drops his biggest bombs on Wednesdays, goes golfing on Thursdays, and then does splashy things on Friday so the MFM can go completely doolaly over the weekend and have to wear themselves out figuring what the news cycle is on the fly
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (D7oie)
I'm so glad you and Muldoon are here.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:35 PM (2VST1)
That's not enough for his 2K a week crack habit.
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (SATZE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Pedantiklos at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (sB5dv)
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Unless and until both sides mobilize their reserves, it's a plinking contest.
Once that do that, shit's getting real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The Baluch are attacking capturing but mostly killing them in the old Baluchistan region. They took over the Chinese, Gold & Copper rail road before this started and now they have intensified their activity. They posted video of a truckload of Paki military hitting an IED.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (sB5dv)
The Health Insurance lobby will never let Trump cut income tax!
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:20 PM (D7oie)
What if you have no health?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (vm8sq)
Maybe they were talking about penguins.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (vFG9F)
Emperors only!
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (l3YAf)
Apparently not, since I have one, as does nearly everyone else at my place of employment.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 09, 2025 05:39 PM (XMwZJ)
'Hey Buddy can you spare a dime' in 100 days...
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:39 PM (ey6uh)
Posted by: Kindltot
When the "global warming" idea first appeared late '70s), it was entirely focused on what they then called "waste heat" -- literally warmth leftover from engines, motors, heaters, power plants, machinery, etc. It was only after studies showed that all the watse heat on Earth combined has an essentially undetectable overall effect on global warmth (in the early '90s) they they had th gin up some alternate caustive factor, and landed on the "greenhouse gas" theory, which ius the ne they're still pushng, even thouhg it too has been disproven.
But your comment makes me wonder: Has anyone ever calculated whether or not a refrigerator, when you take into account its energy costs and physical manifestation, heats up the world more than it cools it down? It it possible to make some kind of super-efficient solar-powered refrigerator that ultimately emits more coldness than it does warmth?
A related question is: Do heater war up the world more than refrigerators, or the same as refrigerators? Inquiringminds want to know.
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:39 PM (pMi6S)
I wonder what it'd be like if Trump wasn't infatuated so much with his portrayal by said media.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (Q4IgG)
Trump, no matter how much he mocks the "fake-media" craves access and approval from the traditional establishment.
I suspect it goes back to him not being taken seriously by them.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:40 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
>Maisy Biden's Art
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 05:40 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (vFG9F)
They don't seem like savers....
Posted by: jsg at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (SATZE)
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"On Deadly Ground.". From the clips I've seen, it looks like he's gritting his teeth and telling himself, this is a paycheck, son.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (hB3+Q)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (42Vb+)
"I've never seen it, actually. Paid for a very nice house, though."
Posted by: Miklos expresses Admiration at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 05:23 PM (zZu0s)
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They already made that: Saving Private Ryan.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Only the second half of Saving Private Ryan is shit
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (x
The Demo reel at the front was OK, but as it went on it got dumber I asked 'where's the kid from Brooklyn?' an then there he was with with it written on the back of his uniform.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (8avO+)
That rhymes with...
Uyghur?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:25 PM (2VST1)
Beejer?
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (Nzy0B)
Maybe they were talking about penguins.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:37 PM (vFG9F)
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Pittsburgh or Antarctica?
Posted by: Ciampino - iec ice baby at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (sPQoU)
zombie,
I think it's all bullshit. Here in Wyoming with the winters we have any source of heat is okay, lol.
Seriously, we had one of those high faluting (sp) fridges in this house we bought. It never made a difference in heat output.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (3ek7K)
They always create more heat. Impossible to do otherwise.
>> Do heater war up the world more than refrigerators, or the same as refrigerators? Inquiringminds want to know.
Depends on size, but most space heaters use more electricity than fridges, and generate more heat. Particularly because a fridge doesn't run all of the time, but only enough to keep its contents within a set temp range.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 05:42 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (g47mK)
I suspect it goes back to him not being taken seriously by them.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:40 PM (r2ymA)
No, he wants them around so he can kick them. Its payback for him having to tolerate them all those years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: fd
But does it overall produce more heat, the same amount of heat, or less heat that a heater of the same wattage?
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (pMi6S)
Trump, no matter how much he mocks the "fake-media" craves access and approval from the traditional establishment.
I suspect it goes back to him not being taken seriously by them.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:40 PM (r2ymA)
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This is utterly delusional. No one can watch Trump slapping these guys around and think "he really craves their approval."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dr. DOCTOR Jill at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 05:26 PM (xcxpd)
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The moment they showed women clerks writing fake letters back home I utterly hated that film. Total Spielbergian b.s. and an insult to commanders who took the time to write home. Fuck him sideways with a chainsaw.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:29 PM (ZOv7s)
Pappy Eromero told me the opening of SPR pretty much showed what it was like except the real thing was worse. As for the women typing up letters to families, that would have been like what happened after Saint Lo, Pappy Eromero didn't get any farther than that town so he couldn't address what happened later. He spent the better part of the next year in hospitals.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (D7oie)
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You know who liked refrigerators and gas water heaters?
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: BEN R. at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (Vqx30)
Seagall's downfall. He started to take himself seriously and every single film he was in since then sucked (although watching him die in the first 5 minutes of Executive Decision was entertaining)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (2VST1)
A related question is: Do heater war up the world more than refrigerators, or the same as refrigerators? Inquiringminds want to know.
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:39 PM (pMi6S)
There was a nuke plant on an estuary that was allowed ONLY as long as it did not heat the bay up more than one degree F, and that plant powered half a state. If that didn't cause any problems it is hard to think fridges might (It never heated the bay any because it is the ocean)
That is not a direct answer, but I will guess it will help a bit.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 05:45 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 05:46 PM (vmkyp)
It's interesting that the telecast yesterday of the Pope, he looked white to me. The picture some Catholic Newspaper has today he does look black.
Hubbie and I aren't Catholic, but we really enjoyed the coverage yesterday. There is so much history we didn't know about. We were glued to the TV.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:46 PM (3ek7K)
"I've never seen it, actually. Paid for a very nice house, though."
Posted by: Miklos expresses Admiration at May 09, 2025 05:41 PM (t6ibK)
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Caine's craft usually made it so that he was the best part of any bad film he was in.
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:46 PM (krQz2)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 05:46 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:43 PM (pMi6S)
A fridge is a type of heat pump. Heat pumps are more efficient at producing heat than the resistance elements used in space heaters.
But a fridge only cools a small area. A house-wide heat pump can generate more heat for a given wattage than the equivalent resistive heater.
(I'm assuming you mean within the house, and not the entire world.)
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: zombie "
Heaters make way more heat than a fridge. A small space heater uses 4X or more electricity than a fridge.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Bill's
Posted by: Pedantiklos at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (t6ibK)
Nope, Hilllary.
https://tinyurl.com/mry66s5r
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 05:47 PM (W5ArC)
Another sleepless night for Pakistan!😂
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_Eromero expresses concern over okara hit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (sB5dv)
Depends on size, but most space heaters use more electricity than fridges, and generate more heat. Particularly because a fridge doesn't run all of the time, but only enough to keep its contents within a set temp range.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front
Let's just say that you had two (random number here) 1000 watt devices: a heater, and a refrigerator. If you sealed each one off in its own room of identical size, opened the fridgge door, and then ran them both for (say) 5 hours continuously -- would the rooms after five hours be the same temperature or would one be colder or warmed than the other?
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (pMi6S)
Posted by: Nikki Norge at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: Zombie Sen. Theodore "The Man" Bilbo
Damn, Bilbo was a klansman? I used to like that little guy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (2VST1)
You can probably bet that every southern Dem politician above a certain age was in the Klan
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Axeman at May 09, 2025 05:50 PM (krQz2)
He wants them around because they are the only people Democrats listen to and he has the balls to tell them to their faces they are lying sacks of shit every time they interview him.
You don't win just by preaching to the people who already support you.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 05:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
Trump has massive resentment for not being taken seriously. And takes it out on them for it. But yeah, there is a want in him for their approval. That's why he always goes to the establishment media for his big interviews.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (r2ymA)
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (pMi6S)
I'd bet on the heater, its made to heat up and distribute head, so it likely has a fan, A fridge is meant to run with the door closed and keep it in an enclosed volume. So its likely to only need to provide a little cooling at intervals.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: I was Gumby Damn It! at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (ey6uh)
Posted by: zombie at May 09, 2025 05:48 PM (pMi6S)
If they run continuously and the rooms were 100% insulated from the outside, I think they should be the exact same. All of the energy you put in is going to end up as heat, and 1000 watts is 1000 watts.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 05:53 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: zombie "
The space heater is designed to make heat so I think it would probably be more efficient at heating the room.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Nikki Norge at May 09, 2025 05:49 PM (G5+As)
But it has to run a motor to maintain that temperature, so it is a net contributor of heat to the house. Although a small amount because fridge compressors are smaller than a normal space heater and the compressor doesn't run at 100% 24/7.
Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 05:55 PM (ypFCm)
They usually evac people with a large open abdominal wound in the Army.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:57 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 05:54 PM (ypFCm)
More thermodynamics than pure math.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: JackStraw
You're not counting lunch or faith in humanity.
Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2025 06:14 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Southern Man at May 09, 2025 08:04 PM (Yx7HH)
American Manufacturers Are Enjoying a Bonanza of Orders for US-Made Products
American manufacturers are seeing a surge in demand as President Donald Trump's tariffs force companies to reconsider doing business in China.Trump's tariffs, including a 145% levy on Chinese goods, are causing American-made products to be more competitive in the market. As a result, many small and medium manufacturers are experiencing a surge in demand and are preparing to ramp up production and hire new workers.
Jergens Inc., a midwestern toolmaker with less than 500 employees, says it's "going like gangbusters" trying to keep up with demand, The Wall Street Journal reported. They are seeing an influx of orders from customers trying to avoid import tariffs, along with steady defense-related demand.
"We are running 24 hours a day, seven days a week" said Jergens president Jack Schron, according to the Journal. "We are swamped."
Grand River Rubber & Plastics, a plastics and rubber manufacturer in Ohio, says customers that once offshored to China are reversing course, the Journal noted. Two buyers who left years ago returned within days of each other and two new oil filter manufacturers have already placed orders. The company's new business could amount to $5 million annually, roughly 10% of Grand River's revenue.
The spike in new business reported by many American manufacturers coincides with a sharp decrease in Chinese manufacturing. When Trump announced the tariffs last month, he predicted American businesses and consumers would both benefit.
"Jobs and factories will come roaring back into our country, and you see it happening already. We will supercharge our domestic industrial base," Trump has said. "We will pry open foreign markets and break down foreign trade barriers. And ultimately, more production at home will mean stronger competition and lower prices for consumers."
Even as the president insists prices will fall, economists and politicians warn his tariffs could sharply raise costs for American consumers, CNBC reported. However, executives at SafeSource Direct, a Louisiana-based medical products manufacturer, say prices are likely to decline as domestic production ramps up, according to the Journal.
SafeSource recently increased the number of production lines from two to eight, each making over 20,000 rubber gloves an hour. As new operations become more efficient, they expect costs to decrease significantly.
"We think we can get extremely close to Asian prices," said Steve Mott, a partner with the company, as reported by the Journal.
Scott Bessent will meet with the Communist Chinese Party's trade negotiator in Switzerland, after China repeatedly insisted it would never, ever bargain with Trump until he showed them "respect." And they made clear that "respect" consisted of dropping all tariffs and agreeing to continue permitting the Chinese to beggar the world forever.
USTR Press Release -- [...] "At President Trump's direction, I am negotiating with countries to rebalance our trade relations to achieve reciprocity, open new markets, and protect America's economic and national security," said Ambassador Greer. "I look forward to having productive meetings with some of my counterparts as well as visiting with my team in Geneva who all work diligently to advance U.S. interests on a range of multilateral issues."While in Switzerland, Ambassador Greer will also meet with his counterpart from the People's Republic of China to discuss trade matters." (
Treasury Secretary Press Release -- "During Secretary Bessent's visit to Switzerland, he will meet with President Karin Keller-Sutter of Switzerland, during which the Secretary will follow up on their recent meeting on the sidelines of the recent World Bank Group (WBG) -- International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings.
While in Switzerland, Secretary Bessent will also meet with the lead representative on economic matters from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (mH4AI)
While in Switzerland, Secretary Bessent will also meet with the lead representative on economic matters from the People's Republic of China (PRC).
That'll be a short conversation "You need us more than we need you, bitch."
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (y9nCu)
"Nah, that can't be it."
-- Leftists and MSM (birm)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (GYt5+)
Even then, it will be "unexpectedly" and due to external circumstances.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (HlyYF)
You can't understand why because you didn't go to Harvard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (2VST1)
I got your respect right here
*grabs crotch*
Posted by: Scott Bessent, in a better world at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (s8j++)
She was always a nutty hippie who vagina-trapped a billionaire. What'd she do now?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (l3YAf)
Why? What did she do?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
She said she think RFK is "being controlled" by "someone who is not President Trump" and is very upset at RFK's choice for Surgeon General.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (2I34S)
The average American is willing to pay a little more for their goods to stick it to China IMO.
Posted by: Maroon at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (O+RGJ)
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Large import economies hold a lot of cards in negotiations with large export economies.
We can go a while without importing plastic toys and electronics (a good number of which have switch to manufacturing other nations).
They can go a lot less without...money to fund their entire manufacturing base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Hold on. Let's ponder this for just a moment.
Building. A. Lego. Building. That's a pretty tight little circle there friends.
The memes just write themselves.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Thom Tillis at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (GBKbO)
I wonder if Trump gamed that out or if he's just an idiot who doesn't think or prepare.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (gt60b)
the chinese seem to think they are still negotiating with john kerry. i recall the chinese also using the word 'sincerity'
Posted by: gnatslocal675 at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (CWTWj)
/s/ the Left, suddenly meeting a tax increase they oppose
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (Gt80b)
I'll mention it, again, since No One else in the "news" seems to have noticed:
The chinese serrers on ebay just dramaticarry jacked up their shipping costs (not item prices), this week.
For example, an item priced at $6.22 with free shipping now has $120.00 shipping fee!
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (2I34S)
China really needs to work on the whole "making friends" thing. They seem to have alienated pretty much the entire world. Sure, countries like India will play along for awhile when it's to their benefit, but ultimately, they'd like nothing better than to eat China's lunch by taking their business. The only countries that are really willing to work with China are international pariahs like Russia, Iran, and NoKo.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:54 PM (3MZwD)
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Factories forced to idle with their workers rioting in the streets as they're not getting paid, seems to have been the "respect" China was looking for.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:54 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 03:54 PM (wBaIH)
Lego is, I think, a Danish company? But I do not know if they have an plants in the USA.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (2VST1)
Can we, though? And we import a lot more than just toys and electronics from China.
>> They can go a lot less without...money to fund their entire manufacturing base.
Our number 1 export is debt notes. I still don't know how strong of a position that really is.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (l3YAf)
suck it, lying globalist fuckwads. how about factoring in all the externalized societal costs, like losing jobs causing manufacturing towns to decay into meth pits of welfare and despair. saving a buck on a pair of underwear doesn't help if you lost your job to achieve it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (dykUo)
The average American is willing to pay a little more for their goods to stick it to China IMO.
Posted by: Maroon at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (O+RGJ)
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The effect of tariffs on the consumer has been blown way out of proportion.
It's a fee on wholesale importer prices, which is a long way down the stream from consumer retail prices.
Throw in the fact that there's always the option to move distribution channels in a world that's been moving away from China being the manufacturing hub, the fact that the single largest import is energy related while prices are cratering there anyway while Trump opens up energy production in America through deregulation, and that most of our consumer goods are actually made in the US (roughly 81% in 2019), and you've got a recipe for: tariffs actually don't affect prices all that much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sid just wants to vote for Vance at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (GNz3z)
Posted by: gnatslocal675 at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 03:54 PM (wBaIH)
Now you're thinking like a communist!
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (gt60b)
Taxes are either deflationary or neutral. Sucking money from the economy cannot, by definition, be inflationary.
So which is it anti-Trumpers? Choose one, "tax" or "inflationary"?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (uFcrg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (GBKbO)
I wonder if Trump gamed that out or if he's just an idiot who doesn't think or prepare.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:52 PM (gt60b)
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He's just lucky.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (dCxaZ)
Yes, those are very real things, but do you really think the average consumer thinks about that when he makes a purchase? No, he looks at one thing only: price.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (MFuOv)
It's really "talifs," but chinese can't say talifs, and say tariffs. So it's tariffs.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (2I34S)
Posted by: gnatslocal675 at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (v0R5T)
I saw the unrest in Chy-nuh is getting worse, which is probably why they're willing to negotiate. A few million military age men who've lost their job and have no dating prospects due to hangover from the one child policy can make things very sporty in a hurry for the CCP.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (2ocoG)
I assume you mean "bugger" (as in "fuck")?
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (+YI9v)
Posted by: Field Marshal RFK Jr. at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (MFuOv)
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81% of the US consumer goods in 2019 were made in America.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (GBKbO)
Instead, Trump gave 'em a New York salute and doubled the tariffs, "I got yer respect right here!" said the double finger salute.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (iFTx/)
Price of eggs is down. Gas prices started dropping the day Trump was elected. But you wouldn't know this because you don't buy things due to you being a bot and all.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (dCxaZ)
And then one day they disappeared. And then we were forced to buy cheap , unreliable crap, which instead of lasting for 20 years, now last 3-4. But hey we can get it cheap. I hate this cheap crap!
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (g47mK)
They have a gift. Everyone that borders on the South China Sea hates their guts for being such d***s about their claims there.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (v0R5T)
I'd pay more for one not connected to the internet and one with knobs and no computer chips.
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (MFuOv)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 03:59 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (gt60b)
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The ChiComm knock-offs are called Regos, amirite?
/I denounce myself ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:59 PM (3MZwD)
Trump must be some kind of wizard! None of the experts said this would happen!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at May 09, 2025 03:59 PM (aPBRN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (GBKbO)
I heard only 8% is manufacture here. where did you get that statistic ?
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulka
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The jokes, they write themselves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (Gt80b)
Or the media
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (8avO+)
Its good to be precise: that includes things made in China that are assembled in America. So your car was made here, but all the parts were made in China or Vietnam. Does that mean it was made in the USA?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (pZ64F)
lol, remember "Bare-Shelves Biden?"
"The tragedy of the treadmill that’s delayed," Psaki sighed during her daily press briefing, October 19, 2021.
So spare me the alligator tears for people not being able to afford chinese junk.
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (2I34S)
No. Taxes don't make money disappear, they're just a reshuffling of money. Taxes can be inflationary, and I'd argue most are.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (l3YAf)
Interestingly, there's now a move away from screens and menus in new cars, and back to dials and knobs. You'd think that it would have been obvious that people don't want menus while driving down the road, they want to be able to accomplish their goal with a quick flick of the wrist or button press.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (s8j++)
Think of it this way: when you owe someone a few thousand, they own you. When you owe them pretty near their entire net worth, you own them. If Trump declared a default on debt to China, their entire economic system would collapse pretty much instantly.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (2ocoG)
Whenever anyone resorts to the "respect" trope, I know I got them beat. This was weak sauce from China that nobody with half a brain believed. They of course were going to negotiate no matter what. They have no choice.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (iFTx/)
The average American is willing to pay a little more for their goods to stick it to China IMO.
Posted by: Maroon at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (O+RGJ)
The fact that we are doing deals with the whole world is a big problem for China. It was a lot easier for them when we left 5 continents free for them to trade with.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (8avO+)
I'll mention it, again, since No One else in the "news" seems to have noticed:
The chinese serrers on ebay just dramaticarry jacked up their shipping costs (not item prices), this week.
For example, an item priced at $6.22 with free shipping now has $120.00 shipping fee!
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (2I34S)
Heh. I just noticed that this morning. I was looking for a few decently priced Raspberry Pi boards for a work project and normally you could expect to pay $9-10 for shipping something the size of a pack of Kools.
Now? $600....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Ian S.
Go on. . .
*Tents fingers like Mr. Burns*
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (cYBz/)
I am baffled by how the left keeps repeating this line. Its not true. SOME things are going up, but almost no consumer goods yet. Mostly its manufacturing goods like raw materials for building, parts like bolts etc.
That means that prices will go up, but its not happening on a broad scale right now and almost nothing consumers regularly buy are affected yet. Prices have dropped.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (2VST1)
lol. Them as well. Btw, in reference to the former thread, the John Birch society is still around . They have a website.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (Gt80b)
If "alligator clips" are called crocodile clips in Australia & New Zealand, then why do WE use the phrase crocodile tears?
Shouldn't we say alligator tears?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (2I34S)
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 03:58 PM
The wife and I just had that very same conversation the other day. Problem is it is very difficult to find basic appliances like that anymore. And when you do find something it is usually not in stock and has to be ordered.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (e5NfL)
Starlink satellites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (qFcV6)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (+YI9v)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:57 PM (GBKbO)
I heard only 8% is manufacture here. where did you get that statistic ?
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (g47mK)
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https://is.gd/w7cvqb
No, we don't import 92% of our consumer goods.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Pudinhead
......
Here's hoping WM Dolls opens a factory here.
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (v0R5T)
Whenever anyone resorts to the "respect" trope, I know I got them beat. This was weak sauce from China that nobody with half a brain believed. They of course were going to negotiate no matter what. They have no choice.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (iFTx/)
Thing is he does show them respect. They are serious rivals and we are going to make them play more fair. Like in his first term he knows how to deal with them.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (8avO+)
Yeah, stuff like that is getting hit by the tariffs. And price gouging LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (2VST1)
Say, what's the multiplier effect of Americans buying goods made in America by Americans in American factories?
Related:
Note also the sect of Black Nationalist that bemoan the Community would be but fabulously wealthy if only they'd shop at black-owned stores?
What would happen if Americans started buying goods made in America by Americans in American factories?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (sMW+k)
CaliGirl,
We bought our house last August and the kitchen appliances are complete shit. Stove, fridge and dishwasher. The dishwasher is so complicated my husband has to start it, lol. The fridge was some high end POS and it died three weeks ago.
Today we had a new fridge delivered. No icemaker, no internet shit just a regular fridge. We were surprised you could still buy a REAL fridge.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (CQE5S)
I'll go with India, just because Pakistan is asshoe.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (2ocoG)
I think that's overly simplistic. If we default on the debt our economic system would collapse. I'm not convinced China would. We basically tried this with Russia and it failed.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (VofaG)
Starlink satellites.
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Tesla Pi Phone, under 350 US Dollars is already here. I am thinking about it !
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:05 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (g47mK)
Shouldn't we say alligator tears?
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (2I34S)
The legend comes from medieval/ancient tale tellers about how the devious crocs in Egypt weep as they eat their victims. I think the real explanation is that the tears are like saliva to lubricate swallowing.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (8avO+)
They chose to highlight a $600 stroller that will now cost $900.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (fS2Jb)
Posted by: CaliGirl
Would you like your clothes...
Almost Dry
Close
or:
Only Slightly Damp
*beep*
Posted by: your new dryer at May 09, 2025 04:07 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:07 PM (g47mK)
No, we don't import 92% of our consumer goods.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
Ah, this is the mistake I figured you were making. You're conflating spending with % of goods.
We import a lot of cheap goods. The goods that are made domestically are expensive, but they're a small percentage of overall consumption.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:07 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:07 PM (s8j++)
You can buy a ceramic bowl at the local farmer's market for $115.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (Gt80b)
Yeah, stuff like that is getting hit by the tariffs. And price gouging LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (2VST1)
The government used to subsidize Chinese shipping too. That may be gone.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (8avO+)
Blackberry sold pretty much exactly what you describe and expected it to murder the iPhone and Android. They went out of business. It turns out typing on a physical keyboard that fits in your pocket is actual torture under the Geneva conventions.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:09 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Field Marshal Jeremy Powell at May 09, 2025 04:09 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: MFM Scrunt at May 09, 2025 04:09 PM (pJWtt)
Especially in a world of easily available alternatives.
I guess since I didn't go to Harvard, I can't understand that.
However, I am beginning to think that using a single supply/demand graph to represent the entire US economy may be a bit simplistic ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:09 PM (sMW+k)
They chose to highlight a $600 stroller that will now cost $900.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (W2Pud)
_____
Fuck 'em
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 04:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:10 PM (VofaG)
My favorites are the products with conspicuous US flag logos all over them with tiny print underneath that says "Designed in the USA."
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 04:10 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (2ocoG)
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Their iPhone killer sucked.
That's what killed Blackberry.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)
My neighbor hand-makes a fairly dizzying array of ceramic products and sells 'em cheap. I'd be surprised if there isn't something similar near you.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (2ocoG)
They chose to highlight a $600 stroller that will now cost $900.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (W2Pud)
Growing up our strollers didn't cost that much and most of us lived through it. Or buy a cat stroller.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (8avO+)
Especially in a world of easily available alternatives.
I guess since I didn't go to Harvard, I can't understand that.
However, I am beginning to think that using a single supply/demand graph to represent the entire US economy may be a bit simplistic ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:09 PM (sMW+k)
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Tariffs are deflationary, if anything.
They'll discourage consumer spending and lower the number of dollars flowing in the economy.
Inflation/deflation is about the amount of money chasing the amount of goods. It's not about prices. Prices are a secondary effect.
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Posted by: Ciampino - just low Earth orbit? at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (sPQoU)
suck it, lying globalist fuckwads. how about factoring in all the externalized societal costs, like losing jobs causing manufacturing towns to decay into meth pits of welfare and despair. saving a buck on a pair of underwear doesn't help if you lost your job to achieve it.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (dykUo)
Hear, hear!
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (CQE5S)
So is that why so many products for babies and kids have failed consumer safety standards over many years???
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (NFX2v)
Well damn, you can get one for 35 bucks in Wal*Mart. Its probably a cheap piece of crap but its not $600 bucks much less $900 LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (2VST1)
Tariffs aren't necessarily always inflationary, but I don't think a lot of the imports from China are actually that discretionary.
And price increases in discretionary purchases are definitely inflationary, because people still buy that stuff.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:12 PM (l3YAf)
There are still a lot of people who would kill to get their blackberry back.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:12 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:12 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 09, 2025 04:13 PM (+YI9v)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:13 PM (Gt80b)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (s8j++)
-- --
Xi decided to act like a mobster for years.
From the Belt and Road loansharking operation, to "Wolf Warrior Diplomacy", to COVID19, to dumping their manufacturing overcapacity on the rest of the world; China's pissed a lot of people off in a lot of countries.
There are some nations dependent on China for money or as a natural resources export market, though, so they have to be dealt with on some basis.
Take Australia & Brazil who export a lot of raw materials and agriculture to China. It's a business relationship, because they really have nothing in common with the Chinese other than that, like most of the rest of the world outside Asia.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
A Tupperware bowl works well as a dog bowl if they aren't chewers.
OH WAIT!! Tupperware closed their manufacturing factory in South Carolina and moved to Mexico!!
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:13 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (v0R5T)
No, we don't import 92% of our consumer goods.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
i don't have a statista account..let me see if I can find another source
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)
Anyway, I've a million dollar idea to avoid paying tariffs:
Stay off Amazon.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (sMW+k)
So is that why so many products for babies and kids have failed consumer safety standards over many years???
I'm at the stage where I'm getting grandkids thick and fast, and I can tell you, the newer generations of baby stuff (cribs, car seats, strollers) are built like Fort Knox. That isn't just because that's what overly protective new parents want, in some cases, especially for car seats, they're so heavily regulated you need a STEM PhD just to install and use the damn things.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (s8j++)
Tariffs aren't necessarily always inflationary, but I don't think a lot of the imports from China are actually that discretionary.
And price increases in discretionary purchases are definitely inflationary, because people still buy that stuff.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:12 PM (l3YAf)
They aren't inflationary at all if the word means anything. Shooting 100 million chickens to raise the price of eggs wasn't inflationary. There was just a shortage. Economic ignorance is bad enough by redefining inflation as BAD STUFF.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: CaliGirl
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The Hotpoint 4 cu ft and the GE 4.6 cu ft are knobby and have no ethereal connections.
https://tinyurl.com/yzhrzf8k
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (tT6L1)
There demonstrably aren't, or Blackberry would still exist.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (v0R5T)
Well damn, you can get one for 35 bucks in Wal*Mart. Its probably a cheap piece of crap but its not $600 bucks much less $900 LOL
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (2VST1)
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A family friend has one of those $1000 strollers. I was shocked at how cheaply made it is. I never would have guessed it was 10x the price of a "normal" stroller. I'm convinced this is a Veblen good bought only to show off to the world that you have a $1000 stroller.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
Archimedes,
We have four grandchildren and we can't figure out car seats. Our son and daughter-in-law have to install them in our vehicle when we are transporting the grandkids.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (3ek7K)
They'll discourage consumer spending and lower the number of dollars flowing in the economy.
Inflation/deflation is about the amount of money chasing the amount of goods. It's not about prices. Prices are a secondary effect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:11 PM (GBKbO)
Prices are how we measure inflation. Which makes measuring the effect of things like tariffs very difficult.
However, the tariffs aren't removing money from the economy. You still have lots of dollars chasing lots of goods. And we're getting stuck in a wage-price spiral, so increased prices just mean increased demand for wages.
Inflation is a mess to fix, which is why people like me have been screaming for a couple of decades to stop recklessly expanding the money supply, because once inflation happens it's hard to stop.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:16 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (dCxaZ)
Funny, Biden proved all the same people wrong when they insisted he was going to make things better.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:16 PM (gt60b)
"Scott Bessent will meet with the Communist Chinese Party's trade negotiator in Switzerland, after China repeatedly insisted it would never, ever bargain with Trump until he showed them 'respect.'"
Respect, from the Wu dialect. Means "No lube. Bend over and squeal like a pig, gweilo".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur, Chinese Translator at May 09, 2025 04:16 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (CA3k/)
No, we don't import 92% of our consumer goods.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:03 PM (GBKbO)
i don't have a statista account..let me see if I can find another source
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (g47mK)
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Here's from the Commerce department, a pdf.
Page 5
https://is.gd/lQzmWt
The numbers disagree with Statista, but completely US made was over 50-55%. Foreign sourced, but US made was another 10-15%. Foreign imported was about 35%.
More than my initial number, but far, far less than 92% imported.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Dangerously close to math CRT.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:13 PM (Gt80b)
Harmeet Dhillon
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (6ydKt)
Pah, Austriand and Monetarists need to find more than one word for inflation. Or at least discuss what the implications are for that not happening besides "well it is not happening yet, but just you wait!"
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (D7oie)
Chinea respects Presdent oana and he cans dew the job....
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (Oal3t)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)
I pushed the stroller around from my mom's tales. One day I pushed it and kept going, never crossing a street. But the design of our subdivision meant I could go a loooong way without having to stop. They had to drive out to find me. The handles of the stroller were above my head, I remember that much.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:17 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:18 PM (g47mK)
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This would be the self-same nanny-state assholes that made it largely illegal* to sell used child car seats and strollers, right?
* I can't remember if it's just bedding or if it's just "not something one does,"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:18 PM (sMW+k)
All I can find is the Tesla (not Tesla Inc.) garbage from Europe.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:18 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: polynikes
____________
Had a Windows phone till a couple of years ago. My current employer wouldn't let install work email on it so it finally had to go. Liked the interface way better than android or iPhone. Only downside was lack of apps, but I never use them so made no difference.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 04:18 PM (UBKzV)
100%. Above maybe $200 or $300 there's nothing you can do building a stroller that makes it any more useful or durable, just more expensive.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:19 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:05 PM (g47mK)
Difficult to find any reliable info on it. No keyboard, and it appears to use Android 13 OS. Two disqualifiers, right there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 04:20 PM (qFcV6)
Posted by: ErikInTexas
One of my daughter in laws is a naturalized citizen born in India. Even she is cautioning discernment when picking a side on this one.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:20 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 04:20 PM (CA3k/)
.......
I hesitate to comment until Masturbatin' Pete weighs in.
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:20 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: fd
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Learn to walk, kid.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
Trying to outdo your neighbors will cost you money but is not inflationary unless you own a Federal Back.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:15 PM (3ek7K)
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I don't know if it's just me, and I can install windshield wiper blades with their locking mechanisms just fine -- but for the life of me, I cannot remove existing windshield wiper blades without eventually failing & flailing -- getting so frustrated that I just physically resort to breaking them off ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (3MZwD)
Posted by: Ian S
_______
Twin 50 cal mount?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (UBKzV)
.......
I hesitate to comment until Masturbatin' Pete weighs in.
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:20 PM (v0R5T)
Hah!
Very well played.
*golfclap*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (CA3k/)
I'm guessing it has something to do with employee owned companies becoming the norm. In a way, that negates the importance of wages and focuses on performance, quality, and strategic planning. As well as having an absolute beast of a marketing department.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (dIske)
Meanwhile, PDT is moving mightily to remove regulations and cut the cost of energy.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (tT6L1)
I remember the day we went home from the hospital with our first child, 45 years ago. Husband brought the car to the front of the hospital, I got in the front seat and the nurse handed me our son. No carseats. Things have changed, some for the better, but back then there were no carseats.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (viF8m)
BS
I have seen Trump turn it positive in months if not weeks a couple times now.
And I have Obama bin Biden turn it turn it to shit in mere weeks too.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (/lPRQ)
******
I am baffled by how the left keeps repeating this line. Its not true. SOME things are going up, but almost no consumer goods yet. Mostly its manufacturing goods like raw materials for building, parts like bolts etc.
That means that prices will go up, but its not happening on a broad scale right now and almost nothing consumers regularly buy are affected yet. Prices have dropped.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:02 PM (2VST1)
The Donks, like the treasonous Commie scum they are, are attempting to frighten American consumers with the mantra, "Tariffs cause inflation (tm)!" While prices might increase on goods that are being tariffed, that's not inflation. The consumer can make an informed decision and not make a purchase.
Inflation is caused by bad fiscal policy: like injecting billions of dollars into the economy during the Biden "administration." That devalued the currency and resulted in too much money chasing too few goods. There is no way for the consumer to escape that bad deal.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (pJWtt)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:08 PM (2ocoG)
I used a Blackberry for a while, and liked it just fine. I am currently using a Titan Pocket, which also has a physical keyboard, and it works OK. Keyboard layout is a little weird, though. And I killed the Gurgle apk in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (qFcV6)
I wouldn't pay that much if the thing had a battery and was self-propelled.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (6ydKt)
The WSJ, however, came out with an amazing article on Wed discussing how China has stopped giving economists macro numbers - some going back 4 or 5 years. They are in big trouble. All it will take is a little push for them to come to the table.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (x/+r1)
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Bessent is a very well mannered gentleman. And very, very dangerous to his adversaries. He enjoys/enjoins confrontation in a very pleasant way.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (sB5dv)
Microsoft did a classic General Motors move with that - they fixed all the problems and then killed it.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (2ocoG)
The legend comes from medieval/ancient tale tellers about how the devious crocs in Egypt weep as they eat their victims. I think the real explanation is that the tears are like saliva to lubricate swallowing.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:06 PM (8avO+)
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Crocs usually drown their prey and then leave it underwater, under a log, a rock, etc., until it is 'ripe' and then eat it, usually in the water but sometimes on land, absent other scavengers.
Posted by: Ciampino - rock 'n roll at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (3ek7K)
No seatbelts either in the back
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (3MZwD)
Posted by: four seasons
I had to install the one to bring our preemie grandson home for the kids - it took over an hour. Jeebus!
The attachment point device was half as big as the baby.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (cYBz/)
Shain,
We are in the same spot with wipers. We have three vehicles and two of them have no wiper on one side. We can't figure it out. Luckily we live in an area where it doesn't rain much so we drive the third vehicle on days it rains or snows, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:18 PM (cYBz/)
sorry, nothing reliable, just rumors and clickbait
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM
If Trump did that the entire world's economic system would collapse overnight and it would get ugly very quickly.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (e5NfL)
That's a true statement about nearly everything the left says.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (8avO+)
Ahhh. The days of riding in the open bed of Pappaws truck.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (CA3k/)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:19 PM (2ocoG)
How much would it actually cost to churn out some injection molded plastic pieces with a few metal tubes to hold it together? It can't be more than $25, can it?
It's like anything. You buy hand lotion? It's mostly water, but it costs like $12 for a big bottle now.
Everything in this country is massively more expensive than it ought to be, but there's so much bullshit and inefficiency built into the system.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (x/+r1)
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Solid chances their population is 200 million smaller than reported and their replacement rate, nationwide, is below 1.
China is going to be a quarter of its size in a couple of generations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
TonyPete,
yeah, and when you're old and your hands don't work well it is awful trying to get the thing hooked up.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:26 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (3ek7K)
No seatbelts either in the back
Posted by: Oldcat
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Bench seats. Pay extra for wretched buckets.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:27 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Ian S
_________
I've also still got a Zune HD and use it regularly.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 04:27 PM (UBKzV)
I repent in dust and ashes. Here is my offering to appease the Horde:
https://i.post___.cc/QdSM9qPy/sammich.png
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:27 PM (2VST1)
Meanwhile, PDT is moving mightily to remove regulations and cut the cost of energy.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 04:21 PM (tT6L1)
The calculation PDT uses for 'tariff' includes their VAT tax. Any impediment to open trade, including their bullshit laws.
Yeah, they are scared. Hence their disenfranchising all the opposition and backing war to tie us to them again.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (8avO+)
I've also still got a Zune HD and use it regularly.
Zune was a great product, they should not have abandoned it so readily
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:14 PM (v0R5T)
I would have just taken the baby. I already have a stroller.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (k9OZB)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 04:25 PM (e5NfL)
China's been dumping their Treasuries, too. They're down quite a bit. It would hurt us more than them.
And when I said debt notes was our main export, I was referring to USD. We create debt out of thin air and digitally transfer it to China, they send container ships full of crap to us. It's a messed up situation, but the idea that China is ripping "us" off is, I think, incorrect.
Rather, the trans-national laptop class elites are ripping everyone off, from the Midwesterner who can't get a decent-paying job to the American consumer who's paying 500% markup on everything to the Chinese peasant assembling iPhones all day long.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (l3YAf)
Meanwhile, there's an obvious solution: If prices are truly going up, as Democrats claim, then they should be on board with cutting taxes.
Naturally, they'll scream about only the wealthy getting tax cuts while hand waving away any evidence which says it's the middle class who will get the tax cuts.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (tT6L1)
100%. Above maybe $200 or $300 there's nothing you can do building a stroller that makes it any more useful or durable, just more expensive.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:19 PM
Is it really possible to put a price on an antique baby trebuchet?
https://tinyurl.com/37a6v469
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (HlyYF)
5 different reports from Giggle saying the economy now sucks. Someone is paying to spread this crap.
Best one was a chart showing that last month, worker productivity went DOWN... well... they define Worder productivity as 'Real GDP' inflation adjusted, vs number of hours worked.
Well... GDP dropped due to less Gov spending, so when you divide that by number of hours worked actually MAKING SHIT... it fakes like workers are less productive.
When it is actually, just the opposite.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 04:29 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:26 PM (VofaG)
That's an incentive to get em toddling. Like when the kittens get their teeth in and start chewing on mom's teats.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:29 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (NFX2v)
I remember the day we went home from the hospital with our first child, 45 years ago. Husband brought the car to the front of the hospital, I got in the front seat and the nurse handed me our son. No carseats. Things have changed, some for the better, but back then there were no carseats.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (3ek7K)
Very sweet memory.
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (CQE5S)
Yeah but to your average lofo regular guy on the street, that's a distinction without a difference. All that matters is that prices went up, no matter how an economist would define it. And fair enough that is a valid complaint.
But what I think people will figure out is that while the prices on some stuff will go up, its only going up on some of it, and you can work around it if you are clever, and the increases won't be long-term.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (g47mK)
Most of the bullshit and inefficiency was mandated by FedGov. Same reason you can't get a new car that's purely mechanical: CAFE is literally impossible to meet without computers. The Democrats' intent was that it was impossible to meet period and then they'd give themselves exemptions, and maybe a few useful Republicans. Everyone else can ride the murder bus or the murder subway or the murder light rail.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 04:28 PM (tT6L1)
Tell them this time the rich get no tax cuts. No dodges, no deductions. Double tax for media shills. I'm sure they will be grateful.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (8avO+)
"The baby will be at daycare in about 90 seconds" *FWANG*
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (2VST1)
except the electronics in the Russian planes are French/Italian/and?. And the French Rafeles but all mostly Russian.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (g47mK)
You must be too young to remember the odium of "Made in Japan"
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (8avO+)
BS
I have seen Trump turn it positive in months if not weeks a couple times now.
And I have Obama bin Biden turn it turn it to shit in mere weeks too.
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Also to consider, in evaluating how quickly things are turning better:
Just how fucking much has the left been choking, throttling and outright sabotaging the economy?
Answer: way, way more than we can even guess.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
________
The Zune music service was better than anything out there. Way more info on the bands and related artists. 15 bucks a month which included 5 mp3s each month that you kept even if the service was terminated.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (UBKzV)
"We think we can get extremely close to Asian prices," said Steve Mott, a partner with the company, as reported by the Journal.
The fact that you don't have to transport them halfway across the world should go a long way to reducing prices.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:23 PM (E0p3T)
But he is risking his second term on strawberry prices. So I've heard media say.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (r2ymA)
Dude just move out of the country already.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (VofaG)
Solid chances their population is 200 million smaller than reported and their replacement rate, nationwide, is below 1.
China is going to be a quarter of its size in a couple of generations.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:26 PM (GBKbO)
One of the interesting tales in the WSJ article is how economists are trying to figure out the birth rate, as China doesn't publish numbers. A Chinese economist then tried to find out using tuberculosis vaccine production data, as every child gets a shot. China ended up shutting that down as well.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: Logout forever at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (LHPAg)
I repent in dust and ashes. Here is my offering to appease the Horde:
https://i.post___.cc/QdSM9qPy/sammich.png
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:27 PM (2VST1)
https://i.postIMG.cc/QdSM9qPy/sammich.png
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:22 PM (3ek7K)
No seatbelts either in the back
Posted by: Oldcat
1980?
Seat belts were a thing. Even mandatory.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (/lPRQ)
Japanese stuff was (and is) actually well-made though. Now even the Japanese offshored a ton of manufacturing to Chy-nuh.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
polynikes,
I told FDA a few nights to find another country to live in. Apparently he is still here.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (x/+r1)
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Shanghai is apparenetly .7.
Cities will always see lower birth rates than rural areas, but throw in the one-child policy, the knock-on effect of an oversized male population, and you've got a recipe, and it's not for one of global domination.
Hell, it's not one for invading Taiwan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Hunter B. at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (t6ibK)
Japanese stuff was (and is) actually well-made though. Now even the Japanese offshored a ton of manufacturing to Chy-nuh.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
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Back to the Future had a joke about this!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (42Vb+)
Posted by: Eromero
.......
It was great. But soon I'll need a walker.
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:31 PM (2ocoG)
Exactly. It's a mess.
Look at mid-century America: we had the highest standard of living in the world, a man with a manufacturing job could support a family and own a car and a home, few gun laws, streets were safe, people were decent and moral.
Now look at America. A fat consumerist nation full of drug addicts and lunatics. (And some decent people, too, of course. But they're in the minority.)
The problem isn't that we had too much freedom of "capitalism", the problem is communists took over and destroyed what we had. Plain and simple.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM
From people who watch this stuff, Europe and the UK hold more US debt than China does. China has been divesting, but Yellen was selling Eurolandia all the short term bonds she could at the lowest interest she could manage.
This acted like a QE for Joe, and it helped the EU fund their own debt since they could get the bonds and then use them as collateral for their own debt.
The rate hike by the Fed has got the EU and member states in a pickle since they have to refinance under higher rates, just like the housing market here in 2007
I am told Spain has just put capital controls on bank accounts, fining depositors for not reporting withdrawing more than 3,000 Euros a day. A banking system does not put capital controls like this unless they expect a run, or are in serious ick.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (sB5dv)
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Usually, taxation works by taking over the untaxed amount, and not under it. Usually.
I presume that's how this proposal would also work, but it's a presumption.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (GBKbO)
Shain,
We are in the same spot with wipers. We have three vehicles and two of them have no wiper on one side. We can't figure it out. Luckily we live in an area where it doesn't rain much so we drive the third vehicle on days it rains or snows, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:24 PM (3ek7K)
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Buy the wipers at Walmart or Autozone and they'll install them - no charge.
Posted by: Ciampino - easier installation in the past at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (sPQoU)
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Obviously, he's too young.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Hunter B. at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (t6ibK)
*slow clap*
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM
If Trump did that the entire world's economic system would collapse overnight and it would get ugly very quickly.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
And that is why he has to get all critical industries back on-shore.
THEN - BAM!!!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (VofaG)
wth,
By the time we need a walker we won't survive the assembly process. Our families can return them for a refund.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (3ek7K)
Yeah but to your average lofo regular guy on the street, that's a distinction without a difference. All that matters is that prices went up, no matter how an economist would define it. And fair enough that is a valid complaint.
But what I think people will figure out is that while the prices on some stuff will go up, its only going up on some of it, and you can work around it if you are clever, and the increases won't be long-term.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:30 PM (2VST1)
That is the opposite of what is going on here. Explaining why stuff is expensive now is easy. You want that expensive body cream from France, well, they ban all food exports and car exports and we are just getting even. Find a replacement.
Conflating it with inflation is just a lie. Inflation is because we print money to pay for those trade imbalances.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (8avO+)
Yeah that's what gets me. Sure, you are packing a LOT of stuff on the ship but still its a long trip on an expensive ship using expensive fuel and expensive logistics and workers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:36 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:36 PM (2VST1)
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But those ships hold a lot so the rental space on each ship for each little widget ends up fairly small.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 04:37 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:37 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (3ek7K)
I have about 4 walkers. Hiking staffs, one with a nice point on the bottom made of hickory for going up real steep trails.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:37 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: DanMa'am at May 09, 2025 04:37 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Hunter B. at May 09, 2025 04:34 PM (t6ibK)
*slow clap*
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (2ocoG)
I had missed the joke! Thanks, Ian S.
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:37 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (v0R5T)
It isn't just the obvious stuff they've stopped reporting. They know that nobody trusts their numbers, and use other indirect measures of economic activity. The simplest example was electricity usage, so they stopped reporting such things. Their mania with controlling the flow of information manifests in some really odd ways, e.g. the size of elementary school toilets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL8YssuPvYE
You can start at 2:10 to hear about the toilets.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (s8j++)
This was how Julius Caesar gained so much power so fast in Rome. Yes his military campaigns were important but he GOT those jobs because he built power up by taking huge loans from nearly everyone. He owed them so much money that they had to help him succeed to have a chance at paying them back. It was brilliant even if that wasn't his goal from the start.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (2VST1)
Yeah definitionally and technically you're right. But for the regular guy on the street, it doesn't matter what you call it. Its just higher prices.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (3ek7K)
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Obviously, he's too young.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (sB5dv)
I remember when Honda Civics weren't much better than Yugos. Then they became one of the most reliable cars out there.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (VofaG)
And occasionally you lose an entire shipment because of shitty Chinese powered scooters with lithium batteries made to no standards in the next container over.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (2ocoG)
Yeah that's what gets me. Sure, you are packing a LOT of stuff on the ship but still its a long trip on an expensive ship using expensive fuel and expensive logistics and workers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:36 PM (2VST1)
Used to be a lot of canals in the East and Midwest because it made shipping so much cheaper.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (sB5dv)
There was a guy on Shark Tank who designed a wiper blade with little teeth to cut bugs/ice/etc.
And I remember he said he wanted to make it in America.
And Kevin started berating him, spouting that he could take it to China and have it made for significantly less.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (LHPAg)
Ero, looks like you came of age in the seventies.
The last decade American children grew up with freedom in the classical sense.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (r2ymA)
Seat belts were a thing. Even mandatory.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (/lPRQ)
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Not here in SC, at least.
Car seats for kids wasn't mandatory until the 80s.
The seat belt law was phased in over a decade starting in the 90s.
At first it was just a warning if the cop pulled you over for another infraction. It progressed to a fine and the cops can pull you over for not wearing a seat belt.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (VofaG)
My mom got a Datsun as her first non American car (and the first she bought herself). Very basic and the fittings were hard, but it worked its tiny engine like a samurai and got you there and back.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (8avO+)
Japanese stuff was (and is) actually well-made though. Now even the Japanese offshored a ton of manufacturing to Chy-nuh.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM (2ocoG)
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Back to the Future had a joke about this!
I thought that was Sleeper.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (r2ymA)
The early 80's were pretty free.
But the early 80s were basically the 70s.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (yvnLa)
Hopefully the agitprop 'agencies' and NGOs die and most of the useful groups that run off of gub'mint money survive or come back stronger. Change is scary, but we needed DOGE, and Trump pushing back on all the climate BS, it felt like the country was close to imploding the firehose of spending and so much spending aimed at crippling our own country.
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: Croaker at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (+BcZI)
Wait until the cry for personal protective equipment for hospitals, emergency response, many jobs begins.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:42 PM (NFX2v)
Japanese stuff was (and is) actually well-made though. Now even the Japanese offshored a ton of manufacturing to Chy-nuh.
Posted by: Ian S.
In the early 70's, Made in Japan = crap.
By the early 80's, Japanese stuff, especially erectronics, were top notch.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 04:42 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (y9nCu)
Now get your shine box!
Posted by: Crotalus Atrox at May 09, 2025 04:42 PM (Pq6a+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:38 PM (2VST1)
It would if we actually told them why things happen and who did it instead of one side lying and the rest nodding along.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (8avO+)
There was a guy on Shark Tank who designed a wiper blade with little teeth to cut bugs/ice/etc.
And I remember he said he wanted to make it in America.
And Kevin started berating him, spouting that he could take it to China and have it made for significantly less.
He's talking like a realistic businessman. He says that as soon as anything hits 5M units sold, China steals it and makes it cheaper because they don't GAS about IP. He's right. He's arguing that we need to start enforcing IP laws under the WTO. Again, he's right.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:33 PM
No plastic weapons, either. Now look at you.
BTW, "The Guns of John Moses Browning" is available on Kindle for $0.99 on Amazon today.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (r2ymA)
The early 80's were pretty free.
But the early 80s were basically the 70s.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Early 70's we was Kangs! We could buy REAL M-80's. Not that fake faggoty shit.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (sMW+k)
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He's certainly changed his tune since.
He's mainly angry at the lack of legal options in China for foreigners who've been screwed over by their mandatory Chinese 49% partners.
He gives the example of a business getting a product made at a Chinese factory. If the product reaches five million units in sales the Chinese will make a identical product and sell it on Amazon with a 30% price cut.
If that happened here you'd go to court, and win.
In China, you can't even get in the court.
I think he's been burned in China too many times and has reached his limit with their cheating.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:44 PM (6ydKt)
The last decade American children grew up with freedom in the classical sense.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (r2ymA)
67 HS grad. Had lots of freedom, most today don’t believe it.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:44 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Croaker at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM (+BcZI)
The inflation was transitory.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (wBaIH)
Posted by: Croaker at May 09, 2025 04:41 PM
Julius Caesar may have crossed the Rubicon, but he never tried to con the rubes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (E0p3T)
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An article at Zerohedge the other day said China had been shutting off basic economic data for over a year. All kinds of indicators used to make assessments of economic performance have been systematically shut down. China's numbers have always been suspect, but the author's take was that no one actually knows anything about the Chinese economy today.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:35 PM (8avO+)
The trade imbalances exist are because we started printing money. Look at when the persistent US trade deficit took hold: it was the mid-70s. After the collapse of Bretton Woods.
We need to reshore industry, but the simple fact is if prices go up, people have to pay more or buy less, and the latter just isn't an option.
But we have inflation either way. So I'm particularly worried about tariffs. They're a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of trillions of USD floating around the world.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (NVNRw)
Places like Jiffy Lube will do it as well if you need an oil change. Needed a new battery last oil change and they did that as well. Way cheaper than going to the dealer.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (viF8m)
Eromero,
When we tell younger family members about the freedom we had in the past they don't believe us either.
Hey, everyone climb in the bed of the truck and we'll drive four hours to the beach.
People almost have heart attacks when we tell them how it was back in the dark ages.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (3ek7K)
Considering that issue flared because Indians are tired of being periodically slaughtered by Muslim terrorists likely funded, at least in part, by the Pakistani government, I shall support India. And my support shall equal that of the most fervent leftist Ukrainian supporter in that I shall place an Indian flag on all of my social media accounts - which number zero.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith just wants to vote for Vance at May 09, 2025 04:47 PM (bxiPJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:43 PM (2VST1)
The MIJ was probably established in culture earlier on, when Japan was digging out of the rubble of WWII and trying to make anything to support the people with work.
In the 60s they were trying to move up the industrial food chain and 70s were making quality, if basic stuff. 80s and after they could out luxury anyone and had a niche because they were not boats like a lot uf US cars.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:47 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 09, 2025 04:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 04:45 PM (wBaIH)
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Japan has a serious obsession with quality. They take foreign stuff and make it better. The Arisaka uses a Mauser bolt, but the Japanese refined it to the strongest of any used during WW II.
Same for Japanese liquor, beer, you name it.
China, on the other hand, builds cheap knock-offs laced with poison because Communists just don't care.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:48 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Eromero
And probably got smacked for misbehaving which helped you make 76 years. 😉
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Good car but s l o w.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (3ek7K)
My default is that whoever's against the Muslims are the good guys, and I think that's largely true here as well. Modi and Trump get along pretty well too.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (2ocoG)
The last decade American children grew up with freedom in the classical sense.
Posted by: 85 Bears at May 09, 2025 04:39 PM (r2ymA)
67 HS grad. Had lots of freedom, most today don’t believe it.
Posted by: Eromero
I heard you guys could drink beer and smoke a J in the halls between classes. And still pass a real math class.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (/lPRQ)
When we tell younger family members about the freedom we had in the past they don't believe us either.
Hey, everyone climb in the bed of the truck and we'll drive four hours to the beach.
People almost have heart attacks when we tell them how it was back in the dark ages.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (3ek7K)
I can top that - on Paper Drives for cub/boy scouts the kids rode in the back *on top of the piles of loose newspapers* to reduce the blowing away . And that could become quite a hillock.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:50 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:47 PM (8avO+)
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No, it started 60 years earlier. The post-war stuff was rough because they were putting things back together, but the workmanship on Japanese military arms is outstanding.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (sB5dv)
What's the problem, honey? Let me guess, no one listens to you under your other handle?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (E0p3T)
Huh, for a moment there, I thought you were revealing yourself as Question Mark and the Mysterians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7uC5m-IRns
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (s8j++)
Eromero,
When we tell younger family members about the freedom we had in the past they don't believe us either.
Hey, everyone climb in the bed of the truck and we'll drive four hours to the beach.
People almost have heart attacks when we tell them how it was back in the dark ages.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:46 PM (3ek7K)
We used to drive over 100 miles to Pawleys Island when we were 15.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Oldcat
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Good car but s l o w.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (sB5dv)
Ours wasn't , it was very small and nimble. If you had 4 adults in it both the engine and the kneecaps struggled.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (/lPRQ)
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The age to buy cigarettes in Michigan was 16 when I was in school, so they had a spot behind the school with butt cans.
Some folks had joints as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:32 PM (8avO+)
I read how they were making crap and then they became superior with cars and electronics.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:52 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 04:01 PM (l3YAf)
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It's always provocative when someone who knows little presumes to start a comment with "No."
From my macro econ text book from many moons ago:
Taxes are generally considered deflationary because they reduce disposable income and spending, which in turn decreases aggregate demand. This reduction in demand can put downward pressure on prices across a broad range of sectors, as shown by research indicating that higher average personal income tax rates lower prices.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (435XZ)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
During my 50th HS reunion weekend we toured our old HS building. It's now a middle school but anyway, the Principal that lead us around was absolutely stunned when we pointed out the smoking area to her. Simply couldn't believe it. Truly flabbergasted.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (cYBz/)
Eromero,
It was great! We got our licenses and went anywhere we wanted. No cellphones with parents calling and texting every 30 minutes to check on you.
We have a bunch of wussies these days.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (3ek7K)
I heard you guys could drink beer and smoke a J in the halls between classes. And still pass a real math class.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (/lPRQ)
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I must've been born too late for that.
The last time I got paddled in school was in ninth grade for smoking behind the gym.
Back when the Assistant Principal was a Coach and his paddle had air-holes in it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Same for Japanese liquor, beer, you name it.
China, on the other hand, builds cheap knock-offs laced with poison because Communists just don't care.
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Ah So!
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Eromero
And probably got smacked for misbehaving which helped you make 76 years. 😉
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (NFX2v)
Mrs. E still smacks me now and then.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (LHPAg)
"Pope Leo speaks English. That's bad news for J.D. Vance."
I was not aware that J.D Vance was a poor English speaker with English as a second language.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (42Vb+)
China has a moral code that everyone ignores because it makes no difference to their life whatsoever. Buddhism tells people to be good because their rebirth will be better, and Taoism teaches people to be good because their purpose is to serve those better than them stoically but none of that pays off in this life.
There's no higher good. There's no holiness or judge. There's no savior to appeal to and love. Its just hard and painful and get what you can while you can.
So quality doesn't matter, who gets hurt doesn't matter, it just matters how you enjoy yourself because f the future and human life means nothing. So cut corners, subsitute crappy parts, lie, cheat, who cares?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 09, 2025 04:50 PM (ZOv7s)
Bah, the Zero would burst into flame if you looked at it cross ways. It could turn fast because it was made of paper mache. Once people stopped dogfighting it losses leveled off. Then the allies made fighters that could match its performance and have armor for the pilot and self sealing gas tanks.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:55 PM (8avO+)
L,
Yeah, Mom was so quick at smacking you never saw it coming, lol.
Posted by: four season
That I can appreciate. Our mother effectively rendered swift discipline regardless of where we were when she decided it was needed. 😬 😊
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:56 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 04:51 PM (sB5dv)
Wut?
Posted by: Suburban, Escalade, etc. at May 09, 2025 04:56 PM (qFcV6)
What is this, a Seinfeld episode?
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 04:56 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/2nemakbe
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 09, 2025 04:47 PM
"Shut up, Wesley!"
(I think you even have to be over 29 y.o. to get THAT joke.)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 04:58 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (3ek7K)
It was great! We got our licenses and went anywhere we wanted. No cellphones with parents calling and texting every 30 minutes to check on you.
We have a bunch of wussies these days.
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 04:53 PM (3ek7K)
My mom had a bell for dinner calls because most of us were out and about and hopefully in hearing range. She might delegate the bell to one of the kids if they were around. If you missed it well make a sammich.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: The Cryptkeeper at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM (/lPRQ)
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The age to buy cigarettes in Michigan was 16 when I was in school, so they had a spot behind the school with butt cans.
Some folks had joints as well.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Drinking age in Texas was 18 in 1980.
I was popular.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 04:54 PM (2VST1)
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They also had the problem, like the Russians, in that they were told for decades that capitalists were the most untrustworthy, ruthless, greedy, evil, devils on the planet.
Then all of a sudden capitalism was the order of the day.
So they acted like the capitalists they were told to be.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 04:59 PM (6ydKt)
https://tinyurl.com/2ayppdnd
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Soothsayer's Innaccurate but Amusing Bigoted Facts at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (xCUMI)
We had a covered smoking area at the high school. Also lots of trucks with guns in the back windows. Oh the horror, lmao
Posted by: four seasons at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 04:57 PM (vFG9F)
The first curse was us being mad.
The second curse was us not caring
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: four season
That I can appreciate. Our mother effectively rendered swift discipline regardless of where we were when she decided it was needed. 😬 😊
Posted by: L
Hot Wheel track sounds suspiciously like a light saber.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 05:00 PM (y6oPX)
Yeah I think that played a pretty big part, too. And the push to get ahead and better yourself is so strong culturally (not to change your class or niche in society, but be better off than your parents were) that anything goes is the rule. Cheating is unbelievable in schools.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)
My default is that whoever's against the Muslims are the good guys, and I think that's largely true here as well. Modi and Trump get along pretty well too.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 04:49 PM
Have you ever seen the video of the first time Trump met Modi?
Modi has a huge grin on his face and can't wait to shake Trump's hand.
It literally looks like me arriving at a MoMe to greet old friends!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 09, 2025 05:01 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 05:02 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:03 PM (sB5dv)
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I'm told that Modi's father and Trump's father worked together on some projects.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 05:04 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: rickb223
My ptsd got triggered. I read this, and woke up under the bed hiding from Mom.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 05:17 PM (MsrgL)
Intelligence Assessment: The Marxist Revolutionary Government of Venezuela Is Helping Tren de Aragua Gang Members Invade the US
And they're doing this specifically to destabilize the US.
Miranda Devine reports:
A newly released intelligence assessment has found that some Venezuelan government officials "facilitated" the illegal migration of members of the brutal Venezuelan criminal gang Tren De Aragua into the United States "to advance what they see as the Maduro regime's goal of destabilizing governments and undermining public safety."However, while Venezuela's "permissive environment enables TDA to operate... the Maduro regime probably is not systematically directing Venezuelan outflows, such as to sow chaos in receiving countries," says the April memo from the National Intelligence Council, released Monday by the ODNI.
The memo waters down an earlier FBI assessment that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is specifically directing TdA activities in the U.S.
But an ODNI source says that the bureau's intelligence is the most "robust and accurate given their focus on domestic security and crimes, versus limited intelligence assessments from other intelligence elements who by law focus solely on foreign intelligence collection, and who until President Trump took office, had very limited resources focused on TdA."
The Department of Homeland Security has identified more than 600 Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. with likely ties to TdA who crossed the border illegally during Joe Biden's presidency.
"From 2021 to 2024 there was a spike in Venezuelan encounters at the US-Mexico border, in which some TDA members could have been present as they have generally moved with Venezuelan migrant communities and profit from human trafficking and migrant smuggling," says the IC assessment.
The Venezuelan government gives sanctuary to TdA, "aiding and abetting their crimes and terrorist activities against the United States by enabling them to thrive."
...The IC assessment cites US law enforcement reports that members of the Maduro regime, including Diosdado Cabello, Minister of the Interior, and former Venezuelan Minister of Penitentiaries Iris Varela, "have cooperated with TDA by providing financial or materiel support, but we cannot verify the sources' access."
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"Maduro regime leadership probably sometimes tolerates TDA's presence in Venezuela, and some government officials may cooperate with TDA for financial gain.
The report notes that Maduro's hold on his country is tenuous, so the Marxist regime routinely makes deals with criminal gangs.
...Links between TdA and the Maduro regime were central to the Trump administration's decision to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport suspected TdA gang members.
"Whether TdA exclusively murders, smuggles drugs, and traffics illegal immigrants over our borders on the orders of Venezuelan leaders, or freelances for self-enrichment is beside the point," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this week. "It has killed on behalf of a hostile foreign government, that government has fostered its growth, and that government has encouraged it to invade the United States to advance its interests."
In New York City, the Tren de Aragua youth street gang the "Diabolos" just attacked cops in broad daylight.
A rowdy mob of Tren de Aragua-linked gangbangers turned on a pair of NYPD cops in Times Square in a shocking caught-on-video assault -- the second migrant attack on New York's Finest in the tourist hot spot in less than two years.The cowardly attack came after the Friday night boxing match between Ryan Garcia and Rolly Romero in the Crossroads of the World, with the two cops jumped while trying to stop the thugs from robbing a pair of youngsters, law enforcement sources said.
At least three of the brutes were rounded up by Sunday afternoon -- including a 12-year-old reputed ring leader -- with police saying the mob is linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua through its baby-faced offshoot crew known as Diablos de la 42, or Devils of 42nd Street, the sources said.
Last night in Times Square NYC.
— Viral News NYC (@ViralNewsNYC) May 3, 2025
I was told last night that fights were breaking out everywhere .
(Repost) pic.twitter.com/gJeZI5pxlU
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (Ovc06)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:47 PM (iFTx/)
FIFY
Posted by: Vengeance at May 09, 2025 02:48 PM (gSF6G)
Posted by: Honorable Judge Danno, HI at May 09, 2025 02:48 PM (53oGX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Vengeance at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (gSF6G)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (i24o9)
It's a group effort.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Max Power at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (2VST1)
His country is the envy of the world and has nothing to fear because it is so financially secure.
It's the Chavez Miracle, continued, right?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (1FWWQ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (yvnLa)
That would explain the strange concern of the Deeps for these terror gangs and the close personal ties.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (77rzZ)
*whistling and looking another direction*
--Legacy Media
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (bNf8H)
Laura Loomer is complaining about it. The claim is that it'll only make Venezuela collude with China instead.
Like it isn't already.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (gKWVE)
I put Lee Greenwood and the Hulk Hogan theme song on the jukebox and left.
Posted by: Iasonas at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
Well it would be if it weren't for the gringos ruining everything for them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (s19xO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
Well it would be if it weren't for the gringos ruining everything for them.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (yvnLa)
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With Chevron leaving, Venezuela will just be more strong!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (uZytX)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (tJ2Kx)
Like it isn't already.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (gKWVE)
I'm beginning to tire of Loomer
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (gt60b)
Same as the “Trump voters now regret this” BS.
Saw a guy on Twitter today saying Trump voters are sad that a grandmother in California who’d been there 30 years and didn’t have a license or insurance accidentally drove into a military base and was arrested and ICEd. All his replies were “Nope, we voted for this”.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (ziUvL)
Yeah, it's not like corporations would ever conspire with the government to push harmful drugs...
...oh wait.
Posted by: Iasonas at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (gUzGB)
Posted by: Eddie Baby at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (s19xO)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (Ovc06)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (sB5dv)
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Uh huh.
Here's another headline.
Athenian Assessment: Large Wooden Horses Assist Hoplites In Trojan Invasion
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (bNf8H)
Or one of those AGM-114 Hellfire Ginsus right up his brown starfish.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (i24o9)
Laura Loomer is complaining about it. The claim is that it'll only make Venezuela collude with China instead.
Like it isn't already.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:51 PM (gKWVE)
The real problem is that Venezuela is the best source we have for heavy sour crude that is turned into diesel at the Gulf refineries.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (KjscJ)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (tT6L1)
"In hindsight it was sort of obvious that a gigantic wooden horse is a very bizarre gift, especially one big enough to hold soldiers inside"
--Trojan spokesman
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (sB5dv)
More money in cocaine and heroin.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (D7oie)
Ah, good, more Venezuelans; just what America needs!
Shoot the TdAs. Dump the rest of the Venezuelans across the border in Mexico.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (uZytX)
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (jGJov)
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"Sparks of Divinity, H8R!"
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (KjscJ)
Laura Loomer would complain that the massage she gets didn't spend enough time on her big toe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (iFTx/)
It's an Act of War.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (GD2xa)
Specifically the civil kind.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Bert G at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (VARTN)
The French Sûreté and KMT worked with the Green Gang for control of Shanghai.Pockmarked Huang in the French Quarter and Big-eared Du in greater Shanghai.
Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (WDRj6)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:53 PM (sB5dv)
Considering how well their destabilization of the US is going (Trump in with a team, Dems imploding, Slush funds collapsing), if they had tried Maduro would have nuclear armed robot soldiers three meters high.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (8avO+)
Possibly some support for this is also coming from them.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (g47mK)
It’s sad. I’m tired of it.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (l3YAf)
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Or at least across the border in Wyoming.
/obligatory "Yellowstone" reference
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (KjscJ)
They are so bad at it they'd turn him into a superpower
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Zombie Epstein at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (uZytX)
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and they are not now ?? LOL.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (D7oie)
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Plenty of sour crude in the Kern River basin, if I recall correctly. I'm not sure, though, which is more hostile, CA or Venezuela.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Zombie Epstein at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (KtOUo)
They'll be released and not charged.. I read they refused ICE
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (VE6XX)
In a real world, we wouldn’t have let ourselves be invaded since 1965.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:55 PM (2VST1)
I dislike her and many who do nothing but wail and gnash their teeth. SHE thinks SHE should be doing the cabinet vetting for President Trump, is the message I scan in her wailings.
I think she'd be better off getting rhinoplasty to keep her big nose off X for awhile. Is this bitchy? Yes, it is!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (uZytX)
My thoughts exactly.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (i24o9)
I posted this story here last year. Maduro had TdA gangbangers murder a Venezuelan dissident in Chile. Of course they work at least partially for Maduro.
>>SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities conducted large-scale raids throughout Santiago this week that authorities say led to the arrest of more than a dozen gang members linked to the murder of a Venezuelan dissident.
https://tinyurl.com/34cwj8yh
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (viF8m)
Seriously, let's get back to that.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (Wu4HK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (6PCLE)
I'm with you
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 03:00 PM (VE6XX)
Hey, Elric. Folks were discussing the origin of your nic on a previous thread.
I started it by commenting that I hope to see you on SCOTUS someday.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 03:00 PM (77rzZ)
"I thought that was German and the Jones Boys"
--Walter Donovan
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:00 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:56 PM (g47mK)
Except they're colluding with the US against the US. Not much of a war.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:00 PM (gt60b)
Or at least across the border in Wyoming.
/obligatory "Yellowstone" reference
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (KjscJ)
****
We just take them to the train station if they can't ride fence.
Posted by: John Dutton at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (KtOUo)
Laura Loomer is complaining about it. The claim is that it'll only make Venezuela collude with China instead.
Like it isn't already.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Yep. 25 years of Chinese support to Venezuela.
Posted by: scampydog at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (g8Ew8)
If they don't like that we control the airspace too.
Be like the Strait of Hormuz only a little wider.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (sB5dv)
Placing TdA in New York City and the like is good strategy for Venezuela. That's where they can do the most damage. They'll barely be charged, litigation will be painstaking, cops themselves are handcuffed, the justice system won't cooperate with ICE, and in short, instability can be maximized.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (U7Gpi)
Seriously, let's get back to that.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix
I think Sophia Vergara is Colombian.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (yvnLa)
________________________
(Geneva Convention)
ART. 49. — Individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of retarded Tik-Tok persons from occupied territory to the territory of the Occupying Power or to that of any other country, occupied or not, are prohibited, regardless of their motive.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 03:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: blaster at May 09, 2025 03:03 PM (QUSkP)
Wait...
Trump was right AGAIN?!?!? He's the luckiest son-of-a-bitch, I swear.
- Harriet and Blah Blah, and all their neighbors.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 09, 2025 03:03 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: runner
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I don't understand how those German agents, that were dropped off by U-boats in the US, didn't get due process, right librards?
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (Vyll1)
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Well, some people have triple digit IQs. Others can't spell IQ.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:54 PM (D7oie)
We buy that from Russia. So does Europe.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (tT6L1)
Chevron is leaving CA too.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (D7oie)
What you'd settle for: nuke Caracas and take their oil.
What you'll get: effeminate slap-fighty bullshit like sanctions and a government-in-exile and a bunch of social media posts about how big mad we are at Maduro. Most of the criminals in that video will still be in the country in four years. Some will have attained citizenship by judicial fiat.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:05 PM (l3YAf)
Well...they are really getting rid of that type of white supremacy fast aren't they?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:05 PM (t0Rmr)
"...but I won't even talk to one to find out"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:06 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2025 03:06 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:59 PM (l3YAf)
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Can we posthumously convict Ted Kennedy of multiple accounts of treason?
/Relocate his body to Mexico (it's presumably been preserved in alcohol) ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:06 PM (KpFAm)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (77rzZ)
The actress who played the Egyptian princess in The Mummy was Venezuelan.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 03:06 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (D7oie)
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Hmm, I think Chevron left CA before they left Venezuela. Which probably answers the hostile regime question.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (tT6L1)
A federal Judge-King has divined through Holy Revelation that Trump is a liar.
He has issued Sacred Orders which decree with Heavenly Wisdom that Venezuala is NOT directing Tren de Arugua.
He has found that the plain language of the statute is flawed, that The Congress was wrong:
He has corrected the law to his Law--only military invasions under direct orders to men marching in formation toward America can be qualified as subject to the Alien Enemies Act.
No, he does not need to take evidence.
No, he does not have to accept intelligence reports or findings.
No, he does not have to follow the law.
Because:
He has read The News.
And The News always tells The Truth.
You would know this if you went to Harvard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 03:01 PM (U7Gpi)
That's basically every city in the US these days. The Nashville police would probably take a knee in front of the TdA "protestors"..
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:08 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:08 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
How were their racks?
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 03:09 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:09 PM (t0Rmr)
/Relocate his body to Mexico (it's presumably been preserved in alcohol) ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:06 PM (KpFAm)
The man's more pickled than Lenin.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:09 PM (l3YAf)
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Damn! And I thought carrots in chili was bad!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:10 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 09, 2025 03:10 PM (5EOdb)
Posted by: torabora at May 09, 2025 03:10 PM (KtOUo)
>>@AlinaHabba
·
>>3m
The Mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, committed trespass and ignored multiple warnings from Homeland Security Investigations to remove himself from the ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey this afternoon. He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody. NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:10 PM (viF8m)
Contestant: Why are normal people's insurance rates exploding in cost Alex?
Alex Trebek: That's correct now pick again
Posted by: Welcome to Jeopardy at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (t0Rmr)
*Can we posthumously convict Ted Kennedy of multiple accounts of treason?*
Mary Jo Kopechne unavailable for comment.
Posted by: Chappaquiddick at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (LAUxe)
Hey, Elric. Folks were discussing the origin of your nic on a previous thread.
I started it by commenting that I hope to see you on SCOTUS someday.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 03:00 PM (77rzZ)
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Ah. I didn't see that. I'd be happy to be on SCOTUS. I'd be the first real activist conservative justice.
The nic is from the Elric of Melnibone books. I have fond memories of being very young and my dad -- a big fantasy and sci-fi fan -- giving them to me to read. I was so young I knew nothing about sex, thought girls were icky, and didn't understand the adult themes. But I knew I really shouldn't be reading this, so it was a bit of forbidden fruit. That always tastes better.
I later named one of my D&D characters "Elric" -- and another "Blade" -- so when it came time for a nic ....
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
Well, that wasn't as tough as I bet they thought it'd be. Four years of Joe Biden and socialists running rampant throughout our institutions have brought us to the tipping point. TDA is nothing more than the last straw.
Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (VE6XX)
Maryland Man has already been retired as a way to defeat Trump.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (8avO+)
They be both from Chicargo and probvably knows eech other.
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 09, 2025 03:12 PM (Oal3t)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
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"This isn't true. He's named after his uncle. His uncle just turned out to be a secret musical theater devotee and was ostracized from the family. He's just embarrassed."
-Elric's mommy, pinching his cheeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:12 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:09 PM (t0Rmr)
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MLB had a thriving minor league system there, which probably employed thousands. MLB pulled out of VZ over a decade ago due crime and kidnapping for profit.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 09, 2025 03:12 PM (tT6L1)
Posted by: torabora at May 09, 2025 03:13 PM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:13 PM (l3YAf)
/obligatory "Yellowstone" reference
Are you saying we should take them to the train station?
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 03:13 PM (pSknm)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:13 PM (KpFAm)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (VE6XX)
Twenty years seems to be the average stay for illegals, thanks to GW Bush and his open borders crap. I remember reeling a bit when he wanted no borders with Mexico or Canada. One of his more stupid ideas on his menu of stupid.
He lost me post 9/11 with his comment of the "peaceful religion."
The oil painting of Epstein's, with Jr playing with planes and the Twin Towers did not help my feelings for him.
Oh, post 9/11 I was a supporter. No more of him and his drunk wife or any dam Bush.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 03:14 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:15 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:15 PM (2VST1)
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I saw an update (without sourcing, so...who knows) that the Trump administration is fixing this.
By deporting her whole family.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: JSchuler at May 09, 2025 03:15 PM (l6eKM)
They gave him years in prison and the US government did nothing to try and help him
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:16 PM (t0Rmr)
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Damn! And I thought carrots in chili was bad!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:10 PM (L/fGl)
How do you think they killed him? 🥕💀
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:16 PM (l3YAf)
They gave him years in prison and the US government did nothing to try and help him
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:16 PM (t0Rmr)
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"Yeah, but cars don't kill people. Also, we need to investigate car insurance companies for price gouging."
-DU, 87.4% probability
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:09 PM (t0Rmr)
It's even more tragic than that. After WWII, VZ actually had the fourth-largest GDP per capita on ERF.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:11 PM (iFTx/)
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"This isn't true. He's named after his uncle. His uncle just turned out to be a secret musical theater devotee and was ostracized from the family. He's just embarrassed."
-Elric's mommy, pinching his cheeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:12 PM (GBKbO)
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My mom knew the books were very adult. She wouldn't have given them to me, but she didn't stop my dad from doing so. My mom ran the house and always had the final word. But she deferred to my dad in terms of what kind of entertainment young boys should be exposed to. So I was exposed to very adult content long before my friends of the same age were.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (VE6XX)
I have heard of american idiots who marry an illegal invader and cry about the illegal invader getting deported after all these "years" blah blah blah and love blah blah blah. The idiots should be charged with aiding, abetting and fucking a criminal illegal invader and sentenced accordingly.
Posted by: No More Shits To Give, Deport Them All at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (R/m4+)
People voted for this. I am not joking, this is exactly what we wanted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (2VST1)
He sounds like a two bit hood in a Steven Seagal movie that drops dime on the primary antagonist.
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (pSknm)
Posted by: torabora at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (KtOUo)
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Well, she's old enough to be trafficked for prostitution by the coyotes, now.
Deport her, and see if she wants to take that ride.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (BI5O2)
Getting into why rents and insurance are so high with lefties is fun. With even a modicum of effort they'll end up with fingers in their ears yelling I can't hear you
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Alfred at May 09, 2025 03:18 PM (b6c/x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:18 PM (vmkyp)
People voted for this. I am not joking, this is exactly what we wanted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (2VST1)
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Aggressive enforcement is going to have an effect.
I'm just kind of hoping to see insurance prices decline in 47 states and then spike up, unexpectedly, in CA, IL, and NY.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:18 PM (GBKbO)
Getting into why rents and insurance are so high with lefties is fun. With even a modicum of effort they'll end up with fingers in their ears yelling I can't hear you
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (t0Rmr)
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"The supply and demand curve is capitalist disinformation."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: E Buzz at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (d27Ho)
We should retaliate, send them our politicians.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (xcxpd)
BREAKING: Bill Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is reportedly banned from UNC's football facility, per @PabloTorre.
One Belichick family source adds: "There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades."
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (y6oPX)
>>@ChadPergram
>>DHS: Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The members, Robert Menendez Jr. and Bonnie Watson Coleman and multiple protestors are holed up in a guard shack, the first security check point.
https://tinyurl.com/3a8zhdby
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (viF8m)
We should retaliate, send them our politicians.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (xcxpd)
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We got Ana de Armas, so it's not all bad.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (GBKbO)
He already knew this, that Venezuela is directing them, but he ruled anyway.
Ignored actual proof.
Meanwhile, Judge Bonerburger is going to rule that the US has "constructive custody" of the Salvador prison and that all the TdA sent there must be brought back.
Judge Bonerburger is going to simply make up the proof necessary to manufacture the ruling he wants.
If you think you are seeing a pattern, that these judges are just making up whatever they want to get the ruling they want, it's because you didn't go to Harvard.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:15 PM (2VST1)
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Throw this THOT and her entire illegal family of scumbag criminals out of this country. I don't care where. An island inhabited by cannibals, maybe? Komodo Island?
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
>>@ChadPergram
>>DHS: Today, as a bus of detainees was entering the security gate of Delaney Hall Detention Center, a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The members, Robert Menendez Jr. and Bonnie Watson Coleman and multiple protestors are holed up in a guard shack, the first security check point.
https://tinyurl.com/3a8zhdby
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (viF8m)
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This is their Selma:
Protesting the legal deportation of illegal immigrants to their home countries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
He sounds like a two bit hood in a Steven Seagal movie that drops dime on the primary antagonist.
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (pSknm)
Sounds like a goofy CGI alien bartender from the Force Awakens
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (8avO+)
Storm Trooper.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (g47mK)
-DU, 87.4% probability
Guns - 32,000
Cars - 55,000
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 03:14 PM (6PCLE)
I never like him. Effete little Skull and Bones globalist. His response to 9/11 was weak and stupid. He rushed the rich Saudis out of the country on planes while Americans were stranded in Canada because flights were grounded.
He knew damned well that Saudi intel was caught up with the hijackers. Probably not beforehand but he learned it after. The House of Saud has yet to pay a price for the wholesale slaughter of our people, and GWB is a large reason why.
Saudi Arabia is the seat of radical Islam. It's where most of this crap originated. 15 of 19 hijackers. bin Laden himself. Sickens me we still suck up to them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (l3YAf)
Protesting the legal deportation of illegal immigrants to their home countries.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:20 PM (GBKbO)
I didn't think congressmen get a pass for attacking ICE installations. Sounds like Insurrection.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (8avO+)
Need to move them to busses and let them sit until they piss themselves.
Posted by: mr tmz at May 09, 2025 03:22 PM (rJ48h)
I'm so old I remember when storming a federal facility was the greatest crime someone could commit, equal to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, and 9/11.
These people should be tried for high treason and shot...but more realistically if tried in the right court we could hope for jail time.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:22 PM (t0Rmr)
Without telling me she's crazy, etc., can someone tell me why/how Laura Loomer is now suddenly some Foreign Policy/Foreign Intelligence Expert?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:22 PM (rw6e3)
IMF approves $1 billion (₹8,000 crore) loan to Pakistan:
Indirectly funds attack on India and sponsors terrorism
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:22 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (vmkyp)
BREAKING: Bill Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is reportedly banned from UNC's football facility, per @PabloTorre.
One Belichick family source adds: "There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades."
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (y6oPX)
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I don't know who got to them, Bill or Jordan, but UNC has released a statement saying Jordan is welcome to facility.
Must of been a fun 24 hours.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (G0vdT)
BREAKING: Bill Belichick's girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, is reportedly banned from UNC's football facility, per @PabloTorre.
One Belichick family source adds: "There is deep worry for how detrimental Jordon can be for not just North Carolina but Bill's legacy, reputation — everything he has built and worked for over decades."
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (y6oPX)
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I don't get this at all. Sure, Bill is a rich guy and if he wants to cavort with much younger THOTs, then so be it. Wouldn't be the first time a rich guy did this. But he is making a total fool of himself over a clearly toxic bitch who doesn't know her place. Bill: RUN.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (cI5wi)
She does know more then 90% of congress...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (t0Rmr)
https://tinyurl.com/3a8zhdby
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (viF8m)
Then shoot them both for attempting a prison break.
See if anybody gives a shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (BI5O2)
Saudi Arabia is the seat of radical Islam. It's where most of this crap originated. 15 of 19 hijackers. bin Laden himself. Sickens me we still suck up to them.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (l3YAf)
More like our intel. Wanting wacko pilots for middle eastern plots sounds very CIA. Don't know why any other country would train them in Florida that would have been a huge risk. For any other country there are many flight schools.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: torabora at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (KtOUo)
Archie Bunker once told Mike that the american indians do not vote because they sell their horses for booze to get drunk and cannot ride into town to vote.
Posted by: Meathead at May 09, 2025 03:24 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 03:24 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 03:24 PM (ypFCm)
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He must be dictating. If he were falling asleep, he wouldn't write "falling asleep", he'd just do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 03:24 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:25 PM (vmkyp)
a group of protestors, including two members of US Congress, stormed the gate and broke into the detention facility. The members, Robert Menendez Jr. and...
lol @ New Jersey
You People are shitheads.
Isn't that Dildo character from New Jersey? (Yes)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:25 PM (DbEzE)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
Screw Belechik. Not content for the refs to cheat for him for decades he cheated every chance he got.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:25 PM (8avO+)
A Belichick family source, lmao. Most likely only concerned about their inheritance.
Belichick earned his money. None of my business how he spends it.
Hey Bill, Enjoy your life and tell everyone to *uck off.
Posted by: fourseasons at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (3ek7K)
There's a traffic jam in Harlem that's backed up to Jackson Heights!"
Posted by: Nonna Turney, Spokesperson at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (HN9JN)
https://tinyurl.com/mvd7667a
Posted by: JackStraw
Oh poo, we'll just have to not have a DHS then.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (gKWVE)
Shortly after 9/11 a whistle blower had come forward and said that he had headed up a new data analysis program at the NSA and had found Atta and co were in the US and up to something (though they did not know what).
He went to his boss who shut the program down. But it wasn't because of Atta and the jihadis. It was because the same program had found a bunch of American politicians were on China's payroll and harumph in 2001 no one believed that right?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (t0Rmr)
lol @ New Jersey
You People are shitheads.
Isn't that Dildo character from New Jersey? (Yes)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:25 PM (DbEzE)
Think they finally got THAT menendez out of the picture. The "everybody has a bunch of gold bars" guy.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (8avO+)
He went to his boss who shut the program down. But it wasn't because of Atta and the jihadis. It was because the same program had found a bunch of American politicians were on China's payroll and harumph in 2001 no one believed that right?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (t0Rmr)
Able Danger
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 03:27 PM (MFuOv)
They are undisciplined little children who know no consequences.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:27 PM (sB5dv)
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Imagine if the left fought as hard for actual Americans as the do for murderous gang members from Venezuela
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:27 PM (sMW+k)
I think I have some of those cheap chocolates made to look like gold coins under my couch.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:27 PM (t0Rmr)
We need ICE, although the site would be better further south than Newark. Like, maybe south of Guatemala near Honduras.
I'll think of somewhere, give me a moment.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 03:27 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (qBdHI)
See if anybody gives a shit.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 03:23 PM (BI5O2)
I was going to post this exact thing.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (t0Rmr)
in 2001 just about every executive businessman was on China's payroll. Their smart plan to bamboozle the commies was just about to blow up in their face.
Yeah. I'd believe it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (8avO+)
Boasburg should be the one getting due process
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:21 PM (l3YAf)
Correct. They should have been nuked and Saudi Arabia should have ceased to exist as a country. But those in charge are too soft to do the right thing.
Posted by: The Truth at May 09, 2025 03:28 PM (R/m4+)
I bet Jordan walking around the practice field filled with 18-22 year old guys is a lot like that car washing scene in Cool Hand Luke.
Posted by: SQUANTO at May 09, 2025 03:29 PM (Ak2xC)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 03:29 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:29 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 03:30 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:04 PM (L/fGl)
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Democrat Congressmen have IQs that looks very similar to IQ.
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 09, 2025 03:30 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 03:30 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:30 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Meathead at May 09, 2025 03:24 PM (R/m4+)
Typical Norman Lear subtlety. His curse was having all his 'evil' characters be the most popular. Archie, George Jefferson...
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:31 PM (8avO+)
Not all of us are. Some of us voted for Trump everytime and either-or for many years- havent voted for a Democrat politician
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:31 PM (42Vb+)
Posted by: Esperman at May 09, 2025 03:31 PM (UZ7aH)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 03:31 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:31 PM (42Vb+)
We shouldn't judge people by who they vote for.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:32 PM (gt60b)
Hey Bill, Enjoy your life and tell everyone to *uck off.
Posted by: fourseasons at May 09, 2025 03:26 PM (3ek7K)
Seconded.
Posted by: Bob Kraft, Rub N Tug Aficionado at May 09, 2025 03:33 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 03:33 PM (bXbFr)
But the building has oil and electric heat. Details
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:33 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:34 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 03:30 PM (BI5O2)
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"You pay whores to leave, not to stay!"
-- Robert Kraft
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 03:35 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 09, 2025 03:35 PM (GN2QT)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 03:35 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: ...
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Who they vote for is a good indicator of their brain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:35 PM (sB5dv)
I don't go to bed with no whore, and I don't wake up with no whore. That's how I live with myself. What about you?
Posted by: CARL FOX at May 09, 2025 03:36 PM (Ak2xC)
Hey Bill, Enjoy your life and tell everyone to *uck off.
The problem is some of the kids he is trying to recruit have dreams of going pro. Neither they nor their parents want to be part of Bill's midlife or in this case old age crisis. And what hurts recruiting really pisses off the donors.
Personally, I've always thought Bill is a scumbag and I don't care what he does but he should keep his toy at home and off the practice field.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:36 PM (viF8m)
bayoumi, and his connection with an fbi asset, a member of the al sheikh clan,
bayoumi, had cased the US Capitol with video, and had showed it to two of his hijackers, from evidence recovered in London, in 2001,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 03:36 PM (bXbFr)
Ah nice...maybe a JarJar Binks sidekick. Disney has me so programmed to ignore Star Wars now, my brain didn't even go in that direction.
I have Space Ice videos pop up in my youtube feed roasting Seagal all the time so he's never far from my sh*tty movie thoughts.
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 03:36 PM (pSknm)
Another reason to always carry.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2025 03:37 PM (gVlkM)
I had a great conversation with a fellow who was a guest at a wedding and was at my table at the reception. He is from Newark One of his parents is AA. The other is Latino. He has not voted for Democrats for years and is kind of a missionary for not voting for Democrats . He knows all about the demonization of the John Birch society and I think is a member of it.
He's from Jersey- not a "shithead" either ,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:37 PM (Gt80b)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 03:38 PM (bXbFr)
When you point out that these are people who are criminals from El Salvador, and we aren't deporting them to prison, we're deporting them to where they came from and if they are criminals there, they get imprisoned.
So they claim that its not just criminals, its just anyone who is illegal! Which is criminal, but putting that aside, you ask them for proof and... they have none. They claim one dude who got deported by accident (a citizen) but he was deported because they THOUGHT he was a criminal....
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:38 PM (2VST1)
Or the Mariel boatlift. A lot of those people are still here.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)
Move over Maryland Man.. We now have California Grandmother... Been here 20 years and has no ID.. Ended up turning into a Military base and ICE arrested her.. Has a Daughter who I assume is illegal too but she managed to have an anchor baby.. 20 years and driving no insurance, no drivers license, and no right to be here..
Posted by: It's me donna
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Gotta that story. It was all about how she was deported for taking the wrong exit. Sent into exile for accidentally leaving her driver's license in her other purse. A mistake -- not a crime -- and she's punished with eternal separation from her family.
SHE WAS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN, dolts. She finally got caught because she got in a situation where she was required to show legal government ID and her illegal alien status was revealed. What are the Marines supposed to do, make a judgment on the spot that she's a sweet old lady who deserves to live illegally in America?
What a country western song. Someone write "Christmas Shoes" except "Abuelita regresa a casa."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (U7Gpi)
He's from Jersey- not a "shithead" either ,
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:37 PM (Gt80b)
A Bircher and a Democrat? I know Buckeley made his 'name' by slandering them with Gossip, but I didn't think they were likely to vote Democrat even so.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: PG at May 09, 2025 03:40 PM (afPT4)
Pinocchio: The little wooden boy becomes a real girl.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)
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Her Adam's Apple grows every time she tells a lie?
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (3MZwD)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (5thoR)
What a country western song. Someone write "Christmas Shoes" except "Abuelita regresa a casa."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (U7Gpi)
Given how well Maryland Man was behaving odds are high that if the furor rise this Granny was running fetanyl and children up the highways all 20 years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (8avO+)
Why? We do it all the time here. I'm just saying that there are people who formerly voted Democrat and those who still do because they don't listen to anything but network news and as far as papers only read the NYT so they are totally brainwashed but because I have known them for years I know they are good and kind people
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (Gt80b)
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Did you ever notice how much time we waste "explaining" the truth to abject liars? Remember when the Left used to try to make us "prove" the media was "biased"? And then one day the media just up and declared fuck you of course we hate you.
They know. They know it all. I don't mean the votards necessarily, but leftists and agitators you talk to all know. They don't care. They get off on watching you carefully explain and then denying it to your face anyway.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (gt60b)
What a country western song. Someone write "Christmas Shoes" except "Abuelita regresa a casa."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (U7Gpi)
Given how well Maryland Man was behaving odds are high that if the furor rise this Granny was running fetanyl and children up the highways all 20 years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (8avO+)
Her desire for a better life was so strong, she did absolutely nothing to ensure it couldn't be taken away over a traffic stop.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (KbCG3)
She was always a nutty hippie who vagina-trapped a billionaire. What'd she do now?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (l3YAf)
Why? What did she do?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (Gt80b)
Posted by: PG at May 09, 2025 03:40 PM (afPT4)
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* BLaMtifa, BLM, and Pro-Palestinian/Hamas Domestic Terrorists have entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:43 PM (3MZwD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:41 PM (Gt80b)
I think you just agreed with me?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:43 PM (gt60b)
Pinocchio: The little wooden boy becomes a real girl.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (L/fGl)
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I hope they don't do any bus station glory hole scenes. Although, there is a solid moral to be applied. "Don't stick your nose where it doesn't belong."
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 03:43 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (gt60b)
Gotta say, not too impressed with DHS's abilitiy to fend off a bunch of fags.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (psf/p)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (vmkyp)
Or the Mariel boatlift. A lot of those people are still here.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:39 PM (l3YAf)
I'll accept them if they fill the boats with Democrat politicians, college professors, ACLU lawyers, Judges and writers for the Bulwark and send them back to venezuela
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (gt60b)
Many just live in an alternate reality. Their entire worldview is so foreign so that they really believe they are right.
I mean, they think the MSM is far-right propaganda.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: KAMALA at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (Ak2xC)
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (FZn/N)
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Should have included the Deep State, Soros DAs, and Feral District Clown Judge Domestic Terrorists (BIRM thrice) as well ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (3MZwD)
No; He is now a registered Republican and has voted Republican for years. He is another Republican who had a political conversion. From being a Democrat,.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (Gt80b)
Yeah they watch MSNBC and believe it all, agree with it all. They are severely bubbled.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (2VST1)
The big internet meme last week was "Can 1 Gorilla Fight 100 Men?"
I axe: Can 1 small group of leftist fags fight the entire DHS?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:46 PM (iLU3Z)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:47 PM (Gt80b)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:47 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (2VST1)
Well then, Let's Play Two!
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (a4NoL)
She was always a nutty hippie who vagina-trapped a billionaire. What'd she do now?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:42 PM (l3YAf)
Why? What did she do?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
She said she think RFK is "being controlled" by "someone who is not President Trump" and is very upset at RFK's choice for Surgeon General.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (iLU3Z)
There's no possible way the US did not know Venezuela was a problem and it also had been in sitting in TPS for many, many years.
It's more like F the deplorables, let them fight it out in the streets - and that's a lousy thing to say, think, imply.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (NFX2v)
I mean, they think the MSM is far-right propaganda.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:44 PM (l3YAf)
Nah, they don't believe it. They'd be falling down stairs if they were that out of it. They know what they are supposed to say in public to avoid trouble. So they say it, they don't believe it. Or live by it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:48 PM (iLU3Z)
That's insane!
Posted by: The Brainworm at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (mH4AI)
Seriously ? Ugggh!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (Gt80b)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 03:50 PM (VXGVS)
Meanwhile he sacrifices babies to Moloch to win another championship season.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 03:51 PM (wBaIH)
No; He is now a registered Republican and has voted Republican for years. He is another Republican who had a political conversion. From being a Democrat,.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (Gt80b)
So is he a Bircher now or had he converted from Dem before he joined them. I thought that group was long gone to hear WFB yammer about his triumphs.
Not ragging on your friend, as you say being a Democrat was only recently a badge of utter treason and crime.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:53 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 03:49 PM (gt60b)
where are the anti Trump people going to find any real men. Even their assassin was some dumb punk.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 03:55 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 03:56 PM (Gt80b)
https://tinyurl.com/3a8zhdby
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 03:19 PM (viF8m)
"A mysterious fire broke out in a security shack today, killing multiple protestors inside. When asked how this could possibly occur, a security officer replied, "Beats the hell out of me. Shit happens".
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 04:00 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Field Marshal Jeremy Powell at May 09, 2025 04:04 PM (wBaIH)
Sorta like the Democrats and Antifa?
Posted by: profligatewaste at May 09, 2025 05:10 PM (1zrVa)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (D7oie)
I would like to ask President Petro when he is scrapping all customs and immigration requirements for entering Peru.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 05:30 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 09, 2025 05:34 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: Donovan Nuera at May 09, 2025 07:20 PM (LKMDZ)
Did Jill Biden Signal Her Puppet Husk Husband to Stop Talking on The View?
Almost certainly. She illegally puppeted an invalid four for years of his "presidency."
Jill Biden appeared to give her former president husband Joe a secret signal on The View after co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin asked a very risky question.Biden, 82, was asked about Democrat insiders saying he'd suffered a sharp cognitive decline during his final year in office and began answering the question.
But after a few moments of relatively fluid speech the former president suddenly stopped and said: 'I've spoken enough.'
Jill, who was sat beside her husband, picked up the answer without a beat, sparking theories she may have nudged him or kicked him under the table to shut him up.
The former first lady has long been accused of hiding her ailing husband away during his doomed 2024 presidential campaign and telling him not to stand down despite growing outrage over his clear mental decline.
But she angrily denied 'sequestering' him during Thursday's live appearance on the ABC show.
Meanwhile, Biden was also seen sporting a mysterious band aid on his left hand.
The president was previously seen with a bruise on the same hand, sparking theories about whether he had undergone some kind of infusion for the benefit of his health.
When he was asked the question on his mental health, Biden awkwardly cut himself off mid-answer as he gave a halting and mumbling performance on the show.
Jill's sudden interjection appeared rehearsed, as she added in her retort that she was infuriated by books about her husband's struggles in office because 'nobody saw how hard Joe worked.'
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Hard work my ass.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:46 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Ann at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (4neFu)
I wonder if Biden made a deal with Old Scratch to be POTUS? The Devil always tricks you, though. He let him be POTUS, but he won't remember it or, if he does, he will be humiliated by that memory.
Posted by: jmel at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (RWHIh)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 01:48 PM (pZ64F)
Whether he was aware of what he was signing is something else. But, no he was never mentally there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:48 PM (zhin0)
The president was previously seen with a bruise on the same hand, sparking theories about whether he had undergone some kind of infusion for the benefit of his health.
It's where they stapled the strings. Duh.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (wgbpW)
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (Vyll1)
Posted by: CaliGirl at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (MFuOv)
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (UnA8+)
He is not long for this world.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Pudinhead
Inflatable butt plug.
Same thing plumbers use to block lines for pressure testing.
Same idea anyway.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (zhin0)
I wonder if Biden made a deal with Old Scratch to be POTUS? The Devil always tricks you, though. He let him be POTUS, but he won't remember it or, if he does, he will be humiliated by that memory.
Posted by: jmel at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (RWHIh)
I have been wondering if it was Jill who made the deal.
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (Lv3q+)
Posted by: Pudinhead
Inflatable butt plug.
Same thing plumbers use to block lines for pressure testing.
Same idea anyway.
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Bet it also helps his blood pressure.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Filioque vs. Homoiousian. The usual stuff.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: Dr. Jill Biden, EdD at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: ErikInTexas at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (+YI9v)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (QnmlO)
That's not impossible, although it is not hard to find another, less obvious spot to do it. They are definitely blasting him with uppers and a sinister cocktail of baby spinal fluid, adrenochrome, and virgin's blood.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Ciampino - just dreaming of ice cream at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (s8j++)
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He's no way tard like Hillary.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (ebq2B)
"yeah I wish they would get rid of that granny and bring me a little girl with long, lustrous, wonderful-smelling hair"
--Joey Fingers
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (2VST1)
I honestly thought that when he got the nom in 2020.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (lg881)
Same thing plumbers use to block lines for pressure testing.
Same idea anyway.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:51 PM (zhin0)
Is the shut off for the air pump manual or automatic? You don't want to blow the gasket.
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (Lv3q+)
No one seriously believes Dr. Jill was in charge of anything, do they?
I can't imagine the cognitive dissonance required to think Trump can't fight the Deep State despite his most virulent efforts, but when Dr. Jill called the shots and the Deep State stepped and fetched.
Her level of involvement in decision making was zero. She was tasked with managing the corpse of her former husband in exchange for a few million bucks.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (IqKUv)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (s8j++)
She was running cabinet meetings so long she forgot that no one outside the WH is supposed to care what she thinks.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (yvnLa)
Question: why was his wife at the interview at all? And why did she speak, at all? Can't Joe answer for himself?
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (WDRj6)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (kjWDa)
Yeah, that 10 to 1 schedule, 2 days a week was brutal.
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (NVNRw)
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By 1944, with monumental decisions on postwar Europe looming, FDR was working four hours a day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 01:55 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 01:55 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 09, 2025 01:56 PM (lg881)
I have been wondering if it was Jill who made the deal
She was way behind and in a bind. Willing to make a deal.
Posted by: Charles Daniels at May 09, 2025 01:56 PM (YStF8)
Posted by: Jill Biden at May 09, 2025 01:56 PM (fTG6a)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 01:56 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 01:56 PM (Whbv0)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I don't think so. Look at "Frankenstein." Or any of the critters-turning-into-giants-due-to-nuclear-fallout flicks of the 50s.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (v0R5T)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (QnmlO)
He was a disaster. And presumably, the clips that were aired were the best parts of the interview. He clearly has deteriorated even further since the disastrous debate with BOM.
Over-under on whether he lives to see 2026?
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (iFTx/)
So what? The acid test for a president is effectiveness, not hours put in.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 01:57 PM (v0R5T)
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He was running circles around Woody Wilson.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (IqKUv)
You don't think there's actually a half dozen Jooos in preposterously expensive suits actually "calling the shots" in some room somewhere, do you?
She likely was involved in the decision making in her own little sphere of influence. There's no cabal of secret elders running everything. It's just a couple thousand retards all trying to out-retard each other, and whatever they happen to shit out gets called "The Law" so people with cushy pensions can enforce it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (ZiaCc)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (gDhA9)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (gt60b)
No. The core of science fiction is the examination of a concept or innovation in science or technology and exploring the meaning or danger of it. Andromeda Strain is a sci fi book, so is Jurassic Park. Neither of them have anything to do with space. All of Jules Verne's stories were on earth, I believe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (2VST1)
But why? His presidency is over. There's no reason to further humiliate him by putting him on national TV. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing the corrupt old bastard humiliated, but I can't understand what they hope to gain.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (IqKUv)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (2VST1)
I wonder if Biden made a deal with Old Scratch to be POTUS? The Devil always tricks you, though. He let him be POTUS, but he won't remember it or, if he does, he will be humiliated by that memory.
Posted by: jmel
Waiting for the day when we see pictures of the Bidens in the traffic median, Dr. Doctor sitting in a lawn chair underneath a broken umbrella and Slow Joe holding the cardboard sign:
Social security doesn't cut it, anything helps!
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (Uzn0I)
There's no cabal of secret elders running everything. It's just a couple thousand retards all trying to out-retard each other, and whatever they happen to shit out gets called "The Law" so people with cushy pensions can enforce it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (yvnLa)
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Like the Court of Charles II.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (QnmlO)
I wonder if Biden made a deal with Old Scratch to be POTUS? The Devil always tricks you, though. He let him be POTUS, but he won't remember it or, if he does, he will be humiliated by that memory.
Posted by: jmel
Be a good Twilight Zone -
Deep inside he is fully aware but brain cannot control body...
When Jill takes him home she shoves his wheelchair into spare bathroom and leaves him there.
But when Hunter visits they wheel him into the BR...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (zhin0)
Posted by: jmel at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (RWHIh)
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I was amazed at the video snippets of him making a beeline towards whatever pre-teen girls were in the vicinity.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (Dv3i1)
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and doing a couple of TV hits in between
Posted by: Joe Biden (I was there!) at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (Whbv0)
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (gDhA9)
Money. If everyone thinks the Biden family is powerless and ruined, nobody will throw them cash and free things.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (2VST1)
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Nobody has seen the tooth fairy either.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (gt60b)
Wait.... so if nobody has ever seen Joe and Hard Work in the same room together, that means that...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (kjWDa)
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Nope. Plenty of science fiction takes place in a present-day environment with maybe slightly more advanced technology. (Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park is a good example).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (7fElN)
Trump has class. He'd do a good job.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
Read Neil Stephenson's Fall, or Dodge in Hell. Put you off your feed.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Charles Daniels at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (YStF8)
I 've never seen that theory about Milton. It's interesting .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (s8j++)
He could hand it off to Vance I suppose
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (gt60b)
I wonder if Biden made a deal with Old Scratch to be POTUS? The Devil always tricks you, though. He let him be POTUS, but he won't remember it or, if he does, he will be humiliated by that memory.
Posted by: jmel
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Ya never know. Depends on whether one takes the powers and principalities argument seriously as a matter of belief.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 02:02 PM (ctrM5)
In facial expression, yeah. In demeanor, Cotton was a cantankerous old bastard but he wasn't demented.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:03 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (kjWDa)
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You have 2 questions. The number of the questions shall be 2.
For me there is a clear distinction. I love scifi and will not read fantasy stuff.
Fantasy involves magic of some sort. I've never been into that.
(Outer) Space does not have to be involved for it to be scifi.
Posted by: Ciampino - just my 2 cents at May 09, 2025 02:03 PM (sPQoU)
Trump has class. He'd do a good job.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (s8j++)
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Agreed. I think Trump would be gracious. He might be a brass knuckles guy, but I don't see him as petty or vindictive towards a dead man.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:03 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:03 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (kgE5c)
Joe still has his shins, but other than that they are a pretty close match.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (IqKUv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (vmkyp)
Trump has class. He'd do a good job.
Posted by: Archimedes
Trump: "So, anyway..."
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (y6oPX)
And hie killed fiddy men
Posted by: Charles Daniels at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (YStF8)
Deep inside he is fully aware but brain cannot control body...
When Jill takes him home she shoves his wheelchair into spare bathroom and leaves him there.
But when Hunter visits they wheel him into the BR...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (zhin0)
Sounds a bit like a Harlan Ellison story. I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (/HDaX)
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Is there only one seat for new media? If so, they're doing it wrong. It should be the other way around with an "Old Media Seat".
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (Dv3i1)
Thanks. Them I have read some science fiction. I have read Jules Verne and Frankenstein.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (NVNRw)
The first Song of Fire and Ice books had no magic whatsoever and were just speculative fiction about another world with monsters in it, not fantasy at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Cray Cray at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:03 PM (QnmlO)
I guess nobody's perfect.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (gt60b)
It would be a complete work of fiction.
However, I'd be interested if there are any disgruntled former staffers who feel like they may have been disrespected by the family and have an ax to grind about it. I would presume there are outfits that would publish such if it happened.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 02:06 PM (Q4IgG)
Then and now the plan appears to be countering the post-debate and post-election books narratives that Joe is mentally feeble, by pushing Joe out into the public eye to demonstrate he is sharp-as-a-tack, the Smartest Man in the World, and stronk as a bull. Some people never learn. Especially Bidens and their enablers.
Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2025 02:06 PM (aBgBM)
Yeah, he'd slip a double meaning line or two in there like the Buttgag bicycle thing but it would overall be decent and respectful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:06 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Pudinhead
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Woodrow Wilson was dead in 1944. So FDR might have been doing wheelies around Wilson's grave but not Wilson himself.
If you mean before that, Wilson's stroke did not occur until after WWI ended.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 02:06 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: lauraw at May 09, 2025 02:06 PM (B0A2B)
Posted by: Rod Serling at May 09, 2025 02:07 PM (WDRj6)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:07 PM (kkfAA)
I think they're trying to show he's relevant and most importantly not dead. I think they want the lefty powers that be to redirect some money to them since PDT cut off the gravy train.
Posted by: Nelly at May 09, 2025 02:07 PM (pSknm)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (7JcxA)
All just IMO, but all speculative fiction begins with the premise "What if this thing that doesn't work in our reality does work in some other reality?" If the thing is technological, like faster than light travel or planetary terraforming, then it's science fiction. If the thing is magic, then it's fantasy.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (/y8xj)
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I imagine the family has a veto on that they can use. If they're so inclined.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (QnmlO)
Cut himself shaving.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (kkfAA)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
But he could take the opportunity to rif on Dr Jill being a no class gutter ho?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (zhin0)
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Jill could sell some hideous slip covers.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: Joe at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (YStF8)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (gm9Sb)
And as proof, she cites tropes so common they'd be "B reel" or montage sequences in any movie.
Things that are the bare-bones, absolute minimum you'd expect a President to be doing.
It's a 24/7 job and she's praising him like a superman for reading his daily briefing (that every other President gets by 9am) before he goes to bed at 7:45pm.
But I particularly like the part where he was so engaged in the answer, so tuned into the dialog with the hosts that he ... stared at the table while he answered.
Totally not like a mentally infirm reciting canned answers or listening to an earpiece would do.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (sMW+k)
All of Jules Verne's stories were on earth, I believe.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (2VST1)
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hmm!
From the Earth to the Moon
Posted by: Ciampino - from a cannon too at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 02:01 PM (s8j++)
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Agreed. I think Trump would be gracious. He might be a brass knuckles guy, but I don't see him as petty or vindictive towards a dead man.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Agreed also, but, you know that in the aftermath, the retards would moan and scream because Trump. It wouldn't matter how gracious Trump was, they would literally blame him for Joe's death and Trump would eat them alive, like the Troll King at a buffet.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (Uzn0I)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (NVNRw)
Some sci fi is just taking new tech and exploring the possibilities and dangers of it, like AI or cloning. To me the best sci fi is cautionary: this is the threat of this new idea, be careful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (2VST1)
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Nobody has seen the tooth fairy either.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (gt60b)
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Heh
Posted by: Easter Bunny at May 09, 2025 02:10 PM (1FWWQ)
Is that a Verne story? I stand corrected
Well, sit, but you get the ideaPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:10 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:10 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (/y8xj)
"Hard SF" would argue that planetary terraforming is physically possible, but that FTL is not.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Joe at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (YStF
'turd cutter.' How romantic.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:12 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 02:12 PM (a4NoL)
When he was asked the question on his mental health, Biden awkwardly cut himself off mid-answer as he gave a halting and mumbling performance on the show.
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"Infusion for his heath" -- do they even listen to themselves? What was this a potion given from an Elvish princess craftable only under the full moon?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:12 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 02:13 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (gKWVE)
There's always the translation vs. transportation angle that every sci fi thing always uses. Wormholes, space folding, blah blah yadda yadda.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:13 PM (yvnLa)
*biden apparently used his positions in government, his perceived political clout to forge deals where he got 'paid' for it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 02:13 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 02:13 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (gt60b)
This is fair. In fact, if someone were to ask me what the first science fiction story was, I'd say "Frankenstein." The technology in that case being reanimation but the real threat being knowledge unbounded by hubris.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (/y8xj)
"Hard SF" would argue that planetary terraforming is physically possible, but that FTL is not.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (gKWVE)
There's usually an exception given for FTL in super hard SF just to get you to where you need to go. It just can't be integral to the plot.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (t0Rmr)
Probably because they aren't safe.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:15 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (x/+r1)
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Agree but would add I don't think anyone ever loved Biden. He just sort of happened. Like the girl you take to the prom just to have a date, after all the girls you really like give you the Heisman. Then, after Kamala got wrecked in November, Biden is liked even less because he was (mostly) blamed.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:15 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at May 09, 2025 02:15 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:15 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:08 PM (/y8xj)
"Hard SF" would argue that planetary terraforming is physically possible, but that FTL is not.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:11 PM (gKWVE)
Considering how weird physics is, and how rapidly science changes in a single century, I'd suggest there are Hard Science Fiction options for faster than light travel.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Life of Wryly at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (1FWWQ)
Quite a play, show that you are popular with ... The View.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (ypFCm)
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India: Please hold.
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"no, I am Bob from Iowa!"
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (2VST1)
He's been very generous in such circumstances and it would be classy.
Would the family instead want Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and. Chuck Schumer carting his body about on a hand truck for an all-day spectacle of ghoulishness?
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (1XOgo)
Posted by: 13times
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They are so flawed. Put them in a time machine to a time Joe is cogent. Describe to Joe what his condition will be at this time and ask him if he approves of the way Jill is using him.
He will say she's doing a good job.
Their morality is not our morality.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (2VST1)
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hmm!
From the Earth to the Moon
Posted by: Ciampino - from a cannon too at May 09, 2025 02:09 PM (sPQoU)
and the sequel of course.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: The CIA at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (/GaVB)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (1XOgo)
I'm not dead yet. Oh, come on get on the cart
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (NtVYv)
Yeah teleportation etc. My guess is that this is less that they are finding bizarre breakdowns and impossibilities in physics than that they are bumping up against the limits of our observations.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (2VST1)
The first Song of Fire and Ice books had no magic whatsoever and were just speculative fiction about another world with monsters in it, not fantasy at all.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:05 PM (2VST1)
Well...there are the White Walkers, Valyrian steel and, at the end, dragons. But yes it's mostly just historical fantasy re-dressed in the first book.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (msmTE)
I still want him to stroke out every day
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:19 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: torabora at May 09, 2025 02:19 PM (WtlE+)
Also a fair point. The boundaries between genres, sub-genres, and sub-sub-genres can get pretty fuzzy at the edges.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:19 PM (/y8xj)
The real element of blending the genres was Terry Pratchett who started out writing a fantasy world, and then the characters kept turning the fantasy elements into technology. It started with the civilization on the edge of the flat Earth developing a space program by pushing air-tight vessels off the edge of the world and depending on orbital mechanics to bring them back.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (yvnLa)
Her level of involvement in decision making was zero. She was tasked with managing the corpse of her former husband in exchange for a few million bucks.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (IqKUv)
Disagree. She didn't make decisions but she 'sold' access to Biden to the highest bidder in the contending factions in the government. This made policy even more incoherent than normal with a senile President.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 02:21 PM (qpUT+)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (yvnLa)
There isn't a "The" deep state, there are many factions and power groups contending in the Government.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM (8avO+)
No, but she definitely used her position to put out some self-serving orders. The Deep State (via Obama, most likely) issued Joe's resignation letter, but then DOCTOR JILL issued his endorsement of Kamala as his successor to blow things up.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: The Obvious, Plain Truth at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM (uxQCS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:23 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:24 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (/y8xj)
There were some Earth to the Moon travel stories from back in the 1600's, Johannes Kepler wrote one.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:24 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:25 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
I haven't received any scam calls since the war started.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 02:25 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 02:21 PM (qpUT+)
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"We are women. We're not WOMEN, you hater!"
-- Trannies
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (W5ArC)
Our problem is that 20% or so to the right of the 33 that are soft and malleable, that's warmed by the siren song of concession who must be helped to understand that the soft songs are lies and that steadfastness is true comfort and security.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (sB5dv)
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Can we do this to Timu, too?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (kjWDa)
They didn't really write novels back then, though at least as we understand the term.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
The Great Curry War of 2025!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM
Indeed. We wouldn't have people thinking any other way.
* wing flaps in unison *
Posted by: Big Penguin at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (77rzZ)
Fully agree. And there's Dante's Inferno, which got a remake courtesy of Niven and Pournelle, two hard-scifi authors. (Then again, Niven also released straight fantasy.)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (L5pYh)
They really are delusional and think we are all stupid. Or more likely they just hate us so much they prefer to brazenly lie to our face than ever admit we were right.
Posted by: Ripley at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (GUOwU)
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But how did *they* know that?
You would think the default position would be "it's empty you dopes, you can just look at it and see that it's empty. Come on."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (sB5dv)
It was no doubt easier to conceal Biden's cognitive decline because he was so fucking stupid to begin with.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Was it concealed? Pretty obvious, if you ask me.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (xcxpd)
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Hard scifi doesn't need to be real.
It needs to be remotely plausible based on current scientific research.
Roddenberry inventing the transporter for budgetary reasons? Fantasy. Doesn't matter than decades later people were saying, "Maybe we can do this with atoms."
Clarke saying, "Space elevator!" Science fiction, because he was inspired by a research paper on light materials that could be used to make one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
I think they got it from stuff Poul Anderson and Robert Howard was doing.
Riding dinosaurs with a laser gun in your hand has never not been cool.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:23 PM (vmkyp)
They and the Indians take that shit seriously.
I remember when I was still in academia there was a period when India and Pakistan were playing in whatever the equivalent of the World Series is for cricket.
The student union would be fucking packed in the middle of the night (daytime on the subcontinent), 'cause it had a projection TV with cable.
Fortunately, violence never broke out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:29 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:29 PM (g47mK)
Yeah teleportation etc. My guess is that this is less that they are finding bizarre breakdowns and impossibilities in physics than that they are bumping up against the limits of our observations.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:18 PM (2VST1)
One I saw was FTL using slow probes by alien races, when they found something interesting they directed the probes to land, and the probe could build a receiver. They would then 'transport' people to the other end...but the original person didn't travel. A copy was made on the other side using tachyons for the FTL. The story was about some anomalous star like object the build a station near to study there but everyone on the station was going to die from radiation damage that their other copy 'volunteered' them for
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:29 PM (8avO+)
Trot him out, mention him at every opportunity, etc, to define the Democratic Party.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 02:30 PM (MvZ7K)
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 02:14 PM (/y8xj)
There were some Earth to the Moon travel stories from back in the 1600's, Johannes Kepler wrote one.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:24 PM (D7oie)
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I think sci-fi goes back to Homer, although of course they didn't have any conception of sci-fi then. Some of these ancient Greek myths, and the mechanisms and events they described, are pretty close to sci-fi in my opinion. Hephaestus' creations (Talos, etc) in particular.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:31 PM (iFTx/)
Like my time travel concept. You can go back in time, but you go into a pocket copy of the past, not YOUR past. When you leave, it closes and is gone. So you can travel to the past, but cannot ever affect your present or future.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:31 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2025 02:31 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (QnmlO)
Yeah, bad choice of words. Made it easier for them to deny that he was in cognitive decline.
Gotta remember, these are the same people with imaginary vaginas.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:31 PM (W5ArC)
Seriously, what a vile human being. He deserves much worse that he's getting.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (Wu4HK)
I think they got it from stuff Poul Anderson and Robert Howard was doing.
Riding dinosaurs with a laser gun in your hand has never not been cool.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (gKWVE)
Yes, mixing magic and tech is older that Pratchett for sure. Even the assumption in "pure" fantasy that Cold Iron destroys magic or blocks it is a tech vs magic idea.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (gKWVE)
Trot him out, mention him at every opportunity, etc, to define the Democratic Party.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 02:30 PM (MvZ7K)
There is a danger that doing so gives up a tempo. If you're attacking yesterday's asshole, you're two days behind because you ought to be attacking tomorrow's asshole today.
Or i guess just attack all of them all the time because they're all shitheads. All the time.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (0sNs1)
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Thankfully she didn’t do a Sharon Stone Basic Instinct leg cross.
Posted by: Bicentennialguy at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM (+K1xO)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:33 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 02:33 PM (bXbFr)
Can't find anything, either. Quite a few accounts describing various attacks as 'declarations of war', but that's pretty retarded.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 02:33 PM (9Mm3A)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:32 PM
Hot Iron saves lives.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at May 09, 2025 02:33 PM (0sNs1)
Like my time travel concept. You can go back in time, but you go into a pocket copy of the past, not YOUR past. When you leave, it closes and is gone. So you can travel to the past, but cannot ever affect your present or future.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
John Carter & Mars.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:26 PM (2VST1)
The first "modern" novel was La Celestina, 1499, which was considered "a book of dialogue" in place of some sort of poetic work or chanson geste. Canterbury Tales was written around 1400 though it was more of a poetic work set up as individual tales held together by a central narrative of a pilgrimage. For my sins I have read them both.
The modern novel is a creation of the Romantic age following the Napoleonic wars, but the concept has smeared out to "not technical and non-poetic works" so I dunno. My back hurts.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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India? Pakistan is calling it war. Last I read, India hit only terrorist installations and told the Pakis to let it go. They didn't. Looked last night and there was escalation but India seems to have gone dark about their activities.
There is talk that if it goes much harder Paki may be split in three.
There market cratered, the Baluchs are attacking from the SW and there is another aggrieved group rattling sabers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2025 02:31 PM (0Id0S)
Asimov wrote a story about a Goose laying Golden eggs and went into detail on the nuclear reaction the Goose had to do to produce the Gold from lighter elements.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (8avO+)
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A True Story by Lucian of Samosata, 2nd century AD.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (0Htd1)
Is the Garland Archipelago still available -- and if not, how 'bout Club Gitmo?
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 02:35 PM (ebq2B)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 02:35 PM (g47mK)
What a shame on George Bush, what a shame on all of our agencies who were involved and did NOTHING. What a shame on us for allowing them to get away with doing NOTHING.
India, thank you. And thank you for showing the world how to respect terrorists.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:35 PM (sB5dv)
The sooner these two disappear from any seat of power, the better. Go away. But not too far. Subpoenas are on their way.
Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2025 02:36 PM (0Id0S)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 02:20 PM (D7oie)
Andre Norton's Witch World series...
Witches of Karres came out in... 68? James Schmitz.
Discworld was actually kinda late to the genre IMO.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 02:36 PM (QAkQ3)
Canterbury Tales was funnier than shit, and straight up dirty. Even better if you read it with a Monty Python style of voice.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 02:36 PM (Wu4HK)
Posted by: Lirio100 at May 09, 2025 02:36 PM (zS4/f)
My people wrote about a thing called the 'wheel', which was basically faster-than-light poppycock that couldn't really be done.
Posted by: Liz Warren at May 09, 2025 02:37 PM (p0167)
If the answer is </= 0, I am disappointed.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 02:38 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Iron Eyes Cody at May 09, 2025 02:38 PM (0sNs1)
Lucian was kind of a Greek-speaking Mencken.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 02:38 PM (gKWVE)
My favorite was the one where the woman and her lover had another prospective lover coming to the window in the middle of the night asking for a kiss. The woman presented her backside. Dude knew something was up, so he went to the smithy and got a red hot plow blade. Came back for another kiss, but this time it was the male lover who stuck his ass out the window, and received the hot plow blade for his troubles.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:39 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Alfred Bester's "The Men who Murdered Mohammed had the exact reverse idea. You could go back into the past, but it was just YOURS. When you came back nothing was different. The more you damaged the past you turned yourself into a unphysical ghost unbound by time or place.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Giovanni Boccaccio at May 09, 2025 02:39 PM (gKWVE)
“Pakistan is using civilian aircraft’s as shields expecting Indian retaliation”
- Wing Command[er] Vyomika Singh
Hiding behind civilians, women & children, Pakistan proving their impotence again
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (QnmlO)
https://tinyurl.com/328aj8wc
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (5xuJ/)
Yes! I remember reading this in study hall one day about 40 years ago, laughing my ass off.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (Wu4HK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (vmkyp)
My favorite was the one where the woman and her lover had another prospective lover coming to the window in the middle of the night asking for a kiss. The woman presented her backside. Dude knew something was up, so he went to the smithy and got a red hot plow blade. Came back for another kiss, but this time it was the male lover who stuck his ass out the window, and received the hot plow blade for his troubles.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:39 PM (W5ArC)
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Passolini recreated this episode in his adaptation of The Canterbury Tales.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (wBaIH)
Just can't remember when.
On Iwo Jima I held that pole as the flag unfurled;
Just can't remember when.
Maybe my noggin is a little squirreled.
BUT, I still have my auto-pen.
Posted by: Maya Angelou after the Ambien wears off at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (vmkyp)
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Probably Indian subscribers who, on average, paid about $1 a month for the subscription.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (GBKbO)
Meanwhile the UK has arrested someone and charged them with blasphemy against Islam.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (2ocoG)
Guess his Biden's Word ain't worth anything anymore
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (ypFCm)
My favorite was the one where the woman and her lover had another prospective lover coming to the window in the middle of the night asking for a kiss. The woman presented her backside. Dude knew something was up, so he went to the smithy and got a red hot plow blade. Came back for another kiss, but this time it was the male lover who stuck his ass out the window, and received the hot plow blade for his troubles.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:39 PM (W5ArC)
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Passolini recreated this episode in his adaptation of The Canterbury Tales.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
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Sounds gay
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
They really are delusional and think we are all stupid. Or more likely they just hate us so much they prefer to brazenly lie to our face than ever admit we were right.
Posted by: Ripley at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (GUOwU)
They wanted President Trump back in office so they could destroy him and those who voted for him. Think about it, he's right where they want him now, and the the House election steal of 26 will be the mother all frauds, birthing Son of Impeachment. This is their plan, and to be honest, they plan better than we do.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (LHPAg)
Jill's sudden interjection appeared rehearsed, as she added in her retort that she was infuriated by books about her husband's struggles in office because 'nobody saw how hard Joe worked.'
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She's right. Nobody saw that.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (QwK6F)
Many of Shakespeare's plays are that way as well. He really played to the galleries with dirty jokes and twists on words, even in his tragedies. Its really tough to get the references now, but if you have a good book with notes, they explain the lines and jokes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM
To be fair, that's better than burning it off.
Posted by: The male lover at May 09, 2025 02:43 PM (0sNs1)
uh huh.
But don't you think it would super awkward and, Idk, embarrassing, to say to his face, "Hey, are you senile? Cuz that's what people are saying."
Of course he's going to deny it. Why ask that question? Geez, these people are something else.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at May 09, 2025 02:43 PM (Eo96p)
This is exactly how you represent India:
“We all stand united as country & behind our Govt & armed forces”
Not like, “we fight among ourselves bs etc”
Somebody unleash this @ShashiTharoor on International media already
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Here is a clip (opposition politician) expressing what I've seen from all the sites: 43seconds
https://tinyurl.com/bdh8xuuk
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:44 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
The Miller's Tale.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:44 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at May 09, 2025 02:27 PM (L5pYh)
he has a world where magic is a finite resource and not renewable so if you did magic in one spot too long it quit working.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:44 PM (8avO+)
But my nickel continues to sit on India/Pakistan, with another penny on East Asia, just to hedge that bet.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 02:44 PM (BI5O2)
I see this as a future opportunity for tourism and entertainment, at significant personal risk: you might die. But billionaires going back in time to meet their heroes or watch events take place. Or governments using the system to test ideas and plots out: will this work, what happens as a result?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:44 PM (2VST1)
Many of Shakespeare's plays are that way as well. He really played to the galleries with dirty jokes and twists on words, even in his tragedies. Its really tough to get the references now, but if you have a good book with notes, they explain the lines and jokes.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (2VST1)
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The ancient "bard" tradition in the middle ages is pretty risque and dirty too. They got away with it because they were considered low class and by hiding the most salacious details behind euphemisms like "courtly love." Everyone knew what was really meant by that.
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:45 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:35 PM (sB5dv)
The guy they killed was indirectly tied to Pearl's murder which was carried out by a faction of Al Queda . I think we responded pretty hard against Al Queda in 2002.
Posted by: polynikes at May 09, 2025 02:45 PM (qpUT+)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (LHPAg)
Yeah that's why the Dems are in bits and pieces and Trump is flying high. Its the long con.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:45 PM (8avO+)
Guess his Biden's Word ain't worth anything anymore
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (ypFCm)
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Halperin was saying this the other day. Halperin is a hack (ABCnews, MSNBC...etc). Think about something for a second. They had to pry Biden away from running a second time. He wouldn't do that out of the goodness of his heart, or for the good of the country. He got paid to step down. Whether it be from his $30 Million book deal or some other source...who knows. We've seen that the Left has more than a handful of ways to pay someone off.
The Bidens are financially set. Hell, Biden used to sit at a card table with John Murtha and hand out earmarks in the Capitol building. He gave the eulogy at Murtha's funeral. He got paid many times over. And in November of last year he got paid again.
Posted by: Maya Angelou after the Ambien wears off at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:40 PM (GBKbO)
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Sounds gay
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
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And Marxist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (2VST1)
Yep. Lovely poetry mixed with dick and fart jokes.
Ol' Willy knew how to include something for everyone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (LHPAg)
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Having Trump out of power seems to be an easier place to defeat him.
I swear, the conspiratorial thinking in some places is a bit out of control.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah I worked something similar to that into my world, although magic is renewable. Its actually a pretty complex system that can cause things to go horribly wrong if you overuse magic in a specific area, though.
I like Niven's "Magic Goes Away" setting where the wizards were so wasteful and extreme that they ruined everything and burned all the magic with their wastefulness.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:47 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 02:41 PM (2VST1)
Yep. Lovely poetry mixed with dick and fart jokes.
Ol' Willy knew how to include something for everyone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:46 PM (W5ArC)
Never read your Catullus, eh?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:47 PM (8avO+)
Not necessarily. They’re basically trailer trash lottery winners, and now maybe the money is gone.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 02:47 PM (ziUvL)
Posted by: Elric Blade at May 09, 2025 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 02:48 PM (77rzZ)
When did the notion of 'don't kill civilians in war' really take hold? Germany bombed London, the Allies bombed german and japanese cities. Did it happen only because the Hiroshimo blast was so powerful?
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 02:49 PM (bP/i4)
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He also invented the pull-my-finger joke.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 02:50 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 02:52 PM (ypFCm)
"Biden's cognitive capacity had already been a bus crash, but now it has further deteriorated to the level of not merely a bus crash, but a bus full of circus clowns crashing into a school for blind children and even worse the clowns were doing their 'Gasoline Comedy' act that day and now all the blind children are on fire and the clowns are trying to squirt water on them with their stupid lapel-flowers but the flowers are just squirting out more gasoline and the children are crying tears of fire out of their Unseeing Dead Eyes and holy shit a couple of the clowns look like they have boners and they're chasing around the fiery blind children trying to rub up on them with these bobbling clown-boners with big red bulbs on their tips." -- Ace of Spades, credited to ShainS
Posted by: Drumwaster at May 09, 2025 02:57 PM (uqpWt)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:45 PM (8avO+)
Deepstate still exists and is being protected by judicial and political traitors at every turn. My humble point, Oldcat.
Posted by: Eromero at May 09, 2025 02:58 PM (LHPAg)
That's funny.
I don't think Joe Biden has worked a hard day since before law school.
He has, literally, run his mouth for a living his entire adult life.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 03:05 PM (6ydKt)
When ole Joe barks wrong she zaps him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 09, 2025 03:07 PM (6PCLE)
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 09, 2025 03:17 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Nonna Turney, Spokesperson at May 09, 2025 03:32 PM (HN9JN)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at May 09, 2025 03:34 PM (5EOdb)
Liberal Justice David Souter Dead at 85
His left-wing rulings sparked the right to adopt the motto "No More Souters!"
Particularly after the "Borking" of Robert Bork in 1987 (led by Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden) brought ideological critiques of the nominees out into the open, Republican presidents adopted a strategy of looking for "stealth nominees" who had little paper trail of judicial decisions and academic writings to pick apart. Souter, nominated in 1990 to replace Brennan, was the ultimate stealth nominee, a soft-spoken, reclusive, colorless bachelor with no major red flags (from a liberal point of view) in his twelve-year judicial record, most of it on the New Hampshire state courts. George H. W. Bush didn't set out to put a liberal on the Court, but he was willing to take the risk, and that left him vulnerable to staffers such as White House Chief of Staff John Sununu (Souter's fellow New Hampshirite) who had a pretty good idea of what Bush was getting. Democratic interest groups gave Souter the generic Republican treatment, with the National Organization for Women printing "Stop Souter or Women will Die" buttons with an image of a coat hanger, but it didn't fly, and he was confirmed 90-9. Even Biden voted for him; Ted Kennedy and John Kerry didn't.Souter's subsequent liberal record on the Court -- including voting to sustain Roe in 1992 in Planned Parenthood v. Casey -- made his name a conservative rallying cry of "no more Souters." The stealth nominee strategy came to an abrupt end in 2005 after conservative opposition forced George W. Bush to abandon Harriet Miers, his White House counsel with a scant paper trail, and instead send the Republican-controlled Senate the nomination of Samuel Alito, who already had a long judicial track record that included ruling on the Third Circuit in favor of the pro-life law struck down in Casey. It seems unlikely that either party will attempt anything like the stealth-nominee strategy again.
Except we still are nominating people who turn out to be stealth Souters. I blame the Federalist Society. I don't think they're recommending conservative judges. I think they're recommending judges who follow the upper-middle class white liberal consensus who have some slight moorings to reality. In other words, they're not recommending the hard-left culture warriors the Democrats pack the courts with, but they're still recommending people who are part of the former Liberal Consensus.
The Federalist Society is more concerned about judges who are "clubbable" than conservative.
Souter retired from the Court in 2009 when the presidency was held by Barack Obama. He chose to deliver Obama the chance to appoint another liberal.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: David Souter at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (gdH0L)
Posted by: Anti-Faucist at May 09, 2025 12:46 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (UGyV5)
I don't know whether the Federalist Society is actively recommending moderates, but I would say that they've been around for over 40 years. When they started, legal conservatism was in the wilderness. I bet the first FS members were true conservatives, because who would join such a society in the midst of rampant liberal orthodoxy. Over time, however, it grew into yet one more careerist box to tick on the climb up the ladder. It became a victim of its own success.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (gdH0L)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (dCxaZ)
that's exactly what the Federalist Society was at my law school -- slightly less liberal than they average student and who voted for Bush
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (jGJov)
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The Left doesn't have to worry about that.
They can nominate candidates who let their freak flag fly, and there's a better than even chance they'll get in.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (QnmlO)
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Gorsuch and Kavanaugh are both...really good.
ACB is not in their level, but she's helped deliver some big wins as well. She's mostly frustrating, obsessing over process like Roberts or siding with Kagan from time to time, rather than a Souter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (GBKbO)
The Anti-Federalists seem to have been more correct with the benefits of hindsight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Welcome to Hell, let me show ya around at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (TbWk/)
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And that will be Souter's legacy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (RIvkX)
has it ever happened that a libtard transitioned to a rightie?
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (dCxaZ)
A few?
David Mamet and James Woods come to mind
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (xcxpd)
They can nominate candidates who let their freak flag fly, and there's a better than even chance they'll get in.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (7fElN)
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"I don't know what a woman is."
-KJB
"So great."
-Sinema
"So hot."
-Manchin
"HULK SMASH YES VOTE!"
-Fetterman (not in Congress yet, but he woulda)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (GBKbO)
has it ever happened that a libtard transitioned to a rightie?
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (dCxaZ)
Byron White, nominated by JFK, was, on the whole, reliable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (GD2xa)
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And that will be Souter's legacy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (RIvkX)
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The dumbest liberal on SCOTUS ever: Sotomayor.
Souter's legacy is Sotomayor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (vmkyp)
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There's a punny Muldoon limerick about courters or plaintiffs in there somewhere ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (gdH0L)
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And that will be Souter's legacy.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Oh to be remembered for Sotomayor, what a legacy!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (/AMlJ)
Posted by: The Deep State at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (Xm4LY)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (Vnr18)
And what's with this sudden idea that young women 18-23 are suddenly "underage" and a 30-40 y/o man dating one is grooming or pedi feel ya? I mean you can not like it from a personal standpoint but huh?
For the left they can't just dislike something - it has to be a crime against humanity, and you can see this across the board.
Elon isn't misguided or even greedy...he's a NAZI
Trump isn't pursuing wrong policies (which note everyone agreed with 20 years ago)...he's a NAZI
and yes even for stupid personal preferences thinks like who celebrities date. If BB was "dating" a tranny he's be the second coming of Martin Luther King junior
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (t0Rmr)
It's inexplicable how rarely paupers are the object of such true love.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (s8j++)
When you’re young you don’t need money to get ladies, but eventually a girl’s gotta stop riding the c*ck carousel and start thinking about her future. A future that involves a lot of wrinkly old skin and doing things you’d never thought you’d do and praying he dies before you’re 50 so you can at least enjoy the money.
City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man, and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace, go in style
Late at night, a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (s8j++)
The Anti-Federalists seem to have been more correct with the benefits of hindsight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (xcxpd)
Yes. The Constitution was a coup against self-determination by citizens and states. The Articles of Confederation needed amending, not a complete rewrite.
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (l3YAf)
... so far.
Posted by: Ketanji Jackson at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (GBKbO)
Good name for a ball player, bad name for a judge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (WUoYt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I should have known it would already have been noted!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (/AMlJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (Vnr1
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Souter should have been wearing a mask ...
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (gdH0L)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (NpAcC)
the younger bush thread is downstairs
I am ashamed for laughing at that.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (s8j++)
I think it is more that it is very easy to bribe, blackmail, or libel people that are public conservatives.
Why take that hard vote that the Constitution demands when you can say "its a tax!" and keep having sex with tweens at some leftwing oligarch's resort?
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (pIfcn)
has it ever happened that a libtard transitioned to a rightie?
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (dCxaZ)
A few?
David Mamet and James Woods come to mind
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (xcxpd)
David Horowitz, PBUH.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (x/+r1)
Create 17 new SCOTUS seats and pack it with plumbers and engineers.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:54 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:54 PM (gt60b)
the younger bush thread is downstairs
People make a brazillian jokes like this...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:54 PM (t0Rmr)
Good name for a ball player, bad name for a judge.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (WUoYt)
Good name for a ball player who features in one of those "Low IQ Play" compilations: TOOBLAN or forgetting how many outs there are.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:54 PM (QnmlO)
has it ever happened that a libtard transitioned to a rightie? /i]
Tulsi and RFK to an extent, though its probably fairer to say they stayed where they are while their party moved left...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (PCK5/)
>>>Good name for a ball player, bad name for a judge.
Pinch hitting... for Sonia Sotomoyor... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota...!
Posted by: echo echo echo at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
I've said it before and I'll say it again; I really want Thomas to retire this term, not because he isn't the greatest active justice, but because he's getting up there. Trump should ask him for a recommendation now.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (2VST1)
Once he was certain no other justices planned to retire in June 2009, Souter announced his retirement [on May 1st, Commie Day] and moved back to his beloved New Hampshire
Thanks, buddy!
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (iSdyJ)
People make a brazillian jokes like this...
That was a close shave
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (2VST1)
has it ever happened that a libtard transitioned to a rightie? /i]
Tulsi and RFK to an extent, though its probably fairer to say they stayed where they are while their party moved left...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (t0Rmr)
Naomi Wolf.. maybe
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (PCK5/)
You really think she'd lose a dumb-off to Justice Jackson?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (VXSVh)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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"How old is the Earth?"
"Is an unborn child in the womb a human being?"
There are probably others but those seem pretty easy.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:57 PM (s8j++)
Yeah Sotomayor is no brain trust but she looks like Einstein next to Ketanji-Jackson. Plus, her blood type is lard, so she might not be around much longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:57 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (Vnr18)
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They are just corporate toadies. Their recommendations are pro big business judges.
During the height of the Trump sham trials I looked on their website and not a word about them.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (LHqaF)
You really think she'd lose a dumb-off to Justice Jackson?
Geez, it would be like the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy skits.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (NpAcC)
That one was so obvious.
Look, SCOTUS is not a debate society. You’ve got to make hard decisions like deporting pitiable people back to shithole countries, or declaring Obamacare unconstitutional and causing millions to lose health insurance. Children will die because of your decisions.
You don’t need someone with an excess of empathy. Most men can’t handle it, and women are even less likely to be able to enforce the law, even if it hurts people.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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"How old is the Earth?"
"Is an unborn child in the womb a human being?"
There are probably others but those seem pretty easy.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (yZCmg)
Hih… my answers would half please you, I imagine…
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (PCK5/)
You really think she'd lose a dumb-off to Justice Jackson?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 09, 2025 12:56 PM (VXSVh)
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It'd go to 15 Rounds, but Sotomayor would win because her screeching would be the most incoherent.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (GBKbO)
Pinch hitting... for Sonia Sotomoyor... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota...!
Posted by: echo echo echo at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (jGJov)
That name! Always associated in my mind with Game 3 of the 1977 NLCS. Hit a drive that clanked off Greg Luzinski's glove. Dodgers scored three in the 9th and won.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (s8j++)
“What is.. a woman?”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (l3YAf)
The Anti-Federalists seem to have been more correct with the benefits of hindsight.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Letters from Brutus are perhaps the best of the various critiques of the Constitution from the anti-federalist camp. Brutus XI through XIV absolutely shredded Hamilton's Federalist papers regarding the judiciary as to how the federal courts would behave and why.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: tubal
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Everyone is welcome to their own hypothesis regarding the first, but strictly for the purposes of weeding out leftists it would likely be very effective.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (yZCmg)
Gorsuch is as committed to gay rights as Souter.
Bostock v. Clayton County, authored by Gorsuch, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (passed in the 60s) applies to transsexuals.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (gt60b)
The Earth is clearly 36 years old, since I don’t remember anything before that.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (l3YAf)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEghu90QJH4
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (s8j++)
Gorsuch is as committed to gay rights as Souter.
Bostock v. Clayton County, authored by Gorsuch, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (passed in the 60s) applies to transsexuals.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (UGyV5)
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It's the one major bad spot.
Everywhere else he's been really good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (Vnr18)
I think they were less optimistic about human nature and the power of reason. The federalists were all enlightenment types.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (s8j++)
THIS. It would also make for a nice purity test among the Republican Senators. Any one of them that would say no to the replacement (other than Collins) should be immediately primaried at the first opportunity. You don't get to pass on making your choice known on that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (x/+r1)
Bostock v. Clayton County, authored by Gorsuch, held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (passed in the 60s) applies to transsexuals.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (UGyV5)
Yep, they all suck. Thomas the least, followed by Alito. The rest are really bad.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (l3YAf)
You don’t need someone with an excess of empathy. Most men can’t handle it, and women are even less likely to be able to enforce the law, even if it hurts people.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
It's really easy. Rule on the law. Put the empathy where it belongs. Back on Congress.
Dear Congress,
You WROTE the law. YOU fucked people. Don't like it? Write better laws.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 01:02 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (vmkyp)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (Oq5OE)
but but.... muh legacy!
Posted by: John Roberts at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (jGJov)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (Oq5OE)
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I blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
not on the Court
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 12:58 PM (jGJov)
True. It's not called the (Linda) Greenhouse Effect for nothing, after all. It always goes the other way. Sort of like how order always devolves into chaos without active efforts not to make it so.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (x/+r1)
The best rightwing judges give measured limited rulings and most of them are "bad on some issues"
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (yZCmg)
Everywhere else he's been really good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
“Other than being forced to use a changing room with a dress-wearing, mentally-ill man who had his penis out the whole time, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (l3YAf)
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I'll never see GWBush as vulnerable again. He and the whole family are players and they aren't and they never have been on our side. I have no feelings of sympathy for them and do not wish them well.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:04 PM (sB5dv)
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I'll never see GWBush as vulnerable again. He and the whole family are players and they aren't and they never have been on our side. I have no feelings of sympathy for them and do not wish them well.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Yep. I'm starting to appreciate Papa Bush's "new world order" statement more and more.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (yZCmg)
not on the Court
Posted by: brak
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Byron White comes the closest to it. Appointed by JFK. The Warren court moved left and Byron White remained where he was ideologically (centrist).
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (ctrM5)
“Other than being forced to use a changing room with a dress-wearing, mentally-ill man who had his penis out the whole time, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (l3YAf)
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Threw out Chevron. Undid Roe. Presidential Immunity. Trump v Hawaii. Bruen.
But yeah, he sucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (GBKbO)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (Oq5OE)
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I blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
I believe that 100%. They have shamefully abdicated their duties and that for a long time. Disgraceful.. their God is money and power.
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (PCK5/)
Definitely an example of “everyone else moved further left”, I think. She was on the Mark Steyn cruise, and basically still believes in the leftism of the past. She just doesn’t believe that men should beat up women and call it sports, or that full totalitarianism is a valid medical strategy, or that rapists should be encouraged by the state because they’re from lesser cultures..
Posted by: Alright alright alright at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (gt60b)
The Deep State, oh which he was part, was a different beast when Bush 41 was president. Not that its good that there is ever a shadow government running things in a republic but...this is before they got on the Globohomo train for example
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (t0Rmr)
Yeah if I agree with every single thing someone says and does, one of us is redundant, at best. I won't agree with EVERYTHING that anyone does, not even myself. Some issues matter more than others, obviously, but I can live with a justice having a blind spot or dumb area, if they are otherwise reliable and good. As long as it isn't a really critical area.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Archimedes
I read somewhere that his parents had him, their only son. He was a lifelong bachelor, no kids.
So basically his family line ended with him, so sad.
Posted by: Scott_T at May 09, 2025 01:06 PM (2waQ7)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:06 PM (vmkyp)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (Oq5OE)
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I blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
I believe that 100%. They have shamefully abdicated their duties and that for a long time. Disgraceful.. their God is money and power.
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (PCK5/)
And doing whatever is necessary not to make any tough decisions that might cost them at the ballot box. Except for Obamacare. The libs were happy to sacrifice themselves to make that one happen.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 01:06 PM (x/+r1)
Posted by: Archimedes
Used to be code for pickle puffer.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (s8j++)
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Yes, it's always a good idea to get rid of your best jurist.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (gt60b)
Yep. Supreme Court justices are supposed to rule on disputes between states and international legal issues. They blithely took onto themselves more and more power -- and worse congress kept ceding more and more power to them -- that now they are incredibly important and its a battle almost to the death for every justice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (2VST1)
You WROTE the law. YOU fucked people. Don't like it? Write better laws.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 01:02 PM (y6oPX)
But that's haaaard. We don't waaaannaa.
Posted by: Mike Johnson at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (gKWVE)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (Oq5OE)
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I blame Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Enough blame to go around here for all. Simply put, the Supreme Court (or any court) is not and can never be a 'guardian' of the Constitution and its protected rights and liberties.
It is a specialized bureaucracy that settles disputes and uses legal reasoning to support their particular resolution of a dispute. But it will always have a systemic bias to preserve its own power, limit those of its competitors and favor the national over the state.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (gt60b)
But yeah, he sucks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:05 PM (GBKbO)
Fuck one horse and you’re a horsefucker for life.
I’m also not convinced throwing out Chevron was good.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (l3YAf)
Definitely an example of “everyone else moved further left”,
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And discovered that people on the right are in general nice people and that her friends on the left are scumbags once she began expressing thoughtcrime.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Archimedes
I read somewhere that his parents had him, their only son. He was a lifelong bachelor, no kids.
So basically his family line ended with him, so sad.
Posted by: Scott_T at May 09, 2025 01:06 PM (2waQ7)
Souter was almost assuredly gay.
Note that the supreme court sort of turned on a dime on gay shit after he joined the court, consistent with the storied Republican philosophy that it is better that the West should fall than say no to gays, women, or minorities ever.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:09 PM (UGyV5)
Well its not a matter of getting rid of him, its a matter of controlling when he leaves. He is old and not immortal, and sooner or later he'll be leaving the position. Who will replace him?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:09 PM (2VST1)
I’m also not convinced throwing out Chevron was good.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:08 PM (l3YAf)
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Well, then you're a boring commenter who will never take in new information.
Safe to ignore forever.
Got it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:09 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio
1st off let's just dispense with the idea that this on topic.
2nd. The Anti-Federalists were just a bunch of spergs that insisted that listing rights, powers, and by extension, things forbidden to Congress, the Pres, was somehow going to perfect the Union. Spoiler: we'd be here only sooner.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2025 01:09 PM (mlg/3)
Soooo.....Tuesday?
Yes, it's always a good idea to get rid of your best jurist.
That's exactly why we got to replace RBG. She insisted on clinging on. Do you think the libs don't regret that?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:10 PM (s8j++)
Cripes. It's gross.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
There's going to be a reckoning between SCOTUS and PDJT before Trump's term is up.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 01:10 PM (Uzn0I)
You WROTE the law. YOU fucked people. Don't like it? Write better laws.
Posted by: rickb223
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This is key for me. I would have no problem with the SCOTUS seizing power if they ruled without emotion. Obamacare is a perfect example, cut and dry. There was no boilerplate "if anything is found to be unconstitutional" or whatever at the start.
But they wiggled around and pretended it had it because all laws had it and it's a law guys, seriously.
If things like that were approached properly I'd have no problem with them reviewing and laughing as they said "this is a problem." It would only improve Congress.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:10 PM (yZCmg)
I kind of have to agree with both of you on this. In 2028, Thomas will be 80. But he’s clearly the strongest justice we currently have. Who would replace him? How well would they hold up in DC?
I also tend to think of Thomas as possibly the only normal person on the court. He seems to thoroughly enjoy his personal life; if he thinks it’s best to sacrifice that to stay on the court, he probably has a closer perspective on that need than I do.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Harry at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (VlTXJ)
People seem to think that federal district court judges weighing in on the executive's administrative state is going to yield libertarian results somehow. Usually the same people who are bigmad about federal district judges weighing in on the executive's EOs. To coin a phrase, I don't get it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (y6oPX
One article referred to Souter having had three girlfriends in the past ( not at the same time, I think) One said she felt he was too scholarly and busy to settle down. In this day and age we seem to have the assumption that all men who have never been married are gay. I think that's still not correct.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (kjWDa)
Law school is where all of this starts (actually it starts in elementary school, but law school is the gateway to the legal profession). In 1L Contracts Law, from the very beginning we had a lot of discussion about "critical legal theory" - basically legalistic socialism. We were encouraged to view contracts through a lens of what was the "fair" outcome based on the professor's views of structural inequities in the development of the law. This was the approach in all classes, clubs, clinics,... everything.
Complaining that the Federalist society only picks liberal judges misses that this is virtually all there is to pick from. A long march must retake law schools to correct this problem.
Posted by: DPICM at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (M2VUX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Warren got Scotus as a payoff for supporting Ike instead of Taft and to not run himself for prezzie. Tom Dewey arranged it.
He was also the governor of California that called on the Feds to do something about the Japanese Americans so they used him to support internment camps for them.
Warren and later Brennan were simply politicians in black robes using the Court as a constitutional amendment body.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (AwlwC)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:03 PM (GBKbO)
I blame Thomas Jefferson and you for not hanging John Marshall when you had the chance.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (l3YAf)
If I remember correctly, he was appointed under George HW Bush at the request of John Sununu, his fascist chief of staff. At the time, I distinctly recall that he was touted as an intellectual, who was devoted to the law, unmarried, and with no allusions at all whatsoever to his private life, which, as far as I’m concerned is fine, but somewhat mysterious in those days.
People thought he would be an arch conservative justice, but wound up leaving the enemy camp to which he was assigned and was a good guy for his entire term.
There must’ve been more than met the eye with this whole business, and my guess is we will never know.
Souter was a misfire in the attempt to put reliably conservative/RW judges on the USSC. During the nomination process, he was called the "stealth" nominee because of his relative lack of a paper trail about his views.
So the GOP thought they were putting a conservative on the court, but then found out he was not as conservatively correct as they liked.
Ever since, they've made very, very sure that doesn't happen again.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (GNjcL)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (dCxaZ)
Cocktail parties. Sex parties.
Wanting to be part of the club.
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:13 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 01:13 PM (KbCG3)
There is no possible system on earth that can't be used to subvert and destroy itself.
Even the most totalitarian dictatorial system is vulnerable through exactly that. Concentrate all the power and the destroyers get handed the easiest target around.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:14 PM (gt60b)
It wasn't that. They didn't expect perfection, they presumed it was impossible and you had to be as specific and direct as possible. Think about how many times we've wished the 2nd amendment was even more clearly stated? How many times we wish the constitution had said more specifically about something? Why?
Because people are NOT perfect, or perfectible on this earth. Because people will bastardize and ruin everything, and the only way to at least slow that or make it more difficult is to be very precise and state things clearly.
The Federalist guys thought the Bill of Rights was unnecessary.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:14 PM (2VST1)
People seem to think that federal district court judges weighing in on the executive's administrative state is going to yield libertarian results somehow. Usually the same people who are bigmad about federal district judges weighing in on the executive's EOs. To coin a phrase, I don't get it.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (UGyV5)
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Who said this? Who said it would lead to libertarian utopia?
Chevron was bad case law that gave the executive the power to make law through regulation. It greatly, greatly enhanced the power of the executive, removing any need by Congress to actually write clear laws because the executive could just make it up.
Yes, it makes NEW regulation judicially reviewable. That makes the judiciary the gatekeeper of new regulation (a reactive one, again, because it has to respond to lawsuits). It's an increase of separation of powers, which is good.
Also, Trump's memo from April 9, DIRECTING THE REPEAL OF UNLAWFUL REGULATIONS, listed Chevron first as the justification to rip out as much regulation as possible from the federal register.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:14 PM (GBKbO)
New study uncovers reason for nearly every alligator attack on humans
[They're tasty?]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:15 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: DPICM at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (M2VUX)
Or just pack the courts with plumbers and engineers.
The problem is the law has become a racket, and like all professions is a conspiracy against the laity. It’s bad enough in most fields, but when our government becomes an impenetrable morass of legal technicalities we’ve completely lost self-government.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:15 PM (l3YAf)
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- popes
-British Monarchs
- tAmerican Idol winners
- U.S. Presidential elections
- RuPaul's Drag Race
- The Super Bowl
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 01:15 PM (HOX+I)
Thousand of young British patriots chant "Keir Starmer’s a Wanker"
He has completely lost the youth.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1920758313328795820
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:15 PM (s8j++)
We shouldn't force Thomas out, but I'm sure he'll think about the ramifications, especially after RBG stubbornly hanging on
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:16 PM (vmkyp)
Wanting to be part of the club.
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:13 PM (UnA8+)
But you repeat yourself.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:16 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 09, 2025 01:17 PM (qoLdL)
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Handbag Revenge
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 01:17 PM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio
Not really. The Articles could not be saved because of two critical flaws. It had no way for the national government to protect itself so states ignored it and it required unanimous agreement of all states to change it. Rhode Island always refused because it would prevent Rhode Island's state legislature from doing whatever the hell it wanted.
The history of the states after the Revolution is seldom told but Massachusetts provoked a rebellion, parts of the trans Appalachians were still occupied by the Brits because Virginia among others did not obey the Paris Treaty of 1783, there were widespread property seizures, exhorbitant taxes, states threatening war with each other and each state trying to bugger their neighboring states in economics.
It was NOT a libertarian paradise that some seem to think.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:17 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (GD2xa)
He might as well have been.
Speaking of eminent domain, you won't find Kelo vs. City of New London mentioned in Souter's Wiki writeup. For that matter, articles seem to do their best to obscure his role in the matter, even in the case where folks were trying to apply eminent domain to him as payback for his role.
Odd, that.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 09, 2025 01:17 PM (/HDaX)
As usual, Hank Hill gets it right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1xnAzR_nk
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (/y8xj)
"Hillary cannot lose! She should be leading by 70 points! Its a shoo in!"
--Ruth Bader Ginsberg's withered form on a stretcher
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (2VST1)
We shouldn't force Thomas out, but I'm sure he'll think about the ramifications, especially after RBG stubbornly hanging on
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:16 PM (vmkyp)
What reason does he have to believe there will be a good replacement?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (gt60b)
1. Bad law can only be replaced by perfect law.
2. Perfection does not exist.
3. Profit!!!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (EXyHK)
Ahem.
Posted by: Amy Coney Barrett! at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (xTIDn)
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Troy Landry is LITERALLY Hitler!
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (HOX+I)
Well, yeah. There's no way I know of to force out a recalcitrant justice. Nobody's talking about that. I'm calling on Thomas to make one more statesmanlike move, and let Trump name his replacement.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (s8j++)
Well, yeah. There's no way I know of to force out a recalcitrant justice. Nobody's talking about that. I'm calling on Thomas to make one more statesmanlike move, and let Trump name his replacement.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:18 PM (s8j++)
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What is even the mechanism for forcing out a SCOTUS judge other than impeachment?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (s8j++)
usually code for Gay back in the day
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: XTC
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Clubs like tire irons are the missing part of the equation.
If on the ground conservatives employed more clubs for these elected officials they wouldn't be so eager for the cocktail set and more amenable to those who voted them into office.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (wBaIH)
You know what's the worst replacement for him? President Buttgag's choice.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (2VST1)
Please, President Trump: no more women on the court.
That's all I ask.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus
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Amy Wax would be great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (U7Gpi)
I guess he couldn't hold out for another seven... but managed to do 16.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:20 PM (zhin0)
Thanks for your post. Noting how liberal law schools are is important. I'd suggest Bill Jacobsen from "Legal Insurrection" for the Supreme Court but he seems to doing really valuable work with his groups and advocacy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:20 PM (kjWDa)
don't want to be mean or anything like that
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 01:20 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (U7Gpi)
Very admirable person.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:20 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: The Alligators at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (pIfcn)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1xnAzR_nk
Posted by: Oddbob
My laugh for the day. Thanks Ob.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (Uzn0I)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:15 PM (l3YAf)
The problem is lawyers are required to write laws. It was a racket from the start.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (gt60b)
Thousand of young British patriots chant "Keir Starmer’s a Wanker"
He has completely lost the youth.
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Interesting. I wonder if this is the beginning of a replay of the 60s, the youth rebelling against the establishment, but only this time the establishment is full of liberal wankers and the youth are looking to change society to something resembling more traditional values.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (Dv3i1)
Please, President Trump: no more women on the court.
That's all I ask.
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus
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Amy Wax would be great.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (U7Gpi)
You want Amy Wax… you’ll get DOCTOR!!! Amy Bishop….
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (PCK5/)
All it ends up meaning is that whoever controls the judiciary will now also control the administrative state to a significant degree. No one in their right mind thinks that what the country needs is more judicial oversight, but that will be the result. And whether its leftist or rightist oversight will merely depend on national elections and to some extent luck (which party gets the most appellate and supreme court openings to fill).
The only solution to administrative overreach is the reassertion of congressional authority. But they're too busy lining their pockets to legislate.
Overruling Chevron is like changing your shirt in response to shitting your pants.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (UGyV5)
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We don't even know how many moons the Earth has, but we're somehow going to claim...
Oh Science.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (s8j++)
He's just a confirmed bachelor, like me!
Posted by: Liberace at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:22 PM (77rzZ)
When I see this guy’s name think of David Brooks softly saying his name and straddling the fence while siding with the Communist Party while trashing in his sensitive way any Conservative.
Then I can also hear Pat Buchanan laughing at him.
Posted by: E Buzz at May 09, 2025 01:22 PM (QYkGV)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (s8j++)
usually code for Gay back in the day
Posted by: Oldcat
Hey, I'm a lifelong bachelor!
Posted by: Lin at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Lindsey Graham at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (77rzZ)
The only solution to administrative overreach is the reassertion of congressional authority. But they're too busy lining their pockets to legislate.
Overruling Chevron is like changing your shirt in response to shitting your pants.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (UGyV5)
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Yes, the ultimate answer is for Congress to reassert its authority with better written legislation.
That doesn't mean that the executive suddenly not being free to write whatever regulations it wants, being cockblocked, potentially, by the judiciary, is a bad thing. Or that it's a status quo.
If the point is deregulation, it hastens the process. If the point is increasing regulation, it slows that process.
That's good, and progress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (wBaIH)
Soon.
Posted by: Pride Month at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (AOsQT)
It's fundamentally none of our business...
THIS IS THE WAY.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (QAkQ3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (2VST1)
So far Amy Wax hasn't killed anyway and Wax fought against the school which terminated her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
From their flawed perspective, they believed that enumerating the powers of the federal government was sufficient. But, their counter critique of a Bill of Rights was equally on point. States had already had the problem of their own state bills of right not taken seriously by their own state judiciaries. Virginia was one of them. Neither South Carolina or Georgia had Bills of Rights. South Carolina did not get a state Bill of Rights until the Reconstruction and Georgia did not until 1861 when it seceded. Georgia even did not have a Supreme Court until 1846.
And even since then, Scotus has basically mangled, stealth amended, or simply ignored portions of the Constitution and Bill of Rights it did not like. Privileges and Immunities--ppppth, Contract clause---pshaw, Guaranty clause--naw, we're good.
Institutions will not save a corrupt people whether it is the Constitution, separation of powers, or federalism. These simply make tyrants have to work up a sweat a bit like releasing an engineered virus and compelling a harmful shot.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:55 PM (s8j++)
THIS. It would also make for a nice purity test among the Republican Senators. Any one of them that would say no to the replacement (other than Collins) should be immediately primaried at the first opportunity. You don't get to pass on making your choice known on that one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (x/+r1)
I wouldn't hope for that until we can find a coherent judge to replace him. I'm not even asking rock ribbed MAGA as much as paying attention to any law at all and not playing some obscure game of norms like Roberts has been.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:26 PM (8avO+)
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Lesbian says she doesn't want to be gay anymore after Walmart released its new Pride Month shirts including a "Homo Estas?" shirt.
"Walmart really making me not wanna be gay no more... we can just go ahead and skip Pride Month," the woman said.
Looks like Walmart is playing 4D chess here.
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After decades of wondering, I think I have translated Santana's hit Oye Como Va. It means hey how are you. Or, in Native American, Heyhowareya Heyhowareya Heyhowareya.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 09, 2025 01:26 PM (b/BT0)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 01:26 PM (ANuwa)
So far Amy Wax hasn't killed anyway and Wax fought against the school which terminated her.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (kjWDa)
I am fine with the Amy Wax concept… Your point?
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:26 PM (PCK5/)
Total piece of shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 01:26 PM (uWKK8)
That's why I suggested that Trump ask Thomas who he'd recommend. If anyone will know who is a good replacement, it's him.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:27 PM (s8j++)
Will he keep the name "Blade"? And what is that a reference to anyway, just a creative name or a name of a video game character?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:27 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:27 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Bulg
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Yep and it pissed off the small community where Souter lived to the extent that it threatened to seize his house and grounds in order to make a park. Using eminent domain of course.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:27 PM (ctrM5)
Thus neatly closing the loop with the earlier May-December romance thread.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:17 PM (ctrM5)
America’s never been a libertarian paradise. I’m under no delusions there.
The problem with the Constitution is you can’t create a powerful centralized state and then say “And be good” and expect it to stick. It’s just words on paper.
It’s also poorly thought-out and written. Look at SCOTUS: most of its real power is “implicit”, Chief Justice is only mentioned once, incidentally, in the part about trying impeachments. Good lord, what a mess.
America has a written Constitution, which is ignored, and an unwritten Constitution, which is the mass of law and institutions that comprise our real gov’t. The divergence started as soon as the damned thing was ratified, and really got going with Marbury.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (v0R5T)
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She accidentally admits that if Brad Pitt (or Bill Bellichick) showed interest then she would magically be available.
"Oh, I guess I'm bisexual" she would casually explain.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (yZCmg)
It's fundamentally none of our business...
THIS IS THE WAY.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (QAkQ3)
Yes! And I hope our recent immigrants from these countries don't fight their battle here
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (FZn/N)
Posted by: whig
Yes, I remember that now.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:27 PM (AOsQT)
Except for doing the laundry and cleaning the house….
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (PCK5/)
Recall Scott Beauchamp's Storm Troopers TRN articles.
Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 01:28 PM (WDRj6)
Ok. I thought you were suggesting that character might be that of nutcase Amy Bishop.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (kjWDa)
Instead, just like all the lefties on the Court, they can spout off openly antagonistic spittle toward Trump at rabidly partisan lefty gatherings and we're supposed to pretend they'll be fair on the bench.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (sMW+k)
Not only is it unknown who succeeds Trump and has the nominative power, it is also unknown who will control the Senate any given election - like 2026.
Thomas (and Alito) should be onboard with resigning if the mid-terms don't turn out well and the vote has to be rushed through before the new Senate is seated.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (VXSVh)
If on the ground conservatives employed more clubs for these elected officials they wouldn't be so eager for the cocktail set and more amenable to those who voted them into office.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (sB5dv)
That's fine, but at some point you have to stop just talking about visiting violence on people who won't get with the agenda and actually do something, or stop wondering why they're not even remotely afraid of you.
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (UnA8+)
Ok. I thought you were suggesting that character might be that of nutcase Amy Bishop.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (kjWDa)
Ah.. no, not at all..
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: ...
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That is the one bright spot in AI--it suddenly makes appropriations and laws instantly readable for the masses. I can actually see a professional AI trained on US code and regulations being useful for regular people to decipher legal speak.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:30 PM (ctrM5)
And I think that if you take that to heart and do it too much you start to lose any objective understanding of truth and the law. So yeah, judges are gonna lean more and more "progressive" in their careers, more often than not.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:30 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (s8j++)
usually code for Gay back in the day
Posted by: Oldcat
Hey, I'm a lifelong bachelor!
Posted by: Lin at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (Dv3i1)
So am I, but they don't write about me in the society pages.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:30 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
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Pillow
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (LHqaF)
It's David Hackett Souter.
Say it: David Hackett Souter.
If the ladies are worthy of three names, then so are the men.
David Hackett Souter.
David Hackett Souter.
Posted by: EVERY TIME at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (LAUxe)
You want Amy Wax… you’ll get DOCTOR!!! Amy Bishop….
Didn't sound like an endorsement of Amy Wax.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (kjWDa)
Elric is the maim character in a series of fantasy novels about a warrior wizard who has an incredibly powerful sword called "Stormbringer." That is probably the blade.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:32 PM (2VST1)
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And especially if she was.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:32 PM (gt60b)
Yeah, not every guy who doesn't marry in a long life is queer (I'm single for example) but it is generally not a promising sign, especially in someone who is successful and famous. I'm single because I am broke and have poor health, but Souter? Being busy isn't really a good explanation.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:25 PM (2VST1)
Same here, but I'm just a random asshole-on-the-street. It doesn't matter what I think or do. But someone that high in the political hierarchy should have more substantial roots. No guarantees though, most of the Donk commie cocksuckers in Congress have spouses and kids. But it nudges up the percentages.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 01:32 PM (y9nCu)
Thomas (and Alito) should be onboard with resigning if the mid-terms don't turn out well and the vote has to be rushed through before the new Senate is seated.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 09, 2025 01:29 PM (VXSVh)
I'd suggest winning the damn midterms instead. GOPe are less able to sabotage us, and hopefully we are working on the voter rolls in key states.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (8avO+)
Sometimes it's just painful. Growth and maturity, not so much, especially when you can punch out any time you want and (usually if you're the woman) get rewarded in cash, prizes, and custody.
Posted by: Marriage isn't the driving factor, it's the people both not being shitty at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Former mass resident at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (8gp6r)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (lTGtQ)
The generally accepted form of the "You want..." meme is
You want ( a good thing )
You'll settle for ( a less good thing )
You'll get ( a bad thing )
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (/y8xj)
Who knows, maybe he was deeply religi... Wait, nevermind.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (b/BT0)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (QSrLX)
You want Amy Wax… you’ll get DOCTOR!!! Amy Bishop….
Didn't sound like an endorsement of Amy Wax.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (kjWDa)
I was implying ( poorly, it seems) that often what we WISH for in fact turrns out to be not what we get… anoblique reference to Amy Coney Barrett as perhaps not being exactly what some wished for….
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (GBKbO)
A box of donuts and hiding the insulin pens would take down Sotomayor.
Probably, Thomas, too.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (l3YAf)
Is this one of your novels or "just "one you've read?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (kjWDa)
Total piece of shit.
Posted by: Tom Servo
_____
I'm hoping there is a judge still left whose philosophy is 'the Government is always wrong', with the only exception being if it is allowed in the written version of the Constitution (no penumbras etc.), but viewed suspiciously and kept on a short leash.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (b/BT0)
I'm buysexual. Only way I'm getting laid is if I pay for it.
Posted by: Good joke. Roll on snare. Curtain. at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (TbWk/)
"Nobody's perfect"
--Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (2VST1)
What Do They Call "Alligator Clips" In Australia/New Zealand?
hint: No, not "Royale with cheese."
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (RgrFf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (eGA1f)
It's fundamentally none of our business...
But it's fundamentally all of ours!
Posted by: The Military, Industrial, and Intelligence Complex at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (wrInX)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (QSrLX)
Nobody names themselves after anyone in any of my books. Its from a popular series by Michael Moorcock.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (2VST1)
Elric is the maim character in a series of fantasy novels about a warrior wizard who has an incredibly powerful sword called "Stormbringer." That is probably the blade.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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You left out the fact that the storm takes souls from people permanently. Michael Moorcock is a gloomy bastard that was always whinging about how his work should be considered on the same level or superior than Tolkien.
By post modern standards, Moorcock has a point about how the modern world is obsessed with brutally flawed and somewhat evil protagonists.
Moorcock did capture that well in Elric series but the whole series is too dreary to read again. Once was enough.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (ES1Rb)
--Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
That was Joe E. Brown.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (UGyV5)
Elric is the maim character in a series of fantasy novels about a warrior wizard who has an incredibly powerful sword called "Stormbringer." That is probably the blade.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:32 PM (2VST1)
I don't remember the name of the series but there's one where a female heroine has a sword with a black hole like vortex at the end. She's moving through these interplanetary portals and the drawn sword destroys the portal as she goes through it.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (2VST1)
Heh heh. Moorcock. Heh heh heh.
Posted by: Butthead at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:37 PM (gt60b)
It's fundamentally none of our business...
THIS IS THE WAY.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (QAkQ3)
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His wife is Indian, and yet even he can see this situation as a mess USA can get absolutely nothing out of.
America First. So simple, anyone can do it. Unless you're a Democrat. Or a Republican.
Posted by: Donald J Trump, 3X POTUS at May 09, 2025 01:37 PM (uxQCS)
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 01:37 PM (eGA1f)
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:37 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 01:37 PM (i5Vkf)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:38 PM (77rzZ)
Yeah you're right. I can't remember Lemmon's last line, probably something like "I'm a man!"
Moorcock is a gloomy bastard that was always whinging about how his work should be considered on the same level or superior than Tolkien.
Yeah he's a fool there. I really like his books but he does not compare to the professor. Thankfully Michael has been very, very careful about adaptations of his work and has not allowed Hollywood to butcher them
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:38 PM (2VST1)
I do recall there was one commentator, that noted some of the red flags on Amy Barrett (not the ones that the left was laser focused on, as she was not of the Body) but her deference to state power,
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 01:38 PM (bXbFr)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (RgrFf)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (tzQxk)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Marxist legal analysis masquerading under critical legal studies makes it much simpler for the dunces in judge's robes and the advocates for it. All you need to do is determine who is the oppressed and who is the oppressor. Oppressed always win regardless of the facts, law, or even arguments.
Law for dunces is what it is reducing law to exercises only in power. That is why 92.3 percent of injunctions against Trump come from Dem appointed judges.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (ctrM5)
So, when Souter would go off on his little leftist paths and disappoint my neighbors, they would respond in kind. Most owned animals, and one owned a horse farm. They would calmly ride down the road and circle the neighborhood before coming to a halt just at the end of Sourter's driveway. Then they would hang around until the horses did what horses do best. That would be cover the street with "road apples".
You could always tell when Souter disappointed the conservatives. His driveway would have a massive mound of horseshit right at his mailbox. Of course, he wasn't home at the time, but it was symbolic.
Posted by: Orson at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Good joke. Roll on snare. Curtain. at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (TbWk/)
Boy George once said that in an interview.
Still want to claim it?
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Former mass resident at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (8gp6r)
It is a rare organization that keeps its mission for more than 20 years, say. So rare you might as well assume there aren't any.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (yZCmg)
His main legacy is that he was the swing vote to let the government take your property via eminent domain in order to give it to someone who would pay more property tax.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at May 09, 2025 01:33 PM (lTGtQ)
And then change their minds about developing the land, which to this day sits abandoned and vacant and is currently a dumping ground for storm debris. And more importantly, doesn't earn a single dollar in tax revenue.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:36 PM (8avO+)
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I've read that one!
The Morgaine Saga by C.J. Cherryh
It's almost as gloomy as Moorcock's epic...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (7fElN)
He has more reason to be though (although I think you mean Lestat's buddy the reluctant priest Vampire Nicolas de Lenfent I think?)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:21 PM (UGyV5)
Deck chairs. Titanic. Some assembly required.
SCOTUS isn’t going to suddenly declare large swaths of the regulatory state illegal. If anything, they’re going to block Trump’s reforms.
The whole original Chevron case was a commie judge and his dirtball hippie friends going after an oil company and the Reagan EPA saying “Nope.” At the time, SCOTUS sided with Reagan. Now SCOTUS says that’s wrong and district courts get to define what is or is not pollution, among other things.
I also don’t get why Trump needs to reference Loper. Couldn’t the President always rollback regs? Loper doesn’t give the President new deregulation powers, afaict. It just gives courts free hand to issue injunctions stopping Trump.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (l3YAf)
Hint: Are alligators native to New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (RgrFf)
They Call em crocs or something?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:41 PM (8avO+)
Hint: Are alligators native to New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (RgrFf)
They Call em crocs or something?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:41 PM (8avO+)
Ask garrett….
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 01:42 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:42 PM (gt60b)
Now we know that John Roberts met secretly with the Trump-hating lawfare leftist Norm Eisen in a diplomatic compound in Czech Republic. We don't know what the two discussed over that week-long meeting, and we likely never will. Was this an illegal ex parte communication? Probably.
We also know that John Roberts is responsible for giving us the corrupt Judge Boasberg on the FISA court, and that Roberts will defend Boasberg's every action at the drop of a hat.
Are Kavanaugh and Coney Barrett true conservatives? Utterly laughable.
Much like the discovery of the "Journ-O-list," there is massive behind-the-scenes collusion among the anti-Trump judiciary. If we knew how rigged and corrupt our courts had become, we'd be in very dangerous territory.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 01:42 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:40 PM (l3YAf)
They don't need laws. I doubt the constitution has clauses about turning planes around in midair.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:43 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls
As far as dystopia, I prefer Jack Vance. His morbid humor in the Dying Earth series gives it a kick that reading Moorcock doesn't. Plus Vance's Dying Earth series was used in part to figure out the magical system in D&D.
Fritz Leiber's Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser series was another key building block for D&D. Thieves were always kind of fun to play.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:43 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: miguel cervantes at May 09, 2025 01:38 PM (bXbFr)
This is a bit of a blind spot for even "real" conservatives.
Posted by: Selective circumspection at May 09, 2025 01:43 PM (TbWk/)
It’s like, my house caught on fire because I let someone smoke cigars. Putting up a No Smoking sign 40 years later because it was a bad idea to allow people to smoke inside doesn’t un-burn my house.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:43 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (2VST1)
Law school is where all of this starts (actually it starts in elementary school, but law school is the gateway to the legal profession). In 1L Contracts Law, from the very beginning we had a lot of discussion about "critical legal theory" - basically legalistic socialism. We were encouraged to view contracts through a lens of what was the "fair" outcome based on the professor's views of structural inequities in the development of the law. This was the approach in all classes, clubs, clinics,... everything.
Complaining that the Federalist society only picks liberal judges misses that this is virtually all there is to pick from. A long march must retake law schools to correct this problem.
Posted by: DPICM at May 09, 2025 01
Just wanted to emphasize this comment.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: ...
"The Moorcock of Venice" was Shakespeare's original working title for "Othello."
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (77rzZ)
They Call em crocs or something?
Posted by: Oldcat
Yeah. That's it.
Alligator Clips are called Crocodile Clips in NZ/Aus, on account they don't have alligators. Simple!
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (RXcF8)
Posted by: Random Hawaiian Traffic Court Judge at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (/y8xj)
The Balochs are attacking the Pakis big time and there is another segment within rattling sabers. The Pakis lit a fuse to a bomb they weren't ready for. They have no friends except the CIA. jajajajajaj
Who gets the nukes?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (sB5dv)
It's
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (QAkQ3)
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It's none of our business at any level.
Posted by: Ciampino - Padayachi vs Naidu at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (sPQoU)
Thanks. The only fantasy novels I have read was a horrible one " Mirror of her dreams " ( part of a series ) or something like that which I loathed so much I threw in the trash, Terry Pratchett and LOTR - Pratchett and Tolkien I quite liked . I thought I might try C.S Lewis fantasy novels . Perhaps I should try yours. I just hesitate to own anymore books however.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (kjWDa)
Posted by: Good joke. Roll on snare. Curtain. at May 09, 2025 01:35 PM (TbWk/)
Boy George once said that in an interview.
Still want to claim it?
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (UnA8+)
Truth is truth.
Posted by: Can't run from the facts at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (RXcF8)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:39 PM (ctrM5)
And the only way we will wrest that back is by being forceful and ugly. I’ve grown a bit tired of the executive and Congress for that matter, ceding our power to the courts whose constitutional role is clearly defined as being close to zero. I think the tact to play this game on their field, by their rules to try and beat them at their game is a failure. They need to be clubbed like baby seals and put in their place lest we lose that power permanently and end up in a situation where the only remedy is the least ideal and most forceful. On that regard, I don’t like the game Trump’s lawyers are playing with OUR power. Whether it’s because should we ignore them they will try to impeach him again, or they’re gonna shoot his dog, I don’t care. It’s time to go medieval on the courts and put them back in place.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (eGA1f)
Posted by: DPICM at May 09, 2025 01
Just wanted to emphasize this comment.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (PcTds)
So don't pick from judges. It isn't a requirement. In fact its likely an anti requirement.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (8avO+)
I tried to like Jack Vance and couldn't get into it. Everything seemed so pointless and meaningless. Elric's life eventually ended up that way, but the stories had reasonable and relatable goals and interest.
I love the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books, re-reading them right now for the umpteenth time. A classic although Fritz Lieber's perversions get a bit too much to take by the end.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:45 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 01:46 PM (gt60b)
I very highly recommend the Narnia books. I cannot recommend them enough.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 01:46 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 01:46 PM (Uzn0I)
Posted by: Craven Moorcock at May 09, 2025 01:46 PM (paSBy)
Posted by: Oldcat
Hey, I'm a lifelong bachelor!
Posted by: Lin at May 09, 2025 01:23 PM (Dv3i1)
So am I, but they don't write about me in the society pages.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 01:30 PM (8avO+)
My mom always used "confirmed bachelor".
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (Lv3q+)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (RXcF8)
Posted by: ...
And do other things as well.
-- David Hogg
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
They don't have snakes in Ireland, yes?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (RXcF8)
Posted by: Ann at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (4neFu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (kjWDa)
reflects a pool of "people who are not as extreme as some of the other liberal students."
You mean, the ones who want to put you in work camps first, rather than just lining up conservatives against the nearest wall?
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (y9nCu)
That's just crazy talk.
Posted by: Nancy The Cryptkeeper Pelosi at May 09, 2025 01:47 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 01:48 PM (yvnLa)
[They're tasty?]
🤣 Or alternatively, they're hungry
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2025 01:48 PM (PcTds)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:48 PM (AOsQT)
I'm open to arguments that we (the US) have a, um, "hygienic" interest in preventing widespread nuclear war.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 09, 2025 01:49 PM (/y8xj)
Posted by: mishdog
Doesn't always mean gay, though. Henry Higgins describes himself that way in Pygamalion and My Fair Lady.
Just means he didn't want a woman getting in the way of his intellectual pursuits.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 01:49 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:49 PM (AOsQT)
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And we're all supposed to pretend that Scalia wasn't murdered. Zero questions from the Kneepad Press.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (X+xvk)
I've read some of the Lieber's Llankhmar (sp?) stuff. I like it. I need to go back and read the rest.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (UGyV5)
Oh, yes. I've read and re-read all the Narnia Books. I was thinking of "Till we have faces" and some of his other novels, but I guess they're science fiction, not fantasy.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:50 PM (kjWDa)
It's fundamentally none of our business...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:24 PM (QAkQ3)
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It's none of our business at any level.
Posted by: Ciampino -
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Involvement is non of our business but you can be sure it's a matter of concern. How this plays out will have a demonstrable effect on our middle east relations.
The longer India continues to pound Pakistan the higher the probability of it breaking up into two or three different states.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Marcus T
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Political wars, just like shooting ones, require extensive preparation to do even what seems like simple things.
Crossing the Rubicon is not something to be taken lightly or in extremis. It requires cold sharp calculations over whether you can make it stick. If you can't (ie the people choose your rivals) then it is better not to have tried it all.
Sort of like funding a second best army or only having a non-lethal weapon. All those can do is get you hurt without being able to prevail in a life or death situation.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: wth at May 09, 2025 01:54 PM (v0R5T)
It's fundamentally none of our business
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The more I hear from Vance, the more I like him.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2025 01:58 PM (PcTds)
I love the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser books, re-reading them right now for the umpteenth time. A classic although Fritz Lieber's perversions get a bit too much to take by the end.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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That's the point of Vance--it is a collection of Shaggy Dog stories with no great overarching themes but a great study in human behavior of individuals if they could acquire magical powers.
Moorcock's casual dismissal of good and evil in Elric's world leaving only evil in his world diminishes it regardless of Elric's quest and character progress. Fans of pointless modernism where inevitably we all crash and fail might enjoy it but I didn't. Same as more modern tales like Less than Zero.
Back when I did death penalty research on hundreds of state cases, I read enough depressing facts of cases to figure out that the Bible was right and post modernism was certainly wrong about human behavior. Tolkien, for all his imaginary worlds, was more realistic.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:59 PM (ctrM5)
Thanks. The only fantasy novels I have read was a horrible one " Mirror of her dreams " ( part of a series ) or something like that which I loathed so much I threw in the trash, Terry Pratchett and LOTR - Pratchett and Tolkien I quite liked . I thought I might try C.S Lewis fantasy novels . Perhaps I should try yours. I just hesitate to own anymore books however.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 01:44 PM (kjWDa)
I did that too Fen. His main work was the Covenant Series where a bitter old Leper gets transferred into a world where he has to save the day but his 'survival' habits he has developed to live as a shunned leper make him reject helping. There are some wonderful bits of the Worldbuilding but everything else is degraded, failing and rotten. Yet in the end he saves the Land, and the reward that the Land's God gives him is just happiness in be alive. But it is soul draining to read, but impressive.
The sequel trilogy does not deliver anything worth having.
Covenant couldn't believe the magical Land was real.
The Mirror series had a 'hero' that supposedly didn't believe *she* was real. I agreed.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:00 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 01:52 PM (ctrM5)
Yeah, Caesar just had part of one legion when he crossed the Rubicon. What they don't tell you was in a very short time almost all of his army in Gaul was with him and most of the North Italian garrison troops were surrendering or fleeing. Pompey had to hurry to flee to Greece.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 09, 2025 02:04 PM (8avO+)
Because he's taken out so many it appears like a blitzkrieg, however he does a second wave planned out and it's the long game. We've got a good coach.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:10 PM (sB5dv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:10 PM (sB5dv)
Moorcock's casual dismissal of good and evil in Elric's world leaving only evil in his world diminishes it regardless of Elric's quest and character progress. Fans of pointless modernism where inevitably we all crash and fail might enjoy it but I didn't. Same as more modern tales like Less than Zero.
Back when I did death penalty research on hundreds of state cases, I read enough depressing facts of cases to figure out that the Bible was right and post modernism was certainly wrong about human behavior. Tolkien, for all his imaginary worlds, was more realistic.
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I appreciate your take on post modernism. I find no joy in it, which maybe is the point...but what a miserable way to live. The enemy comes to deceive and destroy.
Posted by: AmericanKestrel at May 09, 2025 02:16 PM (PcTds)
Yep. Souter didn't write it, but he did deliver the fifth vote.
I LMFAO when there was an attempt to seize Souter's own "swingin' bachelor pad" under that same doctrine. Too bad it didn't work out.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: look for the white whale at May 09, 2025 01:49 PM (AOsQT)
Downside: would have needed Jim Henson and Frank Oz on retainer to translate his opinions.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 02:25 PM (W5ArC)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 09, 2025 02:34 PM (tykPk)
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So ... long enough for the Reds to infect it.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 03:45 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Levin at May 09, 2025 03:59 PM (P9+JS)
Trump Nominates Former Prosecutor and Judge Jeanine Pirro as Interim US Attorney for DC
She hasn't served as a judge or prosecutor for a long time, but she has performed those jobs for long periods. And she's loyal to Trump. She'll do.
President Trump announced Thursday that Fox News host Jeanine Pirro will serve as the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., for the time being.Pirro replaces interim U.S. attorney Ed Martin, whose nomination was pulled earlier Thursday by Mr. Trump after losing support in the Senate.
"I am pleased to announce that Judge Jeanine Pirro will be appointed interim United States Attorney for the District of Columbia," Trump wrote. "Jeanine is incredibly well qualified for this position, and is considered one of the Top District Attorneys in the History of the State of New York. She is in a class by herself."
Pirro, a former judge and district attorney for Westchester County in New York, takes the helm of one of the largest federal prosecutor's offices in the country. It's been two decades she has held a position in law enforcement.
She ran for the Republican nomination for a Senate seat in New York in 2006, but ended her bid to run for attorney general in the state instead, which she ended up losing to Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
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Pirro's friendship with Mr. Trump stretches back decades, and she has been a staunch defender of the president amid the numerous investigations that have plagued his political career.
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Mr. Trump said later Thursday that Martin would take on a new role at the Justice Department, focusing on the alleged "weaponization" of the government during the Biden administration and pardons.
I like that too. Seems like a job he could do a lot of damage in.
Now, about Tom Tillis...
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: bearski at May 09, 2025 12:09 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (dCxaZ)
So maybe a good, if interim, selection.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (GYt5+)
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He immediately came out in support of her.
I suspect he wants this thing behind him. He got his scalp, and he hopes everyone forgets it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (s8j++)
Dammit! AtC didn't make the cut!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Czech Chick at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (dAVQk)
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He immediately came out in support of her.
I suspect he wants this thing behind him. He got his scalp, and he hopes everyone forgets it.
Protip: they won't.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (g0YnD)
She gets to wield some judicial juice and Trump gets to reward a loyal friend
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the Children They do not Kill at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (gxokI)
I suspect he wants this thing behind him.
Possibly, but his real problem with the previous nominee is that he defended January 6th prisoners and that is the mark of Cain to the Deep State.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Deplorable Minion at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (QSrLX)
Protip: they won't.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (s8j++)
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(A fight over a DC USA is probably not going to make much time on the airways in NC, to be fair.)
But it's also just...weird.
He went to the mat to get something, and then he immediately just acts like a lapdog. "Please forget that I shit in the kitchen."
Senators are weird, man. Not normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (GBKbO)
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I hope he gets around to looking at Thumb Tillis at some point. Not that I am vengeful.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (wXWRH)
I wish Trump had said that Martin's new role at DOJ would be investigating wealth accumulation among legislators. Especially those from North Carolina.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (QnmlO)
It's my guess he knows that already. The torpedoing of Martin was just monumentally stupid, and is the kind of thing one does because YOLO.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (s8j++)
Kash has been a total disappointment
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (nGraA)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (LHqaF)
Posted by: kallisto
Temperamentally unsuited. Turley is a good guy but has been a law prof for almost all of his life. Not running a DC prosecuting attorney's office.
Martin as a defense attorney knew the system but was not able to get enough support on Capitol Hill.
So we get Pirro, Pirro knows the media game, will be tougher for the Thom Tillis types to attack without losing some blood, and is as loyal to Trump as Martin was.
Martin being moved to a DoJ office not requiring confirmation may yet be a major PITA to those GOPe assholes still trying to hold up the Jan 6 narrative as true.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (2VST1)
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$5 says Pirro has said that the government went too far regarding 1/6 prosecutions.
That she's exactly the same kind of "problem" that Tillis wanted addressed, but no one will ever confront him on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Barack H. Obama at May 09, 2025 12:16 PM (yuVjX)
And Thom, having proven himself a bootlicking coward beholden to the left, will suddenly find himself being viciously attacked by them.
And forced to vote for her.
And all the promised jobs, kickbacks, and charities boards he expected from his Martin ploy will evaporate.
It was a massive "FU" to Thom.
With a double knife twist of Trump pretending not to even know Thom was opposed to Martin.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:16 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at May 09, 2025 12:16 PM (luW68)
It's my guess he knows that already. The torpedoing of Martin was just monumentally stupid, and is the kind of thing one does because YOLO.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (s8j++)
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Before the new Congress was even seated, there were polls (spit) floating around the Tillis was trailing massively behind Lara Trump in the NC primary.
And he's spent the first few months of Trump's second term...trying to torpedo Trump's nominees (remember the Hegseth sexual assault accusation came from him).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:17 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Deadly Sin at May 09, 2025 12:17 PM (G5+As)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:17 PM (gt60b)
It was a massive "FU" to Thom.
With a double knife twist of Trump pretending not to even know Thom was opposed to Martin.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:16 PM (sMW+k)
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Nah.
He's still gonna get a $600,000 per year do nothing job once he's out of Congress.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:18 PM (GBKbO)
I think that's the answer. OK He's not in charge, I'll put an ally in charge and give him a job where he can do the work without needing to be confirmed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:19 PM (2VST1)
Senators are weird, man. Not normal.
Because he's going to turn up in any actual investigation of J6, and he thinks that getting rid of Martin will stop that.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 12:19 PM (2ocoG)
And he forced the Deep State to sacrifice another Congress-pawn.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 12:19 PM (kkfAA)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:20 PM (XeU6L)
That, and this deep terror of J6 being repeated, but this time they bring the rails and tar and feathers.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:20 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (y6oPX)
It was a very low bar too, just shows you how short she really is.
Be back later, gotta put my steel toe boots on before she climbs up the ladder to kick me in my toes.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 09, 2025 12:20 PM (k1E2D)
Kash has been a total disappointment
Posted by: Gonzotx
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It usually takes at least 30-60 days for grand jury to be presented with evidence and witnesses assuming that the FBI investigations are enough to generate probable cause. It can and often does take months of investigations by FBI agents to get the evidence to present to prosecutors.
For better or worse, even Biden and Garland with a complicit Wray spent months to build cases of teh Jan 6ers and these poor folks were friendless and did not have the money to get deep pocket defense attorneys.
In the cases of embezzlers, corrupt conspiracies, and bribery, it takes quite a while to build cases. Criminal conspiracy and RICO applications are as complex as Mob cases were back in the 80's which took a long time.
So, the easiest route is to get to the lower traffickers to get to the bigger ones and using DOGE to build cases.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:20 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (2VST1)
Elric is perfect for this job. 😀
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:20 PM (QzINz)
... Exactly.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (yvnLa)
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Like all Trump Torpedos, it circled back and hit the one who launched it.
The left is going to go crazy trying to oppose her.
And this move, by forcing Thom to support her, sinks what he thought was his lifeboat, his escape plan--the left ain't going to feather his nest, they ain't going to forget.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (sMW+k)
The action is all that matters. His "reason" is bs.
Like Roberts and all his "integrity of the court" and "legacy". As is being borne out time and again, he never gave a fuck about either.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Deadly Sin
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Yeah, see my 38
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (XeU6L)
Yup. Also he's Cloward-Pivening the left again with this pick, because their entire story on Hegseth prior to the Signal thing was that the only job he'd ever had was at Fox News. And they're going to scream that twice as loud about Pirro even though it didn't work the first time. They can't help themselves.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 12:21 PM (2ocoG)
Probably, but she never defended a J6 participant. The government is big on punishing people to prevent others from even thinking about doing that again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (2VST1)
And I want them kicked out of the Republican Party.
Its like Catholics that want the Church to approve abortion and homo marriage. You are free to have that opinion but you shouldn't be allowed to call yourself Catholic.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (VofaG)
Kash has been a total disappointment
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (nGraA)
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He's only been in office for 60 days.
What did you expect to have done by now.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (LHqaF)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (/pcqJ)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (LHqaF)
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Go Team Red.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Vengeance at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (hUAHw)
The story (a large part of it) of America's precipitous decline.
Trapped in a two-party system where on many key issues there is little (effective) difference between the two. Dem voters (and fraudsters, and illegals, and the deceased) get to vote for what they want, and get it*. GOP voters? For various reasons - crucially including indolence and refusal to vote with purpose in primaries - often little choice in the end.
* I can't think of a Dem voter I know, and that's a zillion, who have the slightest idea what they are actually voting for, in most cases. One result of there being no press, and a collapsed civic culture.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (1m82a)
What did you expect to have done by now.
Posted by: WisRich
One arrest. Of anyone. For anything. Just one.
Lord knows there's thousands.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Nope. His chain has been jerked. I often think Trump is at his most dangerous when he issues mild public comments. Netanyahu is finding that out as well.
Putting Martin in charge of DoJ investigations into the weaponization of politics and the pardons means he can go into the persecution of the J6ers which involves Tillis and the Deep State trolls he is shielding.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (ctrM5)
If not, will leave Senate oval unfilled on my ballot.
Posted by: Deadly Sin at May 09, 2025 12:17 PM (G5+As)
Don't leave it blank. The Donk commie cocksucker hippies who work the vote count rooms will helpfully fill in the D candidate. Third party or write-in Bugs Bunny.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (y9nCu)
DataRepublican did a deep dive the other night on X into the USAID network's papers and essays about J6.
The upshot is that they don't give a shit about loitering in the capitol, but they feel it in their bones if people don't believe their rigged elections are fair. They explicitly define "democracy" as "believing what the government tells you about election results", which really puts "our democracy" into perspective.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Vengeance at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (hUAHw)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (gt60b)
On this very blog I was telling people in 2012 to not vote for Mittens Romneycare in 2012...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (t0Rmr)
“I think we better split up.”
“Good idea.”
“Yeah, we can do more damage that way.”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (EXyHK)
What did you expect to have done by now.
Yeah I am not gonna say we can trust a politician or everything will work out, but... its not been very long and this stuff takes a while. Building a good case is not something that takes days or weeks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (2VST1)
Lord knows there's thousands.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (y6oPX)
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There have been.
Like the judges? Remember that news story? Trump arrested sitting judges.
Or the the leakers of the ICE raids?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead...Wearing Pants and Working at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (luW68)
Posted by: Vengeance at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (hUAHw)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (/pcqJ)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:24 PM (ctrM5)
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I want to see some pardons invalidated.
Just for the lulz.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (GBKbO)
And she is just interim.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 12:26 PM (WOqxE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 12:26 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (LHqaF)
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Go Team Red.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah, that’s the problem. I’ve been hearing “We’re gonna primary these RINOs!” for twenty years, along with threats to not vote GOPe or even strategically vote for the Democrat.
Then November rolls around and we’ve gotta support “our guy”.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (l3YAf)
It wasn't what happened on J6 that frightened and upset them. It was what it represented. Again, these people know that what they are doing is wrong and would enrage people, if they knew what was going on and understood it. They know that if the public really was aware of the crap they are pulling daily they'd be tarred and feathered, at best.
They live worrying that someone will find out and they will get busted and that people WILL storm the capitol and burn the place to the ground.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (2VST1)
With a fair number of exceptions. The Dems really, really did not want Roe v Wade decided by Congress because that would end their ability to fundraise off of it. So their base called for them to do it, and they'd make some performative noises, and then say the mean Republicans stopped it.
Failure theater isn't only for Republicans.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (t0Rmr)
I'll admit I wanted Obama to lose very very badly. I was blind to anything else because I felt like it didn't matter. I knew Romney was a POS but I thought he at least wasn't as bad as McCain. God I'm an idiot.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: 18-1 at May
Oh my gosh, you know I think highly of you, but that was not even close to my point. I am not hitting Belichick for this at all, he is being an old fool like many old fools before him. My hit was actually on little Miss Jordan, she is running a little bit amuck and needs her reins drawn a hair. As smart as she may be, she doesn’t know what she doesn’t know and it shows.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (QzINz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:23 PM (GBKbO)
Team RamRod! Right, Ramathorn!?!
Posted by: Easy, Rod! at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (/pcqJ)
Whatever it takes.
Wait, what are we doing?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (WOqxE)
What did you expect to have done by now.
In the military of ancient Rome, decimation (from Latin decimatio 'destruction of a tenth'[1]) was a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort. The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as cowardice, mutiny, desertion, and insubordination, and for pacification of rebellious legions.
Posted by: throwing out ideas at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (jGJov)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (/pcqJ)
271, whatever it takes.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (l3YAf)
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hahahah!!!
The job Tillis desperately wanted to prevent him from doing by opposing the nomination.
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (g47mK)
Thom Tillis is getting ratioed for this tweet. I pray he gets primaried with a winning candidate.
Senator Thom Tillis
@SenThomTillis
Jeanine Pirro has had a long and storied career as a prosecutor and she is a great choice by
@POTUS
to serve as U.S. Attorney for DC!
MrDirt
@MrDirt66
Shit backfired on you dude. Now we got Ed investigating jan6 and judge Jeannie in DC arresting swamp critters. FAFO
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (NpAcC)
Lord knows there's thousands.
Posted by: rickb223
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They have started arresting people for vote fraud, human trafficking, etc. Plus the FBI has been forced to involve themselves in deportations by Trump's order.
As someone who has taught criminal procedure for decades, you have a warped idea of how fast the justice system works and why it is slow.
It is never good practice to arrest someone and then build a case because you have to have probable cause BEFORE you arrest them. Otherwise a well connected guy's lawyers will eat the prosecutor for lunch in a court hearing and the prosecutors will promptly do a fire and brimstone dance on the investigating leos.
The DC guys you want are essentially mobbed up members of Big Dem and Big GOPe gangs and to win against them, it takes something like the mob RICO investigations in the 70's and 80's.
Just do something doesn't work as you get a few underlings and the higher ups skate.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:25 PM (2VST1)
Like it or not that is echoes of Bigmouth Billy Barr.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:29 PM (gt60b)
She's in her 70s. Would maybe be nice to have someone younger. But maybe part of the appeal is that she's old enough to have no fucks to give.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 12:29 PM (UGyV5)
It can't happen all at once. We are in a better spot than we were 6 years ago.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:29 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:28 PM (ctrM5)
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I simply cannot believe that people have already forgotten that the FBI under Patel has arrested sitting judges for criminal activity regarding illegal immigration.
It was a huge story for, like, five minutes, until the media realized that these two were completely shitty, including potential sex trafficking from one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
Ah, I didn't actually mean this one in response to you, just in general.
I go to Althouse for example and see her complain about Leo D and his rotating cycle of girlfriends and then complain about opponents of gay marriage.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (Q4IgG)
Then November rolls around and we’ve gotta support “our guy”.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (l3YAf)
The problem is, we got the order backwards. Instead of a MAGA president trying to drag everyone along, we need a MAGA Congress trying to drag everyone along.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (KbCG3)
No fucking speeches. No fox news. Just make the arrests and let some underling talk talk talk you turd.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (Vnr18)
I know, and that's why I won't say "trust" but... its also a fact. And as Whig notes, people ARE being arrested just not the big names we want. Well, they didn't get the mob bosses at first, either.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (42Vb+)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
We have well passed the point where Too Big to Jail, aka Mobbed Up Party Apparatchiks, are not too big to swing from lamp posts by piano wire.
This Double Standard and elite lawlessness isn't sustainable.
Posted by: BillClinton at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (a4flb)
It can't happen all at once. We are in a better spot than we were 6 years ago.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:29 PM (VofaG)
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9 GOP Senators voted for Sotomayor in 2009. 2 are still in the Senate. The other 7 are gone.
3 voted for KJB, as a contrast, in 2022.
We're still not where we want to be, but we're further along than we were.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
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She's also kind of stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (a4flb)
I go to Althouse for example and see her complain about Leo D and his rotating cycle of girlfriends and then complain about opponents of gay marriage.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (t0Rmr)
Oh, that. There's nothing more fiercely protective than an AWFL with a gay son.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:27 PM (l3YAf)
Funny how the Big Tent conservative side hasn't felt the need to support *our* guy, no?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (gt60b)
Yeah I am not sure we have time for it to work out, but we are moving in the right direction.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (2VST1)
Don't be so paranoid. I believe that was pointed at the Lefty critics. I don't know any one here that is a proponent of Love is Love as the Left defines it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (VofaG)
Like the judges? Remember that news story? Trump arrested sitting judges.
Or the the leakers of the ICE raids?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I stand corrected. There's been one.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (QzINz)
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Contrast Trump driving the Democrats further and further left to Rove's "lesser of two evils."
That was engineered to ensure perpetual party power parity, which increases bureaucratic rule.
And, as we are discovering, the GOPe has engaged in just as much vote fraud as the Dems, just at the primary level to ensure conservatives don't win.
Trump's plan is killing their carefully plotted course.
Yes he has had some big misses in his primary picks.
But they sacrificed 50 of their best in 2018 and have been losing soldiers every cycle since.
To put another way, would you prefer today's majority in Congress or the "majority" of 2017?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:33 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Joe at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (WUoYt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
Who's on first?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (gt60b)
Pretty sure Pirro is even further to the right on J6.
What a hilarious own-goal that he's now trying to own.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (KbCG3)
You want him? Take the freakin' RINO.
Posted by: Joe at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (Uy/WF)
BOGO sale! John Cornyn, too.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
Who's on first?
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (gt60b)
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Oh, I don't give a damn.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (KC3xg)
It was a huge story for, like, five minutes, until the media realized that these two were completely shitty, including potential sex trafficking from one.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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The half-life of news concerning corrupt/criminal Democrats is about half a day...maybe less.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (XeU6L)
I think he’s the guy who invented Chick-Fil-A. But don’t quote me on that.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (l3YAf)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
And what's with this sudden idea that young women 18-23 are suddenly "underage" and a 30-40 y/o man dating one is grooming or pedi feel ya? I mean you can not like it from a personal standpoint but huh?
Posted by: it's an odd almost subcultural thing that's emerged at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (TbWk/)
Then November rolls around and we’ve gotta support “our guy”.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director
It must be nice to go through life as pure as you.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:36 PM (s8j++)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
She's not. Her morals are clear: whatever straight white men do is bad. That's it. And that's the zeitgeist. Anything women or minorities do is by definition wonderful. There's been an organized campaign to demonize white men for a very long time. And elements of the right with church lady sensibilities have been only too happy to be conscripted.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 12:36 PM (UGyV5)
These November-May marriages are just silly. The basic gap of experiences and culture mean you have almost nothing in common.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:37 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (KC3xg)
*adjust beret*
*lights Gauloises*
*peevishly orders all paratroopers on top of a tiny mountain because you don’t realize the Viet Cong have artillery*
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:37 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Max Power at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (QnmlO)
No, not Bugs Bunny.
While I align with most of Bugs' positions (and think very highly of his administrative skills) he has too much baggage from "Ali Baba Bunny" to get elected.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (VXSVh)
Yeah its not a good look for the guy but that doesn't make it immoral. I agree that an 18 year old girl is not mature and odd to date in your 30s but its not illegal or morally questionable. Leo doesn't date girls because he's looking for love or a future with them, he dates girls because he wants something young and hot to stick it into. OK that attitude is wrong but... there's nothing sinful about him dating 22 year old girls.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (rj6Yv)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Her son is gay. That is why she rationalizes about the issue. Her schtick has been lame and boring since the Scott Walker era.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 12:36 PM (UGyV5)
I don't consider them part of the Right except as interlopers.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 09, 2025 12:38 PM (tykPk)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (Vnr18)
They are not married . Just geezer....uh guy ....and girlfriend.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (kHB9B)
Yeah I cannot believe that worked. I cannot believe they managed to topple him IN THE SOUTH by complaining he did something completely normal and typical when he was young. Something objectively not wrong.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (2VST1)
Pretty sure Pirro is even further to the right on J6.
What a hilarious own-goal that he's now trying to own.
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Martin was pretty vocal about crushing the corruption inside Congress and the bureaucratic state which probably was more worrisome to the GOP than anything else. Tillis was especially 'concerned.' So he's obviously very, very dirty.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (X+xvk)
But therein lies the problem. It's a very clear way of saying "I'm over 50 and still haven't grown up". When you're 20, "sticking it in" can be all consuming. When you're 50, you should be getting your kids ready for college.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:37 PM (QnmlO)
I don’t he’s interested in her TikToks and big thoughts on Proust, and I don’t think she’s interested in his stories of when a nickel could buy you an entire dinner of liver and onions with enough change left over to take in a minstrel show.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (l3YAf)
They are not married . Just geezer....uh guy ....and girlfriend.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (kHB9B)
Thanks for the clarification. Like I watch the news.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (2VST1)
I guess we're just going to gloss over John Adams defending British soldiers after the Boston Massacre...
Here in the States, EVERY defendant is entitled to a vigorous defense.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 09, 2025 12:41 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (g47mK)
While I align with most of Bugs' positions (and think very highly of his administrative skills) he has too much baggage from "Ali Baba Bunny" to get elected.
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But he can make a fat opera singer bust his buttons holding onto a note just by a hanging his hand glove in the air. That's pretty powerful! He has my vote.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (Vnr18)
Ali Baba Bunny is one of my favorite Bugs cartoons.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (kHB9B)
But therein lies the problem. It's a very clear way of saying "I'm over 50 and still haven't grown up". When you're 20, "sticking it in" can be all consuming. When you're 50, you should be getting your kids ready for college.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (s8j++)
Well, he's an actor. Most of them never grow up and never want to.
He's chosen his path and he seems ok with it.
Beats what I've settled for.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (xcxpd)
Pretty sure Pirro is even further to the right on J6.
What a hilarious own-goal that he's now trying to own.
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Martin was pretty vocal about crushing the corruption inside Congress and the bureaucratic state which probably was more worrisome to the GOP than anything else. Tillis was especially 'concerned.' So he's obviously very, very dirty.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 12:39 PM (Q4IgG)
And stupid. You can't come out in full support of someone who is likely more vigilant about the thing you just opposed.
We are governed by complete and total ruh-tards.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (KbCG3)
he may have even, get this...anticipated resistance from the
RINO coven and had Pirro waiting on deck.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (jGJov)
I knjow its not the same, but I have a cousin's daughter who decided that she is an... I'm not sure, an it? Half and half?
That doesn't make me support or sympathetic to the tranny cause. Its stupid and wrong and crazy. Its hurt the entire family, has clearly not made her any more happy, and is doing no one any good.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (2VST1)
---geezer's GF eyeing 100M in net worth
It's inexplicable how rarely paupers are the object of such true love.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (s8j++)
Yeah Althouse is deeply confused and morally conflicted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:31 PM (2VST1)
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She's also kind of stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:32 PM (GBKbO)
This
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: PaleRider at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (bP/i4)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:40 PM (s8j++)
Look, buddy, I’m rich and banging models half my age. I will never die. I have no need for posterity.
Also, I was a pretty young boy actor in the 90s. I’ve seen more couches than a La-Z-Boy salesman. I got trauma.
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (l3YAf)
Here in the States, EVERY defendant is entitled to a vigorous defense.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 09, 2025 12:41 PM (oSeBJ)
*guffaws*
Like all those former Trump officials? All the law firms that got told how bad it would be for if they defended them?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (VofaG)
I don't watch the news either. It's just been one of the stories in the "NY Post."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (kHB9B)
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I'll admit I wanted Obama to lose very very badly. I was blind to anything else because I felt like it didn't matter. I knew Romney was a POS but I thought he at least wasn't as bad as McCain. God I'm an idiot.
Posted by: ...
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I doubt it mattered much.
Knowing what we know now, Obama didn't win 2012. I seriously doubt he won 2008. If he did it was barely.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (yZCmg)
Belichik could be dating a rock from Zimbabwe, it doesn't and will never ever matter to me.
Is he telling my kids who they should fuck?
Is he spreading and celebrating disease?
Is he forcing me to use special language to talk about him and making me declare my special language?
Is he lecturing the earth that his brand of sexual attraction is morally and spiritually uplifting?
Right, and that's why I don't give a shit.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (gt60b)
The principle that everyone deserves a legal defense, no matter what a monster they might be, is one of the most sacred, beloved, and honored legal concepts in the USA. Except, apparently, for this one instance.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (2VST1)
---geezer's GF eyeing 100M in net worth
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (g47mK)
"True love" is rubbish invented by poets and the greeting card-confection-restaurant industrial complex.
Posted by: A creation of faggoty French troubadours and Madison Avenue at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ...
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You have to do both as a prosecutor. If you do not , then the defense counsel tries the case in public and you lose at the jury box and politically.
What Barr did was bloviate with no intention of arresting any of his 'friends' in the Deep State. He was brought in to do one thing which he did--end the Mueller investigation. And that is essentially all he did.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Alright alright alright at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (W2Pud)
I seriously doubt he won 2008. If he did it was barely.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (yZCmg)
He "defeated" McCain like Billie Jean King "defeated" Bobby Riggs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 12:35 PM (KC3xg)
________________
I've heard Brit newsreaders talk about Apache helicopters, pronounced "Apa-SHAY." Now how gay is that?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (YqDXo)
He doesn't look anywhere near his age and she actually looks a little older, so when they're together there's no shock or horror among the onlookers. They have two adorable little boys.
There's just a big gap between his kids and their cousins who are at least 20 years older.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 12:46 PM (gdH0L)
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That she worked for Fox News (gasp!) is like displaying a Holy Cross to a vampire.
Just her presence is going to drive several out.
See also all the scum-sucking shitbags at civil rights that have quit.
Her biggest job is a deep-dive into the background of those that stay.
The "should you keep your job" interview must include proof of donations to a conservative candidates, pictures of conservative candidate signs in your yard, etc.
Everyone else should be assumed to be a leftie.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:46 PM (sMW+k)
The victim was picking up a pizza he'd ordered across the street from an Italian deli that had the only parking spot he could find. The cop was helping out his dad and brother at the busy deli his dad owned - when the black dude didn't unpark the three of them attacked him and knocked him to the ground - when he retreated to his car the two sons returned to the deli but the dad followed him where upon the guy pulled a baseball bat from his car and hit the dad twice - the cop son then ran back out and shot him.
The cop was sentenced to 20 to life - a decade later the sentence was reversed and he was released - but then another court reversed the reversal and he had to go back in.
The TDS crew are reviving this (often confusing) case to portray Pirro as another Janet Reno who sent an innocent man to prison.
Posted by: BobM at May 09, 2025 12:46 PM (Ndtjr)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (W2Pud)
No?
It's normal to have one during the hiring process but yearly....that's new.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 12:46 PM (xcxpd)
Right, and that's why I don't give a shit.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (gt60b)
Bingo!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (WUoYt)
Posted by: brak at May 09, 2025 12:42 PM (jGJov)
While somehow simultaneously being stronk independent boss babe bitches.
Posted by: Makes as much as sense as feminism usually does at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (TbWk/)
Knowing what we know now, Obama didn't win 2012. I seriously doubt he won 2008. If he did it was barely.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (yZCmg)
I appreciate you. It's more a beat myself up thing.
I think I knew what he was, but I didn't realize how low that really meant. Owned is owned. It's worse than even *I* knew.
He also would have destroyed the R party for quite some time by doing a bunch of Bush shit and making us defend it, and ushered in 8 years of Hillary and then Lord knows what. Not good.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (s8j++)
When you’re young you don’t need money to get ladies, but eventually a girl’s gotta stop riding the c*ck carousel and start thinking about her future. A future that involves a lot of wrinkly old skin and doing things you’d never thought you’d do and praying he dies before you’re 50 so you can at least enjoy the money.
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (5IFb9)
He doesn't look anywhere near his age and she actually looks a little older, so when they're together there's no shock or horror among the onlookers. They have two adorable little boys.
There's just a big gap between his kids and their cousins who are at least 20 years older.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (dCxaZ)
What a degenerate monster!!!
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
I think he did win 2008 squarely because Bush was so bad--endless wars of occupation, collapse in the economy and asset prices affecting the normies like real estate, the massive bank bailout where Bush's own Treasury secretary lied about how it would be used, and so on.
Then you have the worst GOP candidate for president since Bob Dole in 1996 that did not want to win nor did his team. In a just world, Palin would have been the candidate and McCain the has been VP.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:48 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
How do you know we didn't (or did, too many negatives to untangle)? We've had "scrutators" for as long as we've had a Deep State.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (n9MHj)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (QnmlO)
Yep. That campaign suspension.... the Palin sabotage.... yikes
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (gt60b)
She has a big home in New York and 4 large dogs that she adores.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (NpAcC)
Lorelei Lee: It's true.
Esmond Sr.: Then what do you want to marry him for?
Lorelei Lee: I want to marry him for YOUR money.
Esmond Sr.: We're getting down to brass tacks. You admit you're after money.
Lorelei Lee: No, I don't. Aren't you funny? Don't you know that a rich man is like a pretty girl? Would you want your daughter to marry a poor man? You'd want her to have the most wonderful things in the world. Why is it wrong for me to want those things?
Esmond Sr.: Well, I concede that...
Lorelei Lee: You don't marry her just because she's pretty. But, my goodness, doesn't it help?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:49 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Polka will never die at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (tXldV)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (dCxaZ)
I simply cannot believe that people have already forgotten that the FBI under Patel has arrested sitting judges for criminal activity regarding illegal immigration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (GBKbO)
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Those arrests are for 'crimes' recently committed but we are referring to pre-Trump47 election 'crimes'.
How about Letitia James arrested late on a Friday night and has to sit in jail til Monday?
Posted by: Ciampino - great shoes too at May 09, 2025 12:50 PM (sPQoU)
Posted by: Leo DiCaprio at May 09, 2025 12:47 PM (l3YAf)
Is that from Growing Pains or What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 12:51 PM (KC3xg)
Evergreen: https://youtu.be/nWMp_z7Jnxw
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Emmett Milbarge
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Actually, Bondi is only the PR figurehead of DoJ.
Todd Blanche and Emil Bove are running the place but there are still a lot of DA positions in the process of being filled along with new judges.
Takes usually about six months to fill in all the undersecretaries, etc. because the Dems are purposefully slow walking the Trump appointees via Senate procedural rules.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:52 PM (ctrM5)
he may have even, get this...anticipated resistance from the RINO coven and had Pirro waiting on deck.
Posted by: kallisto
Good point.
Reading the AOS comments, I have long known that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Now I fully believe that, not only am I not a knife, but I haven't the slightest idea where that drawer is.
I think I'm most likely a spork, stuck in a cardboard box in a forgotten corner in the back of the pantry.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (X+xvk)
But he can make a fat opera singer bust his buttons holding onto a note just by a hanging his hand glove in the air. That's pretty powerful! He has my vote.
Posted by: Lady in Black
LEOPOLD!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 12:57 PM (63Dwl)
Belichik could be dating a rock from Zimbabwe, it doesn't and will never ever matter to me.
Is he telling my kids who they should fuck?
Is he spreading and celebrating disease?
Is he forcing me to use special language to talk about him and making me declare my special language?
Is he lecturing the earth that his brand of sexual attraction is morally and spiritually uplifting?
Right, and that's why I don't give a shit.
Posted by: ...
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Besides, she probably benefits way more than he does from this "relationship". In fact, she probably initiated it... just saying.
Posted by: lin-duh at May 09, 2025 12:57 PM (llS7k)
Posted by: Francis at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (bbuBP)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (63Dwl)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 09, 2025 12:22 PM (LHqaF)
Migawd, what is this continual drum beat about, "why don't conservative vote" about anyways?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 01:02 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Django at May 09, 2025 01:06 PM (bbuBP)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2025 01:07 PM (2UnvF)
No, not Bugs Bunny.
While I align with most of Bugs' positions (and think very highly of his administrative skills) he has too much baggage from "Ali Baba Bunny" to get elected.
Posted by: CTHillary,
+++
I wouldn't trust Bugs Bunny. You know he's gonna turn left if he ever gets to Albuquerque.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (Lo97M)
I seriously doubt he won 2008. If he did it was barely.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (yZCmg)
He "defeated" McCain like Billie Jean King "defeated" Bobby Riggs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (QnmlO)
There was always the question of whether he really won the Dem nomination over Hillary. IIRC, she won the primaries, he won the caucuses, and she had almost all the "Superdelegates", with some saying enough to get the nomination. But, because he had the lead with the committed delegates, there was no way that the Dems could have Hillary win at the DNC with the superdelegates.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at May 09, 2025 01:11 PM (k1E2D)
Reading the AOS comments, I have long known that I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Now I fully believe that, not only am I not a knife, but I haven't the slightest idea where that drawer is.
I think I'm most likely a spork, stuck in a cardboard box in a forgotten corner in the back of the pantry.
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 12:53 PM (X+xvk)
I'm still looking for the kitchen.
Posted by: javems at May 09, 2025 01:12 PM (8I4hW)
Trump of course is an exception to all this. Not sure the systemic failure will change after him, though.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:13 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 09, 2025 12:41 PM (oSeBJ)
*guffaws*
Like all those former Trump officials? All the law firms that got told how bad it would be for if they defended them?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:43 PM (QnmlO)
I was mocking Tillis's position that defending J6-ers is a reason to oppose his nomination.
But yes. You point out that it's so much worse than just theJ6ers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at May 09, 2025 01:19 PM (oSeBJ)
Posted by: Sam Adams at May 09, 2025 01:31 PM (X+xvk)
Posted by: DBCooper at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (3oMnW)
I seriously doubt he won 2008. If he did it was barely.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:44 PM (yZCmg)
He "defeated" McCain like Billie Jean King "defeated" Bobby Riggs.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 12:45 PM (QnmlO)
There was always the question of whether he really won the Dem nomination over Hillary. IIRC, she won the primaries, he won the caucuses, and she had almost all the "Superdelegates", with some saying enough to get the nomination. But, because he had the lead with the committed delegates, there was no way that the Dems could have Hillary win at the DNC with the superdelegates.
Actually
Not the whole story 5/8/2008 the democrat election committee gifted Obama 1/2 delegates from Michigan, a state he didn’t even win one vote, he pulled out
That gave him one more delegate, superdelegates ran over to him leaving Hillary to lose
The rest is history
Black was more important a woman….
As we see, Dems actually hate women
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 09, 2025 01:34 PM (nGraA)
She was on FoxNews (her own show) and she proclaimed that it should be Murder One, and proceeded to go through all the evidence of exactly what happened. Those facts made it crystal clear to me that it wasn't murder at all, not even manslaughter. She didn't really seem to explain how it was murder, IIRC.
So either she's an idiot, or she was forced to come to that conclusion by her bosses, and this was her way of getting the truth out.
That, in turn, reminds me of a Tucker Carlson show, near the end, I think. It was 100% fluff, about loving life or something. I always assumed he was saying, "If you (Fox execs) won't let me say what I want to say, I just won't say anything."
Posted by: MrExcitement at May 09, 2025 01:53 PM (hOOi9)
Sounds like some training by fire!
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 02:28 PM (CQE5S)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 09, 2025 05:36 PM (wGqjj)
Posted by: Gosport at May 09, 2025 07:19 PM (7PUnr)
THE MORNING RANT: As Tesla Sales Decline, Ford’s EV Sales…Fall Off a Cliff
With the EV-loving media having recently refocused its venom on Elon Musk because of his alliance with President Trump, Tesla has become a target for the left. The media has gleefully been reporting any bad news about Musk’s electric car company, celebrating not only falling sales and financial repercussions, but also legitimizing vandalism against Tesla vehicles because of Musk’s politics.
The media has also been desperate to report that competitors are benefiting from Tesla’s woes. If you have the stomach for it, this nasty piece of journalistic bias from the AP dated 4/02/2025 hit all those marks, including the blaming of Musk himself for vandalism against Teslas: ”Tesla sales tumble 13% as Musk backlash, competition and aging lineup turn off buyers”
But something funny is happening. As Tesla sales decline, competing electric vehicle brands are not capturing the lost sales. It’s just the opposite, in fact. Legacy automakers who tried to make a big splash in the EV market are seeing their already nominal EV sales decline precipitously as the electric vehicle fad wanes. Ford had anticipated that by 2025 its electric lineup would be a major component of its product lineup, but now its EV sales are barely an asterisk, with sales plummeting from any already low peak.
Despite higher sales of internal combustion (ICE) and hybrid vehicles, Ford sold significantly fewer electric vehicles last month. Ford sold 4,859 fully electric vehicles in April, which is nearly 40% less than the 8,019 sold in April 2024.
“Despite?” Is that the correct word to use here? It reminds me of the infamous Fox Butterfield stories from the NY Times, which had comically obtuse headlines along the lines of, “Despite record incarceration, crime rates are down.”
Anyhow, “despite” people buying more gasoline powered (“ICE” vehicles in April, Ford’s electric vehicle sales fell off a metaphorical cliff.
All three of Ford’s electric vehicles —the F-150 Lightning, Mustang Mach-E, and E-Transit —had double-digit sales declines last month. Ford sold 2,927 Mach-Es (-40%), 1,740 F-150 Lightnings (-17%), and just 192 E-Transit vans in April (-81%).
Ford’s 4,859 EV sales amounted to just 2.3% of the company’s total sales in April. Yet CEO Jim Farley and nepot destructor Bill Ford remain committed to perpetuating the failed Model E-dsel efforts, despite multi-billion dollar EV losses continuing, with no end in sight.
Aside from its existing – and underutilized - EV manufacturing plants, Ford built a massive new plant (“Blue Oval City” near Memphis to assemble 500,000 electric pickup trucks per year. The plant was supposed to be open by now, but it has been mothballed until at least 2027. There is little prospect for it ever opening, as Ford’s April electric pickup sales annualize to less than 21,000 units per year, and the sales trajectory is downward from here.
Meanwhile, Ford’s Q1 2025 profit also plunged, as the ongoing EV losses continue to soak up a majority of the company’s ICE profits.
“Ford’s First-Quarter Profit Drops 64%; Suspends Outlook” [WSJ – 5.05.2025]
Production halts and an unprofitable EV business nearly wiped out Ford Motor’s net profit in the first quarter, the company said Monday. Ford reported net income of $471 million, down from $1.3 billion a year earlier. Revenue fell to $40.7 billion, down from $42.8 billion in the first quarter of 2024.
Ford would have made $1.3 billion in Q1 2025 had its disastrous EV division not racked up another $849 million loss, pulling quarterly profit down to $471 million. Ford has been losing about $5 billion per year on its EV operations, and there is no realistic possibility for this division to become profitable, especially with the Trump administration working to eliminate the EV tax rebates that have been part of Ford’s EV business plan.
In February of this year, Ford was projecting that its EV business would lose another $5.5 billion in 2025. As noted in the headline of that Wall Street Journal story above, Ford is now having to suspend its previous 2025 outlook because things are getting worse.
CEO Jim Farley actually had the audacity to start blaming Donald Trump for Ford’s woes: “Ford pulls guidance, warns it will take $1.5 billion hit from Trump's tariffs” [Reuters – 5/05/2025]
This is the same Jim Farley who flushed away $9.8 billion from EV losses in 2023 and 2024 alone, and who is about to take another $5.5 billion hit (likely more) on EVs in 2025. I have never heard Farley criticize any of the globalist, eco-communists he and Bill Ford decided to obey when they set Ford off down the road of electric destruction, yet he’s whimpering about Trump. If/when Ford decides to staunch the EV bleeding and throw in the towel on its Model E-dsel, then I’ll be willing to listen to concerns about the (much smaller) impact of tariffs.
Even Tesla’s sales woes aren’t steering any EV customers to Ford. Something that cannot go on forever will eventually stop. The longer it takes Ford to finally terminate its EV misadventure, the more likely it is that electric vehicles will bankrupt the company. Its Board of Directors has got to take action to stop the bleeding since Jim Farley and Bill Ford clearly won’t. If Ford’s Directors will not stop the EV bleeding, shareholders will have a legitimate reason to consider bringing a shareholder derivative lawsuit against Ford’s directors and executives for their fiduciary negligence. On whosever behalf Jim Farley and Bill Ford are working for, it is not Ford’s shareholders, employees, customers, or dealers.
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Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (Cg/Hw)
Reporters are vermin. At least drug dealers are more honest.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (2UnvF)
Sure, spend billions more on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (hVVER)
It was Ford who brought the Muslims to Detroit to work in his factories
He was massively antisemit
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (nGraA)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:05 AM (hVVER)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (Q4IgG)
Yup.
Posted by: MAC V SOG at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (P4Pk9)
Posted by: Francis at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (bbuBP)
- auto industry (probably)
Ah, damn! Can’t blame free trade for this one.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: bearski at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (hVVER)
BINGO...it's all about the charging. Folks were willing to buy EVs b/c Musk had been investing in the best charging market across the nation. Now he's not, and his chargers are also at risk from vandals...so who wants to buy ANY EV then? Musk was the premier charging network guy...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: krennik at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (T0tPD)
It has the ground clearance of a sedan.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (yZCmg)
He was massively antisemit
Posted by: Gonzotx
He was, but I think it was originally Arab Christians that he brought over. But then the Arab Muslims saw the prosperity their Christian neighbors were experiencing and decided to get in on it, too. I don't think it was Ford's idea to recruit Muslims just because he was antisemtic.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
Group of black militants decide to confront white families at a playground, screaming epithets.
https://x.com/NationalAware/status/1920670020532670913
What absolute cowards. From birth they are raised to hate white people. They're raising armies and this will escalate.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (73voq)
I was really really hoping it wasn't aftermarket.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (yvnLa)
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Don't forget the sister EV complex near Glendale, KY. It is still being built with one of the two facilities actually churning out EV batteries under an existing contract... that's supposed to be fulfilled sometime soon.
Then, the complex is going to be re-tooled to manufacture the ICE F-150 trucks. The current assembly plant in Louisville is on property Ford has been leasing from, I think, UPS. Whereas they own the property in Glendale.
Massive outlay of monies from Ford when they can least afford it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Gonzotx at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (nGraA)
I've known about that for some time because of his crazy newsletters, but never dived into it. There's a lot to dislike about Henry Ford...
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (hVVER)
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500,000? WTF were they thinking?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (UBKzV)
I strongly suspect most of the drop in sales comes from China.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (IqKUv)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp34ylep987o
This was declared on Monday May 5th. I guess I missed it. Did y'all?
Posted by: DanMan at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (2J/Lj)
I was addressing the senator who blocked Mr. Martin's nomination.
Posted by: mrp
I got that. But what makes her the FO to Tillis FA?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (hVVER)
Maybe they finally did the math and realized they were buying their employees 'gas'. Which is a decent deal for the employee. I wonder how the cost of a Tesla works out when your boss buys all your gas?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:11 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (UBKzV)
That the government would force people to buy EVs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 11:09 AM (UBKzV)
That the government would force people to buy EVs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (bss/y)
Bingo.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (tOcjL)
Maybe some new white folks can cash in on this.
Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (RjOoY)
Why did Pfizer and the other gaggle of companies make so many extra doses of Vaxx? Because they figured the government would pay for it and the government figured they would force people to take it at gunpoint.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (bss/y)
Bingo.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:12 AM (tOcjL)
And would shovel a bunch of cash at them to build a factory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (Vnr18)
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500,000? WTF were they thinking?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
I love when people make any kind of sales predictions. For anything.
1. How do you predict the unknown?
2. Is the prediction even realistic?
That's like on Gold Rush. Parker decides at the start of the season he wants to pull 10,000 ounces of gold out of the ground. Why stop at 10,000? Why not 25,000? You pulled to number out of uour ass, why not shoot for the stars?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (y6oPX)
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Yep.
And in those very specific terms it's quite the impressive feat.
Except think of how many people you personally know who recently bought a car. Not a vehicle. Not an SUV or truck. A car. Sedan or coupe.
Best selling CAR means exactly that. Heck, Ford and GM don't even make them except for the Mustang and Camaro any longer.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (yZCmg)
I once stayed at a Holiday Inn so I know what I'm talking about.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (VofaG)
I'm sure Ford, like every other major corporation imported third world shit-holers because they can be exploited to suppress American worker wages.
And I'm sure the Chamber of Commerce Right was all about it.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (IqKUv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (yvnLa)
This too. It is a giant circle jerk of coercion and bribery.
Meanwhile, Toyota for the most part looked at all this shit and said 'lets make more hybrids.' And it seems to have been the way to go.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:15 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 09, 2025 11:15 AM (DmCto)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 11:15 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 09, 2025 11:15 AM (DmCto)
And that might be what they bet on.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:16 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: krennik at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (T0tPD)
ICE is just so superior there is little reason to switch
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (t0Rmr)
1. Get gas prices high enough that it hurt the public and the economy.
2. "Nudge" (force) people into the only available, and affordable option... EV's.
Manufacturers went along with this, willingly or not. As it was the only way they'd stay in business. Some went "all in" and others hedged. I'd wager that Ford was one that went "all in" and is now paying the price... literally.
The reasoning behind the government's push to EV's has been discussed at length, but I contend it was to control the public's ability to freely move about. Seeing as how a mobile society is difficult to subjugate.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: JM
20 years.
4 for Trump
8 for Vance
8 for Huckabee-Sanders.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:18 AM (Vnr18)
Sounds like more of a FU to Musk and not to EVs.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:18 AM (VofaG)
Don't worry. We'll make it up in volume.
All these EV focused companies are going to take a big shit. A few will remain. Tesla. Nissan focused Leaf (or derivative). Toyota Pirus.
Even Honda and Toyota CEOs are aiming towards hy-brids. Which should have been the focus from the beginning.
As a former Michigander, watching the Big 3 (per se') get their clock cleaned again by Japanese is a bit depressing.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 09, 2025 11:18 AM (FxH7T)
>PA Commonwealth. "Proudly founded in 1681 as a place of tolerance and freedom." Road User Charge for Electric and Plug-In Hybrid Vehicles
>ABC Channel 6: Earlier this month, Pennsylvania began charging EV owners a $200 "Road User Charge" or RUC, which will increase to $250 in 2026. Plug-in hybrid owners will pay $50 in 2025 and $63 in 2026. PennDOT began sending out forms to those impacted with payment details. Apr 24, 2025
Yo! This ^, casinos, legal pot, and Medicaid just might keep us rolling for another few years.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:19 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: JM
20 years.
4 for Trump
8 for Vance
8 for Huckabee-Sanders.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (y6oPX)
Huh, you don't think Vance is picking Rubio as VP?
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (Q4IgG)
Probably a multipronged thing. Control as it's own end gets them off. You saw that with how vigorously they were jerking off during Covid.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:19 AM (bss/y)
If customers are no longer interested in a Tesla there’s no reason to settle for a lesser cool. They’ll just return to practicality, where gasoline-powered vehicles excel.
Except for a few niche edge cases, there is no contest between modern gasoline-powered vehicles and modern battery-powered vehicles.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
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Rubio's reputation never recovered after it was discovered that he's a Nickleback fan in 2027.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
If not, it's probably close.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (yvnLa)
If customers are no longer interested in a Tesla there’s no reason to settle for a lesser cool. They’ll just return to practicality, where gasoline-powered vehicles excel.
Except for a few niche edge cases, there is no contest between modern gasoline-powered vehicles and modern battery-powered vehicles.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (EXyHK)
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I believe Teslas are the cheap option at this point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (+kWhq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't Ace discover that when he went through Rubio's garbage?
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
I will look into one when they are available.
I'd also kind of like to buy a Tesla Cyber truck just to piss off liberals.
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
Burn unit bills are insane.
Posted by: Chevy Bolt Owners Association at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (yvnLa)
I just bought a new Honda Passport. I started out looking for a sedan, but almost everything was only available as a hybrid, including Honda and Toyota. I don't want a hybrid. If you do, that's great, you get your choice, but I saw no value in it for me.
I get that they're trying to please the CAFE overlords, but for me, it just didn't make any sense to pay for that additional weight and complexity.
The bottom line is that companies that listen to customers instead of the government will do better.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: DanMan at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (8uzBS)
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The new Mustang is an abomination.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Nova Local
Hoping the first female president will be Huckabee-Sanders. At least she's qualified.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Didn't Ace discover that when he went through Rubio's garbage?
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (77rzZ)
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"I don't throw away anything Nickelback, not even my purchasing receipts! They are precious to me!"
-transcript from the October 2027 Congressional hearing
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:19 AM (tOcjL)
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Rubio's reputation never recovered after it was discovered that he's a Nickleback fan in 2027.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:20 AM (GBKbO)
I will forgive. Shortly after meeting my wife, I discovered two CDs in her car: Nickleback and Creed.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (t0Rmr)
ICE is just so superior there is little reason to switch
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:17 AM (t0Rmr)
I remember watching a Dennis the Menace rerun with my grandmother when was home sick from school one day. Dennis was helping his elderly neighbor run errands one day and she had an old electric car from the 20s that she had to charge halfway through running errands. Part of the gag was that it was slow and she had to haul around this super long power cord.
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (hVVER)
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I thought it was lost when he took a sip of water. What was he thinking?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Fire Bug Fred at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: DanMan
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Date on that story was April 7th in the link. There has been another decision in district court since then claiming without a war, there is no enemy to deport. I also think several districts have also been demanding full habeas hearings for deportees.
I saw what Jack posted but the only order I see for May 5th was the keeping troons in the military injunction dissolved. Last case opinion drop was in April.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
My opinion... That's where the bet should be. Toyota leading the way. Hybrids are popular and also solid engineering. They've had plenty of time to work out any bugs and improve everything to the nth degree.
EV are only viable in certain climate conditions, and are not practical for long trips or long term.
Hybrid is tried, tested, functional, practical, and popular. And they don't tend to do that random incineration thing.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (2J/Lj)
As with the radical Left they want what they want and they want it now. If they would have pushed for Hybrid vehicles first as they have for EV's, pure ICE vehicles would have been on their way out by now (with a few exceptions)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: 18-1
DeMS-13 plays the long game. Why can't we?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (xcIvR)
They have an odd kind of brutal cool. It is also the tires and how they present from the side of the vehicle. It has a very... boy cool look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 11:24 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (t0Rmr)
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There was early word that he was going with Dan Crenshaw, but then Vance put out a press statement that said, "That guy is, like, real gay. I'm going with Ric Grenell instead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:24 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:24 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Nova Local
Hoping the first female president will be Huckabee-Sanders. At least she's qualified.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (y6oPX)
We have a bunch of qualified R women...
But 2028 will be a rough election...and R women on the ticket tend to keep certain male R and indy voters home.
And Rubio would be a 1st as VP...and she wouldn't...so he brings more to it while she subtracts for that indy voter (see the Arizona male hispanic voters last election)...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:24 AM (tOcjL)
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Yep.
And in those very specific terms it's quite the impressive feat.
Except think of how many people you personally know who recently bought a car. Not a vehicle. Not an SUV or truck. A car. Sedan or coupe.
Best selling CAR means exactly that. Heck, Ford and GM don't even make them except for the Mustang and Camaro any longer.
WRONG
Tesla Model Y : 1.2 million
Best selling SUV: Toyota RAV4 1.02 million
Best selling pickup: Ford F-Series 903k
Posted by: krennik at May 09, 2025 11:24 AM (T0tPD)
Track kit will cost 50% of the base price and come with a free wallet and a lifetime supply of diapers.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:25 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
THAT is NOT a mustang. It is a worse switcheroo than when they brought back the GTO name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:25 AM (bss/y)
Invasions happen before war is declared.
Pearl Harbor happened before war was declared.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:25 AM (y6oPX)
We need to road test our options for fratricidal arguments. You don't just jump in without any research.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:25 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
THAT is NOT a mustang. It is a worse switcheroo than when they brought back the GTO name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Anyone catch the Maverick truck? WTF?
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (y6oPX)
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Methinks Buick is getting ready to Pounce!
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (pZ64F)
I think we've hit the point where for much of the market they have the opinion that the compromises outweigh the benefits of the product.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (Oq5OE)
We need to road test our options for fratricidal arguments. You don't just jump in without any research.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:25 AM (s8j++)
Gotta work out and train how to form that circular firing squad.
Keep your powder dry, fellahs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (Vnr18)
Invasions happen before war is declared.
Pearl Harbor happened before war was declared.
Posted by: rickb223
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No one declares war anymore. It just happens. And we prefer it that way.
- U.S. Congress
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (y6oPX)
I hate almost all modern car design.
I like my cars to be curvy.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (pZ64F)
With the original batteries.
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (xcIvR)
A large majority of such vehicles are licensed in NY, DE, NJ and so on, a trend which became prominent during C19 in the state, and now remains the same or worse.
In fact, in some residential locations along the streets, a PA license plate is becoming uncommon.
Not too long ago, the policing in the state was quite good but alas...
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (NFX2v)
*Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (y6oPX)
I like those dumb little things.
Not my cup of tea to actually own one, but it's nice to see truck options that aren't a $90k Limousine with a two foot bed lifted fifty feet in the damn air.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (yZCmg)
CAFE standards make it impossible to make a decently priced sedan. The footprint and "type" now carry such severe penalties because they don't get the 45mpg fleet standard required by the laws.
This is yet another "make people buy things at the point of a gun" moment. Sec Trans Duffy may be doing something about this, it is probably something required under USSC decision of Loper-Bright, but it hasn't been fixed yet.
I am very sore today, and I apologize in advance for being a prick.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (D7oie)
....Tesla is also facing a sharp downturn in Europe, with April 2025 sales collapsing across nearly all major markets. Once a regional EV leader, the company is now seeing year-over-year declines of over 50% in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, and the UK. In Germany—Europe’s largest car market—Tesla’s sales fell 46% despite a surge in overall EV adoption, ARS Technica wrote.
The report says that even in the UK, where battery electric vehicle (BEV) registrations rose 8.1%, Tesla’s sales plummeted 62%, registering only 512 vehicles out of more than 24,000 BEVs sold.
As I suspected. It's not low tier, borderline retarded liberals that are responsible for Tesla's sales drop.
Well, that is unless you want to consider Europeans and Commie Chinese low-tier, borderline retarded liberals, which I'm open to.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (IqKUv)
But 2028 will be a rough election...and R women on the ticket tend to keep certain male R and indy voters home.
And Rubio would be a 1st as VP...and she wouldn't...so he brings more to it while she subtracts for that indy voter (see the Arizona male hispanic voters last election)...
Posted by: Nova Local
She has the executive experience as Governor.
Which is where the President traditionally was selected from.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (y6oPX)
It isn’t just the denigration of hybrids; it’s the push for EV as Best For Everything. There are use cases for electric vehicles that do not require such dangerous storage density as is required for long-range vehicles.
I also blame government funding. There is a lot of money being spent on battery “research”, and all of it is going toward technology that is completely unsuitable for vehicles.
The idea that the same power storage tech will be best for pocket devices, long-range motor vehicles, and grid-level power storage is insane.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (EXyHK)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:26 AM (y6oPX)
I hate almost all modern car design.
I like my cars to be curvy.
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The wind tunnel wants suppositories. Ass Bullets. Totes Gay.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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The new Mustang car is quite handsome.
The Mustang EV that they slapped the Mustang badge on to try to attempt to ride off of the name is laughable, but even fewer buyers would be found if they called it the Edge EV.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (NVNRw)
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The Slushee Wars have begun.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (pZ64F)
Too bad asiatic immigrants are not known for operating Subways. Then we could shout out 'Subway Series!' like all those retarded NYers every time and annoy the fuck out of them.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (xcIvR)
They have an odd kind of brutal cool. It is also the tires and how they present from the side of the vehicle. It has a very... boy cool look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (bss/y)
They look like the demon spawn produced if a Rubix cube hate fucked a DeLorean.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (VofaG)
At the end of February 2025, Musk was the largest shareholder at Tesla with a bit over 12%. A lot of retirement funds seem to own Tesla so the lefties are fucking themselves.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (ExV1e)
The press is celebrating a downturn in the profits of an American company that makes its cars in America that is owned by an African American?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (W2Pud)
Let's just say the beejers were not in fact $20 same as in town.
Posted by: Bill Belichick at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (t0Rmr)
Not my cup of tea to actually own one, but it's nice to see truck options that aren't a $90k Limousine with a two foot bed lifted fifty feet in the damn air.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Fod trucks:
Maverick
Ranger
F150 & up
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (y6oPX)
Which is where the President traditionally was selected from.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (y6oPX)
Look, everyone saw how Kari vs Trump did in Arizona...and it was not a surprise it was the Hispanic male voter who swung that for both elections...Arizona will still be swing in 2028...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: 18-1
Hell no - what else could we argue about for the next few years?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (cYBz/)
Let's just say the beejers were not in fact $20 same as in town.
Posted by: Bill Belichick
She's pulling a golf ball thru a garden hose.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Toyota's boondoggle was pursuing hydrogen powered cars and so I think to some extent they had already had their green fatigue moment when EVs became the latest 'hot' thing.
Almost everything in life involves tradeoffs and that is where the public is usually ignorant at first of them and politicians exploit that ignorance to claim you can get something for nothing with no tradeoffs.
The problem for EV fans is that companies makign them burned the public badly with crappy products, vaporware, inadequate facilities, expensive repairs, and the tendency to go carbque unexpectedly.
Public, by and large, now is aware of the tradeoffs of EVs to IC engines and trying to fool or bully them into accepting them is a fool's mission. There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow--only the hard work of rebuilding trust, infrastructure, etc. without gubmint grifting. Tesla might make a go of it but the grifters like Jim Farley and Ford won't.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (ctrM5)
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I would be working on a ballot harvesting operation the likes of nobody's ever seen. And forcing in person, day of election only voting with no machines. Votes counted by midnight or they're void.
And so on.
Because the left is already working on another massive cheat for 2028 and way, way ahead of us.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (Oq5OE)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (bss/y)
Also a reason to buy one would be obtaining superhero status with the grands. They are both HUGE Elon fans.
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:31 AM (xcIvR)
Posted by: Francis at May 09, 2025 11:31 AM (bbuBP)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (2J/Lj)
Madame has upped her game recently, 'rons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:31 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
Now do the Chevy Malibu.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (y6oPX)
*Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (pZEOD)
News flash: Bill Belichick has lost his mind. Or more likely that’s a Bill Belichick imposter…. Those of us who’ve observed Belichick the football coach for 25 years know the real Belichick is a control freak. No matter how hot the lady (and honestly this Hudson lady is not all that) he’s not gonna let anyone control other than him…. Someone needs to do a wellness check
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (5MZNC)
Posted by: Nova Local
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Cheat by mail states are not like other states. Predictions are pretty useless when the ballots come in weeks later as to who won.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (ctrM5)
‘ It was Ford who brought the Muslims to Detroit to work in his factories’
That happened during Henry Ford’s time? I figured that happened as a product of the 1965 Immigration Act.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (jbnUc)
Breaking911@Breaking911
VP VANCE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT: "We can't control these countries."
"We're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business & has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
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Arizona is a bedroom community for California.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:30 AM (cYBz/)
.45 vs 9mm
Blondes vs Redheads
Ginger vs Maryann
North vs South
Longbows vs Crossbows
Shag vs Hardwood
Tits vs Legs
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:33 AM (bss/y)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (2J/Lj)
Yeah. They are pretty cool looking.
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:33 AM (xcIvR)
Breaking911@Breaking911
VP VANCE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT: "We can't control these countries."
"We're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business & has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
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I was assured that we were getting boots on the ground.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:33 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223
The boy spawn has one. They aren't hideous. They also aren't real Maverick.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:33 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Nova Local
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Cheat by mail states are not like other states. Predictions are pretty useless when the ballots come in weeks later as to who won.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (ctrM5)
And yet, when those men were talking about Trump's nether regions as reasons they voted for him...ummm, and not mentioning voting for Kari...b/c there was a similarly equipped D man running against her...suppositions can be made...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Brains age and include decreases in those parts regulating emotions and impulse control. That is why yutes are stupid messing with old men--their brains and their awareness of dwindling years means many do not give a shit anymore what society or the laws may say.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (ctrM5)
"We're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business & has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
US State Department hardest hit.
Thank God.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (2J/Lj)
Madame has upped her game recently, 'rons.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Yes, please, nobody bring up today's art.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
‘ It was Ford who brought the Muslims to Detroit to work in his factories’
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He did this as a firebreak against the Purple Gang that ran Detroit. It was a Jewish Mob. Probably still running Detroit.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: DanMan at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (8uzBS)
More naive than stupid. Maybe "stupidly naive". Ford HQ trusted Dems. Ford HQ trusted globalists. It was a nascent fascist deal where Deep State government officials, together with Dem-afilliated labor unions conspired with the auto manufacturers to override customer's (mostly US citizens) vehicle preferences.
Donald Trump squashed that rip-off like a bug. Ending the anti-ICE (internal combustion engine) scheme played an important, but underreported part in his 2024 presidential campaign.
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (rj6Yv)
...for $5.6 billion. Are you idiots?! Who the hell made that call?
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (r/hGe)
WRONG
Tesla Model Y : 1.2 million
Best selling SUV: Toyota RAV4 1.02 million
Best selling pickup: Ford F-Series 903k
Posted by: krennik
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Wait, did you move the goalposts to worldwide? Why would we care or discuss what communist China or socialist Euro countries are requiring their subjects to purchase?
Per a quick brave search:
"Toyota RAV4 sales in the United States have shown steady growth over the years. In 2024, Toyota sold 475,193 RAV4 units, a 9.25% increase from the 434,943 units sold in 2023"
"In 2024, the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in the United States, with sales of 405,900 units."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (yZCmg)
"We're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business & has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Dude! You visited the Pope.
Two days later, he died!
Visit Pakistan!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (y6oPX)
Tough to understand why it's stock continues to rise in price.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (Rty+z)
If she's his Yoko Ono and he doesn't have a problem with it why should I.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:29 AM (2J/Lj)
Yeah. They are pretty cool looking.
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:33 AM (xcIvR)
And they seem to beg for some sort of heavy machine gun mounted on the roof. I mean, that bed is not useful for much, but it would make a good platform.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (bss/y)
The streets would run gray with exploded skull contents.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (yvnLa)
"Toyota RAV4 sales in the United States have shown steady growth over the years. In 2024, Toyota sold 475,193 RAV4 units, a 9.25% increase from the 434,943 units sold in 2023"
"In 2024, the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling electric vehicle in the United States, with sales of 405,900 units."
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
RAV isn't a car, either. It's an SUV. It's own category.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:36 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (77rzZ)
That it is a stupid place to build a house?
Or the perfect place for a misanthrope?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:36 AM (bss/y)
The carbon credits that they cash in repeatedly after the sale on the cars already sold are where the money is. Imagine being able to sell the same car multiple times to multiple buyers, repeatedly and simultaneously, and it's completely legal. That.
Everything is fake and gay.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:36 AM (yZCmg)
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Yoko still lives. John, not so much.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:14 AM (y6oPX)
That worked for us!
Posted by: Communists and their Five Year Plans at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: Francis at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (bbuBP)
This would be tough to reform...but I think starting with limiting how many boards someone can be on to one and allowing people with shares in 401ks to vote those shares instead of the holding companies...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (y6oPX)
Don't be pushing efforts to outlaw ICE or forcing people to subsidize your EV.
fricken fascist skum.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (zhin0)
Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: Metallica concert registers a small earthquake in Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium as thousands of Hokies jumped in unison.
The band played in front of 60,000 fans as part of their M72 World Tour.
According to the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory, there was a spike when Metallica started playing "Enter Sandman," as reported by CBS Sports.
The Virginia Tech football team is known for running out to the song before their football games as Hokie fans jump in unison.
So epic.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May
Never forget there is no fool like an old fool. 😊
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Nova Local
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AZ this time did not have cover of stopping the count everywhere to the benefit of Kamala.
That did not mean that they did not steal the 2024 election just like they have in previous races in 2022 and 2024.
Same as California, the Dems cheat by mail in lower level races where they can like in Orange County congressional districts. If you notice, every single close race gets won by Democrats and that margin of victory is always late votes--found thumb drives, mysterious ballots by mail, overseas voters with no apparent connection to the state, and so on.
And statistics-wise, you can never draw an inference from an n of one or even two.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (Vnr1
A lot of 'suvs' seem to fill the niche people want of having station wagons without being a station wagon.
*lights a candle for the Dodge Magnum*
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (bss/y)
Or, if you're my wife, those huge packages of paper towel rolls, 30-packs of toilet paper, and so on.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (2VST1)
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I think that was part of the point of moving the Overton window like they did.
Notice everyone accepts hybrids now as a compromise, even though we had pretty much perfected the internal combustion engine?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (3sj2H)
I have a buddy that bought one. He wanted to show us how it drove. That piece of shit jumps from still to quick as hell in a second. We all told him to cut it out.
and its ugly
Posted by: DanMan at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (8uzBS)
VP VANCE ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT: "We can't control these countries."
"We're not going to get involved in the middle of a war that's fundamentally none of our business & has nothing to do with America’s ability to control it."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:32 AM (L/fGl)
A good example of applying D for DIME.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (EXyHK)
I recently listened to a lecture by a chemist who was claiming that Sodium would fill all the requirements of Lithium in battery tech, admitting that the weight would be greater because Sodium, but that the savings would be from the ability to more easily source and process Sodium compared to Lithium.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (D7oie)
Posted by: Francis at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (bbuBP)
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Yeah, that was my original point. Tesla has the best selling car when Ford and GM no longer even sell cars.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (yZCmg)
If she's his Yoko Ono and he doesn't have a problem with it why should I.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (VofaG)
Dude.....it's 2025.....on the internet.
This item has been selected for your attention, and we are going to need a stronger, more hyperbolic take on the issue.
You either need to vehemently oppose it or be a strong vociferous defender of it, even though it has nothing to do with you and is none of your business.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (IqKUv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)
Your wife is probably still satisfied from how easily you made it through covid, isn't she?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (bss/y)
Unique Cherry was arrested on Tuesday for sparking the blazes, which date back to December, Fire Commissioner Robert Tucker said."
Unique Cherry, my new favorite ghetto name.
Posted by: front toward enemy at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (TIizU)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (P/Wjn)
Has anyone else? I'd love to hear the thought process for such a vote
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (t0Rmr)
Blondes vs Redheads
Ginger vs Maryann
North vs South
Longbows vs Crossbows
Shag vs Hardwood
Tits vs Legs
Posted by: Aetius451AD
To be fair, Trump added tariffs up or down to our argument list and there is always Fenelon v. Mannix pix.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (D7oie)
I think they use sodium tech to store power from solar farms.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (VofaG)
The reason is due to the Trump administration chopping off all the green energy bullshit and unlocking petro fuels production from the chains Biden has laid on.
But those dumb fucking "reporters" cannot bring themselves to state that clear fact, and write stupid words like "despite."
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (KiBMU)
You either need to vehemently oppose it or be a strong vociferous defender of it, even though it has nothing to do with you and is none of your business.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (IqKUv)
This guy gets it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (bss/y)
If she's his Yoko Ono and he doesn't have a problem with it why should I.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:35 AM (VofaG)
It’s his money to do whatever with, that is between him and his family. It’s just an interesting, slow motion, public train wreck at the moment.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (1m82a)
This would be tough to reform...but I think starting with limiting how many boards someone can be on to one and allowing people with shares in 401ks to vote those shares instead of the holding companies...
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (t0Rmr)
Or open CEOs who get golden parachute after failing to deliver a good performance to legal action to reclaim said golden parachute in the name of shareholders.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (aTimx)
In that case I strongly support having a 24 year old hottie managing my finances and naughty bits.
Bellichek though? Do not give a shit.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:41 AM (t0Rmr)
Station Wagons are a casualty of CAFE like minitrucks. They got too bad gas mileage and that brought down the entire car line's average. Lift CAFE standards and suddenly these old classics people love become feasible again.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (2VST1)
Or, if you're my wife, those huge packages of paper towel rolls, 30-packs of toilet paper, and so on.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)
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Does your wife buy the paper towel and TP at Office Depot or Costco? I noticed I could probably save a good bit of money buying megapacks of brand name paper towels at Office Depot.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (3sj2H)
I don't get concerts of this size. Most ticketholders may as well be at home watching it on TV.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (UGyV5)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (P/Wjn)
In that case I strongly support having a 24 year old hottie managing my finances and naughty bits.
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I bet everyone is supposed to act shocked and surprised that he didn't seek out an accomplished, wealthy older woman with advanced degrees and accumulated wealth from 30 years of business and corporate experience to be his mate.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (yZCmg)
Posted by: rhomboid
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I would say the poor sobs owning Ford stock, their workers, and the idiot states that sprayed taxpayer money on EV plants are the hardest hit.
A taxpayer and his money are soon parted by corrupt politicians.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (UGyV5)
Just don't try to mosh with the dog.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (yvnLa)
All EVs have gigantic torque and are quick off the line, even in reverse. That's one of their big benefits.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (2VST1)
NYT, David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, has died.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (NFX2v)
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because reality shows are fake and gay.
Whatever number the claim they want at the beginning is just because that's close to what they got at the end and they just edit that in like it was the goal at the beginning.
Except for the time those dufusses went to South America. Dang but did they get embarrassed.
No editing was gonna save that shitshow.
Oh and the time they went to CO.
Those idiots launched the show but their refusal to learn anything is why I quit watching.
Parker and the Dutchman know what they doing.
Dutchman had one of my favorite sayings, (after chiseling Parker on a deal, lol):
Some lessons cost money, good lessons cost lots.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (sMW+k)
Maybe when it becomes painfully obvious that the FedGov isn't coming to bail your ass out this time.
Posted by: Grapefruit LaCroix at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (Wu4HK)
NYT, David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, has died.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (NFX2v)
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Again?!
How many times can one man die in a morning?
/sarc
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (GBKbO)
Has anyone else? I'd love to hear the thought process for such a vote
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (t0Rmr)
I believe it's been scientifically documented to be:
"I'm fucking dumber than my pets, and I only have hamsters."
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (vmkyp)
Yeah they have a tiny square bed so you can pretend you have a pickup but can barely put a bicycle in it. Its just big enough to put groceries out in the wind and rain, but not big enough to be valuable for hauling anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (2VST1)
This is yet another "make people buy things at the point of a gun" moment. Sec Trans Duffy may be doing something about this, it is probably something required under USSC decision of Loper-Bright, but it hasn't been fixed yet.
I am very sore today, and I apologize in advance for being a prick.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:28 AM (D7oie)
A classic example of DC being jealous of Detroit, and wanting to get in the car business by telling the Big Three how to make cars and what cars they are allowed to sell. Because as we all know, DC knows best, better than even the market.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (aTimx)
NYT, David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, has died.
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Did Vance pay him a visit?
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (pZ64F)
Rep. Eric Swalwell@RepSwalwell
No one is above the law.
No one is above the law.
No one is above the law.
No one is above the law.
Rep. Eric Swalwell@RepSwalwell
Get ready.
We must LOUDLY protest this [the Tish "Fat Fanny" James prosecution]. Trump is corruptly going after his enemies. If we are silent, democracy dies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (L/fGl)
To this day I haven't seen interviews with vote splitters that voted for Trump and a leftwing lunatic for senate that was just going to hamstring him.
__________
They're standing there next to the Blemmyes and Cynocephali.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 11:46 AM (QnmlO)
‘ I contend it was to control the public's ability to freely move about.’
There’s just so much stupidity AND evil intent among the powers that be, I could see either (or both) as the reason they pushed EVs
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:46 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (yZCmg)
I really don’t care; in fact Belichick always rubbed me the wrong way.
I totally understand the attraction to a “hot” 20-something… but I don’t understand a willingness to lose one’s dignity. The older I get the more I value my dignity beyond pretty much anything else… I don’t believe I’d trade my dignity for even a young hottie
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:46 AM (P/Wjn)
NYT, David H. Souter, Republican Justice Who Allied With Court’s Liberal Wing, has died.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (NFX2v)
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Again?!
How many times can one man die in a morning?
/sarc
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (GBKbO)
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He wakes up to "I got you babe" playing on the radio after each death.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:46 AM (3sj2H)
Get ready.
We must LOUDLY protest this [the Tish "Fat Fanny" James prosecution]. Trump is corruptly going after his enemies. If we are silent, democracy dies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (L/fGl)
You're next bitch
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (VofaG)
I bet everyone is supposed to act shocked and surprised that he didn't seek out an accomplished, wealthy older woman with advanced degrees and accumulated wealth from 30 years of business and corporate experience to be his mate.
There is an episode of two and a half men where John Cryer's character - a divorced 40 year old starts a relationship with a 20ish year old woman. His ex-wife finds out and asks him if he is proud of himself and his answer is....YES YES I AM
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (t0Rmr)
Station Wagons are a casualty of CAFE like minitrucks. They got too bad gas mileage and that brought down the entire car line's average. Lift CAFE standards and suddenly these old classics people love become feasible again.
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That's the hilarious part.
The federal government created SUVs by CAFE standards killing off station wagons.
Then, during Obama, they made SUVs and trucks absolutely huge by not understanding what they were doing with the "footprint" MPG model. There are interviews with Obama's minions where they openly admit not knowing what they were doing and making vehicles larger and less efficient overall, too.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (yZCmg)
https://x.com/NationalAware/status/1920670020532670913
What absolute cowards. From birth they are raised to hate white people. They're raising armies and this will escalate.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (73voq)
Do they really want the clock turned back to 1960?? Do they? Sooner or later, for better or worse, someone is going to get tired of their shit. *note to self....take BP meds*
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (5xuJ/)
The guy was clutch.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (IqKUv)
Now that the federal teat is drying up for asinine leftist projects like this, I suspect that will begin to happen. This stuff was all subsidized and could survive on tax dollars, but when that goes away? Its why companies like Master Card have stopped backing queer events and parades, because the business benefits are ending.
They all knew this stuff enrages their customers to please 5% of the population, but it got them access to low interest loans and grants from the fed and from fed-adjacent organizations. So it was worth it to them. When that dries up, its not any longer.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (2VST1)
I bet everyone is supposed to act shocked and surprised that he didn't seek out an accomplished, wealthy older woman with advanced degrees and accumulated wealth from 30 years of business and corporate experience to be his mate.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (yZCmg)
He had one of those. I guess she aged out. Now he has an ex cheerleader with a business or marketing degree, don’t really remember, who thinks she knows it all and launched her own business with his money, I mean good for her, but it is truly funny. “A diverse portfolio of cosmetics, real estate, marketing, business coaching and consulting…” and 50 other unrelated things.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (vmkyp)
Has anyone else? I'd love to hear the thought process for such a vote
Posted by: 18-1
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Bad sampling--they have to ask the ballots what they think--not people on the street.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (ctrM5)
From the Federal Register - incomplete
The final rule establishes standards that would require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 50.4 miles per gallon (mpg) in MY 2031 for passenger cars and light trucks, and an industry fleet-wide average for HDPUVs of roughly 2.851 gallons per 100 miles in MY 2035. The final CAFE standards increase at a rate of 2 percent per year for passenger cars in MYs 2027-31 and 2 percent per year for light trucks in model years 2029-31. The final HDPUV fuel efficiency standards increase at a rate of 10 percent per year in MYs 2030-2032 and 8 percent per year in MYs 2033-2035.
under this penalty for non-compliance:
the current civil penalty rate applicable to 49 U.S.C. 32912(b) of $5.50 per tenth of a mile per gallon for automobile manufacturers that do not meet applicable CAFE standards and are unable to offset such a deficit with compliance credits
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:49 AM (D7oie)
The guy was clutch.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (IqKUv)
Uh…. I’m standing right here…
Posted by: Bruce Sutter Cubs and Cardinals closer at May 09, 2025 11:49 AM (P/Wjn)
Got stopped by an Ohio state highway patrolman near Columbus, eastbound near Columbus, for, essentially, driving with Colorado plates. The guy pretended I lane-changed back too quick in front of a semi after passing him, I said oh really, show me the dashcam. He thought I was hauling dope, CO being a dope state.
After I asked about the dashcam he tried the I'm your new friend schtick, asking me where I was going and why, and hey, whatcha got inside. I said none of your business and need to be on my way.
The dumb fuck then said OK be careful. Asshole.
Posted by: Mr Gaga at May 09, 2025 11:49 AM (KiBMU)
I bet everyone is supposed to act shocked and surprised that he didn't seek out an accomplished, wealthy older woman with advanced degrees and accumulated wealth from 30 years of business and corporate experience to be his mate.
There is an episode of two and a half men where John Cryer's character - a divorced 40 year old starts a relationship with a 20ish year old woman. His ex-wife finds out and asks him if he is proud of himself and his answer is....YES YES I AM
Posted by: 18-1
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Men and women think differently because people are not widgets.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:50 AM (ctrM5)
It’s way more than 5% of the population.
I’m not sure the Federal teat is drying up. GOPe can’t even defund Planned Parenthood and wants to keep Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act spending.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 11:50 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:50 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:39 AM (D7oie)
Did they mention how awesome it would be if the battery was breached and the fire department hosed it down?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
I'd trade an awful lot of dignity to get a 23 year old Phoebe Cates as a girlfriend. Even if I knew for sure she was just after my money. At least for a little while.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (2VST1)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (D7oie)
We have been considering moving the driveway. Not practical.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (yvnLa)
Uh…. I’m standing right here…
Posted by: Bruce Sutter Cubs and Cardinals closer at May 09, 2025 11:49 AM (P/Wjn)
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You a zombie or ghost?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (3sj2H)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:40 AM (VofaG)
And if a sodium battery bank catches fire out in the desert, oh, well.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (WUoYt)
He had one of those. I guess she aged out. Now he has an ex cheerleader with a business or marketing degree, don’t really remember, who thinks she knows it all and launched her own business with his money, I mean good for her, but it is truly funny. “A diverse portfolio of cosmetics, real estate, marketing, business coaching and consulting…” and 50 other unrelated things.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:48 AM (pZEOD)
You do have to watch an elder abuse situation. He may no longer be competent or he may be a victim of abuse, and golddiggers should not benefit at the expense of the victim and his family...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (tOcjL)
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Not much dignity in shitting yourself on a regular basis.
Getting up 5 times a night to piss.
Choking down a handful of pills with a glass of fiber or vitamin supplement daily.
Spending the day stuck in front of the boobtube 'cause your joints hurt.
The wonders of old age.
A young hottie might soften that.
Money too.
Mostly money.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (sMW+k)
I test drove the Ridgeline and liked it okay, but it does drive like a truck, so not for me. I'm that guy who would mostly use it to bring home plants from the nursery, with the occasional load of mulch.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Remove CAFE standards. Period. This isn't 1972.
If someone wants to 6 mpg, let them have it.
Talk about making the gas tax up on volume.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (y6oPX)
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I don't think the CIA would allow that.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:50 AM (ctrM5)
This is what I'm always saying!!
Posted by: Robert Reich at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (gt60b)
The dumb fuck then said OK be careful. Asshole.
Posted by: Mr Gaga
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They go to training seminars about how to violate your rights. Kansas State Police just got busted about systematic manipulations in traffic stops such are artificially prolonging stops, dog searches, etc. to violate 4th amendment rights.
Time for asset forfeiture laws without a conviction in court to go bye bye. And the money must go to the general fund, not to the cops.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 11:38 AM (Q4IgG)
TP doesn't expire. A buck saved buying in bulk is a buck which can be spent on a large glass of sugar masquerading as coffee.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (NFX2v)
*Ranchero & El Camino have entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (yZCmg)
Yep.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 11:54 AM (UGyV5)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:54 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: 18-1
When I found myself single again after the passing of my wife, I dated all over the age continuum. 8 to 80 - blind, crippled or crazy (as it were).
If you want an interesting dining experience take a 15 year younger woman to a restaurant. Some of the other ladies there will put on quite a show.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 11:54 AM (cYBz/)
Yeah they have a tiny square bed so you can pretend you have a pickup but can barely put a bicycle in it. Its just big enough to put groceries out in the wind and rain, but not big enough to be valuable for hauling anything.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Boy spawn hauls 4x8 sheets of plywood in his Maverick. It's not the size of the bed, it's how well you secure the cargo.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:54 AM (2J/Lj)
I'd trade an awful lot of dignity to get a 23 year old Phoebe Cates as a girlfriend. Even if I knew for sure she was just after my money. At least for a little while.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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It is not dignity that most old guys trade--it is money.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:54 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (a4flb)
If you want an interesting dining experience take a 15 year younger woman to a restaurant. Some of the other ladies there will put on quite a show.
Posted by: Tonypete
Half less seven.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Mohammed at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (l3YAf)
‘Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?’
She really did a job on him.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (jbnUc)
*Ranchero & El Camino have entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (y6oPX)
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No! You can't barrow my damn truck.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: tubal at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (PCK5/)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (3sj2H)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
THAT is NOT a mustang. It is a worse switcheroo than when they brought back the GTO name.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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To date, I have only seen one. A pair of yuppies dismarking from it after parking. I asked myself, 'WTF were you thinking?' Some sort of odd ego thing at work there.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (XeU6L)
‘Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?’
She really did a job on him.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (jbnUc)
Does he have any Family ? They should stage an intervention...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (VE6XX)
The guy was clutch.
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:47 AM (IqKUv)
Uh…. I’m standing right here…
Posted by: Bruce Sutter Cubs and Cardinals closer at May 09, 2025 11:49 AM (P/Wjn)
Wait. That was Bruce Sutter, wasn't it.
Was David Souter the guy that played for the Islanders then?
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (IqKUv)
Getting up 5 times a night to piss.
Choking down a handful of pills with a glass of fiber or vitamin supplement daily.
Spending the day stuck in front of the boobtube 'cause your joints hurt.
The wonders of old age.
A young hottie might soften that.
Money too.
Mostly money.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (sMW+k)
No… all those things happen in private. Important distinction. Dignity is maintained in public…. No one is dignified in private sitting in the can scratching their balls. Belichick is making himself a public spectacle…. If he wanted to light it up with her in private more power to him
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (WnEm5)
Posted by: AndrewsDad at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (WX3pP)
Posted by: Tonypete
When the waiter asks what your daughter would like, you've went too young.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:57 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (UGyV5)
It's about being part of the group experience.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 11:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 11:57 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Nova Local at May
He seems pretty competent, he is coaching at UNC, just wrote a book, he is no Biden. I think he is just a little blind right now to the situation, I don’t think he predicted the backlash to her. It really is between his family and him, I imagine that is a delicate situation in and of itself.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:57 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: ShainS at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (gdH0L)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (1m82a)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
Makes for a great Date Night vehicle if one simply adds Astroturf to the bed.
Posted by: BillClinton at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:37 AM (Vnr1
A lot of 'suvs' seem to fill the niche people want of having station wagons without being a station wagon.
First car was a IH Scout Travelor.
Title said "station wagon"
*lights a candle for the Dodge Magnum*
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (zhin0)
Getting up 5 times a night to piss.
Choking down a handful of pills with a glass of fiber or vitamin supplement daily.
Spending the day stuck in front of the boobtube 'cause your joints hurt.
The wonders of old age.
A young hottie might soften that.
Money too.
Mostly money.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (sMW+k)
No… all those things happen in private. Important distinction. Dignity is maintained in public…. No one is dignified in private sitting in the can scratching their balls. Belichick is making himself a public spectacle…. If he wanted to light it up with her in private more power to him
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (WnEm5)
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What good is a trophy girlfriend if you can't show her off? amirite
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (3sj2H)
‘Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?’
She really did a job on him.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (jbnUc)
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She was a shark long before the Belichick opportunity came along.
Posted by: WisRich at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (G0vdT)
‘Belichick’s 24 year old girlfriend and now CEO of Belichick Enterprises. Also, new owner of an $8M real estate portfolio. Wonder how that happened?’
She really did a job on him.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 11:55 AM (jbnUc)
Does he have any Family ? They should stage an intervention...
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 11:56 AM (VE6XX)
Yes, someone should save him from the peril. Naughty Zoot!
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (KbCG3)
If he asks if she'd like a kiddie menu, you're Joe Biden.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (s8j++)
William Clay Ford was a drunk but Henry the Deuce was able to keep him involved at Lincoln with body design. He did manage to steal his wife's checkbook and buy the Lions, making it the next to least valuable franchise in the NFL.
Young Billy continued that mismanagement until the family kicked him out of that assignment, his next inspiration was to ruin Greenfield Village by sticking an ultramodern headquarters to hover over it's old town recreation vibe in Dearborn.
They just completed renovation of the Michigan Central Train station, a beautiful building with small prospects of residency.
The stupid with this guy goes on and on.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (j4U/Z)
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Very few people on the right hate them. The criticism of something that isn't a car and isn't useful for the vast majority of people as a car is not hatred.
If any hate exists it's for the government mandates requiring the selling and purchasing of EVs. CARB and the states that signed onto CARB agreements and what not.
But people can buy a Tesla the same way they can buy a truck.
You know, it would be interesting to know how many EV owners criticize truck owners for never towing anything...
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (yZCmg)
Yeah, a 2027 Chevy Bel Aire that LOOKS LIKE A 1957!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Tonypete
When the waiter asks what your daughter would like, you've went too young.
Posted by: rickb223 at May
Js dad, who isn’t doing well, bless him, is married to someone 10 years younger than us- not him, us. I think that huge age gap has become very, very real now that he isn’t doing well and requires assisted living care.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (pZEOD)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 11:53 AM (ExV1e)
A lot of stores have gotten wise and the per-unit price for buying in bulk is higher. Always best to compare. Sometimes it’s the middle size that’s the cheapest per-unit.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 11:59 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:45 AM (aTimx)
CAFE standards were set up to paper over the fact that Johnson and Nixon screwed up the Bretton Woods agreement and screwed up the international settling of debts and Nixon made it worse by instituting price and wage controls. OPEC didn't like being paid in trash papers and promises and pulled our chain hard, and got the agreement on how they would get paid.
But no one could admit that, so we got "peak oil" and CAFE standards.
It is a grift that has been a pretext to steal and control for 50 years.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (D7oie)
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Well, he is coaching for the Tarheels.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (pZ64F)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (XeU6L)
I think they are overrated, but not particularly hated. Most of the EV attacks here aren't based on spite toward the technology but toward the attitudes and hype and government waste. Its people pushing this crap with lies and stupidity that annoy us, not the EV its self. Yeah they have their problems but its your money. We all buy stuff that others might not consider wise.
But the huge money from the feds being shoveled into the maw of the EV furnace and the laws and policies to promote this technology (especially at the expense of other possibilities), that's frustrating and annoying.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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A lot of really wealthy guys get pissed off at their putative heirs drooling over what they might inherit. Not surprising that some go YOLO because after all, they earned it. Some don't and some do.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (ctrM5)
Fricking sweet looking.
I would 100% take that over a Tesla if I was in the market for a town runner.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:58 AM (VofaG)
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For him marrying Anna Nicole Smith (RIP) must have been like marrying a bouncy castle.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 12:00 PM (3sj2H)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:51 AM (2J/Lj)
Consider mounting some convex mirrors on posts at the entrance to your driveway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (WUoYt)
As near as I can tell, he does not have children. That could be a factor in his thinking along with "she's hot".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
While I wouldn't data a young woman because I have some dignity, AFAIK playing the fool isn't a legal concept, so he can do what he wants. I suspect there are a lot of Belichick spawn who are nervously watching their inheritance, though.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (s8j++)
How many times can one man die in a morning?
/sarc
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 11:44 AM (GBKbO)
During John McCain’s Funeral, no less!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (l3YAf)
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Maff is hard.
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (pZ64F)
But no one could admit that, so we got "peak oil" and CAFE standards.
It is a grift that has been a pretext to steal and control for 50 years.
Posted by: Kindltot
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To be fair, there was the whole 1973 Arab-Israeli war and subsequent Arab oil embargo.
It wasn't all Bretton Woods.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (ctrM5)
If he asks if she'd like a kiddie menu, you're Joe Biden.
Posted by: Archimedes
Seriously. I mean, I'm 62. If I'm sitting with a 22 yr old, I can't get too pissed if he asks what my daughter or granddaughter would like.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (s8j++)
I call them "Fridgelines", because they look like an appliance.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (WUoYt)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (YSM/8)
That is my dream company. A business that builds modern "restomod" type cars with old car body designs. Especially from dead companies like Studebaker, Pierce-Arrow, Tucker, Hudson, etc. But with modern ride, features, engines, etc. They'd be hella expensive, but so sweet looking.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (2VST1)
I mean, it worked for Meghan Markle.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (ExV1e)
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I'll have a '69 Z-28, thank you.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (XeU6L)
Bingo.
Would Tesla have survived without subsidies until they became first-mover in a small niche market? Don't almost half their "revenues" today still come from selling "carbon credits"?
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (1m82a)
If he asks if she'd like a kiddie menu, you're Joe Biden.
Posted by: Archimedes
you wink and reply 'me'
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (VofaG)
We have been considering moving the driveway. Not practical.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench)
Wow! You live on the "farm" in the Art Thread?
Posted by: Rockin' Mel Slurp at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (G5+As)
Trophy wife brags to her friends that it will be easy to handle him and get an inheritance.
On the wedding night, old man walks into the bedroom wearing earplugs, nose plugs, and a condom.
Trophy wife asks what he's doing.
Old man says "I really hate the sound of screaming and the smell of burning rubber."
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (Oq5OE)
Group of black militants decide to confront white families at a playground, screaming epithets.
https://x.com/NationalAware/status/1920670020532670913
What absolute cowards. From birth they are raised to hate white people. They're raising armies and this will escalate.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 09, 2025 11:08 AM (73voq)
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Roarke's Drift, part II.
They're bragging about 200 deranged natives intimidating a couple of white families with young children. I guess when that's all you have to brag about ...
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 12:03 PM (YqDXo)
I thnk it depends on the age range. If you're 87 and she's 22, thats pretty undignified and silly looking. If you're 50 and she's 25 that's less so.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:04 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:04 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 12:04 PM (Oq5OE)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:04 PM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (NVNRw)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
He has 3 children.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (pZEOD)
Money too.
Mostly money.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 11:52 AM (sMW+k)
As the saying goes, "Money can't buy love... but it can rent it."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
If she's talking, you're doing it wrong.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (y6oPX)
I hate them and all EVs because the ultimate goal is to force me to have one or worse to force me onto public transportation.
The basic style of governance in America is: all that is not forbidden is compulsory. The idea that I'll be presented with a live-and-let-live choice in which each consumer makes his own choices is a farce.
They want to take away gas stoves. And are obsessed with how much water my toilet and shower are using. Everything is a slippery slope.
So I have to oppose everything. Because if I don't these expensive toys will be the only choice.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (UGyV5)
Elon would still be playing with tinker toys and erector sets without subsidies. He built his entire empire on government money.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (2VST1)
Booster seat.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (YSM/
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Basket of chicken fingers and a cola.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (3sj2H)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (y6oPX)
I just kind of hate the presumptuousness of it in general. That yucky ingratiating thing where they act like they're personally connected to this group they've never met just because they're in some service relationship temporarily, like they've been my friend for ever and ever...
What's so hard about ".. and for you?" with a nice polite little up-talk at the end so you don't sound too demanding? No relationship assumptions, no dreaded gender or pronoun assumptions, just do your job. A smile and a polite tone is all you need, man. Relax.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:05 PM (2VST1)
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His empire is built on Paypal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
Shitty, low-quality vehicles with bad panel gaps, pushed by hippies and commies, and subsidized with money stolen from my pocket.
The company wouldn’t exist without massive government intervention. They’re a fake solution for a fake and gay problem.
I favor a $10k /year tax for every EV, to claw back what was stolen from the rest of us.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (l3YAf)
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This guy gets it.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 12:01 PM (77rzZ)
It’s not. But… what Belichick is doing is undignified. He was (and is) the GOAT coach, yet now even longtime players are looking at him saying WTF?!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (5MZNC)
So, Bill could coach...and be becoming incompetent elsewhere...
See the old actors who start abusing young actresses out of character - they are starting down the dementia road, losing control of inhibitions 1st...
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (tOcjL)
Booster seat.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (YSM/
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I was attending a scientific conference when I had a breakfast with a younger female direct report. She ordered chocolate milk. The waiter gave me a side look.
"Hey, we're both married, but NOT to each other."
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (YqDXo)
So while 2/3rds of our valued employees can go start new lives as Door Dash drivers or whatever, I have to face the other global multinational CEOs at our clubs and feel their fake pity.
Posted by: Ford CEO Jim Farley at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (Aqu9a)
I thnk it depends on the age range. If you're 87 and she's 22, thats pretty undignified and silly looking. If you're 50 and she's 25 that's less so.
I think it's that you're announcing to the world that you are dating a prostitute. Young women don't look at wrinkled oldsters and think "hawt". They think "cha-ching".
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 12:07 PM (1m82a)
Whoops! Whoopsies!
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:07 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (gt60b)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Exactly! And with people paying $80k+ for an off the rack pickup, people would pay for a classic with current features.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (y6oPX)
It’s not. But… what Belichick is doing is undignified. He was (and is) the GOAT coach, yet now even longtime players are looking at him saying WTF?!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at
She is stopping interviews, telling people they can’t have access to him unless they go through her, they must respect her, etc. It’s more than dating. She seems…special.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
That was a big initial source of money, but he’s the world’s richest man because of Obama and Biden’s faggy climate change handouts. Who knows where he’d be without that?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (l3YAf)
She is stopping interviews, telling people they can’t have access to him unless they go through her, they must respect her, etc. It’s more than dating. She seems…special.
Posted by: Piper at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (pZEOD)
The word is...abusive.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:09 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (2VST1)
There are custom shops that do exactly that. They are called "restomods". Upwards of a hundred G's.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:09 PM (WUoYt)
Same for men. A 19 year old can vote but the average 19 year old today isn't mature enough to own a bicycle, let alone marriage.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:09 PM (2VST1)
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So far as I know Saban is still married to Ms. Terry.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 12:09 PM (yZCmg)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (GBKbO)
That was a big initial source of money, but he’s the world’s richest man because of Obama and Biden’s faggy climate change handouts. Who knows where he’d be without that?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:08 PM (l3YAf)
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If we want to extend the metaphor, I'd say that Paypal is the foundation, and then the government grants for things like SpaceX and Tesla (well, more like subsidies in the latter) are the house on top of it.
His empire was built on Paypal as the base.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
All women want resources from men.
A prostitute’s not someone you pay for sex, it’s someone you pay to leave afterwards.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (ExV1e)
I'm glad I'm about 200' away so when the inevitably EV fires happen, I at least have a fighting chance of protecting my property.
Posted by: Defenestratus at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (WYStd)
Nobody said they couldn't. But people will conclude it's a fiscal arrangement because that's almost always what it is. It's foolish to pretend otherwise.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (s8j++)
Yeah, but this would be different. This wouldn't take an existing car and work on it. This would be building from the ground up previous models brand new, customized for modern features, so you get the body, but purpose-built for modern tech. 6 figures, minimum but works of art.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 12:06 PM (5MZNC)
Meh. He's just some sort of sportsball personality. Who gives a shit?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (WUoYt)
We have marked spaces for "green" cars but I don't think they care anymore because I see SUVs and F250s parked there often. The "green" spaces don't bother me because we also have some really nice spots reserved for trucks and SUVs.
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 11:05 AM (hVVER)
The local National Guard armory here has two SOLAR charging stations next to the building entrance, with motorized solar arrays that track the sun.
Kind of an expensive way to label the best parking space "Company Commander Parking Only"
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 09, 2025 12:12 PM (y9nCu)
Q: Are sodium ion batteries coming soon?
A: Na...
Interesting. Cheaper (but larger and heavier) and they don't catch fire. Makes you wonder why Moss Landing didn't look into this. Big Lithium must have some sort of hold on industry.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (n9MHj)
Kia
EV6 -68% april - april, but -28% ytd
EV9 -85% april - april, but -29% ytd
which due to the small # sold is only a -1% drop to their overall ytd sales
Hyundai (fares probably the best)
ioniq 5 -8% april - april, but +14% ytd
inoiq 6 -12% april - april, but -10% ytd
which due to the small # sold is only a -0.4% drop to their overall ytd sales
Posted by: kerncon at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (kwice)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 12:10 PM (GBKbO)
Its more complicated than just that. Lot of mergers, buyouts , risking his fortune to date at the time to start Space X ( which was prior to Tesla), etc.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 12:13 PM (VofaG)
Half your age plus 5.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 12:04 PM (Oq5OE)
*does math*
Good news, Sydney Sweeney!
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (l3YAf)
Best selling SUV: Toyota RAV4 1.02 million
Best selling pickup: Ford F-Series 903k
Posted by: krennik
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Wait, did you move the goalposts to worldwide? Why would we care or discuss what communist China or socialist Euro countries are requiring their subjects to purchase?
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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No moving of goalposts. All of the above data is world-wide. You may not care about worldwide, but it is relevant to discussion.
I asked Grok:
what is the best selling car of any type in the world.
ans: Tesla Model Y
what is the best selling car of any type in China.
ans: Tesla Model Y (by a very tiny margin)
what is the best selling car of any type in the United States
ans: Toyota RAV4
My original point is that the media reporting of Tesla 's troubles are overwrought and wishful thinking.
Posted by: krennik at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (Mu170)
https://x.com/NationalAware/status/1920670020532670913
What absolute cowards. From birth they are raised to hate white people. They're raising armies and this will escalate.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
Who needs 30 round magazines?
Seven mags is baseload. Thank you.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (zhin0)
Are any of those players 72 years old, single, and wealthy?
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (n9MHj)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 09, 2025 12:11 PM (2VST1)
There are restomods built exactly like that. All new parts, body panels included. $$$$
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (WUoYt)
It's 2025, they think "cha-ching" about guys their own age too.
Posted by: Ian S. at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (2ocoG)
It wasn't all Bretton Woods.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 12:02 PM (ctrM5)
There is a theory that wars become inevitable when the international clearing of debt becomes threatened, it is one of those ultimate moves of trying to defer or default on payments. As a theory it is distrusted and the argument against it is that correlation is not causation, but there is some correlation.
1973 was a very strange year, it is almost one of those years where everything changed. I was seven and only noticed the gas lines and the fact that Mom was pissed because she couldn't get canning lids.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:16 PM (D7oie)
‘ She really did a job on him.
Does he have any Family ? They should stage an intervention...’
I don’t think Bill would want his family showing up while that was going on.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 09, 2025 12:18 PM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Unkaren at May 09, 2025 12:30 PM (16w5m)
Total EV sales this year are .7.5% of all new car sales in the USA 1st quarter
Up a bit from last year's first quarter of 7%
Total EVs sold 1st quarter 300000
Projected 2025 sales 1,4 million sold in USA
That will mean 10% of all light vehicles sold in USA will be EVs
EV sales are increasing steadily as a percent of vehicles sold
Also
Old people are continuing to die off.
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 09, 2025 12:57 PM (XVEWo)
Posted by: Reforger at May 09, 2025 11:21 AM (xcIvR)
They have an odd kind of brutal cool. It is also the tires and how they present from the side of the vehicle. It has a very... boy cool look.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 09, 2025 11:23 AM (bss/y)
It reminds me of the LandMaster vehicle from "Damnation Alley".
Posted by: The Osprey at May 09, 2025 01:00 PM (QAykW)
Whoever politically biased posts on cars go up
I always think back to all those doom forecasters who believed that when Obama loaned GM 38 billion and saved it, how do many Obama haters immediately had to begin screaming theat it was wasted money that GM would never pay it back
Anyone else recall that ?
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 09, 2025 01:01 PM (XVEWo)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 09, 2025 01:02 PM (XVEWo)
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 09, 2025 01:02 PM (XVEWo)
It seems like every third car here in the Phoenix metro is one o' them Tesslers now. When I go out to my dad's place in Western NC every third car is a Subaru. And there aren't that many lesbians there, except in Asheville.
Posted by: The Osprey at May 09, 2025 01:22 PM (QAykW)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at May 09, 2025 02:22 PM (frFr1)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 09, 2025 05:38 PM (wGqjj)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
American Farm
Joe Jones
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 09:31 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Kwak! at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (89Sog)
https://whitney.org › collection › works › 208
Date
1936
Classification
Paintings
Medium
Oil and tempera on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 29 13/16 × 39 15/16in. (75.7 × 101.4 cm)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 09:33 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:33 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (Q4IgG)
Also looks like the location of the schoolhouse my grandfather had to walk to.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (R256O)
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (rT96s)
I call this guns for art. As Big Govt uses guns to coerce money from people to pay other people to paint and draw.
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (dCxaZ)
That's what I'm thinking too.
Otherwise, it's just dumb
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Mr. Haney at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (dDmld)
https://whitney.org › collection › works › 208
Date
1936
Thought it had that commie vibe to it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (y6oPX)
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Posted by: Joe Jones at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (dg+HA)
https://tinyurl.com/4ps6uyv6
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Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:37 AM (cYBz/)
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Posted by: Art Maven at May 09, 2025 09:37 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (dCxaZ)
The point is one of two things...
1. It rains here... a lot.
2. American farmers are retarded.
Also, how has the outbuilding on the left not fallen over?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (GUvny)
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
Look - I was drunk and it was dark. How was I to know?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (Sf2cq)
Rocks, mostly, by the looks of things. Stones, pebbles, all sorts.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (Aqu9a)
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (Sf2cq)
Misery and discontent.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (R256O)
https://tinyurl.com/4ps6uyv6
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (dCxaZ)
Those make sense considering the predations Christians have faced from various sources over the centuries.
Pure survival instinct there.
This just look like Dr. Seuss smoked something new to him, and there's no cute senseless critter
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (FCbAQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (dDmld)
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (vmkyp)
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 09:34 AM (R256O)
I think you need something from Escher for that since it was uphill both ways.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (Sf2cq)
Misery and discontent.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (R256O)
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So...it's Swedish?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: George Costanza at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Emmie at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (Sf2cq)
Snipers. With a vantage point like that, what else would you grow?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (ExV1e)
Maybe he's a dirt farmer. He has shipped a LOT of dirt from that plain he used to live on.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (GUvny)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (g47mK)
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Soviet Realism
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:38 AM (g47mK)
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Soviet Realism
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (dDmld)
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Not very realistic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM
A homegrown commie who worked for FDR's WPA.
Posted by: huerfano at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (n2swS)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (BI5O2)
Help me find my keys and we'll drive out of here.
Posted by: Just the punchline at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (dg+HA)
“ Depicting a stripped wheat field amid a barren landscape, Joe Jones’s American Farm dramatizes the disastrous effect of the Great Depression on the nation’s heartland and champions the resiliency of its farmers. The painting is one of a group produced under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration, which employed artists on government projects during the Depression; Jones was commissioned to record drought conditions on American farms. Although the land pictured in American Farm is gouged by soil erosion, Jones did not intend this painting to be an accurate historical record. Instead, Jones cast the Midwestern farmer in the role of Noah, with the farm perched like the ark atop Mount Ararat after the Flood. The barn and windmill, overlooking a ravaged landscape, have survived disaster, while the sun, barely peeking through gloomy clouds, hints at a continued faith in the endurance of American farm life.”
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
People seem to have an unquenchable desire to keep buying crap, so it might be profitable.
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (FZn/N)
Posted by: Munch A Bunch at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Jar Jar Binks at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Kwak!
Those amber waves of grain will fuck you up, son!
Posted by: American Farmers at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (GNjcL)
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
Since the American people have been buying a load of crap from politicians for decades, I'd say it's quite the lucrative commodity.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (FCbAQ)
No wonder why the animals left.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 09:44 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:44 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Munch A Bunch at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM
Some say Canadians are the best of all.
Posted by: Peter North, proud Canadian and irregular AoSHQ commenter at May 09, 2025 09:44 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Highlights for Children at May 09, 2025 09:45 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:45 AM (FZn/N)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:45 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 09:45 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: red speck at May 09, 2025 09:45 AM (0Id0S)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 09:46 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:47 AM (vmkyp)
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Yesterday’s Labyrinth was creepy and disturbing. But there was a cohesiveness to it.
This one could be beautiful if it made sense. It obviously isn’t a farm, in any literal definition. So, is the artist condemning the farmer or the country?
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:47 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Farmer in the House at May 09, 2025 09:47 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:47 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:48 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025
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Dust Bowl events of the 1930s? Devastation everywhere?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: dantesed
There’s a functioning trebuchet at the bottom of the hill.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Art History major at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Troofer at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (ASvvW)
So much for my interpretation skills.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
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Mom from Futurama built an entire industry on it...("dark matter" fuel is harvested from Nibblonian droppings)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (UBKzV)
Posted by: Amos McCoy, Now From Californy at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Sniper at May 09, 2025 09:51 AM (9JZPQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:51 AM (dDmld)
Seems to me the problem here is not drought but a massive rain/flood that took away all the fields.
Posted by: Ripley at May 09, 2025 09:51 AM (GUOwU)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (77rzZ)
Wikipedia cites the following many times in his bio:
Hemingway, Andrew (2002). Artists on the Left: American Artists and the Communist Movement, 1926-1956.
Can't find him on wikiart, though.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (GUvny)
Posted by: Amos McCoy, Now From Californy at May 09, 2025
***
Your ancestor Stumpy from Rio Bravo wouldn't have put up with this for a second! Nossir!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (omVj0)
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. Living there, I'd hate to have to walk down to the mailbox every day.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (W/lyH)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (77rzZ)
People seem to have an unquenchable desire to keep buying crap, so it might be profitable.
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (FZn/N)
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Many fortunes have been built on harvesting other peoples' waste...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: The Sniper at May 09, 2025 09:51 AM
Focus on fundamentals, and you'll be fine.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Didn't Like It There, Either at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: Yo mama at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (3yhuy)
It's pointing out that global warming is destroying the earth. Can you not see the erosion? Duh.
I don't care if this was painted in 1936. The artist was clearly a visionary.
Posted by: Pope Francis at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Earl and Lester at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (vmkyp)
you sure he wasn't multitasking?
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:54 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Didn't Like It There, Either at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM
Perhaps French ennui is beginning to creep in?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 09:54 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Cicero
Muldoon is our Puntifex Maximus.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Didn't Like It There, Either at May 09, 2025 09:53 AM
Perhaps French ennui is beginning to creep in?
Dammit, where's my beret?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 09:55 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Highlights for Children
If you were talking prog rock album covers I'm your man.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:55 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:55 AM (NVNRw)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:55 AM (vmkyp)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 09:56 AM (HOX+I)
So much for my interpretation skills.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (UarWD)
I think this is how they elected the Pope character in The Grapes of Wrath tho'
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:56 AM (dCxaZ)
The rise toward the center of the painting looks like a brontosaurus lying down. Too many legs, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 09:56 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: It's me donna at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (VE6XX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (WPL6O)
Posted by: Patches, Dependin' On You, Son at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: A Man from Nantucket at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (dDmld)
I read some of his work earlier in life but now I might get more out of it
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (OUMaO)
"I have never seen a farm and don't know how the world works."
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 09:58 AM (uREkD)
American Farm?!?
Did this guy ever even SEE an America farm?
I live on a farm in Indiana. The house is on a hill that has a gentle slope to the south and to the east. That's where the field is. Also a field across the road to the north where it is a bit of a plateau that further north slopes gently to the north. This is the kind of hill that works for farming.
Whatever the fuck that is in the painting, is NOT a farm. Unless that hilltop is over 100 acres, it's useless for farming. The fact that there is no easy access to the top also makes it useless for farming. No one, not even Hubbymayhem, would want to try to drive a big rig grain truck up that hill! So even if there's room for fields.... It's useless.
That. Is. Not. A. Farm.
Verdict: painting is nice but the title is a big fat LIE!!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 09:58 AM (2J/Lj)
Right? A few thousand emaciated corpses lying about would lend the painting a great deal of authenticity.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 09:58 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: Diogenes
The other side of the mountain has a giant slide built into it. Problem solved.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:58 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 09:59 AM (UnA8+)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at May 09, 2025 09:59 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Charles Martel at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (smrxK)
That. Is. Not. A. Farm.
You don't understand. He's saying if the farm was collectivized, the ground would flatten, the sun would shine, and the fields would be full of corpulent, happy peasants.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (Oy/m2)
I admire the curve of the wrinkly brown land form, reminiscent of the NIKE swoosh
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Sock Monkey * poorly trained emotional support moron at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (Uzn0I)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (7fElN)
I suspect this is his view of what was left of an American farm after the capitalists destroyed it.
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (FZn/N)
I read some of his work earlier in life but now I might get more out of it
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025
***
I'm no fan of Grapes of Wrath, but his novelette "Of Mice and Men" and the novel East of Eden are both fantastic. As are Cannery Row and its sequel Sweet Thursday. There's also the short novel The Moon Is Down (which is about the Nazi occupation of Norway).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (s8j++)
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I feel like the intended metaphor would work better if the farm was at the bottom of some kind of sink hole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 09:58 AM
Sez the woman who' seen some things that a woman ain't s'posed to see.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: LASue at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (lCppi)
Of all the types of human beings, only the artist takes it upon themselves that they cannot work.
Posted by: Zombie George Orwell at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (imQ+3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:57 AM (7fElN)
I suspect this is his view of what was left of an American farm after the capitalists destroyed it.
What's even more amazing than the fact that people used to think like that is that many still do.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:02 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM (Oy/m2)
Mudskippers are sort of aquatic.
....
That's all i got
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 10:02 AM (yvnLa)
What's even more amazing than the fact that people used to think like that is that many still do.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:02 AM (s8j++)
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We only are able to feed ourselves because Cuba and North Korea send us all of their excess grain for humanitarian reasons.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:02 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:03 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at May 09, 2025 10:03 AM (V6W16)
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 10:00 AM
No love for mudsharks and The Edgewater Inn?
Posted by: Led Zeppelin at May 09, 2025 10:04 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (omVj0)
I read Cannery Row, that will be one of my re-dos.
East of Eden sounds like a challenge, but I may just go for it. The iconic James Dean character "resignates" in my mind.
Of Mice and Men has been memed so much, I don't know if I'll be able to appreciate it.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:05 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living at May 09, 2025 10:05 AM (wa0T/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:05 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:05 AM (dCxaZ)
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I only remember that the book ends on a weirdly melodramatic note. I remember almost nothing else about the book.
"TIMSHEL!!!!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: dantesed
They still have fish in the desert. There are some monster ones in the Gilla River.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Munch A Bunch
I need to get my brain out of the gutter. I read that as Scandi Art Nutists.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (MsrgL)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Muh Gilla gorillas?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 10:07 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 10:07 AM (CTj1y)
There once was a farm on a hill
with soil too shitty to till
that's as far as I got
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:01 AM (AOsQT
Let me help
There once was a farm on a hill
with soil too shitty to till
With no pigs left to slaughter
He turned to his daughter
And said it's time to get you on the pill
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 10:07 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Boss Moss
The world according to Grok:
Born: April 7, 1909, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Family Background: The youngest of five children, Jones was born to a Welsh immigrant father, a one-armed house painter, and a German-American mother. His family lived on the edge of a slum neighborhood in St. Louis.
Education: Largely self-taught as an artist, Jones quit school at age 15 to work as a house painter alongside his father, following a brief stint in a Missouri reformatory at age 10 for graffiti-related offenses. His early exposure to manual labor shaped his identity as a “worker-artist.”
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Didn't Like It There, Either
That or he'll give us a visit from the Ottoman Empire. Staffed exclusively by nekkid fat fucks.
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (MsrgL)
No need to grouse about it! Owl try one. . . oh wait, fish?
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: America at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (0sNs1)
Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a bill to remove the unconstitutional $200 tax and federal registry requirement for suppressors. A bill that should’ve flown through a Republican-led House like a suppressed round through a paper target. But guess what? Republicans helped kill it.
I break down why this bill matters, what Clyde actually said, and why the $200 suppressor tax is more than just a number—it's a paywall on your rights. Suppressors don’t turn people into assassins. They protect hearing. They save lives. And in most countries with more gun control than we have? Suppressors are encouraged for public safety. So why are our own so-called “pro-gun” lawmakers blocking it? Because for some of them, the Second Amendment stops at duck hunting.
And if it’s not wood-stocked and bolt-action, they want nothing to do with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (CTj1y)
Posted by: dantesed
They still have fish in the desert. There are some monster ones in the Gilla River.
Posted by: Bulg
That farm is perched atop a mountain.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2025 10:09 AM (lJ0H4)
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That's tragic.
*sob*
Posted by: Michelle Fields at May 09, 2025 10:09 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:09 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Lizzy
From heron out, no more bird puns.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The guy that moves pianos for a living
The hill is fake. It's hollow.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:10 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Corinthian Leather upholstery at May 09, 2025 10:10 AM (0sNs1)
His one legged uncle ran ass kicking contests.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (y6oPX)
The Gripes of Wrath - a limerick
There once was an Okie named Bogosian
Who tried to till the Land of the Chosen
But the wind just wouldn't stop
Destroying each and every crop
Never downplay the pow'r of wind erosion.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (HOX+I)
An earlier revision says it was Joseph John Jones.
Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (IxaHo)
She's close friends with Trump (going back decades), it's a temporary appointment, and has no f$#@s to give at this stage in her life.
I hope she mows them all down in DC.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: Boss Moss
He could paint an entire apartment in an afternoon. Two coats!
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Boss Moss
He could paint an entire apartment in an afternoon. Two coats!
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:11 AM (77rzZ)
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*surprised and impressed, but also suddenly aware of the loud, shouting German man*
-Zero Mostel
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (GBKbO)
And if it’s not wood-stocked and bolt-action, they want nothing to do with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM
Bolt-action shotguns are pretty niche, it's true, so much so I don't ever recall them being discussed on the Gun Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (5SvjB)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: Boss Moss
He could paint an entire apartment in an afternoon. Two coats!
Posted by: Bulg
$29.95 No ups! No extras!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Didn't Like It There, Either
That or he'll give us a visit from the Ottoman Empire. Staffed exclusively by nekkid fat fucks.
Posted by: BifBewalski
Well, we get Ed Morrisey either way.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 10:13 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 10:13 AM (vmkyp)
Maine farmer: "Ayup! I used to have a truck like that.
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:14 AM (HOX+I)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
My first firearm ever was a Mossberg .410 bolt action.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:14 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:14 AM (ke82b)
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yeah, but they renamed a large expanse of water!
THE WORLD JUST CHANGED
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:14 AM (AOsQT)
This painting Isn't all that nice. This painting is stupid and it's pissing me off.
Is this artist still alive? Can I hunt him down and show him how a straight razor works when the person holding it is a pissed off farm girl? We used to castrate male piglets around here. Been a minute since we quit raising bacon and ham (1970something) but some things are never forgotten!
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 10:15 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:16 AM (ke82b)
How the f*** did he hold the paint can?
Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 10:17 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM
I'll parrot the line that's "more what you'd call 'guidelines' than actual rules."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:17 AM (0sNs1)
East of Eden sounds like a challenge, but I may just go for it. The iconic James Dean character "resignates" in my mind.
Of Mice and Men has been memed so much, I don't know if I'll be able to appreciate it.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025
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East of Eden is a big novel, and the character played by Dean is only in the last third or so. You don't miss him, though, because you get the classic portrait of a female sociopath, Cathy "the monster," who in the Dean film was his real mother the town madam. Audrey Totter did a nice job as the older Cathy, aka "Kate" . . . but I will always picture Jane Seymour in the 1981 TV miniseries.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:17 AM (omVj0)
Note to self: Never piss off Madame Mayhem (uppity wench).
*posts note on freezer door*
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:17 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 10:07 AM (yvnLa)
When I learned that mogila was Russian for tomb, that Hanna Barberra cartoon took on a darker meaning for me.
Posted by: mishdog at May 09, 2025 10:18 AM (vbVuc)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 10:18 AM (Q4IgG)
I used to picture Jane Seymour a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:18 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 10:18 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:14 AM
I've been looking for a Savage 220 for some time.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025
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Steinbeck was a California boy, from the middle section around Monterey, and dealt with that area in a lot of his stories. Faulkner was all about the South.
Plus, Faulkner has those long, hard-to-read sentences. Steinbeck is very crisp by comparison -- not like Hemingway, no, but still pretty direct and to the point.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (omVj0)
I used to picture Jane Seymour a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:18 AM (s8j++)
A man of taste and refinement!
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (UarWD)
Posted by: Fast Eddie at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM (1tna+)
So now we're just saying things we can't take back.
Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 09, 2025 10:20 AM (KbCG3)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (yvnLa)
He greeted one of the Soviet collectivist farmers:
Comrade! How goes the harvest?
The Soviet collectivist farmer replies “Oh comrade, the potatoes are so bountiful that if we piled them all up they would reach all the way to God!”
Stalin frowned.
"Have you forgotten your communist teachings? There is no God!”
"Well, that's good," said the Soviet collectivist farmer.
"Because there ain't no effin' potatoes either!"
Posted by: It's a classic at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Fast Eddie at May 09, 2025 10:19 AM
Well, at least you didn't make a short joke at AtC's expense.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (0sNs1)
Former Supreme David Souter passed, a GHW Bush appointee.
Speaking well of him, he doted on his mother.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Mossberg was the champ in the US of cheap bolt action shotguns. And Germany exported a lot of converted and new Mauser 98 actions worldwide making them into 12 gauge bolt action shotguns during the Weimar period. Then you had India's (and the viceroyalty) conversion of No 1, Mk 3 Enfield actions to become .410 Shotguns for civil disorder and prison guards. I think those were single shots only. I have the barrel and a SMLE action to retrofit but recent health events have not been kind to me or my various gunsmithing projects.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:22 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:22 AM (uWKK8)
"Have you forgotten your communist teachings? There is no God!”
"Well, that's good," said the Soviet collectivist farmer.
"Because there ain't no effin' potatoes either!"
Posted by: It's a classic at May 09, 2025
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The coda to that story shows the farmer standing behind the fence in a Siberian labor camp. . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:22 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:23 AM (Vnr18)
Speaking well of him, he doted on his mother.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (j4U/Z)
I despised him. He won't ever be mentioned much in the future, so I want to take my chance to say one last time how much I despised him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:23 AM (uWKK8)
The Tarriff will cause dEprESSiOn narrative has evaporated.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:23 AM (ImXfC)
Posted by: runner
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Twas Scogg again dispensing his version of wisdom to enlighten us all as to true enlightenment.
And he will undoubtedly be back under a new nic soon.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Fast Eddie
Just came back after ALL armed services members were dissed and hated here and stumble on to this knife fight
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (77rzZ)
Imagine what the country would look like had these 2 been conservative picks.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025
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I've completely forgotten it, except I recall something about Tom Joad (Henry Fonda in the film) planning to carry on and become a symbol of the working man everywhere?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (gbOdA)
The Tarriff will cause dEprESSiOn narrative has evaporated.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:23 AM (ImXfC)
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Anyone could see that from the -.3% GDP numbers if they'd read below the top line number.
Stock market players shouldn't need the Lyft CEO to tell them that.
But, whatever. Good for Lyft day traders, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
IIRC it was Jo VanFleet not Audrey Totter.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2025 10:25 AM (lJ0H4)
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Of course there's not. Like "airborne" during COVID, they changed what the definition was. We've been in a recession if not outright depression for a few years.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 10:25 AM (yZCmg)
Huh, guess I missed something
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:25 AM (ke82b)
Dig wells up 'ere too.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (w6EFb)
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What did the family farm at the beginning of The Searchers right in the middle of Monument Valley?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:25 AM (GBKbO)
captive dreamer@siegfriedmuell
Trump: "Buttigieg...drives to work on his bicycle with his husband on the back which is a nice loving relationship"
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Or maybe pink energy.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:25 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:26 AM (Vnr18)
Imagine what the country would look like had these 2 been conservative picks.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
Hi, there, big boy!
-- Harriet Myers
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
I used to picture Jane Seymour a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes
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So y'all are saying you want to See More of Jane?
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:26 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:26 AM (Vnr1
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June of 2009. Replaced by Sotomayor.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:26 AM (GBKbO)
Stock market players shouldn't need the Lyft CEO to tell them that.
—
Finance is nothing but herd mentality. They need someone in power to say do X before they do X.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:27 AM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025
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I've completely forgotten it, except I recall something about Tom Joad (Henry Fonda in the film) planning to carry on and become a symbol of the working man everywhere?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
Sorry, I was referring to the ending of the novel. The breastfeeding scene.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:27 AM (ImXfC)
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Degenerate gamblers.
Make the line go up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:27 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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IIRC it was Jo VanFleet not Audrey Totter.
Posted by: Tuna at May 09, 2025
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You're right. Been a while since I saw the film (and I didn't care for it, as it deals only with the last portion of the novel, and gives Dean too much screen time). Jo embodied the older Cathy/Kate very well, though.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:28 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 10:28 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:28 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:28 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 10:28 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025
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Now I know why I've forgotten it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:29 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Auspex
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More like a slap fight with wet noodles.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:29 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:29 AM (L/fGl)
It's hysterical how easily he mocks them. He didn't even say anything that wasn't true or mean-spirited, just conjuring up the image of that tool fake riding* his bike to work. . . ha!
*Driven, then dropped off within a mile of the office so he could pedal in for the MSM cameras.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:29 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:29 AM (HOX+I)
Nobody refers to him by all three names.
Posted by: SCOTUS Style Guide at May 09, 2025 10:30 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 10:30 AM (ImXfC)
I expect Thomas will be similarly mourned on the Right, but that won't matter in 20 years, because it'll be a footnote.
But guys like Souter or Roberts? They should their souls, and when they finally leave the scene, everyone just says "who? Oh, some dork in a black dress bit the dust? Huh. Anyone want pizza? I'm hungry."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 10:30 AM (BI5O2)
Nobody refers to him by all three names.
Posted by: SCOTUS Style Guide at May 09, 2025 10:30 AM (dg+HA)
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This is why serious SCOTUS scholars refer to Clarence Thomas by his full name:
Clarence Fucking Thomas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:30 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: DaveA at May 09, 2025 10:31 AM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:16 AM (ke82b)
*furiously taking notes…scratch that…now furiously tattooing that on the palm of my hand*
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 10:31 AM (5SvjB)
What did the family farm at the beginning of The Searchers right in the middle of Monument Valley?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025
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It was supposed to be in Texas, in the heart of Comanche country. Of course there are no big bluffs or mountains like that there. There's Palo Duro Canyon, and farther west there are the Guadalupe Mountains, but nothing like Monument Valley.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:31 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:31 AM (HOX+I)
Nobody refers to him by all three names.
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Male. He was neither Strong or Independent. Just a man working a job and paying his mortgage and light bill like an adult does.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 10:31 AM (yZCmg)
And he will undoubtedly be back under a new nic soon.
so that's his purpose, he is the self-appointed Blog Guru, like Sri Chimnoy?
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:32 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025
In the movie version, it's a ten minute long spoken hymn of praise to Socialism.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:32 AM (uWKK8)
How to show you know nothing about farming without saying you know nothing about farming.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 10:32 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025
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John Ford really, really liked Monument Valley.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 10:33 AM (6YdsJ)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:33 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:32 AM
More like the fly that's just arrived at the picnic buffet, having come from the outhouse.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (Vnr18)
Purportedly this painting was the font of inspiration for the Poop emoji.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (xG4kz)
Make the line go up.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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There is a case to be made for shareholding and corporate structures but the current version of Wall Street makes its money off the vig just like a bookie does.
So they want churning of transactions so as to collect arbitrage risk free and that requires truly massive amounts of money being churned back and forth in order to generate a steady risk free profit.
By the time you get into derivatives and computer oriented trading, the whole purpose becomes shearing the sheep of their wool by churn and manipulation.
With Fed and other central banks essentially depressing interest rates and thus spiking inflation, the crooked Wall Street casino becomes literally the only game in town other than hard assets like real estate, paintings, gold, silver, etc.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025
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John Ford really, really liked Monument Valley.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 10:33 AM (6YdsJ)
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And the local Indian tribe really liked him hiring them for a couple of months every couple of years to woop around on horses.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (GBKbO)
I think my AWFL coworker bought the entire inventory of RBG postage stamps.
If I ever received a letter with that ugly mug in the top right corner, Sacred Honor would compel me to immediately burn the witch
lol
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (ke82b)
Stupid farmers.
Posted by: Manufacturing Are The Only Jobs That Matter at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: kallisto
We possess Scogg. Scogg treasures us.
Posted by: Sri Chinmoy at May 09, 2025 10:35 AM (G5+As)
Posted by: kallisto
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Pretty much. The cult of the Bad Boomers who are today's manifestation of Kali.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:35 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:35 AM (uWKK8)
I think my AWFL coworker bought the entire inventory of RBG postage stamps.
If I ever received a letter with that ugly mug in the top right corner, Sacred Honor would compel me to immediately burn the witch
lol
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:34 AM (dCxaZ)
Like Mussolini, and RBG, I’m…
Posted by: The Cult of Personality at May 09, 2025 10:35 AM (aTimx)
Report: Bidens Consider $30M Tell-All Book Deal — Including Details from Jill’s Diary
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:35 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025
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IMDb doesn't list a "Frances Bavier" in the cast.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 10:36 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:36 AM (aTimx)
I await Michael Bloomberg's enlightened instruction on how best to farm this particular tract. He is a deep pool of esoteric knowledge about all and sundry matters.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 10:36 AM (xG4kz)
"Or American landscape."
-- Albert Bierstadt
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:36 AM (ke82b)
I don't understand how one can print a lot of books with feces.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 09, 2025 10:37 AM (s8j++)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 10:24 AM (gbOdA)
I heard that he has passed.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2025 10:37 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (VofaG)
"Or American landscape."
-- Albert Bierstadt
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:36 AM
Madam! We protest!
Posted by: The Hudson Valley School at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (kgE5c)
Day Two : Biden's die in mysterious plane crash.
Day Three: Jill's diary never existed.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (vmkyp)
Former Supreme David Souter passed, a GHW Bush appointee.
Speaking well of him, he doted on his mother.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (j4U/Z)
Who?
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (Vnr1
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Perhaps they raise Sidehill Gougers.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (6YdsJ)
LOL, sure, they're "considering" it.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (ke82b)
Dig wells up 'ere too.
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist
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Same here. When we refer to 'the lower 40', we mean the lower forty.
/sarc
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (XeU6L)
It's called "Riding Nuts to Butts" in the fag biker community. Not that I know anything about all of that.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, Closeted Homosexual at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (imQ+3)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 09, 2025 10:37 AM (w6EFb)
Yes, Ben Had posted it the other day. We have many commenters who are no longer with us, but for some reason this loss really hit me.
Posted by: kallisto at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 10:40 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:40 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 10:40 AM (vmkyp)
I expect Thomas will be similarly mourned on the Right, but that won't matter in 20 years, because it'll be a footnote.
But guys like Souter or Roberts? They should their souls, and when they finally leave the scene, everyone just says "who? Oh, some dork in a black dress bit the dust? Huh. Anyone want pizza? I'm hungry."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Never predict what history will or will not do because it is made by the sum total of people's actions.
It is very likely that no one here knows exactly what the future brings aside from Ace and cobs who have access to the time machine.
However, they are forbidden to speak of it because it can cause paradoxes in the fabric of reality so they stay schtum.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:40 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
Those fools! How could they hinder the two greatest forms of energy production in human history?!?!? (Trees make shade, too, haters!!!)
Posted by: Rabid Leftist Watermelon at May 09, 2025 10:41 AM (ycI94)
Nobody refers to him by all three names.
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he was a small person
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:41 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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Two bananas, one seat. Math problem involving set theory.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:42 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:42 AM (ke82b)
Posted by: Anonosaurus
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Written by ghost-AI, using an auto pen.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 10:42 AM (XeU6L)
Report: Bidens Consider $30M Tell-All Book Deal — Including Details from Jill’s Diary
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In other words, it's Doctor Jill's get-even memoir. If she lives to publish it.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 10:43 AM (XjTSo)
“Wonder Woman” Star Lynda Carter Says DEI Is “Fundamentally American”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:43 AM (L/fGl)
I await Michael Bloomberg's enlightened instruction on how best to farm this particular tract. He is a deep pool of esoteric knowledge about all and sundry matters.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Something something put a seed in and something something water it, and voila--steaks on a vine.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:43 AM (ctrM5)
Speaking well of him, he doted on his mother.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:21 AM (j4U/Z)
Could bench press 70 lbs. Multiple reps!
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:43 AM (HsEm8)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (VofaG)
“Wonder Woman” Star Lynda Carter Says DEI Is “Fundamentally American”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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She has been a Dem activist for a very long time and not a good actress for even longer.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (y2f7I)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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He gave her the no standing ruling.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:45 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 10:40 AM (vmkyp)
Seats?
Posted by: Pete Buttplug at May 09, 2025 10:45 AM (HsEm8)
Rep. Andrew Clyde introduced a bill to remove the unconstitutional $200 tax and federal registry requirement for suppressors. A bill that should’ve flown through a Republican-led House like a suppressed round through a paper target. But guess what? Republicans helped kill it.
I break down why this bill matters, what Clyde actually said, and why the $200 suppressor tax is more than just a number—it's a paywall on your rights. Suppressors don’t turn people into assassins. They protect hearing. They save lives. And in most countries with more gun control than we have? Suppressors are encouraged for public safety. So why are our own so-called “pro-gun” lawmakers blocking it? Because for some of them, the Second Amendment stops at duck hunting.
And if it’s not wood-stocked and bolt-action, they want nothing to do with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (y6oPX)
I believe it is SB 507 (or 506?) in the Roundhouse…if passed and signed into law, NM will end all reciprocity to concealed carry license holders. As I live fairly close to NM this is not good. At all.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:46 AM (aTimx)
Does the Buttigieg bicycle built for two have seats?
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Do butt plugs qualify as seats? If so, then, "yes".
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 10:46 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (y2f7I)
At first I thought it was one of those dogs with too much skin.
The sharpie or whatever.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:47 AM (HsEm8)
That is a stupid painting.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
Finally, the truth is proclaimed!
Thank you!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (xG4kz)
Huh, guess I missed something
Posted by: Lizzy
FDA Director a few days ago, calling everybody in the armed services of the U.S. a grifter and how he hated them. Should have been banned but not my call, kindest explanation would be that he was drunk and stupid instead of just stupid.
Posted by: Auspex at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (j4U/Z)
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (uWKK8)
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 10:38 AM (Vnr1
I’d terrace and call it good. Still a sucky place to farm.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 10:49 AM (aTimx)
Today is the girl spawn last final of the semester. That means I will be driving down to help bring her stuff home. Next year she will be in an apartment that is part of campus housing. Scholarship covers cost and she will have her own private bedroom and bathroom. I think she will be much happier there. She hates communal bathroom. She already has a job for the summer.
Also... There are a bunch of people working on the boy spawn new house! Hopefully they will get finished soon. My son needs to be home on the farm and my grandson needs to be within 100 yards of my house! He is the mini-me of my son. The only downside to the people working out there is the loud music. At least it's classic rock.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 10:49 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Auspex
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A nic that I find very low in signal and very high in noise.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:49 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Dr Pork Chops & Bacons at May 09, 2025 10:49 AM (g8Ew8)
What is perhaps more newsworthy is the specific names associated with those raided restaurants. One of those restaurants, Chef Geoff's, is owned by Geoff Tracy, the husband of CBS News anchor and former vice presidential debate co-moderator Norah O'Donnell. Another of the raided restaurants is owned by former Biden White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, and a third is owned by the left-wing activist Spanish restaurateur, José Andrés.
Following the raids, a predictable debate has unfolded: Did the Trump administration "politicize" law enforcement by siccing ICE agents on White House critics and foes?
That's a terrible thing, just terrible!
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:49 AM (ke82b)
Former Redskins Player Confesses to Killing, Burning Girlfriend’s Body
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)
And if it’s not wood-stocked and bolt-action, they want nothing to do with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (y6oPX)
The honeymoon is over. Congresscritters who are going to quit or lose their seats, or have no risk of losing their seats, and just shedding their MAGA hats, and letting their uniparty show.
Why wouldn't they.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:50 AM (HsEm8)
Writer's Block - a limerick
It's enough to make a grown man cry
I cant write a poem though I try
A once daily fixture
Is much like this picture
Now I'm pumping a well that's gone dry
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:51 AM (HOX+I)
Posted by: BifBewalski
Well, we get Ed Morrisey either way.
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:12 AM (77rzZ)
At least the ham planets have humor value.
Ed Morrissey is just a drag.
Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 10:51 AM (UnA8+)
LOL, sure, they're "considering" it.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:39 AM (ke82b)
Oh but anonymous sources say they are destitute, unwanted and unloved. Total bs.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:51 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 09, 2025 10:50 AM (L/fGl)
Talk about red skin.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:51 AM (HsEm8)
Yikes.
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 10:52 AM (ke82b)
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Rousseau's no-bull savage!
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 10:52 AM (HOX+I)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (HsEm8)
However, they are forbidden to speak of it because it can cause paradoxes in the fabric of reality so they stay schtum.
Posted by: whig
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I fondly remember a short sci-fi piece from my childhood where I learned that the moment a time machine was successfully created to travel into the past then the time machine would no longer exist / work. I hate I didn't save it but Im almost certain the book was borrowed from the library.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (yZCmg)
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Quintessential story of American work ethic and advancement and as far as his jurisprudence, I actually rate Thomas higher than the flashier Scalia.
Scalia, at times, became too enamored of his own wit and intelligence rather than address the legal questions in cases with good scholarship. He was also silly enough to think he was 'friends' with RBG when all she was doing is buttering him up to win a few cases for her side. She intimated as much after he died that she was glad he was no longer on the Court.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (HsEm
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Amish?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (bNf8H)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (gt60b)
His autobiography is the prime example by far of "Only in America".
Damn I hate those commie American hating Democrats.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:48 AM (gt60b)
Justice Thomas is a great American.
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 10:54 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
There's a bunch on gunbroker.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:54 AM (y6oPX)
And if it’s not wood-stocked and bolt-action, they want nothing to do with it.
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:08 AM (y6oPX)
The honeymoon is over. Congresscritters who are going to quit or lose their seats, or have no risk of losing their seats, and just shedding their MAGA hats, and letting their uniparty show.
Why wouldn't they.
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Fudds, man, they have NFA branded into their noggins. Plus they watch too much corpo0rate media news.
Posted by: exdem13 FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT at May 09, 2025 10:55 AM (XjTSo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (GBKbO)
Blonde mish. And angry angus bull.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:55 AM (HsEm8)
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (HsEm
yep. pretty white girl married big fat drug addicted violent black guy for the money and the fame. Bad Choice.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 10:55 AM (uWKK8)
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very unsportsmanlike
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (AOsQT)
Roughing the kisser.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:56 AM (HsEm8)
May 30, 2023
Banging Hunter tonight! Can't wait!
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 10:56 AM (y6oPX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
No, he sniffs the seat post after his husband dismounts.
I was gonna say after he gets off, but you know…
Posted by: haffhowershower at May 09, 2025 10:56 AM (5SvjB)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:56 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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Speaking of graven images, my favorite is the Obama Chia Pet.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (bNf8H)
The cinematography was great but I really hated that movie. It was two hours of introduction.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (VofaG)
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very unsportsmanlike
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (AOsQT)
Roughing the kisser.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Definitely an illegal procedure.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (UBKzV)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (VofaG)
Something else we agree on.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (xcxpd)
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What if they're farming misery?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Frasier Crane
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I would like for there to be a There Will Be Blood and Lighthouse mashup. Heat them both up, melt them down, mix them together, and watch what came out. I don't know how that would be accomplished, but I'd still like to see it.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (yZCmg)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 10:57 AM (VofaG)
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I don't like it either, really, but it's still an amazing film.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (bNf8H)
One of Daniel Day Lewis' masterpieces.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (xcxpd)
Ah, it's in DC?
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (FZn/N)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
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You have to give Robert Heinlein props in his book Expanded Universe. He had his original predictions of what would happen and then periodically in revised editions of Expanded Universe, mentioned how well or poorly he did with his assertions.
If people had to do that here with their predictions by periodically being forced to revisit their errors and wins shared with the group--there would be a lot less crap in the threads.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (ctrM5)
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available on Amazon
Fauci, Biden, Hillary too
Posted by: Don Black at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (AOsQT)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (xcxpd)
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What if they're farming misery?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
Too pretty to even pull that off
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 11:00 AM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:00 AM (H26VX)
Posted by: runner
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DC is a dangerous place and as you age, accidents, glitches, etc will happen. Then there is the Deep State.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:00 AM (ctrM5)
That was for my criticism of popes post elsewhere.
Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come follow me...and not, rob your neighbor, give away his shit because he's a nationalist, keep your stuff for you, virtue signal, and come follow me.
Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (FZn/N)
What was the worst year of the Dust Bowl?
Dust Bowl - Wikipedia
Beginning on May 9, 1934, a strong, two-day dust storm removed massive amounts of Great Plains topsoil in one of the worst such storms of the Dust Bowl. The dust clouds blew all the way to Chicago, where they deposited 12 million pounds (5,400 tonnes) of dust.
US Department of Interior, Water Supply Paper 820, Drought of 1936
Facebook dot com: Historical Figures The Forgotten Facts · December 24, 2024 ·
"In 1936, a tenant farmer from Shannon City, Iowa, stands on the eighty-acre farm he worked, symbolizing both his livelihood and the challenges he faced. During this time, tenant farming was common, with individuals cultivating land they did not own in exchange for a share of the crop. For many, including this farmer, the Great Depression deepened the struggle, as falling crop prices, severe weather, and rising debts created an uncertain future.
The farmer’s weathered appearance tells the story of the harsh realities of rural life in Iowa during the 1930s. ..."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (NFX2v)
One of Daniel Day Lewis' masterpieces.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (xcxpd)
It's a Sinclair Lewis based movie. I got the subtle commie point .
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 09:37 AM (NpAcC)
Looks like one to raise mountain goats.
Posted by: Roy at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (qwype)
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Fauci, Biden, Hillary too
Posted by: Don Black
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Idols for our modern Molech worshipping Dems.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:01 AM (ctrM5)
"No, it's called Bllodhouse!"
"So we've basically been making two completely different movies here?"
"Yup."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (NFX2v)
Meanwhile if you read any random post from me from around 2011 it would feel very contemporary and accurate. At the time I sounded like the lunatic I sound like today.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (gt60b)
FAFO, Senator.
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 11:03 AM (Vnr18)
Why wouldn't they.
Posted by: BurtTC at May 09, 2025 10:50 AM (HsEm
Wait til you see the TX HR.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 10:59 AM (ctrM5)
Well mine are typically just jokes disguised as predictions, so I'm not playing.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (yvnLa)
FAFO, Senator.
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:02 AM (rj6Yv)
Why is she a FAFO?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (VofaG)
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:05 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (VofaG)
He didn't even chew the scenery in that.
He slurped it through his teeth until it reverted to being a liquid, like jello.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (2J/Lj)
I was addressing the senator who blocked Mr. Martin's nomination.
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 11:07 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:04 AM (2J/Lj)
I was addressing the senator who blocked Mr. Martin's nomination.
Posted by: mrp
I got that. But what makes her the FO to Tillis FA?
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 10:06 AM (77rzZ)
Clams, too. Really.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (H26VX)
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Possibly. But way too lazy to dig them out. Back when I did empirical big data research, I used to do various time series analyses and at a certain point, you get a secular change so that your model starts predicting horribly at that point onwards.
Then you have to go back and dig out the variable(s) causing the issue and reflect what the causal mechanism was.
Predicting causal relationships are hard enough even in retrospect because it is the summarized action of billions of people with about as many variables involved.
So when you start predicting the future other than in vague Nostradamus terms--e.g. federal debt will go up until it cannot or boomers will rule until they do not ,etc. it gets really hard as you get more and more specific in your prediction.
Better than track odds is about all one can hope for.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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Good jokes are often temporal in nature. But personally, what is today is more important than what will be tomorrow and we often lose sight of that. Calvin Coolidge once said if you see 10 troubles coming down the road toward you, 9 of them will end up in a ditch before getting to you.
Not my circus, not my monkey is a pretty decent Polish joke that has a ring of truth to it.
Posted by: whig at May 09, 2025 11:13 AM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 11:10 AM (2J/Lj)
FA - Eff around. All of the RINOS that opposed Martin did so because he defended (brilliantly) J6ers. I'm sure they were quite please with derailing his nomination because Orange Man. And the possible run for Tillis' seat by Lara Trump.
FO - Find Out. Donny Two Scoops figured "Okay, if Ed Martin isn't to your liking, how about Jeanine Pirro?"
From what I've seen of Jeanine Pirro, that's a fox in the hen house move, almost as lethal as Kash Patel in the FBI. She's an outspoken defender of the First Amendment and the plight of the imprisoned J6ers.
That's the FAFO explanation. Anything else?
Posted by: mrp at May 09, 2025 11:18 AM (rj6Yv)
I detailed the rise of "women" while pedowood was still promoting blacks and slavery. And I detailed the subsequent abandoning of women which I said would follow in much shorter order than most would think.
Same will happen as the trannies, gays etc get thrown to the islamic wolves. Gonna happen so much faster than anyone normal thinks.
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 11:18 AM (gt60b)
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 10:53 AM (yZCmg)
Are you perhaps remembering The Theory and Practice of Time Travel essay by Larry Niven?
Posted by: goozer at May 09, 2025 11:27 AM (V1MWf)
Posted by: goozer at May 09, 2025 11:34 AM (V1MWf)
Posted by: Dr_No at May 09, 2025 12:34 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at May 09, 2025 05:40 PM (wGqjj)
The Morning Report — 5/ 9 /25
Good morning kids. Of course the big story this morning is the election of a successor to Pope Fiction, and the first American to be elected pontiff. While I was hoping for one of the cardinals from Africa or perhaps the Philippines to have been elected, considering those nations and their Christian citizenry have been enduring horrendous Islamic persecution and butchery for years. That the papacy has at best been silent and/or indifferent to Islamic genocide against it and at worst appeasers of and apologists for Islam especially during the tenure of the last Pope, was a travesty. Islam was, is and always will be a malign, totalitarian evil that seeks the subjugation of humanity or death of those who resist. To publicly state that, despite being a truth written in an ocean of blood over the course of 15 centuries, would be impermissible given the attitude of much of the western world – a world that would never have come into being were it not for Judaism and Christianity, that are today on the knife edge of being snuffed out by both the twin evils of Islam and godless atheistic secularism.
Christians in Nigeria are murdered almost daily through indiscriminate attacks led by Muslims. Nigerian Christian women are abducted, raped, gang-raped and sexually abused on a widespread scale. Violence is only one of the many forms of persecution that Christians in Nigeria face. They are also subjected to systematic, Sharia-based discrimination, a situation which is particularly routine in the majority-Muslim northern states.One of the methods used to silence Christian voices utilizes the deadly blasphemy laws. In many cases, Muslim mobs take the law into their own hands and execute Christians who they accuse of blasphemy.
In 2022, for instance, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student, was stoned and burnt to death by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto, Nigeria, after being accused of blasphemy against Islam. . .
. . . Nigerian social media has been awash with many hate speech posts against the Church, and many Muslim clerics have made it a point of duty to constantly preach hate against Christians. The immediate past governor of Kaduna was seen on video preaching hate against Christians. Almost all the time the perpetrators of these kinds of smear campaigns are not brought to justice. Smear campaigns are a very common thing against Christians… Also, Christians in the North experience daily abuse and are called all kinds of derogatory names such as “infidels.”
Christian families and children appear to be a specific target of Muslims in Nigeria:
Christian spouses and/or children of Christians have been subject to separation for prolonged periods of time by circumstances relating to persecution. Children of Christians have been harassed or discriminated against because of their parents’ faith. Most of this happens in the North, although increasingly also in the South.
Babies and children of Christians have automatically been registered under the state or majority religion.
With that, we have as I stated the first American Pope, who at first glance will seemingly follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, although there are some mixed signals as you can see from the many links in the Pope section that I will pull:
Many Catholics (and non-Catholics, for that matter) were praying for a more traditional, conservative choice after twelve years of the globalist progressive, Pope Francis. During his pontificate, Francis made landmark declarations that encouraged the Left, including allowing the blessing of people in same-sex unions and calling for more mass migration into already overwhelmed Western nations. One conservative Catholic author even persuasively argued several reasons “Why We Need a Pope From Africa” such as Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, a defender of the embattled, traditional Latin mass (but who, at 80, was a long-shot pick).Just prior to today’s revelation that a pope had been chosen, Sheryl Collmer at Crisis Magazine online, a publication on Catholic issues, wrote that Francis’ tenure was “tragic” and nearly “destroyed” the church. She asked, “Will we have the heart and courage to rebuild the Church after the devastation of the recent past?
Perhaps not, because Prevost’s career was apparently closely observed, if not steered, by Francis himself. According to GB News, “Francis clearly had an eye on him for years.” To summarize from The College of Cardinals Report profile of Cardinal Prevost: in 2014, Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, then Bishop of Chiclayo in 2015. Francis appointed him to one of the most influential Vatican posts in January 2023, running the office that selects and manages bishops globally. He held that post until Pope Francis died late last month. On September 30, 2023, Francis elevated Prevost to the rank of Cardinal.
And as Daniel Greenfield observes . . .
Why pick the first American Pope now? Robert Prevost was made Pope Leo XIV as a counterweight to President Trump.There’s been little ambiguity about the new pope’s politics and less about the overall agenda.
Pope Francis had all but rigged the process to assure another radical successor.
President Trump’s return represents an ongoing institutional crisis. The ideological battleground is going to be the border and Prevost has been chosen to lead the response in the largest sense possible.
Choosing an American Pope is supposed to raise the stakes and elevate a leader with the stature to rally opposition to Trump and more specifically to his immigration policies by invoking the familiar tropes about the need for welcoming in every single migrant.
That’s what this is about. This is less about the long-term future and more about the next four years.
And yet, some are putting a more positive spin on Pope Leo. . .
there are reasons to be hopeful.The former cardinal, who is from Chicago, is of Spanish, French and Italian descent, which explains his Mediterranean look. He came out in red papal robes, all ornate and embroidered, same as previous popes before Pope Francis, meaning, he's more traditional than Pope Francis, whose desire to appear humble verged on ostentatious, although it wasn't malevolent.
That was him, this is Leo. It suggests he won't be the same as his predecessor.
And the name he picked was reason to be hopeful, too: Leo. The last pope named Leo, Leo XIII (1878-1903) was famous for denouncing socialism. That tells me all I need to hear, but for many, it will be well worth looking at for the nuances -- Leo XIII was also a champion of labor and unions, which, given the realities of the times, seemed like a good idea. As for the socialism, his condemnation of its failures is eternal, and he's the only pope who ever singled out socialism for its evils very specifically by name. . .
. . . His background might give some pause -- I don't know the full story about his citizenship and whether he chose to dump his U.S. citizenship or kept it, or really needed Peruvian citizenship to get around, or simply wanted to be like the Peruvians he ministered to. It isn't that important to a cleric, who is Heaven-focused, so I don't judge. I don't feel optimistic that he was from Chicago, home of Cardinal Cupich who hid his pectoral cross as he gave his blessing to the DNC with its abortion truck outside, and to FARC's sympathizers in the states, but his Mediterranean background suggests he didn't come from the elites. . .
. . .It's early, of course, and everything I am surmising about him could be wrong. We will know more as he makes his address next week. But for now, we can be hopeful that there may be many good and great things about him and he will be an able and confident leader, like Leo XIII.
The ascendancy of populism not only here but abroad is certainly reflected in the reaction of leftists and in what the late Pope Francis had promoted during his tenure vis a vis open borders, the global warming scam, attacks on the free market etc. etc. etc. So is the election of Leo as Daniel Greenfield posits the undergirding of the assault on traditional Catholicism or as Monica Showalter posits/hopes will he abandon some of Francis' more radical positions to be more in line with the mainstream (or what was and hopefully still is the mainstream) of the faith. Considering that far too many of my fellow Jews have completely rejected traditional Judaism, the teachings of the Torah and the 10 commandments, I'm not going to speculate about Catholics. Of course with the likes of Pelosi and Biden and others of their bent, there are parallels.
We'll have to wait and see. Regardless, it is of course up to all of us as individuals to live an upright, moral and righteous life regardless of who our religious and secular leaders may be. I certainly hope and pray that Leo will lead the Catholic faithful in paths of righteousness and in keeping with Biblical teaching and tradition.
And lastly, a quick shout-out and thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.
Have a great weekend.
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Defund The United Nations
- What’s become increasingly clear is that absent Trump and a few Republicans, the GOP lacks the willingness and ability to govern.
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- Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts says he has no immediate plans to step down from the bench, citing good health as the primary reason. The 70-year-old Justice shared this during a public event in Buffalo, New York, marking the 125th anniversary of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York.
Chief Justice Roberts, 70, Dismisses Retirement Speculation.
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Transportation boss Sean Duffy plots multi-billion-dollar overhaul of US air traffic control by 2028
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Fed Says It Won’t Lower Interest Rates. Trump Calls Powell A ‘Fool Who Doesn’t Have A Clue.’
- The economic good news comes despite globalist criticism of President Donald J. Trump’s America First tariffs, particularly the significant increase on Chinese imports to 145 percent. Anti-tariff economists have been persistently warning that negative sentiments observed in surveys—likely driven by the media clamoring over a hypothetical tariff-driven downturn—could be set to translate into negative employment data. Still, the above-expectations fall in new unemployment claims suggest market jitters are yet to translate into meaningful job losses.
Trump Economy Gains Strength as Unemployment Claims Fall Even More Than Expected.
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- A pollution tariff would hold China accountable for environmental abuses, block tariff evasion, protect U.S. interests, and position America as a global trade leader.
A Pollution Tariff Would Close China’s Trade LoopholesCIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- President Trump has shown an almost superhuman knack for being unthwarted by the CIA and other tendrils of the federal Cthulhu.
Trump is neutering the Deep State by gutting the CIA
- And playing the “racist/fascist/Nazi" card.
The First 100 Days For The Trump-Hating Left"BIDEN/HARRIS BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
- Illegal immigrants enjoy many privileges while unlawfully in the United States — but being counted for apportionment should not be one of them.
This Bad Legal Interpretation Allows Democrats To Skew Congress With Illegal Immigration - Andrii Dmyterko, 45, has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter following the horrific crash, which was caught clearly on a nearby dash cam. In the video, the truck doesn't appear to slow down or swerve in the least as it mowed down a line of stopped vehicles, decimating them all within seconds.
Migrant on a Work Visa Plows Into Multiple Cars at a Stoplight in Texas, Killing Two
- No one made a peep when Obama and Biden deported millions of illegal aliens who also merely worked hard, paid taxes, and stayed out of prison.
Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS . . . AND BIDEN
- On Wednesday, nearly 80 protesters were arrested after storming Columbia University’s Butler Library in New York City. The demonstrators, many of whom were masked and wearing kaffiyehs, disrupted students preparing for exams, defaced property, and declared the library a “liberated zone” in support of 'Palestinian' activism.
Marco Rubio Vows Visa Crackdown After Columbia Library Takeover: ‘Pro-Hamas Thugs No Longer Welcome’ in U.S.
- Douglas Murray: . . . the US government should order a swift and deep inquiry into the way in which foreign funding is being used to subvert American institutions, especially institutions of higher learning.
Probe the foreign influence behind these terror-loving, anti-Jew college agitatorsWE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
- Qatar has been a threat to our national security since at least 1986, and though their inroads into the U.S. have been subtle, it doesn’t make them any less dangerous.
Qatar: Our Enemy Hiding in Plain Sight
- Importing Sharia.
The Collision of Islamic Culture With Western Civilization
- Including blasphemy laws and extrajudicial mob violence.
Nigeria: Sharia-Based Discrimination Against Christians
- Will there be consequences?
Fahad Ansari, London Defender of Hamas and Other Terrorists
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY - The same leftwing voices objecting to using government funds to teach American children how to read and write in Catholic schools howl in complaint that DOGE cut USAID funding to Catholic charities that supported illegal immigrants.
Catholic Funding by Government in the Political CrosshairsFIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
- It seems that media persecution comes with the presidential territory, unless you die in your first month in office.
The Presidency and the MediaRED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
- Slashes will be made to renewable energy support, solar and wind farm financing, and “climate crisis” activities throughout the federal government.
Trump’s 2026 Budget Pulls Plug on Biden’s Green Energy Scams
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on The Ingraham Angle, and alleged that Dr. Anthony Fauci played a central role in moving dangerous “gain-of-function” virus research offshore to places like Wuhan.
Trump Signs EO Restricting ‘Gain of Function’ Research That Enhances Pathogens
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
- Daniel Greenfield: Ending indoctrination is apparently the real indoctrination.
“Your Education is Indoctrination, Their Indoctrination is Education.”
- The Lone Star State’s new billion-dollar, universal-eligibility voucher program shows that educational freedom has gone mainstream nationwide.
Texas Marks a Milestone in the Battle Over School Choice
- University presidents can undo fear-based decisions they made during the years of Peak Woke.
The Genius of Trump’s Attacks on the Ivy League - “After interviewing multiple anonymous Stanford faculty, students, and China experts, the Review can confirm that the CCP is orchestrating a widespread intelligence-gathering campaign at Stanford,” the student newspaper revealed in a Wednesday X post.
Investigation Alleges ‘Widespread’ Chinese Spying at Stanford U.DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
- House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), in a letter to the DOJ, said that ActBlue’s “concerning activities” could have a “direct effect on U.S. political campaigns and elections.”
House Committee Chairs Brief Trump DOJ on Fundraiser ActBlue’s ‘Concerning Activities’ - Epstein, who pled guilty to sex charges in 2008, committed suicide while awaiting trial after he was arrested in 2019 on new charges. Kennedy asked Patel if he would see the release about what happened to Epstein in his lifetime during a hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
John Kennedy Asks Kash Patel Point-Blank If Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself - Gallego narrowly defeated Republican Kari Lake during the 2024 Senate election to replace the outgoing Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.
Senate Democrat Ruben Gallego ‘About to Knife the Crypto Community’ After Taking $10 Million from Pro-Crypto PACCONFIRMATION HEARING News and Views
- Sen. Tom Tillis (R-NC) said he opposed Martin’s nomination, whining about him defending a few Capitol Hill rioters.
Trump Pulls Ed Martin Nomination for U.S. Attorney for D.C.POLITICS
- Famed Democrat strategist James Carville unleashed a blistering attack on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) after her controversial comments about white men resurfaced on social media. The outspoken former Clinton advisor didn't mince words at Wednesday's Truth Tellers Summit, where he systematically demolished Omar's inflammatory rhetoric.
James Carville Tells abro-FO Omar to Get Out of the Democrat Party
- Joe Biden’s fine, y’all. Totally with it. Not a puddle of mental goo at all. Just don’t watch this clip from The View if you still want to hold on to that fantasy.
Asked About His Mental Decline, Biden Rambles Incoherently Before Jill Jumps In
- The former New York governor has said that anti-Semitism is his campaign’s most important issue.
Andrew Cuomo Is Betting on Jewish Voters. But Do They Want Him as the Next Mayor?
- GOP gains in the wake of Trump’s victory shake up the Garden State governor’s race.
Will Democrats’ Leftward Lurch Put New Jersey in Play This Year?
AFTER POPE FRANCIS - Same as the old Pope?
Meet the New Pope
- The 267th pope is considered a moderate with views close to Pope Francis on several key issues.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, Considered a Moderate, Elected First American Pope
- His choice of names is a good sign.
The new Pope Leo XIV gives us reasons to hope
- Daniel Greenfield: That's what this is about.
The Only Reason for Picking an American Pope was to Fight Trump
- The College of Cardinals elected Cardinal Robert Prevost from Chicago, IL as the new pope.
The First American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV
- Prevost’s election as a dual U.S.-Peruvian citizen shatters a long-standing bias against an American pope, potentially reshaping the Catholic Church’s global influence amid its 1.4 billion followers.
The Pope Is American.
- Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected the 267th supreme pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday by the College of Cardinals during a two-day conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. He will go by Pope Leo XIV.. . . The new pope inherits a spiritual flock of 1.39 billion Catholics and will likely need to address an increasingly secularized world, clerical sex abuses of minors and the fallout, as well as global conflicts, both armed and rhetorical.
Cardinal Robert F. Prevost Elected 267th Supreme Pontiff Of Roman Catholic ChurchFOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
- The fighting comes two weeks after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing an attack on the Indian-run side of disputed Kashmir, which Pakistan denied.
Pakistan and India accuse each other of waves of drone attacks
- Daniel Greenfield: And Yemen’s Houthis used our money to go to war against us.
U.S. Sent Billions in Famine Relief to Yemen. The Population Rose 30%
- As Preston Manning, one of Canada’s most influential public figures and a force for good, wrote, “Voters, particularly in central and Atlantic Canada, need to recognize that a vote for the Carney Liberals is a vote for Western secession—a vote for the breakup of Canada as we know it.” Unfortunately, it’s rather too late now. The people have misspoken.
Western Canada Puts the Rest of Canada on Notice - “Simion represents a new and increasingly common type of political actor. . .The success of this strategy reveals the right’s conceptual limitations.”
How the Establishment Is Domesticating Populism
- The United States has protected and bailed out Europe for far too long.
80 Years After The Allies Won World War II, U.S. Taxpayers Are Funding European Authoritarianism
- Mock Trump all you like—but in the coming contest for the Arctic, it’s his map everyone will be using.
President Trump’s Bold Statement: Greenland as America’s Strategic Imperative
- An anti-mullah Persian-American is furious about President Trump's move to rename the 'Persian Gulf' the 'Arabian Gulf' to please the region's sheiks and spite the Iranian mullahs.
About that renaming of the 'Persian Gulf' ...DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
- Fred Fleitz: Trump has ousted NSA Michael Waltz and tapped Marco Rubio as interim, signaling a businesslike, high-stakes push for loyalty, competence, and bold execution in national security.
What President Trump Needs in His Next National Security AdviserACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
- SpaceIL had built Beresheet-1, which in 2019 successfully reached lunar orbit, only to crash when it attempted to soft land.
Israeli non-profit suspends its effort to build a second Beresheet lunar lander
- The margin of error is still large, almost 9 hours before or after, which essentially means there is as yet no way to predict where it will fall.
Updated prediction for uncontrolled re-entry of 1972 Soviet Venera lander now targets May 10thFEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
- Speaking in defense of HB 25-1312, which in part threatens to strip the custody rights of parents who refuse to “affirm” their child’s “gender identity,” bill sponsor Sen. Chris Kolker compared concerned parents to the Ku Klux Klan before saying he will be “accountable to almighty God” for “standing up for equality” - especially if he has to defend himself to “trans Jesus” one day.
Colorado Democrat Says He'll Be Accountable to 'Trans Jesus' On Judgement Day
- Women have to walk around with "kid gloves on, and California won't protect women's sports, bathrooms, locker rooms, saunas, spas and other female spaces. It makes me angry inside."
California's incarcerated women say 'keep men out of our prison'CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
- “So, we’re having a baby? I mean, we, and also, I guess, Jesse,” Bella Ramsey’s character, Ellie, asks Isabela Merced’s character, Dina, in Episode 4 of the post-apocalyptic series’ Season 2, before adding, “So we’re all having a baby. Holy shit. I’m gonna be a dad.”
HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ Shows Lesbian Character Declaring, ‘I’m Gonna Be A Dad’
- The cabaret star imagines he’s actually in Cabaret.
Michael Feinstein’s Auschwitz Envy
- This kind of ‘artwork’ is designed to denigrate and tear down western civilization for the purpose of seizing cultural and political power.
The Statue Of The Random Black Woman In Times Square Is Leftist Cultural WarfareHITHER & YON
- After decades of drift and decline, a humbled America turns to Trump—renewed, resolute, and ready to reclaim its purpose under God.
America Humbled
- Christian Toto: Vince Vaughn leads lovable cast in sweet and sappy fact-based tale
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(Jump to bottom of comments)1 It's Flapjack Friday!Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 07:11 AM (e5NfL)
2 Oh and I am feeling blue.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 09, 2025 07:11 AM (e5NfL)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (QnmlO)
4 Happy Fricking FridayPosted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 07:15 AM (gbOdA)
5 Blue Friday?Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:16 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 07:16 AM (Q4IgG)
7 Chief Justice Roberts, 70, Dismisses Retirement Speculation.
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Did anyone with a beating heart and squiggly matter in their noggin ever think for one second he'd retire under Trump?
Even if he did, we have a whole detestable coterie of Republican senators who would not allow anyone other than a justice of equal squish to be appointed.Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:16 AM (qBdHI)
8 Can you add another attribute to the font, like flashing on and off?Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
9 Gli Azzurri?Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:17 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 09, 2025 07:18 AM (VJc7E)
11 Is there a big enough barrel to atone for this?Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:18 AM (qBdHI)
12 11 Is there a big enough barrel to atone for this?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:18 AM (qBdHI)
If there is it would qualify as a vat.Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:18 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (v6XNT)
14 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (ExV1e)
15 Blue is the color of Our Lady
Friday is the day of Our Lady.
JJ's Jewish. She's Jewish....
It's a miraculous trifecta!Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:21 AM (yvnLa)
16 Title am I going to write now on from. And wardsback speak I shall.Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2025 07:22 AM (mlg/3)
17 The lapis lazuli was a nice touch.Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 09, 2025 07:23 AM (VJc7E)
18 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIFPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 07:23 AM (g0YnD)
19 Top 20 even after getting coffee.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 07:23 AM (RjOoY)
20 There is not a snowballs chance in hell Roberts retires under Trump.
And 70 is spring chicken in SCOTUS terms.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (XV/Pl)
21 I heard yesterday that, in conclave, one of Robert Prevose's jobs was "Secretary to the College of Cardinals". He counted the votes during the voting rounds. They put a guy from Chicago in charge of counting the votes and he got elected?
Its the Chicago way!Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (eGo5o)
22 Can you add another attribute to the font, like flashing on and off?
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:17 AM (vFG9F)
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The blink tag never goes out of style!Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (7fElN)
23 And 70 is spring chicken in SCOTUS terms.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (XV/Pl)
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And Pope terms...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 07:26 AM (7fElN)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 07:26 AM (x0n13)
25 Maybe Roberts will be Scalia'd in his sleep.Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 09, 2025 07:26 AM (VJc7E)
26 The blink tag never goes out of style!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (7fElN)
"Says you. "
-HTML5Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:27 AM (yvnLa)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 07:28 AM (x0n13)
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I believe you should escape the barrel because you were shocked that someone actually thinks Roberts would willingly give PDJT the choice of his successor!Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:30 AM (ZAWJi)
29 An American to be Pope? LOL. Strap in, Catholics.
You might as well hire a cattle rancher to head PETA.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 07:30 AM (BI5O2)
30 @27
>>Chicago style Pope? Way too Thick crust. Not genuine.
Much like Chicago Pizza is not pizza, Chicago Pope is no Pope.
Where have you gone Pope Benedict, a lonely world turns their eyes to you.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:30 AM (XV/Pl)
31 “ Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
Matthew 22:37-40Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 07:30 AM (hUAHw)
32 Where Was Democrats’ Outrage When Obama And Biden Deported Illegal Alien Housekeepers And Gardeners?
"But they did it out of love! Trump does it because he's RAYSIS!!"Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 07:30 AM (RjOoY)
33 The whole dang front page is leaning right.Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:31 AM (vFG9F)
34 Defund the UN, defund Planned Parenthood, defund NPR... been hearing these plaints for decades. No one defunds anything. It wasn't until Elon Musk and DOGE came along that we even examined funding at all.Posted by: Ordinary American at May 09, 2025 07:32 AM (vsTPo)
35 What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
Clarity. Were the Democrats in the majority, no doubt these weasels (no offense) would vote as we would have them, biding their time while enjoying the fruits of their deceit.
The question becomes whether their unmasking will matter. As someone who is, at least, boomer adjacent, I suspect that it won't until the older generations are a smaller portion of the primary electorate... assuming we make it that long.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:33 AM (ExV1e)
36 >> Regardless, it is of course up to all of us as individuals to live an upright, moral and righteous life regardless of who our religious and secular leaders may be. — JJ Sefton
That is among the best of the things you’ve ever written JJ, and you’ve written many good things!Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 07:34 AM (i5Vkf)
37 Ed Martin explained:
"Washington DC, opposition to President Trump is economically and financially based. This is not about ideology; this is about money. There are trillions at stake. K-Street exists for a reason, to bribe and influence the politicians. President Trump does not benefit K-Street, he is focused on Main Street and that is the core of the opposition.
Democrats want power, Republicans want money. Democrats use money to get power; Republicans use power to get money. The policy of democrats determines the donor funding. The donor funding for Republicans determines the policy. This is how the two wings of the UniParty operate."Posted by: Danimal28 at May 09, 2025 07:34 AM (1E4GV)
38 “This is bold, this is gonna be challenging, but we absolutely can do it,” Duffy declared of his plan, which calls for at least six new air traffic control centers replacing 1960s-era facilities; swapping out old-fashioned copper wiring for fiber-optic, wireless and satellite technology at 4,600 locations; and replacing 25,000 radios and more than 600 radar installations.
So, a call for infrastructure spending which might actually be spent on infrastructure?Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)
39 "The policy of democrats determines the donor funding. The donor funding for Republicans determines the policy. This is how the two wings of the UniParty operate."
Posted by: Danimal28 "
Damn. That's a good one.Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 07:35 AM (vFG9F)
40 Sen. Chris Kolker compared concerned parents to the Ku Klux Klan before saying he will be “accountable to almighty God” for “standing up for equality” - especially if he has to defend himself to “trans
Where do they come up with this "trans Jesus " nonsense except their crazy brains?. Jesus was a first century Jewish man. Yes; Christians believe he was God in the flesh, second person of the Trinity, but do these leftists really think that if they were to ask the Jesus of history what his gender was he'd say, "I'm non binary"?. It is egregiously wrong to try to rationalize mutilating kids in such a way. In addition, Nazis experimented on people" and what is transgender surgery but experiments and yet, parents who object to this are Nazis?!!
I'd say this politician has a few personal /mental health issues.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:36 AM (KFYce)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 07:37 AM (Q4IgG)
42 This is not about ideology; this is about money... The policy of democrats determines the donor funding.
Posted by: Danimal28 at May 09, 2025 07:34 AM (1E4GV)
Contradiction. It is certainly about ideology. We forget that at our peril.Posted by: Ordinary American at May 09, 2025 07:37 AM (vsTPo)
43 “Nonnas” knows the formula in play and never shies from it. The feisty Nonnas (Lorraine Bracco, Brenda Vaccaro and Talia Shire) know they’re playing stereotypes, but they deliver performances that rise above expectations.[/]
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Sounds line a winner of a movie. It goes on the list.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:37 AM (u/18o)
44 OopsPosted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:37 AM (u/18o)
45 From my new home in the barrel some of my complaints about Thumb Tillis may sound a bit muffled.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:38 AM (u/18o)
46 In before the Italics come back.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:39 AM (Vnr18)
47 Chicago Pope?
Could've been worse. Michael Pfleger, Jeremiah Wright or Obama.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 07:26 AM (x0n13)
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MCPA
Make Carmelita Pope Again!Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:40 AM (UzL96)
48 We just work here.Posted by: The GOP at May 09, 2025 07:40 AM (dg+HA)
49 liberal being a conservative not yet mugged.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:39 AM (lzynS)
That line is quite true.
It's the Socialist who does the mugging.Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:40 AM (yvnLa)
50 Senate Democrat Ruben Gallego ‘About to Knife the Crypto Community’ After Taking $10 Million from Pro-Crypto PAC
This is an awful article which never explains why he changed his stance on the issue. I would assume that it's entirely about opposing Trump, no matter what, but no motive is ever put forward.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
51 In before the Italics come back.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:39 AM (Vnr1
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"I'll a be a back a!" - Ahnold CorleonePosted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:41 AM (UzL96)
52 It was revealed last week that President Trump intends to significantly downsize the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), with 1,200 deep-staters reportedly losing their jobs.
Additionally, the National Security Agency (NSA) will lose thousands of jobs as more career bureaucrats hit the unemployment line
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Another great Trump move.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:42 AM (u/18o)
53 They took out the air defense radars in several Paki cities.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:42 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:42 AM (UzL96)
55 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.Posted by: Inogame at May 09, 2025 07:43 AM (53oGX)
56 But Saint Ronnie chose his battles.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:33 AM (lzynS)
TBF, it was the 80s - we weren't yet in these "pen and phone" times, where each President is just a Temperor, and events whipsaw around the nib of his mighty auto pen.
Back in those days, Reagan had to work against a theretofore permanent Democrat Congressional majority. He did better at that than Nixon or Ford or Eisenhower or Bush Sr.
Or, for that matter, better than Bush Jr. or First Trump did with GOP majorities.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 07:43 AM (BI5O2)
57 They took out the air defense radars in several Paki cities.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 07:42 AM (Vnr1
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No problem. They just need to call up tech support in Bangalore.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (UzL96)
58 So, a call for infrastructure spending which might actually be spent on infrastructure?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)
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Well saidPosted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (u/18o)
59 >> Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:36 AM (KFYce)
It’s easy to understand. They bear false witness and corrupt testimony to the teachings of Jesus Christ. What they speak is heresy and antithetical to the Gospels, in fact to the entirety of the Bible. It’s devious and actually meant to lead people away from Jesus by promoting a position that upon even the most pedestrian examination is an abomination and the bleating of apostates. They’ve taken pieces of the Gospel such as Matthew 22 that I’ve posted above and corrupted it to say that love should transcend those living in sin and therefore be acceptable (that living in sin) to all Christians. It’s a deliberate corruption whose purpose can only be to keep people living in sin by seeming to make that sin acceptable to the masses. In end it is both heretical and evil.Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (hUAHw)
60 They think they're right too.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:42 AM (lzynS)
And they are wrong.
It's everyone's duty to not be wrong about that.
What's the disconnect?Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (yvnLa)
61 California's incarcerated women say 'keep men out of our prison'
I assume they're dead-gendering California's precious criminal transwomen and have all had their sentences extended as a result.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (ExV1e)
62 Chief Justice Roberts, 70, Dismisses Retirement Speculation.
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Did anyone with a beating heart and squiggly matter in their noggin ever think for one second he'd retire under Trump?
Even if he did, we have a whole detestable coterie of Republican senators who would not allow anyone other than a justice of equal squish to be appointed.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:16 AM (qBdHI)
but could you imagine Chief Justice Thomas?
the wailing and rending of garments would be glorious...Posted by: Sturmtoddler at May 09, 2025 07:45 AM (v6XNT)
63 Stories coming out of a fascinating “dogfight” in the India - Pakistan war, reportedly over 125 aircraft involved; with the twist that they fought while being about 100 miles apart, with both sides firing large numbers of long range missiles at each other. India apparently took some significant losses, and the French are upset that a new Rafale has been lost, for the first time.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 07:45 AM (S+5p3)
64 JJ, if you're still around, you missed a close tag in the 1st Amendment section.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:46 AM (ExV1e)
65 This concept I keep trying to explain gets really old."
Then stop explaining it, "Eddie" and maybe you won't be so tired.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:46 AM (KFYce)
66 The GOP is all about identity politics. That's it. They have no platform, no ideology that conservatives would recognize. They're a name brand that resonates. Like Bud Light, Ford or Boeing.
Which color do you prefer? Red or blue?
There's zero substance behind the moniker; "Republican"
We think it's a choice but it's the same shit as the Democrats... packaged differently.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 07:47 AM (Q4IgG)
Posted by: Automobile Club of America at May 09, 2025 07:47 AM (G5+As)
68 The ideological battleground is going to be the border and Prevost has been chosen to lead the response in the largest sense possible.
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Perhaps I'm being incredibly obtuse, but why does no one, here being the new Pope, ever advocate for pouring $$, resources, and other assorted kinds of assistance into helping all these countries flourish so everyone there doesn't feel the need to stuff themselves into a handful of places on this planet? The only answer always seems to be to crush every western country with mass immigration until those countries start becoming just as unstable. It's obvious it's become, and is being used, as a political cudgel. Bringing everyone here isn't the answer. But it's the only one we ever get.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:48 AM (qBdHI)
69 I heard yesterday that, in conclave, one of Robert Prevose's jobs was "Secretary to the College of Cardinals". He counted the votes during the voting rounds. They put a guy from Chicago in charge of counting the votes and he got elected?
The Cardinals who appeared when he was announced were all smiles and laughter so I suspect his election was legit.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:48 AM (ExV1e)
70 Willowed:
...Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.
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I wonder if "from the 1950s" is being interpreted as "from the 1950s to the present time"? Try rewording? Say, "whose floruit was in the decade of the 1950s"?
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Which makes the point. Its big parlor trick is "natural language", but the algorithm is unable to make the computers understand language.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:49 AM (/wLGm)
71 designated “judges and the judiciary [as] a co-equal branch of government, separate from the others, with the authority to interpret the Constitution … and strike down, obviously, acts of Congress or acts of the president.” "it's job is to..... check the excesses of Congress or the executive.
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This is the man that tor YEARS we were told wants his hands off telling Congress or the President what to do, not because they were leftist, but because of his precious legacy and respect of the Court that wants to just leave the rest of the government alone to do its thing even if it's overreaching. This is the bullshit we were sold for his allowing of ObamaCare.
Now he says he has the power to "strike down" the other two branches and therefore has to use it "independently". Jiminy the everloving fuck if I have to ever hear one more word about his stupid fake bs worrying about "legacy" to justify his constant stream of leftardism, I'm gonna shit.Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 07:49 AM (gt60b)
72 Bullshit. Reagan created EMTALA with his pen and phone. Nobody made him.
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Well, I suppose if you consider EMTALA to be the critical issue of the Reagan Presidency, then sure - he was a terrible President.
I get that you hate boomers and that Reagan is somewhat over hyped by them.
But he was a man of his time, and he did pretty well for it.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 07:50 AM (BI5O2)
73 They want to make sure, as a generation, that things stay the way they wish even after they're dead. Why ? You fucking tell me.
I would assume it's because they believe they're correct. Why do you want to change the way things are even while they're still alive?Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:50 AM (ExV1e)
74 I heard yesterday that, in conclave, one of Robert Prevose's jobs was "Secretary to the College of Cardinals". He counted the votes during the voting rounds. They put a guy from Chicago in charge of counting the votes and he got elected?
Its the Chicago way!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:25 AM (eGo5o)
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Perhaps simply his Daley prayers were answered.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:50 AM (UzL96)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 07:50 AM (/Ghsb)
76 On 10 May, an uncontrolled reentry will take place of the so-called Cosmos-482 descent craft, a Soviet Venera landing capsule that launched 53 years ago.
The landing module could reach the surface of Earth in one piece instead of breaking and burning up.
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Wait... what?! Tomorrow, the Russians are bombing from space?Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 07:51 AM (tZeM/)
77 If they wanted a Deep State Pope from Chitown I was available! This ain't the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like gay and dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!
I'm kissed democrat asses for years and I was stepped over!Posted by: Father Mike Pfleger, Sexual Predator at May 09, 2025 07:51 AM (imQ+3)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 07:52 AM (ZmEVT)
79 and strike down, obviously,
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"Obviously"
What a sanctimonious clown.
Fine. You OBVIOUSLY have the super-power of being extra-equal.
Where do citizens go to appeal your decisions?
Go ahead. Tell us.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:52 AM (/wLGm)
80 People here really seem to try not to get it. They think what they are doing is "right". For all the same motivations you people here believe you are "right".
Their morals are just counter to yours.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 07:49 AM (lzynS)
Oh. Well, People Here is just a jerk. We all know that. No one even likes that guy.Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 07:52 AM (yvnLa)
81 Try rewording? Say, "whose floruit was in the decade of the 1950s"?
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Let me try!
"Whose fluoride was in the decay of the 1950s?"Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:53 AM (UzL96)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 07:53 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2025 07:53 AM (Y1sOo)
84 DibsPosted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 07:53 AM (/wLGm)
85 Chicago Style Pizza = Manhole Cover with too much saucePosted by: Life of Wryly at May 09, 2025 07:54 AM (1FWWQ)
86 "Perhaps simply his Daley prayers were answered."
Threadwinner!
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Thank you! Thank you! I accept the award from no one of any consequence.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:54 AM (UzL96)
87 So, "Republican" Pope Bob is an open borders guy and Never Trumper, eh?
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2025 07:53 AM (Y1sOo)
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That's not the Bob Pope we've all come to know:
https://youtu.be/4a6YdNmK77kPosted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 07:56 AM (UzL96)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:57 AM (KFYce)
89 Perhaps I'm being incredibly obtuse, but why does no one, here being the new Pope, ever advocate for pouring $$, resources, and other assorted kinds of assistance into helping all these countries flourish so everyone there doesn't feel the need to stuff themselves into a handful of places on this planet? The only answer always seems to be to crush every western country with mass immigration until those countries start becoming just as unstable. It's obvious it's become, and is being used, as a political cudgel. Bringing everyone here isn't the answer. But it's the only one we ever get.
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 07:48 AM (qBdHI)
Western countries shovel money out the door to the "needy" with no expectation that they'll ever do anything to improve their situation. No matter how much you improve CountryX, it'll never be better than "Money For Nothing".Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:57 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:58 AM (KFYce)
91 People here think that all lEOs*, laws, regulations, and bills should have a five year sunset by default. If they're important enough to renew they can be renewed.
* Technically people here think that EOs shouldn't have any power over free citizens and should only apply to government employees, but you get the point.Posted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 07:58 AM (/wLGm)
92 But we DO have a national religion.
Recycling.
Go into any neighborhood of single family homes for seven consecutive days. On one of those days you'll see the sacrifices set out on the altar of the curb.
There is religious adherence.
There are established rules of righteousness.
And there is no recompense for the service rendered.
We freely sacrifice our time and energy in the name of some greater good that will somehow benefit all of mankind.
The holiest of our tribe even serve penance by washing our garbage.Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2025 07:59 AM (dg+HA)
93 Perhaps that new Pope will reinstitute the punishment proscribed in the Bible
A fine of 2 shekels, less than an ounce of silver.Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at May 09, 2025 08:00 AM (RcGgb)
94 Are we doing the generation wars again? Instead of that, lets refight the civil war. That one is always fun!Posted by: Kwak! at May 09, 2025 08:00 AM (89Sog)
95 We were in Rome.
Everybody had matching cassocks.
Somebody went under the drapes.
And there they saw a Pope.
It wasn't a Pope.
Was a Pope Lobster!Posted by: The B52's at May 09, 2025 08:00 AM (PAPHZ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (ZmEVT)
97
TX-288 Entrance Ramp Status: Not open.
At least Her Majesty talked to a worker about it as she drove by. Turns out that TXDOT won't let them open the ramp because it lacks a main lane sign. Estimated date of opening: not known.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (QnmlO)
98 >>Another great Trump move.
Also pretty much the exact reason they took out Gen. Flynn at the start of Trump's first term.
All of this talk about generations at war with each other is dumb and misses the point entirely. People in power will hold on to it as long as possible, right into the grave. This has been going on since the dawn of time, long before boomers came along. Yes, there was a time before boomers when shit went wrong.
There is the DC we see and the one we don't. The one we don't has largely been running the country for decades. Some of the people we elect are part of that shadow government of intel, NGOs and non-profits that they've been funding with billions of our tax dollars for years. It's not about boomers v gen whatever or even D v R. It's rich, powerful people wanting more money and power.Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (viF8m)
99 Hopefully the prognosticators will be proven wrong on the new Pope. I don’t see a lot consistent with his background and actual works that leads me to believe he will be unfaithful to the Gospels. He seems to be very adept at listening and ecclesiastically reaching good decisions to guide the flock. People thirst for the conservative values of the faith that directly reflect the text of the gospels. Francis did a lot of damage with his attempts to “modernize” the church and doctrine. His departures were actually stunning. Pretty sure we’re not going to see that again. The cardinals are well aware of what the parishioners are saying.Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (hUAHw)
100 But we DO have a national religion.
Recycling.
Go into any neighborhood of single family homes for seven consecutive days. On one of those days you'll see the sacrifices set out on the altar of the curb.
There is religious adherence.
There are established rules of righteousness.
And there is no recompense for the service rendered.
We freely sacrifice our time and energy in the name of some greater good that will somehow benefit all of mankind.
The holiest of our tribe even serve penance by washing our garbage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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And our blessed reward?
Microplastics in our water supplies and children's brains and reproductive organs from pointlessly shredding bottles to "save" precisely nothing.
(part of me is beginning to lean towards that being the point all along)Posted by: People Here at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (/wLGm)
101 Morning allPosted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 08:02 AM (y6oPX)
102 Even the Pope is now Made in AmericaPosted by: Ignoramus at May 09, 2025 08:02 AM (Gqoy+)
103 Because I'm tired of them tilting everything toward the obvious goal of sucking everything dry until they die ... then being arrogant enough to insist that write rules that last after their death.
So... you are the same as those you criticize but with a different perspective. Interesting that you accuse others of blindness on this with regard to the morality issue.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 08:02 AM (ExV1e)
104 "There is no right and wrong" is very prepubsecent thinking. There is a right and a wrong. It's not just about telling people what to do or not.Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 08:04 AM (gt60b)
105 JJ, the link for "What Trump Needs In His Next NatSec" is broken, it leads in circular fashion right back here.
Thank you in advance for fixing!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 08:05 AM (l2PRJ)
106 Western countries shovel money out the door to the "needy" with no expectation that they'll ever do anything to improve their situation.
I remember about a year or two ago, there were a lot of people bleating about Elon buying Twitter about how "He could solve world hunger with that kind of money!"
So he took them up on their offer. A lot of NGOs were salivating over the sweet, sweet Elon bucks they were going to get.
And then he said "But I control where the money is going to be spent." Just like magic, world hunger wasn't a problem any more.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 08:06 AM (RjOoY)
107 Go into any neighborhood of single family homes for seven consecutive days. On one of those days you'll see the sacrifices set out on the altar of the curb.
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No neighborhood in my vicinity in upstate SC does this. No sacrifice bins set out by the curb. We're heathens.Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 08:06 AM (qBdHI)
108 We freely sacrifice our time and energy in the name of some greater good that will somehow benefit all of mankind.
The holiest of our tribe even serve penance by washing our garbage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2025 07:59 AM (dg+HA)
Correct! I was at a relative house and I placed my empty beer can in the garbage can. Holy shit! Much admonishment and horror as the idiot relative removed the can and placed it in the "recycling" bin. Having worked in garbage, I tried to explain to the idiot relative that there is no need to separate anything as it all goes to the same dump/incinerator to be picked over by illegal invaders for any goodies. Nope, the cult was having none of it. So before I left I shit in his guest bathroom and didn't flush. Figured I was saving the idiot relative water to be used a few more times to save the earth.Posted by: Waste Mangement Guy at May 09, 2025 08:06 AM (imQ+3)
109
I heard yesterday that, in conclave, one of Robert Prevose's jobs was "Secretary to the College of Cardinals". He counted the votes during the voting rounds. They put a guy from Chicago in charge of counting the votes and he got elected?
The votes are counted by three cardinals, called scrutators, chosen by lot. The votes are then checked by three other cardinals, called revisors, also chosen by lot.
Before the ballots are examined, they're counted to make sure that the number matches how many cardinals are present. If there's a discrepancy, they have to vote all over again. As the scrutators examine each ballot, one after another, the last scrutator announces who it's for. So it's about as honest as you can get.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 08:07 AM (QnmlO)
110
On Wednesday, nearly 80 protesters were arrested after storming Columbia University’s Butler Library in New York City. The demonstrators, many of whom were masked and wearing kaffiyehs, disrupted students preparing for exams, defaced property, and declared the library a “liberated zone” in support of 'Palestinian' activism.
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I like that the little bastards were locked inside the library, and only let out to be arrested. "Now youse can't leave."Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 08:07 AM (uz6ub)
111 115 JJ, the link for "What Trump Needs In His Next NatSec" is broken, it leads in circular fashion right back here.
Thank you in advance for fixing!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 08:05 AM (l2PRJ)
LINK IS FIXED!Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 08:08 AM (x0n13)
112 This just in:
India says it now intends to target Pakistan's 3 largest cities.
London, Manchester, and Liverpool are currently being evacuated.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 08:08 AM (UzL96)
113 Posted by: Marcus T at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (hUAHw)
My worry is that we're looking at a guy who came up through the ranks in America - it's not a place where you can advance that far in a major institution without being corrupt down to the marrow of your bones.
I think the demon will emerge from the skinsuit soon enough. I know my country too well to figure otherwise.
But, time will tell, of course. I just wouldn't be too sanguine about the future of the Church with one of ours in charge.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 08:08 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 08:09 AM (x0n13)
115 Good morning everyone, thx JJ. Getting up to 2 inches of rain today. On top of a couple inches over the last week. Floods r us .
Supposed to be a decent weekend , though the course will be wet as a swampPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 08:09 AM (vmkyp)
116 Take a vacation, "Eddie " , and do something you enjoy without internet access. You work hard. You deserve it Fishing? Hiking? Lying a beach ?Visiting Historic sites ? this tilting against Boomers and Silents and repeatedly telling "people here" that they don't get it must be exhausting. Oh, yes, have a good day.
See some of you folks later maybePosted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 08:09 AM (KFYce)
117 @76
>>Which makes the point. Its big parlor trick is "natural language", but the algorithm is unable to make the computers understand language.
I don't how you're phrasing the question but for me it produces a list broken out into Leading Men, Leading Women, Comedic Stars, Western and Action Stars, Character Actors, International Stars, Emerging Young Stars, Musical Stars, and not a single person on the list is modern and is appropriate for the time.
It also asks the following questions:
Would you like this list sorted by genre, popularity, or filmography highlights?
Provide a timeline of key 1950's films starring these actors?
Provide detailed analysis of acting styles?
Compare the evolution of leading men and leading women to stars of today.
As stated in the tech thread, the output something like ChatGPT can produce is very impressive, very tailored and very portable.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 08:10 AM (XV/Pl)
118 Muslims in Africa...
About a year or so ago there was a dust up in Niger between the US and the local government over an American anti-terror base there. We were flying MQ-9 "Reaper" drones out of it. Their mission was to monitor Islamic terrorists who were infiltrating governments in central Africa, and, monitor Russian and Chinese movements in the area too.
There's a connection between the US being shoved out of Central Africa and the rise of militant Islam there. I think the Chinese had a hand in it. The violence against Christians in Africa is a biproduct of letting the Chinese establish a foothold there.
Not that the Muslims already there weren't a problem decades ago.... but they'd been kept in check by the US presence. That's not the case anymore.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 08:10 AM (Q4IgG)
119 I'm a Catholic, cradle to grave. Just like 2016 and the hand wringing and projections about PDT being unfit as President I'm getting the same vibe on Pope Leo. Like 2016 I'm taking a break from all sites that reference his ascension to the papacy since the constant speculation is useless. Unlike PDT he has zero control of what we do in the US vis a vis our border and anything else that's decided by the President, Congress or our judiciary. Any Pope can spout off to his heart's content on any subject, however it changes nothing politically. Even if the Catholic faithful listen to his political musings the reality of what's happening here at home will influence them more. By the way even my staunch conservative pastor views immigration differently then I do which isn't unusual with Catholic priests. I've learned to accept it and vote based on what's good for the country.Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2025 08:10 AM (2NHgQ)
120 Just got a new texting scam on my phone.
If I don't hurry up and claim my grant RIGHT NOW, it's going to go to another family who might benefit...
What to do, what to do....Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (7fElN)
121 68 Stories coming out of a fascinating “dogfight” in the India - Pakistan war, reportedly over 125 aircraft involved; with the twist that they fought while being about 100 miles apart, with both sides firing large numbers of long range missiles at each other. India apparently took some significant losses, and the French are upset that a new Rafale has been lost, for the first time.
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Better not put any on the Truman, then.Posted by: Cray Cray at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (EES2L)
122 I like that the little bastards were locked inside the library, and only let out to be arrested. "Now youse can't leave."
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They needed some Dog Day Afternoon treatment. Turn off electricity and the heating/air. Is James Broderick or Charles Durning available for negotiations?Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (qBdHI)
123 The last Pope seemed pretty adamant that America exists to save South American Catholics from Catholicism. Seems the new one thinks likewise.Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (pZ64F)
124 London to face Blitz 2.0.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 08:11 AM (gt60b)
126 The votes are counted by three cardinals, called scrutators,
"Scrutators"? We have needed that word!Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 08:12 AM (KtPtl)
127 Recycling?
I am a heretic. Only aluminum cans have any value. Everything else is garbage.
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I submit that they don't. Not at the individual level. At the corporate level with large groups of people and a controlled environment requiring one weekly or monthly trip by one truck? Yes, probably. Large pieces of scrap from companies is of course efficient
But an individual setting out out washed cans (resources/energy, from here on RE) in large bins (RE) for a truck (energy) to drive by (RE) every so often in order to operate equipment (RE) to collect and transport (RE) to unload (RE) on roads (RE) in order to be collected (RE) and moved elsewhere (RE)? No, almost certainly not. Not in the big scheme.
And that's not even counting individuals (RE) transporting (RE) metal to the local facility. I bet every family you know can tell about a flat tire (RE) after a visit (RE), and it likely, and wisely, ended the practice.
The better approach would likely be dumping them in a big unwashed pile for companies to bid on or for future technology to efficiently recycle them when they're needed.
(plastics/microplastics in coke can liners BTW)Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:12 AM (yZCmg)
128 Does the new Pope have a Peruvian Flute Band?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:12 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (x0n13)
130 "Hopefully the prognosticators will be proven wrong.
That word just sounds filthy. Like the "editors" of swank invented it.Posted by: Kwak! at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (89Sog)
131 the French are upset that a new Rafale has been lost, for the first time.
Did the Indians void their warranty by using it in battle?Posted by: t-bird at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (qLZZ/)
132 "Which makes the point. Its big parlor trick is "natural language", but the algorithm is unable to make the computers understand language.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie"
AI corrupts search results. I would prefer to have a straight up logic based search engine uninfluenced by opinion or advertising.Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (vFG9F)
133 If I were living in the PRC, I'd be pretty damned skeptical about a Pope from Shanghai, too.
Powerful men in regimes like ours have strings attached, by necessity.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (BI5O2)
134 Scrutator...now there's a word one could have fun with!Posted by: Lady in Black at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (qBdHI)
135 Whoops, used "energy" instead of RE after noting the manufacture, upkeep, fuel, tires, brake pads, oil and other fluids, etc. of the truck. Hopefully it was still understood.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:13 AM (yZCmg)
136 140 Does the new Pope have a Peruvian Flute Band?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:12 AM (Vnr1
I'd rather be a hammer than a sickle . . . Call me fickle...Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 08:14 AM (x0n13)
137 Not that the Muslims already there weren't a problem decades ago.... but they'd been kept in check by the US presence. That's not the case anymore.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Hmmmmm. Muslim vs. Chinese?Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 08:14 AM (y6oPX)
138 Did they try to reboot the Rafale or did it surrender?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:14 AM (Vnr18)
139 The holiest of our tribe even serve penance by washing our garbage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
I burned all my flammable trash the other day. I don't burn plastic bottles and such, those I bring to the transfer station myself, not segregated from garbage. Amazon boxes, packing materials, all paper-up in flames! I need to burn the pine cones and straw that falls from my neighbors trees, anyway.
One of Bud Anderson's chores on Father Knows Best was to burn the garbage.Posted by: Fire Pit Fred at May 09, 2025 08:15 AM (G5+As)
140 the French are upset that a new Rafale has been lost, for the first time.
Did the Indians void their warranty by using it in battle?
Posted by: t-bird
Hella mad because they didn't drop it first.Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 08:16 AM (y6oPX)
141 "the French are upset that a new Rafale has been lost, for the first time."
Hello! We have been trying to reach about your aircrafts extended warranty. Please to verify make and model!Posted by: Kwak! at May 09, 2025 08:16 AM (89Sog)
142 Stories coming out of a fascinating “dogfight” in the India - Pakistan war, reportedly over 125 aircraft involved; with the twist that they fought while being about 100 miles apart, with both sides firing large numbers of long range missiles at each other. India apparently took some significant losses
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India... That's where our smart H1Bs that can do big brain stuff Americans can't do come from, right?
Seems like fighter pilots as a group would have to be smarter and overall more capable than our H1Bs.
Wait a minute...Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:17 AM (yZCmg)
143 Prognosticators to the left of us, scrutators to the right...here we are, stuck in the middle with Muldoon!Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2025 08:18 AM (dg+HA)
144 I burned all my flammable trash the other day. I don't burn plastic bottles and such, those I bring to the transfer station myself, not segregated from garbage
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I stayed for a little while next to a really weird family of retarded people. I had assumed consanguinity was to blame at first.
Then I noticed that these people would put lots of plastic in their burn pit along with literally anything else - aerosol cans, whatever - and then just hang out and drink beer in the oily cloud of toxic smoke, and it all came together.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 08:18 AM (BI5O2)
145 Microplastics. That seems to be the new thing. One of the fitters I worked with talked Microplastics.
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Assuming it wasn't intentional in the push for population control:
It's the next push for environmental control and bans. Car tires specifically.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:19 AM (yZCmg)
146 Tensions are now about to reach a boiling point. No demon that was ever foaled is or was as perilous for Canadian unity as Mark Carney, except perhaps for Pierre Elliott Trudeau, whose 1980 National Energy Program (NEP), as noted, critically depressed Alberta’s economy. Carney is demonstrably bad news for the prairie West, and the spirit of independence is now circulating in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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What's left of Canada's natural wealth and economy without the powerful western engines, Alberta and Saskatchewan? Not much.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 08:19 AM (bRHEL)
147 I'm happy for my Catholic friends that they have a new Pope. A time of hope and a time of prayer. I'm disappointed that contrary to the sign at Wrigley Field, Pope Bob is apparently not a Cubs fan, but a White Sox fan. Who in the world wants to be a Sox fan? I've never met one.Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)
148 What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
The Deep State has the full treasury to bribe office holders with
The Deep State has the full nat sec establishment to find any skeletons in an office holder's closet
The Deep State has the full FNM to slander and libel an office holder
So in some senses it is a wonder we have any office holders that aren't just cut outs for the Deep StatePosted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (t0Rmr)
149 I have a hunch that "microplastics" have always existed, and predate humanity.Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (yvnLa)
150 Don't take Consanguinity if you're allergic to Consanguinity.Posted by: The Marketing Department at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (dg+HA)
151 Bless you JJ. Such great commentary about the new Pope. Being in the Chicago area, the media of course is more into him being a White sox fan. I will give him a chance to break away from Francis, but he was selected because the Vatican is broke. Leo will fill the American collection platesPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:22 AM (YCxFk)
152 Compare and contrast:
Pakistan - mixture of US and Chinese warplanes
India - mixture of European and Russian warplanesPosted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 08:23 AM (Q4IgG)
153 While there are certain things that are potentially good about Pope Bob, ie statement on LGBT being against gospel, his helping Frankie isn't good. Let's see him try and deal with the corruption in the Vaticans finances , as that will tell you if he's another FrankiePosted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 08:24 AM (vmkyp)
154 Obama was a White Sox fan. Made many visits to "Cominskey Field".Posted by: Man's Country More Like It at May 09, 2025 08:25 AM (G5+As)
155 I've yet to see a standardized definition of what constitutes a microplastic.
If you really want to be a dick about it, ethane gas would count.Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 09, 2025 08:25 AM (yvnLa)
156 What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
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Same as the point of having a Pope these days.Posted by: ... at May 09, 2025 08:25 AM (gt60b)
157 Trump took office on Jan 20. Less than 4 months. He has done amazing work so far. Trump does what no GOP Prez has done before, he brings the Deep State and its cronies in both parties out into the sunlight. A guy like McConnell or Tillis would have been protected in the past.Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:25 AM (YCxFk)
158 India says it now intends to target Pakistan's 3 largest cities.
London, Manchester, and Liverpool are currently being evacuated.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 08:08 AM (UzL96)
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BD is working his stand up routine this morning, and I'm loving it.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 08:25 AM (eGo5o)
159 I'm happy for my Catholic friends that they have a new Pope. A time of hope and a time of prayer. I'm disappointed that contrary to the sign at Wrigley Field, Pope Bob is apparently not a Cubs fan, but a White Sox fan. Who in the world wants to be a Sox fan? I've never met one.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)
He might be a thin crust fan too...so many unknowns about this man !Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 08:26 AM (g47mK)
160 Pope is Leonardo. India flies Raphels. Ninja Turtles.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:26 AM (Vnr18)
161 GOP Senate is only good for Judges, sadlyPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:26 AM (YCxFk)
162 A friend of mine wondered at the long-term wisdom of bottling billions (with a B) of gallons of water from particular areas and shipping it to other areas where it shouldn't be. It's an interesting thing to ponder.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:26 AM (yZCmg)
163 It's not a mystery. Its just Boomers / Silents insisting, while they are in power, that they exercise that power even after their death.
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It was ok to destroy the economy when Boomers/Silents thought they were going to die from a virus with 99% survivability that didn't affect the young.
And it's ok to destroy the rule of law, all norms and customs, when Boomers/Silents think they are losing power.
"But Trump said pussy!"
Is it any wonder why Gen X, their children, were the only demographic that voted for Trump?Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 08:27 AM (sMW+k)
164 I've yet to see a standardized definition of what constitutes a microplastic.
If you really want to be a dick about it, ethane gas would count.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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I suspect that's the point. It can be made much more immediately dangerous than Global Warming, but remain similarly invisible.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:27 AM (yZCmg)
165 The new pope coming out wearing the customary red mozzetta (cape) is not a sign that he is a traditionalist; it is a costume to placate potential critics, nothing more. He is Francis 2.0Posted by: Frankie at May 09, 2025 08:28 AM (O3qZY)
166 Morning Grammie. Been a Cubs fan all my life. White sox park is such a dump. Dangerous at night etc... Why?Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:28 AM (YCxFk)
167 Mornin’, All. Happy Friday.Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 08:29 AM (77rzZ)
168 Mozzarella?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:29 AM (Vnr18)
169 > Is it any wonder why Gen X, their children, were the only demographic that voted for Trump?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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Wut?Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 08:29 AM (Q4IgG)
170 The new Pope didn't tweet once in 2024. In 2025, he's posted 5 times, in which he:
Criticized JD Vance's views on Catholicism and Jesus; Posted an article opposing Trump's immigration policies; Retweeted twice about the Pope's health;R etweeted a criticism of Trump & Bukele's laughter at KAG.
I wonder how soon he’ll be attacked by the MAGA mind-hive.
He's reputed to be more of a moderate. Time will tell. We definitely could have done much worse. Of course, even a “real” moderate is too far left for MAGA
Anyone who isn't to the right of a Death Eater is a "liberal" to MAGA.
At least we didn't get the Hungarian. That would have been a REAL step back
The best part? Trump has now been demoted to being the second-highest ranking American in the world and that will bug him a lot.
Perhaps he will be able to rein in the reich-wing US church. He sure has to be better than the last pope from an English speaking country, that's for sure.
Even if he's a leftish for a pope, he'll still be:
*anti women's equality
*anti reproductive health
*anti queer
*anti trans
*anti divorce
The Church is backwards.Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 09, 2025 08:29 AM (GNjcL)
171 I don’t get the pic up top.Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 08:30 AM (77rzZ)
172 Vatican is broke. Francis RIP, lost many perishoners when he allowed audience with scum like Bernie Sanders and Pelosi.
Americans and Gays have money. See the patternPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:30 AM (YCxFk)
173 Coming out wearing a mozzetta is cheesy.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 08:30 AM (Vnr18)
174 I see Pope Bob went all in on the "kids in cages" thing during Trump's first term.
If I had photoshopping skillz, I'd take the AOC meme of her crying by a fence and swap in Pope Bob.Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2025 08:30 AM (Y1sOo)
175 Thom Tillis is getting ratioed for this tweet. I pray he gets primaried with a winning candidate.
Senator Thom Tillis
@SenThomTillis
Jeanine Pirro has had a long and storied career as a prosecutor and she is a great choice by
@POTUS
to serve as U.S. Attorney for DC!
MrDirt
@MrDirt66
Shit backfired on you dude. Now we got Ed investigating jan6 and judge Jeannie in DC arresting swamp critters. FAFOPosted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 08:32 AM (NpAcC)
176 White sox park is such a dump. Dangerous at night etc... Why?
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:28 AM (YCxFk)
I went there once. I was scared the whole time.Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:32 AM (SfhV1)
177 Perhaps he will be able to rein in the reich-wing US church. He sure has to be better than the last pope from an English speaking country, that's for sure.
Ummm... what the hell??Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 08:33 AM (Oy/m2)
178
The new american Pontiff, Cletus I, faces immediate allegations of protecting priestly kiddie diddlers in the usual fashion, i e. stealth reassignment of the perpetrator and a sincere belief that handling the matter internally within the church hierarchy obviates any need or obligation to report the incidents to law enforcement.
Looks like we got ourselves -- a convoy.Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 08:34 AM (uz6ub)
179 40 “This is bold, this is gonna be challenging, but we absolutely can do it,” Duffy declared of his plan, which calls for at least six new air traffic control centers replacing 1960s-era facilities; swapping out old-fashioned copper wiring for fiber-optic, wireless and satellite technology at 4,600 locations; and replacing 25,000 radios and more than 600 radar installations.
So, a call for infrastructure spending which might actually be spent on infrastructure?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:35 AM (ExV1e)
One of the challenges, perhaps the largest, will be to install and test all the new radars, ATC consoles and supporting systems, and cabling at each location, without closing the airport for days and days. The upgrades must be done, though, whatever the short-term operational disruptions. Choice of the contractors is critical to success. No stodgy DoD-wedded corporations, thank you.Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2025 08:35 AM (aBgBM)
180 "Which makes the point. Its big parlor trick is "natural language", but the algorithm is unable to make the computers understand language.
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AI corrupts search results. I would prefer to have a straight up logic based search engine uninfluenced by opinion or advertising.
Posted by: fd
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Well sure, but then you might learn things or find information you're looking for.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:37 AM (yZCmg)
181 “This is bold, this is gonna be challenging, but we absolutely can do it,” Duffy declared of his plan
I like him. He seems so earnest.Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:37 AM (SfhV1)
182 Red velvet cake >> red mozzarella cheese.Posted by: Food nerd at May 09, 2025 08:37 AM (dg+HA)
183 Chicago "Deep Dish" should be outlawed. Pizzas are round and thin. Some things are not up for debate. Pope Bob can go squeeze a breeze.Posted by: City Of Scum And Villainy at May 09, 2025 08:38 AM (G5+As)
184 >>Is it any wonder why Gen X, their children, were the only demographic that voted for Trump?
Alexander Soros, heir to the Soros fortune and deep state funding and direction, is 39.
Why is he funding all of these boomers?
Soon enough the boomers will be dead and there will be a whole new generation of corrupt people hanging onto power and money. It will be Gen X.
Boomers didn't invent the deep state, they inherited it. So will Gen X. And there will be just as much corruption then.Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:38 AM (viF8m)
185 In addition, Nazis experimented on people" and what is transgender surgery but experiments and yet, parents who object to this are Nazis?!!
I'd say this politician has a few personal /mental health issues.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 07:36 AM (KFYce)
In fairness, the Nazis did burn up the Institute for Sexual Research, where gay Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld performed the first gender affirming surgeries, along with troves of books by Jewish authors like Heinrich Heine and Max Brod that were researching sexuality.
The reference is not without precedence.Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 08:38 AM (IqKUv)
186 Anyone who isn't to the right of a Death Eater
I thought JK Rowling was a heretic. Why are they using her creations?
Even if he's a leftish for a pope, he'll still be:
*anti left sacred cows
He's already the Pope. You don't have to keep selling him to me. And since you aren't Catholic, why would this bother you?Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 08:39 AM (RjOoY)
187 Today is National Butterscotch Brownie Day.Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 08:39 AM (NpAcC)
188 Today is National Butterscotch Brownie Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 08:39 AM (NpAcC)
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So where do I go to get one, courtesy of the US taxpayer?Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 09, 2025 08:42 AM (7fElN)
189 The new american Pontiff, Cletus I, faces immediate allegations of protecting priestly kiddie diddlers in the usual fashion, i e. stealth reassignment of the perpetrator and a sincere belief that handling the matter internally within the church hierarchy obviates any need or obligation to report the incidents to law enforcement.
Looks like we got ourselves -- a convoy.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 09, 2025 08:34 AM (uz6ub)
Agreed. Chicago Diocese was a kiddie diddler's heaven. What is so hard about calling 911? Coverups, moving diddlers around from parish to parish, bishops in on the whole deal and victims left in their wake.
Shame on them all.Posted by: Pray The Gay Away! at May 09, 2025 08:43 AM (imQ+3)
190 And since you aren't Catholic, why would this bother you?
The Pope is one of those figures who, for good or ill, affects more of the world than their job would nominally account for.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
191 The last pope from an English-speaking country was Adrian IV in the mid-12th century.Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 08:45 AM (77rzZ)
192 So Trump fired the Head of the Library of Congress last night. A DEI Obama appointee. She is shockedPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:45 AM (YCxFk)
193 I do not think so. Because Gen X is not the Tyranny of the Well Intentioned. You can buy off Gen X. Gen X just wants to screw, stay in nice hotels and houses, and screw. Did I mention screw ?
Boomers and Silents want to tell you how to screw, when to screw, and when it's ok to screw.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 08:43 AM (lzynS)
Those members of GenX who seek power will seek to use that power. It's the nature of man.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 08:46 AM (ExV1e)
194 What is so hard about calling 911?
An arrogant belief that they are above the laws of man. In an ideal world, lampposts would have been decorated over this issue. Heck, I would have accepted excommunication in return for helping out with that.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 08:46 AM (RjOoY)
Posted by: Big Balls with a cattle prod at May 09, 2025 08:46 AM (yvnLa)
196 I guess the Pope used to teach for a while up in Oconomowac. I'm not sure if he was there long enough to be called a cheesehead.Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:47 AM (SfhV1)
197 190. Well Said Red. So Pirro has 120 days. Does she want the job permanent?Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
198 IF this Pope is truly open borders, when will he order the Vatican wall be taken down?
My money is on the 12th. Of NEVER.Posted by: zooomzooom at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (npZx2)
199 160 I'm happy for my Catholic friends that they have a new Pope. A time of hope and a time of prayer. I'm disappointed that contrary to the sign at Wrigley Field, Pope Bob is apparently not a Cubs fan, but a White Sox fan. Who in the world wants to be a Sox fan? I've never met one.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)
Hi Grammie,
My parents grew up on the south side (in at that time heavily Polish area) so we are Sox fans. I grew up in northern suburbs surrounded by Cubs fans who in my case were all Notre Dame fans too. I connect the two together and dislike both.
Not sure about the Pope and feel he has bigger fish to fry than worry about climate and Trump. I have seen some more conservative parishs’ grow but we need more growth, younger people getting married and having kids and standing up to the real evils that are out there. We should also be in support of Israel. Interesting times for sure.Posted by: Paisley at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (ny1NG)
200 Pray The Gay Away!
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It's always weird how this concept is so offensive and impossible.
It's simply "don't have gay sex." It really is that simple. You can't help that you find something attractive, but you don't act on it.
OH HOW HORRIBLE!!! YOU'RE A HOMOPHOBE!!!
Right up until it's pointed out that it's the most basic expectation of married men. There isn't a married man out there that doesn't see an attractive woman every day. And the most basic expectation is "you can't have sex with her." It's not even a religious argument, but a state-mandated one. The obvious religious one is remaining a virgin for your spouse, of course. Again, a very basic expectation.
But for some reason Gay is a special kind of uncontrollable.Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (yZCmg)
201 I stayed for a little while next to a really weird family of retarded people. I had assumed consanguinity was to blame at first.
Then I noticed that these people would put lots of plastic in their burn pit along with literally anything else - aerosol cans, whatever - and then just hang out and drink beer in the oily cloud of toxic smoke, and it all came together.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
I waved. Why you no wave back?Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (y6oPX)
202 Those members of GenX who seek power will seek to use that power. It's the nature of man.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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(Jello Biafra and Rage Against the Machine have entered the chat)Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (yZCmg)
203 Generational wars, begun they have.Posted by: Can Ginger vs Mary Ann be far behind? at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (dg+HA)
204 The stereotyping of the generations (boomers vs X etc) isn’t helpful. We’re all human beings with the same flaws and inherent sinfulness. I’m in X and I don’t bash boomers or millennials… I will, however, criticize specific individuals for their individual idiocies (Biden Pelosi AOC can all get in line)….Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (i5Vkf)
205 Is there some kind of inauguration or installation ceremony for the new guy, or does he just put on the hat and sit on the throne?Posted by: Not Sure How All This Works at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (G5+As)
206 The new Pope has already been poking at Vance directly attempting to steer him. I too believe he was installed as a counter to Trump. It would be interesting if God worked in mysterious ways and they really ended up with a conservative 1970's vintage midwestern American as billed. The tweet history is not promising. Vance is a lightning rod because he's seen as both the future and the weak point.Posted by: Smellslikevictory at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (jPdyB)
207 >>I do not think so.
Of course you don't, Scogg. You are very clear on your belief that your generation is full of holy saints, like you.
One of the worst presidents in US history, Jimmy Carter, actually did one good thing. He made massive cuts in the CIA operational division, the ones doing things like regime change. He was part of the Greatest Generation.
The next president, Ronald Reagan, did at least one very bad thing. He created the National Endowment for Democracy. It sounds lovely but it is in fact an NGO that became the replacement. He also was part of the Greatest Generation.
This country has been dealing with this shit for decades, long before boomers were in charge. We even had one president who was one stroke away from Captain Pike territory and he was long before boomers.
The generation in charge will always have corrupt elements that refuse to give up power and money. Your generation didn't change human behavior.Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM (viF8m)
208 "Moderate," is one of those quintessential weasel-words. A lot of people are calling the new Pope a moderate. Time will tell.Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2025 08:50 AM (i0F8b)
209 Greenfield's idea that the cardinals set out to create some counterweight to Trump seems remarkably silly to me, honestly.
The church is "political" in that it has internal factions built on doctrinal differences, but its politics doesn't revolve around US secular politics. The pope and the church will be around long after Trump and Trumpism is gone.Posted by: AB at May 09, 2025 08:51 AM (/Ndpf)
210 Poop Bob, who trudged through the same South American latrine as Poop Francis.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 08:51 AM (UnA8+)
211 We just walk away and ignore you.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 08:52 AM (lzynS)
Same same.Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:53 AM (SfhV1)
212 Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is a form of lasagnaPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 08:54 AM (vmkyp)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:55 AM (viF8m)
214 "225 "Moderate," is one of those quintessential weasel-words. A lot of people are calling the new Pope a moderate. Time will tell."
Francis placed Prevost in charge of selection of bishops. That's a powerful spot. Pope Che would not have done that if he had doubts that Prevost wasn't with Che's program.Posted by: AB at May 09, 2025 08:55 AM (/Ndpf)
215 My God, that video of that "migrant" plowing into that stopped line of traffic with his truck is horrible. Those poor people. The bastard should not even make it to a police car.Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 08:55 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Pudinhead at May 09, 2025 08:55 AM (pZ64F)
217 225 "Moderate," is one of those quintessential weasel-words. A lot of people are calling the new Pope a moderate. Time will tell.
Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2025 08:50 AM (i0F8b)
Merrick Garland was hailed as a "moderate" too. Prevost is that same sort of "moderate". Synodality is a method of having different rules for Catholics by area: no gay marriage in Africa, but OK in US?Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 08:56 AM (FZn/N)
218 224. Jack, Dem Senator Frank Church really lead the charge against CIA in the 70's, after Vietnam. He lost his seat in 1980 because of itPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:56 AM (YCxFk)
219 Is it just me on this iPad or have all the grey boxes moved off-center to the right?
I must’ve missed the colors but all the italicsns are still loitering.Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 08:57 AM (6ydKt)
220 Spot on. Garland was called a moderate, and how many RINO fools in the Senate voted to confirm his evil ass. Goober, Tillis etc..Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:58 AM (YCxFk)
221 >>Jack, Dem Senator Frank Church really lead the charge against CIA in the 70's, after Vietnam. He lost his seat in 1980 because of it
Yes he did. And Ike warned about it before him. It's a cancer that keeps mutating and returning.Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:58 AM (viF8m)
222 Father God,
I humbly ask You to cast Your blessings upon Pope Leo and guide him to Your path. Help him to restore the church and give comfort to the afflicted. Shine the light of righteousness that he may see the Holy truth of the gospel and bring that truth back to the world.
AmenPosted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 08:58 AM (2J/Lj)
223 It's not about boomers v gen whatever or even D v R. It's rich, powerful people wanting more money and power.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:01 AM (viF8m)
100%Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 08:58 AM (FZn/N)
224 Eddie,
Come back from your work assignment, find a nice hotel in scenic place and bring your guitar. It's fascinating to think of your playing a guitar and it's pleasant to think of you having a few drinks and strumming away .and not being a dictator in your home ( that's what you said, correct? ) and not playing the same tune here. Oh, yes find a way to perhaps look at movies which make you laugh,Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 08:59 AM (TW2CR)
225 Laure Loomer is kind of a nut, but she is a intelligent one. she led the charge on sacking some of these DEI heads in D.C, that tried to hide.Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:59 AM (YCxFk)
226 Trotsky was a moderate. At least Stalin thought soPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:00 AM (vmkyp)
227 "...or does he just put on the hat and sit on the throne?
Posted by: Not Sure How All This Works at May 09, 2025 08:49 AM"
I think he first has has to pay a visit to The Holy Hat Shop to get fitted for the official Big Honkin' Holy Hat and before he leaves fill out the payroll deduction form in order to pay for it in six easy payments.Posted by: At least I think so at May 09, 2025 09:00 AM (dg+HA)
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 09:01 AM (jtjbl)
229 David Souter was a moderate. John Paul Stevens also. Two GOP appointed Justices that retired under a Dem PrezPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:01 AM (YCxFk)
230 I’m really tired of this war-of-the-generations silliness. Categorizing people according to the larger group that they belong to. How very leftist.Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: BifBewalski at May 09, 2025 09:02 AM (MsrgL)
232 Laure Loomer is kind of a nut, but she is a intelligent one. she led the charge on sacking some of these DEI heads in D.C, that tried to hide.
It does amuse me at the different standards here. If Loomer was a lefty but otherwise exactly the same she'd be getting funding from a number of oligarchs and be a regular on the FNM channels.
There is a standard that right leaning figures need to have a perfect public demeanor or they are nuts. Meanwhile "maintream" lefty figures can talk about black holes swallowing airplanes and that Trump is controlled by Russia...Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:02 AM (t0Rmr)
233 160 I'm happy for my Catholic friends that they have a new Pope. A time of hope and a time of prayer. I'm disappointed that contrary to the sign at Wrigley Field, Pope Bob is apparently not a Cubs fan, but a White Sox fan. Who in the world wants to be a Sox fan? I've never met one.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at May 09, 2025 08:21 AM (SfhV1)
A guy who believes in lost causes and redemption...Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 09:02 AM (tOcjL)
234 I think a number of the COB's here are "boomers." So are quite a few of the commenters.
Demonizing "boomers" here might just get your ass handed to you in a bag if it persists.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)
235 Trotsky was a moderate. At least Stalin thought so/i]
Stalin wanted ruled by Stalin. Trotsky wanted rule by Trotsky. That is the primary source of their differencePosted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (t0Rmr)
236 Good morning good people.Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (cYBz/)
237 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJPosted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (RIvkX)
238 214 IF this Pope is truly open borders, when will he order the Vatican wall be taken down?
My money is on the 12th. Of NEVER.
Posted by: zooomzooom at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (npZx2)
Nor will they cash in their wealth to help the people they foist on us, they will demand our money for their policies. When I read the praise for George Floyd and the great concern for Maryland man, I knew this guy was wrongPosted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (FZn/N)
239 So Pirro has 120 days. Does she want the job permanent?
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 08:47 AM (YCxFk)
******
I would be surprised if she takes it permanently.
The money is too good at FNC. I assume they would want her back.
Besides she's got a big home with her 4 large dogs in New York.
Meanwhile, all the Republicans that sank Ed Martin's nomination have felt the wrath of their voters.
Posted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (NpAcC)
240 So,
Who cares about the Pope's opinion on Trump? Really? We spent a long time ignoring The Talking Mule, and I think it's doubtful the US is going to start.
The days of state leaders bending the knee to the Church are way way over.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 09:03 AM (PFcGn)
241 I think he first has has to pay a visit to The Holy Hat Shop to get fitted for the official Big Honkin' Holy Hat and before he leaves fill out the payroll deduction form in order to pay for it in six easy payments.
Posted by: At least I think so
He's American. He should wear a Nudie Suit. And a Stetson.Posted by: Nashville Cats at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (G5+As)
242 Right up until it's pointed out that it's the most basic expectation of married men. There isn't a married man out there that doesn't see an attractive woman every day. And the most basic expectation is "you can't have sex with her." It's not even a religious argument, but a state-mandated one. The obvious religious one is remaining a virgin for your spouse, of course. Again, a very basic expectation.
Indeed.
The argument that because one has urges, they should be obliged to follow them is very, very dark in fact. It is to reduce humanity to an animalistic nature.
It excuses away all sorts of madness, pedophilia, necrophilia, beastiality, etc.
And why should it be limited to sexuality? If I feel the urge to punch someone, who is the world to deny my violent nature? Are they oppressing me?Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (IqKUv)
243 Consider Ike, who I think is a very underrated president, appointed both Earl Warren and William Brennan. Republicans when they try to be "nice" end up shooting their base in the headPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (vmkyp)
244 TGIF, all!!!!!Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (ke82b)
245 252. TouchePosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (YCxFk)
246 Have they already had him sit in the special chair and confirmed that he is a male?Posted by: Bulg at May 09, 2025 09:05 AM (77rzZ)
247 The US has announced, through Amb Huckabee, that it will begin distributing aid in Gaza. Contractors will provide security and insure that Hamas doesn't steal the food and water.
This is a big mistake. It has DISASTER written all over it.Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 09:06 AM (paSBy)
248 Like we all had a choice of which generation we were born into.Posted by: Did you? at May 09, 2025 09:06 AM (dg+HA)
249 Someone around here wants their ass kicked by an old man.
You'd think that would be pretty embarrassing.Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:07 AM (cYBz/)
250 248 Gen X = Leave me the hell alone.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
Gen X type here. Can confirm. One of the things I want in my retirement home is a clear field of fire.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 09:07 AM (RjOoY)
251 263. Exactly. John Roberts is the worst one of all by Bush. Not only the Chief, but of a 6-3 Court.
If the court was still 5-4. Roe would not have been overturned, and Trump immunity never happensPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:07 AM (YCxFk)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM (y6oPX)
253 Boomers didn't invent the deep state, they inherited it. So will Gen X. And there will be just as much corruption then.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 08:38 AM (viF8m)
Some Gen Xers? Certainly. But that age cohort is already underrepresented in government, it will continue to be, and power will largely devolve on millennials, who are going to largely replace the outgoing kleptocratic class of perambulatory corpses. I think the period of Gen X "supremacy" will be brief and pretty uneventful, if it happens at all.
What will happen is that Gen X is going to get shit on so bad it will make the current vituperation of boomers look tame.
By default, they'll become the new object of scorn because they're still around to shout at, and since they're the only age cohort that leans right (thus far), that will get turned up to eleventy. Dems and media won't have any restraint when the old folks aren't on their side anymore.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM (BI5O2)
254 I was surprised to learn this new pope had been tweeting over the past year. So cardinals tweet? Does the papacy have an official X account? Did Francis tweet?Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM (6RwsA)
255 The US has announced, through Amb Huckabee, that it will begin distributing aid in Gaza. Contractors will provide security and insure that Hamas doesn't steal the food and water.
The US should have joined Israel in bombing/shelling Gaza until every American hostage was returned AND those responsible for the event where handed over to the US.
The notion of giving cash and prizes to people for attacking Americans isn't just absurd but offensive.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM (t0Rmr)
256 Prevost is a builder of high-end tour buses and shells for ritzy motorhomes. Canadian company. Will they supply a Popemobile to the new pontiff?Posted by: Good Publicity at May 09, 2025 09:09 AM (G5+As)
257 198 Chicago "Deep Dish" should be outlawed. Pizzas are round and thin. Some things are not up for debate. Pope Bob can go squeeze a breeze.
Posted by: City Of Scum And Villainy at May 09, 2025 08:38 AM (G5+As)
You may be over 29 if you remember a pizza being called a pizza pie.Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2025 09:09 AM (aBgBM)
258 But for some reason Gay is a special kind of uncontrollable.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie -Women, you're pretty in feminine dresses and men like seeing you dressed up at May 09, 2025 08:48 AM (yZCmg)
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I think it is a spiritual issue. Foe example, most of us don't have problems of not doing drugs, but those who have been users struggle with it for the rest of their lives. I think that is why it is important for society to enforce the negative stigma to homosexuality, because if left uncheck, like the out of control drug user's demise, it eventually leads to grooming children in schools.Posted by: Cray Cray at May 09, 2025 09:09 AM (EES2L)
259 There's a quote that has been attributed to JFK but no proof he actually ever said it. Still, it is very clear it was his goal.
"I will splinter the CIA into a thousand pieces and scatter it into the wind.". His close advisor and friend Arthur Schlesinger had created a plan to reorganize the CIA after the disastrous Bay of Pigs fiasco.
And then Kennedy had his head blown off and to this day there are many who don't believe the official story of his assassination.
Wouldn't it be ironic if Trump, a boomer, is the president who finally reforms the CIA and its many tentacles?Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 09:09 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 09:09 AM (y6oPX)
261 New pope will suck. How do I know? Because all the usual leftwing subjects are excited. These are Catholic-hating commie worms who screech and masterbate in front of churchs during mass perversion events like fag parades. Plus, there’s no way the American-hating Eurotrash scumbags would choose an American pope unless he hated America. Gird your loins.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (aeiyZ)
262 I think that is why it is important for society to enforce the negative stigma to homosexuality, because if left uncheck, like the out of control drug user's demise, it eventually leads to grooming children in schools.
Yes, society's previous strong stand against homosexuality was one of those Chesteron Fences.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (t0Rmr)
263 I don’t know if Daniel Greenfield is on to something with his theory on why the cardinals picked an American, but I did find it quite surprising and intriguing as to why they’d do such a thing after ardently avoiding it for decades.
It seems Francis was grooming this guy to be his successor and that he’s a multicultural, American-Peruvian, seems to be a substantial reason for his being picked.
I do suspect this new pope will feel the need to continue on with Francis’ fixation on Climate Change and constant need to pretend borders don’t exist and that the poor migrants of the Global South have every right to move north and stay there with or without the permission of the citizens of those nations.
So, yes, Trump is eventually going to have to get into tit for tat dueling statements with Pope Leo, the same way he had to do with Francis.
Are American Catholics going to follow Leo’s lead, or Trump’s?Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (6ydKt)
264 If Roberts really cared about his country at 70 years old. He would retire under a GOP Trump, and allow a younger Chief to thwart the marxists in the future.
But he said the other day he will die in officePosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (YCxFk)
265 LINK IS FIXED!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at
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Then Pete must be the father of Julie's baby!Posted by: The Mod Squad at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (HOX+I)
266 Chicago Deep Dish Pizza is a form of lasagna
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 09, 2025 08:54 AM (vmkyp)
I had lasagna last night. I guess the cook forgot the bread?Posted by: Kwak! at May 09, 2025 09:11 AM (89Sog)
267 My opinion on the new Pope depends upon whether DU likes him or hates him.
So far, looks like they're trying to shoehorn a few thin tweets into opposition to Trump and are mildly in favor of him.
I figure, we're just gonna have to wait a year or so and see what he actually does.Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 09, 2025 09:11 AM (sMW+k)
Posted by: Lizzy at May 09, 2025 09:11 AM (ke82b)
269 The notion of giving cash and prizes to people for attacking Americans isn't just absurd but offensive.
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Netanyahu had already said they would begin aid distribution, but now the US has stepped in to do it without any agreement from Israel.
We have no business doing this. At all.Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (paSBy)
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (YCxFk)
271 283 New pope will suck. How do I know? Because all the usual leftwing subjects are excited. These are Catholic-hating commie worms who screech and masterbate in front of churchs during mass perversion events like fag parades. Plus, there’s no way the American-hating Eurotrash scumbags would choose an American pope unless he hated America. Gird your loins.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (aeiyZ)
Leftwingers I saw are up in arms that he hates gay marriage, gender studies, gays raising kids (he is all about the traditional family unit), and women in deacon/priesthood roles. Plus, he's still pro-life and catholic.
Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (tOcjL)
272 You may be over 29 if you remember a pizza being called a pizza pie.
Posted by: Gref
That's amore'Posted by: rickb223 at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (y6oPX)
273 I like every kind of pizza… NY style, Chicago style, Detroit style, delivery from Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa Johns…. Even frozen pizza. It’s all delicious. Dough, melted cheese, meat… yumPosted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (6RwsA)
274 293 New pope will suck. How do I know?
He's Jesuit and from Chicago. This ain't exactly a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
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He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
275 The entire msm pissed itself with joy over the new pope. Tells you all you need to know about him.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (ImXfC)
276 The argument that because one has urges, they should be obliged to follow them is very, very dark in fact. It is to reduce humanity to an animalistic nature.
It excuses away all sorts of madness, pedophilia, necrophilia, beastiality, etc.
And why should it be limited to sexuality? If I feel the urge to punch someone, who is the world to deny my violent nature? Are they oppressing me?
Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (IqKUv)
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. -- Aleister CrowleyPosted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (ExV1e)
277 I find it deliciously ironic that so many people are pontificating about the new Pontiff...Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (HOX+I)
278 293 New pope will suck. How do I know?
He's Jesuit and from Chicago. This ain't exactly a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (lzynS)
He's not Jesuit. He's the opposite of Jesuit as an Augustinian. We've never had an Augustinian pope.Posted by: Nova Local at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (tOcjL)
279 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
220,221?
I have no idea how Catholicism works.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (ImXfC)
280 Kinda weird that Italian food includes pasta and bread. No wonder Tony's friend's were so fat.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (Vnr18)
281 The best deep dish in Chicago is Giordano's. Gino's East is tourist food.Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (YCxFk)
282 He's American. He should wear a Nudie Suit. And a Stetson.
Posted by: Nashville Cats at May 09, 2025 09:04 AM (G5+As)
True story...Mel Tillis had a shit ton of Nudie Suits and was gonna throw them out when a young fella who kinda hung around his office asked if he could have them. That young fella's name...David Alan Coe. David loved them! The rest is history.Posted by: Rhinestone Cowboy at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (imQ+3)
283 289 My opinion on the new Pope depends upon whether DU likes him or hates him.
So far, looks like they're trying to shoehorn a few thin tweets into opposition to Trump and are mildly in favor of him.
I figure, we're just gonna have to wait a year or so and see what he actually does.
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I suspect we're going to get pro-migrant rhetoric, but with USAID cutting off Catholic Charities (and other orgs), it'll diminish with time, especially if the border remains closed.
Then, the focus moves to less...extreme issues, and he feels more traditionally Catholic.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
284 302 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
220,221?
I have no idea how Catholicism works.
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Then stop commenting on it.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
285 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
A LeoPosted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (gbOdA)
286 Wait a minute. If the Pope was selected as a counterweight/point of attack to a guy who will only be in power for another roughly 3.75 years, then the College of Cardinals are fucking stupid. Leo XiV might well be on the throne for a good 20 years. That is short term, shortsighted thinking, if true.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (aTimx)
Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (Oy/m2)
288 I'm hearing a lot of analysis the new pope is a progressive and and will continue down the road of pope Francis. Which means the MSM will love him and we wont hear a single word about yet another white male being picked to lead the church. Not one word.Posted by: Ripley at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GUOwU)
289 Are American Catholics going to follow Leo’s lead, or Trump’s?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (6ydKt)
He was chosen as an open borders tool against TRump. During the coverage, one person after another, both clergy and commentators, referred to this man as "the least American of American cardinals", and here we are. Leo will bloviate about global inequality, as Cardinal Prevost did.Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (FZn/N)
290 Powell won't lower interest rates.
Why?
How is the economic situation worse than it was in October 2024 when they were last reduced?Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (RIvkX)
291 Did Francis tweet?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM (6RwsA)
Mostly selfies and pictures of his food.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (ExV1e)
292 So he's from Florida?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (Vnr18)
293 309 Wait a minute. If the Pope was selected as a counterweight/point of attack to a guy who will only be in power for another roughly 3.75 years, then the College of Cardinals are fucking stupid. Leo XiV might well be on the throne for a good 20 years. That is short term, shortsighted thinking, if true.
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1. People are short sighted and stupid, even well-credentialed people on top of major organizations.
2. His rise was probably because Tagle bombed in the early voting and Leo was an insider with allies in a very powerful position in the Vatican.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (GBKbO)
294 MSM sees ratings for years with Pope. Even though is staunchly Pro LifePosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (YCxFk)
295 How about those " insert hockey team name" ?Posted by: Ben Had at May 09, 2025 09:15 AM (NVNRw)
296 Justice David Souter has diedPosted by: redridinghood at May 09, 2025 09:16 AM (NpAcC)
297 313. Right a rate cut this week would have put the Sp500 over 6000 again.Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:16 AM (YCxFk)
298 Kinda weird that Italian food includes pasta and bread. No wonder Tony's friend's were so fat.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:13 AM (Vnr1
Tony was fat! One of the more perplexing story lines in the Sopranos (for me) was Johnny Sack monster having a fat wife and going all mob war when he learns another mobster (Ralphie) makes fun of his wife’s fatness…. I can’t see a cheating mobster getting all worked up about a fat joke at his wife’s expensePosted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (6RwsA)
299 I like every kind of pizza… NY style, Chicago style, Detroit style, delivery from Pizza Hut, Dominos, Papa Johns…. Even frozen pizza. It’s all delicious. Dough, melted cheese, meat… yum
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No love for New Haven??Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (RIvkX)
300 Wow. RIP, did not like his politics but served his countryPosted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (YCxFk)
301 320 313. Right a rate cut this week would have put the Sp500 over 6000 again.
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Government rates are massively out of alignment with market rates at this point.
Powell cut rates in a rush late into the election season to try and prop up the sitting regime.
Trump really should just fire Powell.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (GBKbO)
302 309. Hardly. The goal is to prevent the change Trump represents and to get back the migrant cash Rubio and Trump halted. Trump has less than 4 years, but Vance, Rubio, or DeSantis might follow for 8 and they need a globalist anyway to accomplish "global income equality".Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (FZn/N)
303 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
**cough
TROLL
**coughPosted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (g47mK)
304 TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
I know you said you lived in Rome before and are now going back for a vacation. How long has it been since you were there last?Posted by: dantesed at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)
305 If Roberts really cared about his country at 70 years old. He would retire under a GOP Trump, and allow a younger Chief to thwart the marxists in the future.
Posted by: Jonah at May 09, 2025 09:10 AM (YCxFk)
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A big morning for horde comedyPosted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 09:18 AM (O5XD1)
306
Even if he's a leftish for a pope, he'll still be:
*anti women's equality
*anti reproductive health
*anti queer
*anti trans
*anti divorce
The Church is backwards.
Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 09, 2025 08:29 AM (GNjcL)
Who gets the good job of telling DU denizens the Religion of Peace™ enforces all of those (except divorce?), some by execution?
Also, do they not know that no-fun group of thugs prohibits drinking alcohol, along with more things and practices most Leftists love? Oh, make sure you tell the women about ----orectomies.Posted by: Gref at May 09, 2025 09:18 AM (aBgBM)
307 Oh, yeah, Powell is a biden leftover.Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:18 AM (g47mK)
308 327 TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
I know you said you lived in Rome before and are now going back for a vacation. How long has it been since you were there last?
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We spent a few days there on our honeymoon about 13 years ago. Actually, it's almost exactly 13 years ago. It was May of 2012. Time flies.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:18 AM (GBKbO)
309 Leo XiV might well be on the throne for a good 20 years.
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So I'm sure they looked for a good institutionalist who will keep pushing their current, nakedly political agenda down field for a long time.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 09:19 AM (BI5O2)
310 I have no idea how Catholicism works.
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Then stop commenting on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
You must be new here.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:20 AM (ExV1e)
311 333 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
When he does something not Open Borders ... you can tell me the difference.
What you're telling me is a distinction without a difference.
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If your only criteria for someone of a religion you don't follow is your pet issue, you're bringing nothing interesting to the table.
You're being boring.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:20 AM (GBKbO)
312 So cardinals tweet?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM
Yes. It's very distinctive.Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 09:20 AM (Wnv9h)
313
Who gets the good job of telling DU denizens the Religion of Peace™ enforces all of those (except divorce?), some by execution?
If you tell lefties this they just say you are lying and that Islam is progressive just like them.
Honestly we should raise money to send "Queers for Gaza" to Gaza. I guarantee something positive would come out of it.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:20 AM (t0Rmr)
314 Then stop commenting on it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
Yikes. It was a joke.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Some Squirrel at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (t0Rmr)
316 Of all the Justices over the last 30 years, Souter was the one I despised most. He liked to pretend that he was a law and order “conservative”; but in actual practice, his judicial philosophy was simply “the Government is Always Right.” If the police wanted to do something, they were right. If the Government wanted to take your house, it was right. If the Government wanted to regulate your speech, it was right.
As Clarence Darrow famously said, I’ve never killed a man, but I’ve read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (S+5p3)
317 Powell won't lower interest rates.
Why?
How is the economic situation worse than it was in October 2024 when they were last reduced?
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He’s a leftwing hack trying his best to tank the economy to help Democraps in the midterms. He pushed through a big cut to help Kamala win in November, and to prime the pump for the economy if she won. But she didn’t. Since then, Powell has actively sought to depress the economy. He’s barely even trying to hide it.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: one hour sober at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (Y1sOo)
319 So cardinals tweet?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:08 AM
Yes. It's very distinctive.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 09, 2025 09:20 AM (Wnv9h)
ISWYDT!Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (v/5Y9)
320 There is a tailor on standby during the conclave. Ready to adjust and fit the newly elected. True story.Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:22 AM (g47mK)
321 Rule of Augustinians sounds socialist and globalist: 3. Call nothing your own, but let everything be yours in common. Food and clothing shall be distributed to each of you by your superior, not equally to all, for all do not enjoy equal health, but rather according to each one's need. For so you read in the Acts of the Apostles that they had all things in common and distribution was made to each one according to each one's needPosted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:22 AM (FZn/N)
322 346 Rule of Augustinians sounds socialist and globalist: 3. Call nothing your own, but let everything be yours in common. Food and clothing shall be distributed to each of you by your superior, not equally to all, for all do not enjoy equal health, but rather according to each one's need. For so you read in the Acts of the Apostles that they had all things in common and distribution was made to each one according to each one's need
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Welcome to a religious order.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:22 AM (GBKbO)
323 Who gets the good job of telling DU denizens the Religion of Peace™ enforces all of those (except divorce?), some by execution?
"That's just islamaphobic propaganda spread by people like you H8R! Islamic nations were pioneers in women's rights and made advances in science that I can't quite remember. Anyways, Achmed saying things like 'Death to America' is just him joking around."Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 09:22 AM (RjOoY)
324 I can’t see a cheating mobster getting all worked up about a fat joke at his wife’s expense
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:17 AM (6RwsA)
I dunno, man, it's a pretty longstanding rule that you don't mouth off about another man's wife.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:22 AM (ExV1e)
325 How does the election of Pope Leo affect the cash flow within The Church?Posted by: davidt at May 09, 2025 09:23 AM (i0F8b)
326 Augustine sounds like Karl Marx.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:23 AM (Vnr18)
327 What do Papists, populists, pagans and Puritans all have in common?Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (HOX+I)
328 340 When the dude does the same shit ? I really don't care about the "nuance". Its the same shit.
You're being boring.
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He's done nothing yet.
I think you need to take a break.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (GBKbO)
329 h, yeah, Powell is a biden leftover.
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Appointed by Trump.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (RIvkX)
330 313 Powell won't lower interest rates.
Why?
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Same reason rates were at 0 between 2009/2016 then in early 2017 states rising rapidly.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (ImXfC)
331 >>If Roberts really cared about his country at 70 years old. He would retire under a GOP Trump, and allow a younger Chief to thwart the marxists in the future.
When Obama was president he appointed Norm Eisen, the man behind most of the lawfare against Trump, as the first ambassador to the Czech Republic. John Roberts spent a week at Eisen's ambassador's residence in the Czech Republic working on US/EU "rule of law" policy.
He cares. Just not the way we do.Posted by: JackStraw at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (viF8m)
332 Socialism can work in circumstances like a religious order - most people don't want to live a life of labor and deprivation though.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (t0Rmr)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (Dv3i1)
334 Boomers have had an outsized influence on the world for quite some time.
We have to remember that they were, and still remain, the largest generation by numbers in the past century.
This meant, in the West anyhow, that they have been the most pandered to, by their parents, schools, corporations, and the government since they started hitting their teenage years in the late 1950s.
There was no such thing as “Youth Culture” before the Boomers, as youth before them meant being taught as quickly as possible to be an adult.
Boomers, as a group, had their childhoods extended well into their 20s due to those factors.
Being raised culturally by TV and movies has also affected their perceptions of morality, where the worst thing you can possibly be is a square/not cool, followed closely by being racist, followed on by any -ist they made up along the way in the decades since.
I don’t blame Boomers for everything, as they are a product of their time, just as X, Millennials, and Z now represent our own peculiar generational pathologies.Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (6ydKt)
335 254 I think a number of the COB's here are "boomers." So are quite a few of the commenters.
Demonizing "boomers" here might just get your ass handed to you in a bag if it persists.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 09, 2025 09:02 AM (Q4IgG)
It just isn't the Horde until the "I'm gonna kill some people" talk starts.Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (UnA8+)
336 Augustine sounds like Karl Marx.
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Augustine died in 5th century, I doubt they knew each other !Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (g47mK)
337 Honestly...
I grew up Catholic. I lapsed for a few reasons and apostatized, then went Lutheran.
Even with all of this, I can't think of really anyone in my circle, including Catholics, who gives a damn about what the Pope says about secular matters.
So all of this "counterweight to Trump" crap is just that...crap. The Church lost its relevancy in these matters a long-ass time ago.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (Oq5OE)
338 When he does something not Open Borders ... you can tell me the difference.
I am not Catholic but...
The Pope doesn't do anything "open borders" besides opine about it. Maybe his opinion will have an effect on some Catholic voters but I'd guess the ones who'll be moved by his opinion on the subject were already open borders friendly.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (ExV1e)
339 He's an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (GBKbO)
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I had to look up what that means yesterday ("Augustinian") and the wiki write up (low grade for clarity) describes a very interesting history of the order: Ancient, privileged within the church, values learning and missionary work, and monastic life as well.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (wUQJO)
340 363 Rule of Augustinians sounds socialist and globalist: 3. Call nothing your own, but let everything be yours in common.
JM ... I think you need to take a break. The proof is in the pudding.
Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (lzynS)
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It's the rules of a religious order.
Come back in a week.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:25 AM (GBKbO)
341 The Sopranos had a scene where someone bad mouths his daughter and he does everything short of murdering the guy.
I would assume that is a real possible outcome to insulting a mob leader's family.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (t0Rmr)
342 Appointed by Trump.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (RIvkX)
Renominated by Biden in 2022.Posted by: runner at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (g47mK)
343 "What you're telling me is a distinction without a difference."
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Le Sigh. . . .
A man walks into the Confessional and begins the ritual: “Bless me Father for I have sinned. . . “ He is listing his sins when he confesses he killed a man. The priest absolves him of his sin and gives him his penance of 5 Hail Marys. The man is flabbergasted.
Father! Five Hail Mary’s? That’s it?? Haven’t you ever killed a man before!!??
No, my son. I am an Augustinian, not a Jesuit.Posted by: Tonypete at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (cYBz/)
344 Maybe Karl Marx lifted St. Augustine's doctrine.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (Vnr18)
345 360 Being raised culturally by TV and movies has also affected their perceptions of morality, where the worst thing you can possibly be is a square/not cool, followed closely by being racist, followed on by any -ist they made up along the way in the decades since.
I don’t blame Boomers for everything, as they are a product of their time, just as X, Millennials, and Z now represent our own peculiar generational pathologies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (6ydKt)
That said, if I _EVER_ hear that damned abominable Spencer Davis Group song that's supposed to represent the 60s again...Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (UnA8+)
346 Socialism can work in circumstances like a religious order - most people don't want to live a life of labor and deprivation though.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (t0Rmr
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Why there are so few kibbutzes left.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:27 AM (RIvkX)
347 352 Augustine sounds like Karl Marx.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:23 AM (Vnr1
Maybe the rules were originally just for the monastery, but he did invoke Augustine from the balcony and has often expressed his disapproval of global inequality. If he changes Francis' course, I'll be the first to say I was wrong, as I did about Rubio, who I felt was a mistake.Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:27 AM (FZn/N)
348 Adding to my comment above, it’s not just that Powell refuses to adjust government rates to more closely align with the market. It’s also what he says. He never misses a chance to talk down the economy or Trump’s economic policies.
“Why aren’t you lowering rates?” “Because Trump is a poopy-head who’s tariffs might destroy all life on Earth.” He basically sounds like a DU retard.
Powell is scum.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 09, 2025 09:27 AM (aeiyZ)
349 360 Boomers have had an outsized influence on the world for quite some time.
We have to remember that they were, and still remain, the largest generation by numbers in the past century.
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Millenials are bigger.
Boomers used to be but they stared dying off about 5 years ago and millenails took over.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:29 AM (ImXfC)
350 Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 09, 2025 09:21 AM (lzynS)
Try not being so emotive.
You stated that the source of your knowledge that the Pope would be bad was that he was Jesuit. I, too, share your sentiments that the Jesuit order has been a source of doctrinal erosion for the Catholic Church
But as has been pointed out, he's not a Jesuit. You need to acknowledge that you are incorrect instead of saying "it doesn't matter", when the whole premise of your comment was that you could predict his failings because of his Order.
If you want to debate, you must be willing to acknowledge where you are in error. This emotional type of response, swinging wildly is amateurish and feminine.Posted by: Unsavory Truth at May 09, 2025 09:29 AM (IqKUv)
351 359 Anyone who isn't to the right of a Death Eater is a "liberal" to MAGA.
What this mean ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel
A Death Eater is a Dark Wizard from the Harry Potter universe. So anyone who is not even more evil than them is a liberal to folks like us.
This happens when people only read one series of books and never try others.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 09:29 AM (RjOoY)
352 Leftists popes are like AWFLs on immigration. They love open borders. But they also live in guard gated communities and the closest interaction they have with a “migrant” is the gardner.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:31 AM (ImXfC)
353 371 Maybe Karl Marx lifted St. Augustine's doctrine.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (Vnr18
Could bePosted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:31 AM (FZn/N)
Posted by: rhennigantx at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (gbOdA)
355 I vaguely recall that the conflict in the Harry Potter series was driven by the wizards that believed they were genetically superior to everyone else and should therefore rule (yay NAZI knock-offs)
Meanwhile in the real world the "racist MAGA types" were cheering for the African candidate while the "tolerant lefties" were cheering for a European candidate.
Funny how these lefty notions of racism work.Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (t0Rmr)
356 I didn't know what a death eater was either. I have never made it past the opening credits of a Harry Potter film. I always fall asleep.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (Vnr18)
357 The Sopranos had a scene where someone bad mouths his daughter and he does everything short of murdering the guy.
I would assume that is a real possible outcome to insulting a mob leader's family.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:26 AM (t0Rmr)
Tony Soprano himself beat the crap out of a guy who talked dirty to and insulted his daughter Meadow who was out on a date. Tony walked into the restaurant where the guy worked and just worked the guy culminating in intentionally smashing the guys teeth. BrutalPosted by: LinusVanPelt at May 09, 2025 09:32 AM (ANuwa)
358 I, too, share your sentiments that the Jesuit order has been a source of doctrinal erosion for the Catholic Church
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Once, young whippersnapper me asked my Catholic grandfather "Are Jesuits Catholic?"
He smiled, sipped his scotch, and answered "almost..."Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 09, 2025 09:33 AM (wUQJO)
359 Socialism can work in circumstances like a religious order - most people don't want to live a life of labor and deprivation though.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (t0Rmr
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Why there are so few kibbutzes left.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 09:27 AM (RIvkX)
Frankly, the reality did not live up to the utopian hype.Posted by: Socialist Bernie Sanders at May 09, 2025 09:33 AM (Aqu9a)
360 Anyone who isn't to the right of a Death Eater is a "liberal" to MAGA.
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What this mean ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (Dv3i1)
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Death Eaters were what Lord Voldemort’s followers were called in the Harry Potter books.
I suppose Trump is Voldemort and Death Eaters is just a new synonym for Nazis.Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (6ydKt)
361 Boomers are kinda blamed for everything wrong in the world. And some of it is deserved. But in general, boomers no longer run things.
Yes obviously Trump is a boomer. And there are still boomers in positions of power. But pick a random fortune 100 company and chances are the ceo is GenX or even Millenial. Or your city council. Or your governor.
Overall the people who run things that affect your life on a day to day basis are not boomers.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (ImXfC)
362 Being raised culturally by TV and movies has also affected their perceptions of morality, where the worst thing you can possibly be is a square/not cool, followed closely by being racist, followed on by any -ist they made up along the way in the decades since.
I don’t blame Boomers for everything, as they are a product of their time, just as X, Millennials, and Z now represent our own peculiar generational pathologies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:24 AM (6ydKt)
Yeah, and how many of us boomers were drafted and shipped off to a little place in Southeast Asia to fight and die in a war cheered on by "the greatest generation." Generations since then didn't have that sword hanging over their heads. If you weren't alive during those times, you have no idea.Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (5xuJ/)
363 Overall the people who run things that affect your life on a day to day basis are not boomers.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:35 AM (ImXfC)
We boomers were the first to suffer the educational indoctrination at the hands of the previous generations.Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:39 AM (FZn/N)
364 Yeah, and how many of us boomers were drafted and shipped off to a little place in Southeast Asia to fight and die in a war cheered on by "the greatest generation." Generations since then didn't have that sword hanging over their heads. If you weren't alive during those times, you have no idea.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (5xuJ/)
True.Posted by: night lifted at May 09, 2025 09:40 AM (FZn/N)
365 Yeah, let's turn the reins of government over to a group whose moral touchstone is Harry Potter.
What could possibly go wrong?Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (HOX+I)
366 Millenials are bigger.
Boomers used to be but they stared dying off about 5 years ago and millenails took over.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 09:29 AM (ImXfC)
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I meant in terms of proportion to the rest of the population.
In the 50s and 60s Boomers were, by far, the largest contingent of the overall population.
Which is why so much energy has been directed towards their wants and needs for so long.
Advertising was mass directed at children during the Boomers childhoods for the first time because they wanted to develop long-term customers, and it worked.
The Boomer generation is dying off now, of course, but their influence has been paramount for 70 years, no other generation has had so much cultural power for so long of a time.Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (6ydKt)
367 392 Yeah, let's turn the reins of government over to a group whose moral touchstone is Harry Potter.
What could possibly go wrong?
Posted by: muldoon at May 09, 2025 09:41 AM (HOX+I)
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Harry Potter read the right way is pro-2nd Amendment, small government, and anti-elitist.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 09, 2025 09:43 AM (GBKbO)
368 If you weren't alive during those times, you have no idea.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (5xuJ/)
Whenever someone asked Pappymayhem if he protested in the 60's he said, " no I was busy being an adult. Had to leave my wife and baby son for Vietnam, came back, got a job, took care of my family. Protesting was for children who didn't know what was the right end of a fork."Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 09, 2025 09:44 AM (2J/Lj)
369 All the talk about Pope Leo's "tweets" actually refers to his scattered retweets of other people's comments. Some of those retweets are, sadly, liberal on the immigration issue, but he's also retweeted at least one pro-family, anti-rainbow article by Archbishop Chaput. An apparent key difference between him and Francis is that he doesn't seem compelled to shoot his mouth off on every topic, at every opportunity; we will probably see little of the off-the-cuff pronouncement that Francis liked to lob at the faithful. The fact that he kept a lower public profile than Cardinals like McElroy, and rarely weighed in directly on the hot-button topics, would also indicate that he's not a raging heretic, since there was no downside to taking heterodox positions publicly during Francis' rein, and some upside. All the stuff about him being responsible for taking out Strickland is from people who don't understand how clerical structures work; that would have been Francis's call, not his, and he only carried out his official duties as the head of the dicastery for bishops. We'll see; his first homily was really good, criticizing both atheism and quasi-atheistic "Christian" humanism.Posted by: Wiese at May 09, 2025 09:48 AM (1pand)
370 My father was born at the absolute tail-end of being drafting age (for 'Nam), but never got drafted.
So I don't understand how he ended up such a belligerent asshole.Posted by: XTC at May 09, 2025 09:49 AM (UnA8+)
371 From what I read, the African Cardinal was too conservative to be elected, and the Filipino Cardinal was highly outspoken in support of Francis’ agenda. Politically, we’ll have to see where Leo goes, but he’s reportedly much in favor of Francis’ immigration stance.
For myself (not a Catholic but married to one), I’m wondering if Leo will continue to support everything but the faith he professes.Posted by: Advo at May 09, 2025 09:50 AM (jO4mz)
Posted by: Fast Eddie at May 09, 2025 09:52 AM (bjDre)
373 Yeah, and how many of us boomers were drafted and shipped off to a little place in Southeast Asia to fight and die in a war cheered on by "the greatest generation." Generations since then didn't have that sword hanging over their heads. If you weren't alive during those times, you have no idea.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 09, 2025 09:36 AM (5xuJ/)
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I’m not bagging on Boomers.
My parents are one Silent and one Boomer.
Was Vietnam a shitshow? Surely.
But I’m pretty sure a lot of the Greatest Gen didn’t appreciate being shipped off to the Pacific or Europe either.
There are no drafts now but a lot of X and Millennials died in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Vietnam defined your generation because not because it was a terrible war, there have always been terrible wars.
Vietnam defined the Boomers because it was the only existential threat your generation faced in large numbers, other than a general fear of nuclear war, while everything else was peak America prosperity & influence.
Did a hundred-thousand Boomers have it horribly bad in Vietnam? Yes.
Millions more Boomers parlayed the war into a movement to turn the USA communist, which we’re still dealing with to this day.Posted by: SpeakingOf at May 09, 2025 10:04 AM (6ydKt)
374 Good moring, all, and thanks, J.J. for another excellent thread.
>Wikipedia (& other sources) Religious violence in Nigeria refers to Christian-Muslim strife in modern Nigeria, which can be traced back to 1953. Today, religious violence in Nigeria is dominated by the Boko Haram insurgency, which aims to establish an Islamic state in Nigeria.
Nigeria, the 6th largest country in the world; more people without electricity than any other country (Economist, 1 day ago); about 10 million children not in school through primary education is free and compulsory (6 - 15). Language of instruction is English or local language and there were also 162 universities & colleges in 2024.
>A fascinating piece on Council of Foreign Relations dot org blog: 'The Nigerian Conundrum' When an irresistible society meets an immovable state. Post by Ebenezer Obadare, Author, June 14, 2023
A huge smoldering 'issue' no matter how its examined.Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (NFX2v)
375 Nanny P. (twitter) yesterday, 1st saving Medicaid, Medicare and NIH and then:
@SpeakerPelosi
Joyfully, people around the world have learned of a new Pope elected by one of the largest and most diverse conclaves ever — and the first American pope in history.
For many of us, the name Leo XIV happily brings to mind Leo XIII’s Rerum novarum which was a blessing for working people. And it is heartening that His Holiness continued the blessing that Pope Francis gave on Easter Sunday: “God loves everyone. Evil will not prevail.”
In his own words, Pope Leo XIV said, “We can be a missionary church, a church that builds bridges, that is always open to receive everyone.”
Let us thank God for His Holiness Pope Leo XIV and for this vision of unity. All of us hope and pray for the success of His Holiness and his vision for the Church.
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How long did it take for the 1st impeachment of PDT vs his 1st term? 🤔
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>From above, 'On the Twenty-First-Century Waterfront'
Another setup for PDT to contend with. See FreightWaves dot com, Analysis: Biden, ILA score wins in port strike, but larger issues remain. Longshore walkout raises questions about port system.
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Nice weekend! 🙏Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 09, 2025 10:44 AM (NFX2v)
376 Chicago style Pope? Way too Thick crust. Not genuine.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 09, 2025 07:28 A
I have never understood why people outside of Chicago think that "Chicago-style pizza" = deep dish pizza.
If anything is "Chicago-style" pizza, it's the thin crust pizza cut into square pieces, instead of the typical triangle pieces like a pie. What some people for some reason now call "tavern style".
That is what I grew up with on the southside of Chicago and what you will find in pretty much every pizza place in the Chicago area and suburbs. The deep dish pizza has almost always been just a thing for turists.
For the record, my favorite pizza places on south side of Chicago are "Vito and Nick's" and "Palermo's of 63rd" (made with sweet sauce). Outstanding must-have Chicago staple thin crust pizza. I order from Palermo's of 63rd every time I go home to visit family.
Yelp (Palermo's): https://bit.ly/3ZdyFibPosted by: Clyde Shelton at May 09, 2025 11:42 AM (P5BPp)
377 He's from the South Side, but is a Cubs fan.
Talk about telegraphing your political affiliation...Posted by: Levin at May 09, 2025 04:05 PM (P9+JS)
Daily Tech News 9 May 2025
Top Story
- Who is winning the war between search engines and AI chat bots? Search engines, and it's not even close. (WCCFTech)
In fact, if you add up all the search engines and all the AI services, 90% of the activity is Google search and everything else is just noise.
- Meanwhile Alibaba has release new AI code that allows AI to act as a search engine without needing a search engine. (VentureBeat)
Called ZeroSearch, a 7-billion parameter version outperformed Google Search in undefined and indefensibly stupid scenarios. It's the equivalent of claiming that you managed to condense the Encyclopaedia Britannica down to a bowl of alphabet soup. I don't know what you actually did, but I know you're not worth talking to until you grow up.
Tech News
- Zettlab's new NASes look nice but. (Liliputing)
Supporting up to eight hard drives and two M.2 SSDs, with an Intel 125H CPU, up to 96GB of RAM and two 10Gb Ethernet ports, the hardware specs are solid enough.
Unfortunately it runs a custom AI-focused Linux distribution and must be cleansed from the Earth with fire.
- Lenovo's Legion Tab 4 actually looks nice. (Liliputing)
The CPU has been bumped from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 to the new Snapdragon 8 Elite, which has custom CPU cores rather than the regular Arm ones. And pixel density for the 8.8" screen has been increased by nearly 20% to 3040x1904. The older model already had a very fast CPU and a great screen, so these were not urgent updates, but are certainly not objectionable.
The missing microSD slot on the Tab 3 also showed up, supporting up to 2TB of extra storage.
Right now only available in China for around $450.
- What does Huawei's new HarmonyOS look like? (Notebook Check)
It's Android you idiots.
- Bill Gates is mad that CIA cut-out USAID got shut down. (The Verge)
Okay.
- China's Squeely is moving to take AV company Blookit private in a credit default swap on the Chicago Commodity Exchange. (Tech Crunch)
Actually none of that is true but you didn't miss any useful information.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Or Pycrete.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1 BOING!Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 04:33 AM (UzL96)
2 G'Day everyone
TGIFPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:33 AM (ypFCm)
3 It's opouring down nowPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:36 AM (ypFCm)
4 Mornin'Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 04:43 AM (K9xEt)
5 Willowed:
Is that real?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:21 AM (Vnr1
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I assume you were asking me about the electromagnetic anti-drone technology:
https://tinyurl.com/5syj3vem
The answer is I hope so:
https://tinyurl.com/2byvcyynPosted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 04:43 AM (UzL96)
6 Rain soon.
Going to be a nice weekend
Southern Sussex county Delaware is over built already and more is coming.Posted by: Accomack at May 09, 2025 04:45 AM (RBD82)
7 Maybe they could put a bigger one in an Abrahms.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:45 AM (Vnr18)
8 w00tPosted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)
9 G'morning, all!Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:47 AM (a1415)
10 Thanks for the music video, Pixy The woman singer has quite a nice voice. I find the outfit, colors and twirling and other AI stuff a distraction.Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 04:47 AM (42Vb+)
11 Bill Gates LOVES children.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 04:49 AM (K9xEt)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:50 AM (a1415)
13 Going to hit the road hopefully to get out early
Have a great day hordePosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:51 AM (ypFCm)
14 Later today, we head to Myrtle Beach to watch the daughter of family friends receive her sheepskin at Coastal Carolina.
Not saying I'm getting old, but I remember seeing her being pushed in a stroller only a few years ago.
Or at least it feels like just a few years ago.Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 04:52 AM (a1415)
15 "Bill Gates LOVES children."
Especially African children that he can pump full of experimental and questionable vaccines., no one will notice if a few die, he'll just make the vaccines "better" next time.Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 04:53 AM (szqEY)
16 wikipedia: Amy Paulette "Amii" Stewart is an American disco and soul singer who found prominence with her 1979 U.S. Billboard number 1 hit cover of Eddie Floyd's song "Knock on Wood", often considered a classic of the disco genre.Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)
17 Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)
I'd rather have her sing that well known song without all the glitzy flair .Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 04:56 AM (R6jXA)
18 Mornin' Pixy, and the rest of you early mornin' risers.
"Unfortunately it runs a custom AI-focused Linux distribution and must be cleansed from the Earth with fire.
That about sums it up, yup. A NAS is supposed to accurately store and retrieve files, serving them up to network users. It is not supposed to have fever dreams about what the files should be, or what might be in those files, which is all I can figure an "AI" would do to the process.
Lots and lots of fire, and then an open source NAS solution. (I'm not up to speed on the available offerings so I'm not going to suggest a specific one.)Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 04:56 AM (O7YUW)
19 Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wetPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:57 AM (ypFCm)
20 Good morning, good people from Waterworld, AKA the Adirondacks. We've gotten so much rain the lawns are beginning to be overgrown and look pretty poor.
Still, it's a genuine pleasure to live here in the most exceptional country on the planet regardless of the current upsettlement. November 5th went a long way toward alleviating that issue, even though it only was the end of the beginning. There's a long hard road to be traveled yet. But because we are Americans, thus denied the option of failure we'll prevail as we always do. I have total confidence in this.
So then may all effort by you result in maximum benefit to you and corresponding heartburn for the leftwit fungi who torment us.
Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at May 09, 2025 04:59 AM (hKoQL)
21 Man reflects on the love of God and prayers of his family bringing him back from being a prodigal son. Luke 15:11-32:
tinyurl.com/cf9zx7cuPosted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:00 AM (R6jXA)
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:01 AM (CQE5S)
23 @11/Puddleglum: "Bill Gates LOVES children."
*searches for article*
Okay, found it.
https://tinyurl.com/aby6vh79
I thought I remembered something about Epstein being part of the reason Melinda Gates divorced Bill. It also came out later that Bill admitted to Melinda he hadn't always been faithful to her.
You put those pieces together, and... ewwwww.Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:05 AM (O7YUW)
24 Pykrete is a frozen ice composite, originally made of approximately 14% sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86% ice by weight (6 to 1 by weight). (wikipedia)Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:05 AM (CQE5S)
25
Bill Gates is mad that CIA cut-out USAID got shut down. (The Verge)
How about you 'fess up as to how much USAID bolstered your haul from grifting, Billy Boy?Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 05:06 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (8XLoI)
27 Morning, Tech PeepsPosted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (AN2gy)
28 @27: Mornin' fluffy. How's things in your corner of the universe?Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:08 AM (O7YUW)
29 Evening and morning to all the insomaniacals! 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!
I dreamed I was in New York City for some reason, and lost my phone while in some transportation hub, maybe Grand Central or Penn Station. It seemed weirdly empty rather than the teeming place I saw when I was there. Maybe it was at three am. At one point I picked up some kind of antenna -- it apparently was an intercom feed -- to a cafe, and heard in a guttural Brooklyn accent, "Sam's Place," and a shrill female voice in the background snapped, "It's none a ya business!" Thus did I know I was in New York.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:15 AM (omVj0)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 09, 2025 05:16 AM (a1415)
31 Mumble something about remembering that song and music videos before MTv ruined them and get off my lawn.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:17 AM (AN2gy)
32 Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete, a mixture of wood pulp and ice, for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time. (wikipedia)Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:18 AM (CQE5S)
33
What I appreciate the most are search engines that foist AI upon users. One of them -- I cannot recall which one -- simply takes its top three results' contents and blends them into a sorry amalgam of regurgitated goo.Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 05:18 AM (xG4kz)
34 Anyway! How 'bout that Pope, huh? An American, and there's the chance he may be more of a traditionalist, at least on some points, than our last one. Naturally my local Fox outlet is at pains to point out how he is going to be at odds with the Trump admin.
It's 73-74 F. outdoors, depending on your source, and we are due for "slow-moving, soaking rain" today. Radar shows a band of rain coming up from the SW -- so I may not be able to work out this am.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:19 AM (omVj0)
35 here's some Medicated Goo to go with the regurgitated goo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB9CQVzSV3oPosted by: Pikov Andropov at May 09, 2025 05:20 AM (y7zkd)
36 My new Dell Desktop fell over dead last evening. It would power on but never post to the Windows login screen. Stuff happens.
I prepared for the anticipated hours long tech support call by getting up to speed with what Dell wants you to try. Fair enough. None of them worked. I opened a service request, gave them my machine tag number, recapped the symptoms, and submitted it. At this point I got the phone numbers to get things rolling. Fair enough. I called the number at 10 PM MDT expecting a message about their hours. Instead I got a live person. WTH? This does not happen.
After about 20 minutes of him making sure I did all the diagnostics and few more try this, then that, he goes were going to this fix machine. He gave me two choices: go to the service center which is a 450 mile round trip x 2, or he would send me a box to send the machine into for some healing. I opted for the box. Total time for this is about a week.
The real point here is they have some awesome tech support. It really makes this PITA situation quite easy to deal with and for that I am quite grateful. I could be looking at owning a boat anchor. That is my tech story for the day.Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:21 AM (amnH6)
37 34 How 'bout that Pope, huh? An American, and there's the chance he may be more of a traditionalist, at least on some points, than our last one.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:19 AM (omVj0)
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
14h
Seriously, though, the new pope looks like a carbon copy of Francis.
Which is basically what you'd expect. It's not a big deal. He'll be for open borders, climate change, and welfare. But he'll be against abortion and gender confusion.
Nothing has changed.Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:22 AM (CQE5S)
38 Hi Grumpy
Just waiting for the next blast of rain. I did get to put out the bird feeders this AM without getting wet, so there's that.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:23 AM (AN2gy)
39 @21/FenelonSpoke: "Prodigal son" speaks very strongly to me, because I walked off into the wilderness for about 38 years. I can be really stubborn and bull-headed at times.
Eventually my heart became fertile ground for God's Word, and I finally listened. It made (and continues to make) a huge difference. I needed to learn that I wasn't "all that and a bag of chips" and Isaiah 55:9 was absolutely right.Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)
40 Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wet
Posted by: Skip at May 09, 2025
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Easy to forget. Back when I had my '84 Ford Escort, a four-door, I would occasionally neglect to wind up the rear windows when I parked. The fabric seat in the back would get wet in the rain. The problem was solved when I traded the little go-kart in on an Oldsmobile Cutlass coupe with only two windows to roll up and down. Since then I've had power windows in all my cars, and it's been easy to run them up when I leave the car.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (omVj0)
41 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:24 AM (O7YUW)
Isn't that wonderful.! Praise the Lord!. Thanks for your testimony. It helps make my morning, brother😊Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:27 AM (42Vb+)
42 My RAV4 has a sun roof. I love my sun roof. I leave it open all the time. I live a desert so I don't worry about rain very much. I think what I am doing is training myself for a disaster somewhere down the road. Life is like that.Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:29 AM (amnH6)
43 @38/fluffy: The birds (and hopefully not the squirrels) will be happy with you. Good on you.
Also your comment at #31 about music videos: Here's one that'll take you back:
https://youtu.be/6epzmRZk6UUPosted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (O7YUW)
44 >>> here's some Medicated Goo to go with the regurgitated goo
You're fixing to send me down a rabbit hole with that.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:31 AM (o3Uyl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 09, 2025 05:32 AM (o3Uyl)
47 @19/Skip: "Left my truck window down, I hardly ever do that, now seat is wet"
If the floor has any carpeting/fabric (it probably does unless you went full "farm truck" when ordering) it probably got wet too. Don't make the mistake a lot of people do of putting the windows up and not letting it air-dry out fully before closing them.
Mold in the carpets is something you do not want under any circumstances.Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:33 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Rosasharn at May 09, 2025 05:35 AM (PzBTm)
49 >>> The birds (and hopefully not the squirrels) will be happy with you.
Squirrels too. It will be a good morning to be a ground feeder out there.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:35 AM (AN2gy)
50 The man in this video make shoes by hand. They are more works of art than something you wear; the craftsmanship is off the charts. It is an oddly satisfying thing watch. And if you want a pair it might take a while since he is located in Japan. And the price? About $3000.00. Totally worth it if you have that kind of wealth.
https://youtu.be/_8aoIizn68EPosted by: Altaria Pilgram - My President has convictions at May 09, 2025 05:37 AM (amnH6)
51 @50/Altaria Pilgram: Oh wow, yeah, I'm going to end up watching all of that later today. It's always a pleasure to watch someone who has reached "master" level in their craft perform their work.Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (O7YUW)
52 Didn't they consider making ships or an aircraft carrier out of pycrete during WWII?Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (szqEY)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 09, 2025 05:41 AM (O7YUW)
54 52 Didn't they consider making ships or an aircraft carrier out of pycrete during WWII?
Posted by: TC at May 09, 2025 05:40 AM (szqEY)
comment #32Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:42 AM (CQE5S)
55 What I appreciate the most are search engines that foist AI upon users. One of them -- I cannot recall which one -- simply takes its top three results' contents and blends them into a sorry amalgam of regurgitated goo.
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Which I think will be not the downfall but a major stumbling block. They're giving the game away too easily, Brave especially. Here are the search results, and here is an AI generated summary of a half dozen or so sites listed below. Here are the links if you want to read for yourself what this natural language search engine just scraped.
They're taking all of the mystery out of it and people, even non-tech people, can easily see that it's not really accomplishing anything beyond just being a search engine.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 05:43 AM (/wLGm)
56 Good morning! It's a very pleasant but humid 62 out on he patio here in Cowtown with forecast highs in the upper 70s for the next couple of days.
Yesterday after I finished mowing and edging the lawn, the grandkids helped me sweep up and get the trash and recycling down to the curb. Then we made smash burgers and went to the ice cream shop. It was a good day.Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (3Ope8)
57 Good Morning !
Thanks FenelonSpoke, also to Grumpy & recalcitrant.
Similar events in my own life. Ego/Self always brought me to ruin, to Keep it simple.
Once I said "okay, I am not in charge", life began to change. God's Grace is amazing.Posted by: OkJohn at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (NC/it)
58 Lobsterman turned social media star
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kyYksoyeOQs
He branches out a bit herePosted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:46 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: Ciampino - cute but no dimple at May 09, 2025 05:47 AM (sPQoU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:49 AM (xJIjs)
61 Oh, and the contractor came by to finalize the 'pond embiggening' project. Gonna make the existing pond a little deeper, a little larger and install a waterfall with a stream. Gonna have to relocate the existing water lilies to maintain the dragonfly population, so I guess I need to get a stock tank.Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:49 AM (3Ope8)
62 56 Yesterday after I finished mowing and edging the lawn, the grandkids helped me sweep up and get the trash and recycling down to the curb. Then we made smash burgers and went to the ice cream shop. It was a good day.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 09, 2025 05:45 AM (3Ope
Sounds like a perfect day!Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:51 AM (CQE5S)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 05:52 AM (xJIjs)
64 I don't know much about the new Pope. But I am happy that the anti-pontificate of Francis is over.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 05:53 AM (ZmEVT)
65 50
As a kid growing up in 50s Uganda, my shoes were handmade by Indian cobblers. He would trace your foot on paper and several days later went for a fitting and in a short while I would have new shoes. Cheap. Before the mass produced stuff from the BATA company.Posted by: Ciampino - great shhoes too at May 09, 2025 05:53 AM (sPQoU)
66 Testing Air Raid sirens in New Delhi.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 05:54 AM (Vnr18)
67 Good morning one and all. As I read the commentary about Pope Leo from both sides of the aisle, I have decided taking the "Wait and See" approach is the smartest one. Personally, I would have liked one of the African Cardinals to be chosen given their unapologetically old school stance on issues but such is life.
The amusing thing are the liberal types crowing about how this American Pope is going to stand up to Trump! (Learned a new one from them. "Orange Idi Amin." It's so cute when they are being edgy.). The funny thing is that they are the same people who scream "separation of church and state" and "You're being judgmental!!!" as if they were holy invocations to protect them.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (lXoJ5)
68 "Nothing has changed."
A legit election matters.
Here's a clue. If he takes the title "Vicar of Christ," he is probably not going to be an anti-pope and heretic.Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (ZmEVT)
69 For curiosity, I went to he Wiki for Eddie Floyd's original knock on wood. A lot of information I did not know. How interesting.Posted by: actually inside the beltway at May 09, 2025 05:55 AM (ntk8v)
70 Testing Air Raid sirens in New Delhi.
Posted by: Boss Moss
If the Pakistanis take out Indian Call Centers, I'll forgive most of their war crimes.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 05:57 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)
72 53 G & R
Way more work than I would do.
We finally got a set up with baffles that is 99% effective, but previously I would just sigh and acknowledge the squirrel tax.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 05:59 AM (AN2gy)
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:00 AM (CQE5S)
74 Somethingsomething requiem.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:01 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:02 AM (42Vb+)
76 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.Posted by: olddog in mo at May 09, 2025 06:02 AM (hoCmQ)
77 The new pope has ties to Noo Awlins. HIs grandparents were Creoles whose home was displaced when the elevated I-10's S. Claiborne section was built in the early '60s. Of course they were long gone by then, having already relocated to Chicago.
"The 1910 census data shows that the family's last known New Orleans address was South Peters in the French Quarter. [South Peters is NOT in the Quarter -- WA]
"By 1912, the family relocated to Chicago. Their daughter, the future pope's mother, was the first of her siblings to be born there. "
(From wwltv.com)Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:05 AM (omVj0)
78
Magills
@magills_
11h
Imagine being some normal dude in the Midwest and your brother is the pope. Wild.
Josh Frydman
@Josh_Frydman
13h
Obviously the biggest question surrounding Chicago native Robert Prevost now that he is Pope Leo XIV: Cubs or White Sox? His brother gave the definitive answer ... [video]Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:07 AM (CQE5S)
79 How reasonable of you!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I get my moments. Not often enough but they do show up.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:10 AM (lXoJ5)
80 Holy Name Cathedral’s rector, Father Gregory Sakowicz, remarked to the Associated Press that the sun came out in Chicago when the new pope was announced, a coincidence he described as “God’s way of remaining anonymous.”
https://wgntv.com/news/pope-leo/
robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv-chicago-cubs-sox/Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 06:11 AM (CQE5S)
81 I asked yesterday, but didn't see all the answers. When did popes start taking ecclesiastical names? Peter used the name, from "Petros" (rock), that Jesus gave him, but did the succeeding popes all do that? I'm not a Catholic, so I don't know. Why not use "Pope Robert I"?Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:13 AM (omVj0)
82 Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:10 AM (lXoJ5
Well, I haven't seen the non reasonable moments on here, but yes, we all have them.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:13 AM (42Vb+)
83 Birdbath status?Posted by: Just Wondering at May 09, 2025 06:20 AM (dg+HA)
84 Good morning moronPosted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:22 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 06:22 AM (/Ghsb)
86
*stumbles in with coffee*
Good morning, Hordians.
Another long and stupid dream of a kind that comes up frequently. I'm back at work somewhere, most often a place I've worked before. My responsibilities are very vague and I have no resources to do anything substantial.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:23 AM (QnmlO)
87 Why not use "Pope Robert I"?
Got geeky and looked it up. Yes, Wikipedia but it's a good starting point.
"The custom of choosing a new name began in AD 533: Mercurius deemed it inappropriate for a pope to be named after the pagan Roman god Mercury, and adopted the name John II."Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:24 AM (lXoJ5)
88 I'm just here for the twirling.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 06:28 AM (RIvkX)
89 Pope's pre-pope twitter:
https://nitter.net/drprevost
Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 05:58 AM (CQE5S)
I am not a Catholic.
Personally, I would prefer that members of the upper levels of the clerical hierarchy keep their secular opinions to themselves. He seems to be another boomer priest who cannot separate charity and good deeds done by an individual with governments shoveling out money taken from citizens by force. And, insofar as the "migrant" issue is concerned, takes the implicit stance that it's acceptable to break several - if not dozens - of laws as long as you really, really want to.
Still, the media will, of course, amplify his personal utterances in an attempt to make them appear to be Catholic doctrine in an effort to advance their globalist agenda and weaken the Church.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:28 AM (ExV1e)
90 Somethingsomething requiem.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 06:01 AM (Vnr1
Pie Jesu domine, dona eis requiem. (assuming you're referring to the chant from Monty Python).Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:30 AM (ExV1e)
91 I think I saw a female oriole outside at the feeders.
She (assuming) was yellow. Not yellowish-orange, yellow. The other markings fit, she ate jelly, so likely an oriole, but I have never seen one that shade.Posted by: fluffy at May 09, 2025 06:31 AM (AN2gy)
92
I am not a Catholic.
Personally, I would prefer that members of the upper levels of the clerical hierarchy keep their secular opinions to themselves.
Well, I am a Catholic and I agree with you. If it's not a matter of faith and morals, the Pope's opinion doesn't carry any more weight than mine. I long for the days when popes kept their mouths shut and let the Curia do the talking.
You know that when some big-city mayor is talking about global warming or, back in the day, nuclear disarmament, their cities are riddled with crime, there are potholes in the streets, the garbage isn't being picked up and rats are everywhere. Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)
93 Daniel Greenfield- who I don't think is RC, but Jewish -and who writes for "FrontPage" seems to feel that the only reason to pick an American ( although isn't the Pope a citizen of Peru for a number of years?) for Pope is to fight Trump. I don't see why that would make a difference . Trump isn't a RC and isn't an "unruly" Bishop the new Pope can remove from his post. Closed borders and protection of Americans are a national concern, not a religious one , so the new Pope can say whatever he likes about American policies. I don't think Trump is going to say, "Yes, I'll. Do whatever you like, your excellency."Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (42Vb+)
94 He seems to be another boomer priest who cannot separate charity and good deeds done by an individual with governments shoveling out money taken from citizens by force.
That's an excellent description. "Will you help?" vs "You will help."Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)
95 mornin yall
"A new TikTok stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires."
I hate Windows 11 too but this is a bit extreme.Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (vFG9F)
96 OK, bad pun that I had to share.
Pope Leo has a Bachelor's in Math. So we have a Pope that not only understands sin but cos as well.Posted by: NR Pax at May 09, 2025 06:40 AM (lXoJ5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:41 AM (u82oZ)
98 95, Darwin never sleeps, either, lolPosted by: sock_rat_eez at May 09, 2025 06:41 AM (/Ghsb)
99 Pro Tip:
When building out a large scale ERP, design the database first.
Also my new favorite tool is an online app called Eraser.
And contrary to it's name, you can use it to create relation diagrams, workflow diagrams, entity diagrams, etc.
Either by manually building them or using text prompts.
I'm using it to design the workflow and database for my ERP App.
The number of tools out there to build applications is staggering, which begs the question, if there are so many tools to help people build applications, why does everything suck?Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 06:42 AM (XV/Pl)
100 {{{Rosasharn}}}
Huzzah! And she is twirling!
*Does Happy Dance to Peter White's Reveillez-vous. *Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:42 AM (u82oZ)
101 Don't mind the discussions on Pope Leo, what I do mind is the bashing of Catholicism. So his prayer mentioned Mary which becomes he isn't really a Christian because God & Jesus should have come first. Give it a rest, we venerate God & Jesus and also pray to Mary the mother of Jesus. The comment sections of some of the Salem sites are getting as bad as zero hedge. At least here it's respectful.Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (2NHgQ)
102 "Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession."
And not to partake of Holy Communion unworthily.
And not to use birth control. So many Catholics have just one or two children. We know what you have been doing.Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (ZmEVT)
103 I don't know how to do it but would like some AI to compile a list of everyone caught in the latest Fed roundup of sex traffickers including their occupations, immigration status, and party affiliation. Is that possible?Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025 06:45 AM (vFG9F)
104 Leo XIV would be better employed telling the faithful to go to Confession.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:36 AM (QnmlO)
Or, if you're really concerned about the less fortunate, encourage them to acts of charity.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:45 AM (ExV1e)
105 As far as the search engine, chatgpt battle, for me, I use chatgpt as the search engine.
The results it produces are organized, focused on what you asked it and far more useful than anything google spits out.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (XV/Pl)
106 I thought Disco was dead and Amii Stewart moved to Italy.Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (u82oZ)
107 I am not Catholic. As doof said yesterday (roughly), "Whatever the appropriate sentiment is at this moment, that is what I offer you now"
I will say as an outside observer that it's nice that this fellow appears to possibly be Catholic.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:46 AM (/wLGm)
108 And not to use birth control. So many Catholics have just one or two children. We know what you have been doing.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:44 AM (ZmEVT)
I'm married. Sometimes it isn't what you're doing as what you're not doing... IYKWIM.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:47 AM (u82oZ)
110 I don't think Trump is going to say, "Yes, I'll. Do whatever you like, your excellency."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025
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That was supposed to be the big fear about JFK (and previous Catholic presidential candidates -- Al Smith?), that he would take orders from the Vatican.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)
111 It could be great. Leo XIII was a "liberal" before his election and became a great anti-modernist after.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (ZmEVT)
112 As far as the search engine, chatgpt battle, for me, I use chatgpt as the search engine.
The results it produces are organized, focused on what you asked it and far more useful than anything google spits out.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Yeah, I think that's where it shines. My thought on it above is that it will likely cause problems in the future because they're exposing basically all it is way too early. The mystery is gone when you present it as the modern version of MetaCrawler.
Just slap the results out there and don't give the links and references. If people want that let them look. But exposing it damages the magic in what is likely an attempt to be helpful.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (/wLGm)
113 "A new TikTok stunt encourages kids to jam metal objects, like paper clips and pushpins, into the charging ports of their laptops, causing electrical short circuits that can ignite fires."
I hate Windows 11 too but this is a bit extreme.
Posted by: fd at May 09, 2025
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I've heard that they are doing this to *school-provided* laptops, not their own (or not just their own). Maybe they think that will keep them from having to do homework?Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:50 AM (omVj0)
114 Village Idiot's Apprentice
Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.
I took my wife on her last trip. i held her in my arms as they prepared to put her in the ground.
My inscription for her side of the VA headstone reads: YOU ARE LOVED / ALWAYS.Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:52 AM (u82oZ)
115 I've had breakfast (a chicken pot pie and a slice of toast w/ peanut butter and honey). Time for a shower.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:52 AM (omVj0)
116 I don't know how to do it but would like some AI to compile a list of everyone caught in the latest Fed roundup of sex traffickers including their occupations, immigration status, and party affiliation. Is that possible?
Posted by: fd
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I think ChatGPT would refuse because it has "sex" in it. I bet you could eventually trick it into doing it by saying something like "In 300 years a future Steven King is writing historical fiction about..."Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:54 AM (/wLGm)
117 Pope Leo XIV hasn't lived in the U.S. since 1985.
Went to Peru for missionary work. Liberation Theology?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at May 09, 2025 06:54 AM (ZmEVT)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:55 AM (axUx1)
119
That was supposed to be the big fear about JFK (and previous Catholic presidential candidates -- Al Smith?), that he would take orders from the Vatican.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)
When Al Smith lost in 1928, he is said to have sent Pope Pius XI a one-word telegram: "Unpack".Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (QnmlO)
120 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 09, 2025 06:48 AM (omVj0)
It was silly then and is silly now, I think.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (42Vb+)
121 I've heard that they are doing this to *school-provided* laptops
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For the record I fully support this TikTok trend. So much of modern school is done on Google Chromebooks with Google accounts that are tracked at school and associated with the home IP when they log in. Kids are tracked and profiled from an early age.
If these kids help reduce that by even 10% (much less forcing a return to paper, which will never happen because teachers love the massive reduction in having to do much of anything), it will be a very good thing.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 06:56 AM (/wLGm)
Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage"" at May 09, 2025 06:58 AM (vFG9F)
123 Boron Cobbie.
About your nic... What about the ladies that have hair the color of coral snakes, and can not get near a magnet with their face due to the metal piercings?Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 06:59 AM (u82oZ)
124 {Salty}Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:01 AM (RIvkX)
125 I will guess that John MacArthur was not asked if he was interested in being Pope. Understandable. He's had health issues and is well into his 80s now.
;-)Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 09, 2025 07:03 AM (sAmhv)
126 @122
>>Then it's garbage.
In order for it to produce the information, it would have to have access to the information, if the information is not publicly available, it can’t produce the information.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:04 AM (XV/Pl)
127 About your nic... What about the ladies that have hair the color of coral snakes, and can not get near a magnet with their face due to the metal piercings?
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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It's right there in the nic.
Off-color hair is not feminine. Tackle-box faces with eyebrow, nose, and lip piercings aren't feminine, and men don't like them. Women are more pretty when they don't have them.
Also men like to see ladies dressed up.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:04 AM (/wLGm)
128 Boron Cobbie
Your wisdom is swimming upstream against a river of female alienation.
In the long run, life self-corrects. Well raised children matter.Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 07:06 AM (u82oZ)
129
Also men like to see ladies dressed up.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie
Or at least looking feminine. Something that seems to have been lost in recent years.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (QnmlO)
130 15:22 (IST) May 09
Civil defence drills begin in Delhi, air raid sirens tested across city
The Directorate of Civil Defence, under the Government of NCT of Delhi, will conduct a routine air raid siren testing exercise at the PWD Headquarters, ITO, on Friday at 3pm. The test will last for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
In an official statement, district magistrate (Central) G Sudhakar urged the public to remain calm and not be alarmed by the sirens, emphasizing that the exercise is part of standard preparedness measures. Authorities have requested that the public be informed in advance through social and electronic media to avoid confusion or panic.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (RIvkX)
131 @116
>>I think ChatGPT would refuse because it has "sex"
I just did it, the information it produces is pretty comprehensive, try it for your self.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:07 AM (XV/Pl)
132 I just did it, the information it produces is pretty comprehensive, try it for your self.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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I don't doubt that it will spit names out. That said, I'm probably not running a search with that type of inquiry, even behind a VPNPosted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:09 AM (/wLGm)
133 This is the example shown to me that showed me how... not useless, but let's say completely untrustworthy it is.
Ask it to make a list of 100 actors or actresses (you need to be specific to male or female because "actor" is absurdly used for both these days) from the 1950s.
Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)
134 Wolfus, what stops you from moving?Posted by: Quarter Twenty at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (dg+HA)
135 Thomas Bender
Is there a name not on the list you expected to see there. That would be a quality control sign.
Like Bill Gates or Joe Biden.Posted by: NaCly Dog at May 09, 2025 07:13 AM (u82oZ)
136 @132
>>I don't doubt that it will spit names out.
It did more than just spit out names, it described the operation, it provided publicly available mugshots, it listed notable arrests, with detail across multiple states, it described the ongoing efforts and it listed the information it could not produce because it was not publicly available.
You simply would not get that type of information, in an organized fashion form a search engine.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 09, 2025 07:14 AM (XV/Pl)
137 You simply would not get that type of information, in an organized fashion form a search engine
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I'm somewhat reluctant to point out:
You just did.
Again, I'm not saying it's bad or there's something wrong with using it.
Just that it's a mostly an advanced search engine that has the neat trick of being able to give results written in the style of Yosemite Sam if you ask it to.Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:17 AM (/wLGm)
138 Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)
Yeah, it sucks. They all suck. I had a coworker use copilot the other day to sort some data from spreadsheets, to break out five numerically equal sets of customers from one or more ZIP codes, with the constraint that, regardless of how many zips were in each set, every customer in a given zip must be used if the zip is included in the set.
So - boring and time consuming, but not complicated or particularly difficult. I told her "don't bother. Do it manually. Copilot will get it wrong, you'll just waste time you could be using to do it manually."
She emailed me yesterday, I was right, Copilot completely screwed everything up and she had to start over. Predictable as the sun rising.Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (BI5O2)
139 Nood.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 09, 2025 07:19 AM (ExV1e)
140 133 This is the example shown to me that showed me how... not useless, but let's say completely untrustworthy it is.
Ask it to make a list of 100 actors or actresses (you need to be specific to male or female because "actor" is absurdly used for both these days) from the 1950s.
Scroll down the list and see how many modern names are there. And this is simple information that could easily be scraped from IMDB or the like just from movie dates.
Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 07:12 AM (/wLGm)
I wonder if "from the 1950s" is being interpreted as "from the 1950s to the present time"? Try rewording? Say, "whose floruit was in the decade of the 1950s"?Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 07:28 AM (CQE5S)
141 It makes me happy each and every time I learn of Bill Gate's anger.Posted by: Bob at May 09, 2025 07:44 AM (zhWvq)
142 I cannot become anything other than confused when faced with the Catholic practices.
Confused.
I'm not convinced of anything beyond the theater and magical incantations. But I've been wrong before.
And why are we bending a political knee to a nominal religious category of any sort, Catholic, Jew, Protestant?Posted by: Dan Patterson at May 09, 2025 09:42 AM (mm9Bq)
Posted by: Socratease at May 09, 2025 11:06 AM (YgfoU)
144 FenelonSpoke -
I am past Nood, but thought to add that those special effects are nowadays antique video techniques, no AI needed. I agree they are distracting. Good voice. I’m listening without watching. What decade was this a hit?Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:14 PM (YSv5G)
145 And Linux is Unix.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:15 PM (YSv5G)
146 Amii Stewart’s “Knock on Wood” was a hit in 1979.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:59 PM (YSv5G)
ONT Leo XIV
Welcome to Thursday night! How about we open with some feel-good content?
A Smart Military Blog
Army secretary says US tanks will have to hang back to avoid getting killed by cheap dronesThe heavy losses have led to assessments that tanks may be obsolete in wars dominated by drones. However, Driscoll recently told BI that the role of US tanks will change rather than disappear. Instead of combined-arms assaults led by armor, where tanks are the first to hit the front lines and lead breaching operations, uncrewed systems may spearhead the charge instead.
Driscoll said that tanks will stay in safe, defended positions until there is a clear path that allows them to move forward. This is a break from the traditional role of tanks, but it is seen by military planners as necessary in a world where armored vehicles worth millions can be easily picked off by drones worth as little as a few hundred bucks.
Using cheap drones to destroy expensive armored vehicles has proven to be an effective asymmetrical warfare tactic. US forces have enjoyed air superiority in recent conflicts, not needing to be constantly looking up for enemy airpower. That's changing with drones.
It seems to me, armchair general that I am, that we may be at an inflection point in warfare, much as WWI was an inflection point. Drones change everything. Or do they? I think we may be close to being able to deploy mobile, Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers, that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone threat. What do y'all think?
UselessWhat Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
But now that they’ve been given the reins of power, many congressional Republicans have shown little interest in actually governing in accordance with the pitch they made to voters just a few short months ago.
On Wednesday, reporting surfaced that a cabal of House Republicans is fighting efforts to end the flow of federal taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, which also offers harmful chemical and surgical castration procedures. According to NOTUS, this group of lawmakers — which reportedly included Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Jen Kiggans — “made it clear to House GOP leadership that they oppose adding a measure to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood” to the House’s reconciliation package.
So, if slashing the taxpayer subsidization of entities that terminate unborn babies isn’t on the budget chopping block for Republicans, then what is?
It’s apparently not fully repealing Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act or making significant reforms and reductions to Medicaid. Congressional GOPers have come out opposing both options over the course of the party’s reconciliation negotiations.
We've made progress, but it's plain that we need a long march through our own institutions to rid our ranks of GOPe scum. I just don't know if we have time.
Interlude: Tool Time!— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) May 9, 2025
First An American Pope, Now ThisAmerican tourist becomes the first man in over 1,500 years to be impaled at the Colosseum
But at 5 p.m. on Friday, when the 47-year-old tourist (who has American citizenship but is a "resident of Taiwan") climbed the fence at the Piazza del Colosseo, impaled himself, screamed until he passed out, and nearly bled to death, the crowds had a different reaction:
Visitors looked on in horror, according to Italian news outlets.
‘It was terrible,' commented one tourist, an eyewitness of the tragedy. ‘I saw that man skewered on a railing, and he couldn't free himself on his own.'
Speaking of the pope, since he is now an elected official from Chicago, does that mean that it's inevitable that he'll be arrested on federal corruption charges? We'll see how he does, but I'm not a big fan. He's one of the guys that was behind removing the wonderful Bishop Strickland from his post for publicly stating that the church should, I dunno, maybe follow the teachings of Christ.
Liberal Women: A Theory
Why so many woman get manipulated into being liberals
George Orwell once wrote women are always and inevitably on the side of the state. He wasn't being misogynistic, he was making a psychological observation. In his view, women, particularly in their role as caregivers and moral enforcers, tend to prioritize safety and compassion over risk and freedom, and that instinct, while natural, is easily weaponized by totalitarian systems. When conformity is marketed as compassion, control is rebranded as care, the state taps into the feminine psyche to enforce ideological obedience.
More at the link, what do you think?
I Like TrainsSir Rod Stewart reveals his epic model railway city
He told Railway Modeller he worked on the skyscrapers and other scenery while on tour, requesting an extra room for his constructions in his hotels.
"We would tell them in advance and they were really accommodating, taking out the beds and providing fans to improve air circulation and ventilation," he said.
The scenery and structures are his forte, rather than the locomotives and tracks. "I find beauty in what everyone else sees as ugly - rugged skyscrapers, beaten-up warehouses, things that are very run down."
Photos of the layout show dozens of highly detailed buildings plus bridges, ships, vegetation and streets teeming with vintage cars and taxis.
"When I take on something creative like this, I have to give it 110%," he said. "For me it's addictive. I started, so I just had to finish. I'm lucky I had the room. If I'd have realised at the start it would have taken so long, I'd have probably said, 'No! No! Nah!'"
Pictures at the link, it's pretty epic.
Road RageVideo at link. I make it a point not to antagonize other drivers when I'm on four wheels, much less when I'm on two.
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by scenic San'aa:
Background, if you don't get the reference.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1 Today just begs the old question, is a bear Catholic?Posted by: mindful webworker - not all there at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (b/vRQ)
2 HolaPosted by: Ciampino - look them up at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (sPQoU)
3
Good EveningPosted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (3ek7K)
4 MeowPosted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (w3u3d)
5 Only if he shits in the woods.Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: A Bears Fan at May 08, 2025 10:01 PM (RFhjS)
7 On-topic, and could be seen as funny (in a dark way).
Have seen several online personages hailing the new pontiff because he's "pro life".
The pope. Pro life. OK. Log that in as a "W" - I guess?Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2025 10:02 PM (1m82a)
8 Evenin’, All. I will try to behave myself tonight.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:03 PM (77rzZ)
9 Thank you Weird Dave.
8 Evenin’, All. I will try to behave myself tonight.
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:03 PM (77rzZ)
Me too.
No more booze tomorrow. I'll be crappy then.
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:04 PM (jvJvP)
10 Hey, Stateless.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:05 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:05 PM (jvJvP)
12 Speaking of the pope, since he is now an elected official from Chicago, does that mean that it's inevitable that he'll be arrested on federal corruption charges? We'll see how he does, but I'm not a big fan. He's one of the guys that was behind removing the wonderful Bishop Strickland from his post for publicly stating that the church should, I dunno, maybe follow the teachings of Christ.
Yes, and he did a shoddy investigation of SA in Peru. Yeah, I'm aware that Sadat didn't become Nasser II, but I'm pessimistic.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:05 PM (FZn/N)
13 If you're a Bishop removed from your post, what do you do? He wasn't excommunicated so can he continue to hold services somewhere, do pastoral counseling, preach, etc?Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 10:05 PM (JqvmG)
14 Tool Time - I don't usually enjoy "fail" videos with serious injuries, but every bit in this video cracked me up.Posted by: mindful webworker - Might be the nice weather affecting my attitude, at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (b/vRQ)
15 Lot of detail Rod built into that city scape scene.Posted by: BifBewalski at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (MsrgL)
16 Most of the people arrested at Columbia were women.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (VofaG)
17 Good evening morons e grazie wd
lake a good look, Pro-aborts. This is how you redeem an evil situation.
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Sorry I cannot get behind "convincing" a child to bear a child. If it was a rape there could have been immediate prophylactic measures taken to prevent conception. Not knowing more details, not a good look for the pro-life point of view.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (K9xEt)
19 Hi Horde!Posted by: Iris at May 08, 2025 10:07 PM (bOJ2I)
20 Sorry I'm late, I was getting some taxidermists to give me an estimate for the price of stuffing and mounting some snipe.Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:07 PM (FVLcK)
21 Hey, Iris!Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:08 PM (77rzZ)
22 Rod Stewart's model railroad is amazing.Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 10:08 PM (AOsQT)
23 > George Orwell once wrote women are always and inevitably on the side of the state. He wasn't being misogynistic, he was making a psychological observation....
More at the link, what do you think?
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I think George was a smart MFerPosted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 10:09 PM (AOsQT)
24 Is there a hobo camp as part of Stewart's rail-yard model?Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2025 10:10 PM (i0F8b)
25 When conformity is marketed as compassion, control is rebranded as care, the state taps into the feminine psyche to enforce ideological obedience.
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Wait, wut?Posted by: Gertrud Scholz-Klink at May 08, 2025 10:11 PM (RIvkX)
26 My real question is, how did Duke Lowell know that I wasn't going to be on the ONT last night?Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:11 PM (FVLcK)
27 What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
It was on a Joe Dan Gorman Intellectual Froglegs back before the 2016 election that I was forced onto the Trump Train when Joe Dan pointed out that Trump was not the type of person who was into it just to increase his "brand," and would throw the race to Hillary. Light bulb over head. Oh, yeah; duh!
So, I've been going back through old Froglegs episodes trying to find that, watching them at 2X. What's weird is how so much of what we're still fighting was going on then, from Political Correctness to ghei "marriage" to criminal invaders to RINOs. If anything at all has changed, it's only because of Trump.Posted by: mindful webworker - and on and on at May 08, 2025 10:11 PM (b/vRQ)
28 The state of Washington passed a bill, signed into law that makes Catholic priests who hear confessions mandatory reporters. This is clear violation of the sanctity and privacy of confession, or, Reconciliation, as it's now known.
The Archdiocese of Seattle has informed that any priest who breaks the Seal of the Confessional will be excommunicated.
As a Catholic, this could be vert interesting.Posted by: Winston, trying to think up a new nic at May 08, 2025 10:11 PM (uoytw)
29
No opinion on Leo XIV right now. As always, as a dumb pew-sitter, the best thing to do is keep my nose down and try to live up to the time-tested precepts we're bound to follow.
Following Vatican goings-on is not a worthwhile expenditure of energy and can only lead to anxiety without being able to do anything about it.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (QnmlO)
30 16 Most of the people arrested at Columbia were women.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (VofaG)
That Library was oppressing them.Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (pIfcn)
31 10 Hey, Stateless.
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:05 PM (77rzZ)
Hi Bulg.
Things are moving along. I hope you're well.
We can't be the only people with inheritance stories where people turned crappy. People need to share. I could use a few stories.
For anyone else that wants to share, here's my contribution.
I took care of Mom and Dad for about 15 years after moving back from South Korea. Dad died at 90. Mom passed eight years later, this year at 88.
We had no unexpressed thoughts. I'm still recovering.
Despite taking care of them, I never wanted more than 50% of anything with my brother. But since I was a caregiver---most thankless profession ever---I wanted a year to get my life together, find a job, develop income streams.
He's been making that difficult.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (jvJvP)
32 I think George was a smart MFer
Posted by: Don Black
Communism-
Orwell learned it, lived it, turned out he didn't love it.Posted by: Two Legs Good, if a fine set of lady pins at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (t6ibK)
33
The state of Washington passed a bill, signed into law that makes Catholic priests who hear confessions mandatory reporters.
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God hears confessions. The priest just does the absolution.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:13 PM (QnmlO)
34 Orwell is correct.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:13 PM (FZn/N)
35 osted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (QnmlO
You're not dumb and your advice makes a lot of sense.Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 10:13 PM (JqvmG)
36 I'm not in love with the lead story. In general, it doesn't seem right to air the personal details of children's lives on the internet. Whether there should be or not, there's a certain stigma associated with being the product of rape (in some quarters anyway).Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:13 PM (UGyV5)
37 16 Most of the people arrested at Columbia were women.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (VofaG)
Bangable?
I did get my teeth cleaned at the dentist today. Middle Eastern girl. She was very sweet. I really liked her. Had the mask on the entire time but seemed kind of hot.
That's one...Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:14 PM (jvJvP)
38 Sorry I cannot get behind "convincing" a child to bear a child. If it was a rape there could have been immediate prophylactic measures taken to prevent conception. Not knowing more details, not a good look for the pro-life point of view.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
I don’t understand why it’s not a good look. To me the guy obviously didn’t know the girl until well after conception. You would have rather the little girl in the photo been killed?Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:15 PM (VofaG)
39 I did review some bomb damage assessment of the airport and the control tower still stands but everything else is kaput.
In other news Mrs. F. reports major bombing in Karachi but I cannot find reportage.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
40
The Archdiocese of Seattle has informed that any priest who breaks the Seal of the Confessional will be excommunicated.
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His Excellency can also say that henceforth all Confessions will be heard behind a screen. Like they should.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:15 PM (QnmlO)
41 Stateless, I’m so sorry. Hope your brother has a change of heart and sees the light of day.
Prayer up for you, Brother.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:16 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - first and foremost at May 08, 2025 10:16 PM (b/vRQ)
43 Orwell learned it, lived it, turned out he didn't love it.
Posted by: Two Legs Good, if a fine set of lady pins at May 08, 2025 10:12 PM (t6ibK)
He remained a socialist though. So really not that smart.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:16 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Ciampino - did the Suez Canal at May 08, 2025 10:17 PM (sPQoU)
45 In other news Mrs. F. reports major bombing in Karachi but I cannot find reportage.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
ANd LahorePosted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:17 PM (FZn/N)
46 I think another reason women support the state is because too many see it as a surrogate father.Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (elaR+)
47 What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
The only point is that a GOP Congress mostly stays out of Trump's way. A Dem one actively impedes him. But that's it. You notice these useless sacks of shite aren't doing anything to implement his EOs legislatively. He has to do it all on his own.Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (UGyV5)
48 Rod Stewart model train adventure is really cool. Thanks for the ONT, WD.Posted by: scampydog at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (41CYW)
49 Can anybody tell me when the office of Pope Emeritus was established and why the first one was Benedict?
Is there some kind of conclave to pick a Pope Emeritus? And since Catholics claim that their authority is because Jesus told Peter that "on this I will build my church" is there a "Rock Emeritus"?
I'm not Catholic, but Pope Bergerglio seems to have been a fraud by Catholic standards, and the cardinals he put in place are mostly frauds, making this Pope Leo fourteen pretty sus.Posted by: Minuteman at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (47/pr)
50 Hadrian, you are of course correct.
But, having the state, require a priest to call the cops on a penitent is something I'd expect out of the CCP sponsored, "Church".Posted by: Winston, trying to think up a new nic at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (uoytw)
51 7 ......
Have seen several online personages hailing the new pontiff because he's "pro life".
The pope. Pro life. OK. Log that in as a "W" - I guess?
Posted by: rhomboid
Well, thank God for that at least. What sickens me as a Catholic is the number of Catholic women I know who are pro abortion, oops, I mean pro choice. I don't know what the hell has happened to Catholic women. I suspect they've been corrupted by the democrat party.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:19 PM (0Htd1)
52 I don't understand something. Drone defense - all you need is for the tank to have a dome on top of it. The dome has a radar, and bristles with shotguns. If anything approaches from above, or the sides of the tank, say within 25 feet, it fires a rapid shotgun blast at it. You could have a couple hundred rounds in the shotguns. The drones are low speed, unarmored. The bombs are just motor round for the most part. A single pellet hits the drone and that's it. It either explodes or falls to the ground.
Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 10:20 PM (gDhA9)
53 Rod Stewart does train modeling and Phil Collins had the largest private collection of Alamo related items ( which I think he has since donated to the organization that runs the Alamo)Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:21 PM (VofaG)
54 George Orwell once wrote women are always and inevitably on the side of the state. He wasn't being misogynistic, he was making a psychological observation....
I've heard this described as the "mom and dad" theory of politics. Dad sends you to bed without supper because you didn't do your chores, and mom feels sorry for you and sneaks your favorite meat loaf plus dessert up to your room on a plate.Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at May 08, 2025 10:21 PM (XlvBQ)
55
But, having the state, require a priest to call the cops on a penitent is something I'd expect out of the CCP sponsored, "Church".
Posted by: Winston, trying to think up a new nic
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WA Dems don't care about abused kids. They care about bashing the RCC.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:21 PM (QnmlO)
56 What we in the St. Louis area knew all along:
The Pope's brother was interviewed about whether he was a Cubs fan or a White Sox fan. The brother said the Pope didn't like the Cubs and was a Sox fan, but his Father was a Cardinals fan....Posted by: ERF at May 08, 2025 10:21 PM (qqD/x)
57 13 If you're a Bishop removed from your post, what do you do? He wasn't excommunicated so can he continue to hold services somewhere, do pastoral counseling, preach, etc?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today)
Spend a couple of years weeping over the blow to his pride. Along with a year long bender. From what I hear, they like their Scotch.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:22 PM (0Htd1)
58 I don't know why, but my stress levels have been pretty high lately. Besides unemployment, COBRA ending, and a few other things.
I just started a Gregorian Chant playlist. Here's hoping it helps me destress.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 10:22 PM (VNX3d)
59 >>> First An American Pope, Now This
More accurately that would be Native American. If words mean things.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 10:22 PM (/lPRQ)
60 That Rod Stewart article is from 2019. I wonder if his city has expanded since then?Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2025 10:22 PM (63Dwl)
61 17 I don't want a child to be 'convinced' to murder.
40 As a Baptist, despite my skepticism about some RCC doctrine and practise, I'd have to nullify the law if I was on a jury that had such an awful law presented to it.Posted by: Eric2 at May 08, 2025 10:22 PM (q7Vou)
62 It’s wack a mole with the gop. You get rid of one or two rino pukes like Cheney and two more pop up to take their place.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 10:23 PM (ImXfC)
63 Wait...so this Jeff Durbin adopted a child he just met and the child's mother is on her own? Does Durbin have an actual family?Posted by: PJ at May 08, 2025 10:23 PM (RRCAT)
64
My husband said tonight "I found out something I don't like about the new Pope. HE'S A SOX FAN"
Hubby is a Cubs fan.Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 10:23 PM (3ek7K)
65 1 Today just begs the old question, is a bear Catholic?
Posted by: mindful webworker - not all there at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM
Have you seen the little wave that the Pope did on his balcony?
Isn't that exactly the same way the bears are now waving?Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:23 PM (HlyYF)
66 49 Can anybody tell me when the office of Pope Emeritus was established and why the first one was Benedict?
Posted by: Minuteman at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (47/pr)
Easy. Popes have always died in office, for the last 600 years. No Pope ever retired. But benedict was old and sick, and decided the church needed more active guidance than he was capable of giving. So, he just said "I retire." Since this never happens, nobody knew what to do. But everyone decided that it wasn't that bad an idea to let Popes quit if they are ill or tired, so they made up the title of Pope Emeritus to cover Benedict.Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 10:24 PM (gDhA9)
67 No, not criticizing the birth or the adoption.
As I stated, it is not legally possible for a 13-year old to be "convinced" to carry and give birth nor is it safe or advisable. She should never have conceived.
Making the "child rape exception" a pro-life argument is not a good argument to make.
Again, without specifics we're arguing generalities.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:24 PM (RIvkX)
68 Something just tells me that the first American Pope should’ve taken the name “Bud.”Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:24 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:25 PM (VofaG)
70 52 Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 10:20 PM (gDhA9)
Soldiers need to climb on and off the tank, and willy-nilly spray and pray might get the lead drone, but are you really going to be able to re-load a hundred shotguns in the five minute interval before the next drone comes a creepin'? Plus, the inside of a tank isn't exactly spacious as it is, so finding room for all these extras would be a challenge.Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:25 PM (FVLcK)
71 Here's the rest of my story...
I'm in the house where I took care of Mom for years. The dog is with me, old, limping, I'm doing my best to keep him going.
It's a big house. Our realtor cousin appraised it at $520,000 to $540,000 Canadian. Which is crazy. It's a big house in a small town but everything in Canada has gone insane.
My brother was fine with $250,000. We'd avoid realtor fees. But after probate cleared, he immediately wanted to come to town to pull money out of the bank. I asked him about the house. He said after talking with friends and the cunt wife, he didn't want to hold a mortgage.
I told him don't come to town, the remaining money in the probate account will stay there until my living situation is resolved.
I was at the lawyer this week. He will now hold a mortgage. I am looking at other options. But since I'm unemployed after being a caregiver for so long, I'd pay more than he wants.
I actually have enough precious metals to pay him off, But gold is on fire and I'd like to keep that. I have enough money to keep me comfortable for a bit while I develop a life.
I didn't expect all this drama after my parents passed.
Suck it up Princess....Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:26 PM (jvJvP)
72 Why so many woman get manipulated into being liberals
Because of a natural tendency to favor authoritarianism, especially if they think they are going to be in charge?
Welcome to what most people really believe.... Until they have been crushed under the boot of despots for generation or three.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 10:26 PM (/lPRQ)
73 "It seems to me, armchair general that I am, that we may be at an inflection point in warfare, much as WWI was an inflection point. Drones change everything. Or do they? I think we may be close to being able to deploy mobile, Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers, that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone threat. What do y'all think?"
Military history is a never-ending cycle of a dominating new offensive weapon or tactic eventually countered by a new technical defensive measure (i.e., thicker or different armor) or tactic. We are at the mid-point of the latest of these cycles in land warfare. I hope DARPA and smart people in the Army, Marines, and Air Force are on a winning and rapid path to countering the cheap drone and drone swarm threat.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 10:26 PM (aBgBM)
74 San Franpsycho,
I want to know if the rapist was prosecuted. I've always wondered what follow up Planned Parenthood takes when they perform abortions on young girls. Do they bring in law enforcement to investigate and arrest the rapists? Something has to be done so that the perp doesn't keep doing it.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:27 PM (0Htd1)
75 49
I'm not Catholic, but Pope Bergerglio seems to have been a fraud by Catholic standards, and the cardinals he put in place are mostly frauds, making this Pope Leo fourteen pretty sus.
Posted by: Minuteman at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (47/pr)
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Biden46 was a fraud so what are you going to do with all he set up?Posted by: Ciampino - too complicated at May 08, 2025 10:27 PM (sPQoU)
76 Or do they? I think we may be close to being able to deploy mobile, Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers, that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone threat. What do y'all think?
Laser weapons are limited in a lot of ways. The big problem is carrying enough juice for the lasers.
But I can imagine you can screw up laser weapons systems in a lot of ways - reflective paint on the targets or "smoke" bombs that are opaque and/or refractive to the frequency of the laser...Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:27 PM (t0Rmr)
77 That closing meme was a good laugh.Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 10:27 PM (gKDq2)
78 *** Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers, that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone threat. What do y'all think?
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I see super sonic or stealth type cruise missiles loaded with mosquito hawk sized drones being released over target and swarming infantry.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:28 PM (lCWOD)
79 Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:24 PM (RIvkX)
At 70, I recall a few times when 13 year olds got pregnant and, pre Roe, usually gave up the baby for adoption. A friend married a girl who had a mother that age and grandma raised her. Lovely woman.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:28 PM (FZn/N)
80 We don't need Laser armed drone defense... we could do it with .30 or .50 cals... just tied to a radar system...
You know, like the ones we had in the fucking Cold War?
Network platforms together so they constantly shift which platform if actually emitting Radar... then shift that data between platforms for defense.
Or, just do broad beam High power Jamming... all those drones are controlled by someone.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:28 PM (QAkQ3)
81 Fixing the drone problem is easy.
EMP over enemy space will fry the delicate electronics and generally make life for the enemy suck.
Doing it is the hard thing.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 10:28 PM (/lPRQ)
82 I want to know if the rapist was prosecuted. I've always wondered what follow up Planned Parenthood takes when they perform abortions on young girls. Do they bring in law enforcement to investigate and arrest the rapists?
I vaguely recall a law to mandate PP report cases where a girl comes in for an abortion in statutory rape type cases failing in some red state. PP argue that the state was trying to track rape victims to harass them or something and that actually worked.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:29 PM (t0Rmr)
83 Have seen several online personages hailing the new pontiff because he's "pro life".
The pope. Pro life. OK. Log that in as a "W" - I guess?
Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2025 10:02 PM (1m82a)
He's so pro-life he's pro-illegal immigrant life in your country/neighborhood.
IMAO, the cardinals gave a 'screw you' to Trump by electing a liberal American globalist as pope. This is the polar opposite of Reagan and JP II.Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
84 The time of tanks as a primary battlefield weapon might be mostly over.
The Uke war is showing infantry perhaps supported by very cheap and expendable armor are a better choice.
But this cuts against the modern "more money equal more better" philosophy we have in the DoD now.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:31 PM (t0Rmr)
85 If we can create a patriot anti missile system I would think we could create an anti drone system.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:31 PM (VofaG)
86 I didn't expect all this drama after my parents passed.
Suck it up Princess....
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:26 PM (jvJvP)
Which is why I FORCED all my siblings to sign onto a Living Trust for Mom, when I came to take care of her 12 years ago. Everything in writing... everything in a Trust Fund that I was the Executor for.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (QAkQ3)
87
IMAO, the cardinals gave a 'screw you' to Trump by electing a liberal American globalist as pope. This is the polar opposite of Reagan and JP II.
Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 10:31 PM (gKDq2)
Indeed, it is. And the synodality stuff is dreadful, tooPosted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (FZn/N)
88 *** Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers, that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone threat. What do y'all think?
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I see multiple super sonic or stealth type cruise missiles loaded with drones large enough to carry grenade sized bombs focused on multiple artillery targets.
Multiples of these drones could focus simultaneously from different directions on a single larger target.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (lCWOD)
89 1 Today just begs the old question, is a bear Catholic?
Posted by: mindful webworker - not all there at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM
According to census data, most bears are Episcopalian. It's not much. But at least they aren't Unitarians.Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (UGyV5)
90 A single pellet hits the drone and that's it. It either explodes or falls to the ground.
I can see a black market for undetonated payloads of downed drones.Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 08, 2025 10:33 PM (a4flb)
91 Most of the people arrested at Columbia were women.
Posted by: polynikes
If they have to spend the night in jail, their girlfriends will be so sad.Posted by: Chief Iron Eyes Miklos sheds not a single tear at May 08, 2025 10:33 PM (t6ibK)
92 It's a big house. Our realtor cousin appraised it at $520,000 to $540,000 Canadian. Which is crazy. It's a big house in a small town but everything in Canada has gone insane.
American housing prices have spiked too.
Between Biden hyperflation and the mass influx of immigrants, illegal or otherwise, the prices are up 2X over 4 years ago and 5X over 20 years ago.
Young people complain about it...then at least where I live go vote to bring in more immigrants and spend more federal dollars.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:33 PM (t0Rmr)
93 His Excellency can also say that henceforth all Confessions will be heard behind a screen. Like they should.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Good point. Why does it take morons to come up with the smart solutions?Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
94 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (lCWOD)
So a cluster bomb.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:34 PM (VofaG)
95 Mother Theresa was pro-life, even if those lives belonged to babies born in the slums of Calcutta, and destined to grow up in poverty, to beget other children born into poverty.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:34 PM (77rzZ)
96 Young people complain about it...then at least where I live go vote to bring in more immigrants and spend more federal dollars.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:33 PM (t0Rmr)
thing is? its all regional. My house in Central Calif small town? Due to the crap economy here... worth less than 20 years ago.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:35 PM (QAkQ3)
97 women, particularly in their role as caregivers and moral enforcers
Moral enforcers? Once upon a time, not anymore.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 10:35 PM (mH6SG)
98 re Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 10:26 PM (aBgBM)
I need to add that the military history cycle also includes new, dominating defensive weapons or tactics that are eventually are countered by new offensive weapons or tactics.
As in large numbers of machine guns in continuous lines of trenches being eventually countered by better artillery support to the offense, tanks, and infiltration tactics.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 10:36 PM (aBgBM)
99 Moral enforcers? Once upon a time, not anymore.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 10:35 PM (mH6SG)
Now they are leftist political enforcers.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:36 PM (FZn/N)
100 EMP over enemy space will fry the delicate electronics and generally make life for the enemy suck.
Other than Hollywood movies and various international spy thriller fiction, has an EMP been proven to even work in the battlespace?Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 08, 2025 10:36 PM (a4flb)
101 I've heard this described as the "mom and dad" theory of politics. Dad sends you to bed without supper because you didn't do your chores, and mom feels sorry for you and sneaks your favorite meat loaf plus dessert up to your room on a plate.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate
Not in my family. My mom was pretty hard nosed. Maybe it's a Germanic thing.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:37 PM (0Htd1)
102 Greetings, fellow members of the Horde (TM)Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 08, 2025 10:37 PM (CHHv1)
103 thing is? its all regional. My house in Central Calif small town? Due to the crap economy here... worth less than 20 years ago.
My parents live in a region where the economy has been in the crapper for the last 20 years. Still 2X what it was 10 years ago.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:37 PM (t0Rmr)
104 But this cuts against the modern "more money equal more better" philosophy we have in the DoD now.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:31 PM (t0Rmr)
Yeah, the new XM Rifle? getting crap reviews from the troops... unofficially of course.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:37 PM (QAkQ3)
105 Stateless,
One of my wife's best friends is going through the same thing since her mother died.
The friend has been a practicing attorney, a judge, on state commissions, etc.
Her sister is being so neurotic about the estate, that we have had to go down and visit once and talk the friend back down to a normal blood pressure on the phone twice.
This sister is accusing her of stealing, scheduling an appraiser one day and then cancelling them the next, and then threatening to sue the appraisal company because they have said they won't work with her, etc.
The sister is a loon, and she has almost broken a very tough and smart woman. I think that is because it is her mother's estate. To anyone else acting like that, my wife's friend would just tell them to "get bent".
Good luck getting everything resolved nicely on your end.
I guess my only advice would be, do everything in writing (emails and texts), but don't write anything when you are emotional. Only write it when you are calm and in a good place.Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:38 PM (HlyYF)
106 women, particularly in their role as caregivers and moral enforcers
Wow that is the complete opposite of the feminist pro choice hags.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 10:38 PM (VofaG)
107 Which is why I FORCED all my siblings to sign onto a Living Trust for Mom, when I came to take care of her 12 years ago. Everything in writing... everything in a Trust Fund that I was the Executor for.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:32 PM (QAkQ3)
I wish I did something like that.
My parents had me very late. Mom was a nun for 14 years.
But Dad was 90. We were walking down the street. I told him I needed to find something for my future. He was concerned about my living situation.
I told him I'm a smart guy and would figure something out. And I figured my brother and I would be fine. 50% - 50% and I took care of them.
But here we are.
Thank you for sharing Romeo13.
I actually kind of hope you are the last one to comment on this topic. It would make me very happy if the rest of the Horde didn't go through stuff like this.
I'm going to bed soon.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:38 PM (jvJvP)
108 103 thing is? its all regional. My house in Central Calif small town? Due to the crap economy here... worth less than 20 years ago.
My parents live in a region where the economy has been in the crapper for the last 20 years. Still 2X what it was 10 years ago.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:37 PM (t0Rmr)
Like I said... regional. House was worth more 20 years ago because they actually thought High Speed Rail was going to let them commute to the Bay Area...
OOOOpsie...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:38 PM (QAkQ3)
109
Moral enforcers? Once upon a time, not anymore.
Oh I still think the Karen cohort is enforcing something, its just not fair to call it morals anymore.
The fem-o-sphere seems to have plenty of heavies telling other women that if they marry a Trump supporter, have more then 2 kids, or stay at home that they should be shunned.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:39 PM (t0Rmr)
110 I want to see anyone who rapes a child to be prosecuted, convicted, and wood-chipped.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:39 PM (RIvkX)
111 81 Fixing the drone problem is easy.
EMP over enemy space will fry the delicate electronics and generally make life for the enemy suck.
Doing it is the hard thing.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 10:28 PM (/lPRQ)
Hardening your electronics against your own and the enemy's EMP is part of that solution.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 10:39 PM (aBgBM)
112
Between Biden hyperflation and the mass influx of immigrants, illegal or otherwise, the prices are up 2X over 4 years ago and 5X over 20 years ago.
County tax appraisers are thrilled at the prospect of twice the taxes coming in without the hassle of putting a millage increase up to a vote.Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at May 08, 2025 10:39 PM (a4flb)
113 Christian bears? Hmmmm.....
http://tiny.cc/HolyBearPosted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:40 PM (FVLcK)
114 Stateless, may God be with you, and with your brother. May he see the light.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:40 PM (77rzZ)
115 Wood-chipped at the lowest possible speed.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
117 Tim Walz: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Dolls
Tim Walz@Tim_Walz
When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child can have?
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What he is talking about is that the tariffs may constitute a doll availability limitation.Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 10:42 PM (L/fGl)
118 Plan ahead,get it in writingbe an only child.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:41 PM (RIvkX)
Fixed that right up for you.Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 10:43 PM (gKDq2)
119 117 Tim Walz: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Dolls
Tim Walz@Tim_Walz
When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child can have?
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What he is talking about is that the tariffs may constitute a doll availability limitation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 10:42 PM (L/fGl)
This is the guy they brought in to bring men back into the fold.Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:43 PM (UGyV5)
120 117 Tim Walz: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Dolls
Tim Walz@Tim_Walz
When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child can have?
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What he is talking about is that the tariffs may constitute a doll availability limitation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Was he wearing a 'Save Our Dolls' T-Shirt when he said it. The kewl kidz in Hollyweird are wearing those. It's, of course, depraved tranny BS again.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 10:44 PM (K9xEt)
121 I want to know if the rapist was prosecuted. I've always wondered what follow up Planned Parenthood takes when they perform abortions on young girls. Do they bring in law enforcement to investigate and arrest the rapists? Something has to be done so that the perp doesn't keep doing it.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:27 PM
Do a search for "Planned Parenthood reports rapist". My search always comes back with zero results of a local news story where PP helped catch a rapist.
Some of the pro-life groups do perform stings where a 13 y.o. girl goes in with a 35 y.o. man. PP apparently is quite adept at creating situations where no relevant questions are asked, yet the young girl is still scheduled for her abortion.Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:44 PM (HlyYF)
122 Between Biden hyperflation and the mass influx of immigrants, illegal or otherwise, the prices are up 2X over 4 years ago and 5X over 20 years ago.
Young people complain about it...then at least where I live go vote to bring in more immigrants and spend more federal dollars.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:33 PM (t0Rmr)
In the tax box, I have government records from a few years ago listing the house value at about $200,000. Not that long ago.
It's a small Canadian town.
All of a sudden, $500,000 plus. We had a minor flood damage a couple of years ago and much of the house has been updated, and I'm still cleaning up. But that was crazy...
Can't afford a place to live?
This is how revolutions start...
My brother wants monthly payments of $1500 and almost half would go against my mortgage principle.
There are apartments going up in town for $2000 a month. Insane.
Why won't revolutions happen when you want them?Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:45 PM (jvJvP)
123
\Donald Trump now has the progtards talking about how good consumerism is. There is nothing that man can not do.Posted by: Kwak! at May 08, 2025 10:45 PM (89Sog)
124 Yeah, the new XM Rifle? getting crap reviews from the troops... unofficially of course.
The M-16 was shit when it came out. Amazing that you can spend so much money and still produce something that doesn't do what its predecessor did.
On the positive side eventually they did fix the M-16 issues but...I don't know that our current military can.Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:45 PM (t0Rmr)
125 This is the guy they brought in to bring men back into the fold.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:43 PM (UGyV5)
Please. "The Man Whisperer."Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 10:46 PM (gKDq2)
126 Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 10:20 PM (gDhA9)
Not entirely. The problem is that "drones" is a REALLY large category. Some of the drones are hobbyist-size with grenades rigged underneath them. Easily taken care of with your shotgun. Some of them are much larger, carrying 250lb bombs and faster - maybe you can knock it down with a shotgun, but it will fall ballistically and might still hit your tank, depending on altitude and how far away you manage to hit it. Then some are actually the size of a small airplane with a lot of explosives packed in them - basically crude cruise missiles. Not so easy to defeat.
Both the people saying "all of warfare has changed!" AND the people saying "oh, please, just shoot them down" are likely wrong.Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2025 10:46 PM (ANsAt)
127 Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10%,
Hugs to you. I spent years taking care of my parents who were in their nineties. I was better off than you, because I had taken early retirement, and had a pension. And my siblings were appreciative. They helped as much as they could. Taking care of someone that old is a real burden. You basically gave up your freedom. Your brother is a jerk and the least he can do is wait a little bit for the money. I hope the lawyer can help you in this.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 10:47 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2025 10:47 PM (ANsAt)
129 Do a search for "Planned Parenthood reports rapist". My search always comes back with zero results of a local news story where PP helped catch a rapist.
Some of the pro-life groups do perform stings where a 13 y.o. girl goes in with a 35 y.o. man. PP apparently is quite adept at creating situations where no relevant questions are asked, yet the young girl is still scheduled for her abortion.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:44 PM (HlyYF)
Yet Washington State just passed a law that in the case of child abuse, including incest and rape, breaks the seal of the Confessional, saying Priests are OBLIGATED to report, and will have to testify.
How the hell does that work... when we already have in place laws that say Planned NoParenthood is supposed to report?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:47 PM (QAkQ3)
130
County tax appraisers are thrilled at the prospect of twice the taxes coming in without the hassle of putting a millage increase up to a vote.
There are many tax scenarios like this where inflation hits you with a double whammy - the progressive income tax is another one.
Even if your company kept giving your 10%+ raises to keep up with Bidenflation that would push you into a steeper tax bracket.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:49 PM (t0Rmr)
131 To the man (Taiwanese) who worked the problem hard enough to be first impaling in over a thousand years at the Coliseum:
You here for four hours! You go now!!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 10:49 PM (YSv5G)
132 Nobody deserves attempted murder, but that biker was starting fights he couldn't possibly win. He's lucky to be alive.Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 10:49 PM (TdCYS)
133 117 Tim Walz: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Dolls
Tim Walz@Tim_Walz
When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child can have?
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What he is talking about is that the tariffs may constitute a doll availability limitation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 10:42 PM (L/fGl)
2028 Democrat Platform Plank:
We promise every household will be able to afford unlimited dirt-cheap Chinese-manufactured dolls, electronic gizmos, and everything else your consumerist heart desires! We will make this possible for every poor and middle-class household by making the rich finally pay their fair share in taxes!Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 10:50 PM (aBgBM)
134 Both the people saying "all of warfare has changed!" AND the people saying "oh, please, just shoot them down" are likely wrong.
Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2025 10:46 PM (ANsAt)
Radar guided .30 cals... maybe in a dual or quad mount.
Mounted ON your tanks.
Large enough to take out fairly large targets... small enough to deploy a buttload of them.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:50 PM (QAkQ3)
135 Then: You Americans need to be restricted from buying so much cheap plastic stuff. Its bad for the Erf and really who needs it?
Now: If the Trump tariffs stop anyone from buying as much Chinese crap as they want it is a crime against the Constitution. Give me Chinese dolls or give me death!Posted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 10:51 PM (t0Rmr)
136 How the hell does that work... when we already have in place laws that say Planned NoParenthood is supposed to report?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:47 PM
Prosecutorial discretion is currently one of the Left's greatest tools.
Prosecute Catholic priests ... oh heck yea!
Prosecute intersectional allies of the Democrat Party ... no way!Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:52 PM (HlyYF)
137 This is the guy they brought in to bring men back into the fold.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:43 PM (UGyV5)
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To be fair, he-man David Hogg wasn't going to do it.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 10:53 PM (JkO4W)
138 ***George Orwell once wrote women are always and inevitably on the side of the state. ... the state taps into the feminine psyche to enforce ideological obedience.
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Orwell missed one obvious observation -
Statists are always faggots or latent homosexuals.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:54 PM (lCWOD)
139 The sister is a loon, and she has almost broken a very tough and smart woman. I think that is because it is her mother's estate. To anyone else acting like that, my wife's friend would just tell them to "get bent".
Good luck getting everything resolved nicely on your end.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at May 08, 2025 10:38 PM (HlyYF)
Yeah. I couldn't imagine how stressful this could be.
I'm in a worse state because I was a caregiver for Mom for years. There are pictures my friends' daughters have drawn of us with Mom holding onto my arm. Mom needed me. I have to develop a life now.
I wonder how people go so nuts.
My brother doesn't really need the cash. Mortgage paid off.
I do admit that I am going a bit crazy, but that's simply because I don't know where I will be living in a while.
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:55 PM (jvJvP)
140
Orwell missed one obvious observation -
Statists are always faggots or latent homosexuals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Or they're tyrannical, sadistic psychos like Stalin and Mao.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 10:55 PM (U7Gpi)
141 128 Says the guy with "tank" in his name.
Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2025 10:47 PM (ANsAt)
23 years in the army as a tanker, though I am a bit reluctant to call myself a veteran since I was never actually deployed anywhere while bullets were actually flying.Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:55 PM (FVLcK)
142 Speaking of nautical visitations:
India and Pakistan navies begin parallel drills just 60 km apartPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:56 PM (lCWOD)
143 137 This is the guy they brought in to bring men back into the fold.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at May 08, 2025 10:43 PM (UGyV5)
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To be fair, he-man David Hogg wasn't going to do it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 10:53 PM (JkO4W)
Currently 50% of Men, are on Cholesterol Medication... uh... which just happens to be the building block of Testosterone... and Low T is suddenly an epidemic...
Geeeee... almost like... theres... a connection?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 10:56 PM (QAkQ3)
144 23 years in the army as a tanker, though I am a bit reluctant to call myself a veteran since I was never actually deployed anywhere while bullets were actually flying.
Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 10:55 PM (FVLcK)
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If you've never been deep in the shit, that's a chasm that can't be bridged.Posted by: Dick "Dick" Durbin at May 08, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
145 20,000 Leagus Under the Sea was a good ride. You mean at Disneyland in the 60s? Yeah, it was fine; _until_ it sprung a leak, then the AC could NOT keep up. Had to close the ride. Shame really.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 10:57 PM (YSv5G)
146 I don't know why, but my stress levels have been pretty high lately. Besides unemployment, COBRA ending, and a few other things.
If you need help figuring out your health insurance, drop me a line, my nic at gee, mail!Posted by: Weirddave at May 08, 2025 10:58 PM (df/te)
147 India and Pakistan navies begin parallel drills just 60 km apart
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:56 PM
I wonder if they're doing the water equivalent of those elaborate gqte closing ceremonies they do in Kashmir.Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 10:58 PM (TdCYS)
148 Per Grok the 4th most dominate Navy in the world:
4. Indian Navy: Growing regional power with around 150 ships, including one (2 I think) aircraft carrier and modernizing frigates and submarines. Emphasizes Indian Ocean dominance and blue-water capabilities.
Number 3 is Russia which is rusty and questionable
Number 2 is China which in numerically superior but, you know, made in ChinaPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:59 PM (lCWOD)
149 Gate closing ceremoniesPosted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 11:00 PM (TdCYS)
150 My husband said tonight "I found out something I don't like about the new Pope. HE'S A SOX FAN"
Hubby is a Cubs fan.
Addison St is 3600 North.
Dolton IL is roughly 13500 South.
I'd be surprised if he wasn't a White Sox fan.
Posted by: Chuck C at May 08, 2025 11:00 PM (D0HYP)
151
I wonder if they're doing the water equivalent of those elaborate gqte closing ceremonies they do in Kashmir.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 10:58 PM (TdCYS)
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Those things are awesome. Makes the geese jealous.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:00 PM (dDmld)
152 One thing that bugs me right now is when people write about “suicide drones”. That’s just stupid, no one writes about “suicide missiles”.
The Chinese are building a new drone, and the way it’s described explains why they’re becoming so popular with military forces worldwide. They say it will have the same accuracy as a Tomahawk missile, with 1/3 the explosive power at 1/11 the cost.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 11:00 PM (S+5p3)
153 I am ridiculously excited about the new papal era.
Also, KTY us visiting for Mother's Day weekend!
Feeling the blessings rnPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (rT96s)
154 Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10%,
After my dad died, I was an executor. It was a full year before the estate was settled. It took one year for us to get the money from the estate. The only money that was distributed quickly was from savings bonds and life insurance. Money from financial accounts, stocks, and the sale of property takes time. There are steps that you take through probate court. It took almost exactly 1 year to settle with probate court.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (0Htd1)
155 114 Stateless, may God be with you, and with your brother. May he see the light.
Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 10:40 PM (77rzZ)
And with you. And your sister.
Damn. We are hitting a night thread. I bet if ace had a post and asked for stories, you and I would be grateful.
But if you and I are the worst ones going through crap like this, and none of the rest of the Horde is, I'm good, not thrilled, but good with that.
And wish I could take this issue from you.
Good night.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (jvJvP)
156 So a cluster bomb.
Posted by: polynikes
But smarter sub-munitions. Programed to home in on anything moving in its range or meeting the target profile.
Thing is, cluster bombs are frowned upon and those of the scatterable mine type are pretty much 'outlawed' because too many blow up little kids years later.
I'd think widespread use of these things may actually intensify conflict in what might just be a border skirmish. So...
Drones would have to maintain individual control less spec-ops / terrorists infiltrate the enemy's capital and other sensitive behind the lines areas and raise hell where they cannot unleash drones in areas with their own civvies.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)
157
I have been expecting the obsolescence of tanks and aircraft carriers for a while. They have survived longer than I expected.
I don't really like this new world. I didn't like the old one much either.Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (tAAke)
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 11:02 PM (VofaG)
159 144 If you've never been deep in the shit, that's a chasm that can't be bridged.
Posted by: Dick "Dick" Durbin at May 08, 2025 10:57 PM (JkO4W)
Shouldn't the sock be "Blumenthal"?Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 11:02 PM (FVLcK)
160 Ok, the one guy in black with the reversed black ball cap who looked like he was opening a can of tennis balls, he was alright. Nobody else though.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 11:02 PM (YSv5G)
161 There are steps that you take through probate court. It took almost exactly 1 year to settle with probate court.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (0Htd1
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Let me take this moment to advertise the critical utility of a trust.
Avoid probate, peeple!Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:02 PM (dDmld)
162 A Real American Pope would:
1. Swap out the Papal Throne for a Lay-Z-Boy recliner, one that has a built-in beer cooler in the armrest.
2. Require the Cardinals to attend all meetings in NFL jerseys. Youngest Cardinal is responsible for providing the wings and beer.
3. Designate the official Popemobile to be a 1964 International Scout, which will always be up on blocks on the lawn of the Apostolic Palace.Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2025 11:03 PM (gm511)
163 Shouldn't the sock be "Blumenthal"?
Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 11:02 PM (FVLcK)
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Damn, you're right.
I blame alcohol.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:03 PM (dDmld)
164 New Delhi:
Amid heavy exchanges of artillery fire between the two countries, two Pakistani drones have been shot down by Indian Army Air Defence Units in the Naushera sector of Jammu and Kashmir, as per the defence sources.
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India retaliated early Thursday. The military attacked Pakistan's air defence systems in several places, including Lahore, using precision-guided missiles and kamikaze drones.
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Several towns have been put on high alert as Pakistan launched drones and missiles across northern and western India. Bikaner, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Jammu, Samba, Akhnoor, and Kishtwar reported blackouts. Threats were intercepted in midair by air defence forces in Udhampur and Jaisalmer,
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US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday said that the India-Pakistan conflict is "fundamentally none of our business" but hoped that it does not escalate into a nuclear war.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (lCWOD)
165 You know who else was a huge model railway buff? Hint: May 8 was something of a red-letter day for him, too.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (ZwnGn)
166 After my dad died, I was an executor. It was a full year before the estate was settled. It took one year for us to get the money from the estate. The only money that was distributed quickly was from savings bonds and life insurance. Money from financial accounts, stocks, and the sale of property takes time. There are steps that you take through probate court. It took almost exactly 1 year to settle with probate court.
Posted by: nerdygirl
One year? Sheeeeeet! It took me 8 years to settle the grandparent's estate and farm due to fuckery from the lawyers, one cousin, PA EPA, US EPA, County and Township.
A full one half of the value of the place was lost to taxes, lawyer fees, unnecessary penalties, and previously stated asshole cousin.Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (cYBz/)
167 158 Don't know-- I wasn't the one writing my orders and giving assignments. Hit Kuwait a couple of times while it was quiet, and got to hike around what is now referred to as North Macedonia, but didn't really go when aggressions were at their peak.Posted by: tankdemon at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (FVLcK)
168 I dunno.
Perhaps sell the house, give your money hungry brother what is “his.” Buy something smaller that you can keep up by yourself.
This can be your beginning. Something to occupy your mind and your energy for a bit while
You heal. Fighting with your brother will not allow you to get yourself together.
Do you REALLY LOVE that house? Is the constant reminder of your folks, and losing them, healthy for you? Is the risk of answering the door or picking up the phone to a hostile sibling worth it?
I pray for you, stateless. Maybe a trip to TX in October would be a worthy and healing experience for you.Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)
169 The Popemobile should be a convertible 1976 Cadillac ElDorado Biarritz.Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (TdCYS)
170 165 You know who else was a huge model railway buff?
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Rod Stewart?
I'm spitballin' here.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
171 One thing you can do very easily is to have a designated POD on all the accounts that allow you to have one.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 11:08 PM (VofaG)
172 169 The Popemobile should be a convertible 1976 Cadillac ElDorado Biarritz.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (TdCYS)
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Not when there are lightly-used Oscar Meyer wienermobiles on the market.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:08 PM (dDmld)
173 Goodnight, Stateless. Goodnight, All.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 11:08 PM (77rzZ)
174 157
I have been expecting the obsolescence of tanks and aircraft carriers for a while. They have survived longer than I expected.
I don't really like this new world. I didn't like the old one much either.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (tAAke)
The US and most Western European societies have arrived at a point where human military casualties must be prevented at practically any cost but autonomous armed robots are taboo. Something's got to give, if we want to survive in this dog-eat-dog world.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 11:08 PM (aBgBM)
175 I don't know why, but my stress levels have been pretty high lately. Besides unemployment, COBRA ending, and a few other things.
If you need help figuring out your health insurance, drop me a line, my nic at gee, mail!
Posted by: Weirddave at May 08, 2025 10:58 PM (df/te)
Thank you. I'll do that if I need help.
I think it's more how long I've been looking, and not getting nibbles anymore.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 11:08 PM (VNX3d)
176 Meanwhile, dying navies: the UK now has more Admirals than it has warships.
40 Admirals.
Only 28 warships left.
The UK has has more Brigadier Generals than it has working battle tanks.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 11:09 PM (S+5p3)
177 Sorry I cannot get behind "convincing" a child to bear a child. If it was a rape there could have been immediate prophylactic measures taken to prevent conception. Not knowing more details, not a good look for the pro-life point of view.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
Without knowing the circumstances of the alleged rape, we don't know if the girl was able to get the morning-after pill in the time window within which it is safe to administer.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:09 PM (ZwnGn)
178 Or they're tyrannical, sadistic psychos like Stalin and Mao.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Who is to say they weren't latent homosexuals?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:10 PM (lCWOD)
179 176 Meanwhile, dying navies: the UK now has more Admirals than it has warships.
40 Admirals.
Only 28 warships left.
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The Cherokees have more chiefs than they have kettles of broth.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:11 PM (dDmld)
180 Thanks for the ONT.
But drones are semi autonomous robots.
I am waiting for humanoid drones. Like that one anime from when I was a kid. I want giant, Kung fu robots with human pilots in the head.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 11:11 PM (WOqxE)
181 Hardening your electronics against your own and the enemy's EMP is part of that solution.
Posted by: Gref
Hardening a lightweight/microweight drone may not be possible w/o pushing it into something the size of a WWI biplane.
And corresponding cost and target profile.
Some of the micro racing drones move FAST, hard target whateverb you are trying to shoot it down with, but tiny payload... But somehow carry more punch than a MBT cannon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
182
The Popemobile should be a convertible 1976 Cadillac ElDorado Biarritz.
Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (TdCYS)
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It should be based on an El
Camino.Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 11:12 PM (ES1Rb)
183 Posted by: nerdygirl
One year? Sheeeeeet! It took me 8 years to settle the grandparent's estate and farm due to fuckery from the lawyers, one cousin, PA EPA, US EPA, County and Township.
A full one half of the value of the place was lost to taxes, lawyer fees, unnecessary penalties, and previously stated asshole cousin.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (cYBz/)
Which is why I have a living Trust for the Son... everything is spelled out... no need for legal fuckery...
And as the Bank accounts, stock accounts, and House, are all IN the trust... I can do whatever I want... but when I die, it all reverts to the kid and he can use it as executor immediately.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 11:13 PM (QAkQ3)
184 117 Tim Walz: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Dolls
Tim Walz@Tim_Walz
When did government get to tell you how many dolls your child can have?
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What he is talking about is that the tariffs may constitute a doll availability limitation.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
The point of tariffs is to get companies like Mattel to manufacture dolls here, and avoid the tariffs. Apparently Waltz isn't bright enough to get that. Which doesn't surprise me.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:14 PM (0Htd1)
185 Was he wearing a 'Save Our Dolls' T-Shirt when he said it. The kewl kidz in Hollyweird are wearing those. It's, of course, depraved tranny BS again.
Posted by: Puddleglum
That one is right up there with #MeToo
Pedo Talk
Not that I recommend it, but check out the "Dolls" in the series "Happy".Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 11:14 PM (/lPRQ)
186 Tanks staying back? That is dreadnought thinking, the 'queens of the battleline' must be protected until the decisive battle.
Think that way and there never will be a decisive battle.
How about this? MBT or screening element detects inbound drone swarm. TC activates part of the dual-purpose reactive armor that covers the hull.
Dual-purpose reactive armor? Take classic reactive armor except discrete segments can now be launched via rocket motor towards the approaching swarm. Either have a timed trigger, remote trigger, or VT fuse so it detonates and spews its hundreds of steel BBs at the drones.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:14 PM (uvr++)
187 "Days of Thunder" is on...Duval is sweet talking the bare chassis in the barn. Too good.Posted by: Francis at May 08, 2025 11:14 PM (bbuBP)
188 I want giant, Kung fu robots with human pilots in the head.
You mean Five Star Stories with their Mortarr Heads being piloted by genetically enhanced young women called Fatimas?Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:16 PM (uvr++)
189 154 Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10%,
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM (0Htd1)
Hi nerdygirl!!
Sorry, I'm having beers tonight.
Last night. So much to do.
Mom's probate was pretty quick. About 2 months. We are in a smaller Canadian farming community.
After my father passed, we set most things out for quick payment by listing us as beneficiaries. And thanks to Trudeau, money was taken out of the Canadian Stock Market where it could be taken with a few lines of code and put into gold and silver and out of government hands.
My share could buy out my brother but I'd like to keep the gold and just see where I am in the rest of the year.
Thank you for sharing your story.
By the way, I am so happy you got the chance to take care of your parents. You know exactly the feeling.
No Regrets.
Dad and I were great. Mom and I - Amazing. No unexpressed thoughts.
We did good. Thank you for the encouragement.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:17 PM (jvJvP)
190 And all y’all whining about what a burden your parents were
Mine were both dead by the time I was 40. I didn’t get the chance to see my mother turn 50. She never met my boys. She didn’t see me get married. I was 24 when she died.
Dad wasted everything and then blew his brains out.
Taking care of your parents is a privilege.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 11:17 PM (mT+6a)
191 'Evnin', horde...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:18 PM (zTf8W)
192 Dreadnought's just a little battleship, what happened to them?
Submarines will be next after that then they cut the cables.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:19 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:20 PM (lCWOD)
194 Today is yahrzeit for my BiL z"l left lib little sister a widow at the tender age of 40. This makes mom mad because it is also her birthday, "and I told him he couldn't die on my birthday."Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:20 PM (RIvkX)
195 USS Texas is considered the last surviving American dreadnought.
Just as IJN Mikasa is considered the last surviving British dreadnought.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:21 PM (uvr++)
196 >>What Is The Point Of Having A GOP Congress?
Listen, they are only now getting around to dicking with the coming CR, and apparently, closeted homosexual and all around sexual deviant, Mike Johnson has cancelled house committee meetings to discuss DODGE rescission items.
These people are f**king scumbags.
True fact: The GOP has controlled the power of the purse for 24 of the last 32 years.
The GOP is a useless pile of dog shit and is not the answer to any of our problems and in a very major are the cause of them.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 11:21 PM (XV/Pl)
197 Orwell missed one obvious observation -
Statists are always faggots or latent homosexuals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Back in olden days people didn't talk about homosexuality. My mom didn't realize that Liberace was gay.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:21 PM (0Htd1)
198 Uau! Estou realmente curtindo o modelo/tema deste site.
É simples, mas eficaz. Muitas vezes é muito difícil obter
aquele "equilíbrio perfeito" entre facilidade de uso e aparência.
Devo dizer você fez um excelente trabalho com isso.
Além disso, o blog carrega super rápido para mim
no Chrome. Excelente Blog!Posted by: Integre os valores do empreendedorismo crist�o no dia a dia at May 08, 2025 11:22 PM (ifQLd)
199 Nobody knows what's in those launches from Vandenberg.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:20 PM
Vandenberg launches are fun to watch. We used to always go to Andersen's after, but sadly, not anymore.Posted by: Rusty Nail at May 08, 2025 11:22 PM (TdCYS)
200 The Esperanto contingent just loves the blog.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (uvr++)
202 Without knowing the circumstances of the alleged rape, we don't know if the girl was able to get the morning-after pill in the time window within which it is safe to administer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:09 PM (ZwnGn)
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Yes all of those are relevant.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (RIvkX)
203 I believe ICE should be called on (ifQLd)Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (gKWVE)
204 Back in olden days people didn't talk about homosexuality. My mom didn't realize that Liberace was gay.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:21 PM (0Htd1)
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Wait. Liberace was gay?Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (dDmld)
205 PortuguesePosted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (cYBz/)
207 181 Hardening your electronics against your own and the enemy's EMP is part of that solution.
Posted by: Gref
Hardening a lightweight/microweight drone may not be possible w/o pushing it into something the size of a WWI biplane.
And corresponding cost and target profile.
Some of the micro racing drones move FAST, hard target whateverb you are trying to shoot it down with, but tiny payload... But somehow carry more punch than a MBT cannon?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Military science since forever has sought to find the means to deliver the minimal necessary killing force at a fatally-vulnerable location on an enemy soldier, fortification, ship, land vehicle, ship/sub, or aircraft, as quickly, reliably, en-masse, and inexpensively as possible. Small 'suicide' drones are about the best manifestation of that goal to-date.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (aBgBM)
208 I didn't know Perry Mason was gay until todayPosted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (gKWVE)
209 This can be your beginning. Something to occupy your mind and your energy for a bit while
You heal. Fighting with your brother will not allow you to get yourself together.
Do you REALLY LOVE that house? Is the constant reminder of your folks, and losing them, healthy for you? Is the risk of answering the door or picking up the phone to a hostile sibling worth it?
I pray for you, stateless. Maybe a trip to TX in October would be a worthy and healing experience for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)
There is wisdom here...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (zTf8W)
210 One year? Sheeeeeet! It took me 8 years to settle the grandparent's estate and farm due to fuckery from the lawyers, one cousin, PA EPA, US EPA, County and Township.
A full one half of the value of the place was lost to taxes, lawyer fees, unnecessary penalties, and previously stated asshole cousin.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (cYBz/)
I'm still catching up.
EIGHT YEARS? Human years?
That's insane. Do you want to elaborate?
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (jvJvP)
211 To be fair, he-man David Hogg wasn't going to do it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
Now that you mention it, it wouldn't surprise me if Hogg and Walz get married some day.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (0Htd1)
212 If life begins at conception what is one doing when he terminates it?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (lCWOD)
213 Also my new favorite tool is an online app called Eraser.
And contrary to it's name, you can use it to create relation diagrams, workflow diagrams, entity diagrams, etc.
Either by manually building them or using text prompts.
I'm using it to design the workflow and database for my ERP App.
The number of tools out there to build applications is staggering, which begs the question, if there are so many tools to help people build applications, why does everything suck?Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 11:26 PM (XV/Pl)
214 Rod Stewart?
I'm spitballin' here.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (dDmld)
Hermann Goering. The entire attic of Karinhall, his country estate, was a model railway layout. There are photos on line.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (IrztQ)
215 Meanwhile, in Ukraine:
1. Putin's 3 day Victory Day truce seems to be holding up fairly well, even if Ukraine didn't formally agree to it. If nothing else, Ukraine gets a three day respite from missile attacks. Still some fighting going on in several locations.
2. One of the locations is the latest cross-border excursion into Russia in the northeast, where Ukrainian forces are busy capturing a couple of villages and a few potato fields at an appalling cost, apparently for propaganda purposes.
3. In the far south, there are rumors that the Russians have crossed the river and established multiple footholds near Kherson. Big if true.Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (gm511)
216 208 I didn't know Perry Mason was gay until today
Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (gKWVE)
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Sit near me, as I unreel a tale of Rip Taylor that will blow your socks off.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (dDmld)
217 @212
>>If life begins at conception what is one doing when he terminates it?
Everyone know it's a baby, which is why showing depictions of the aftermath of abortions is banned from all media.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (XV/Pl)
218 Military science since forever has sought to find the means to deliver the minimal necessary killing force at a fatally-vulnerable location on an enemy soldier, fortification, ship, land vehicle, ship/sub, or aircraft, as quickly, reliably, en-masse, and inexpensively as possible. Small 'suicide' drones are about the best manifestation of that goal to-date.
Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (aBgBM)
This never ends well in science fiction.
I fear the marriage of AI with drone technology. SkyNet would be lethally real.Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (gKDq2)
219 If life begins at conception what is one doing when he terminates it?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (lCWOD)
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There are available interventions that can prevent conception.Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
220 202 Without knowing the circumstances of the alleged rape, we don't know if the girl was able to get the morning-after pill in the time window within which it is safe to administer.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:09 PM (ZwnGn)
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Yes all of those are relevant.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:23 PM (RIvkX)
Rrriiight....no thought about the life that was spared. Not relevant at all...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:29 PM (zTf8W)
221 Hermann Goering. The entire attic of Karinhall, his country estate, was a model railway layout. There are photos on line.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:28 PM (IrztQ)
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Maybe he should have spent less time on toy trains, and more time on building the Luftwaffe.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:30 PM (dDmld)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:30 PM (uvr++)
223 Termination and prevention are two different things.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:31 PM (lCWOD)
224 (ifQLd) Crazy Brazilian spammer at 198.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:31 PM (IrztQ)
225 A drone the size of a mosquito hawk with a .22LR flies into an infantryman's neck.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:32 PM (lCWOD)
226 Drones and the rebirth of the 10 gauge. Or, we could train bats to latch onto drones and disable them...all I need is a government grant.Posted by: Francis at May 08, 2025 11:32 PM (bbuBP)
227 Small 'suicide' drones are about the best manifestation of that goal to-date.
Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 11:24 PM (aBgBM)
Of course all ballistic weapons, including guns, are "suicide" weapons from the point of view of the projectile.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:33 PM (IrztQ)
228 Hi Stateless. I was in a good spot where I could work from home the couple of years I took care of my dad. And dad had done quit claim deeds. He had three properties, sis got the house and land she's been renting in ND, I got dad's house here on CO. Brother got some farmland in ND. I got stuck being the executor, and it sucks to deal with that crap even with the big stuff pre-handled as my dad had done. The sibs have been fine, but thank god I don't have to deal with their SOs. Bro has insulated me his grasping wife. Sis felt the need to let me know B thought they kind of got screwed. Which by property valuation is true but aint anything I could do about it. I gave sis dad's pickup and more than a third of what was left in his bank acct and we are good at least. Sorry your bro is being a cad. Caregiving is a lonely thing. Suprisingly so, many people have to deal with it at least at the level of picking out a facility, and a lot of folks do the personal care, it seems like there would be all kinds of support groups in person and online but I never found much. Maybe one needs to ask the parents' doctor, I was hobbled there by my distrust after the covid BS.Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2025 11:34 PM (bP/i4)
229 You mean Five Star Stories with their Mortarr Heads being piloted by genetically enhanced young women called Fatimas?
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:16 PM (uvr++)
No, this one was Starbirds? HBO. I was maybe 8. I have mentioned it before and I think you said it was chopped to hell shit.Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2025 11:34 PM (bss/y)
230
In case everyone missed it, reposting: Hegseth has ordered transsexuals in the military to resign or be fired by June 6.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 11:35 PM (U7Gpi)
231 209 This can be your beginning. Something to occupy your mind and your energy for a bit while
You heal. Fighting with your brother will not allow you to get yourself together.
Do you REALLY LOVE that house? Is the constant reminder of your folks, and losing them, healthy for you? Is the risk of answering the door or picking up the phone to a hostile sibling worth it?
I pray for you, stateless. Maybe a trip to TX in October would be a worthy and healing experience for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a)
There is wisdom here...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:25 PM (zTf8W)
Hi nurse. Big Hugs.
Joe Kidd....don't know you... but man hug pat on the shoulder.
I just want to get my life together. I was a caregiver for 15 years. I just want to grieve, and work on finding a new path.
The dog Ralphy is here. Legally, my dog. Ten years of experience....Mom's dog. I don't want to move him around. I don't know how old he is. We guess 15. Limping more and more despite what I pay the vets to give him.
I really do like the house. Much of it was recently redone by my friend.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:35 PM (jvJvP)
232 230
In case everyone missed it, reposting: Hegseth has ordered transsexuals in the military to resign or be fired by June 6.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 11:35 PM (U7Gpi)
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Company....SASHAY!Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:36 PM (dDmld)
233 Maybe he should have spent less time on toy trains, and more time on building the Luftwaffe.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:30 PM (dDmld)
Or retired from the Luftwaffe, and spent all his time with his toy trains. Might have lived to see his old age in that case.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:36 PM (IrztQ)
234 ... women being manipulated into being liberals ...
One of the generations in my family has this issue. Lovely, sweet, smart young ladies have gone round the bend. They are smart but have zero discernment and somehow have no recognition of leftist evil. They passionately believe things that are obviously false and are constantly cultivating fear and outrage. One was saying that she warns all of her hispanic clients to always carry proof of citizenship with them or else Trump will have them kidnapped and deported even though they are citizens. This is especially crazy because I have never seen her express this concern about her hispanic in-laws. Another has undergone surgery to not just tie, but completely remove, her fallopian tubes because Trump is going to deny women access to reproductive health. She almost didn't survive the surgery.
On the other side of the family, the young women are marrying and happily bearing many babies and are enjoying fulfilling lives. There's fear on one side of the family and joy on the other. The difference is stark.Posted by: Emmie at May 08, 2025 11:37 PM (Sf2cq)
235 TOOL TIME!!!!
"Don't worry. It's on low."
*ZAP*
*THUD*
(Laughter seems to have been cut for that one, because it definitely would fit...just like all the other ones. In just about every one of those there is someone behind the camera laughing their ass off)Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 11:38 PM (dIske)
236 Use radar to detect and switch to EMP pulse to destroy with, if possible, the same antenna array. You can switch from wide to narrow beam with a phased array. If you can’t get enough transmitted power that way, use a dedicated antenna fo each task. More importantly use smart profiling. This was what made clearing roadways of IEDs so slow. Radar would give a “hit” for every object, typically a buried, squashed metal can. That is very unlikely to be the IED you’re looking for, but it takes time to clear away the junk buried in the roadbed, so slow. What should you be looking for, not a big, bright, and broad signal like a can, but short leads, switches, some sort of circuitry for a trigger. That’s what you want to find! And you can do it, too, train your system on bright bubbles (sorry sonar analogy) of things like tin cans. Then train your system to ignore those signals (it’s easy just invert everything at input, high signals become low and low signals get amplified - you start finding a lot more IEDs (and lost cell phones, ok) and a lot less metal cans. This can be raised up in the air, and with suitable adjustments made to look for drones, and swat them, quick.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 11:39 PM (YSv5G)
237 Or retired from the Luftwaffe, and spent all his time with his toy trains. Might have lived to see his old age in that case.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:36 PM (IrztQ)
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He wasn't going to waltz under any circumstances. The #2 Nazi was headed for the galllows.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:39 PM (dDmld)
238 The other thing about Erasor is that all of the diagrams you build can either be drag and dropped or built usage pseudo code.
Which allows you to build diagrams super fast.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 11:39 PM (XV/Pl)
239 Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2025 11:34 PM (bP/i4)
Thank you so much.
I think I'm just actually surprised that things would be crazy.
I think probate should be thought of as dealing with liberals. You want to be civil and fair, they go bat shit crazy and you deal with the situation from there.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:39 PM (jvJvP)
240 @LetsGlassit 8HR
Official News:
Karachi seeing worst nightmare since 1971
Indian Navy opens another front & goes for jugular vein of Pakistan!Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 11:40 PM (lCWOD)
241 But for the intervention of a certain American sergeant, that is.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:40 PM (dDmld)
242
Heh, I just learned something.
Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction when Vincent tells his mate (Sam Jackson) about his trip to France and explains the little differences such as what the frogs call a Quarter Pounder With Cheese?
Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:41 PM (25Zgp)
243 Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
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Huh, roach clips man, like everyone else.Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at May 08, 2025 11:42 PM (dDmld)
244
btw, wouldn't intuition tell you in France they'd call a Qtr-Pounder with Cheese a One-Hundred Grammer With Cheese?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:43 PM (25Zgp)
245 Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:41 PM (25Zgp)
Crocodile clips, IIRC.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:43 PM (IrztQ)
246 Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2025 11:34 PM (bP/i4)
Sorry, I have had a few beers.
I am happy for you also. You took care of your Dad.
I remember walks down the street with my Dad. No unexpressed thoughts. I imagine you are at that place too. And I smile.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:44 PM (jvJvP)
247 For Leftist women, The State is a surrogate husband.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 11:45 PM (vm8sq)
248
Crocodile clips, IIRC.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Exactly!
Because they don't have alligators there! It's so obvious....now.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:45 PM (25Zgp)
249 Since my dad had done quit claim deeds, and the insurance and retirement acct were already designated as going in equal shares the rest of his estate was small enought that I didn't have to deal with probate, thank god, I am not wired to deal with that shit. Well I suppose its normal to have to hire a lawyer, but it was nice to be able to avoid going through extra legal hoops.Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2025 11:46 PM (bP/i4)
250 For those keeping score. Bought eggs today at WalMart in Airdrie, AB. $4.64 CDN per dozen. That's about $3.30 USD.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:47 PM (IrztQ)
251 That explanation is a bit pollianna-ish, but it was done for IEDs in roads (not the EMP part) and it did speed up sweeping by a factor of ten. Dolphins blow bubbles for similar reasons. They want to hear what it looks like, so they can ignore it. Many a passive listening scheme ruined by bubble noise!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 11:47 PM (YSv5G)
252 250 For those keeping score. Bought eggs today at WalMart in Airdrie, AB. $4.64 CDN per dozen. That's about $3.30 USD.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:47 PM (IrztQ)
I bought eggs a couple nights ago, they seemed reasonable.
Gas here is north of $3 again.Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2025 11:48 PM (bss/y)
253 Goering it seems had TWO Marklin railroad layouts at KarinHall. One in the attic and one in the basement. Along with Trix.
Marklinstop.com has an article from 2011 that goes into some detail on Hermann's fancy layouts. That perhaps the Reichmarshal even had a track above his attic rail layout to allow him to be Gomez Addams and bomb his trains with a plane.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:48 PM (uvr++)
254 180 Thanks for the ONT.
But drones are semi autonomous robots.
I am waiting for humanoid drones. Like that one anime from when I was a kid. I want giant, Kung fu robots with human pilots in the head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
Um, that doesn't end well. (Second Variety)Posted by: Philip K Dick at May 08, 2025 11:49 PM (K9xEt)
255 I am guessing the French 1/4 pounder might be something like "un quart du livre avec fromage". "Livre" is French for "pound", and they do know what it is, even if it is no longer used for commerce. Just like we know what a "cubit" is.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:49 PM (IrztQ)
256 Gas here is north of $3 again.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 08, 2025 11:48 PM (bss/y)
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Same here. $2 north.
To hell with Newsom and the CA legislature.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 08, 2025 11:49 PM (dDmld)
257 Enjoy your omelette AOP, should you deign to dine on an omelette.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 11:49 PM (YSv5G)
258 I'm glad you have happy memories of your parents Stateless. Yeah I have good memories of my dad too, although the actual care role the last couple years when he was housebound was challenging.Posted by: PaleRider at May 08, 2025 11:49 PM (bP/i4)
259 187 "Days of Thunder" is on...Duval is sweet talking the bare chassis in the barn. Too good.
Posted by: Francis at May 08, 2025 11:14 PM (bbuBP)
Maverick the Race Car DriverPosted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 11:50 PM (vm8sq)
260 > One year? Sheeeeeet! It took me 8 years to settle the grandparent's estate and farm due to fuckery from the lawyers, one cousin, PA EPA, US EPA, County and Township.
Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 11:06 PM (cYBz/)
Got two in progress. 4 years and counting for the one, 2 years for the other (which may actually get wrapped up this summer).Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 11:51 PM (W5ArC)
261 185 Was he wearing a 'Save Our Dolls' T-Shirt when he said it. The kewl kidz in Hollyweird are wearing those. It's, of course, depraved tranny BS again.
Posted by: Puddleglum
That one is right up there with #MeToo
Pedo Talk
Not that I recommend it, but check out the "Dolls" in the series "Happy".
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
I've seen it. It was a pretty creepy episode. Never watched the second season. The first one weirded me out.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 11:52 PM (K9xEt)
262 There are available interventions that can prevent conception.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 11:29 PM (RIvkX)
Those "interventions" cause the uterine lining to shed whether the woman has conceived or not, sweeping the embryo out. This kills the embryo, of course.
If a woman has a chance to conceive, her egg has already been released from the ovary by the time the sexual contact has occurred. Those "emergency contraceptives" do not prevent sperm from reaching the egg.Posted by: Emmie at May 08, 2025 11:52 PM (Sf2cq)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 11:52 PM (W5ArC)
264 263 The Chicoms are trying to drill a hole 11 km deep.
AoP, what's your take?
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I'm all for it.Posted by: Heironymous Bosch at May 08, 2025 11:54 PM (dDmld)
265 Gas is $1.24/liter here in my local town (and cheaper here than in the other places I visited today!)
1.24X0.71=3.41/gallon, USD, U.S. measure. In the ballpark with what I was paying in AJ.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 11:54 PM (IrztQ)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:54 PM (25Zgp)
267 Chicom Hole Story:
https://tinyurl.com/4pvyzkhd
(settle down, Swalwell... this has nothing to do with you)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 11:55 PM (W5ArC)
268 May the PRC drill stem be made of tofu dreg.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 11:57 PM (uvr++)
269 Fang Fang was more than just a Chinese hole. So much more.Posted by: E. Swallwell at May 08, 2025 11:57 PM (dDmld)
270 I really do like the house. Much of it was recently redone by my friend.
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:35 PM (jvJvP)
Well. My house was the very embodiment of the California dream. It was my crowning achievement as a man, a provider, and a father. It would have funded my son's future and my very comfortable retirement.
When my wife and I agreed to divorce, I had hopes that I might be able to buy her out with more money than she ever had in her life, and even borrow against it down the road if she needed more. This was an asset that is now valued at over $1M, and we got in at less than half that. I may as well have been explaining quantum physics to her. Nope, she decided to go scorched earth, and my resources were diverted to defending my paternal rights.
I mourn the loss of that place. Last night there, I was looking out of the master bedroom on a dark night and watch a great meteor stream across the sky. I took that as God's promise that He would carry my son and I through this if my faith didn't waiver. I won't say that I always held up that bargain, but over fifteen years on, I am at peace with where I am now...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:59 PM (zTf8W)
271 I pray for you, stateless. Maybe a trip to TX in October would be a worthy and healing experience for you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 11:07 PM (mT+6a
I WOULD LOVE THAT!
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT OF THE HOUSE IN YEARS!
But first new duty is to Mom's dog. Actually, legally my dog. But I was his fifth favourite person in the house.
1. Mom
2. Mom
3. Mom
4. Mom
5. Hey that Stateless guy seems pretty friendly, feeds me and tries to get me out for walks.
I'm going to get my life in order.
But nurse, October may be a goal.
My friends can take care of Ralphy since I've taken care of clowders of cats.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 11:59 PM (jvJvP)
272 There are steps that you take through probate court. It took almost exactly 1 year to settle with probate court.
Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 11:01 PM.
My brother died 5 years ago the 16th. I still haven't closed his estate. We were locked down at the time. I just got the final money from the IRS a month or two ago and am waiting on the court to give me their fee breakdown so I can make the final disbursement and close the dang thing, oy!Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 09, 2025 12:00 AM (y7zkd)
273 The Chicoms are trying to drill a hole 11 km deep.
AoP, what's your take?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 11:52 PM (W5ArC)
More power to them. That's about 7 miles. There are deeper wells in the Gulf of America, but not necessarily vertical wells. The Russians drilled a super-deep wellbore: The Kola Superdeep Borehole SG-3 is the deepest human-made hole on Earth, which attained maximum true vertical depth of 12,262 meters, over 40.000 feet. They quit when the hole kept squeezing in on their tools. At that depth and temperature, the rock is plastic, like clay.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:00 AM (IrztQ)
274 ...and feel blessed that, for at least a brief time, I lived a life that I can describe to Little, and inspire him to achieve a similar station in this life.
The memories you made with your parents are your real treasure. Your brother is the poorer for not having them. Pity for him...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:02 AM (zTf8W)
275 When my wife and I agreed to divorce, I had hopes that I might be able to buy her out with more money than she ever had in her life, and even borrow against it down the road if she needed more. This was an asset that is now valued at over $1M, and we got in at less than half that. I may as well have been explaining quantum physics to her. Nope, she decided to go scorched earth, and my resources were diverted to defending my paternal rights.
I mourn the loss of that place. Last night there, I was looking out of the master bedroom on a dark night and watch a great meteor stream across the sky. I took that as God's promise that He would carry my son and I through this if my faith didn't waiver. I won't say that I always held up that bargain, but over fifteen years on, I am at peace with where I am now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:59 PM (zTf8W)
I can't even imagine.
I am happy that you are where you are at. I've done 5000 hours of meditation and this year is still kicking my meditative ass.
You are so lucky to have been married...theorectically..Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:03 AM (jvJvP)
276 > they quit when the hole kept squeezing in on their tools. At that depth and temperature, the rock is plastic, like clay.
It will be interesting to see what they find, for sure.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:04 AM (W5ArC)
277 A quarter pounder USA measure is just over 113 grams. That’s before cooking so round up: do the Parisienne Arches d’Orées offer 125, 150, or 200 gram patties? If so, you know what do “ Bonjour, moi, je voudrait…”Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:05 AM (YSv5G)
278 Seu website tem uma página de contato? Estou com dificuldade
para localizá-lo, mas gostaria de enviar
um e-mail para você. Tenho algumas recomendações para
seu blog que você pode estar interessado em
ouvir. De qualquer forma, ótimo blog e estou ansioso para vê-lo expandir
com o tempo.Posted by: aumente o engajamento no Instagram at May 09, 2025 12:07 AM (ifQLd)
279 Chicom Hole Story:
https://tinyurl.com/4pvyzkhd
(settle down, Swalwell... this has nothing to do with you)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 11:55 PM (W5ArC)
That is a really shitty-written article, and whoever (or whatever) wrote it hasn't got a fucking clue. They talk about drilling down to Cretaceous strata. Shit! That's damned near to surface, or on surface in most of the world. It's about 150 feet below me, where I sit right now. And all those dinosaur fossils out of the Gobi Desert? Cretaceous.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:08 AM (IrztQ)
280 267 Chicom Hole Story:
https://tinyurl.com/4pvyzkhd
(settle down, Swalwell... this has nothing to do with you)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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How much magma's going to come out before it cools?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:09 AM (lCWOD)
281 Drill 15 kilometers and you punch through the bottom of the Flat Earth. Then you are royally screwed, because this will wake up the giant turtle that the world rests on.Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 12:10 AM (gm511)
282 269 Fang Fang was more than just a Chinese hole. So much more.
Posted by: E. Swallwell
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You betcha'
_Chairman XiPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:10 AM (lCWOD)
283
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Well ... okay thenPosted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at May 09, 2025 12:13 AM (AyCfd)
284 How much magma's going to come out before it cools?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:09 AM (lCWOD)
Before you get to liquid magma, you are going to enter a realm where the rock is so plastic it has the consistency of putty, and lithostatic pressure will cause it to close in around the drill bit and trap it. The Russians encountered this in the Kola super-deep well bore. Pumping really cold water-based mud to chill the rock may gain you a couple thousand meters into that realm, but sooner or later you are up against thermal and mechanical limits.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:14 AM (IrztQ)
285 Top photo (is it a video? I haven’t watched it then) is more than heart warming. Now show me his wife because there’s no way on God’s green Earth any US State or Territory allowed a single man to adopt a boy, much less a girl, no matter what the birth mother wanted.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:14 AM (YSv5G)
286 You are so lucky to have been married...theorectically..
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:03 AM (jvJvP)
It seemed like a good idea at the time. If not for my son, it would have been 13 squandered years. Because of him (and I've told this), I'd go through the same damn thing again.Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:15 AM (zTf8W)
287 Drill 15 kilometers and you punch through the bottom of the Flat Earth. Then you are royally screwed, because this will wake up the giant turtle that the world rests on.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 09, 2025 12:10 AM (gm511)
and all the oil runs out, too.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:15 AM (IrztQ)
288 180
But drones are semi autonomous robots.
I am waiting for humanoid drones. Like that one anime from when I was a kid. I want giant, Kung fu robots with human pilots in the head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 11:11 PM (WOqxE)
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Philip K Dick - "Second Variety"
Excellent novelette.Posted by: Ciampino - too real at May 09, 2025 12:16 AM (sPQoU)
289 what AOP said. Cretaceous means sedimentary fossils full of ammonites in the Hill Country around Austin. Don't even need to dig.Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 12:17 AM (gKWVE)
290 I am waiting for humanoid drones. Like that one anime from when I was a kid. I want giant, Kung fu robots with human pilots in the head.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 11:11 PM (WOqxE)
A Kung-fu robot with a human pilot in the head isn't a drone; it's just a variety of tank, an armored fighting machine.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:18 AM (IrztQ)
291 Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:41 PM (25Zgp)
Crocodile magazines?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:19 AM (l3YAf)
292 what AOP said. Cretaceous means sedimentary fossils full of ammonites in the Hill Country around Austin. Don't even need to dig.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 12:17 AM (gKWVE)
I just have to drive a dozen miles east to be in the badlands of the Red Deer River. the K-T boundary is about a third of the way down the canyon wall. And dinosaurs and ammonites are found there.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:21 AM (IrztQ)
293 Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:41 PM (25Zgp)
Crocodile magazines?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:19 AM (l3YAf)
Platypus bills?Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 09, 2025 12:21 AM (VNX3d)
294 @TimesAlgebraIND 10h
India was threatened with sanctions for purchasing the S-400 missile defense system.
Even BJP rebel Subramanian Swamy also opposed it.
Yet today, this very system protected India's border areas from Pakistani missiles.
PM Modi stood firm and ignored those threats. India's best ever Prime Minister !Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:22 AM (lCWOD)
295 It seemed like a good idea at the time. If not for my son, it would have been 13 squandered years. Because of him (and I've told this), I'd go through the same damn thing again.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:15 AM (zTf8W)
I am so happy for you. But wish it was better.
My friend across the street has three beautiful kids. Sweetest things ever although he was here 4 hours telling me otherwise. 10 year olds...
I am always happy for him.
Always will be.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:22 AM (jvJvP)
296 Nah, a little hole like that’s not going to wake up Mr. World Turtle. He’s sleepy! Been sleeping for millennia. 大丈夫! Keep drilling! Keep that cold mud flowing! Onward! Downward! ……EOT……Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:23 AM (YSv5G)
297 Trump's mother should of had an abortion. Hegegth's new drinking partner in d.c. jean pirro. Two lushes.Posted by: raimondo at May 09, 2025 12:24 AM (68VEO)
298 Walz is a useless human being who lives in a continual need to Gotcha to prove that he is smart, and not a pathetic waste of skin that even his family hates.Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:25 AM (D7oie)
299 and not a pathetic waste of skin that even his family hates.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:25 AM (D7oie)
Gee, I thought you were posting about raimondo!Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:26 AM (IrztQ)
300 Raimondo is also a waste of skin, who at least is the sort of sociopath who has a tin ear and inability to hide what a broken scab he isPosted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:26 AM (D7oie)
301 Raimondo would have been an abortion except that his mom was asleep at the wheel. He put her into mothballs for months.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 12:26 AM (dDmld)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 09, 2025 12:26 AM (gKWVE)
303 Speaking of the pope, since he is now an elected official from Chicago, does that mean that it's inevitable that he'll be arrested on federal corruption charges?
YESPosted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:26 AM (YSv5G)
304 Drones making armored vehicles obsolete? Not to worry, Skynet will eliminate us all soon.Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 12:27 AM (IDphi)
305 If you are having troubles with siblings over inheritance, wait until your toxic relatives start having serious health problems and expect you to come to their rescue.Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:28 AM (D7oie)
306 Lucky for mom, raimondo learned to drink out of a cup really fast.Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 09, 2025 12:28 AM (dDmld)
307 Anti drone armored platform.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 12:28 AM (Vnr18)
308 >> On Wednesday, reporting surfaced that a cabal of House Republicans is fighting efforts to end the flow of federal taxpayer funds to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, which also offers harmful chemical and surgical castration procedures. According to NOTUS, this group of lawmakers — which reportedly included Republican Reps. Mike Lawler, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Jen Kiggans — “made it clear to House GOP leadership that they oppose adding a measure to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood” to the House’s reconciliation package.
Worst political party ever. Trump, just burn it down. Spend the next year amassing evidence of the GOP’s corruption and let it loose.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:30 AM (l3YAf)
309 My brother died 5 years ago the 16th. I still haven't closed his estate. We were locked down at the time. I just got the final money from the IRS a month or two ago and am waiting on the court to give me their fee breakdown so I can make the final disbursement and close the dang thing, oy!
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at May 09, 2025 12:00 AM (y7zkd)
I had connection issues.
I can't imagine 5 years. I've been horrible over 2 months. On the plus side, my brother is suffering too. Barely sleeping, like me.
That'll move things along faster...
But I'm wondering what happened that dragged on 5 years. And I'm sure some others are sadly wondering.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:30 AM (jvJvP)
310 @AlgebraIND 9h
Baloch Fighters attack Pak Frontier in Quetta. Pakistan in MASSIVE TROUBLE !!
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They attacked the Chinese/Pak Gold & Copper railroad last week.
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PallaviCT@pallavict 7h Replying to @TimesAlgebraIND
#BalochistanLiberationArmy believes in Aapda Main avsar 🤣🤣
They know Pak Army is busy on Eastern front: let’s make the best of it
Who knows?
Taliban in Afghanistan may also keep Pak busy on Afghan border🤣🤣
Pak fighting on multiple fronts
BALKANISATION of Bhikharistan is inevitable
https://tinyurl.com/bdh3ru47Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:31 AM (lCWOD)
311 GOPe snatching defeat from the jaws of victory for 50 years.Posted by: Archer at May 09, 2025 12:31 AM (IDphi)
312 Colorado has apparently passed a bill that prevents people who "misgender" or "deadname" anyone from getting custody of their children. The bill also mandates disregard of laws or court orders from other states that attempt to stop sexual mutilation of children who have been brought to Colorado for that purpose.
Just charming.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:32 AM (W5ArC)
313 I just have to drive a dozen miles east to be in the badlands of the Red Deer River. the K-T boundary is about a third of the way down the canyon wall. And dinosaurs and ammonites are found there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:21 AM (IrztQ)
surely not it the same layers, Kindltot asks, archly.
Is there a good fossil layer just under the KT boundary there, like at Hell Creek in MT?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:33 AM (D7oie)
314 One more:
PallaviCT @pallavict 8h
Aman Asha Ki Gang right now👇
Lahore, Karachi main Diwali 🪔
#BalochistanLiberationArmy believes in Aapada main Avsar & aggressive against Pak Army
Taliban biting at Afghan border
Forget strategic depth;
now Pak in strategic deephole
https://tinyurl.com/3b8pm3yyPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:34 AM (lCWOD)
315 and . . . Isn't it callled the K-PG boundary now since it is the boundary layer to the Cretaceous and the Paleogene period?Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:34 AM (D7oie)
316 My friend across the street has three beautiful kids. Sweetest things ever although he was here 4 hours telling me otherwise. 10 year olds...
I am always happy for him.
Always will be.
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:22 AM
Parenthood is the ultimate extreme sport.
Oh, you climbed Everest? Try raising a kid into adulthood, you faggot!
Yeah, sometimes you have to unload on a sympathetic ear. Bless you for giving him your time. I'm sure it strengthened him to stiffen up and wade back into that mess. I hope he has others like you in his life, and maybe even a wife who is a true partner that has his back.
I hope we meet some day. Corsicana is on my itinerary this October..Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:37 AM (zTf8W)
317 If you are having troubles with siblings over inheritance, wait until your toxic relatives start having serious health problems and expect you to come to their rescue.
Posted by: Kindltot
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LOL. One sibling has been a total jerk since Dad passed, (was only "mostly" jerk before that) and lives not far from me.
Come to the jerk's rescue? Me? Nope. No way.Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
318 311 GOPe snatching defeat from the jaws of victory for 50 years.
Posted by: Archer
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Go to Psalms, find David's prayer and pray for them.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:38 AM (lCWOD)
319 Top Pak Officials escaping from Pakistan ?
A Pakistan International Airlines flight is en route from Lahore to BahrainPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:39 AM (lCWOD)
320 Come to the jerk's rescue? Me? Nope. No way.
Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Now imagine he is your only remaining relativePosted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:39 AM (D7oie)
321 Both my grand mothers had their first babies at 13. Both of those girls had their first kids at 14. There isn't anything inherently unsafe about giving birth at 13, although nowadays there's probably not a 13 year old who is mentally/emotionally ready. But 12 or 13 is the average age of first menses, so the body is fully prepared. The average maybe younger now that obesity rates are so high.
Not here to judge a rape victim for having an abortion, but it's still murder. I certainly understand why; again, no judgment, especially at 13.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2025 12:39 AM (Vvh2V)
322 Well, what do you reckon they call "alligator clips" (for electrical stuff, etc.) in New Zealand/Australia?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 11:41 PM (25Zgp)
Nipple ClampsPosted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 12:39 AM (/lPRQ)
323 Is there a good fossil layer just under the KT boundary there, like at Hell Creek in MT?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:33 AM (D7oie)
Uppermost Cretaceous is pretty fossil-rich, yes. Time-wise, I think the Hell Creek correlates with the Bearpaw in Alberta, which is more marine. Hell Creek is riverine deposits.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:41 AM (IrztQ)
Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2025 12:42 AM (rdVOm)
325 Perry Mason is not gay. In one 1930s film he married his longtime secretary, Della Street.
Raymond Burr, the actor who played Mason on TV was gay.
It’s a little shocking to see the physically very different actor who played the character in the 1930s serials. Warren William, very thin and tall, very unlike Raymond Burr.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:42 AM (YSv5G)
326 @publictvnews 49m
Pakistani army flees Quetta - Baloch fighters seize army postsPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (lCWOD)
327 > But I'm wondering what happened that dragged on 5 years.
In my case, the decedent was known to have a will, whose general provisions were known, but it couldn't be located. Relatives who weren't in the will saw this as their Big Opportunity to cash in. Those who were known to be in the will dragged their feet, in case the will should turn up (understandably, IMO). Fortunately the will DID turn up (among some legal papers belonging to another deceased relative, as it turns out.... perhaps the decedent gave it to him for safekeeping? Unknown). Now, one would think that the relatives who weren't in the will would just accept that fact and move on.
One would assume wrong.
Yours truly is in the middle of all this. I'm not in the will either, and knew I wasn't, but I'm glad, even though I'd have gotten a chunk of money and property if it hadn't.
I'm the one who found the will. No one else knew about it. I had a paper shredder literally right next to me when I found it (I was going through the other deceased relative's papers, disposing of old receipts and such).
The heirs are very lucky I'm the one who found it, not one of the others.Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (W5ArC)
328 and . . . Isn't it callled the K-PG boundary now since it is the boundary layer to the Cretaceous and the Paleogene period?
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:34 AM (D7oie)
Well, if we are picking nits, I guess. But Paleogene is basal Tertiary.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:44 AM (IrztQ)
329 320 Come to the jerk's rescue? Me? Nope. No way.
Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2025 12:38 AM (rdVOm)
Now imagine he is your only remaining relative
Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:39 AM (D7oie)
Got one of those. Far as I know, she's still in jail...Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:45 AM (zTf8W)
330 And it is getting late here. Time for me to bail. Night, Horde.Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:46 AM (IrztQ)
331
I mourn the loss of that place. Last night there, I was looking out of the master bedroom on a dark night and watch a great meteor stream across the sky. I took that as God's promise that He would carry my son and I through this if my faith didn't waiver. I won't say that I always held up that bargain, but over fifteen years on, I am at peace with where I am now...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 08, 2025 11:59 PM (zTf8W)
A pastor once explained the verse, "you have not because you ask not," was in reference to faith: if our faith isn't strong enough, we ask for more, and God is faithful to strength what we have and help it grow. I don't know if that helps you, but it is something I am praying for as I type, and I'll happily include you in my prayers.Posted by: moki at May 09, 2025 12:46 AM (wLjpr)
332 > The heirs are very lucky I'm the one who found it, not one of the others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (W5ArC)
Oh, and my own will has already been deposited with the court.
This bulllshit isn't happening after I'm gone.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:47 AM (W5ArC)
333 Good night, AoP. Thanks for the insight on the Chicom Hole.
(Swalwell, this still isn't about you)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:48 AM (W5ArC)
334 Rodrigo Borgia -
Good man! It’s hard to be unwavering in carrying out a decedent’s will. It’s too easy to slide a little in interpretation, especially if there’s big money involved. Again, good show!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:48 AM (YSv5G)
335 Yeah, sometimes you have to unload on a sympathetic ear. Bless you for giving him your time. I'm sure it strengthened him to stiffen up and wade back into that mess. I hope he has others like you in his life, and maybe even a wife who is a true partner that has his back.
I hope we meet some day. Corsicana is on my itinerary this October..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 12:37 AM (zTf8W)
Not a mess. Dude is engineer working from home making a nice amount of money from a US company.
Wonderful wife. Wonderful kids....although frustrating....today. Just today. Wonderful kids.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:50 AM (jvJvP)
Posted by: Adriane the Wholly Cow Critic . . . at May 09, 2025 12:51 AM (tcomi)
337 SecDef announces timeline for separation from service of gender dysphoria sufferers (didn't see the timeline, somebody here earlier said by June 6, after which it will be involuntary separation).
He also made a snarky "you won't be missed" remark in response to a West Point philosophy professor resigning. Have no idea about the prof, but still recall what a chilling and disgusting picture was drawn of things at West Point by a former instructor, in an op-ed a few years ago. Fundamentals of distinct military academy life, not just teaching and curriculum.
Fear the rot is wide and deep. From the academies, to the brass, to the procurement entities (NAVSEA is an unbelievable disaster), to many, I'm sure, in the ranks. A military often reflects (more/less) the culture and society from which it's drawn. Well.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 12:51 AM (1m82a)
338 I presume the birth mother was 13 when she was raped, so she would be near 18 now, judging by her daughter.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:51 AM (YSv5G)
339 @_nishantverma 32m Replying to @miryar_baloch
India is with the #BalochistanLiberationArmy @miryar_baloch . Jai Hind
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AlgebraIND 9h
X blocks over 8000 accounts at the request of Modi Govt over National security concernsPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:52 AM (lCWOD)
340 > Again, good show!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 12:48 AM (YSv5G)
Thanks!
I'm checking out too. Good night, all.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:52 AM (W5ArC)
341 @publictvnews 49m
Pakistani army flees Quetta - Baloch fighters seize army posts
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (lCWOD)
So glad they have nukes..Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 12:53 AM (l3YAf)
342 Well, if we are picking nits, I guess. But Paleogene is basal Tertiary.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 09, 2025 12:44 AM (IrztQ)
Paleontologists are the sort of people you have to keep busy or else they get into trouble. Fortunately you can short them out by asking things like "what is a species"Posted by: Kindltot at May 09, 2025 12:54 AM (D7oie)
343 Posted by: JQ, good evening, hope things are going well on the home front.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 12:54 AM (lCWOD)
344 The heirs are very lucky I'm the one who found it, not one of the others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (W5ArC)
Wow, Thank you! I really needed that. You made my night better.
That needs to be a "Columbo" episode with AI Peter Falk. Have a great night.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:55 AM (jvJvP)
345 The Baluchs are sort of the sleeper in both Pakistan and Iran. Actually their odds are better in Iran, which is a multi-ethnic state with tremendous pressure on the unpopular religious autocracy. Some success in Pakistan might help/embolden them in Iran. One can hope.
Have no idea, but imagine a new regime in Tehran would by definition be looking to get off people's necks, unleash the economy, and "get along". Can see such an outfit making an autonomy deal with the Baluchi south.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 12:58 AM (1m82a)
346 The heirs are very lucky I'm the one who found it, not one of the others.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 09, 2025 12:43 AM (W5ArC)
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Wow, Thank you! I really needed that. You made my night better.
That needs to be a "Columbo" episode with AI Peter Falk. Have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 09, 2025 12:55 AM (jvJvP)
And here I was thinkin', "That's a nice inheritance you got there. Be a shame sumptin' were to happen to it." {Adjusts jacket sleeves}Posted by: RickZ at May 09, 2025 12:59 AM (gKDq2)
347 This is where I pop in and say good night
POP
Family: the source of our greatest strength and joy, the source of our deepest sorrows and pains. Sometimes all at once.
https://youtu.be/Epza4M_R24E
G'nite, y'all.Posted by: mindful webworker - Morons are good family at May 09, 2025 01:01 AM (b/vRQ)
Posted by: JQ at May 09, 2025 01:01 AM (rdVOm)
349 High school girl friend's younger sister got pregnant. The girl and family all agreed that she would carry to term and they pre-arranged for an adoption. All were pleased with the outcome.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:02 AM (lCWOD)
350 336 165 You know who else was a huge model railway buff?
Dr. Sheldon Cooper, duh!
Posted by: Adriane
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Gomez AddamsPosted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
351
Question I asked here about a year ago: Do You Think You'll See Nukes Used In Your Lifetime?
Me?
Yes.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:03 AM (25Zgp)
352 I've always had a soft spot for the Baloch. Fierce fighters.
I can't remember if they're the ones who have feisty women. One of my brothers was in Afghanistan for several deployments and he talked a little about a specific ethnic group with women who were crazier than the men. Not all the women, but maybe a certain tribe within a larger group. They refused to cover up, and I think some were tattooed. He said the Taliban were afraid of them and left them alone. 🤣Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2025 01:03 AM (Vvh2V)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:04 AM (25Zgp)
354 Chilly weather in Moscow. Looks like the parade will have T-34s, and infantry in WWII uniforms with Mosins. This is normal and a great part of the spectacle.
Chuckling at the Rossiya24 correspondent gushing over the current armor that will be in the procession - "which has been successful in the area of the SVO (special military operation)." Well true to some extent of course, but hardly the big story (see drone discussion above).
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:05 AM (1m82a)
355 >>>Can see such an outfit making an autonomy deal with the Baluchi south.
Posted by: rhomboid
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That map indicates that Paki may break up into several segments.
What I'v read agrees with your assessment of the Baluks. One statement says they were independent before Paki absorbed them.
Taliban is roaming in southern Iran they seem to be a wild card.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:07 AM (lCWOD)
356 Predictions, especially about the future, are hard. This would include use of nukes.Posted by: Zombie Yogi Berra at May 09, 2025 01:08 AM (1m82a)
357 A pastor once explained the verse, "you have not because you ask not," was in reference to faith: if our faith isn't strong enough, we ask for more, and God is faithful to strength what we have and help it grow. I don't know if that helps you, but it is something I am praying for as I type, and I'll happily include you in my prayers.
Posted by: moki at May 09, 2025 12:46 AM
I'm familiar with the verse, and my personal takeaway is that the house would eventually have compromised my relationship with God. I guess I shouldn't mourn the loss as that does recall Lot's wife looking back towards Sodom. Thank you for your prayers, dear sister..Posted by: Joe Kidd at May 09, 2025 01:08 AM (zTf8W)
358
I heard something about nukes that I'm not sure is very accurate, but I know enough to know it's kinda true: nuclear weapons DEGRADE overt time, relatively quickly.
I mean, they're still quite potent, but to a lesser degree each year of age. I mention it because I'm not sure the pakis & injuns have the resources or wherewithal to keep their nukes in tip-top shape like the US does.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:08 AM (25Zgp)
359 >>>They refused to cover up, and I think some were tattooed. He said the Taliban were afraid of them and left them alone. 🤣
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor
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I don't care for tattoos but that story is charming.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:09 AM (lCWOD)
360 High school girl friend's younger sister got pregnant. The girl and family all agreed that she would carry to term and they pre-arranged for an adoption. All were pleased with the outcome.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
If you genealogy it was not unknown for Mom to have a bunch of kids... a gap of a few years and then another...
What a coincidence - eldest daughter is 13/14.
The wholesomeness of the Waltons extended family is long gone.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:13 AM (/lPRQ)
361
@MithilaWaala
2h
Pakistan's Port City and Economic Capital Karachi is in flames 🔥
#IndiaPakistanWar #OperationSindoor #OperationSindoor2
#IndianNavy #IndianArmedForces #BharatMataKiJaiPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:15 AM (lCWOD)
362 350 336 165 You know who else was a huge model railway buff?
Dr. Sheldon Cooper, duh!
Posted by: Adriane
Gomez Addams
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 09, 2025 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
Hollywood Mythology says that whole Train wrecking thing was John Astin's idea...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:16 AM (QAkQ3)
363 The wholesomeness of the Waltons extended family is long gone.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:13 AM (/lPRQ)
So is that wholesome very successful Black family...
The Huxtables... from the Bill Cosby Show...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:17 AM (QAkQ3)
364 Braenyard, they were tribal tattoos. They are nomadic people and ride horses and have really mean dogs and very cool clothes and hewelry. My brother sent me all kinds of things from them. I can't believe I don't remember if they were Baloch or not.
Not a fan of tattoos, either, especially on women, but these were culturally significant, not dolphins and rainbows, etc.Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at May 09, 2025 01:18 AM (Vvh2V)
365
All were pleased with the outcome.
Posted by: Braenyard
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All were pleased that a teenage (I assume) girl got pregnant and the baby was separated from the family? I can imagine "making the best of a bad situation," but I wouldn't walk around with an outcome like that feeling "pleased."Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 09, 2025 01:18 AM (U7Gpi)
366 ... keep their nukes in tip-top shape like the US does.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar
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The US keeps its nukes in tune?
After eight years of Barky... Four of the Meat Puppit?Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 09, 2025 01:18 AM (/lPRQ)
367 I mean, they're still quite potent, but to a lesser degree each year of age. I mention it because I'm not sure the pakis & injuns have the resources or wherewithal to keep their nukes in tip-top shape like the US does.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:08 AM (25Zgp)
Most modern Nukes are dial a Nuc... depending on how you set the tritium (if I remember correctly)...
So, ya just dial em up.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 09, 2025 01:18 AM (QAkQ3)
368 There are several kinds of maintenance issues with nuclear weapons, depending on the particular design. Most common are decay of tritium (used in boosted fission designs), and the effects of heat on circuitry.
I don't think there is any reason to think either India or Pakistan lack the competence or resources to deal with both. These are crown jewel national programs and both countries have plenty of talented engineers.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:18 AM (1m82a)
369 And the US stockpile has issues. Not to mention the delivery systems.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:20 AM (1m82a)
370 You think the US nuclear arsenal is in tip top shape? Probably better than Russia’s. Not sure if Red China’s bombs are at all reliable for multiple reasons. Which is worse: having a reliable nuke and using it or having an unreliable nuke and trying to use it? Not counting all the small arsenals of the littles: India, Pakistan, Israel, Formerly Great Britain, France, etc. My theory is that if you only have a few you are leery of using any, since then you might have to use them all, and then where would you be?Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 01:22 AM (YSv5G)
371
You think the Nork's nukes are still fresh and ready to go?Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 09, 2025 01:25 AM (25Zgp)
372 All were pleased that a teenage (I assume) girl got pregnant and the baby was separated from the family? I can imagine "making the best of a bad situation," but I wouldn't walk around with an outcome like that feeling "pleased."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Pick your adjective.
The baby was saved and went to a good home. The young jr. high girl was able to proceed wiser and comfortable with the knowledge that her baby would grow up in a good home. They all felt that they had made the right decision. I don't see a problemPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:27 AM (lCWOD)
373 366 Keep their nukes in tip-top shape like the US does.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar
I Wholeheartedly agree.
America needs to practice on Canada. Let's see how ypu do nuking Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and a bunch of leftist shitholes.Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 01:28 AM (jvJvP)
374 Operation Sindhoor@OPR_Sindhoor 22m
Indian army has got a free hand in Modi rule, statement of Indian soldier 🇮🇳⚔️🪖Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:30 AM (lCWOD)
375 The tritium in boosted fission weapons is also a safety measure, as there is not enough fissile material to go critical without the added neutrons produced from fusion. So the tritium is only introduced to the core after the warhead is armed or ready for use.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 01:31 AM (l3YAf)
376 Indian army has got a free hand in Modi rule, statement of Indian soldier 🇮🇳⚔️🪖
Posted by: Braenyard
Which hand? That matters over there.Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 01:31 AM (KAi1n)
377 Hey Horde, stopping in for a nightcap and then turning in early (for me).Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2025 01:35 AM (0nHVk)
378 Been up last hour. And wanted to get up earlyPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 01:35 AM (ypFCm)
379 Radhika 🌸 retweeted - Mir Yar Baloch@miryar_baloch 6h
A brave daughter speaks.
Baloch kids are born without shoes but when they walk, they wear golden shoes.
Dear World we thought you did not understand Balochi language so we recorded our voice in English.
https://tinyurl.com/5f4myp3sPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:35 AM (lCWOD)
380 Has an EMP been proven to even work in the battlespace?
No, but big air burst in South Pacific (over Bikini atoll?) in the 50s knocked out power systems in Hawaii. That’s when the threat of an EMP was first recognized.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 01:36 AM (YSv5G)
381 Castle Bravo. My favorite "oops!" in all history.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:38 AM (1m82a)
382 Some sites say the reports of Karachi in flames are false.
Not being familiar at all it's difficult to tell true from false.
Also Modi has shut down sites so recent info is difficult
with indicates that there is much activity.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:38 AM (lCWOD)
383 I really doubt Karachi is in flames but I guess we'll see.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 01:39 AM (1m82a)
384 I read that military and a lot of civilian infrastructure are hardened.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:40 AM (lCWOD)
385 Watching Firstpost on tube of ewe.Posted by: Adriane the Hope Cooler Heads Prevail Critic . . . at May 09, 2025 01:44 AM (tcomi)
386 382 Some sites say the reports of Karachi in flames are false.
Not being familiar at all it's difficult to tell true from false.
Also Modi has shut down sites so recent info is difficult
with indicates that there is much activity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 01:38 AM (lCWOD)
I'll do a dive into Bloomberg and see what the Asian markets are doing...Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 01:47 AM (pIfcn)
387 ilip Sankarreddy@DilipSReddy 3s
Dire economic situation of Pak is now very much out in the open. Ministry of Economic Affairs of Pakistan is openly seeking loans by admitting "heavy losses inflicted by enemy". Global investors in Pak should try to get out from Pak
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388 I could go for some onion naan and chicken tikka masala right now. A little sag paneer....Posted by: Dark Litigator at May 09, 2025 01:48 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 09, 2025 01:53 AM (jvJvP)
390 No reports of an escalation, no disturbances in the force, and the Spice continues to flow. Daybreak Europe on Bloomberg has nothing to say about any cities in flames and the Markets are mostly mixed and flat, + or - less than 1%.
If Karachi is having bad day, nobody has noticed yet.Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 02:00 AM (pIfcn)
391 I could go for a 1/4 pounder with cheese and a small fry right now.Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2025 02:03 AM (0nHVk)
392 The essay on liberal women is brilliant.Posted by: Ordinary American at May 09, 2025 02:04 AM (Hmysf)
393 390 No reports of an escalation, no disturbances in the force, and the Spice continues to flow. Daybreak Europe on Bloomberg has nothing to say about any cities in flames and the Markets are mostly mixed and flat, + or - less than 1%.
If Karachi is having bad day, nobody has noticed yet.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 02:00 AM (pIfcn)
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Can you check the Pakistan market. There are reliable reports that Pakistan market crashed yesterday and is suffering today.
Also reports of them seeking loans to replenish supplies.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:08 AM (lCWOD)
394 Most modern Nukes are dial a Nuc... depending on how you set the tritium (if I remember correctly)...
So, ya just dial em up.
Posted by: Romeo13
Um, so just for the guys down the block and all??Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2025 02:12 AM (mlg/3)
395 Liberal women are an enigma to me, and I say this a woman, natural born.Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2025 02:13 AM (0nHVk)
396 Lawhore was hit 3 times. CNN News 18.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:13 AM (Vnr18)
397 It's 11 AM in Islamabad.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:13 AM (lCWOD)
398 Rod Stewart. Daayyyum dude.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 02:13 AM (ImXfC)
399 No, but big air burst in South Pacific (over Bikini atoll?) in the 50s knocked out power systems in Hawaii. That’s when the threat of an EMP was first recognized.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 09, 2025 01:36 AM (YSv5G)
Johnston Atoll, 1962, Operation Starfish Prime. (Sounds like a Saturday morning cartoon villain.)
Ended up destroying a bunch of satellites in LEO, including Telstar 1, the first satellite that carried transcontinental video and telephone. Telstar 1 was launched the day after the Starfish Prime test, but the Van Allen belt trapped the radiation from the nuclear blast, eventually degrading Telstar 1 until it failed a few months later.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:14 AM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:15 AM (l3YAf)
401 Trading halted in Karachi.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:16 AM (Vnr18)
402 Huge Military Parade in Moscow. I think Emporer She is going to be there.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:19 AM (Vnr18)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at May 09, 2025 02:20 AM (mlg/3)
404 Liberal women….
I was driving with my daughter a few days ago when we pulled up behind a suv with a sticker that said real women like football. My teenage daughter was like fuck that shit. I don’t like football so I’m not a real woman?
And I thought yeah that’s a stupid thing to say. Not just football but anything. Who gives you the right to say what a . “Real woman” likes or doesn’t like.
I felt a little you go grrrlll in me right there, haha.
She’s an interesting one this kid o’ mine. Really into fashion and hair and all the girly things. But also a wicked ass feminist type. Hates Trump but loves my impression of him and cracks up whenever I do it. Also hates EVs. Go figure.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 09, 2025 02:20 AM (ImXfC)
405 Watching the foreign VIPs arrive at the Kremlin. Maduro, the slimeball, brought his wife along. Vucic of Serbia looked about 7 feet tall. Guessing Xi's motorcade will be last. If it's like past years, they'll show Putin greeting them individually before they are taken to the reviewing stand.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:22 AM (1m82a)
406 Good night Horde, keep on keepin' on.Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2025 02:24 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 02:25 AM (UzL96)
408 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting retweeted
DD India @DDIndialive 2h
In response to a surge of misinformation and fake narratives following India's recent strike on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (@MIB_India) has launched the #IndiaFightsPropaganda campaign
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Good, now launch the #IndiaShowsWhatsHappeningNow campaignPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:29 AM (lCWOD)
409 according to the PSX homepage, the exchange is open and mildly positive.Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 02:32 AM (pIfcn)
410 Uncle Sasha (Belarus dictator) just arrived. A distasteful, but interesting character.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:37 AM (1m82a)
411 Was there no mystery click tonight? Or did I just not find it?
Comments box border is back to normal.
Happy Friday to those who work M-F. Everyone keep sending that social security money in. Thank you for your hard work!Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at May 09, 2025 02:40 AM (QGaXH)
412 One nice thing is to see the Willys jeeps in many of the Victory Day parades (can't recall if they use them in the main one). And of course Studebaker trucks. The Russian WWII TV serials I've watched always had jeeps in them.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:40 AM (1m82a)
413 This year Vladimir Vladimirovich is greeting the VIPs before a grand staircase, previous years it was in a fairly sterile formal meeting hall.
Ha, an African leader (new-ish chief in Mali? Or Chad?) wore his fatigues and beret.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:43 AM (1m82a)
414 Economic Affairs Division, Government of Pakistan
@eadgop
2h
Govt of Pakistan appeals to International Partners for more loans after heavy losses inflected by enemy. Amid escalating war and stocks crash, we urge international partners to help de-escalate. Nation urged to remain steadfast. @WorldBank #IndiaPakistanWar #PakistanZindabadPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 02:45 AM (lCWOD)
415 Ha, an African leader (new-ish chief in Mali? Or Chad?) wore his fatigues and beret.
Posted by: rhomboid
Evening wear … very nice!Posted by: Song of the Volga Boatman . . . on violin . . . at May 09, 2025 02:45 AM (tcomi)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 02:45 AM (UzL96)
417 Ha, an African leader (new-ish chief in Mali? Or Chad?) wore his fatigues and beret.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:43 AM (1m82a)
Sure, he rules a country, but has he made General yet?Posted by: Colonel Khadafi's haberdasher and sunglasses wrangler at May 09, 2025 02:46 AM (pIfcn)
418 Ha, an African leader (new-ish chief in Mali? Or Chad?) wore his fatigues and beret.
Posted by: rhomboid
Evening wear … very nice!
Posted by: Song of the Volga Boatman . . . on violin . . . at May 09, 2025 02:45 AM (tcomi)
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Hence fatigues.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 02:46 AM (UzL96)
419 Didn't Z say he was going to hit the parade?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:48 AM (Vnr18)
420 416 STAY AWAY FROM LAX! SOMETHING BIG IS GOING TO GO DOWN!
https://tinyurl.com/4p9yfc3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 02:45 AM (UzL96)
Daaayum.
That's pretty wild.Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 02:48 AM (pIfcn)
421 Z made some stupid implied threats. Stupid because dozens of heads of state including the top dragon of Chy-nah - and they're going to hit it? Today Z called for a 30-day ceasefire (as did Trump). Different, more sane tune.
Memory's going - who was the Flt. Lt. or Sgt. who grabbed "power" in west Africa in the early 80s? My favorite coup. Junior officer or NCO.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:53 AM (1m82a)
422 Big Penguin.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:54 AM (Vnr18)
423 If I ever lead a far-right paramilitary takeover of a country I’m definitely going to wear fatigues and demand to be addressed as “Colonel.” It’s so based. It makes it sound like you deposed all of the fat, ineffectual generals but are too modest to give yourself a promotion.
“The People’s Colonel” is what they’ll call me. ¡Viva el Coronel!Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 02:54 AM (l3YAf)
424 Memory's going - who was the Flt. Lt. or Sgt. who grabbed "power" in west Africa in the early 80s? My favorite coup. Junior officer or NCO.
Posted by: rhomboid
Samuel K. Doe
Not the Ernie K-Doe who had the hit "Mother-in-Law"Posted by: Helpful Miklos at May 09, 2025 02:55 AM (t6ibK)
425 Kadaffy was just a Lt. Col.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 02:55 AM (Vnr18)
426 Vlad and Xi taking their places on the stand. Usually some of the elderly WWII vets Vlad greets along the way grab his hand and insist on making short statements. Always funny.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 02:56 AM (1m82a)
427 Kadaffy trained at Sandhurst, iirc. …Posted by: Adriane the When I Become Pooh-bah, Look Out! Critic . . . at May 09, 2025 02:58 AM (tcomi)
428 395 Liberal women are an enigma to me, and I say this a woman, natural born.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at May 09, 2025 02:13 AM (0nHVk)
Bunch of idiot twats, if you ask me. They have no idea the value of a woman and think they need to be men or some damned thing. I would be embarrassed for them except most of them are beneath my contempt.
Grow the hell up, ladies, and figure it out.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 09, 2025 02:59 AM (a4NoL)
429 Kadaffy trained at Sandhurst, iirc. …
Posted by: Adriane the When I Become Pooh-bah
Wife (or at least one) was Hungarian.Posted by: Miklos knows....Things at May 09, 2025 02:59 AM (t6ibK)
430 Some of them aren't enigmas.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:01 AM (Vnr18)
431 Thanks Miklos. Doe.
Maduro putting his hands together, prayer-like, and looking skyward. Odd. Interrupted by the first announcement and peeling of the bells in the Kremlin clocktower.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:01 AM (1m82a)
432 Kadaffy became one of the most compliant middle-east leaders toward the US and Hillary set up his murder. In fact, she started the whole current middle-east problem.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:02 AM (lCWOD)
433 Don’t forget General Butt Naked. Liberia’s really something else. Capital is named after James Monroe.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 09, 2025 03:02 AM (l3YAf)
434 I turned down the invite to Moscow Victory Parade this year because Vlad always seats me with Clayton, Sydney, and Jugdish.Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos at May 09, 2025 03:02 AM (t6ibK)
435 Really high priced grain had a hand in the arab rumspringer.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:03 AM (Vnr18)
436 Radio Prague.
Convoy of US war jeeps starts end-of war celebrations
04/30/2010
A convoy of American war jeeps drove through Prague on Friday at the start of celebrations marking the 65th anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of western Bohemia from the Nazis by the US 3rd army. The largest Czech city General Patton’s men freed in 1945 was Plzen - about 80 kilometres south-west of Prague – where the biggest celebrations with US war veterans are due to take place over the weekend.Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 03:03 AM (LZSsH)
437 The largest Czech city General Patton’s men freed in 1945 was Plzen - about 80 kilometres south-west of Prague – where the biggest celebrations with US war veterans are due to take place over the weekend.
Posted by: 13times
There is one (1) Pilsner Urquell in the fridge.
VICTORY BEER!Posted by: Miklos may have an early "breakfast" at May 09, 2025 03:05 AM (t6ibK)
438 80 years later. Provably not too many left.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:07 AM (Vnr18)
439 No opinion on Leo XIV right now...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 10:12
As the Wasp that I am my mind is blown by the election of Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. When I grew up Popes were always some old Italian guy, think John XXIII, Paul VI and remember poor old John Paul I who lasted less than a month.
Today the new Pope is my age, just 18 days older, both of us born in IL. And he grew up in Dolton, just a few miles from Jules in Chicago Hts.
Weird, just weird.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at May 09, 2025 03:12 AM (55Qr6)
440 @NationalistAkku
32m
Fully intact Chinese PL-15 long range air to air missile recovered from Hoshiarpur, Punjab..
Obviously fired from a PAF jet, likely a JF-17 Failed to detonate.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:12 AM (lCWOD)
441 There are liberation parades in Czech Rep. and the Netherlands involving beautifully restored Allied vehicles and armor. Just saw one from the Netherlands the other day (video thereof).Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:14 AM (1m82a)
442 434 I turned down the invite to Moscow Victory Parade this year because Vlad always seats me with Clayton, Sydney, and Jugdish.
Posted by: My Delta name is Miklos at May 09, 2025 03:02 AM (t6ibK)
Maybe he just figured you'd have lots to talk aboutPosted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at May 09, 2025 03:14 AM (pIfcn)
443 This year the public address narration as the Defense Minister and chief of ground forces review the assembled units in Red Square constantly mentioning the "special military operation". Don't remember that in past years.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:15 AM (1m82a)
444 Army secretary says US tanks will have to hang back to avoid getting killed by cheap drones
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I'm unclear on why we don't simply get a squadron of women to shoot them all down and then award them medals and talk to the press about how they're awesome super aces for shooting things with no air-to-air combat ability.
Remember that?Posted by: Boron Cobbie - You're pretty when you dress feminine. Men like to see ladies dressed up. at May 09, 2025 03:15 AM (/wLGm)
445 Now speaketh Vlad.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:15 AM (1m82a)
446 I love Pils Urquell. I love a real pils. Hard to find a teally good pils because IPA shattered the market.Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 03:16 AM (LZSsH)
447 Ground view Liberation Tour Bollenstreek 2025 | Historische Legervoertuigen & 80 Jaar Vrijheid
119 views · 3 days ago
3 minutes of WWII jeeps and trucks driving down an old road.
Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 03:18 AM (LZSsH)
448 446 I love Pils Urquell. I love a real pils. Hard to find a teally good pils because IPA shattered the market.
Posted by: 13times
Are IPA's just easier to make? I love a good pilsner, just hard to find them.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 03:19 AM (K9xEt)
449 Hmm. Stream interrupted? Odd.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:21 AM (1m82a)
450 Which Stream?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:22 AM (Vnr18)
451 Was the stream. They just did the minute of silence. The translators for Xi and Abbas can be heard in the background. Annoying.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:23 AM (1m82a)
452 Are IPA's just easier to make? I love a good pilsner, just hard to find them.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 03:19 AM (K9xEt)
There's a lot to hide behind; hops mask poor brewing practices.Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 03:26 AM (LZSsH)
453 Boss Moss Rossiya24 TV.
https://smotret.tv/rossiya-24
Back up. In time for the nice artillery salute from the north wall while the national anthem was played.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:27 AM (1m82a)
454 Thanks. They seem exuberant.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:31 AM (Vnr18)
455 Have always wondered if they want to somehow replicate the original 1945 parade, where Zhukov and Rokossovsky rode white horses to do what is now done from open limousines in reviewing the troops.
Just now, all those beautiful PPsh-41s. Sigh. I just want one.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:31 AM (1m82a)
456 Of course few cavalry types among the brass in Russia.Posted by: rhomboid at May 09, 2025 03:32 AM (1m82a)
457 Did I miss the furries,Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:33 AM (Vnr18)
458 Horsies.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:34 AM (Vnr18)
459 FWIW. years ago the Czech brewer of Pils Urquell licensed its recipe to a Canadian brewer. The Canadians did it justice.
I don't drink much now - I spent years working at a craft brewery and it cured me of drinking - so I've not a current list of recommendations.Posted by: 13times at May 09, 2025 03:34 AM (LZSsH)
460 I lost any kind of thirst for alcohol with keto.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:38 AM (Vnr18)
461 Yet another Stephen King story is being turned into a movie. 'The Long Walk'. I vaguely remember reading that. It was one of his short stories. It was ok. Bleak and despairing, but ok. SK's short stories are better than his novels.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 09, 2025 03:43 AM (K9xEt)
462 Eminent Intellectual @total_woke_ 1h
ISIS Toilet Cleaner from Kerala Rejaz Sydeek was arrested by Nagpur police y'day after posting video abusing Indian Army while posing with guns. He is accused of waging war against India.
This is not news. This is almost all of them. [you know who]
What's interesting is he was found in a hotel with a girl Isha Priya Kumari. He had gone to Nagpur to meet her and they were there for a few days.
She is a prime example of how colleges are completely brainwashing Hindu students and girls are the primary target of Islamocommunist brainwashing project called Indian education. She is a student of Symbiosis Law School Nagpur. 1/2
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Worldwide pandemic, brain virus.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 09, 2025 03:48 AM (lCWOD)
463 I went into Stand by Me with no idea what it was about for $2. You try that today and you see some girl boss crap.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 03:53 AM (Vnr18)
464
Yet another Stephen King story is being turned into a movie. 'The Long Walk'. I vaguely remember reading that.
Brian Dehenney plays The Short Pier …Posted by: Adriane the When I Become Pooh-bah, Look Out! Critic . . . at May 09, 2025 03:54 AM (NCz1m)
465 Surly didn't get much sleep last nightPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 03:59 AM (ypFCm)
466 I watched Dead City Season 1. I was more concerned that the girl got her dino back then if any of the characters survivedPosted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:00 AM (Vnr18)
467 Hopefully tonight will be restful, Skip …Posted by: Adriane the When I Become Pooh-bah, Look Out! Critic . . . at May 09, 2025 04:10 AM (NCz1m)
468 > Drones change everything. Or do they?
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Yes they. Be very afraid.
> I think we may be close to being able to deploy mobile,
> Iron Dome type defensive vehicles, armed with lasers,
> that completely nullify or severely mitigate, the drone
> threat. What do y'all think?
I think there might be a better mousetrap. I posted this when it came out at the end of April:
https://tinyurl.com/5syj3vem
Be very hopeful.Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 09, 2025 04:16 AM (UzL96)
469 It's rainingPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:18 AM (ypFCm)
470 Is that real?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 09, 2025 04:21 AM (Vnr18)
471 Shouldn't have to work tomorrow if can get everything done I need to todayPosted by: Skip at May 09, 2025 04:29 AM (ypFCm)
472 Pixy's up!Posted by: m at May 09, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)
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474 Re: the pro-life guy. A lot of pro-abortionists say that you can't be pro-life unless you're willing to adopt every single unwanted child. So this guy still loses in their eyes.Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at May 09, 2025 09:12 AM (ERYKL)
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News you can use: Distinguishing a seal from a sea lion.
Osprey struggles to reel in a big fish.Bringing your best friend to the beach.
Dog gives a boost to his disabled owner.
Just a couple of animal buddies out on an adventure.
Tilt-shift photography of cars turns them Matchbox-sized.
A natural Maelstrom (Whirlpool) - a swirling mass of water caused by the collision of opposing currents, often found in narrow passages or where tides are strong. Old stories tell of ships being dragged into these swirling depths. pic.twitter.com/vnHS6bbLa6
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(Jump to bottom of comments)1 Great pic of the owl.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:21 PM (2UnvF)
2 HeyPosted by: Ciampino - cute but no t at May 08, 2025 07:21 PM (sPQoU)
3 Nope.Posted by: Accomack at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (WWhXE)
4 hooPosted by: blowed up da owl at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (gKWVE)
5 Cool that the owl's wings are at a 45 degree angle while it's head is perfectly level.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (2UnvF)
6 HolaPosted by: Thanatopsis at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (GYt5+)
7 Owls aren't real.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (vFG9F)
8 That's photoshopped. You can tell by the pixels.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (UarWD)
9 I always wanted to cave dive in Mexico. Just never got around to it.Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (OrSPY)
10 That's photoshopped. You can tell by the pixels.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (UarWD)
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Pixels are made of birds.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:25 PM (2UnvF)
11 Pixels are made of birds.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:25 PM (2UnvF)
WTF did I eat at Thanksgiving?Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:26 PM (UarWD)
12 Good evening everyonePosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:27 PM (ypFCm)
13 And yes, sharks have learned to follow ships... especially at dusk...
Because that is the time every damn ship throws their trash overboard... which brings the Fishies even if there is no meat going in the water...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 07:28 PM (QAkQ3)
14 I have no idea why oil rig workers would attract sharks to their platform, unless they work for SPECTRE.
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It's to keep the environazis from sabotaging their oil rigs, obviously.Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:29 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: Klaus Schwab at May 08, 2025 07:29 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 07:29 PM (jvJvP)
17 So not sure the Osprey ever made it to lunch timePosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:30 PM (ypFCm)
18 I ain't afraid of nuthin'... 'ceptin' enclosed spaces and running out of air.
Of COURSE I'll go cave diving.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 07:30 PM (cPGH3)
19 18 I ain't afraid of nuthin'... 'ceptin' enclosed spaces and running out of air.
Of COURSE I'll go cave diving.
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 07:30 PM (cPGH3)
Afraid?
Womenz and Pooohlice...Posted by: Gator at May 08, 2025 07:31 PM (QAkQ3)
20
Owl looks like a watch with a patterned wristband and an owl face instead of a clock face.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 07:32 PM (U7Gpi)
21 Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short story, "Descent into the Maelstrom" where the protagonist describes his journey down in the depths and back again. He's so traumatized by the experience that his hair, "which had been raven black the day before," turns completely white.Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:32 PM (GlyvH)
22 Watch the movie 13 lives. That will fix your cave diving obsession.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:34 PM (UarWD)
23 That reminds me... what to expect on a Lunar colony
youtu.be/kwRSBcrpyj0
It's got everything: running out of air, running out of water, dust, getting hit by micrometeors.Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 07:34 PM (gKWVE)
24 Owl looks like a watch with a patterned wristband and an owl face instead of a clock face.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 07:32 PM (U7Gpi)
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That would make for a cool watch...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:34 PM (GlyvH)
25 I can't even do a regular MRI without drugs.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 07:35 PM (cPGH3)
26 Evenin’, All. So a native-born American is the new Sovereign of the State of Vatican City.
Sparkles Markle must be so jealous.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 07:35 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:36 PM (L/fGl)
28 Peruvian. I wonder if he was in a band.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:36 PM (bF7Q5)
29 It has been an absolutely gorgeous day here. Camped out behind the barn at the shooting bench . Got an extra seat if you care to join me.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 07:37 PM (NVNRw)
30 Rule Number One: Do NOT fall overboard
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It's like Golden Corral after church!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:36 PM (L/fGl)
If you fall overboard, you might be able to eat at the Golden Coral buffet.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 07:37 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (mH6SG)
32 I thought sharks followed ships because they used to throw dead slaves overboard.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (vFG9F)
33
Well, I was surprised by the Conclave's choice. I really thought there would be a Pope from Antarctica before we'd see one from the US.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (QnmlO)
34 Beautiful owl picture up top!Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (L/fGl)
35 What happens if you meet a underwater Balrog?Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (ypFCm)
36 33 Big Penguin’s candidate failed. THIS time.Posted by: Bulg at May 08, 2025 07:40 PM (77rzZ)
37 You shall not pass.Posted by: Aquaman at May 08, 2025 07:40 PM (bF7Q5)
38 What happens if you meet a underwater Balrog?
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (ypFCm)
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I'd be more concerned about Deep Ones or Cthulhu...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:41 PM (GlyvH)
39 >>>Distinguishing a seal from a sea lion.
That's easy. Just wait for it to have a pup and then see if an Eskimo shows up to club it to death.Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at May 08, 2025 07:41 PM (klJTj)
40 "What happens if you meet a underwater Balrog?
Posted by: Skip"
Not to worry! We'll pay off his old car and get him into a new ride!Posted by: A used car salesman at May 08, 2025 07:44 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Tuna at May 08, 2025 07:44 PM (lJ0H4)
42 I've got a maelstrom in my pants!Posted by: Doddering Joe at May 08, 2025 07:44 PM (G5+As)
43 Never freed a whale from a net but I did free a baby sea turtle from a plastic bag. Didn't even get a thank you.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 07:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: A used car salesman at May 08, 2025 07:45 PM (vFG9F)
45 The Vigilant Fox @VigilantFox
NEW: James Carville WRECKS Ilhan Omar for attacking white voters.
“When are you people going to learn to shut up about this?!”
The Democratic Party is in shambles and one of its most famous strategists just blew up the narrative.
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Watch it, Jimmy! She'll get her husband /brother to beat you up!Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:46 PM (L/fGl)
46 Is there a marine biologist in the house?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:46 PM (bF7Q5)
47 Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short story, "Descent into the Maelstrom" where the protagonist describes his journey down in the depths and back again. He's so traumatized by the experience that his hair, "which had been raven black the day before," turns completely white.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:32 PM (GlyvH)
There is a sequence in the Bill Adams and Cecil Brooks' SciFi book, The End of Fame where the protagonist, Ethan Larkspur is sucked into a maelstrom with someone who is also claiming to be Ethan Larkspur. The whole book is something of a take off on the Byronic romantic story from the point of view of someone who survived the Byronic romantic story, so it is quite odd, and quite compelling.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (D7oie)
48 Fun Fact:
The Pope is also the sovereign monarch of Vatican City, so now an American is King of a foreign state.Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (GlyvH)
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (VofaG)
50 ***A natural Maelstrom (Whirlpool) - a swirling mass of water caused by the collision of opposing currents
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And for our next ride we're going to find out how close to the edge of Niagara Falls we can motor without going over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:48 PM (lCWOD)
51 I have chance to start work a bit earlier tomorrow
Have a great evening everyonePosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:49 PM (ypFCm)
52 How will you know whether you are too close or not?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:50 PM (bF7Q5)
53 33
Well, I was surprised by the Conclave's choice. I really thought there would be a Pope from Antarctica before we'd see one from the US.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (QnmlO)
As others have already noted...
Now see the POWER of these Fully Operational Death TARIFFsPosted by: Gator at May 08, 2025 07:50 PM (QAkQ3)
54
The Pope is also the sovereign monarch of Vatican City, so now an American is King of a foreign state.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (GlyvH)
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"It's OK." - Boasberg, JPosted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:51 PM (QnmlO)
55 How will you know whether you are too close or not?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:50 PM (bF7Q5)
The sudden sucking noise.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:51 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 07:51 PM (8I4hW)
57 "It's OK." - Boasberg, J
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:51 PM (QnmlO)
Yeah, I'd guess he's Face Palming right about now...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 07:52 PM (QAkQ3)
58 By the way, if anyone wants to keep up on the recent decisions by the USSC, try here:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:53 PM (D7oie)
59
Well, I'm lost in a whirlpool
Yeah baby, my head is goin' round
Well, ever since my baby flushed me
Oh, I been goin' 'round, yeah, around and aroundPosted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at May 08, 2025 07:53 PM (vFG9F)
60 It's not underwater, but when I was very young my parents took us to Tennessee and Tuskaleechee Caverns. Spelling.
Very beautiful.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 07:54 PM (jvJvP)
61 What happens if you meet an underwater Balrod?
Kill it. Make a statue out of it. Then put it in Times Square!Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 07:54 PM (OrSPY)
62 Somebody pulled the plug on the sea floor!Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:54 PM (v0R5T)
63 U.S. Ministry of Truth
@USMiniTru
7h
🚨BREAKING: Fox News is prepared to call Vatican City for Joe Biden.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:55 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:56 PM (QnmlO)
65 45
'James Carville WRECKS Ilhan Omar for attacking white voters.
“When are you people going to learn to shut up about this?!”'
What do you mean, "you people"?Posted by: Lincoln Osiris at May 08, 2025 07:56 PM (3wi/L)
66 Lots of movies with quicksand. How many with maelstroms?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:56 PM (QnmlO)
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Dunno, but I've read a few fantasy stories where maelstroms played an important role...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (GlyvH)
67 "It's OK." - Boasberg, J
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:51 PM (QnmlO)
Yeah, I'd guess he's Face Palming right about now...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 07:52 PM (QAkQ3)
I coulda had a pope hat?Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (VNX3d)
68 Hadrian, one of the "Pirates of the Caribbean " .Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (NVNRw)
69 Them kind of people.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (bF7Q5)
70 From all the stories I heard as a yute, it seems like quicksand should've been a bigger deal than it turned out to be.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (2UnvF)
71 Watched some guys offshore bait, hook and lift out a 12' shark with a crane once. They had the rope end tied around a grated walkway under the well deck. Walkway shook when the shark hit.Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 07:57 PM (8I4hW)
72 Two things here, I hate sharks, and I ain't diving in no cave. No sir.Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 07:58 PM (LHPAg)
73 'James Carville WRECKS Ilhan Omar for attacking white voters.
“When are you people going to learn to shut up about this?!”'
What do you mean, "you people"?
Posted by: Lincoln Osiris at May 08, 2025 07:56 PM (3wi/L)
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What do YOU mean, "you people?"Posted by: Alpa Chino (obligatory) at May 08, 2025 07:58 PM (GlyvH)
74 How will you know whether you are too close or not?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:50 PM
The smell of Axe Body Wash.Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2025 07:58 PM (Kq6ZB)
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 07:58 PM (AOsQT)
76 "Dunno, but I've read a few fantasy stories where maelstroms played an important role...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
Well, yeah.Posted by: Charybdis at May 08, 2025 08:00 PM (vFG9F)
77
Lots of movies with quicksand. How many with maelstroms?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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One of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 08:00 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 08:00 PM (3wi/L)
79 Rice sales are down 30% in China.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:01 PM (bF7Q5)
80
Somebody pulled the plug on the sea floor!
Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:54 PM (v0R5T)
__________
There was a lake in Louisiana that was right over a salt dome. They were drilling for something (oil or gas) and went through. SUUUUUUCK! There went the lake.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:01 PM (QnmlO)
81 "Dunno, but I've read a few fantasy stories where maelstroms played an important role...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"
Well, yeah.
Posted by: Charybdis at May 08, 2025 08:00 PM (vFG9F)
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hard to go wrong with the classics...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:02 PM (GlyvH)
82 You know who else has a charisma gap besides Cardinal Pagolini?
Apparatchiks, because they can't afford to outshine the Dear Leader.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:03 PM (uvr++)
83 The Pope is also the sovereign monarch of Vatican City, so now an American is King of a foreign state.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (GlyvH)
so many Firsts!Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:04 PM (g47mK)
84 "Your kind"Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 08, 2025 08:05 PM (XEl7F)
85 Lots of movies with quicksand. How many with maelstroms?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I ain't the 1st person to point out, when I was a kid, I was pretty sure being able to survive quicksand was an ability that meant something.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:05 PM (cPGH3)
86 There was a lake in Louisiana that was right over a salt dome. They were drilling for something (oil or gas) and went through. SUUUUUUCK! There went the lake.
The drilling rig drilled right into the salt dome. Everything in the lake, including the drilling rig, went into the salt dome.
Human created sink hole.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:05 PM (uvr++)
87 now Chicago will be famous for something other than Al CaponePosted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (g47mK)
88 54
The Pope is also the sovereign monarch of Vatican City, so now an American is King of a foreign state.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 07:47 PM (GlyvH)
He's Peruvian, naturalized American in 2015. Dual citizen I read somewhere.Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (8I4hW)
89 Remember the controversy over JFK? He will be ruled by the Pope.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (NVNRw)
90 5 Cool that the owl's wings are at a 45 degree angle while it's head is perfectly level.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (2UnvF)
Gyro.Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (LHPAg)
91 Scylla kicks a rock, for being ignored.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (uvr++)
92 "Your kind"
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 08, 2025 08:05 PM (XEl7F)
Without context, this seems ominous.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:07 PM (JiDfA)
93 The owls are not what they seem.Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 08, 2025 08:07 PM (0aYVJ)
94 Chicago style Papal Pizza?Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:07 PM (uvr++)
95 He's Peruvian, naturalized American in 2015. Dual citizen I read somewhere.
Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (8I4hW)
Reportedly posts in Spanish, doesn't like Vance or Trump, hates borders, and demands gun control.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:07 PM (D7oie)
96 The smell of Axe Body Wash.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
WAY off topic, but bees (honeybees) do NOT like AXE anything. As in "kill it at all costs" kind of do not like.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:08 PM (cPGH3)
97 He's Peruvian, naturalized American in 2015. Dual citizen I read somewhere.
Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 08:06 PM (8I4hW)
He is an American, whose dad is a WWII US navy veteran. He is also a White Sox fan.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:08 PM (g47mK)
98 I love the top photo
Owls rulePosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 08:08 PM (rT96s)
99 100Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 08:09 PM (LHPAg)
100 Does the Pope still get to live in Chicago?Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 08:09 PM (vFG9F)
101 I think they gave him a Peruvian citizenship because he was a missionary there.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:09 PM (g47mK)
102 95
'Reportedly posts in Spanish, doesn't like Vance or Trump, hates borders, and demands gun control.'
Sounds like he'll make me glad not to be Catholic.Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (3wi/L)
103 Or maybe the other was around born American, naturalized Peruvian.Posted by: javems at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (8I4hW)
104 So the new Pope was a hit man for the old Pope, did that job in Texas?Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (LHPAg)
105
Does the Pope still get to live in Chicago?
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 08:09 PM (vFG9F)
__________
*glares*Posted by: Avignon at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (QnmlO)
106 Hmmm, I wonder if they are going the 'immigrant' angle.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (JiDfA)
107 They should have just let him be DC US Attorney.
>>@bennyjohnson
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>>39m
🚨BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:11 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:11 PM (uvr++)
109 63 U.S. Ministry of Truth
@USMiniTru
7h
🚨BREAKING: Fox News is prepared to call Vatican City for Joe Biden.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:55 PM (D7oie)
How many electoral votes has the Vatican?Posted by: Josef Dzugashvili at May 08, 2025 08:11 PM (vm8sq)
110 >BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
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wtf does all that meanPosted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 08:13 PM (AOsQT)
111 Reportedly posts in Spanish, doesn't like Vance or Trump, hates borders, and demands gun control.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:07 PM (D7oie)
Hates borders, huh?
Cool. So let’s demolish the Vatican’s walls. Oh, and the Vatican can sign up for Schengen.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:14 PM (vm8sq)
112 BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
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wtf does all that mean
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 08:13 PM (AOsQT)
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he's gonna need bigger business cards?Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:14 PM (GlyvH)
113 @DataRepublican 🇺🇸🔥 We love you @EagleEdMartin 🔥🇺🇸
Thom Tillis is a disgrace. A weak, unqualified puppet of the NED and the USGLC, with zero military backbone, who sabotaged you not for wrongdoing, but for asking the one question that terrifies the regime:
What if their January 6 narrative is a lie?
That alone was enough to trigger their panic. Because truth is dangerous to institutions built on lies.
Oh yeah. And let's be honest. That @SenThomTillis got on a bunch of powerful committees and became besties with USGLC within just two months of becoming Senator is way more suspicious than mis-categorizing a trailer park sale.
...
...I cannot find evidence that he was ever involved or interested in foreign policy before 2015. My guess is that Mitch McConnell quickly identified him as a "team player" and positioned him for a quick rise. @SenJohnCurtis is on the same path.…
_ compilationPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:14 PM (lCWOD)
114 Can they change defense back to war?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (bF7Q5)
115 BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
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wtf does all that mean
It means if you're walking along at night and you hear his footsteps...RUN!Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (s8j++)
116 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (uvr++)
117 I givePosted by: Javems at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (8I4hW)
118 86 There was a lake in Louisiana that was right over a salt dome. They were drilling for something (oil or gas) and went through. SUUUUUUCK! There went the lake.
The drilling rig drilled right into the salt dome. Everything in the lake, including the drilling rig, went into the salt dome.
Human created sink hole.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:05 PM (uvr++)
Lake Peigneur (sp?)Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (viF8m)
120 now Chicago will be famous for something other than Al Capone
Posted by: runner
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He went to high school in Holland, MI. . . So we'll call him an honorary michigander.Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (8AONa)
121 Anna Puma, bringing reason to the discussion.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (NVNRw)
122 The drilling rig drilled right into the salt dome. Everything in the lake, including the drilling rig, went into the salt dome.
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this is so cool!Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (g47mK)
123 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM
Words of wisdom. Agreed.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (mH6SG)
124 BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
I think it probably means he's gonna work to exonerate (or at least pardon) wrongfully convicted or targeted folks who fell afoul of the prior regime.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (cPGH3)
125 So the new Pope was a hit man for the old Pope, did that job in Texas?
Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (LHPAg)
Sounds accuratePosted by: LASue at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (lCppi)
126 Sean and Juan walk into a bar...Posted by: Bombadil at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (MX0bI)
127 And just like that a Louisiana Lake became Cleveland.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (uvr++)
129 112 BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
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wtf does all that mean
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His job will be to dig into those who weaponized govt and prosecute them. It will include identifying those falsely prosecuted and pardoning them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (lCWOD)
130 When all the schisms are healed, and the Church is fully reunified, it must then move from Rome to Moscow. Because Moscow is the Third Rome and a fourth there shall never be. So, Chicago is right out.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:18 PM (vm8sq)
131
Well, he was an American pope
Raised in Chicago
He couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life, somewhere in Peru
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to preach to
And if he was gonna be the Primate of Italy
He needed a majority vote to be the Holy See
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, Roma
Get your soul all right (Get your soul all right)
He was an American PopePosted by: haffhowershower at May 08, 2025 08:18 PM (144I4)
132
Well, it was kind of warm that day
He spoke Italian on the balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, he could hear the crowd cheer by
Out of the Vatican, white smoke rollin' out the chimney
And for one glorius moment there
He was voted to the Petrine See
God, it's so joyful when something that is so close
Is not so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, Roma
Get your soul all right (Get your soul all right)
He was an American PopePosted by: haffhowershower at May 08, 2025 08:18 PM (144I4)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:18 PM (s8j++)
134 125 So the new Pope was a hit man for the old Pope, did that job in Texas?
Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 08:10 PM (LHPAg)
Sounds accurate
Posted by: LASue
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Out on Hwy. 61.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:18 PM (lCWOD)
135 127 And just like that a Louisiana Lake became Cleveland.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (bF7Q5)
It didn’t catch fire.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:19 PM (vm8sq)
136 Sharks hanging out where food is thrown into the water. It's a mystery.Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 08:19 PM (XeU6L)
137 He went to high school in Holland, MI. . . So we'll call him an honorary michigander.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (8AONa)
Remember when Obama was from everywhere? That turned out well too.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:19 PM (D7oie)
138 How many electoral votes has the Vatican?
Posted by: Josef Dzugashvili at May 08, 2025 08:11 PM (vm8sq)
Well all of them go to progs, Leo thinks Trump is a racist and that open borders is the way. A total asshole, may he go the way of Pope John Paul I and then start over. If he wants to run his mouth, tax their asses.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:19 PM (FZn/N)
139 It did suck.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (bF7Q5)
140 Lake PeignuerPosted by: Accomack at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (tLPHV)
141 116
'Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.'
I was all set to jump to conclusions but we can try your radical idea first.Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (3wi/L)
142 what rhymes with Peignuer ???Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (g47mK)
143 He's an American Pope,
He's comin to your town
He'll help BLM rip it down,
He's an American Pope. (spits)Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (FZn/N)
144
this is so cool!
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (g47mK)
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https://youtu.be/cNo-gEPWVnMPosted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (QnmlO)
145
The murderer of Daniel Pearl killed, thank you India.
What a shame on George Bush, what a shame on all of our agencies who were involved and did NOTHING. What a shame on us for allowing them to get away with doing NOTHING.
India, thank you. And thank you for showing the world how to respect terrorists.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (lCWOD)
146 BREAKING: President Trump appoints Ed Martin as the new Director of the Weaponization Working Group, Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Pardon Attorney.
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wtf does all that mean
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His job will be to dig into those who weaponized govt and prosecute them. It will include identifying those falsely prosecuted and pardoning them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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But can he prosecute the perps for deprevation of civil rights under color of law?Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (/lPRQ)
147 He went to high school in Holland, MI. . . So we'll call him an honorary michigander.
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (8AONa)
According to a co-worker, a Yooper, that makes him a troll.Posted by: Pug Mahon at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (0aYVJ)
148 Anna, you are taking all the fun out of things.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:22 PM (JiDfA)
149 Used to be a Smart Military Blog, now it's Old Men Crankypants Who Yell at Strangers Blog.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:22 PM (g47mK)
150 No Pope is going to be pro-gun but the Swiss Guard get special dispensation.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:22 PM (NVNRw)
151 'Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.'
I was all set to jump to conclusions but we can try your radical idea first.
I suppose going all spastic is right out.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:22 PM (s8j++)
152 I think it probably means he's gonna work to exonerate (or at least pardon) wrongfully convicted or targeted folks who fell afoul of the prior regime.
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:17 PM (cPGH3)
This was proposed last year by some of the more libertarian new-media types when there was a lot of agitation to pardon Ross Ulbricht. They felt there was a screaming need for it. It may well be this group will be finding people for Trump to pardon, specifically to show judicial and prosecutorial overreach.
If Joe could give pardons in presidential purple ink with a f****** bow on it because he was president, then Trump can do it out of justice to people who didn't give him money and kickbacksPosted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (D7oie)
153 Read the "holy" father's tweets while cardinal, pure commie slime.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (FZn/N)
154 Well all of them go to progs, Leo thinks Trump is a racist and that open borders is the way. A total asshole, may he go the way of Pope John Paul I and then start over. If he wants to run his mouth, tax their asses.
Posted by: night lifted
I don't know you, but I already don't like you.
I've had bosses that talked one way when they were "help".
When they got in charge, they were different.
Some were dramatically different.
Let's wait a week or two to form an opinion, shall we?
This man is now the Vicar of Christ, for better or worse.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (cPGH3)
155 DataRepublican retweeted
Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright May 7
"The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suitPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (lCWOD)
156 I was all set to jump to conclusions but we can try your radical idea first.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 08:20 PM (3wi/L)
*pauses in dousing self from gas can*Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (JiDfA)
157 Well all of them go to progs, Leo thinks Trump is a racist and that open borders is the way. A total asshole, may he go the way of Pope John Paul I and then start over. If he wants to run his mouth, tax their asses.
Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:19 PM (FZn/N)
Before wishing death on the guy, I say we see what he says/does as the Pope. And I say this as a non-Catholic (though in my family, we do not have a family Bible, but rather a family Missal).
As a non-Catholic, even I can see the Pope CAN make a difference. Pope John Paul II comes to mind.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (vm8sq)
158 The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (D7oie)
160
Kinda disappointed ACE didn't incorporate OZEMPIC in his letisha james post.
AG Ozempic
or
letisha james (D-Ozempic)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (MR4U+)
161 New Pope needs to clarify the whole "Chicago pizza" deal vs. the "NYC pizza" deal pronto. Or he's a failure.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (Q4IgG)
162 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (uvr++)
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*Hides matches behind back*
OKPosted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (u73oe)
163 So is a maelstrom a permanent artifact? Or does it exhaust? Does it reappear?Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (RIvkX)
164 New Pope needs to clarify the whole "Chicago pizza" deal vs. the "NYC pizza" deal pronto. Or he's a failure.
Let's cut right to the chase. What is the best kind of BBQ sauce?Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Bombadil at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (MX0bI)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (viF8m)
167 This man is now the Vicar of Christ, for better or worse.
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (cPGH3)
For worse. Called trashed Vance for immigration, too.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (FZn/N)
168 The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (s8j++)
Probably bored and was trying to make a really bad prank. People are incredibly stupid.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (JiDfA)
169 The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (s8j++)
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Some men just want to watch the world BURN....Posted by: Alfred Pennyworth at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (GlyvH)
170 Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:24 PM (s8j++)
It is hard to crap in the hallways if you are suited up in a level 4 biohazard labPosted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (D7oie)
171 so somebody thinks the same guys the elected francis the evil were going to elect somebody not evil now?Posted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (KvQc5)
172 2 most important ecumenical questions - White Sox or The Cubs and ...deep dish or thin crust ?!Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:27 PM (g47mK)
173 The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?
Posted by: Archimedes
It was April Fools.Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 08:27 PM (L/fGl)
174 New Pope needs to clarify the whole "Chicago pizza" deal vs. the "NYC pizza" deal pronto. Or he's a failure.
Let's cut right to the chase. What is the best kind of BBQ sauce?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (s8j++)
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Gotta admit, I'm curious about the reaction from the Italian cardinals and bishops when Pope Leo XIV requests a Chicago deep-dish pizza for his first papal meal...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:28 PM (GlyvH)
175 166 >>Wh....Why the HELL would you DO that?
Lovers quarrel. Seriously.
How scary is that?
Imma gonna go with very damn scary. Still, I guess it beats boiling a bunny.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:28 PM (s8j++)
176 So is a maelstrom a permanent artifact? Or does it exhaust? Does it reappear?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 08:25 PM (RIvkX)
generally has to do with the tide in a narrow channel.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:28 PM (D7oie)
177 171 so somebody thinks the same guys the elected francis the evil were going to elect somebody not evil now?
Posted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (KvQc5)
What does that say about Pope John Paul II, who made Francis a cardinal to begin with in 2001?Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:28 PM (vm8sq)
178 dratPosted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:28 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (D7oie)
180 Damnation! The new name trolls are shining brightly tonight!
OK.
See you next week, with your new name.
I thought you got defunded?Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (cPGH3)
181 Mrs oleary's cow - creative problem solver or accidental hero?Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (8AONa)
182 "The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
Meh.
Just give him a paper dust mask. That should work.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (/lPRQ)
183 No offense, but the Pope isn't the boss of mePosted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (AOsQT)
184 Pope Leo XIV, May your first act be condemning anyone who puts ketchup on hot dogs straight to hell.Posted by: Mike Royko at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (vm8sq)
185 stupid cat.
Never want any affection unless I am typing.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (D7oie)
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*** Allie the Calico Kitty Cat has entered the chat ***Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:30 PM (GlyvH)
186 162 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Yes. And what he does.
He can't help it that he was born in Chicago.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:30 PM (lCWOD)
187 171 so somebody thinks the same guys the elected francis the evil were going to elect somebody not evil now?
Posted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:26 PM (KvQc5)
Exactly. They elected his clone. Another one who declined to investigate abusers.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:30 PM (FZn/N)
188
Yes, why would someone want to create a new epidemic?
Quite the mystery!
I told You already: The Democrats are Desperate to return to 2020.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:31 PM (MR4U+)
189 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:15 PM (uvr++)
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But then we lose the advantage of striking first!Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 08, 2025 08:31 PM (RIvkX)
190 181 Mrs oleary's cow - creative problem solver or accidental hero?
Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 08, 2025 08:29 PM (8AONa)
Neither - it’s what Chicago needs now.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:31 PM (vm8sq)
191 You know who else was born in Chicago? Saul Alinsky.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:31 PM (bF7Q5)
192 Free the Vatican Archives !!!Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:31 PM (NVNRw)
193 >>Imma gonna go with very damn scary. Still, I guess it beats boiling a bunny.
Ft Detrick is one of the highest security level bio labs in the US. Infecting a person with one of the bugs in that place and turning them loose is Wuhan 2.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:32 PM (viF8m)
194 Before we preemptively set the new Pope afire, let's see what he talks about.
Posted by: Anna Puma
Oh sure, Mr. Procrastinator, we can wait until the last minute.Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 08:32 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:32 PM (cPGH3)
196 Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:32 PM (viF8m)
You have a link to the story about a lovers quarrel?Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (JiDfA)
197 *** Allie the Calico Kitty Cat has entered the chat ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:30 PM (GlyvH)
This one is Chloe the rescue Nibelung. She is old, and really sweet but pushy.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (D7oie)
198
Democrats think they're just one hoax away, one virus away, one viral internet moment away, one protest away, one fake investigation away, one dead black man away from returning to their glory days of 2020 and they can finally put Trump away!Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (MR4U+)
199 Last tweet by "pope" was to condemn the illicit deportation of the Maryland man. Fuck him.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (FZn/N)
200 @R_H_Ebright May 7
"Incidents in November and March occurred under the watch of NIAID Director Jeanne Marrazzo, who was let go last month...The NIH also uncovered poor documentation of select agents, with logs not matching inventory"Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:34 PM (lCWOD)
201 >Lots of movies with quicksand. How many with maelstroms?
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Moby Dick
Posted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 07:58 PM (AOsQT)
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:35 PM (8avO+)
202 33
Well, I was surprised by the Conclave's choice. I really thought there would be a Pope from Antarctica before we'd see one from the US.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 07:38 PM (QnmlO)
I genuinely thought I would never live to see the day an American would be Pope.Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:35 PM (vm8sq)
203 Last tweet by "pope" was to condemn the illicit deportation of the Maryland man. Fuck him.
Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (FZn/N)
Don't think the Pope is hitting the twitters during his investiture.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (8avO+)
204 202: they wanted someone who could condemn Trump in EnglishPosted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (FZn/N)
205 20,000 Leagus Under the Sea was a good ride.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:37 PM (MR4U+)
208
What does that say about Pope John Paul II, who made Francis a cardinal to begin with in 2001?
that is not making the argument you wantPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:37 PM (bizHb)
209 20,000 Leagus Under the Sea was a good ride.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (bF7Q5)
Good AC. Kind of clammy though.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:37 PM (JiDfA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:37 PM (uvr++)
211 Don't think the Pope is hitting the twitters during his investiture.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM (8avO+)
Liked to tweet as a cardinalPosted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:38 PM (FZn/N)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2025 08:38 PM (63Dwl)
213 Kewl Opening Owl, do off to Photos with him.
Thank you, Steve Woods Photography!
My Daddy, God Almighty (Abba, El Shaddai) wants me to forgive you, so since it’s Him telling me, I’m gonna do it. It ain’t easy, let me tell you: I asked you for a fish, and while you really only gave me nothing, it sure seemed, in my hyperventilating panic, like a scorpion. So I forgive everyone, so there! Let bygones be bygones, I meant it! and goodnight nurse! is just something my late paternal grandmother used to say, in extremis.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 08:38 PM (YSv5G)
214 2 most important ecumenical questions - White Sox or The Cubs and ...deep dish or thin crust ?!
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:27 PM (g47mK)
Gino's one disc of sausage covering the entire pie is now a mortal sin.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (8avO+)
215 Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:36 PM
You seem to be determined to derail the thread.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (L/fGl)
217 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea had the giant squid that was trying to kill Kirk Douglas.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (uvr++)
218 Apparently, the new Pope is already living rent free in some heads.
or some have to toss history and decide the popes are not corruptocratsPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (bizHb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (JiDfA)
220 Sharks hanging out where food is thrown into the water. It's a mystery.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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It's an analogy for NGO's hanging out around USAID.Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (XeU6L)
221 I am not one for model building, but that would be a fun one.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:40 PM (JiDfA)
222 Are we allowed to make fun of the Pope's silly car?Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:40 PM (UarWD)
223 Gino's one disc of sausage covering the entire pie is now a mortal sin.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:39 PM (8avO+)
Wait, that's really a thing?
That would be wrong.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:41 PM (JiDfA)
224 The East River in NYC is somewhat of a maelstrom, especially near Hell's Gate. Huge water coming down the Hudson from the north, Ocean water and tides from NY Bay to the south, and The Long Island Sound entering from the east, also tidal. The General Slocum sidewheeler sank near Hell's Gate in a fire in 1904. 1,201 people perished. Many were women and children going on a church excursion. Nearly wiped out the Lower EastSide German immigrant community.Posted by: East River Is A Strait, In Fact at May 08, 2025 08:42 PM (G5+As)
225 That would be wrong.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:41 PM (JiDfA
Would it though?Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:42 PM (UarWD)
226 do -> so…Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 08:42 PM (YSv5G)
227 Popemobile got re-purposed.
Moose out front should have told you.
(Sorry to whoever's schtick that is)Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (cPGH3)
228 or some have to toss history and decide the popes are not corruptocrats
You mean the times the Conclave lasted for years. Times Cardinals would bring in their sex toys. Or their dwarfs for entertainment.
Or are you talking about other things that Martin Luther was right to be hopping mad about?Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (uvr++)
229 2 questions? Did Frankie being pope change your life?
Does " put not your faith in Princes" mean something to you?Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (NVNRw)
230 street wisdom is that cave divers are too stupid to eat a gun, have to do everything the hard way for everybodyPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (bizHb)
231 Would it though?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:42 PM (UarWD)
Yeah, I think it would mess with the texture to the point that it would be massively distracting. Plus, that is a shitload of sausage. (That's what she said. -Paolo)Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (JiDfA)
232 155 DataRepublican retweeted
Richard H. Ebright @R_H_Ebright May 7
"The FBI launched an investigation last week into security violations at the NIH’s [BSL-4] Integrated Research Facility at Fort Detrick following several dangerous incidents in which a contractor cut holes in an employee’s biocontainment suit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 08:23 PM (lCWOD)
The first rule of working in a hazardous biochemical lab is, "Don't stick your dick in crazy"
(If it's not, it should be.)Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - Ace of Spades Ladies Brigade, plucky comic relief at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (uvr++)
234 In other news...
White smoke was seen coming out of a DC Courthouse this evening as President Trump appoints Jenine Pirro as DC Prosecutor....Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (QAkQ3)
235 I'm with Luther.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (UarWD)
236 Or are you talking about other things that Martin Luther was right to be hopping mad about?
Posted by: Ann
I was mostly thinking of the second bitPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (bizHb)
237 meant it -> mean it…Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (YSv5G)
238 I put ketchup on hot dogs. And enthusiastically shake Manhattans. And I really don’t care about the pope. The next one will be Pope Mohammad anyway.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 08:45 PM (aeiyZ)
239 Erector set would be a start.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (uvr++)
I tried doing one with about 4 sets of construx as a kid. Was huge. Maybe four feet.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:45 PM (JiDfA)
240 The Faith and the Church has survived idiots in the past.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:46 PM (uvr++)
241 233 USS Cygnus as a model?
Erector set would be a start.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:44 PM (uvr++)
I’m chopped liver, I guess…Posted by: USS Palomino at May 08, 2025 08:46 PM (vm8sq)
242 A professer, awarded her tenure
For saying "it's not *man*ure, it's *men*ure"
Is now presumed drowned.
She was last seen around
The sheer, icy shores of Lake Peigneur.Posted by: Bombadil at May 08, 2025 08:46 PM (MX0bI)
243 it is funny that some have thoughts that the pope matters when he gave bejing authority to name bishopsPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:46 PM (bizHb)
244 The next one will be Pope Mohammad anyway.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 08:45 PM (aeiyZ)
Peter IIPosted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at May 08, 2025 08:47 PM (vm8sq)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 08:47 PM (XeU6L)
246 I’m chopped liver, I guess…
Posted by: USS Palomino at May 08, 2025 08:46 PM (vm8sq)
You exist to give scale.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:47 PM (JiDfA)
247 I thought they were gonna pick an Italian pope cause it's been a while.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:47 PM (UarWD)
248
Turkey roulade stuffed with apples and cranberries for dinner. Good. It was sent to us in appreciation for George. He also sent a $200 gift card from the same place the roulade came from.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:48 PM (QnmlO)
249 Atta boy, Luther!Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 08, 2025 08:48 PM (63Dwl)
250 I will not partake in a diet of worms.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 08:47 PM (XeU6L)
That's Bill Gates territory.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 08:48 PM (FZn/N)
251 Please don’t feed the trollPosted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 08:48 PM (mT+6a)
252 The next one will be Pope Mohammad anyway.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
Nah, within our lifetime, may there be the next, and final, Crusade.
AnimalsPosted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:48 PM (cPGH3)
253 USS Palomino looks like a torrid that has been pierced by a JART.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (uvr++)
254 Frank Zappa's dad was a lab person at Fort Detrick. Gas masks were issued to the families of the lab personnel living in housing nearby. Frank and his friends would play with them in the street.Posted by: In Fact, It's A Gas at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (G5+As)
255
I put ketchup on hot dogs. And enthusiastically shake Manhattans.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
^
The boy ain't right...
https://is.gd/Yq88qd
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (lxWss)
256 Ketchup on hotdogs is a Cardinal sin.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (UarWD)
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:50 PM (cPGH3)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:51 PM (QnmlO)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:51 PM (lxWss)
260 All this hot dog talk and not a single mention of Kurnow and Heywood Floyd discussing the proper mustard to put on one.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:51 PM (uvr++)
261 Onions seem to do the trick on chilli dogs.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (bF7Q5)
262 Beer brats with mustard and peppers sounds pretty good right now.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (UarWD)
263 Sauerkraut and spicy mustard on a polish dog.Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (mT+6a)
264 And a beerPosted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (mT+6a)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (lxWss)
266 spicy brown, obviouslyPosted by: Don Black at May 08, 2025 08:52 PM (AOsQT)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (UarWD)
268
Ketchup is to Catsup as Jam is to Jelly, yes?Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (lxWss)
269 What happened at Lake Peigneur was that they drilled into a shaft of a large salt mine that wasn’t on their geological maps. There’s video around of it somewhere. The most amazing thing that gives an idea of the size of the cavern opened up underground was that there were 6 large barges on that lake, and they all got sucked down into that hole. But that wasn’t the end! After the ocean came up the channel and flowed into the hole for 3 days, suddenly all 6 barges popped back up to the surface, in good shape! (That would have been a hell of a ride!)Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (S+5p3)
270
All this hot dog talk and not a single mention of Kurnow and Heywood Floyd discussing the proper mustard to put on one.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:51 PM (uvr++)
__________
That fluorescent yellow stuff. Also on soft pretzels. That's it.Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (QnmlO)
271 Chili, onions, cheese, jalapeños are the only condiments for hot dogsPosted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (NVNRw)
272 android hs forced everybody to get an update that installs gemini in your home screen and switches the side button to activate the ai assistan,t gemini, nothing has made me so angry in years.Posted by: n at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (8Fqpf)
273 Ft Detrick is one of the highest security level bio labs in the US. Infecting a person with one of the bugs in that place and turning them loose is Wuhan 2.
I've toured it. Not a place I'd want to work.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (s8j++)
274 Mustard and onions on hot dogs. That's all.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
My holy trinity of hot dog condiments: mustard, pickle relish and ketchup.Posted by: Tuna at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (cPGH3)
276 256 Ketchup on hotdogs is a Cardinal sin.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (UarWD)
I have to admit, that when it comes to the question of Ketchup on Hot Dogs..
I AM Pro Choice....Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (QAkQ3)
277 Aetius
MPC released a scale model of USS Cygnus just after the movie was released. Alas it is very collectible now.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:54 PM (uvr++)
278 268
Ketchup is to Catsup as Jam is to Jelly, yes?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (lxWss)
As Cheese is to Cheeze...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 08:54 PM (QAkQ3)
279 What happened at Lake Peigneur was that they drilled into a shaft of a large salt mine that wasn’t on their geological maps. There’s video around of it somewhere.
===
Yes! Yes there is !
>>> https://youtu.be/cNo-gEPWVnM
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (QnmlO)Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:55 PM (g47mK)
280 The cave diving reminds me of "Fantastic Voyage".Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 08:55 PM (VJc7E)
281 Would it though?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:42 PM (UarWD)
Yeah, I think it would mess with the texture to the point that it would be massively distracting. Plus, that is a shitload of sausage. (That's what she said. -Paolo)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 08:43 PM (JiDfA)
It didn't taste bad bad, but it did affect the texture, it was more like eating a long flat open face hamburger. And yes its a LOT of sausage.
side story - there's a soda company that once sold Diet Chocolate Fudge Soda. Carbonated. It didn't taste unlike Chocolate, and didn't taste horrible, but fizzy thin chocolate just is not right. Also from Chicago.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:55 PM (8avO+)
282 My ears have been driving me crazy for a couple of days--itching! Not the outside, in the canal. I mentioned it to a doctor friend earlier and he says, yeah, it's allergy season. Take some Benadryl. I sez, it's my ears, not my eyes! He says the ear canal is very sensitive to irritants like pollen.
I think he's crazy but take the Benadryl anyway. Boom. I'm cured.Posted by: IrishEi at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (3ImbR)
283 Ketchup on hotdogs is a Cardinal sin.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:49 PM (UarWD)
Is mustard a protonotarie sin? Or if it is mustard AND catsup, is it a Sanbenito, to show pennance?Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (D7oie)
284 I'm with Luther.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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I will not partake in a diet of worms.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
One down, 94 to go.Posted by: Miklos Luther King at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (t6ibK)
285 Ketchup, mustard, onions, minimum.
Relish, chili, and those fluorescent green peppers are optional.
Portillo's for the win.Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (ufFY8)
286 Chili, onions, cheese, jalapeños are the only condiments for hot dogs
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (NVNRw)
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Although those are all quite tasty, I do like macaroni & cheese & bacon on a hot dog...Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (GlyvH)
287
I watch some really stupid shit on youtube. I think it's killing me slowly.
You wouldn't believe how many "tool box tour" videos I've watched, for instance. Why do I care about other people's toolboxes?Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (lxWss)
288 'm with Luther.
Posted by: AlaBAMA
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I will not partake in a diet of worms.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
One down, 94 to go.
Posted by: Miklos Luther King at May 08, 2025 08:56 PM (t6ibK)
It's all Bull.
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (s8j++)
290 Perfessor, I may have to give that a try.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (NVNRw)
291 Love a good chili dog and a good kraut dog. Just mustard with it, nothing else. Yeah, I'm weird that way.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (mH6SG)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:58 PM (UarWD)
293 The cave diving reminds me of "Fantastic Voyage".
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 08:55 PM (VJc7E)
Raquel....mmmmm....Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at May 08, 2025 08:58 PM (ufFY8)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (uvr++)
295 The cave diving reminds me of "Fantastic Voyage".
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 08:55 PM (VJc7E)
——
[smiles]
— LakesidePosted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (aeiyZ)
296 I have to admit, that when it comes to the question of Ketchup on Hot Dogs..
I AM Pro Choice....
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 08:53 PM (QAkQ3)
My parents divorced when we were small so one year he came back and mom made hot dogs and he was serving.
Dad: Ketchup or Mustard?
Kid1: Both
Dad: Ketchup or Mustard?
Kid2: Both
somewhere around kid 4 (me) he blew upPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (8avO+)
297 Have they gored the Papal Bull yet?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (bF7Q5)
298
Once in a while, I'd make quick DIY chili dogs, using a can of Hormel fake chili.
Tasted great! And then...the Regret.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (lxWss)
299 Maelstroms - the Naruto strait is named for them, and the ramen noodle is named for them too, as is the anime character (actually, he’s named for the noodle, which you would see on his cheeks early on - no not those cheeks, gutter mind!). Site of a little remembered naval battle between an American gunboat and Japanese shore batteries, a lot earlier than you’re thinking. We pulverized ‘em!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (YSv5G)
300 AlaBAMA, oh yeah.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (NVNRw)
301 Y'all who like a ton of stuff on your dogs... where do you find room?Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (cPGH3)
302 it is youtubes greatest service to humanity that it has dozens of vids about halfwits that suffered horribly when cave divingPosted by: n at May 08, 2025 09:00 PM (8Fqpf)
303 Jalapeños on a hotdog?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:58 PM (UarWD)
I remember two o'clock trips to 7-11. Hotdogs with that nacho cheese and jalapeños on top. Just the thing when you are too drunk to go home and too late to get more beer.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:00 PM (D7oie)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 09:01 PM (XeU6L)
305 Cave diving should not be considered a Darwin category.Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 09:01 PM (uvr++)
306
How about restoring armour?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_GI8jtlZ1Y
Posted by: Anna Puma
Not my cup of tea, really. Car restorations, sometimes, tho.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:01 PM (lxWss)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 09:01 PM (s8j++)
308 Y'all who like a ton of stuff on your dogs... where do you find room?
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (cPGH3)
You MAKE roomPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:01 PM (8avO+)
309 I love the taste of hot dogs so much I eat them plain said no one ever.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:02 PM (NVNRw)
310 First papal decree - on demand deep dish pizza in Vatican cafeterias, and baseball on Papal TV!Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 09:02 PM (g47mK)
311
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has just told active duty transgenders to resign from the military by June 6 or they will be FIREDPosted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 09:02 PM (U7Gpi)
312 Jalapeños on a hotdog?
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Why not? Not cheap-ass dogs, but good brats, or whatever..Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 09:02 PM (cPGH3)
313 301 Y'all who like a ton of stuff on your dogs... where do you find room?
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (cPGH3)
Put the filling in first. Then the dog on top.
You're welcome.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:03 PM (UarWD)
314 Cave diving is very dangerous. Those pics look amazing, but it’s very easy to stir up the soot on the floor and then you can’t see or find your way out. Happened to me back in my scuba days. I was lucky. Some divers aren’t.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:03 PM (aeiyZ)
315 I remember two o'clock trips to 7-11. Hotdogs with that nacho cheese and jalapeños on top. Just the thing when you are too drunk to go home and too late to get more beer.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:00 PM (D7oie)
Holy shit, that will clean you out (lol).
In certain instances, that sounds really good.
But you know you will pay...Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (ufFY8)
316 Macoroni and cheese is a side.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (bF7Q5)
317 301 Y'all who like a ton of stuff on your dogs... where do you find room?
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 08:59 PM (cPGH3)
Put the filling in first. Then the dog on top.
You're welcome.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:03 PM (UarWD)
The wet stuff will lead to complete bun collapse if you do that.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (8avO+)
318 The house is getting sprayed for spiders tomorrow.
The dog and I have to be out for four hours. I have no idea what we are going to do.
I'm actually thinking road trip. Since Mom passed, I've only been to the gas station 4 times this year.
There's a New York Fries on the highway rest stop area. I haven't been eating much so I think we may go and have poutine, which I haven't had in a decade.
Oh, by the way. Rest stops. Ontario, Canada has beautiful rest areas with restaurants, shops and amenities. I remember the one in Michigan just after the Ohio border. Restrooms. That's it.
And that's America. No one decided to monetize the rest areas. Create businesses. Anyways...Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (jvJvP)
319 You MAKE room
Posted by: Oldcat
You're right. Dogs ain't huge.
1st, this topping.
2nd, try this.
Damn! That was good! Try this with it...Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (cPGH3)
320 Are we allowed to make fun of the Pope's silly car?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:40 PM (UarWD)
He got the Bluesmobile?Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (VNX3d)
321 Take some Benadryl. I sez, it's my ears, not my eyes! He says the ear canal is very sensitive to irritants like pollen.
I think he's crazy but take the Benadryl anyway. Boom. I'm cured.
Posted by: IrishEi
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If you don't have a busted eardrum you can pour in either alcohol or white vinegar. A lotion with benzocaine (Americaine - prescription) will also help - good for infections too.
I buy benzocaine spay OTC, then spay it on a swab.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (lxWss)
323 The bun will lose structural integrity.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (bF7Q5)
324 Cave diving is very dangerous. Those pics look amazing, but it’s very easy to stir up the soot on the floor and then you can’t see or find your way out. Happened to me back in my scuba days. I was lucky. Some divers aren’t.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:03 PM (aeiyZ)
Heard someone say you never want anything overhead when diving.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (8avO+)
325 Alas it is very collectible now.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 08:54 PM (uvr++)
Meaning insanely expensive.
I wonder if they sell a hot toy kind of thing for it? Probably not as it is sort of obscure movie now, but that was a seriously cool ship.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (zZu0s)
326 The wet stuff will lead to complete bun collapse if you do that.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (8avO+)
With those cheepo hot dog buns.
I'm talking brat buns. Manly buns.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (UarWD)
327 I think Benz is probably pretty close to the truth on the delay in getting the Epstein list made public. There's no doubt in my mind that Epstein was an intel asset. This makes a lot of sense to me.
https://tinyurl.com/2s35tmd2Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (viF8m)
328
Don't believe me?
Roll up a slice of baloney, put it in a hot dog bun, drop a dab of mustard on it, take a bite. It's a hot dog.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (lxWss)
329 Pope Pangolin:
"We have a half a tank of gas, a full pack of cigarettes and it's 5000 miles to Chicago."Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (VJc7E)
330 Are we allowed to make fun of the Pope's silly car?
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 08:40 PM (UarWD)
He got the Bluesmobile?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (VNX3d)
As long as you remember he got that because commies tried to kill JPIIPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:07 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:07 PM (lxWss)
332 The wet stuff will lead to complete bun collapse if you do that.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (8avO+)
With those cheepo hot dog buns.
I'm talking brat buns. Manly buns.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (UarWD)
um..you might want to rephrase that.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (3wi/L)
334 The wet stuff will lead to complete bun collapse if you do that.
So THAT'S what happened to Brie Larsen.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (s8j++)
335 BTW I think anything on a bun is not good unless it has relish on it.
Preferably Essie's zucchini relish.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (cPGH3)
336 287
I watch some really stupid shit on youtube. I think it's killing me slowly.
You wouldn't believe how many "tool box tour" videos I've watched, for instance. Why do I care about other people's toolboxes?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 08:57 PM (lxWss)
I have an 80th anniversary Snap On Roll and Top chest I traded for a $600 generator 10 years ago.Posted by: jsg at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (Mx8RQ)
337 I remember two o'clock trips to 7-11. Hotdogs with that nacho cheese and jalapeños on top. Just the thing when you are too drunk to go home and too late to get more beer.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:00 PM (D7oie)
Holy shit, that will clean you out (lol).
In certain instances, that sounds really good.
But you know you will pay...
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at May 08, 2025 09:04 PM (ufFY
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For me it was a local diner in rural PA. Very hot waitress there, maybe 24 years old. I laid down my best game but she was very wary of arrogant college kids, especially those from nyc. I did not close the deal, sadly.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (aeiyZ)
338 And we'll Never know why hot dogs don't taste good in hamburger buns.
It is indeed a mystery but one of life's fundamental truths.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 09:09 PM (mH6SG)
339 I'm talking brat buns. Manly buns.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:06 PM (UarWD)
um..you might want to rephrase that.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:08 PM (8avO+)
Go on...Posted by: Pete Buttigege at May 08, 2025 09:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (uvr++)
341
I have an 80th anniversary Snap On Roll and Top chest I traded for a $600 generator 10 years ago.
Posted by: jsg
Sweet.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (lxWss)
Posted by: Florida International University Engineering dining hall at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (t6ibK)
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (NVNRw)
344 I see one listing on eBay, seller wants $425. Pass.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (uvr++)
Damn.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:11 PM (zZu0s)
345 343 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (NVNRw
Two for the doggo. Bread makes him fart.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:11 PM (UarWD)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:11 PM (lxWss)
347 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (NVNRw)
Narrator: tonight the role of Jerry Seifeld will be played by Ben Had.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (jvJvP)
349 Bill Gates throwing stones at Elon at DOGE just made me yell at the tv.
How dare he? What tf were you doing on the Lolita Express, Bill? Why did your wife divorce you? You’re a piece of shit.Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (mT+6a)
350 @327
>> This makes a lot of sense to me.
I know you know this but…
Fun Fact: Bill Barrs dad, yes that Bill Barr got Epstein his first job, and it was that same Bill Bar who was, as the AG, in charge of the Buearu of Prisons, where the most important prisoner in the US at the time, didn’t kill himself after the guards fell asleep and the cameras stopped working.
Quite a series of coincidences.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (XV/Pl)
351 Cave diving is very dangerous. Those pics look amazing, but it’s very easy to stir up the soot on the floor and then you can’t see or find your way out. Happened to me back in my scuba days. I was lucky. Some divers aren’t.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:03 PM (aeiyZ)
Heard someone say you never want anything overhead when diving.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (8avO+)
——
Truth, in large part because it’s hard to maintain a perfect “float” where you don’t go up or down. You tend to drift upwards, which would put you in the ceiling. And of course, if something goes wrong, you want to be able to just head up, back to the surface. Can’t do that in a cave.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (aeiyZ)
352 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Just find the lowest common multiple.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (bF7Q5)
353 Also disgusting: onion rolls/buns.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:11 PM (lxWss)
They always seem .... sticky and slightly damp.
*cue Paolo comment again*Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
354 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had
Big BunsPosted by: Fanni W. at May 08, 2025 09:13 PM (t6ibK)
355 Just find the lowest common multiple.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 09:12 PM (bF7Q5)
40 dogs is a lot of hot dog.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
356 The story of Lake Peigneur is really interesting. Went from fresh water to brackish and 10ft deep to 200.Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 08, 2025 09:13 PM (2NHgQ)
357
I think Costco hot dogs come in packs of 12. Well, 36 total.
So you'd need, what, 4.5 units of hot dog rolls.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:13 PM (lxWss)
358 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had
Big Buns
Sooo...you like big buns, and you cannot lie?Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 09:14 PM (s8j++)
359 Did you all not see " Bulletproof Monk"?Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:14 PM (NVNRw)
360 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
It's a conspiracy. Big Bun working with Big Wiener.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 09:14 PM (mH6SG)
361 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had
To allow for the occasional "double doge dare 'ya!"Posted by: Miklos Speculates at May 08, 2025 09:14 PM (t6ibK)
362 Holy crap, large classic poutine....
1920 calories...
111 grams of fat...
171 grams of carbs....
Sorry, I should convert this into American....Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:15 PM (jvJvP)
363 I did not like dry caving (where I discovered I had specific claustrophobia when my shoulders scrape on rock.)
Do not even want to think of swimming.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:15 PM (zZu0s)
364 @343
>> Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Because some big shots at the hotdog companies got together with some big shots at the bun companies and decided to screw everyone over.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 09:16 PM (XV/Pl)
365 269 279 What happened at Lake Peigneur...
Oh, I didn't know anything about that. (watches video)
Wow.Posted by: Bombadil at May 08, 2025 09:16 PM (MX0bI)
366 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:10 PM (NVNRw)
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Two out of every ten hot dogs are emotional support dogs?Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2025 09:16 PM (koYpX)
367 Why do hot dogs come in packages of ten and buns come in packages of 8?
Posted by: Ben Had
So you have some hot dogs to cut-up and use to make beans and franks with the leftover baked beans from your cookout?Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (aBgBM)
368 So, is the new Pope another 'progressive'? Or is he an actual Catholic?Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (i0F8b)
369 Are we allowed to make fun of the Pope's silly car?
Posted by: AlaBAMA
Not only allowed - it's required!Posted by: Tonypete at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (lCWOD)
371 Done a lot of crazy stuff, but cave diving and spunking are two things I won't do.Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (TFqvd)
372 Because the dog always gets 2 so everyone can laugh about it eating a hot dog. It's almost cannibalism.Posted by: jsg at May 08, 2025 09:18 PM (Mx8RQ)
373 Heh. He said 'spunking'. Heh.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:18 PM (zZu0s)
374 Two out of every ten hot dogs are emotional support dogs?
Posted by: ShainS
They go in with the beaniesPosted by: Miklos graduated from Home Ec at May 08, 2025 09:18 PM (t6ibK)
375 Spellunking?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 09:18 PM (bF7Q5)
376 It's a conspiracy. Big Bun working with Big Wiener.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
The Paolo, how you say - he works alone.Posted by: The Paolo at May 08, 2025 09:18 PM (cYBz/)
377 Just chiming in to make sure I'm here.
Re the new Chicago-Peruvian Pope
I don't think we're going to be getting another Reagan - Thatcher - Pope John Paul II force any time soon.Posted by: mindful webworker - not all there at May 08, 2025 09:19 PM (b/vRQ)
378 3 I did not like dry caving (where I discovered I had specific claustrophobia when my shoulders scrape on rock.)
Do not even want to think of swimming.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 09:15 PM (zZu0s)
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Try the Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam. Tourist attraction but few people can actually go through the tunnels without freaking out and bailing. They are very narrow, dimly lit, and go on forever. Very very claustrophobic.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:19 PM (aeiyZ)
379 368 So, is the new Pope another 'progressive'? Or is he an actual Catholic?
Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (i0F8b)
Kate at smalldeadanimals had a link to his positions.
Apparently he can be considered a centrist.
Sorry, too tired to look it up.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:19 PM (jvJvP)
380 I love you all. More wit and humor can't be found.Posted by: Ben Had at May 08, 2025 09:19 PM (NVNRw)
381 >>Cave diving is very dangerous. Those pics look amazing, but it’s very easy to stir up the soot on the floor and then you can’t see or find your way out. Happened to me back in my scuba days. I was lucky. Some divers aren’t.
When I was doing commercial diving in PR the water was so full of silt, oil, diesel and other crap we had to be tied to our buddy with a rope to the surface. You literally couldn't see more than a foot in front of your face. We dove with flashlights but they only illuminated a very small space and we were often under very big ships. It was like diving in ink.
Very easy to get disoriented and loose top from bottom and you never wanted to hit bottom in San Juan Harbor. Follow the bubbles.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:20 PM (viF8m)
382 Francis is currently lightening upPosted by: jsg at May 08, 2025 09:20 PM (Mx8RQ)
383 Very easy to get disoriented and loose top from bottom and you never wanted to hit bottom in San Juan Harbor.
Why? I'd think it would be coated with doubloons.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 09:21 PM (s8j++)
Posted by: Pope Francis at May 08, 2025 09:22 PM (s8j++)
385 and you never wanted to hit bottom in San Juan Harbor.
It is, how you say, an occupational hazard.Posted by: The Paolo at May 08, 2025 09:22 PM (cYBz/)
386 Apparently the etymology of Hot dog is traced to the using of Dog as a synonym for sausage because everyone assumed they used dog meat to make them.
Yikes.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:22 PM (UarWD)
387 Apparently he can be considered a centrist.
Sorry, too tired to look it up.
Posted by: Stateless
Just read the part in the middlePosted by: Evelyn Miklos-Wood's Sped redding clas at May 08, 2025 09:23 PM (t6ibK)
388 381 >>Cave diving is very dangerous. Those pics look amazing, but it’s very easy to stir up the soot on the floor and then you can’t see or find your way out. Happened to me back in my scuba days. I was lucky. Some divers aren’t.
When I was doing commercial diving in PR the water was so full of silt, oil, diesel and other crap we had to be tied to our buddy with a rope to the surface. You literally couldn't see more than a foot in front of your face. We dove with flashlights but they only illuminated a very small space and we were often under very big ships. It was like diving in ink.
Very easy to get disoriented and loose top from bottom and you never wanted to hit bottom in San Juan Harbor. Follow the bubbles.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:20 PM (viF8m)
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Yes. I dove at night once. Very cool but scary.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:24 PM (aeiyZ)
Posted by: Miklos is happy that it's Friday, at least at May 08, 2025 09:25 PM (t6ibK)
390 New Delhi: Indian security forces have captured a Pakistani pilot in Rajasthan's Lathi area after his JF-17 fighter jet was shot down near the border, India TV sources have confirmed. The wreckage of the aircraft was found near Jaisalmer, and a search operation is underway for any additional crew members or debris. Search is underway for another pilot of the Pakistan Army, sources said.
...
A day of pride for India. A day of shame for Pakistan's armed forces. Within a span of 25 minutes, our Army and Air Force destroyed terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) by launching missiles and drones. The headquarters of terror masterminds Hafiz Sayeed and Masood Azhar were reduced to rubble, deep inside Pakistani territory....
None of the past PMs managed to avenge the killings of our citizens in this manner. One of my friends from Goa sent me this famous Raaj Kumar dialogue: (I shall definitely kill you, but in my own time, with my own gun and my own bullet. Only the place shall belong to you).
'Mullah' General Asim Munir and his pet terror masterminds have now realised, what happened post-midnight was only a trailer.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:27 PM (lCWOD)
391
This place is amazing. I have laughed, learned many things (some I shouldn't have read, lol),
and I'm in awe at how kind and caring people are.Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (3ek7K)
392 368 So, is the new Pope another 'progressive'? Or is he an actual Catholic?
Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2025 09:17 PM (i0F8b)
Has he told the fags to get out and don't come back?
If not, why not?Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (R/m4+)
393 Wishing you all a restful evening. Gotta get some shuteye.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (UarWD)
Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (FZn/N)
395 >>Yes. I dove at night once. Very cool but scary.
Day job was teaching and doing tours including night dives which I really liked. A lot of different creatures come out at night. And there was usually some natural light from the moon and stars that would penetrate down to 25 - 30 feet on a clear night.
The commercial stuff was literally pitch black in 5 feet of water. Paid really well but not fun.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (viF8m)
396
No idea what "cave diving" is and I'm okay with that.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:29 PM (lxWss)
397 Hot dogs should be garnished with mustard, onion, chili, and coleslaw. You're welcome.Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2025 09:29 PM (XMwZJ)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:29 PM (lxWss)
Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (3ek7K)
400 >Yes. I dove at night once. Very cool but scary.
Day job was teaching and doing tours including night dives which I really liked. A lot of different creatures come out at night. And there was usually some natural light from the moon and stars that would penetrate down to 25 - 30 feet on a clear night.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (viF8m)
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Very coolPosted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (aeiyZ)
401 Spelunking is the exploration of caves especially as a hobby. Went to a meeting once, and all I could think about was Injun Joe stuck in a cave (from Tom Sawyer). Cold, wet, and crawling on your belly.
Nuh-uhPosted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (KY7HO)
402
WTF is "sour kraut?" A bitter German?
Really, I don't know what sauerkraut is, and don't wanna. It smells gross.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (lxWss)
403 Got certified and did some diving back in the day but there were scenarios I didn't want any part of.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 09:31 PM (mH6SG)
404 Francis is currently lightening up
Posted by: jsg at May 08, 2025 09:20 PM (Mx8RQ)
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Pining for the fjords?Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 09:31 PM (GlyvH)
405
WHY would anyone RUIN a perfectly good hot dog with sourkrauts?
That's all you taste. It's like onions, but 100X worse.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:31 PM (lxWss)
406
Has he told the fags to get out and don't come back?
If not, why not?
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM (R/m4+)
lots of stories about him, like Francis, failing to go after predatorsPosted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 09:31 PM (FZn/N)
407 Really, I don't know what sauerkraut is, and don't wanna. It smells gross.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (lxWss)
It is brined cabbage that is left to ferment. Tasty stuff.
I am planting 12 cabbages this year just so I can make krautPosted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:32 PM (D7oie)
408
Today is Victory Day.
On this day, in 1945, there were lots of happy, proud Americans, and lots of...
Sour Krauts!Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (lxWss)
409 Really, I don't know what sauerkraut is, and don't wanna. It smells gross.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:30 PM (lxWss)
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Pickled/fermented cabbage. Not to be confused with kimchi which is also pickled/fermented cabbage.Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (GlyvH)
410 Really, I don't know what sauerkraut is, and don't wanna. It smells gross.
Posted by: Soothsayer
Shirley, you jest. Fermented vegetables are the bomb!
Ask yer gut.
I've never met a fermented veggie I did not like... though I though the garlic lost something.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (cPGH3)
411
It is brined cabbage that is left to ferment. Tasty stuff.
I am planting 12 cabbages this year just so I can make kraut
Posted by: Kindltot
You irish people....
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (lxWss)
412 Dove once at night on vacation. I accidentally went up just as a woman came down, and my head went between her legs. I was mortified. I apologized later and she said, It was the highlight of my trip.Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 09:34 PM (KY7HO)
413 I do wonder . . . What would Hotdogs with kimchi be like?
"the only good hotdog has kimchi and gochujang sauce on it, Migug."Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:34 PM (D7oie)
414 Breaking911 on X:
Kash Patel at hearing: "I believe he [Epstein] hung himself in a cell in the Metropolitan Detention Center."
Cripes. Fuck.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:35 PM (Jp8LL)
415 402
WTF is "sour kraut?" A bitter German?
Really, I don't know what sauerkraut is, and don't wanna. It smells gross.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar
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Kim Chee, hold the spice.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 09:35 PM (/lPRQ)
416
Funny how "dove" is a bird, and "dove" is a verb.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:36 PM (lxWss)
417 408
Today is Victory Day.
On this day, in 1945, there were lots of happy, proud Americans, and lots of...
Sour Krauts!
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (lxWss)
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Including one sailor and a very kissable nurse.Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 09:36 PM (KY7HO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:36 PM (lCWOD)
419 It’s all Barbetomagic confusion!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 09:36 PM (YSv5G)
420 I buy benzocaine spay OTC, then spay it on a swab.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:05 PM (lCWOD)
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Good to know. Thanks!Posted by: IrishEi at May 08, 2025 09:37 PM (3ImbR)
421
You People love to smother your delicious meat with awful toppings. I happen to like the taste of, say, steak. No onions needed.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:37 PM (lxWss)
422 sauerkraut - very good on hotdogs - maybe called Chicago DogPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (lCWOD)
423 Pickled/fermented cabbage. Not to be confused with kimchi which is also pickled/fermented cabbage.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM (GlyvH)
Love kimchi.
Maybe for the road trip tomorrow, the dog and I will stop off in London, Ontario and pick some up.
They also have kimchi radishes at this one store. Amazing.
And when I was in South Korea, I knew I'd be back in Canada driving crazy kilometers to find the pickled yellow radishes they served with every meal. Those are the best.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (jvJvP)
424 If you a real treat try oyster kimchee.
You can put kimchee sauce on anything, it's not just for napa cabbage.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (/lPRQ)
425 One of the things I like about new pope is that his namesake composed the St. Michael Prayer.
I was moved to look up today’s feast day. It commemorates the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel at Gargano.Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (SCfSK)
426 Russian Victory Day Parade is tomorrow.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (Jp8LL)
427 Breaking911 on X:
Kash Patel at hearing: "I believe he [Epstein] hung himself in a cell in the Metropolitan Detention Center."
Cripes. Fuck.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp!
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Wise man.
Does not want to be suicided.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (/lPRQ)
428 sauerkraut - very good on hotdogs - maybe called Chicago Dog
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 09:38 PM (lCWOD)
Or a Milwaukeean Dog.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (SCfSK)
430 421 Kielbasa is awful without sauerkraut. There, I said it.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (Jp8LL)
431 404 Francis is currently lightening up
Posted by: jsg at May 08, 2025 09:20 PM (Mx8RQ)
That's such a nice way to say 'decomposing.'Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:40 PM (jvJvP)
432 Perfessor, technically, (akchuallly) kimchi is pretty much any vegetable lactofermented with lots and lots of chili and Doenjangguk (which is a soybean paste like miso, but definitely isn't miso because miso is Japanese) .
Napa cabbage is the main type of kimchi, as is daikon, or daikon leaves, but anything will do.
Hard core kimchi also has raw oysters, tiny shrimp and maybe baby octopuses in it too, it gives it a lot of "umami"
I am told the type of kimchi you make is dependent on the weather since during the hot summer it gets ripe too fast.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:40 PM (D7oie)
433 Sauerkraut on bratwurst.Posted by: davidt at May 08, 2025 09:40 PM (i0F8b)
434
sour kraut...
So it's onions, then?
(All that stuff is in the Onion Family of food I hate, as far I'm concerned.)Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:41 PM (lxWss)
435 wtf does all that mean
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His job will be to dig into those who weaponized govt and prosecute them. It will include identifying those falsely prosecuted and pardoning them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _
I like the sound of that, she said cautiously...Posted by: Adriane the Wholly Cow Critic . . . at May 08, 2025 09:41 PM (tcomi)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:41 PM (lxWss)
437 Sauerkraut is for brats.Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2025 09:43 PM (XMwZJ)
438 436
Over 400 comments wow.
Posted by: kallisto
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And not one 'judge' but lots of 'pope'.
I hear he can issue some sort of edicts to overrule the President too.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 09:43 PM (/lPRQ)
439 Good bass for the Maelstrom video: liked how it suddenly cut off. Guess they were wrong about “never die”. The fool’s path trends toward hell, turn around while you still can!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 09:43 PM (YSv5G)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:43 PM (lxWss)
441 430 421 Kielbasa is awful without sauerkraut. There, I said it.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (Jp8LL)
OOOhhhh Kielbasa. But yeah, sauerkraut makes the dish. I'm half Polish.
I miss Stuffed Green Peppers and Pigs in a Blanket. I don't know the Polish spellings.
Thanks Grandma. Miss you.Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:43 PM (jvJvP)
442 Yes. I dove at night once. Very cool but scary.
Never did such diving. Some golf in college.
Did some night putting.
With the daughter of the Dean.Posted by: Miklos was ALMOST an Extra in Caddyshack at May 08, 2025 09:45 PM (t6ibK)
443 Every viking movie has a Maelstrom or two.
Provided they go out to sea.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 09:45 PM (/lPRQ)
444 Kielbasa is good with or without sauerkraut.Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2025 09:46 PM (XMwZJ)
445 Sauerkraut is super healthy for the human bottayPosted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 09:47 PM (3JHlp)
446 All kielbasa is not the same. Grandma & grandpa made the best sausage. Beef and pork seasoned with salt, pepper and marjoram. Never had it smoked, grandpa stopped that process before I was born, the fresh was fabulous.Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at May 08, 2025 09:47 PM (2NHgQ)
447
Breaking911 on X:
Kash Patel at hearing: "I believe he [Epstein] hung himself in a cell in the Metropolitan Detention Center."
Cripes. Fuck.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp!
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This theory relies on government incompetence, not government evil genius, so give it a chance.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 09:48 PM (U7Gpi)
448 They're putting jokes on the back of bacon packages now. Listen to this one: Serving size 2 slices.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:49 PM (VNX3d)
449 448 roflmao!Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:50 PM (Jp8LL)
450 When Epstein hung himself, did he die?Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:50 PM (D7oie)
451 445 Sauerkraut is super healthy for the human bottay
Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 09:47 PM (3JHlp)
Kimchi is supposed to be full of probiotics or prebiotics or whatever.
I don't think what I get at Costco has that though. I imagine they sterilize it somehow.
The stuff from the Korean market, yeah. It was fizzing one time. And was amazing....Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (jvJvP)
452
However Epstein died whether suicide or murder, wouldn't there be photos when they investigated?
Oh wait, if there were they were destroyed, duh.Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (3ek7K)
453 YT channel for Moscow VDay Parade:
youtube.com/watch?v=QuE_e-0GlaI
Looks like they're replaying last year's video until tomorrow.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (Jp8LL)
454 All kielbasa is not the same. Grandma & grandpa made the best sausage. Beef and pork seasoned with salt, pepper and marjoram. Never had it smoked, grandpa stopped that process before I was born, the fresh was fabulous.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine
Most Murcan Kielbasa is Polski kielbasa. Good stuff. We slice and fry most of ours.
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (cPGH3)
455 They're putting jokes on the back of bacon packages now. Listen to this one: Serving size 2 slices.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:49 PM (VNX3d)
Regular or thick cut?Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (gKDq2)
456 Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:40 PM (D7oie)
I used to visit a dorm at seminary which housed a lot of Korean students. The smell of kimchee was all over the place. Some of the non Korean students did not enjoy that aspect of living in the dorm, as nice and interesting as the Korean students were.Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 09:53 PM (JqvmG)
457 Not to be confused with kimchi which is also pickled/fermented cabbage.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 09:33 PM
Imma need to make a new batch soon.Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 08, 2025 09:54 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Mikloszczewski at May 08, 2025 09:54 PM (t6ibK)
459 They're putting jokes on the back of bacon packages now. Listen to this one: Serving size 2 slices.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:49 PM (VNX3d)
Regular or thick cut?
Posted by: RickZ at May 08, 2025 09:52 PM (gKDq2)
I suppose both.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 09:54 PM (VNX3d)
460 459 I remember an AoSHQ phase, so long ago, when every bacon reference was automatically hilarious.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:56 PM (Jp8LL)
Posted by: Paolo at May 08, 2025 09:56 PM (t6ibK)
462 Kielbasa, cabbage, onions, peppers, tomatoes. Cook in a skillet.
That's a fine meal right there. A favorite of mine.Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 09:57 PM (K9xEt)
463 Fenelon, the rule is "everyone eats kimchi or someone is unhappy"
There was a Korean grad student who lived down from ne for a while, his apartment was amazing in that it smelled like kimchi, garlic, dried squid, and he chain smoked.
Nice guy.Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:57 PM (D7oie)
464 "Including one sailor and a very kissable nurse."
Think that happened on VJ Day.
Trump does some weird things - so far all of them harmless, often funny - but "Victory Day" (VE Day) was not final victory for the Allies, and esp. for the ally doing 98% of the work against Japan. So, a weird and historically clunky thing to proclaim.
Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2025 09:58 PM (1m82a)
465 If someone, a long time ago, was clever, they would've invented a sammich called the Cold Cat.
Posted by: Soothsayer
A mis-spelling one time to 'Cold Cuts' and it stuck forever.Posted by: The Paolo at May 08, 2025 09:58 PM (cYBz/)
466 Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 09:39 PM (SCfSK
Not usually this busy on cafe threads. Hot dogs and buns and various toppings got their chatty juices flowing.Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 09:58 PM (JqvmG)
467 Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 09:28 PM
I did one night dive years ago, right after I got qualified. Very cool. Squid, other critters. A bit stressful for a newbie, though.Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 08, 2025 09:58 PM (Wnv9h)
468 Will be watching the Victor Day happenings on Red Square as always. Don't really expect any Uke drones to spoil the fun.Posted by: rhomboid at May 08, 2025 09:59 PM (1m82a)
Posted by: Miklos is Dissapoint at May 08, 2025 09:59 PM (t6ibK)
470
A mis-spelling one time to 'Cold Cuts' and it stuck forever.
Posted by: The Paolo
Hmmm, this sounds quite plausible...Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 09:59 PM (lxWss)
471 dried squid, and he chain smoked.
Nice guy.
Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 09:57 PM (D7oie)
I bought candied squid when I was in South Korea.
I'm not a fussy eater but ugghhhh. And the smell...Posted by: Stateless...25% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (jvJvP)
472 445 Sauerkraut is super healthy for the human bottay
Posted by: kallisto
Buy it in the deli - non PasteurizedPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (lxWss)
474 Mike Lee
@BasedMikeLee
These are the final words of my great-great grandfather, John D. Lee, immediately before his firing-squad execution on March 23, 1877:
“Center my heart, boys. Don’t mangle my body.”
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There's a pic at the link:
https://tinyurl.com/5n93rn9d
Posted by: IrishEi at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (3ImbR)
475 ONT is nood.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (zZu0s)
476 Catholic Church is much like the GOP. Its “leaders” give zero fucks about the wishers of their constituents and work to harm the people they supposedly represent.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 10:00 PM (ImXfC)
477 "weird and historically clunky"
Someday we'll be able to just say, frankly, without guardedness, "false."
The guy says false things.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 10:01 PM (Jp8LL)
478 Cripes. Fuck.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 09:35 PM (Jp8LL)
Hung instead of hanged? One despairs.Posted by: night lifted at May 08, 2025 10:02 PM (FZn/N)
479 As they were, so was I, come Pilgrim, turnabout, turnabout NOW! For God’s sake and Jesu’s Bones, I’m begging you, with tears in my eyes, TURNABOUT NOW - All following, Heave to the Line as you Clear, those already leading, Lead on!
Nos morituri, Kyrie, de profundis clamavi! Salve nos Rex!
May God forgive my foolishness, my poor seamanship, and my self-taught Latin (and worse Greek!), and my Fallen Nature. Amen.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 10:15 PM (YSv5G)
Quick Hits
It's official: The FBI is investigating Letitia James for repeatedly falsifying her financial and real estate records on her mortgage applications.
I hope they hit her with 35 counts of fraud, one for every single signature.
The FBI has opened a formal criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud after a request to investigate James was sent to the Department of Justice last month by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte.
According to a report from the New York Post citing a source familiar with the matter, the investigation into James is being led by US Attorney John Sarcone III, who has been an ally of President Donald Trump.
James allegedly "falsified records" that enabled her to get more favorable loans on a home in Virginia that she purchased in 2023, according to the letter to the DOJ from Pulte.
The referral from Pulte stated, "Based on media reports, Ms. Letitia James has, in multiple instances, falsified bank documents and property records to acquire government backed assistance and loans and more favorable loan terms. This has potentially included 1) falsifying residence status for a Norfolk, Virginia-based home in order to secure a lower mortgage rate and 2) misrepresenting property descriptions to meet stringent requirements for government backed loans and government assistance."
It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of.
Columbia did a better job handling the pro-Hamas activists on campus yesterday than it has previously. In the evening nearly 80 students who had refused to identify themselves were arrested.
...
Hopefully, at some point during booking, the headscarves were removed and mugshots were taken of all of them.
But arrests of leftwing criminals mean nothing in Alvin Bragg's Manhattan. The last time police arrested violent Hamas terrorist kidnappers -- they kidnapped janitors in a Columbia building -- Alvin Bragg dropped charges for 31 of 46 offenders, claiming it would be too difficult to prosecute them.
But there is a Back-Up Plan, if the local Soros prosecutor protects terrorists:
Secretary Marco Rubio
@SecRubioWe are reviewing the visa status of the trespassers and vandals who took over Columbia University's library.
Pro-Hamas thugs are no longer welcome in our great nation.
Trump strikes a trade deal with the UK, opening it -- supposedly -- to imports of US beef.We'll see if they really do open their markets or if this is another stab-in-the-back from our European "allies." Really our ungrateful bratty dependent Goth teenagers.
The announcement allows the sale of U.S. beef into the U.K. for the first time in decades and ensures an increase in the purchase of Boeing commercial jetliners.
Flanked by Vice President J.D. Vance and on a conference call with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, President Donald Trump announced an agreement "worth billions of dollars" with the U.K. that reconfigures tariff prices on goods, expands the market for American farmers and ranchers, and added a phalanx of Boeing jetliners to that nation's commercial fleet.
The Trump White House called it "a breakthrough" and "a good deal."
The "unprecedented" deal not only includes U.S. tariffs but also a reduction in tariffs by the U.K. The deal introduces a reset of the baseline framework for trade, which will create a $5 billion in exports opportunities for American farmers, ranchers, and other producers can sell into the U.K. That includes beef.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that the beef deal with "exponentially" increase the amount of beef that ranchers sell.
Guess who's funding the "grassroots uprising"?
Dozens of lefty groups behind the country's supposedly "grassroots" May Day protests have been largely bankrolled by two billionaires and a dark-money network of progressive nonprofits.More than $500 million from Swiss billionaire Hansjorg Wyss' organizations, hedge-fund tycoon George Soros' Open Society Foundations and the dark-money Arabella network flowed to the progressive groups between fiscal years 2016 and 2023, according to an analysis shared with The Post.
The funding wasn't intended for the May Day protests per se, but it has been propping up many of the self-styled "grassroots" progressive activist groups over time.
"The hypocrisy of the May Day protests is glaring," said Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, to The Post.
"These organizations project the illusion of being driven by everyday Americans, but in reality, they're being bankrolled by some of the biggest dark-money megadonors in politics."
Starting Thursday, on May Day, organizers put together more than 1,000 protests across the country to demonstrate against President Trump, activity that spilled into the weekend.
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The "50501" movement -- or "50 protests, 50 states, 1" effort, an anti-Trump organization that formed in January -- is widely credited for trying to move that international energy into the US by orchestrating the widespread stateside protests last week.
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About three dozen of the participating groups have raked in about $293.6 million from Wyss' groups, $47 million from the Arabella network and $194.2 million from Soros' Open Society Foundations, according to an assessment reviewed and checked by The Post.
Some of the most prominent left-wing activist groups in the anti-Trump demonstrations last week were the Sunrise Movement, Indivisible and Planned Parenthood.
...
Because of his Swiss citizenship, Wyss, 89, is precluded from donating to US political candidates. But he has emerged as a top backer of lefty causes in America nonetheless, by pumping cash into dark-money groups.
DRUMPF!!! is pushing that dangerous racist school choice policy. The policy that is good for students and parents, but which is objected to by the teachers unions because it would force them to allow their worst-performing teachers to be fired.
Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
@DeAngelisCoreyBREAKING: The Department of Education just released guidance on school choice options for kids stuck in "persistently dangerous" public schools.
States must establish a list of "persistently dangerous" schools.
Districts MUST provide a school choice option for these kids
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act requires states to provide school choice options for kids:
* In "persistently dangerous" schools
* Victims of violent criminal offenses at school
This is the absolute stupidity that Trump's cabinet has to deal with.
— Gunther Eagleman� (@GuntherEagleman) May 7, 2025
This NY Democrat can barely speak English, has to be fed questions to ask by her staffer, and tries to imply that she deserves to know critical tariff negotiation details.
Bessent couldn't help but to laugh. pic.twitter.com/trKZ2pV5pw
JUST IN: FBI Director Kash Patel absolutely torches former Trump impeachment manager Dem Rep. Madeleine Dean to her face.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 7, 2025
🔥🔥🔥
Dean: "When can I, a former impeachment manager, expect the FBI at my door?"
Patel: "You want to know who was targeted by a weaponized FBI? Me."� pic.twitter.com/01a7Cw1XhkFunniest possible reaction to the new pope pic.twitter.com/G8kTd2wT6Q
— polycarp ☨ (@Monocarp_) May 8, 2025Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1 "The FBI has opened a formal criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud after a request to investigate James was sent to the Department of Justice last month by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte."
Irony can be pretty ironic at times.Posted by: Captain Buck Murdock at May 08, 2025 06:10 PM (e5NfL)
2 Crazy Ivan.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 06:10 PM (e5NfL)
3 Uh oh, I busted the blog again.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 06:11 PM (e5NfL)
4 Lock this commie pig up. 🐖Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (+KT1q)
5 OK, why are we exporting Beef when Steaks here are $20 a lbs? TWICE what they were 3 years ago?
or is that just a Calif problem?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (QAkQ3)
6 Beef, it's what's for tea time.Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (Vyll1)
7 Willard the willowed...Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 06:14 PM (8uzBS)
8 This is a test.
Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
9 Trump strikes a trade deal with the UK, opening it -- supposedly -- to imports of US beef.
Given that the UK government seems to be, stupidly, trying to run all of its domestic farmers out of business, it might be genuine.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (ExV1e)
10 This Velazquez twat, she's a bit of an idiot, isn't she?
["twat" pronounced exactly like Paul Joseph Watson say it.]Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:16 PM (a4NoL)
11 I think Claire Shipman is talking tough for Columbia bc she knows Alvin Bragg will never charge anyone. As for the deportations, she's probably happy they're out. She is not going to sacrifice federal money for them or their funders.Posted by: PJ at May 08, 2025 06:16 PM (RRCAT)
12 Which planet is the 7th District of New York on?Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 06:16 PM (PiwSw)
13 Does she get a plea deal? Give her $200,000.00 and let's forget the whole thing. Justice!Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 06:17 PM (OrSPY)
14 This guy on Fox says the cardinals picked an American as pope, in part, because the church is broke and they’re hoping the damned American capitalists will come up with enough cash to fund their empty pension plans.Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2025 06:17 PM (GITLP)
15 12 Which planet is the 7th District of New York on?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 06:16 PM (PiwSw)
UranusPosted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:17 PM (xcxpd)
16 Can we haz trade deal with a beef producer?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (bF7Q5)
17 What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
1. Is she cute?
2. Are you wearing a dress or something to explain the stare?Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (ExV1e)
18
Interesting article at the Daily Mail about the new pope and how he feels about Trump and Vance. Past twitter messages have come out.Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 06:19 PM (0HaGk)
20 8 This is a test.
Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
Today? I'd start looking for her pimp. Or her kid. Or both.
20 years ago, I'd ask her if I can buy her a drink.Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (xcxpd)
21 What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
I fill up the tank and get on with life.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (a4NoL)
22 It's about time some Democrat/ Marxist is getting hit with fraudPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (ypFCm)
23 Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
Ask her how many times she's been to see Lyle Lovett in concert.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (uWKK8)
24 OK, I'll start out by saying I don't think we should allow Dual Citizens at all... but...
They certainly should not hold Federal Public Office... the Founders were clear that they had to be US Citizens, but also said that to be a US Citizen you HAD TO GIVE UP all other citizenships... it was that way until the Supreme Court decided they Ruled in citizenship matters in 1967.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (QAkQ3)
25 Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
_________________________
"Since when did they start putting smokes and beers in a Happy Meal? Is this a limited time deal like McRibbs?"
(How'd I do?)Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 06:21 PM (dIske)
26 18
Interesting article at the Daily Mail about the new pope and how he feels about Trump and Vance. Past twitter messages have come out.
Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (3ek7K)
I could not care less what Leo14 thinks about Trump or Vance.
I care if he is a Catholic, and believes in the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ.
My prayer for him is that he find the Church's balls, wherever Francis hid them, and commences to do Catholic things, and speak authoritatively about Catholic things, and be the leader the Church needs.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (a4NoL)
27 Secretary Marco Rubio
@SecRubio
We are reviewing the visa status of the trespassers and vandals who took over Columbia University's library.
Pro-Hamas thugs are no longer welcome in our great nation.
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Federal judges have been illegally re-writing and expanding immigration law to require that student visas cannot be revoked unless they have been arrested or convicted of a crime.
The statute merely requires that Rubio, as Secretary of State, state he finds they engaged in conduct that is detrimental to foreign relations.
It doesn't require him to state what they did, nor how it was or why it was.
Yet, the judge-kings are issuing illegal orders, in clear violation of the law, that the Secretary of State must not only state what they did, but also why and how it was detrimental and--additionally!--that the conduct was not protected by the 1st Amendment.Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (OmKmS)
28 One week ago, Steve Bannon was on the Piers Morgan show and predicted correctly who the new Pope would be and that it would happen on V-E Day.Posted by: A Regular Nostrildamus at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (G5+As)
29
I fill up the tank and get on with life.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (a4NoL)
Me too.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 06:23 PM (42Vb+)
30 Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025
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Sounds like the start to a South Texas version of Double Indemnity or Body Heat.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:23 PM (omVj0)
31 Read somewhere that the NY Dems in latest budget snuck in provision to cover Jame's legal fees.Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2025 06:23 PM (FxH7T)
32 Sounds like the start to a South Texas version of Double Indemnity or Body Heat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:23 PM (omVj0)
Dear Penthouse, you'll never believe....Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (QAkQ3)
33 Yet, the judge-kings are issuing illegal orders, in clear violation of the law, that the Secretary of State must not only state what they did, but also why and how it was detrimental and--additionally!--that the conduct was not protected by the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (OmKmS)
Visa holders are foreign citizens, and thus they have no First Amendment rights.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (a4NoL)
34 She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
Just how fat is she?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (OrSPY)
36 I just rewatched Double Indemnity.
Their plan was really not a good plan.
But I would probably do stupid things for Barbara.Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 06:25 PM (0HaGk)
37 Sounds like the start to a South Texas version of Double Indemnity or Body Heat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025
*
Dear Penthouse, you'll never believe....
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025
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Just keep in mind that things for the male protagonist in both movies did not end well. . . .Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:25 PM (omVj0)
38 There still hasn't been a decision on Trump's appeal of the case by NYS against him for "fraud". The decisions usually come down within 60 days of the arguments. Not here. Tells me the ct knows it was BS but is hoping events take the decision out of their handsPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:25 PM (vmkyp)
39 This is a test.
Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
Sign a trade deal that brings in 10 billion dollars of steel annually.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:25 PM (8avO+)
40 34 She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK)
Just how fat is she?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (l3YAf)
I'd start singing... 'All... my Exes live in Texas'...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:25 PM (QAkQ3)
41 The FBI has opened a formal criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James
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When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)
42 Ed Martin for next SCOTUS justice.Posted by: Slow Learner at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (dZG6s)
43 a 500 yard stare isn't a dickwant stare...I'm guessing she sees something interesting that ain't youPosted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (8uzBS)
44 When some of the people in Trump's administration are being questioned by Democrats on Capitol Hill, they look as if they're thinking, "Why do I have to deal with this rude jerk?/"
Kash Patel basically expressed that. Scott Bessent just laughed. I do like Scott Bessent.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (42Vb+)
45 When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)
{{shudder}}}Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (VE6XX)
46 I just rewatched Double Indemnity.
Their plan was really not a good plan.
But I would probably do stupid things for Barbara.
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025
***
A fantastic movie, with an even better last scene than it source novel. But I've never understood why Walter (MacMurray) would be *that* crazy about Phyllis (Barbara's character). She's striking, and maybe (offscreen) she was a wildcat in the sack. But I've never found her hot.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (omVj0)
47 Clarification question:
Is Maisey the smoking, drinking, staring harlot standing next to a gas pump. Because if she is, I hightail it out of there before we all become flaming projectiles careening over the countryside.Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (dIske)
48 The FBI has opened a formal criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James
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When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)
Come now. Aliens wouldn't even probe Fani Willis or Letitia James.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (VNX3d)
49 If you can’t speak English without an accent, you don’t belong in Congress.
That includes you, Bernie.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (l3YAf)
50 "She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T"
I yell "Hi Ben Had!".Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (vFG9F)
51 This guy on Fox says the cardinals picked an American as pope, in part, because the church is broke and they’re hoping the damned American capitalists will come up with enough cash to fund their empty pension plans.
Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2025 06:17 PM (GITLP)
Catholics are broke. LOL.
The English funded the Empire on what they stole from the Catholics for hundreds of years.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (8avO+)
52 Come now. Aliens wouldn't even probe Fani Willis or Letitia James.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (VNX3d)
It's the smell that puts them off.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (a4NoL)
53 Interesting article at the Daily Mail about the new pope and how he feels about Trump and Vance. Past twitter messages have come out.
Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (3ek7K)
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Not interesting to me. I'm much more interested in his defense of Catholic doctrine than mean tweets.
From what I've seen, he's much more orthodox than Francis (admittedly a low bar), but if he merely allows the TLM to flourish and defends traditional doctrine, that's a huge win.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
54 46 I just rewatched Double Indemnity.
Their plan was really not a good plan.
But I would probably do stupid things for Barbara.
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025
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A fantastic movie, with an even better last scene than it source novel. But I've never understood why Walter (MacMurray) would be *that* crazy about Phyllis (Barbara's character). She's striking, and maybe (offscreen) she was a wildcat in the sack. But I've never found her hot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (omVj0)
Well...that's odd.
But putting that aside, do you believe horndog Walter found her that hot?Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (xcxpd)
55 If you can’t speak English without an accent, you don’t belong in Congress.
That includes you, Bernie.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025
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The Velasquez woman sounds like she should be saying things like, "Chould I clean la living room now, Senora?"Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)
56 The English funded the Empire on what they stole from the Catholics for hundreds of years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (8avO+)
Every time we watch something on BritBox and it involves a church, DH yells "Give it Back!"Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (a4NoL)
57 33 Yet, the judge-kings are issuing illegal orders, in clear violation of the law, that the Secretary of State must not only state what they did, but also why and how it was detrimental and--additionally!--that the conduct was not protected by the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (OmKmS)
Visa holders are foreign citizens, and thus they have no First Amendment rights.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:24 PM (a4NoL)
Ah, but the Supremes have decided that only THEY get to define 'due process'...
So the old Process, established by Law decades ago, and never overturned by prior courts... is now changed at whim by the 'new' Courts.
Because, YOU WILL RESPEHCT MUH DUE PROCESS AUTHOHITY!Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (QAkQ3)
58 I wonder if you wonder.Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (KRtlO)
59 The Velasquez woman sounds like she should be saying things like, "Chould I clean la living room now, Senora?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)
"No, dear, just keep swamping out those toilets, there's a good girl."Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:30 PM (a4NoL)
Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (8uzBS)
61 The Pope's an American?
BFD. So's Hilary, all the Bidens, John F##ing Kerry and loads of others.
Don't mean a thing. He's not a Jesuit, and that's the only good thing I've heard about him. I'll give him time. Maybe he'll preach about... I don't know... the Church, our Redeemer, and Faith?Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (cPGH3)
62 The Velasquez woman sounds like she should be saying things like, "Chould I clean la living room now, Senora?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:29 PM (omVj0)
50 pesos igual que en la ciudad.
(50 Pesos, same as in town).Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (QAkQ3)
63 Fani Willis is a farce, why bother with her. James needs to go down, reason Bondi is doing thatPosted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (YCxFk)
64 Well...that's odd.
But putting that aside, do you believe horndog Walter found her that hot?
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Cain's description of her in the novel makes her sound magnetic and hot, and there we can understand Walter losing his head. But Stanwyck's casting just does not zing me. I'm trying to think of other actresses of 1944 who would, and could also act (so I think we can skip the mention of Veronica Lake).Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (omVj0)
65 How can this be wrong? All of my friends do it...Posted by: Letitia James at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Ciampino - cute but no at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (sPQoU)
68 Of course that lying c*nt Dean repeated the lie about J6ers beating and killing cops. Only two people were killed that day, Ashli Babbit and Roseann Boylan, both by the cops.Posted by: Butch at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (98xTj)
69 I am guardedly hopeful about Pope Leo XV and will pray for himPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (rT96s)
70 Read somewhere that the NY Dems in latest budget snuck in provision to cover Jame's legal fees.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2025 06:23 PM (FxH7T)
Trump should sidle up to her, tell her sign this guilty plea and we will give you a light sentence if you run up huge legal bills for NY to pay and retire.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (8avO+)
71 From what I've seen, he's much more orthodox than Francis (admittedly a low bar), but if he merely allows the TLM to flourish and defends traditional doctrine, that's a huge win.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
This, please.
I tire of going to Mass and finding out it's the Father Show.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (a4NoL)
72 Catholics are broke. LOL.
The English funded the Empire on what they stole from the Catholics for hundreds of years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (8avO+)
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Not true. There are many subdivisions of the Church, from the parish to the diocese and metropolitans and bishops' conferences, various orders and then the Vatican itself.
Americans have been boycotting everything above the diocese for years because of Francis. So yes, the Vatican is hard up, but that was Francis' doing.
As for the Brits, they ran through those estates pretty quick, which is why they conquered India and stuff. Empires are quite profitable.
BTW, the latest news is that young, church-going Catholics outnumber Anglicans by a margin of 2 to 1. It's only a matter of time before we get Canterbury back.
BTW, have they found a new archbishop yet?Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)
73 This representative, Nydia Velázquez, what country does she represent and why is she on a panel with United States representatives?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (lCWOD)
74 Ask her if she needs help.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (U7Gpi)
See, now you're a good personPosted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (xcxpd)
75 Pro abortion Catholic US Senators in America love it. Durbin, Kerry etc...Posted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (YCxFk)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (lg881)
77
I wasn't clear on what the issue is. He doesn't approve of Maryland man being deported, he thinks it is terrible children are being locked in cages, which Trump is not doing, and other things about illegals.Posted by: four seasons at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (3ek7K)
78 When did popes begin the tradition of taking a special pope name?Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (omVj0)
79 The Pope's an American?
BFD. So's Hilary, all the Bidens, John F##ing Kerry and loads of others.
Don't mean a thing. He's not a Jesuit, and that's the only good thing I've heard about him. I'll give him time. Maybe he'll preach about... I don't know... the Church, our Redeemer, and Faith?
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (cPGH3)
You must be fun at parties.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (8avO+)
80 Leo the XIV I think.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (bF7Q5)
81 68 Of course that lying c*nt Dean repeated the lie about J6ers beating and killing cops. Only two people were killed that day, Ashli Babbit and Roseann Boylan, both by the cops.
Posted by: Butch at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (98xTj)
The very idea that Politicians or Cops can legally lie to us Citizens, but that if a normy lies to them, they can go to Jail... is so bass ackwards its beyond the absurd.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (QAkQ3)
82 >>>So yes, the Vatican is hard up
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Down to it's last trillion? Vatican/Rome has more money than some nations.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (lCWOD)
83 Jeanine Pirro to be interim US Att'y for DC. She's a TV person, right?Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (Y+sVZ)
84 Cain's description of her in the novel makes her sound magnetic and hot, and there we can understand Walter losing his head. But Stanwyck's casting just does not zing me. I'm trying to think of other actresses of 1944 who would, and could also act (so I think we can skip the mention of Veronica Lake).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:31 PM (omVj0)
Taste varies.
I'd love it if Ella Raines got the role.Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (xcxpd)
85 As for the Brits, they ran through those estates pretty quick, which is why they conquered India and stuff. Empires are quite profitable.
BTW, the latest news is that young, church-going Catholics outnumber Anglicans by a margin of 2 to 1. It's only a matter of time before we get Canterbury back.
BTW, have they found a new archbishop yet?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (ZOv7s)
Loot from Spain n France.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (8avO+)
86 I listened to the Bessent thing and if that congress idiot thought she was scoring points, she's sadly mistaken.
It is unbelievable we have such intellectually vacuous people in positions of power.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (tT6L1)
87 Does badass Lee Atwater have a son or daughter?Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (aqa7Z)
88
I doubt the Columbia trespassers will suffer much in court, but being expelled or deported will hurt immensely. Being sent back home or cut off from networks that lead to cush lefty political jobs in America means something unspeakable, like learning to code or driving an Uber.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (xcxpd)
90 This, please.
I tire of going to Mass and finding out it's the Father Show.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (a4NoL)
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I have not been to a TLM, but want to go to one. It's clearly speaking to young people, and as a missionary, I hope Pope Leo will respect its appeal in his home nation.
I'm also going to say that having an American pope is kind of a big deal because it is creating a truly global Church, not one tethered to Italian seminaries (which, according to Pope Francis, are filled with faggotry.)Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
91 Bessent is like Billy Bob Thorton in the saloon poker game in Tombstone.
Jesus Christ, it's like I'm playing card with my brothers kids. You nerve racking sons a bitchesPosted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM (FxH7T)
92 Jeanine Pirro to be interim US Att'y for DC. She's a TV person, right?
Posted by: t-bird
Yeah. Sharp. Pretty. Right in Trump's wheelhouse.
SighPosted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM (cPGH3)
93 This guy on Fox says the cardinals picked an American as pope, in part, because the church is broke and they’re hoping the damned American capitalists will come up with enough cash to fund their empty pension plans.
Posted by: SMOD
I hope rich leftists cultural catholics in the USA divert their donations from abortion clinics and terror groups to the ChurchPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM (viF8m)
95 The lie J6ers killed a number of police has gone on for years they believe itPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM (ypFCm)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (paSBy)
97 76 "The violent rioters who beat and killed Capitol police officers".
Wut?
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (lg881)
Patel should have picked up on that right away, but I think he was too pissed off at her accusing him of perjury at the same time.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (uWKK8)
98 But Stanwyck's casting just does not zing me. I'm trying to think of other actresses of 1944 who would, and could also act (so I think we can skip the mention of Veronica Lake).
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025
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Taste varies.
I'd love it if Ella Raines got the role.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025
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A Brave image search urges me to concur. In several stills she has this level look that suggests "If you're smart, you'll pass me by . . . but you're not smart, are you?"Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (omVj0)
99 The Ordinariate of Canterbury.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (l3YAf)
100
Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare.
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This would be an easier decision if she was driving a flatbed Ford.Posted by: The Eagles at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (XeU6L)
101 I think this Pope will be a great improvement over the previous disaster. He took the name Leo, which means a great deal in the Church. Leo13 wrote the St. Michael prayer, because he had a vision of Satan in the Sanctuary, and knew also the power of prayer. Leo also foresaw many of the disasters of the past century and knew we would need some serious exorcism prayers to fight them.
Leo14 must see something. I don't know what. But the choice of names is telling.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
102 Are we supposed to forget that it was Catholic Charities and the filthy Lutherans who flooded our country with unsavory thugs from every shithole from Haiti to Somalia?
Did the same kiddie diddler Bishops sit on both counsels?
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (wBaIH)
103 Sorry my phone typoing is legendaryPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (rT96s)
104 A Brave image search urges me to concur. In several stills she has this level look that suggests "If you're smart, you'll pass me by . . . but you're not smart, are you?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (omVj0)
I implore you to rent or watch 'Tall in the Saddle' with her and John Wayne. She's a fireball.Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (xcxpd)
105 Am hearing here in Chicago that new pope is very pro life, much more than FrancisPosted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (YCxFk)
106 Dean: "When can I, a former impeachment manager, expect the FBI at my door?"
I love their standard. If I am your political opponent, it is illegal for you to investigate me for any crime.Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (4/l8P)
107 This would be an easier decision if she was driving a flatbed Ford.
Posted by: The Eagles at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (XeU6L)
That was in Winslow, AZ. A long way from Texas.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (a4NoL)
108 Down to it's last trillion? Vatican/Rome has more money than some nations.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (lCWOD)
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It's fallen out of favor of late, but time was that all those gold chalices could be converted into ready coin to fight the peaceful Muslims trying to kill everyone.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (ZOv7s)
109 All of these actions surrounding Trump and I'm reminded often of the Bible and the Godfather movie.Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (87kz2)
110 Libs of TikTok@libsoftiktok
BREAKING: Sam Sueoka, a King County Public Defender, was reportedly one of the individuals arrested during the violent Antifa protests at the University of Washington.
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NTTAWWTPosted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (L/fGl)
111 When did popes begin the tradition of taking a special pope name?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (omVj0)
At a guess, Pius I in 140 AD certainly had to be a name taken up. Don't think many kids were named Pius. If I remembered more Latin or knew Greek another might take its place, but he's only the 10th pope.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (TSfHI)
113 Am hearing here in Chicago that new pope is very pro life, much more than Francis
Trust me, I'm a little more "pro-life" at the moment. I had no idea an ass could hurt so much...Posted by: Zombie Pope Frankie at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (TSEVy)
114 Sorry my phone typoing is legendary
Posted by: vmom
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I seem to have some kind of Misspell Check virsu.Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (XeU6L)
115 Was that a bra that was tossed up by those kids at the Pope announcement?Posted by: pawn at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (QB+5g)
116 I need to start an NGO and start profitting from all that sweet, sweet graft.
I'm guessing there weren't any hotties in the Columbia protests.
I did go to the dentist fir my cleaning today. Middle Eastern girl. She was actually really sweet. And even with the mask, kind of hot.Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (jvJvP)
117 Dean: "When can I, a former impeachment manager, expect the FBI at my door?"
I love their standard. If I am your political opponent, it is illegal for you to investigate me for any crime.
Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (4/l8P)
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After Leticia James, I'm assuming Dean has done something which requires the FBI to show up at his door.Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (tT6L1)
118 Leo14 must see something. I don't know what. But the choice of names is telling.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Thanks for that. I shouldn't pre-judge based upon about 12 hours of internet exploration.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (cPGH3)
119 56 The English funded the Empire on what they stole from the Catholics for hundreds of years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (8avO+)
Every time we watch something on BritBox and it involves a church, DH yells "Give it Back!"
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Only reason the church has clean hands because it wore gloves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (lCWOD)
120 Interim US Attorney's ? We need one confirmed for the next 3 1/2 yearsPosted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (YCxFk)
121 I yell "Hi Ben Had!".
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (vFG9F)
F**kin' A! This is the best answer!Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (h7ZuX)
122 It was when Mercurius in 533 became pope, he decided his name was too paganPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (rT96s)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (TSfHI)
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (l3YAf)
125 Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare.
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This would be an easier decision if she was driving a flatbed Ford.
Posted by: The Eagles at May 08, 2025
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So she was headed east and south when she slowed down to take a look at you?Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (omVj0)
126 Welp, gonna have to check on how we scored according to Macus later.
Off to walk the dogs.
See some of you morons at the MoMe Saturday!Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (xcxpd)
127 She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on.
Posted by: Marcus T
So.
You have met DarleenPosted by: Miklos advises caution at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (t6ibK)
128
The murderer of Daniel Pearl killed, thank you India.
What a shame on George Bush, what a shame on all of our agencies who were involved and did NOTHING. What a shame on us for allowing them to get away with doing NOTHING.
India, thank you. And thank you for showing the world how to respect terrorists.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (lCWOD)
129 The lie J6ers killed a number of police has gone on for years they believe it
Posted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:36 PM
And a brave DC cop who died from natural cases was laid in state for two weeks in the capitol hailed as a friggin HERO for fighting off the ravenous Trumpian horde invading the capitol.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (e5NfL)
130 My favorite part of the Pope announcement today were the two birds photo bombing the white smoke signals.
Most famous birds ever.....Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (jvJvP)
131 The Ordinariate of Canterbury.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:37 PM (l3YAf)
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Canterbury is an Archbishopric, and has been vacant since Justin Welby resigned in disgrace.
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham was established by Pope Benedict XVI to facilitate Anglicans wishing to return union with Rome whilst retaining the Anglican service.
It's more popular with the clergy than the laity, who simply convert and use the Roman Rite.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM (L/fGl)
133 @73 Velasquez was born and raised in Puerto Rico speaking only Spanish. She's a product of NYC ethnic gerrymandering and is dumb as a stumpPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:42 PM (vmkyp)
134 When did popes begin the tradition of taking a special pope name?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:33 PM (omVj0)
At a guess, Pius I in 140 AD certainly had to be a name taken up. Don't think many kids were named Pius. If I remembered more Latin or knew Greek another might take its place, but he's only the 10th pope.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025
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The Roman emperor at that time was Antoninus Pius, one of the "good emperors," and as far as I know he was not a Christian.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)
135 "Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said that the beef deal with "exponentially" increase the amount of beef that ranchers sell."
Really? Tell me, Mr. Rollins, what that exponent will be?Posted by: Mr. Proton at May 08, 2025 06:42 PM (7FSsA)
136 I have not been to a TLM, but want to go to one. It's clearly speaking to young people, and as a missionary, I hope Pope Leo will respect its appeal in his home nation.
I'm also going to say that having an American pope is kind of a big deal because it is creating a truly global Church, not one tethered to Italian seminaries (which, according to Pope Francis, are filled with faggotry.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Go find a Dominican run parish. They are all over the country. They offer the Dominican Rite, which is very close to the 1963 Mass, and quite beautiful. Francis couldn't touch it because, Dominican. They run the old Cathedral in Anchorage and a few of the outlying churches outside Anchorage.
https://www.sleighridefilm.com/Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:43 PM (a4NoL)
137 I did go to the dentist fir my cleaning today. Middle Eastern girl. She was actually really sweet. And even with the mask, kind of hot.
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Ther's a reason why the muslim men make their women wear masks you know.Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:43 PM (Dv3i1)
138 Have you met Darleen?" someone said as we shook hands,
She was just Darleen to me.
And then I said, "Darleen, you're a girl who understands
I'm a man who must be free."
And all at once I lost my breath, and all at once was scared to death,
And all at once I owned the earth and sky.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:43 PM (lCWOD)
139 At a guess, Pius I in 140 AD certainly had to be a name taken up. Don't think many kids were named Pius. If I remembered more Latin or knew Greek another might take its place, but he's only the 10th pope.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (8avO+)
Damn, that's like 10 Popes in 110 years? didn't Peter last like 36 or 38 years? That means 9 Popes in 74 years?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (QAkQ3)
140 It's official: The FBI is investigating Letitia James for repeatedly falsifying her financial and real estate records on her mortgage applications.
I hope they hit her with 35 counts of fraud, one for every single signature.
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I bet she inflated the value of the property too.
Prolly real value is $12.63Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (/lPRQ)
141 The new pope is from Chicago and so is Presdent Obama. The new Pope shoulds call on Presdent Obama for policy and help.Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (H8ppk)
142 Interesting factoid. Catholic Priests can be married...
but only if they converted from the Episcopal, Anglican or Eastern Orthodox (last one is conjecture).Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (cPGH3)
143 ---
It's fallen out of favor of late, but time was that all those gold chalices could be converted into ready coin to fight the peaceful Muslims trying to kill everyone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yes, a time when Rome was great.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:45 PM (lCWOD)
144 Poping is hard yo.Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 06:45 PM (0HaGk)
145 When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM (Dv3i1)
We're gonna need a bigger probe !Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 06:45 PM (NtVYv)
146 It occurred to me during my evening ride -- the Chicago Pope (assume he was CIA based on his work in Peru) might be in place to operate as a foil against JD Vance or Marco Rubio's run in 2028. He will find some aspect of policy to use against Vance/Rubio to thereby excommunicate them which will be reported on endlessly.Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 08, 2025 06:45 PM (qwx/I)
147 There's a spooky resemblance, yes, but I'm not the Aniston stalker. If you look very closely, you can see his ears are pierced, and mine are not.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 06:46 PM (Jp8LL)
148 The Roman emperor at that time was Antoninus Pius, one of the "good emperors," and as far as I know he was not a Christian.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:42 PM (omVj0)
The cognomen is a nickname for the family in Roman times Caesar means "nice head of hair" ironic for JC because he was balding from his mother's side, an Aurelian.
One poor guy got the nickname "An Asshole and a Half"Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:46 PM (8avO+)
149 Pirro will be appointed Temp US atty for DC. Will be funPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:47 PM (vmkyp)
150 Damn, that's like 10 Popes in 110 years? didn't Peter last like 36 or 38 years? That means 9 Popes in 74 years?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025
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An average eight-year tenure is pretty good when a lot of the time, the Roman state is persecuting your believers. (No, it was not that often, actually pretty sporadic, despite the depictions of Christians vs. the lions in movies.)Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:47 PM (omVj0)
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Ask her if she needs help.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:32 PM (U7Gpi)
See, now you're a good person
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Female who's looking out for my kind in a wild, dangerous world.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:47 PM (U7Gpi)
152 I know nothing of the new Pope and willing to wait and see.
The ball is in his court.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:47 PM (lCWOD)
153 Velasquez was born and raised in Puerto Rico speaking only Spanish. She's a product of NYC ethnic gerrymandering and is dumb as a stump
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:42 PM (vmkyp)
De-puerto Rico.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (l3YAf)
154 Am hearing here in Chicago that new pope is very pro life, much more than Francis
Posted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:38 PM (YCxFk)
I am reading he is very much not on board with " "confusing ideologies designed to create non-existent genders." I think this is very important. The scourge of trans-Marxism needs to be fought.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (g47mK)
155 Kate at smalldeadanimals linked to this X post detailing the positions of the new Pope.
https://tinyurl.com/yc3fkj7cPosted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (jvJvP)
156 I pray God will fill the Pope with his spirit and the Pope will follow. Godspeed.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (lCWOD)
157 Damn, that's like 10 Popes in 110 years? didn't Peter last like 36 or 38 years? That means 9 Popes in 74 years?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (QAkQ3)
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Pope in those days did not die natural deaths. I think the first 10 were killed by Rome.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (ZOv7s)
158 An average eight-year tenure is pretty good when a lot of the time, the Roman state is persecuting your believers. (No, it was not that often, actually pretty sporadic, despite the depictions of Christians vs. the lions in movies.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 06:47 PM (omVj0)
Guess they had a Roman game of...
Whack a Pope?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (QAkQ3)
159 Marxists Judges let out Leftist protesters faster than they can be arrestedPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:49 PM (ypFCm)
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When Madeleine Dean (a horrible person I didn't know existed until today) said "a sad and solemn duty," I don't know how Kash didn't crack a contemptuous smile.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 06:50 PM (U7Gpi)
161 At a guess, Pius I in 140 AD certainly had to be a name taken up. Don't think many kids were named Pius. If I remembered more Latin or knew Greek another might take its place, but he's only the 10th pope.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:39 PM (8avO+)
Damn, that's like 10 Popes in 110 years? didn't Peter last like 36 or 38 years? That means 9 Popes in 74 years?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:44 PM (QAkQ3)
Like the reigns of Roman kings the facts may be a little misty that far back. Peter lasted 34 but likely started much younger than your average Pope who is more elder.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:50 PM (8avO+)
162 They still sell Pope soap on a rope. Believe it or not.Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 06:50 PM (NtVYv)
163 It's official: Judge Jeanine Pirro has accepted Trump appointing her as interim DC District judge.
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164 I am reading he is very much not on board with " "confusing ideologies designed to create non-existent genders." I think this is very important. The scourge of trans-Marxism needs to be fought.
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (g47mK)
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He also said that westerners should stop forcing homosexuality and same-sex marriage on other countries as these are against gospel teachings.
For someone who is supposed to be a Francis clone and globalist, I think they did a lousy job. He even spoke Latin to the crowd and wore traditional vestments!Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)
165 Pope in those days did not die natural deaths. I think the first 10 were killed by Rome.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
About as dangerous as being named the new Hamas leader!
(No comparison. I'm joking. Don't hit me. I didn't mean it)Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:51 PM (cPGH3)
166 One can be an exponent.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:51 PM (bF7Q5)
167 Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at May 08, 2025 06:45 PM (qwx/I)
That's an interesting speculation, but maybe he's just a priest/cardinal, isn't part of the CIA and just wants to serve Christ, the church and the Catholic community.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 06:51 PM (42Vb+)
168 I think being Pope is a tough job. And Bergoglio entered it with a certain contempt for the established traditions - "I'm too humble to wear the traditional vestments, I'm too humble to sleep in the traditional residence, I am gonna tear down this accumulation of tradition and remake it all in the way of St Francis"
So, kinda leftist approach from the get go. Confrontational, no opposition allowed,
I think Pope Francis had good intentions but was not wise. Still his papacy unveiled a lot of what is rotten in the hierarchy.
I hope Prevost shows true humility by being respectful of tradition , and fosters unity.Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:52 PM (rT96s)
169 "It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of."
And Trump did not defraud anyone, even though some judge claimed Mara Lago was worth ? like a tenth of its real value. Trump did not falsify records.
But Letitia must be pure on this, because she accused Trump (of what she was doing). Not sure how "these people" think they can get away with the worst frauds ... but they have been getting away with it for a long time.
Wheels of justice grind slowly ... I hope they grind finely.Posted by: illiniwek at May 08, 2025 06:53 PM (Cus5s)
170 It occurred to me during my evening ride -- the Chicago Pope (assume he was CIA based on his work in Peru) might be in place to operate as a foil against JD Vance or Marco Rubio's run in 2028. He will find some aspect of policy to use against Vance/Rubio to thereby excommunicate them which will be reported on endlessly.
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He's not big on the gay thing, so absolutely not CIA.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:53 PM (ZOv7s)
171 Dan O'Donnell@DanODonnellShow
EXCLUSIVE: Madison Police have arrested the father of the student who killed two people and injured six others at Abundant Life Christian School before killing herself in December. Charges are expected to be announced later today.
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Apparently, the charges concern her being able to get the gun. Meanwhile . . .
Dan O'Donnell@DanODonnellShow
I can also now confirm that the shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow was transitioning and had left her previous school because of bullying over this.Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 06:53 PM (L/fGl)
172 All your Pope is belong to U.S.Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 08, 2025 06:53 PM (NUCav)
173 The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired there manager, Derek Shelton. He'll be replaced by an alpaca named Steve! Good Luck, Steve!Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (K9xEt)
174 We would sell the UK our pork, but they’re a Muslim country now.Posted by: Cray Cray at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (mGRtn)
175 The FBI has opened a formal criminal probe into New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud after a request to investigate James was sent to the Department of Justice last month by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte.
According to a report from the New York Post citing a source familiar with the matter, the investigation into James is being led by US Attorney John Sarcone III, who has been an ally of President Donald Trump.
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Uh oh. What a difference having an American administration makes.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (YqDXo)
176 I hope Prevost shows true humility by being respectful of tradition , and fosters unity.
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So far, so good.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)
177 It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of.
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Karma - how do it work?Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 08, 2025 06:55 PM (jvJvP)
179 I think, Fen, a good priest doesn't just serve the Catholic community... he serves the entire community. Like a good President.
The shepherd analogy is a good one, I think. If he finds a lost sheep, he doesn't care from where it came, he protects it.
Then finds out from whence it came and
SENDS ITS ASS BACK!
HahPosted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 06:55 PM (cPGH3)
180 I am not Catholic but hope this Pope returns God to the churchPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:55 PM (ypFCm)
181 Apparently, the charges concern her being able to get the gun. Meanwhile . . .
Dan O'Donnell@DanODonnellShow
I can also now confirm that the shooter, 15-year-old Natalie Rupnow was transitioning and had left her previous school because of bullying over this.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 06:53 PM (L/fGl)
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As much as the Dems are hot for gun control, they are oddly uninterested in how teenagers working part-time at Taco Bell can afford $2,000 weapons.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:55 PM (ZOv7s)
182 He also said that westerners should stop forcing homosexuality and same-sex marriage on other countries as these are against gospel teachings.
For someone who is supposed to be a Francis clone and globalist, I think they did a lousy job. He even spoke Latin to the crowd and wore traditional vestments!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)
I liked his face.
Posted by: runner is a skilled Physiognomist at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (g47mK)
183 South of Houston is the San Jacinto Monument (taller than Washington’s, Me no Goliad! Me no Alamo!) a more decisive battle than Waterloo, Wellington agreed, between bites of his own dish. That’s not South Texas. That girl is a slave, and for the nonce, you’re one too!
Let’s see if me and Miklos are chain-ganged together?Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (YSv5G)
184 @171 the entire Madison legal and political establishment has covered up that the shooter was transitioning. Must protect the little darlings even if they kill peoplePosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (vmkyp)
185 Why is Letitia James being persecuted when NYC just unveiled that giant bronze ifol of her in Times Square?Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (rT96s)
186 163 It's official: Judge Jeanine Pirro has accepted Trump appointing her as interim DC District judge.
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Hi, Jane.
Let's watch Jeanine swing that gavel.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (lCWOD)
187 "These organizations project the illusion of being driven by everyday Americans, but in reality, they're being bankrolled by some of the biggest dark-money megadonors in politics."
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Can you say "oligarchs?" I can.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:57 PM (YqDXo)
188 Nope! Not yet, anyway!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:58 PM (YSv5G)
189 It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of.
Should have thrown the boomerang harder!Posted by: t-bird at May 08, 2025 06:58 PM (TJMjl)
190 It's official: Judge Jeanine Pirro has accepted Trump appointing her as interim DC District judge.
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I love her on The Five, where she speaks a lot of common sense, and think she may well be a great choice.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:58 PM (YqDXo)
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 06:58 PM (paSBy)
192 I liked his face.
Posted by: runner is a skilled Physiognomist at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (g47mK)
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He does resemble St. John Paul II. And it was clear that he was very much moved by the joy of the crowd.
There's a video of him from some years ago explaining that bishops are servants, not princes.
Augustinian friar and missionary. Sounds good to me.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
193 Lessee ... Letitia James ... Alvin Bragg ... Fani Willis ... Kim Fox ... Jasmine Crockett ...
I'm detecting a pattern.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:59 PM (YqDXo)
194 Letitia James will be hit with a fine. Anyone thinking she'll see jail time is coping bigtime.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 07:00 PM (Q4IgG)
195 BREAKING: The Department of Education just released guidance on school choice options for kids stuck in "persistently dangerous" public schools.
States must establish a list of "persistently dangerous" schools.
Districts MUST provide a school choice option for these kids
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Do NOT allow school choice for those with serious disciplinary offenses. Let them rot in ghetto schools, where they belong.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:00 PM (YqDXo)
196 Lessee ... Letitia James ... Alvin Bragg ... Fani Willis ... Kim Fox ... Jasmine Crockett ...
I'm detecting a pattern.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Nothing but fish-eyed foolsPosted by: Auntie Esther at May 08, 2025 07:01 PM (t6ibK)
197 191 The story was true. Trump is appointing Pirro for US Atty for DC.
https://tinyurl.com/yd2zh7d3
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 06:58 PM (paSBy)
Oh... My... hey up Vichy GOPe Senators?
Welcome to the Find out part... of Fuck Around and Find out...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 07:01 PM (QAkQ3)
198 Why is Letitia James being persecuted when NYC just unveiled that giant bronze idol of her in Times Square?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 06:56 PM (rT96s)
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I thought that that was Stacey Abrams.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:01 PM (YqDXo)
199 "Jeanine Pirro to be interim US Att'y for DC. She's a TV person, right?"
yes, and seems very MAGA. But she was a judge for many years. Not sure of her judgeship props ... but better than one appointed by the Trump Hater judge.Posted by: illiniwek at May 08, 2025 07:02 PM (Cus5s)
200 >> When did popes begin the tradition of taking a special pope name?
Peter.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:40 PM (l3YAf)
That's right I forgot that Jesus renamed him for future Popedom.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:02 PM (8avO+)
201 Jasmine Crockett's family has been collecting her grandmas SS check since she died in 2004Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2025 07:02 PM (YwEeS)
202 She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM
Go about my business.Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2025 07:02 PM (yuVjX)
Posted by: Judge Snidely Boasberg at May 08, 2025 07:03 PM (t6ibK)
204 I thought it was Lizzo.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:03 PM (v0R5T)
205 >>> seems very MAGA. But she was a judge for many years. Not sure of her judgeship props ... but better than one appointed by the Trump Hater judge.
Posted by: illiniwek
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Might be lit.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:03 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 07:03 PM (ZUOEn)
207 Do NOT allow school choice for those with serious disciplinary offenses. Let them rot in ghetto schools, where they belong.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
One of the beauties of private schools is they can expel students. Public schools cannot.
Something's gotta change, cause I'll guarantee if vouchers become the norm, then some Karens will decide that no school can decide who attends.Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (cPGH3)
208 It's official: Judge Jeanine Pirro has accepted Trump appointing her as interim DC District judge.
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For shits, giggles, and serious fun she should just start spewing out Anti-Hawaiian edicts... and sign some arrest warrants on those judges for treason... treason against the Constitution, yeah, that's it.
Let them appeal.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)
209 Not even a fine, you can bet your bottom dollar. She’ll be getting a settlement from Trump!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (YSv5G)
210 Who is going to kiss whose ring?
Trump says it's a "great honor" to have an American pope, that the Vatican has called him to arrange a meetingPosted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (L/fGl)
211 I like the daft trout congresswoman who has been cashing her dead grandma's social security checks and called it 'our private family business' when questioned about it.
You know who else had a family business?Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (zZu0s)
212 The FBI could stay busy for four fucking years just investigating all the democrats who falsely accused Trump of doing what they themselves seem to have been doing.
Projection. It's what's for dinner.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (UarWD)
213 207 Eric Holder did tremendous damage with his diktat to suppress school discipline.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (Jp8LL)
214 Letitia James will be hit with a fine. Anyone thinking she'll see jail time is coping bigtime.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 07:00 PM
While I agree with you that she will never see a day of jail time, she will lose her law license and never be able to practice law anywhere in the state again. She can't do a plea bargain as that would mean she admits guilt, nor can she afford to go to trial. She is well and truly fvcked for the exact same thing she railroaded Trump for.
As Captain Buck Murdock says.....irony can be pretty ironic at times.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (e5NfL)
215 The story was true. Trump is appointing Pirro for US Atty for DC.
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She's a spitfire and doesn't suffer fools.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (v0R5T)
216 Kinda of funny, when the white smoke was bellowing from the official vatican chimney, you could see a family - mom, dad and a little chick of your ever present Roman Gulls (see what I did there?) scrambling to get away.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (g47mK)
217 BREAKING: The Department of Education just released guidance on school choice options for kids stuck in "persistently dangerous" public schools.
States must establish a list of "persistently dangerous" schools.
Districts MUST provide a school choice option for these kids
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Do NOT allow school choice for those with serious disciplinary offenses. Let them rot in ghetto schools, where they belong.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:00 PM (YqDXo)
New line of business: kids can earn money providing reasons why your local school is too dangerous to go to. These days just misgendering is literal murder, it shouldn't be too hard to hit the definition.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (8avO+)
218 That's right I forgot that Jesus renamed him for future Popedom.
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Jesus named the first Pope?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (lCWOD)
219 And Trump did not defraud anyone, even though some judge claimed Mara Lago was worth ? like a tenth of its real value. Trump did not falsify records.
But Letitia must be pure on this, because she accused Trump (of what she was doing). Not sure how "these people" think they can get away with the worst frauds ... but they have been getting away with it for a long time.
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It was incredibly stupid of her to do this while she was chasing Trump over a related nothing-burger. As if major banks would take his word for valuation, and not evaluate the properties themselves.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (YqDXo)
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When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?
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We'll get to it.
Look... she smells.
Posted by: The Probe Department at May 08, 2025 07:06 PM (ES1Rb)
221 Jesus named the first Pope?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (lCWOD
Right before he gave Paul the keys to his Buick.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:06 PM (UarWD)
222 Send her to the gulag and never let her out again.Posted by: Wyatt Earp at May 08, 2025 07:06 PM (xh4bt)
Posted by: Miklos liked the 80s in almost all regards at May 08, 2025 07:06 PM (t6ibK)
224 It was a Chevy, like a rock.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (bF7Q5)
225 It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of.
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It's how they got the idea for the frame-up plots.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (/lPRQ)
226 As Captain Buck Murdock says.....irony can be pretty ironic at times.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (e5NfL)
'What the hell is a man doing with a Bobby pin?!'Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (zZu0s)
227 Lessee ... Letitia James ... Alvin Bragg ... Fani Willis ... Kim Fox ... Jasmine Crockett ...
I'm detecting a pattern.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Victims of white supremacy?Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (L/fGl)
228 For shits, giggles, and serious fun she should just start spewing out Anti-Hawaiian edicts... and sign some arrest warrants on those judges for treason... treason against the Constitution, yeah, that's it.
Let them appeal.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)
I think a TRO on other judges issuing TROs nation wide would be funny.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (8avO+)
229 Eric Holder did tremendous damage with his diktat to suppress school discipline.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (Jp8LL)
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In essence because of "disparate impact." If a disproportionate number of those disciplined were black it was because of systemic racism, not because they committed more offenses. Which everyone knows perfectly well is the truth.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (YqDXo)
230 210 Who is going to kiss whose ring?
Trump says it's a "great honor" to have an American pope, that the Vatican has called him to arrange a meeting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (L/fGl)
Man, everyone wants to avoid tariffs....Posted by: Stateless...21% - mental state clawing up from 10% at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (jvJvP)
231 130 My favorite part of the Pope announcement today were the two birds photo bombing the white smoke signals.
Most famous birds ever.....
Posted by: Stateless.. 25% - mental state clawing up from 10%, shit happened, clawing back next week at May 08, 2025 06:41 PM
I spotted one of their baby chicks up there with them! I hope they didn’t fly off and leave it all by itself!!Posted by: Moonbeam at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (rbKZ6)
232 "Right before he gave Paul the keys to his Buick."
I remarked to the pastor that Christ never met Paul. That didn't go over well.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (Jp8LL)
233 Trump says it's a "great honor" to have an American pope, that the Vatican has called him to arrange a meeting
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
Yay
Will love to see the splodey heads everywherePosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (rT96s)
234 227 Lessee ... Letitia James ... Alvin Bragg ... Fani Willis ... Kim Fox ... Jasmine Crockett ...
I'm detecting a pattern.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
Victims of white supremacy?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:07 PM (L/fGl)
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Yep, and systemic racism.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (YqDXo)
235 That's right I forgot that Jesus renamed him for future Popedom.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Jesus named the first Pope?
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"You are Peter and upon this Rock I will build my Church"Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:09 PM (8avO+)
236 229 Concur.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:09 PM (Jp8LL)
237 Sign up New Zealand and Australia. Beef producers.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 07:09 PM (bF7Q5)
238 When are they going to probe Fani Willis ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 06:26 PM
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Go ahead. I'll wait here.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:09 PM (YqDXo)
239 Little town in South Texas just outside Houston. I pull up into the gas stop and get out. There stands a girl looking at me with that 500 yard stare. She has the door half open on an early 1990 pickup covered in dust. She’s long dragging Marlboros and in between drags pulling the bottle of beer out of the car door and taking a swig. There’s a kids meal cardboard from a fast food place on the dash. She’s wearing a tight pair of Wranglers, boots and she’s got a beat up John Deere hat on. She just keeps staring. What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025
At my age, I'd ask her if she knows where the men's room is.Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 08, 2025 07:10 PM (5xuJ/)
240 Federal judges have been illegally re-writing and expanding immigration law to require that student visas cannot be revoked unless they have been arrested or convicted of a crime.
The statute merely requires that Rubio, as Secretary of State, state he finds they engaged in conduct that is detrimental to foreign relations.
It doesn't require him to state what they did, nor how it was or why it was.
Federal judges are going to make it highly advantageous to simple not allow foreigners in in the first place.
After all, if you can't kick guests out, there's no point in inviting them in the first place.Posted by: FeatherBlade at May 08, 2025 07:10 PM (hB7mE)
241 "Right before he gave Paul the keys to his Buick."
I remarked to the pastor that Christ never met Paul. That didn't go over well.
Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:08 PM (Jp8LL)
Unless he did the Road to Damascus thing in personPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:10 PM (8avO+)
242 I think a TRO on other judges issuing TROs nation wide would be funny.
Posted by: Oldcat
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She could do that couldn't she?
Tie them up in court. Make postponements while Trump does his job.
That would be penultimate.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:10 PM (lCWOD)
243 *billowing smoke..lolPosted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (g47mK)
244 Issue a TRO that there are no more TROs issued in 2025.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (UarWD)
245 What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025
'Are you all right, miss?'
Second question: does she have big tits?Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
246 I thought it was Lizzo.
Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:03 PM (v0R5T)
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What's the difference?Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (YqDXo)
247 Joe says he's not surprised that Camala lost. What a POS that guy is. I can't believe we were cursed with him for four years. What a whacky world.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (vFG9F)
248 I remember when once we can post in color and stuff, what happened to that minx version ?Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:12 PM (g47mK)
249 After all, if you can't kick guests out, there's no point in inviting them in the first place.
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Logic. No Logic. Logic foul, flag on the statement.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:12 PM (lCWOD)
250 we could...ok, I need to stopPosted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:12 PM (g47mK)
251 Left alone with big fat Fani
She was such a naughty nanny
Hey, big woman
You made a bad boy out of mePosted by: Brian May at May 08, 2025 07:12 PM (gKWVE)
252 What do you do? Let’s see if you pass.
Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025
Grab her by the Pu$$y, she'll let youPosted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 07:13 PM (NtVYv)
253 I wonder how they make that papal ring so fast. We are talking about 20 minutes probably.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:14 PM (g47mK)
254 One of the beauties of private schools is they can expel students. Public schools cannot.
Something's gotta change, cause I'll guarantee if vouchers become the norm, then some Karens will decide that no school can decide who attends.
Posted by: MkY at May 08, 2025 07:04 PM (cPGH3)
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Expel the Karens. I say again: we pay entirely too much attention and deference to women and blacks.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:14 PM (YqDXo)
255 >>Letitia James will be hit with a fine. Anyone thinking she'll see jail time is coping bigtime.
Might be right. But it wasn't that long ago people were saying that anyone who thought she would be indicted were coping big time.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)
256 The Pittsburgh Pirates have fired there manager, Derek Shelton. He'll be replaced by an alpaca named Steve! Good Luck, Steve!
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 08, 2025 06:54 PM (K9xEt)
Steve has the spitting part of the job down from the start!Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:14 PM (8avO+)
257 Sleep now, call later. O goodnight nurse!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (YSv5G)
258 Second question: does she have big tits?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (zZu0s)
Why would big tits make a difference as to what you do or do not in this particular circumstance?Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (pzZ8h)
259 "I remember when once we can post in color and stuff, what happened to that minx version ?
Posted by: runner"
My toolbar has fonts and colors and stuff but I never use them.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (vFG9F)
260 Joe says he's not surprised that Camala lost. What a POS that guy is. I can't believe we were cursed with him for four years. What a whacky world.
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:11 PM (vFG9F)
Why do you think he picked her in the first place? Nobody would turf out Joe to have Kamala be in charge, or running.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (8avO+)
261 Oh that's hilarious, naming Judge Jennine as the DC US attorney!
A nice big, "FU" to Tillis--I dare you to vote against one of the more popular TV personalities in your state, you prick.Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (OmKmS)
262 Jasmine Crockett's family has been collecting her grandmas SS check since she died in 2004
Posted by: steevy
20+ years of fraud.Posted by: Adriane the Wholly Cow Critic . . . at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (tcomi)
263 Had to mow the lawn today, for the second time already this year. It is vigorous.Posted by: We Must Not Allow A Mineshaft gp! at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (Jp8LL)
264 Hah!
@secretfire79
It’s 2025 & Trump’s tariffs are working so well, even the Pope is American🇻🇦🇺🇸Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (rT96s)
265 Poor FS will never understand.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (vFG9F)
266 Funny that the Pope overshadowed Biden's begging tour on the View.
Broke and dumb. Hope Jill has a backup plan.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (UarWD)
267 Dozens of lefty groups behind the country's supposedly "grassroots" May Day protests have been largely bankrolled by two billionaires and a dark-money network of progressive nonprofits.
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All left-wing "grassroots" events are more orchestrated than a rally at 1935 Nuremburg organized by Albert Speer.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (YqDXo)
268 I remember when once we can post in color and stuff, what happened to that minx version ?
I recall that the color thing got out of control.Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (mH6SG)
269 Jasmine Crockett's family has been collecting her grandmas SS check since she died in 2004
Posted by: steevy
20+ years of fraud.
Posted by: Adriane the Wholly Cow Critic . . . at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (tcomi)
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Then 20+ years in prison.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (YqDXo)
270 Any Leftists who gets another Leftists Judge will be on their sidePosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (ypFCm)
271 >>Letitia James will be hit with a fine. Anyone thinking she'll see jail time is coping bigtime.
Might be right. But it wasn't that long ago people were saying that anyone who thought she would be indicted were coping big time.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 07:14 PM (viF8m)
I'm hoping for community service, cleaning bird poop off that giant woman statue, using a toothbrush. Five years, cleaning it once a week.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (VNX3d)
272 My toolbar has fonts and colors and stuff but I never use them.
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (vFG9F)
does it work? can you try it ?Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (g47mK)
273 Talk@TalkTV
REVEALED: Police report finds NO far-right link to Southport riots.
“Starmer has been proven WRONG. The riots were not far-right — they were a reaction to uncontrolled migration, and the lack of information.”
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I won't know what to believe until I hear it on MSNBC. Or DU.Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (L/fGl)
274 I think a TRO on other judges issuing TROs nation wide would be funny.
Posted by: Oldcat
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She could do that couldn't she?
Tie them up in court. Make postponements while Trump does his job.
That would be penultimate.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:10 PM (lCWOD)
And we already have precedent that doing it at 3 AM and expecting it to be carried out in 20 miniutes is perfectly fine.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (8avO+)
275 Jasmine Crockett's family has been collecting her grandmas SS check since she died in 2004
Posted by: steevy
20+ years of fraud.
Posted by: Adriane the Wholly Cow Critic . . . at May 08, 2025 07:16 PM (tcomi)
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I just realized why that CA bint proposed decriminalizing welfare fraud.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (YqDXo)
276 268 I remember when once we can post in color and stuff, what happened to that minx version ?
I recall that the color thing got out of control.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (mH6SG)
We can't have anything nice.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (UarWD)
277 Many deserve jail time. Those most deserving jail time are the least likely to receive it.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (lCWOD)
278 Why would big tits make a difference as to what you do or do not in this particular circumstance?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (pzZ8h)
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You're not new here.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke ( give a genuine e compliment to two people today) at May 08, 2025 07:19 PM (pzZ8h)
280 I recall that the color thing got out of control.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM
And we were lucky to live through it.Posted by: Adm. Josh Painter at May 08, 2025 07:19 PM (yuVjX)
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:19 PM (vFG9F)
282 So that's why Laterssha statue be so all butt-red and stuff.Posted by: Eromero at May 08, 2025 07:19 PM (LHPAg)
283 272 My toolbar has fonts and colors and stuff but I never use them.
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 07:15 PM (vFG9F)
does it work? can you try it ?
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 07:18 PM (g47mK)
And that, Pixy, was how Runner broke the blog.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:19 PM (UarWD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:20 PM (lCWOD)
285 The remaining question is not "why is Trump doing such radical things" but "why has no one else even tried this?"Posted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:20 PM (D7oie)
286 >> I fill up the tank and get on with life.
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 06:20 PM (a4NoL)
Bingo. That’s trouble waiting for you, and you don’t want to learn that the hard way.Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 07:20 PM (WSTFK)
287 Kash Patel goes into my 'adore' column.
Deane & her family's (husband's) Chinese sweatshop business. 🤫 It went away after a fashion.
In the meantime, Deane with a son on the staff of Obama's oh so White Communications Office.
Deane writing a book with another son who fought addiction. Wonder who employes him? "Mr. Cunnane currently serves as the Regional Vice President of Caron’s Greater Washington, D.C. region."
The family business, including son Alex who has made videos about it, is back up and running. E bikes imported from Vietnam.
But now that Trump has those damn tariffs...😡
All me.Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 07:20 PM (NFX2v)
288 I recall that the color thing got out of control.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM
Especially the green orangesPosted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 07:21 PM (NtVYv)
289 The Jersey Scold strikes again !!!Posted by: Fast Eddie Felson at May 08, 2025 07:21 PM (Pr3iL)
290 This NY Democrat can barely speak English, has to be fed questions to ask by her staffer, and tries to imply that she deserves to know critical tariff negotiation details.
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Have to be US citizen for seven years to a rep. There is no way that dumbass has been here and even peripherally exposed to English for seven years.Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at May 08, 2025 07:21 PM (UBKzV)
291 The cafe is open.Posted by: Duke Lowell at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (2UnvF)
292 Chief Nerd
@TheChiefNerd
2h
Bill Gates says President Trump cut funding to his global public health programs after their dinnerPosted by: Kindltot at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (D7oie)
293 >> I yell "Hi Ben Had!".
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 06:28 PM (vFG9F)
She way too classy for that. Plus she’d probably have her head under the hood…Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (WSTFK)
294 Letit James crimes are obvious and manifest, the problem is what ever venue she's tried in, NY, DC, VA, she will walk, but...
the process is the punishment, so hopefully she gets a fartclam's worth of process.Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (XV/Pl)
295 All left-wing "grassroots" events are more orchestrated than a rally at 1935 Nuremburg organized by Albert Speer.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 07:17 PM (YqDXo)
Don't think they had to pay them to show up.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (8avO+)
296 Interim DC Attorney, not judge.Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (XMwZJ)
297 I thought it was Lizzo.
Posted by: wth
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What's the difference?
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara
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Stacey whistles better.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 07:22 PM (v0R5T)
298 As regards the new pope, lhope that he steps into the grace given to him as he assumes the office. Otherwise we’ve got Pope Pence because he had a hand in removing Bishop Strickland and his support of open borders and bridges and whatnot. The late Cardinal George of Chicago was quoted as saying that the Church would not get an American pope until America was in political decline.Posted by: Suspicious Gorn at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (24We2)
299 >>I'm hoping for community service, cleaning bird poop off that giant woman statue, using a toothbrush. Five years, cleaning it once a week.
If she gets indicted it will be on federal charges. She's being investigated for things like mail fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, mortgage fraud. Those are all federal felonies. I don't think they do community service.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (viF8m)
300 Jasmine Crockett's family has been collecting her grandmas SS check since she died in 2004
Apparently, Snopes is claiming this is false.
Which means ...Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (XlvBQ)
301 Nood Café. Appears Penguin-free.Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2025 07:23 PM (yuVjX)
302 Chicago is saved!
End Wokeness@EndWokeness
BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson backs plan to eliminate Columbus statues from Chicago's parksPosted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Elephants and Earthquakes! at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (L/fGl)
303 218 That's right I forgot that Jesus renamed him for future Popedom.
Posted by: Oldcat
Jesus named the first Pope?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:05 PM (lCWOD)
Wow... so was gonna make a joke about Jesus of course namein him Pope... then started wondering the etymology of the word Pope... and its Greek for Papa...
So a German Pope... would be... VADER...
Soooo... the Pope is a Dark Lord of duh Sith?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (QAkQ3)
304 280 I recall that the color thing got out of control.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
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Carousels, arcades, floating banners and gifs.
But what happened to the commentary?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:24 PM (lCWOD)
305 JackStraw...last thread you mentioned SC was allowing deportations under the enemies act. Any links to that?Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 07:25 PM (8uzBS)
306 Bill Gates says President Trump cut funding to his global public health programs after their dinner
Good...when, exactly, did we sign up to be the F'ing world's mommy, daddy, and babysitter?Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at May 08, 2025 07:25 PM (XMwZJ)
307 Letit James crimes are obvious and manifest, the problem is what ever venue she's tried in, NY, DC, VA, she will walk, but...
the process is the punishment, so hopefully she gets a fartclam's worth of process.
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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The only way to have a fair trial is keeping her out of sight and be labeled Jane Roe, or "Criminal Defendant A Number 1". You know, protect her presumption of innocence.Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 07:26 PM (/lPRQ)
308 Chicago is saved!
End Wokeness@EndWokeness
BREAKING: Mayor Brandon Johnson backs plan to eliminate Columbus statues from Chicago's parks
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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Interesting. Trump said he is going to bring back all the statues.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 07:26 PM (lCWOD)
309 Martin will be an Associate Deputy AG at DOJ. He'll head the Weaponization Working Group. Also Pardon Atty.
https://tinyurl.com/yck9bxh5Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 07:28 PM (paSBy)
310 Posted by: Marcus T at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (WSTFK
That's like a normal day where I live so I do nothing?Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 07:29 PM (VofaG)
311 Sure he did: on the road to Damascus! Struck him blind, and softened his heart, all at once.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 07:32 PM (YSv5G)
312 "It is delicious that these crimes are almost exactly the same ones she falsely accused Trump of." Projection - she can't believe other people aren't as crooked as she is.Posted by: Matt Harris at May 08, 2025 07:54 PM (QeK2n)
Posted by: Bombadil at May 08, 2025 07:56 PM (MX0bI)
314 Congresswoman Vasquez not only can't seem to speak clearly but is borderline retarded.
Hence why she is in congress as a Democrat.Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 08:03 PM (gDhA9)
315 Look, with the Hamasholes, they don't need jail time just:
1) Eject them from the university. They do not get to complete their classes (my guess is they are all worth less as students).
2) Deport anyone with a student visa.
3) Bar them from re-entry into the U.S.
4) Publisize their names and faces.
My guess is those who remain will have a tough time finsihing their education anywhere but community college.
Progressives protect their own - but do to them what they do to us with immigration - overload them with people they need to pay to support. Crash the system of progressive NGOs, cut their money, and make them support more and more useless eaters who are unemployable otherwise. Flood the zone with David Hoggs.Posted by: El Mariachi at May 08, 2025 08:08 PM (gDhA9)
316 Right before he gave Paul the keys to his Buick.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 07:06 PM (UarWD)
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He must have traded the Buick... at Pentecost they were all in one Accord.Posted by: Bigsmith at May 08, 2025 08:16 PM (1Au9i)
317 You can be a lot of things in this country and stay, even without penalty, but you can’t be pro-terrorist.
Not pro-terrorist when it comes to Israel’s enemies, I mean. We let a naturalized American al-Qaeda sympathizer from Pakistan stay in this country until after he botched his Times Square bombing attempt, but he primarily hated America. Hating Jews, now them’s fightin words in this here country.Posted by: Deceased Head Footyball Coach Howard Schnellenberger at May 08, 2025 08:22 PM (YZhRl)
318 It seems like Leticia.James did a "Never mind" with subsequent documents about her residence claims in Virginia. But can that really "erase" the first, false documents?Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 08:50 PM (yvZQo)
319 318 It seems like Leticia.James did a "Never mind" with subsequent documents about her residence claims in Virginia. But can that really "erase" the first, false documents?
Not in my experience.Posted by: Martha Stewart at May 08, 2025 09:24 PM (fI8lb)
320 Representative Jim McGovern, a veteran Democrat from Massachusetts, is mourning the death of his 23-year-old daughter, Molly, who passed away unexpectedly while visiting a friend in Assisi, Italy.
In a statement, McGovern said Molly had had been living with a rare form of cancer but emphasized that her death was unanticipated.Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2025 09:32 PM (GITLP)
After Democrat Senators Tillis, Cassidy, Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, and Linsdsey Graham Balk, Trump Withdraws Ed Martin from Consideration for US Attorney from DC
Isn't it great having a "Big Tent Party" where all the political positions are filled by Democrats who despise the base and whose greatest mission is to thwart us, contain us, and control us?
Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlichNEWS: Trump seemingly says he's pulling the nomination of Ed Martin for DC U.S. Attorney, but will find a place for him at DOJ. Trump says he's disappointed Martin didn't get enough Senate support, but that he has a good back up who will be named in the coming days."
Trump provides an update on his nominee for U.S. Attorney:
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) May 8, 2025
"He�s [Ed Martin] a terrific person. He wasn�t getting the support from the people that I thought�.I�m very disappointed in that...
...We have somebody else that will be good...
....I just want to say it is� pic.twitter.com/lLc4UjqdQYThis may be one of Tillis's last betrayals -- and perhaps he knows he's going to be primaried, so he's going YOLO.
Lara Trump is from North Carolina and would defeat Tillis:
Walter Curt
@WCdispatch_NEW: Poll shows Lara Trump CRUSHING Sen. Thom Tillis 65-11 in a hypothetical 2026 GOP primary, don't be shocked if "Senator Trump" is trending in North Carolina very soon.
A Victory Insights survey of 800 likely GOP primary voters put Lara Trump miles ahead of incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis--65 percent to 11 percent, with a quarter still shopping around.
Her December 2024 decision to step down as RNC co-chair "to explore her next chapter" only fanned speculation that the next chapter is a Senate run back home. With near-universal name ID and the Trump family's fundraising machine ready-made, she would begin the race as the prohibitive favorite.
Tillis, by contrast, is limping into 2026. State party activists formally censured him in June 2023 for votes on gun safety and same-sex-marriage protections, cementing a narrative that he's "not MAGA enough."
The Assembly notes that Trump-aligned operatives are openly hunting for a primary challenger, and every high-profile dust-up--most recently Tillis' very public break with the White House over a controversial D.C. prosecutor nominee--reminds grassroots conservatives why they're restless. In short, the senator enters the cycle with a base problem money alone can't fix.
Put the two story lines together and you can see why North Carolina Republicans are bracing for a dynasty shake-up.
If Lara Trump jumps in, she would fuse the Trump brand's emotional pull with deep pockets and instant media oxygen--advantages few incumbents anywhere could withstand.
The question isn't whether she starts as the front-runner; it's whether any other Republican, including Thom Tillis, can keep this race from turning into a coronation and sending a second Trump to Capitol Hill.
Will Lara Trump take on Tillis?
Run, Lara, Run!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1 first.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (e5NfL)
2 1Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (g47mK)
3 I was hoping that Trump would back down on this. There is no way he was going to get any of those rino's to vote for his pick. Letting boasberg pick the replacement was a non starter for me.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (e5NfL)
4 uniparty gonna unipartyPosted by: brak at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (jGJov)
5 Lara Trump- from your lips to God's earsPosted by: Dad of Six at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (rnJ01)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (Q4IgG)
7 Lara Trump is a resident of FL, and was doing her best to be named as Rubio's replacement...is she moving back to NC?Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (g47mK)
8 ['i] This may be one of Tillis's last betrayals -- and perhaps he knows he's going to be primaried, so he's going YOLO.
Lara Trump is from North Carolina and would defeat Tillis:
At this point, I assume he expects to be beaten. Otherwise, why do something so colossally stupid?Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (s8j++)
9 Deport Tillis.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (l3YAf)
10 >>>7 Lara Trump is a resident of FL, and was doing her best to be named as Rubio's replacement...is she moving back to NC?
well I don't know. I guess she is. But senators don't live in their home states anyway, do they.Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (KRtlO)
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (s8j++)
12 There's nothing more maddening that a Republican that pretends they have to do this because of election concerns.
If Tillis was a partisan, rock ribbed conservative Republican, he would do fine in North Carolina. Trump won that state 3 times, he doesn't have to be this "maverick" that crosses over.
Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (4pwAx)
13 If Tillis was a partisan, rock ribbed conservative Republican, he would do fine in North Carolina. Trump won that state 3 times, he doesn't have to be this "maverick" that crosses over.
It's who he really is. It's why he has to go. I hope he enjoys his future anonymity.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 05:09 PM (s8j++)
14 They're not going to cut federal spending either, are they?Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 05:09 PM (v0R5T)
15 *check requirements - NC , US Senate
Candidates must be:
at least 30 years of age,
a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years, and
a resident of the state by the date of the general election.
OK, she can do it.Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 05:09 PM (g47mK)
16 3 I was hoping that Trump would back down on this. There is no way he was going to get any of those rino's to vote for his pick. Letting boasberg pick the replacement was a non starter for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS)
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Nominate Matt Gaetz next. Let's go!!!!Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (Dv3i1)
17 Lara Trump is a resident of FL, and was doing her best to be named as Rubio's replacement...is she moving back to NC?
Posted by: runner
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It worked for Elizabeth Dole. So, why not try.Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (Vyll1)
18 You ever notice how the Democrats can go nuts with the most insane, horrible person on earth for a nominee and not only do all the Democrats get into fist fights over who will vote for them first, but Republicans almost all go along as well?
Funny how that doesn't work for good choices by a Republican.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (2VST1)
19 I would vote for Rashida Tlaib over Tillis at this point.Posted by: Eeyore at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (1bNHn)
20 We need to organize fundraisers to primary all of the above, excluding the retiring Bitch McConnell.Posted by: Sam Adams at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (X+xvk)
21 If Tillis was a partisan, rock ribbed conservative Republican, he would do fine in North Carolina. Trump won that state 3 times, he doesn't have to be this "maverick" that crosses over.
It's who he really is. It's why he has to go. I hope he enjoys his future anonymity.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Probably true, all of these guys eventually become part of the swamp.Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (4pwAx)
22 Lara Trump is a resident of FL, and was doing her best to be named as Rubio's replacement...is she moving back to NC?
well I don't know. I guess she is. But senators don't live in their home states anyway, do they.
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM
hillary sure didn't live in New York until she decided she wanted to be a senator on the way to becoming the countries first woman president.Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (e5NfL)
23 What does Tay Tay think?Posted by: Karen McAwfl at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (UbjG+)
24 >>>Probably true, all of these guys eventually become part of the swamp.
i'm pretty sure he was never NOT part of the swamp. He was one of McConnell's hand-recruited RINO scumbags.Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (KRtlO)
25 "and perhaps he knows he's going to be primaried, so he's going YOLO."
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Guess I'd frame it less YOLO and more like a dying McCain f-you to Trump. Or he's just aiming for the 'Republican' chair at MSNBC or CNN... The problem with going for a RINO's throat with too much time on their clock is you lost your ammo to threaten them with. It would be so delicious if this POS actually got primaried by a Trump...Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (Bhsk7)
26 >> They're not going to cut federal spending either, are they?
We just need another six month Continuing Resolution maintaining Biden-level spending to hammer out the details.
Then we’ll cut spending. Promise.Posted by: Brother Mike Johnson at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (l3YAf)
27 If Tillis was a partisan, rock ribbed conservative Republican, he would do fine in North Carolina. Trump won that state 3 times, he doesn't have to be this "maverick" that crosses over.
All those doodles on his Senate hearing notes with "Mrs. Lindsey Graham" should have been a tip-off.Posted by: Miklos was not fooled at May 08, 2025 05:11 PM (t6ibK)
28 Lara Trump is a resident of FL, and was doing her best to be named as Rubio's replacement...is she moving back to NC?
Posted by: runner at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (g47mK)
She was born, raised, and attended college in NC. For better or worse, where you lived prior to running for office no longer seems to matter. I reckon she and Eric have the money to have a residence in NC with no problems.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 05:12 PM (ExV1e)
29 Richard Burr was also a RINO.Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 05:12 PM (PiwSw)
30 What were there votes on the piece of shit that held the position previously?Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:12 PM (VofaG)
31 Ed Martin at the DoJ: find dirt on those senators that stabbed you and make them pay.Posted by: Ciampino - the black it is darker at May 08, 2025 05:12 PM (sPQoU)
32 >>Probably true, all of these guys eventually become part of the swamp.
Data Republican has been doing a great job exposing his ties on X over the last few days. He's very deep swamp.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:13 PM (viF8m)
33 Tillis choices
1) be a team player even if you don't necessarily like it
2) be an asshoe
Thhhom you missed it by that muchPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 05:13 PM (vmkyp)
34
Well, good move on Trump's part in order to avoid having the district judge make the appointment. (I think it's a "district judge," not sure, but at any rate Hawaiian.) Just get someone who thinks straight but hasn't said anything truthful about J6.
And that Tillis... what an ignorant fvk. Someday he'll get enlightened and he'll make some stupid "oopsie" speech like that Stupak character when abortion got covered in Obamacare.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 05:13 PM (U7Gpi)
35 Yeah, but his brother Aaron never lost a case.Posted by: Raymond? at May 08, 2025 05:13 PM (UbjG+)
36 So, what can we run Baron for?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (QAkQ3)
37 Like I said earlier, a real leader in the party would have leaned on these guys to go along with the sitting president and alleged leader of the party. You like that committee appointment? Play along or I'll stick you on the toilet cleaning committee instead. Like that funding for reelection runs? Don't count on it if you won't work with the president.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (2VST1)
Posted by: Dirty Frank at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (u7nRY)
39 Old, crotchety slug is going to pay the piper in the hereafter
My only consolation for most of these mooks.Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (VJc7E)
40 What were there votes on the piece of shit that held the position previously?
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:12 PM (VofaG)
Presidents not named Trump deserve to get their picks. -- "Republican" SenatorsPosted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (ExV1e)
41 Their = therePosted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (VofaG)
42 >> All those doodles on his Senate hearing notes with "Mrs. Lindsey Graham" should have been a tip-off.
Hey, Lindsey Graham doesn’t settle down for no one! I’m still sowing my wild oats into lots of women’s v*ginas. I’m a stud in my prime!Posted by: Lindsey Graham, heterosexual at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (l3YAf)
43 They're not going to cut federal spending either, are they?
There never really was any chance of that.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:16 PM (2VST1)
44 There's a good chance that both RINO Tillis and the execrable John Cornyn will be gone next Primary election.Posted by: Brewingfrog at May 08, 2025 05:16 PM (Drql1)
45 >>Well, good move on Trump's part in order to avoid having the district judge make the appointment.
I think that threat was a little overblown. Trump can and has fire any US Attorney he wants. They problem is the fake Republicans in the Senate. We want an America First USA in DC, they do not.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:16 PM (viF8m)
46 Let's get Ironside in the slot. Surely, they won't vote against a cripple.
(On a side note...Raymond Burr was a real piece of work)Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 05:17 PM (dIske)
47 >>44 There's a good chance that both RINO Tillis and the execrable John Cornyn will be gone next Primary election.
oh right, I forgot Ken Paxton is primarying him.
Will Texas stand tall or do the usual and just elect Cornyn again?Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:17 PM (KRtlO)
48 According to Redstate:
Trump is considering appointing Jeanine Pirro, a former judge and prosecutor and co-host of Fox News'Posted by: Turn 2 at May 08, 2025 05:17 PM (6TlG5)
49 This was expected. Here we have six assholes that need to be run out of office. They are not worth a shit. They do not need to be supported by Republicans in future elections. They may as well be Democrats. To hell with them.Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 05:18 PM (OrSPY)
50
McConnell is in desperate need of pall bearers.Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2025 05:18 PM (IifOV)
51 I think that threat was a little overblown. Trump can and has fire any US Attorney he wants. They problem is the fake Republicans in the Senate. We want an America First USA in DC, they do not.
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:16 PM (viF8m)
Having a Prosecutor in DC who will actually go after Fraud, is an existential threat to BOTH the Democrats, AND the GOPe....
It's literally an inside the beltway vs outside the beltway fight.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:19 PM (QAkQ3)
52
Madame Lindsay keeps hanging on. He must deliver the pork to keep getting elected.Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2025 05:19 PM (IifOV)
53 Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:16 PM (viF8m)
They would relish making Trump having to fire the DC Attorney . Just another fake outrage to have the media cover 24/7.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:19 PM (VofaG)
54 My old home state (NC) has a weird relationship with politics. There are a TON of Republican-base voters and not a lot of deep-blue cities outside of Charlotte, the Triangle, and Asheville, but they have a really hard time electing Senators that aren't hot fucking garbage.
Liddy Dole was no great shakes.
Burr was a grifting turd.
Tillis is a full blown faggot.Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2025 05:19 PM (QeTpV)
55 50
McConnell is in desperate need of pall bearers.
Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2025 05:18 PM (IifOV)
Wait... are we still supposed to be trustin 'THE PLAN'?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (QAkQ3)
56 Cassidy was pissing in his pants due to the "Insurrection"Posted by: javem at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (8I4hW)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (fxre9)
58 we all know John McCornyn would be on that list if he wasn't up for re-election next yearPosted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (8uzBS)
59 "He must deliver the pork to keep getting elected."
Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (UbjG+)
60 ABC News reported today 5/8:
"President Donald Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and former prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
The potential selection comes as Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that Ed Martin, who is currently serving as D.C.’s interim top prosecutor, would not be taking the position permanently after losing support among top Republicans in the Senate.
An announcement about a new interim U.S. attorney could come as soon as Thursday, sources said. Sources caution that plans could always change and a decision is never final until publicly announced by the president."
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (ctrM5)
61 i'm pretty sure he was never NOT part of the swamp. He was one of McConnell's hand-recruited RINO scumbags.
Posted by: ace
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That's just it though, even people like McConnell started out being pretty conservative. Same with John McCain.
I'm not trying to defend these people, but it's like this across the board. Even Supreme Court judges "grow" in office.
Never seems to go the other way with Democrats that become more conservative. How many times has a liberal supreme court justice crossed the aisle?Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (4pwAx)
62 oh right, I forgot Ken Paxton is primarying him.
Will Texas stand tall or do the usual and just elect Cornyn again?
Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:17 PM (KRtlO)
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I live here. It doesn't matter which one we send back to DC. I don't understand why people are so high on Paxton other than "He's not John Cornyn" as if that's a high bar to clear. Dude has been a weasel his entire career.Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (QeTpV)
63 57 Tariffs are working so well that even the Pope is Made in America! 🇺🇸
😂😂😂
Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (fxre9)
/Golf ClapPosted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (QAkQ3)
64 Markwayne Mullin was other Senator who loaded up his pants something fierce Jan 6.Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (gKWVE)
65 20 We need to organize fundraisers to primary all of the above, excluding the retiring Bitch McConnell.
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Is it prohibitively expensive to start a PAC? It seems to me that a PAC to primary these goons would attract a lot of money.Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (paSBy)
66 I hope she runs. Enough of this shit.Posted by: Ordinary American at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (vsTPo)
Posted by: Sam Brinton at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (UbjG+)
68 Maybe you want to reconsider shaming conservatives who don't jump onto the war bandwagon, Mr. Ace Frum.Posted by: Harlock at May 08, 2025 05:23 PM (55KD0)
69 60
No more Fox News people, please.
This is a terrible idea. She'll be voted down by the same crowd. She's just a clown.
There has to be someone that can fill this position that flies under the radar yet is effective.Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 05:23 PM (4pwAx)
70 >>They would relish making Trump having to fire the DC Attorney . Just another fake outrage to have the media cover 24/7.
All that fake outrage doesn't seem to be working all that well for them anymore. You can only ring the same bell so many times before people get tired of hearing it. Particularly when all you are offering in exchange is pile of dogshit.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:23 PM (viF8m)
71 Markwayne Mullin was other Senator who loaded up his pants something fierce Jan 6.
Its guilty conscience. They know that they are doing things that should get them tarred and feathered by even a friendly crowd, or much worse. Its like doing something you know your parents would get mad at and jumping when someone knocks on the door. They know its wrong. They fear the response of the public if they really knew what was happening.
And they were scared that was what January 6th was about. "OH CRAP here they come!!!"Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (2VST1)
72 Looks like I go Willowed again!
I would really appreciate some commentary from any knowledgeable commentators about the OT part of one of my Willowed comments:
370 Been sleeping a lot today. Thank God I have CPAP! The pain pills have caught up with me, before they were only slowing the slow muscles of my GI tract (I have been taking docusate sodium wuth the pain pills), yesterday they began affecting the slow muscles associated with breathing. As I said, thank God for CPAP! I was tapering off on the pain pills, I’m at a point where I can stop them cold turkey, and I have. Caffeine seems to help, and I can sleep even after drinking caffeinated beverages.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (YSv5G)
73 I'm sure it's been suggested, but remind them that the first offering is always the best and most moderate. Make the next man borderline extremist. After him an actual extremist. After him really get serious about right wing beliefs.Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (koi/Z)
74 The RadTrads appear to be taking this badly.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (l3YAf)
75 Also, Tillis has never been conservative.
He's Republican though, and has been like this since he was in the NC House.Posted by: Harlock at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (55KD0)
76 >>>(On a side note...Raymond Burr was a real piece of work)
Kurt Schlichter always refers to Raymond Burr's sick proclivities. Burr is a top reference for him.
and yeah, a piece of work, at least according to Schlichter's run-down of his perversions.Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:25 PM (KRtlO)
77 My bigger fear with the Congress and the narrow majority is they start getting comfortable telling Trump no and the tax plan is scuttled.
That thing should have been signed into law within the first 100 days.
Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 05:25 PM (4pwAx)
78 Maybe you want to reconsider shaming conservatives who don't jump onto the war bandwagon, Mr. Ace Frum.
Posted by: Harlock at May 08, 2025 05:23 PM (55KD0)
I know that made sense to you in your head but it didn't register at all on the sarcasm meter.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:25 PM (VofaG)
79 Liddy Dole was no great shakes.
Burr was a grifting turd.
Tillis is a full blown faggot.
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IIremember the time I lived in NC in the 90s, and there was the tandem of Helms and Faircloth representing the state in the Senate.
Good Times.Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (Vyll1)
80 65 20 We need to organize fundraisers to primary all of the above, excluding the retiring Bitch McConnell.
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Is it prohibitively expensive to start a PAC? It seems to me that a PAC to primary these goons would attract a lot of money.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (paSBy)
A MoronPAC?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (QAkQ3)
81 One more RINO gets flushed out of the GOP. Trump.builds his legacy.Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (QNzNJ)
82 69 60
No more Fox News people, please.
This is a terrible idea. She'll be voted down by the same crowd. She's just a clown.
There has to be someone that can fill this position that flies under the radar yet is effective.
Posted by: Leupold
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You can never tell if Trump is floating a ballon, trolling the opposition with disinfo, or actually intends to do that. Notice, the story is ABC news and I can see Trump having someone leak false information to them just to burn them. Or not.
We shall see.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (ctrM5)
83 Cocaine Mitch is jus gonna keep screwing us over until the day he dies, that Mr Magoo looking fuckstickPosted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (NtVYv)
84 Can we burn Tillis at the stake after Lara guts him at the polls?Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (MkuC5)
85 My old home state (NC) has a weird relationship with politics. There are a TON of Republican-base voters and not a lot of deep-blue cities outside of Charlotte, the Triangle, and Asheville
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You can see the locust infestation on voting maps.
The most interesting part is being able to tell where the interstates and cities are.Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 08, 2025 05:27 PM (koi/Z)
86 Like I said earlier, a real leader in the party would have leaned on these guys to go along with the sitting president and alleged leader of the party. You like that committee appointment? Play along or I'll stick you on the toilet cleaning committee instead. Like that funding for reelection runs? Don't count on it if you won't work with the president.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (2VST1)
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Trump 2.0 is more subtle and far more effective.
The fact that he no longer has 2 a.m. twitter tantrums is a good thing. Tillis will get what is coming to him. Bank on it.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:27 PM (ZOv7s)
87 was hoping that Trump would back down on this. There is no way he was going to get any of those rino's to vote for his pick. Letting boasberg pick the replacement was a non starter for me
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Trump chess. He is baiting the lovers into declaring themselves. Laura Trump will beat him like a drum.Posted by: It'll be yooooge at May 08, 2025 05:28 PM (oper7)
88 77 My bigger fear with the Congress and the narrow majority is they start getting comfortable telling Trump no and the tax plan is scuttled.
That thing should have been signed into law within the first 100 days.
Posted by: Leupold
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Donors and big corporations want the tax plan as otherwise they get a massive tax hike but because reconciliation is involved, a budget framework has to be passed first along with the CR.
Passing it by July 4th would be historically fast by Capitol Hill stds as any such package is a truly massive bill and a debt hike ceiling is included in the package.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:28 PM (ctrM5)
89 Ace re: Texas/Cornyn
The Texas house has about 25-30 rinos that will vote dem to kill conservative legislation. Fifteen years ago it was the senate doing the jig and Dan Patrick did yoemans work to clean them out.
These rinos will rotate enough to try to hide but all it takes is 18 of them to joint the dems to control the house.
My hunch is Cornyn always funds a repub candidate in the primary to dilute the vote and then counts on dems to carry him across the line on election day.Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (8uzBS)
90 I was hoping that Trump would back down on this. There is no way he was going to get any of those rino's to vote for his pick. Letting boasberg pick the replacement was a non starter for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (e5NfL)
Not sure he's backing down, there's more than one way to win. He may find ways yet to have these turncoats regret this pettiness.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (8avO+)
91 81 One more RINO gets flushed out of the GOP. Trump.builds his legacy.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 05:26 PM (QNzNJ)
A new Director over at FEMA testified to Congress yesterday that he does not think FEMA should be shut down as Trump says...
He was fired today...
Can I vote for Trump again?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (QAkQ3)
92 Trump 2.0 is more subtle and far more effective.
That wasn't Trump's job, I am referring to the Senate Majority Leader, that was what HE was supposed to do. Trump doesn't have a ton of leverage, but Thune does. And he should have used it to get people in line, but he doesn't like Trump EITHER.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (2VST1)
93 oh right, I forgot Ken Paxton is primarying him.
Will Texas stand tall or do the usual and just elect Cornyn again?
Posted by: ace
I'm voting against Cornyn.Posted by: rickb223 at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (fxre9)
94 thanks, DanMan.Posted by: ace at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (KRtlO)
95 Passing it by July 4th would be historically fast by Capitol Hill stds as any such package is a truly massive bill and a debt hike ceiling is included in the package.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:28 PM (ctrM5)
So we'll have to deal with Massie again.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (VofaG)
96 76 >>>(On a side note...Raymond Burr was a real piece of work)
Kurt Schlichter always refers to Raymond Burr's sick proclivities. Burr is a top reference for him.
and yeah, a piece of work, at least according to Schlichter's run-down of his perversions.
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According to Pedowood lore he was a truly vile person right up there with Rock Hudson screwing young guys when he knew he had aids.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:30 PM (ctrM5)
97 Tillis and Murk need to go. I don't care if a Democrat takes the seat instead.Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 05:30 PM (xcxpd)
98 Wait... are we still supposed to be trustin 'THE PLAN'?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (QAkQ3)
If you are talking about The Plan wherein we roll over and spread our cheeks for every Neoclown and Progressive that wants some, then yes.
T R U S T T H E P L A NPosted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of Florida at May 08, 2025 05:30 PM (MkuC5)
99 Trump chess. He is baiting the lovers into declaring themselves. Laura Trump will beat him like a drum.
Posted by: It'll be yooooge at May 08, 2025 05:28 PM (oper7)
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He's doing the old trick of pulling the one he wants, offering a worse substitute, then a worse substitute, and all the while the constituents rage at Tillis to the point where he can't even enter his home state.
Then he resubmits the first option.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (2VST1)
101 Letting boasberg pick the replacement was a non starter for me.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (e5NfL)
The Legislation allows Boasberg to pick the replacement ONLY until another Attorney is chosen...
Now, they could spike some cases... make deals that the Court blesses which would be binding, but that is only if Trump does not point another interim Prosecutor.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (QAkQ3)
102 Larry O'Connor is of the opinion that Tillis was protecting people on the J6 Committee from a determined prosecutor like Martin.
Find someone just as tough. Trump had to do thisPosted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (QNzNJ)
103 Seem almost half of Hollywood male actors are homo.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (VofaG)
104 My hunch is Cornyn always funds a repub candidate in the primary to dilute the vote and then counts on dems to carry him across the line on election day.
Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (8uzBS)
Might work but a few Trump rallies should scotch that. If he's smart he will take the lump and become an ambassador somewhere nice or something.
Like the Clinton wing the force of the GOPe is spent as a power in the party. One by one they will go.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:32 PM (8avO+)
105 So we'll have to deal with Massie again.
Posted by: polynikes
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I think he has to vote for it or he is likely done in his home district. If the tax bill is not approved by Dec. of this year, there is a massive tax hike for a lot of big donors and corporations.
The dwindling Koch brother's political power is fading and that is what has buttressed him up so far.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:32 PM (ctrM5)
106 The Quislings will keep doing this until they start getting painful consequences.
There's literally been no downside for them.Posted by: Beverly at May 08, 2025 05:32 PM (Epeb0)
107 Not sure he's backing down, there's more than one way to win. He may find ways yet to have these turncoats regret this pettiness.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:29 PM (8avO+)
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Exactly.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)
108 What about Andrew Bailey. He's pretty hardcore conservative and a solid supporter of the current administration. He's only been in the Missouri AG slot since the beginning of 2023, but I think he'd be pretty good provided he wanted to navigate the DC cesspool.
Who knows. He might have political aspirations beyond Missouri, and this position might seem appetizing.Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (dIske)
109 Larry O'Connor is of the opinion that Tillis was protecting people on the J6 Committee from a determined prosecutor like Martin.
Find someone just as tough. Trump had to do this
Posted by: JM in Illinois at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (QNzNJ)
Nominate someone who makes Martin look like a milquetoast, who might go scorched earth on lawbreakers.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (VNX3d)
Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (UarWD)
111 Seem almost half of Hollywood male actors are homo.
If the whistleblowers and Diddy Parties are to be believed, ALL of them are, to at least some degree.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (2VST1)
112 Will Texas stand tall or do the usual and just elect Cornyn again?
Posted by: ace
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It depends on Money. The Bush's will flood the airwaves with Big Bad John commercials; also Paxton bad by the reel. Paxton's got to overcome that.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (lCWOD)
113 106 The Quislings will keep doing this until they start getting painful consequences.
There's literally been no downside for them.
Posted by: Beverly at May 08, 2025 05:32 PM (Epeb0)
Vichy GOPe....Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:34 PM (QAkQ3)
114 Seem almost half of Hollywood male actors are homo.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:31 PM (VofaG)
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Because the directors/producers are now gay and that's how the casting couch works.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:34 PM (ZOv7s)
115 Wasn't Elon threatening to fund primaries for a$$holes that blocked nominees?Posted by: hobbitopoly at May 08, 2025 05:34 PM (k9OZB)
116 Go Lara, go!
Elsewhere, I am not soliciting medical advice. I would just like a frank conversation with someone who has faced similar issues in the past and can speak to the matter.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:34 PM (YSv5G)
117 Tillis and Murk need to go. I don't care if a Democrat takes the seat instead.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 05:30 PM (xcxpd)
Murk has tried to turn her seat into a inviolate spot (htf do you spell sinoshure sinoscure? Brave is no help.)Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (8VFCM)
118 The Quislings will keep doing this until they start getting painful consequences.
There's literally been no downside for them.
Posted by: Beverly at May 08, 2025 05:32 PM (Epeb0)
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Right, that's why Mike Pence is such a force within the GOP today.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (ZOv7s)
119 Can we burn Tillis at the stake after Lara guts himat the pollson the stocks?
Posted by: CZ = FNG, Free Republic of FloridaPosted by: wth at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (v0R5T)
120 Dude has been a weasel his entire career.
Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (QeTpV)
can you cite any legal attacks on him that don't involve Karl Rove? This goes back to 2015 at least.Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (8uzBS)
121 111 Seem almost half of Hollywood male actors are homo.
If the whistleblowers and Diddy Parties are to be believed, ALL of them are, to at least some degree.
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Gay for pay.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (ctrM5)
122 he Quislings will keep doing this until they start getting painful
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And quite a few of them have been photographed whilst conducting animal husbandry IYKWIMAITTYD. Which is why they will go full kamikaze.Posted by: It'll be yooooge at May 08, 2025 05:36 PM (oper7)
123 I think once you get in the door at Satan's City, your requirements to stay are laid out for you.
Hollywood might let you in, but staying is up to you.Posted by: AlaBAMA at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (UarWD)
124 Looks like they elected another Commiefag pedo-protector for pope. Way to go, guys.Posted by: Hardly surprising at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: The bear at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (oper7)
126 I live here. It doesn't matter which one we send back to DC. I don't understand why people are so high on Paxton other than "He's not John Cornyn" as if that's a high bar to clear. Dude has been a weasel his entire career.
Posted by: ballistic at May 08, 2025 05:21 PM (QeTpV)
If he's our weasel, that's fine. Let him eat Democratic mice and baby rabbits.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (8avO+)
127 @OcrazioCornPop
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59m
🚨 REPORT: Ed Martin rumored to be appointed Special Counsel to root out political corruption in D.C.
Would that include
@SenThomTillis
allegedly corrupt Real Estate deals?Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (viF8m)
128 You can't hate these buddy fucker Republicans enough.Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 08, 2025 05:38 PM (hwLGC)
129 Tillis, along with Pence, are repulsive, but at least they have a conscience. Most Republicans are soulless animals unworthy of representing anyone in government.Posted by: Sid at May 08, 2025 05:38 PM (GNz3z)
130 98 Wait... are we still supposed to be trustin 'THE PLAN'?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:20 PM (QAkQ3)
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That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq8sWx1rh0sPosted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:38 PM (lCWOD)
131 Does a bear shit in a funny Pope hat?
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No. Obvs. I take it off before....
Posted by: The bear at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (oper7)
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Oddly, we may have a Catholic Pope again. Been a while...Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)
132 Right, that's why Mike Pence is such a force within the GOP today.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I saw yesterday in some story that Mikey P. got a cringeworthy Major Award from some group for courage. About snorted coffee through my nose at that story. Of course, it might have involved a certain activity with a chicken that got him the award but I didn't get past the first paragraph.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (ctrM5)
133 The Bush wing of Texas Republicans can RINO with the best of them. Sad!Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (0sNs1)
134 It depends on Money. The Bush's will flood the airwaves with Big Bad John commercials; also Paxton bad by the reel. Paxton's got to overcome that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:33 PM (lCWOD)
2024 shows that's a good way to waste money.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (8avO+)
135 If Tillis was a partisan, rock ribbed conservative....
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It's who he really is. It's why he has to go. I hope he enjoys his future anonymity.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Anonymity? Well, his name won't make the papers, but he'll have an office on K Street before the inauguration of his successor.
Any Congressman... excuse me, CongressPERSON, who's been there for more than 10 years has DC as their home. He may not have any "influence", but he knows -Senate collegiality, doncha know- lots of people who do.Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (+dUmU)
136 The murderer of Daniel Pearl killed, thank you India.
What a shame on George Bush, what a shame on all of our agencies who were involved and did NOTHING. What a shame on us for allowing them to get away with doing NOTHING.
India, thank you. And thank you for showing the world how to respect terrorists.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (gKWVE)
138 Does a bear shit in a funny Pope hat?
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No. Obvs. I take it off before....
Posted by: The bear at May 08, 2025 05:37 PM (oper7)
I use it to clean up afterwards. Then clean it in a stream.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (VNX3d)
139 >> That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
Trust no one.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (l3YAf)
140 Oddly, we may have a Catholic Pope again. Been a while...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:39 PM (ZOv7s)
He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)
141 That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025
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"If you do not meet my completely arbitrary deadline, you are a traitor! Hear me?! A TRAITOR!"Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (ZOv7s)
142 >> That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
Trust no one.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (l3YAf)
I trust God. All others pay cash.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (VNX3d)
143 That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
Trust no one.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (l3YAf)
Reflexive hate isn't any more correct.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (8avO+)
144 (htf do you spell sinoshure sinoscure? Brave is no help.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM
Sinecure is the word you seek.Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (0sNs1)
145 59m
🚨 REPORT: Ed Martin rumored to be appointed Special Counsel to root out political corruption in D.C.
Would that include
@SenThomTillis
allegedly corrupt Real Estate deals?
Posted by: JackStraw
Heh. I floated that yesterday or the day before. Didn't think Trump would take me up on it.
I always said that the best thing Trump II could do is go after with hammer and tongs the entire edifice of DC establishment, NGOs, judges, Congress and the bureaucracy. Everyone pretty much hates them other than the big donors and recipients of federal largesse.
May it be so.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Ciampino - the black it is darkerest at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (sPQoU)
147 He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)
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Lots of penance and suffering.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ZOv7s)
148 He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)
Eternal damnation.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 05:42 PM (8VFCM)
149 I trust God. All others pay cash.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Somewhere Jean Shepard is beaming.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:42 PM (ctrM5)
150 SinecurePosted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:42 PM (YSv5G)
151
2024 shows that's a good way to waste money.
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Paxton's good and he's smart but he's not as clever as Trump.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (lCWOD)
152 I despise Lindsey Graham and will never vote for him, regardless of Trump's endorsement.
Primary.Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (w6EFb)
153 cynosure is something else, a center of attention.Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (gKWVE)
154 Reflexive hate isn't any more correct.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (8avO+)
Perhaps not hate, but why not distrust and generalized misanthropy?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (l3YAf)
155 146 117
sinecure
Posted by: Ciampino - the black it is darkerest at May 08, 2025 05:41 PM (sPQoU)
THANK YOU!
Driving me nuts.Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (8VFCM)
156 He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.
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Worse, he could be a White Sox fan nowadays.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (ctrM5)
157 HordeSourceing your questions is a privilege, not a sinecure.Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (0sNs1)
158 Good, smart, and clever. Pick two.Posted by: The rules at May 08, 2025 05:44 PM (UbjG+)
159 can you cite any legal attacks on him that don't involve Karl Rove? This goes back to 2015 at least.
Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:35 PM (8uzBS)
His strong fight against the Left is why I will vote for him but the dude is unethical. You have to fight fire with fire sometimes. And to answer your question he did a plea deal to avoid his securities felony charges and possibility of prison. I don't know why Rove matters.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:44 PM (VofaG)
160 Remember how conservatives were endlessly lectured by Republicans about having to sacrifice our principles to come together and "beat" the Democrats. How we didn't want to touch any "third rails" and upset anyone too much. Remember that.
You don't think they were bullshitting all along because they didn't believe in the principles they swore they did, do you?Posted by: ... at May 08, 2025 05:44 PM (E0p3T)
161 The way to put it, Ace, is "de facto Democrats."Posted by: GWB at May 08, 2025 05:45 PM (uheo5)
162 Seem almost half of Hollywood male actors are homo.
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Dude, it would be a huge improvement if half of them were homo.Posted by: Nick Searcy at May 08, 2025 05:45 PM (paSBy)
163 Nothing would presently give me greater pleasure than casting a vote for Any-Republican-But-Tillis in the primary.
And I can say, with complete confidence, that the whole Paco clan, in their overalled, snuff-dipping hundreds, will be joining me, as we descend upon his candidacy like a wolf upon the fold, shouting the ancient Paco motto, Carpe the bastard by the damned jugulum.
Posted by: Paco at May 08, 2025 05:45 PM (mADJX)
164 He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)
Eternal damnation.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at May 08, 2025 05:42 PM (8VFCM)
They won that series so there is always hope.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:45 PM (8avO+)
165 Don't take Sinecure if you're allergic to Sinecure.Posted by: The Legal Department at May 08, 2025 05:45 PM (UbjG+)
166 Pope jokes
He should wear a black suit a pork pie hat and shades. He’s on a mission from god.
Communion will now be deep dish and Old Style.
Ditka is a shoe in for sainthood.
Chicago produced a pope before a 400 yard d passer.Posted by: Blutarski at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (b294k)
167 >> Driving me nuts.Posted by: Just the punchline at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (l3YAf)
168 Oddly, we may have a Catholic Pope again. Been a while...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Don't get your hopes too high. He's made statements opposing illegal immigrant deportation.
It may be just wanting to keep fellow communicants in country, or it may a symptom of progressive mind-rot.Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (+dUmU)
169 I hate that God damn mother fucker Tillis.Posted by: MAGA_Ken at May 08, 2025 05:47 PM (Vh9CX)
170 Worse, he could be a White Sox fan nowadays.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:43 PM (ctrM5)
Yeah when I lived there I always thought they should move. They could have collectively cured cancer and everyone in the city would be talking about why the Cubs were 5-15 in their last 20 games.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:47 PM (8avO+)
171 Oddly, we may have a Catholic Pope again. Been a while...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Don't get your hopes too high. He's made statements opposing illegal immigrant deportation.
It may be just wanting to keep fellow communicants in country, or it may a symptom of progressive mind-rot.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (+dUmU)
From what I understand he's lived most of his life outside of the USA. Is that correct?Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (VofaG)
172 I read he was a Sox fan. He knows suffering leads to enlightenment.Posted by: Blutarski at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (b294k)
173 ballistic: I don't understand why people are so high on Paxton other than "He's not John Cornyn" as if that's a high bar to clear. Dude has been a weasel his entire career.
It’s high bar enough to be a net positive for MAGA. Paxton was one of the few to effectively and proactively go after the Biden admin and Deep State in general. Cornyn didn’t do squat and he’s in about as safe a seat as is possible as well as being in GOP leadership. He remains a McCainiac and speed bump for populist platforms. If he is a leader, he hides it exceedingly well. By that metric alone, Paxton kicks his ass.Posted by: AnonybotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (gLikB)
174 Back in summer of 2016, Nate Silver cracked wise that the Cubs would win the World Series and Trump would be elected President. He got lots yuks and high-fives from his liberal followers for such a witty joke.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:49 PM (l3YAf)
175 Don't get your hopes too high. He's made statements opposing illegal immigrant deportation.
It may be just wanting to keep fellow communicants in country, or it may a symptom of progressive mind-rot.
Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (+dUmU)
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I'm aware that someone uses a twitter account in his name, but most of what is attributed to him is him retweeting a fellow bishop.
What I do know as that he was a missionary in Peru and spoke out strongly against the Western culture forcing homosexuality and gay marriage on people in defiance of the gospels. So we'll see.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)
176 Chicago produced a pope before a 400 yard d passer.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 08, 2025 05:46 PM (b294k)
Pray for another Walter Payton. a good passer in Chicago is against the laws of Physics. Jake Cutler and McMahon are as close as youre gonna get. D and run the ball.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:49 PM (8avO+)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 05:50 PM (PiwSw)
178 From what I understand he's lived most of his life outside of the USA. Is that correct?
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM
Es correctomundo, señor. Peru, to be specific, and then Italy.Posted by: Wesley Crusher at May 08, 2025 05:50 PM (0sNs1)
179 ... and every high-profile dust-up--most recently Tillis' very public break with the White House over a controversial D.C. prosecutor nominee ...
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In The Swamp, "controversial" = non-corrupt, non-treasonous, non-compromised, and non-Deep State (BIRM quattro).Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2025 05:50 PM (ax8PA)
180 He might be a Cubs fan so he knows a lot about divine punishment.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (8avO+)
So, is my devotion to the Detroit Tigers now considered apostasy?Posted by: Paco at May 08, 2025 05:51 PM (mADJX)
181 From what I understand he's lived most of his life outside of the USA. Is that correct?
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (VofaG)
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Yes. He's not easily fit into any one category. Apparently loves the TLM, even celebrates it in pre-Vatican II vestments.
I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:51 PM (ZOv7s)
182 The new pope is Peruvian.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 05:51 PM (bF7Q5)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 05:51 PM (Q4IgG)
184 deportation.
It may be just wanting to keep fellow communicants in country, or it may a symptom of progressive mind-rot.
That is a political issue, not a doctrinal matter. He is against ordination of female priests, that’s a position that counts. He never made any noises about changing the Lord’s Prayer, that’s important as well.
And he took as his name the successor to Pope Leo XiIII, who gave us the St. Michael prayer.Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (dvoZ0)
185 From what I understand he's lived most of his life outside of the USA. Is that correct?
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (VofaG)
In South America so not too enmeshed in inside Vatican-ball. But apparently well thought about enough to get voted in smoothly.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (8avO+)
186 I don't know why Rove matters.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:44 PM (VofaG)
Rove was the campaign manager for the Dallas guy Paxton beat to win the AG seat. All the shit starts there. I have a pretty big portfolio of the crap he's put up with and the millions spent to prosecute him. Does the name Johnny Sullivan ring a bell? He in on it too.Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (8uzBS)
187 Hey, Lindsey Graham doesn’t settle down for no one! I’m still sowing my wild oats into lots of women’s v*ginas. I’m a stud in my prime!
Posted by: Lindsey Graham, heterosexual at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (l3YAf)
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Same here!Posted by: Cory Booker, Fierce Heterosexual at May 08, 2025 05:53 PM (YqDXo)
188 Chicago Pope will be a pizza style in a week. Deep dish with no sauce.
And you'll like it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 05:51 PM (Q4IgG)
Swiss cheese for the holey-nessPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:53 PM (8avO+)
189 Yeah when I lived there I always thought they should move. They could have collectively cured cancer and everyone in the city would be talking about why the Cubs were 5-15 in their last 20 games.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Southside has continued to deteriorate as well despite the new park.
Always did get a kick out of Bill Veeck and his promotions back in the day. Disco Demolition night was a hoot.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:54 PM (ctrM5)
190 And he took as his name the successor to Pope Leo XiIII, who gave us the St. Michael prayer.
Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (dvoZ0)
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Forcefully spoke out against Communism as well.
I'm hoping he challenges the CCP.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:54 PM (ZOv7s)
191 I impatiently wait for McConnell’s demise.Posted by: Dr. Claw at May 08, 2025 05:54 PM (a42Vf)
192 It’s kind of hard for the head of the catholic church to be a borders hawk. Deporting people is rough business.
And the church has often embraced a wishy-washy soft socialism welfare state, so I don’t expect any change there.
But I didn’t think Francis was all that bad. I just ignored the stuff that was bad policy, like immigration, climate change and the welfare state.
Francis’ worst mistake, in my eyes, was his antagonism towards the TLM and traditionalism. Hopefully Leo is more open to that.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (l3YAf)
193 What I do know as that he was a missionary in Peru and spoke out strongly against the Western culture forcing homosexuality and gay marriage on people in defiance of the gospels. So we'll see.
In his first address he urged the laity to join him in being a missionary to teach the gospel of Our Lord.
This pontiff is pretty clear and direct in his rhetoric, he doesn’t deploy word salad gobbledygook like someone of recent memory…Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (dvoZ0)
194 An easy win for Pope Leo would be to find a new see for Bishop Strickland, who has offered fervent prayer for him.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (ZOv7s)
195 I'd vote for a dead possum before I'd vote for Tillis.Posted by: AshevilleRobert at May 08, 2025 05:56 PM (Hw6WF)
Posted by: Blutarski at May 08, 2025 05:56 PM (b294k)
197 That's the way I feel about Bondi love. I trusted Bush. I pushed for Bush and Bush fucked me.
Trust no one.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:40 PM (l3YAf)
Id rather be fucked by Bondi than BushPosted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at May 08, 2025 05:56 PM (NtVYv)
198 52
Madame Lindsay keeps hanging on. He must deliver the pork to keep getting elected.
Posted by: Frank Barone
WILBURRRRRRR.Posted by: Mr Ed at May 08, 2025 05:56 PM (W2Pud)
199 He is against ordination of female priests, that’s a position that counts. He never made any noises about changing the Lord’s Prayer, that’s important as well.
And he took as his name the successor to Pope Leo XiIII, who gave us the St. Michael prayer.
Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (dvoZ0)
Yes, all very good signs.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (l3YAf)
200 New question for those we should never under any circumstances bomb Iran. Still think it's off the table?
>>@HanifJazayeri
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>>3h
🚨
@FoxNews
Exclusive revelation of a new nuclear weapons site in Iran
>>The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applicationsPosted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)
201 Francis’ worst mistake, in my eyes, was his antagonism towards the TLM and traditionalism. Hopefully Leo is more open to that.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (l3YAf)
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Francis was pure chaos. All about ambiguity and Jesuitical distinctions.
An Augustinian approach is much more appropriate.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)
202 Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 05:52 PM (8uzBS)
I'm sure there have been exaggerated or false claims against him but there are more than enough accurate and admitted ethical charges too.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (VofaG)
203 191 I impatiently wait for McConnell’s demise.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Stan takes awhile to break his toys. He likes the slow burn approach as Mitch glitches, twitches, and becomes a shell of a human skin covering his demonic nature within.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (ctrM5)
204
Id rather be fucked by Bondi than Bush
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That dildo would be hard to take.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (lCWOD)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (koi/Z)
206 HordeSourceing your questions is a privilege, not a sinecure.
Please, it’s too late to call a nurse or PA in the EST. I don’t want to call for an ambulance unless it’s life or death.
I’m calling my sister in Tulsa: she can get a nurse on the line and call me back.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (YSv5G)
207 And the church has often embraced a wishy-washy soft socialism welfare state, so I don’t expect any change there.
But I didn’t think Francis was all that bad. I just ignored the stuff that was bad policy, like immigration, climate change and the welfare state.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (l3YAf)
Goes back to early days when the Papacy had to take up secular welfare for Rome and environs as the state power of Rome, then Ostrogoths, then Byzantium waned in the Lombard invasions.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (8avO+)
208 172 I read he was a Sox fan. He knows suffering leads to enlightenment.
Posted by: Blutarski at May 08, 2025 05:48 PM (b294k)
Yeah... F that... if that was true I'd be so enlightened, I'd be floating..
It's like that stupid 'that which does not kill you makes you stronger' bullshit... no... if that was true, I'd be SuperMan by now.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (QAkQ3)
209 Rumor is that Trump is considering appointing Jennine Pirro to replace Martin at least temporarily. That would be funPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Boron Quidquid - Nose rings and tattoos show that her trauma is her personality at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (koi/Z)
211 Id rather be fucked by Bondi than Bush
Posted by: Hatari
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I can see the dialogue in the afterglow--"Bondi, Pam Bondi"Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
212 209 Rumor is that Trump is considering appointing Jennine Pirro to replace Martin at least temporarily. That would be fun
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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See upthread, reported by abc news today.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (ctrM5)
213 Btw
PNW folks
Yakima. Saturday. There will be crab.
Ping Mark in left sidebar if you need the password.Posted by: Mr Ed at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (W2Pud)
214 Does anyone know who Trump wants to nominate in lieu of Ed Martin?
I think Johnathan Turley would be a good choice, solid on the Constitution but non threatening to the RINO squishesPosted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 05:59 PM (dvoZ0)
Posted by: mrp at May 08, 2025 06:00 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 06:00 PM (W2Pud)
217 >>The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)
IS this the part where we call Maverick back to duty?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:00 PM (QAkQ3)
218 EDT not ESTPosted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:01 PM (YSv5G)
219 216 Well shit.
Off sock!
Posted by: nurse ratched at May 08, 2025 06:00 PM (W2Pud)
Was it a .... silk... stocking?
/waggles eyebrowsPosted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:01 PM (QAkQ3)
220 214 Does anyone know who Trump wants to nominate in lieu of Ed Martin?
I think Johnathan Turley would be a good choice, solid on the Constitution but non threatening to the RINO squishes
Posted by: kallisto
ABC News is running that Trump is considering Judge Jeannine Pirro for the post. Dunno about truthiness and as I posted upthread, the whole thing could be a leak to burn a leaker rather than serious.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 06:01 PM (ctrM5)
221 The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)
Enhance? Since its half the fuel for an H bomb, that's an interesting way to put it.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (8avO+)
222 Communion will now be deep dish and Old Style.
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And to think, we could have had a Pope Pizzaballa!
https://is.gd/PhkZvW
Father Guido Sarducci and his Find The Pope In The Pizza Contest hardest hit ...Posted by: ShainS at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ax8PA)
223 Please, it’s too late to call a nurse or PA in the EST. I don’t want to call for an ambulance unless it’s life or death.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM
Slap hot iron to it.Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (PQclV)
224 Goes back to early days when the Papacy had to take up secular welfare for Rome and environs as the state power of Rome, then Ostrogoths, then Byzantium waned in the Lombard invasions.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (8avO+)
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Capitalism destroyed the old village economy, forcing people into cities where they were just one more factor of production. Eventually, we found an equilibrium of prosperity, but at this late date when jobs are being outsourced and the unemployed left behind encouraged to do drugs and die, I'm reconsidering my former love for the "free" market.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
225 Appoints Turley as temp. Both want it that way.
Turley's doing outstanding job.
"John, how do you feel about hanging on?"
_I'm having fun.
"Good, enjoy the ride."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (lCWOD)
226 Rats in office joining the Deep State against TrumpPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 06:03 PM (ypFCm)
227 @212 thx hadn't seen that, had wandered off . Pirro graduated Albany law about 7-8 yrs before me. It would be an interesting thingPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 06:03 PM (vmkyp)
228 If you go over seas in an effort to deceive Americans, you can't return and your women will be given new better mates.Posted by: Dreamingrobot at May 08, 2025 06:03 PM (dksSP)
229 The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:57 PM (viF8m)
Women are suited for scaring every boy out of sin for life with that big ruler and two thousand years of nun stories.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:04 PM (8avO+)
230 I know that made sense to you in your head but it didn't register at all on the sarcasm meter.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:25 PM (VofaG)
Go with that.Posted by: Harlock at May 08, 2025 06:06 PM (55KD0)
231 His strong fight against the Left is why I will vote for him but the dude is unethical. You have to fight fire with fire sometimes. And to answer your question he did a plea deal to avoid his securities felony charges and possibility of prison. I don't know why Rove matters.
Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:44 PM (VofaG)
A note on that plea deal - he was charged with a felony that could have brought him 20 years in prison, was hounded in court about for nearly a decade, and in the end the Prosecutors decided the appropriate punishment for this Super Serious Crime was 100 hours of community service, and getting Paxton to say I'm sorry.Posted by: Tom Servo at May 08, 2025 06:06 PM (uWKK8)
232 Hard to get excited about winning when your side has so many losers you have to depend on.Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2025 06:06 PM (wBaIH)
233 That dildo would be hard to take.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:58 PM (lCWOD)
It’s weird that GWB opted for a 14” black strapon, isn’t it?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:07 PM (l3YAf)
234 Francis’ worst mistake, in my eyes, was his antagonism towards the TLM and traditionalism. Hopefully Leo is more open to that.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:55 PM (l3YAf)
Worst mistake or not, it's the one that most infuriated me. When we lived in Richmond, VA, we were members of St. Joseph's church which only performed the traditional Latin mass. It still does, under the auspices of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter.
Btw, that's the church that initially sparked the FBI's interest in possible traditionalist ties to "domestic terrorism". What a slander that was.Posted by: Paco at May 08, 2025 06:07 PM (mADJX)
235 Tritium decays into helium-3 which is considered the best fuel for hydrogen fusion rockets.Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 06:09 PM (gKWVE)
236 Capitalism destroyed the old village economy, forcing people into cities where they were just one more factor of production. Eventually, we found an equilibrium of prosperity, but at this late date when jobs are being outsourced and the unemployed left behind encouraged to do drugs and die, I'm reconsidering my former love for the "free" market.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
cities used to produce actual stuff... Detroit, Cars... LA, Planes and Movies... Pittsburgh, Steel...
Now, they are just large populations making money taking in each others laundry.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 06:09 PM (QAkQ3)
237 Eventually, we found an equilibrium of prosperity, but at this late date when jobs are being outsourced and the unemployed left behind encouraged to do drugs and die, I'm reconsidering my former love for the "free" market.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
We had a good system of market capitalism going until the Empire overextended itself. Now we’re following a familiar downward spiral of a decadent culture, an obscene elite, and a hollowed-out economy.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:09 PM (l3YAf)
238 The Ice Monkeys are wound up about something.Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:10 PM (bF7Q5)
239 I'm sure there have been exaggerated or false claims against him but there are more than enough accurate and admitted ethical charges too.
Another name you may know...Brian Wice.
Three attorneys out of Houston went to Colin County to start the shit show against Paxton. They got a grand to investigate him and told the county it would take about $30k to convict him. 3 years and $430k+ later they had not even nailed down charges. Colin County refused to pay them.
They tried to revive the case in Harris County (Houston) once the county flipped to dems. That was in 2017. Hurricane Harvey destroyed the county courts. That bought them more time.
The federal Western District of Texas' Johnny Sullivan (Bush/Rove) came in as a prosecutor. The Southern District also got involved. You ever hear of a conviction?
Every Rino and dem that tried has failed to take him out. That says more about them doesn't it?Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 06:10 PM (8uzBS)
240 I'm reconsidering my former love for the "free" market.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
we haven't had even quasi free for a long time. its been the 'sucker' economics. When half the nations or more super tariff it means they no longer believe in encouraging innovation, they just want 'advantage'. Like leeches on the system, too much and it dies.
Similar to "Democracy". Its clear that the EU, Germany, UK and France, Canada and Australia no longer believe that the people are sovereign and are taking steps to destroy that concept. And one of our parties agrees with them.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:11 PM (8avO+)
241
>>The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw
So 'tritium' sights don't have real tritium?Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)
242 Every Rino and dem that tried has failed to take him out. That says more about them doesn't it?
Posted by: DanMan at May 08, 2025 06:10 PM (8uzBS)
"They love him for the enemies he has made"
I know little to nothing about Paxon, but I prefer him already.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:12 PM (8avO+)
243 sock off, before I forgetPosted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (YqDXo)
244 The other NC Senator who replaced Burr, Ted Budd is a great pro trump member.Posted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (YCxFk)
245 H bombs glow in the dark?Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (bF7Q5)
246 We had a good system of market capitalism going until the Empire overextended itself. Now we’re following a familiar downward spiral of a decadent culture, an obscene elite, and a hollowed-out economy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:09 PM (l3YAf)
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American capitalism was far less destructive than the European variety, and the harm in Europe was more apparent to the Church.
But the remorseless drive to seek ever greater profit is not an unalloyed good, despite 'conservative' assertions to the contrary.
The irony is that the old Catholic Democrat alignment that sought employment protections and a social safety net has been entirely destroyed. The Dems openly advocate for a foreign-born serf class managed by the laptop owners.Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
247 H bombs glow in the dark?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (bF7Q5)
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For certain values of "glow" and "dark."Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at May 08, 2025 06:14 PM (6YdsJ)
248 I despise Tillis, but hate Roy Cooper.Posted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:14 PM (YCxFk)
249 The secret site revealed today by the NCRI is code-named the Rainbow Site & produces Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw
So 'tritium' sights don't have real tritium?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Maybe for 30 years, the half life of Tritium is 12.3 years.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:14 PM (8avO+)
250 Cassidy has to go. In a deep red statePosted by: Jonah at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (YCxFk)
251 H bombs glow in the dark?
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (bF7Q5)
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For certain values of "glow" and "dark."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at May 08, 2025 06:14 PM (6YdsJ)
The uranium or plutonium needed to warm them up is also radioactivePosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 06:15 PM (8avO+)
252 Nood. Quickies.Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 08, 2025 06:16 PM (ExV1e)
253 American capitalism was far less destructive than the European variety, and the harm in Europe was more apparent to the Church.
But the remorseless drive to seek ever greater profit is not an unalloyed good, despite 'conservative' assertions to the contrary.
The irony is that the old Catholic Democrat alignment that sought employment protections and a social safety net has been entirely destroyed. The Dems openly advocate for a foreign-born serf class managed by the laptop owners.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at May 08, 2025 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Agreed. They also want a permanent domestic “consumer” class, eating junk food paid for with EBT while their fatherless kids shoot each other over sneakers.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 06:18 PM (l3YAf)
254 Tritium — a radioactive isotope used to enhance nuclear weapons, with no peaceful or commercial applications
Posted by: JackStraw
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My P365 disputes that.
For the non gun nuts here, tritium is used in glow-in-the-dark sights, and other similar applications.Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 06:22 PM (+dUmU)
255 196 Do you know how many women have been pope?
Nun.
Thus the rumored “hole-pierced” stool, and the chant of “testiculos habete” by each cardinal in turn.
I’m coming off hyperventilation and my panic. I’m still calling my sister in Tulsa but just inform her not a call for help. I know you don’t want to lose accreditation, bu now I’ve determined thr Father, Son, an Holy Ghost will see me through, now you can share that story about your Aunt Edna Mae, how she had the very same thing happen to her, and how she handled it, now that it no longer matters. This was how Didier Raoult was dethroned as Father of European Virology and lost his position as head of the Marseille Institute of Tropical Diseases. No one would speak up for him that had any medical accreditation. For shame!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:27 PM (YSv5G)
256 Forgive them for they know not what they do!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:30 PM (YSv5G)
257 Yeah, tritium watch hands in Rolexes not radium any more.Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 06:34 PM (YSv5G)
258 Trump just appointed Judge Jeanine as interimPosted by: kactus at May 08, 2025 06:48 PM (twS2i)
259 So 'tritium' sights don't have real tritium?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at May 08, 2025 06:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Maybe for 30 years, the half life of Tritium is 12.3 years.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Yep. I had a National Semiconductor watch about '78. The clock portion of it ran for more than 30 years, but the tritium "light" died to the point of uselessness in about 10 years. At the point that it stopped keeping time, you could still see the glow (but couldn't read the numbers) in a very dark room.Posted by: buddhaha at May 08, 2025 06:52 PM (+dUmU)
Posted by: Marooned at May 08, 2025 08:21 PM (kt8QE)
261 I will be retiring next year and will spend all that extra time working to get Thom Turkey Tillis out.
He was a RINO in the legislature. He is a RINO now. If he wins the primary I will work for whatever Dem is running against him. No more supporting RINO's.Posted by: jimmymcnulty at May 08, 2025 08:33 PM (Oq0A7)
262 I hope Tillis get primaried and loses. I don't want to vote for a democrat, but given the choice between Tillis and democrat, the D is going to get my vote.Posted by: TC at May 08, 2025 09:47 PM (szqEY)
263 "I'm aware that someone uses a twitter account in his name, but most of what is attributed to him is him retweeting a fellow bishop."
His account, his words. If he doesn't know what is being posted in his name, he shows an astounding lack of judgement.Posted by: TC at May 08, 2025 10:18 PM (szqEY)
Asked About His Steep Cognitive Decline on Propaganda Yenta Show The View, Biden Babbles Incoherently and Needs His Wifenurse to Step In
"Joe worked hard every single day," non-doctor Jill Biden said.
After the debate, you'll remember, she praised Biden as if he were a retarded child saying "You answered all the questions."
Video below.
I know you'll have trouble believing this, but The View offered easy questions, lobbing them underhand like fluffy marshmallows.
After proving themselves to be his greatest sycophants with their gushfest of an interview last September, former President Biden reciprocated by giving the liberal ladies of ABC's The View his first post-presidency interview. Of course, as Democratic propagandists, they swaddled him in love and softball questions, largely teeing up questions about controversies in easy-to-knock-down ways, and helping him rehabilitate his image.
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg opened up questions with a fast ball about how he was doing, which Biden used to hawk the book he was supposedly writing himself. Pretend independent Sara Haines followed up by ignoring the fact that Biden didn't drop out willingly but was forced out by Democratic Party insiders and donors, and commended him on his "selfless and very difficult decision" to drop out.
When asked why Vice President Kamala Harris lost despite Democratic optimism, Biden seeming suggested that America was sexist:
HAINES: Democrats were feeling optimistic about the vice president's chances of winning the presidency, but then election night came, and it was like 2016 all over again. So, why do you think the vice president lost and were you surprised?BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route.
As Biden's biggest fan on the set, Joy Behar had the gooiest things to say about him. Completely ignoring how both President Obama and Biden blamed their Republican predecessors for their own failings until they left office, Behar whined that Trump was blaming Biden after the first 100 days.
"As of late April, he had mentioned you and your family and your administration at least 580 times. That's -- we're talking shrink land now," Behar declared, suggesting there was something wrong with Trump's brain (something she refused to entertain with Biden). Of course, it was an easy softball for Biden:
BEHAR: Why is he so fixated on you and blaming you for everything?BIDEN: I beat him.
In a follow up question sometime later, Behar admitted that Biden's handlers had requested she ask him a specific question about his use of an autopen to sign his family's pardons and admitted that she promised to do it:
BEHAR: I promised I would ask this question, because --[Whoopi Goldberg gestures to the producers]
They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant!
BIDEN: Oh, he's vacant.
Previously, The View cast cheered Biden's pardon for his son Hunter. They praised how Biden gave his son a "great gift, the gift of freedom."
As one of the fake conservatives on set, Alyssa Farah Griffin's question regarding the books detailing Biden's cognitive decline never drilled down on any of the specific examples. She simply asked: "What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong?"
"They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that," Biden answered.
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At the very end of the show, Goldberg wanted viewers to know "you're not in this alone, we're all in it together" against Trump. "We got them!" Behar proclaimed as she jumped up to hug Biden.
More at the link.
There is an inside story of Biden's decline and an outside story of Biden's decline. The inside story is the effort by the White House staff, plus its Democratic allies, plus its supporters in the press, to conceal Biden's problem. The outside story is the many public appearances -- moments of Biden appearing confused, lost or frozen -- during which millions of Americans could see for themselves that the president had a serious problem.
Another way to put it would be to say that the inside story was the effort to deny that the outside story existed.
That was the strangest thing about the whole situation. Biden's decline happened in public. People knew about it. Opinion polls revealed that large numbers of Americans believed Biden was not up to the job of president, or at least not up to a second term in the White House. If it was a secret, it was the world's best-known secret.
And yet those in the White House denied that there was a problem, and their allies outside the White House echoed those denials. And they went beyond simple denial. They also attacked those who said Biden had a problem. Remember "cheapfakes"? That was what Biden's defenders in the Democratic Party and the media called the clear video evidence of Biden's problem.
When Biden drifted away from a group of leaders at the Normandy anniversary in France; when he appeared lost and had to be guided by former President Barack Obama at a Hollywood fundraiser; and when he froze at a Juneteenth event at the White House, the administration accused Republicans of manipulating videos of each moment. And many in the press went along with it, as if the GOP were the problem and not the White House effort to fool the public.
One example. On June 17, 2024, a reporter asked then-White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre, "There seems to be a sort of rash of videos that have been edited to make the president appear especially frail or mentally confused. I'm wondering if the White House is especially worried about the fact that this appears to be a pattern that we're seeing more often?"
"Yeah," said Jean-Pierre. "And I think you all have called this the 'cheapfakes' video. And that's exactly what they are. They are cheapfakes video. They are done in bad faith. And some of your news organizations have been very clear, have stressed that the right-wing critics of the president have a credibility problem because the fact-checkers have repeatedly caught them pushing misinformation, disinformation."
In just a few words, Jean-Pierre managed to give a pat on the head to those news organizations that displayed little curiosity about Biden's condition but real energy in denouncing those who did.
And then, just 10 days after that exchange, Biden met Trump for the debate in Atlanta. It was no longer possible to hide the extent of Biden's senility. The inside story failed to suppress the outside story, and Biden was doomed as a candidate.
Truly amazing stuff here: Joe Biden is asked about the books that have been written about his cognitive decline. He spends one minute struggling to answer the question while going on tangents about random things before handing it off to his wife who says he was perfectly fine lol pic.twitter.com/vUjG2dwe0X
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 8, 2025Hostin brings up her question to Harris about what she would do differently from Biden (which helped sink her campaign), and whines it was "weaponized against her."
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) May 8, 2025
Hostin tries to wash her hands by blaming Biden for it:
"[T]here has been some reporting that you encouraged her� pic.twitter.com/fJ1pWFT4vGA Biden Dementia Highlight Reel:
Nice to see the media telling the truth about Biden�s dementia 5 years too late. Here�s a 20 minute compilation of Biden�s dementia I made all the way back in 2020! pic.twitter.com/tP7z5semJB
— Matt Orfalea (@0rf) December 27, 2024You know, the, the, the thing!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)1 When you typed “fluffy Marshmallow” you were picturing my dog, weren’t you, Ace?Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:01 PM (QzINz)
2 "I understood it perfectly! I wept. He's a genius."
-DU, 99.99999% probabilityPosted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:02 PM (GBKbO)
3 He's vacant
Sick burn!Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2025 04:02 PM (YwEeS)
4 Press push for the book deal/bribe they're angling forPosted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at May 08, 2025 04:02 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Donald J Trump, 3X POTUS at May 08, 2025 04:02 PM (uxQCS)
6 The view are like a retarded female version of Caeser Flickermann that even with the 4 of them don't have quite the brain power to matchPosted by: 18-1 at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (t0Rmr)
7 mr biden goes poo
can you?Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (CWTWj)
8 "Oh, he's vacant."
Wow. Real mic drop moment from the Presidency's greatest wordsmith.
I didn't watch the clips, but let me guess: the audience cheered that sick burn like it was going out of style, didn't they?Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (EynyL)
9 Sounds like the perfect time to release the Hur interview tapesPosted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (VE6XX)
10 It also needs to never be forgotten that Biden's own pollsters say that Biden was going to lose 400 electoral votes after that debate.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:04 PM (GBKbO)
11 Wonder how much the Network PAID for this crap.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:04 PM (QAkQ3)
12 Let's go, Brandon!Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 04:04 PM (Vyll1)
13 The same people who deny Joe's cognitive decline also believe the Russian collusion story.Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (tT6L1)
14 I don't know what that Herr guy has against me but he makes some mean potato chips
Joe BidenPosted by: steevy at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (YwEeS)
15 We don't hate the media enough.Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (hwLGC)
16
From the last thread: He sounds like he's hung over and he's trying to spit out a mouthful of nails. Literally keeps stopping to say "No joke!" He won't make it past one appearance on the public speaking circuit.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (U7Gpi)
17 5 Ah yes, the famous debate supergenius ace advised me to skip.
Everybody remembers that, you know.
Posted by: Donald J Trump
We were all nervous, Trump does great things. Debating is not one of them.Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (QzINz)
18 Trump is "vacant" because he questions the auto-pen.. WTF does that even mean ?Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (VE6XX)
19 Ah yes, the famous debate supergenius ace advised me to skip.
Everybody remembers that, you know.
Posted by: Donald J Trump, 3X POTUS at May 08, 2025 04:02 PM (uxQCS)
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If Trump hadn't agreed to an early, pre-convention debate, then we might have had Biden exhibiting a similar breakdown in a debate held at the usual time, in which case it would have been too late for the Democrats to prevent a true landslide election, with Trump winning a large majority of the popular vote and having much larger coattails for Congressional and state races.Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (tiAlS)
20 Wonder how much money they got to appear.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (ImXfC)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (ZUOEn)
22 my baloney has a first name
it's b-i-d-e-nPosted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (CWTWj)
23 They want me to ask it. Not only is he obsessed with you and blaming you for everything, he's also obsessed with the fact that you used an autopen to sign the pardons, you issued right before you left office for members of your immediate family. Now, he's calling for investigations and claiming the pardons are void and vacant!
BIDEN: Oh, he's vacant.
Dude. If he's vacant, you're antimatter.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:06 PM (s8j++)
24 I know you'll have trouble believing this, but The View offered easy questions, lobbing them underhand like fluffy marshmallows.
I shall not believe it. I simply shannotPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:06 PM (2VST1)
25 DoJ story today about fully releasing the Hur interview in full with Biden.
Ought to be amusing if you have a dark sense of humor.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:06 PM (ctrM5)
26 21
Alternate post title:
Isreal's Plot To Embarrass Joe Biden
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (ZUOEn)
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Alternate, alternate title:
"Trump caves to Biden by not showing up to debate him on The View."Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:06 PM (GBKbO)
27 We were all nervous, Trump does great things. Debating is not one of them.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (QzINz)
Yup.. I was on the "maybe he should skip" . I was afraid of the "moderators."Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (VE6XX)
28 18 Trump is "vacant" because he questions the auto-pen.. WTF does that even mean ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (VE6XX)
Forget it Donna, it’s Dementia-town.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (ImXfC)
29 ABC News reporting that Jeanine Pirro could be the next interim DC US Attorney...they are calling it an exclusive...who knows if this is true, but just reporting the reporting...Posted by: Nova Local at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (tOcjL)
30 25 DoJ story today about fully releasing the Hur interview in full with Biden.
Ought to be amusing if you have a dark sense of humor.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:06 PM (ctrM5)
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The only way it'll matter to any degree at all is if the recording and the transcript don't match.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)
31 Sounds like the perfect time to release the Hur interview tapes
Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (VE6XX)
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"No reasonable prosecutor would bring charges against an elderly and forgetful man."
Or something along those lines.Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (tT6L1)
32 At this stage, I don't hate Biden. It would be like hating a potato.
Pity, sure. Revulsion with his family who are enabling this, absolutely.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (1Li/j)
33 The Presidential debate, much like the Congressional testimony of those three stupid broads masquerading as university presidents, show that sometimes apparently empty and pointless theater can really produce results.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (YqDXo)
34 It's impossible to get worked up about this anymore. The damage is done, but Biden and the View are both utterly irrelevant. If they want to sit in a corner babbling about strawberries, I guess that's their choice.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (s8j++)
35
From Politico yesterday,
"The Trump administration is making plans to release the audio of former President Joe Biden’s interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel who investigated Biden’s handling of classified documents and raised questions about his mental acuity, according to two Republicans briefed by top Trump officials."
https://tinyurl.com/bdmrtn97Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (ctrM5)
36 Look, fatPosted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (rT96s)
37 Derp, duhhhhPosted by: Bruce at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (6Ephd)
38 Alternate post title:
Isreal's Plot To Embarrass Joe Biden
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar
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All Hopped Up On GoofballsPosted by: Hapu at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (v0R5T)
39 In that first vid when Teh Bidet starts talking, Jill looks like a deer in highlights.
So I couldn’t watch the other vids because those broads are too cringe.
But it appears that Sunny Hostin scolded the old poopypants clown??Posted by: kallisto at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (3JHlp)
40 It wasn’t a decline. He just got more retarded. “Decline” implies he was intelligent at some point in his life. This is false.Posted by: sniffybigtoe at May 08, 2025 04:08 PM (e0S11)
41 Trump is "vacant" because he questions the auto-pen.. WTF does that even mean ?
Posted by: It's me donna at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (VE6XX)
Forget it Donna, it’s Dementia-town.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (ImXfC)
I think he's trying to make it a diss, like "those pardons are vacant? Your face is vacant."
Utterly nonsensical of course.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:09 PM (1Li/j)
42 Gushfest and The View do not belong in any proximity to each other.Posted by: Count de Monet at May 08, 2025 04:09 PM (Aqu9a)
43 We were all nervous
Meh, I wasn't, although you're right he's not a terrific debatere. He did really well against Hillary but that was largely because he blew everyone's mind by telling the truth.
Hillary: "my opponent uses tax breaks to not pay as much as he should in taxes!"
Trump: "she's right, I pay as little taxes as I can legally get away with and so do all her donors"
Audience: *jaws on the floor*Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:09 PM (2VST1)
44 Joy Behar and Joe Biden are the same age. Hard to imagine that, but it's true.Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2025 04:09 PM (fYqyq)
45 Another old fool that needs to go away. He fucked the country up in less than four years while stealing as much cash for himself and his shit family. Go away and be happy you are not in jail.Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (OrSPY)
46 Yeah I kinda don’t care anymore about Biden. He was a shit stain on the country but at this point, to quote another loser to Trump….what difference does it make?Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (ImXfC)
47
Speaking of cringe...
hahahahahaHAHAHAHlololLOLOLHAHAHA!
I present to you...
the new DEI fake "ironmangirl!"
https://is.gd/pC491sPosted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (ZUOEn)
48 34 It's impossible to get worked up about this anymore. The damage is done, but Biden and the View are both utterly irrelevant. If they want to sit in a corner babbling about strawberries, I guess that's their choice.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (s8j++)
What is sad is that no one will ever be held accountable for the greatest theft of Presidential power in US History.
He had no idea what was going on... what the auto pen was signing with his name.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (QAkQ3)
49 two things i remember from that debate:
1 - biden early on saying loudly "we created fifteen thousand jobs"
2 - towards the end of the debate, is rambling about medicare or something, a moderator asks trump if he'd like to respond, trump says "i don't know what he says.. i don't think e knew what he said"
and of course dr jill afterwards almost snarling "you answered all the questions!"Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (CWTWj)
50 I still hate Joe Biden, he was and is a nasty piece of work and credibly accused rapist...Posted by: steevy at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (YwEeS)
51 Questioning President Biden's competence risks starting World War III!Posted by: C. Tarlson at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (sZRNL)
52 I didn't watch the clips, but let me guess: the audience cheered that sick burn like it was going out of style, didn't they?
Posted by: Dr. T at May 08, 2025 04:03 PM (EynyL)
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The show and its audience are gravely endangering the 19th Amendment.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (YqDXo)
53 sometimes apparently empty and pointless theater can really produce results
Agreed. I've been told innumerable times here that there's no point in having grandstanding pols like Jordan, Cruz, and Hawley reaming Dems in public. Sometimes that's true, but sometimes they hit the trifecta. The university presidents are a perfect example. It was a small thing that led to huge changes. You never know when that's going to happen.
IOW, you never score on the shots you don't take.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (s8j++)
54 Every time I start to feel sorry for Joe Biden, I remember that he's a crooked child molesting lying scumbag filled with hate.
This is the man who openly said outrageously racist stuff against Barack Obama and groped a little girl's nipples on live television in front of her dad. He's got a special place lined up in hell unless he repents soon.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (2VST1)
55 "...former President Biden reciprocated by giving the liberal ladies of ABC's The View his first post-presidency interview."
How much of a "get" is that really?
Hey, look Everyone! We have a vat of Ebola! Who wants the first sip?Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (gLikB)
56 Go away, Bidens. Just go away.Posted by: Most people at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (UbjG+)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (ZUOEn)
58 The View is a CIA opPosted by: ... at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (MNQG6)
59 I think he said something like we need to end Medicare.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (ImXfC)
60 Another old fool that needs to go away. He fucked the country up in less than four years while stealing as much cash for himself and his shit family. Go away and be happy you are not in jail.
Posted by: Case at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (OrSPY)
I disagree somewhat. Keep trotting him out and use him to define the Democratic Party?
Yeah, using him for our own purposes, but hey his family opened the door to doing just that so it's fair game.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (1Li/j)
61 And so my dream that Joe Biden will stroke out and die drowning in his own bodily fluids on TV lives on.
There is a god regardless of what the new Pope thinks.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (wBaIH)
62 The only way it'll matter to any degree at all is if the recording and the transcript don't match.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Embarrassment factor--Video w/audio worst, audio only second, and transcript at the bottom.
People don't read much anymore and demented criminal dialect is not well represented in transcripts that much anymore. Writing in dialect is always an issue for fiction writers.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (ctrM5)
63 Jill Biden is awful.Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (QzINz)
64
I didn't watch the clips, but let me guess: the audience cheered that sick burn like it was going out of style, didn't they?
Posted by: Dr. T
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It's painfully unwatchable. And yes, they cheer, but something tells me deep down they're cheering out of a sense of obligation and know damn well he's put together with tape and string.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (U7Gpi)
65 Opportunistic, Dumb, and Delusional is no way to go through life.
I think we should have a contest. Write down the first sentence of Joe Biden's memoire. Here's mine:
"Every morning is tougher than the previous; I see those shoe laces, and it's hard not to panic."Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (dIske)
66 I would pay money to see someone ask Joe how many millions are in a trillion.Posted by: Thatch at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (bbi0+)
67 He called us garbage.Posted by: Trump voters everywhere at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (UbjG+)
68 biden reminds me of something fred allen said about jack benny: he was born ignorant and has been losing ground ever sincePosted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (CWTWj)
69 Think how lucky we were no September 11 sort of event occurred while Biden was busy eating all the ice cream he could find, in those few hours of the day he was awake and showed up at the office.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (ROjGH)
70 the new DEI fake "ironmangirl!"
https://is.gd/pC491s
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:10 PM (ZUOEn)
Hmmm.... is she also a Lesbian? kinda looks that way... or is she gonna date the new Captain African America...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (QAkQ3)
71 If we only had FJB as president today, we could properly observe the 80th anniversary of VE Day, rather than having Literal Hitler.Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (Vyll1)
72 17 5 Ah yes, the famous debate supergenius ace advised me to skip.
Everybody remembers that, you know.
Posted by: Donald J Trump
We were all nervous, Trump does great things. Debating is not one of them.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:05 PM (QzINz)
Back when W was president, whenever I heard him speak I'd wonder to myself when was he going to slip up or do something dumb. He wasn't a dummy by any stretch, but extemporaneous speaking wasn't necessarily his strong suit. I never - never ever - had that feeling with Trump. He's no Christopher Hitchens, but he debates just fine for me.Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (fYqyq)
73 re 65: he uses velcro. i dare you to ponder where dr jill uses velcroPosted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (CWTWj)
74 What do you think *biden's days are like as a demented, shit stain on humanity? I figure there's daily outbursts on incoherent babble. Lots of naps. And lots of soft-serve ice cream. But nothing of any significance. Bet Hunter doesn't even hang out with 'dad' anymore.
* Is Hunter back in the states or still hiding out in S.A.?
And the whole autopen debacle needs investigating. It may only serve the purpose of inflicting political discomfort on the left, but I'm down with that.Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (Q4IgG)
75 62 The only way it'll matter to any degree at all is if the recording and the transcript don't match.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Embarrassment factor--Video w/audio worst, audio only second, and transcript at the bottom.
People don't read much anymore and demented criminal dialect is not well represented in transcripts that much anymore. Writing in dialect is always an issue for fiction writers.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (ctrM5)
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He's out of power, never coming back, and the party as a whole has moved on. They adopted, "Poor Old Joe just declined" since summer of last year.
There's no more embarrassment to be had, especially not for the party or for the press. The press, in particular, has already embraced, "Stupid and easily misled," and nothing's going to make that worse.
No, the only way the Hur recording has an impact is if it's revealed that the IG tweaked the transcript to make Biden sound better than he actually is. And it'll be a small pebble in the ocean of news, quickly forgotten except by those who were watching the pebble go down into the water.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (GBKbO)
76 So I applied for a job and 90 seconds later got a rejection email. AI must have hated my resume. Sheesh.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (ImXfC)
77 the new DEI fake "ironmangirl!"
Yeah Iron Heart. They've had this series done for like 3 years and have been sitting on it because the character is about as popular as the clap.
Here's her origin story: she was a clever girl in school who told her teacher that she wanted to be a scientist. The teacher told her "you can be whatever you want to be honey!"
And that ... made her angry. She scorned the teacher for... not oppressing her or something. So she stole materials from MIT and built an Iron Man suit, because she's smarter than Tony Stark and better and purer.
And her comic books bombed. Nobody likes this character. She literally replaced Iron Man in his own comic, with Tony Stark as her AI because he was dead. And it sold worse than liver flavored popsicles.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (2VST1)
78 "Selfless Decision to Stand Down"
Poor Biden, he isn't getting credit for that brilliant move of forcing the Dems to run Kamala to disaster.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (8avO+)
79 There is a god regardless of what the new Pope thinks.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (wBaIH)
I think the new Pope believes that there is a God as well.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (42Vb+)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (iULbp)
81 Kaboom! kids get Joe Biden.Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (0HaGk)
82
I can't believe Marvel is pulling this shit AGAIN -- little teen black is a mechanical/technical genius shit.
She's using a blowtorch, you guys!
She's swing a hammer, you guys!
And, voila, you guys, she built an Ironman suit, you guys!!
The movie is 90% AI, 5% CGI, and 5% DEI black girl posing in front of greenscreen.Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (ZUOEn)
83 "Vacant? No, many of my hotels are fully booked."Posted by: ... at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (MNQG6)
84 From the last thread:
Operations like that should take 20 days not 20 years like Afghanistan.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 03:59 PM (ImXfC)
We should have nuked Riyadh and Mecca after 9/11. Most of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia and Saudi intelligence was entangled with the hijackers.
And, of course, evicted all Muslims and Arabs from the US. Letting Arabs into our country to fly planes when they were basically terrorists straight out of central casting was dumb.
Instead we went around building schools (madrassas) for girls and keeping Afghanistan’s poppy crop safe. Idiocy.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (l3YAf)
85 I love the fact that Joe Biden lied, swindled, stole and ass fucked his was to the White House only to end up shitting the bed and goes down as one of the worst if not the worst President ever. Wasted his whole life only to end up in the shitter where he belongs.
Fuck Joe Biden and his whore wifey.Posted by: Die Joe Die! at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (imQ+3)
86 63 Jill Biden is awful.
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We have reached the era of all masks being ripped off. Trump seems to be looking better and better and all the sad clowns of our government officials and their putrid families for the last 30 years keep looking worse and worse.
Rectification is a stone cold bitch of a time.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (ctrM5)
87 82
I can't believe Marvel is pulling this shit AGAIN -- little teen black is a mechanical/technical genius shit.
She's using a blowtorch, you guys!
She's swing a hammer, you guys!
And, voila, you guys, she built an Ironman suit, you guys!!
The movie is 90% AI, 5% CGI, and 5% DEI black girl posing in front of greenscreen.
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:15 PM (ZUOEn)
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They filmed that show like 4 years ago and it's been on the shelf ever since.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)
88 Iron Heart's suit of armor is based on a Japanese suit that was... no joke... in a porno in Japan. It looks dumb as hell, they try to work some kind of heart motif in and it looks idiotic.
She was in Black Panther 2: Pantherless Boogaloo, and audiences thought she sucked.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (2VST1)
89 61 And so my dream that Joe Biden will stroke out and die drowning in his own bodily fluids on TV lives on.
There is a god regardless of what the new Pope thinks.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (wBaIH)
Yes, Vice President Vance? Air Force 2 is all fueled up for your trip to go see the Bidens...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (QAkQ3)
90 So I applied for a job and 90 seconds later got a rejection email. AI must have hated my resume. Sheesh.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (ImXfC)
You should bribe the AI buy offering more RAM and disk storage next time.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (8avO+)
91 Transcript
Mr President, what do you say to those critics who say you had lost a step?
Think about where we were.
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INSurREctioN! *bug eyes* Worse since Civil War!
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PanDEMIC! A million people died!Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (Dv3i1)
92 I would pay money to see someone ask Joe how many millions are in a trillion.
Posted by: Thatch at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (bbi0+)
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I wanted someone to ask Barky how many zeroes there are in one trillion.
I'd bet my life he doesn't know. Actually, few people do know.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (YqDXo)
93 Joe Biden biked here!Posted by: Biden Falls, Delaware at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (UbjG+)
94 The movie is 90% AI, 5% CGI, and 5% DEI black girl posing in front of greenscreen.
She's not even really attractive. Its such an odd choice for a female lead. I get that Hollywood (especially in 2021) was terrified of the "male gaze" and all but dang.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (2VST1)
95 CCP agents reportedly impersonate students at the university to gain trust from students and staff and steal information as part of a “nontraditional collection effort,” while others are already connected with Chinese nationals studying in the U.S., according to The Stanford Review. The report states that several Chinese students studying at Stanford are currently acting as spies for the CCP.Posted by: SMOD at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (6+ZES)
96 "BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She was..."
Good read of the nation there. Exhibit A and B of the worst tandem to have ever run for the Presidency. I hope Biden reappears every sixth months to remind the world of this.Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (gLikB)
97 76 So I applied for a job and 90 seconds later got a rejection email. AI must have hated my resume. Sheesh.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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There are services out there to help people write resumes for AI screening nowadays. AI looks for certain keywords and can be spoofed.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (ctrM5)
98
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The only way it'll matter to any degree at all is if the recording and the transcript don't match.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:07 PM (GBKbO)
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Reportedly, they don't agree in that the senile rambling blunders have been edited out of the transcript.Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (ES1Rb)
99 IOW, you never score on the shots you don't take.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:11 PM (s8j++)
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Exactly.Posted by: Donald J Trump, 3X POTUS at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (uxQCS)
100 Biden's decision was truly "selfless" because he didn't make it.Posted by: ... at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (MNQG6)
101 98
Reportedly, they don't agree in that the senile rambling blunders have been edited out of the transcript.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (ES1Rb)
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If it does end up the case, then I think the DOJ should bring criminal charges against the IG office who managed that.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (GBKbO)
102 I can't believe Marvel is pulling this shit AGAIN -- little teen black is a mechanical/technical genius shit.
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So ... a typical black teenaged girl.
Sure, Jan.Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (YqDXo)
103
So I applied for a job and 90 seconds later got a rejection email. AI must have hated my resume. Sheesh.
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald
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(shaking my head)
I suspect that some jobs hit X number of submissions and then start auto-rejecting. I constantly get job notifications from LinkedIn that say "100+ people have applied for this job" -- and that could be 300+ or 500+, who knows? It can be discouraging, but I bet there's a good chance it's not you, it's an algorithm.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (U7Gpi)
104 The Left have so much projection that Musk could use it to get to Mars in a week.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (VofaG)
105 Back when W was president, whenever I heard him speak I'd wonder to myself when was he going to slip up or do something dumb. He wasn't a dummy by any stretch, but extemporaneous speaking wasn't necessarily his strong suit. I never - never ever - had that feeling with Trump. He's no Christopher Hitchens, but he debates just fine for me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (fYqyq)
Trump makes me nervous in the same way that a drunk relative around one of my friends makes me nervous.Posted by: The Central Scrutinizer at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (KbCG3)
106 "Those people didn't see how hard Joe worked every single day."
Hard is a relative term, DOCTOR Jill. And you oughta know.
A lot of people work hard, for long hours every day, yet neither accomplish, nor comprehend, nor learn much of anything.
Can you imagine how much the Left would laugh if Melania or one of Trump's cabinet members defended Trump's ability to observe, think, plan, and command by saying, "He works hard every day!"?Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (aBgBM)
107 I'm surprised that The View "ladies" didn't offer to shower with him.Posted by: NR Pax at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (lXCUP)
108 95 CCP agents reportedly impersonate students at the university to gain trust from students and staff and steal information as part of a “nontraditional collection effort,” while others are already connected with Chinese nationals studying in the U.S., according to The Stanford Review. The report states that several Chinese students studying at Stanford are currently acting as spies for the CCP.
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And I saw that something like 100k plus Chinese 'students' are here in the US for education. KGB never had it so good.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (ctrM5)
109 liver flavored popsicles.
Deep fried liver on a stick with corn dog batter... hmmm... wit onions...Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (iULbp)
110 They filmed that show like 4 years ago and it's been on the shelf ever since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)
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They've probably deferred some tax advantage as long as they can and now have to show it.Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (tT6L1)
111 Back when W was president, whenever I heard him speak I'd wonder to myself when was he going to slip up or do something dumb. He wasn't a dummy by any stretch, but extemporaneous speaking wasn't necessarily his strong suit. I never - never ever - had that feeling with Trump. He's no Christopher Hitchens, but he debates just fine for me.
It depends on the goal, and to whom he's trying to appeal. I find his "debate" style irritating and obnoxious, because I'm interested in the real issues, and his rambling doesn't address them. But if you're trying to appeal to the average LIV, what he does, which is theater, not debating, then fine. There are a lot more of them than me, so it's probably a sound strategy.
Am I a snob? I guess if debating in a way that actually addresses the issue rather than the audience's emotions, then I'm a snob.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (s8j++)
112 It's slobberin' time!Posted by: The Thing at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (63Dwl)
113 107 I'm surprised that The View "ladies" didn't offer to shower with him.
Posted by: NR Pax
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To be fair, Biden would want to shower with their daughters and granddaughters. The View panelists are too old for his tastes.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (ctrM5)
114 The reason I like Trump at a debate is because I don't need a translator to convert politicobabble to English with him.
Plain talk gets you pretty far.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (hIiiz)
115 Let's face it, the more he goes on TV the better the chance we have of watching his third aneurysm.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (v0R5T)
116 I'm surprised that The View "ladies" didn't offer to shower with him.
"those grannies? I'd sooner shower with Jill!"
--Joey "fingers" BidenPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (2VST1)
117 The whole thing is just stomach churning. Joe Biden is the Jeff Dunham dummy Walter without the wit, charisma or intelligence. And they're still trying to prop up this senile, decrepit, degenerate old bastard. Fuck these people. And Jill is such a disgusting parasite.Posted by: Pardon me while I go puke at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (TbWk/)
118 That way he breaks off a sentence, followed by "Anyway --", seems a diagnostic indicator that something is wrong with his mental faculties. He's been doing it for years.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (omVj0)
119 re 70: female ironman: i'm surprised comments weren't closed.Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (CWTWj)
120 He's no Christopher Hitchens, but he debates just fine for me.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at May 08, 2025 04:14 PM (fYqyq)
He can ramble. He can take a very long way around the block before getting to the point. He can have moments of hysterical genius, too. It’s just like his tweets, sometimes I wish he just wouldn’t. But he is who he is and the good far outweighs this type of thing.Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (pZEOD)
121 To be fair, Biden would want to shower with their daughters and granddaughters. The View panelists are too old for his tastes.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (ctrM5)
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Yer saying Joe has standards, then.Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (tT6L1)
122 She simply asked: "What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong?"
"They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that," Biden answered.
Welp, I'm convinced. The stoutest defense possible. I now regret my vote for Trump/Vance.Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (gLikB)
123 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
124 Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (ctrM5)
Heard a story about a guy who put invisible white on white text on his resume that basically instructed AI that he was the best most qualified candidate and got a bunch of interviews out of it.Posted by: ... at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (MNQG6)
125 After the debate, you'll remember, she praised Biden as if he were a retarded child saying "You answered all the questions."
That was the high point of the campaign. It still makes me smile.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (0Htd1)
126 Think how lucky we were no September 11 sort of event occurred while Biden was busy eating all the ice cream he could find, in those few hours of the day he was awake and showed up at the office.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (ROjGH)
Ukraine War
Hamas Israeli War
Houthi War
Syria collapse
Expulsion of France out of West AfricaPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (8avO+)
127 She's not even really attractive. Its such an odd choice for a female lead. I get that Hollywood (especially in 2021) was terrified of the "male gaze" and all but dang.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (2VST1)
Yeah... but... Carrie Fischer? Karen Allen? Neither of them are what I would consider Hot... I've dated better looking women...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (QAkQ3)
128 There are services out there to help people write resumes for AI screening nowadays. AI looks for certain keywords and can be spoofed.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:17 PM (ctrM5)
I’m not seriously applying. More like seeing what’s out there. But yeah if I ever do get serious I’ll definitely have to AI proof the resume.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (ImXfC)
129 123 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
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Well, I misread that. I thought it was 2024.
Nope. 2004.
Bets on grandma being the only dead member still getting SS checks in that family?Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)
130 To be fair, Biden would want to shower with their daughters and granddaughters. The View panelists are too old for his tastes.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (ctrM5)
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Yer saying Joe has standards, then.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (tT6L1)
No wrinkles!Posted by: Scrap Iron Joe at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (Aqu9a)
131 There are services out there to help people write resumes for AI screening nowadays. AI looks for certain keywords and can be spoofed.
You should always put certain words in any job application. I find that "wang", "cooter", "fartclam", and "squeakhole" almost always get me an interview.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (s8j++)
132 It's slobberin' time!
Posted by: The Thing at May 08, 2025 04:19 PM (63Dwl)
Hahahaha! Now that's funny!Posted by: Fuck Joe Biden at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (imQ+3)
133 More Americans died from Covid under Biden when he had a whole array of vaccines to push on people. That's a fact, Jack! The only jobs he added were the people going back to work who were forced home under Fauci and Brix and the governors.Posted by: Donovan Nuera at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (LKMDZ)
134 re 108: by 'several' you mean 'most', right?Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (CWTWj)
135 Sundowner said he was ready to hit the public
I am surprised they let him outPosted by: Skip at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (ypFCm)
136 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
So was Senator Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois when she was around.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (8avO+)
137 Wolfus Aurelius: "That way he breaks off a sentence, followed by 'Anyway --', seems a diagnostic indicator that something is wrong with his mental faculties. He's been doing it for years."
It is a unique stutter.Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (gLikB)
138 114 The reason I like Trump at a debate is because I don't need a translator to convert politicobabble to English with him.
Plain talk gets you pretty far.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
Writers and pundits tend to overestimate the effect of words and delivery versus dialectic delivery of raw truths.
Flowery words do not make swallowing horseshit any better. And a stumbling, bumbling delivery can be absolutely devastating.
Hansard's record of debate regarding the failure of the Norway campaign in 1940 indicate this. Roger Keyes, an old tired WWI hero, got up and spoke against Chamberlain and his government and despite his halting and idiosyncratic delivery, killed it in his speech.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (ctrM5)
139 127 Yeah... but... Carrie Fischer? Karen Allen? Neither of them are what I would consider Hot... I've dated better looking women...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:21 PM (QAkQ3)
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Retort on Carrie Fisher:
https://is.gd/bFDnTe
She had a window. And it was a good window.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (GBKbO)
140
re: Ironheart
All you bookworms who read: Doesn't Grrge Mrrtin's stupid books include an "Ironheart" character who is supposed to be Ned Stark's horrible wife as a reincarnated evil spirit?
But the Idiot fags, Dan & Dave didn't bother shoe-horning this fan-favorite character into the series because they were too busy fucking it up with Danerys?Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (ZUOEn)
141 BIDEN: I wasn't surprised, not because I didn't think the vice president was the most qualified person to be president. She is. She's qualified to be president of the United States of America but I was surprised -- I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route.
You know the Sexist Route! It runs perpendicular to Misogyny Lane which is near Racist Road.Posted by: Cheri at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (oiNtH)
142 I would pay money to see someone ask Joe how many millions are in a trillion.
Posted by: Thatch at May 08, 2025 04:12 PM (bbi0+)
Long trillion or short trillion?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (l3YAf)
143 Yeah... but... Carrie Fischer? Karen Allen? Neither of them are what I would consider Hot... I've dated better looking women...
Carrie at least was able to get by on attitude, she was fun and relatable. But yeah there's been a lot of questionable leading ladies in Hollywood like Renee Russo and Susan SarandonPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (2VST1)
144 "the Party told you to reject what your ears and eyes told you"
The Dems use 1984 as a how to book and their followers are too ignorant to understand and follow like sheepPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 04:24 PM (vmkyp)
145 Yer saying Joe has standards, then.
Posted by: blake
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Yes, he likes to sniff and pinch them young. Lizard brain and all that.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:24 PM (ctrM5)
146 Metric trillionne.Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:24 PM (0HaGk)
147 A trillion is is is you know the thing with the millions and the the billions you know the thing. Come on man.Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:24 PM (ImXfC)
148 ace that story might need independent confirmation. comments indicate it's fake, but then again....Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:25 PM (PiwSw)
149 Crap! Had desperately needed yard work on tap for today. Problem: Hellish hail storm on now. We sure are having fun in these parts...Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 04:25 PM (XeU6L)
150 Will somebody finally pin him down and ask him about Parkinson's? Facial hypomimia (masked facies), mouth agape, festinating hypophonic speech (it is NOT stuttering), decreased blink rate, small handwriting, shuffled gait, bent/flexed leg and hip postures, falls, taking more than a few steps to turn, slow motion, variable response to meds during the day, etc... don't have to have tremor (30% of PD patients never get tremor). Get a DAT scan (Dopamine Activator Transport Scan to look at dopamine levels in caudate and putamen. 1/3 get dementia. Many hallucinate.Posted by: Donovan Nuera at May 08, 2025 04:25 PM (LKMDZ)
151 The murderer of Daniel Pearl killed, thank you India.
What a shame on George Bush, what a shame on all of our agencies who were involved and did NOTHING. What a shame on us for allowing them to get away with doing NOTHING.
India, thank you. And thank you for showing the world how to respect terrorists.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:25 PM (lCWOD)
152 Mark Halperin said on his pod that word is that the Biden Crime Family is broke. So he is out trying to convince someone to pay him the big bucks to come make a speech.
Those grandkids have...had a real lux lifestyle up till now and Hunter can't "earn" any more.Posted by: PJ at May 08, 2025 04:25 PM (RRCAT)
153 You have to take into account the "scrutiny factor" when Trump is involved. He's not a gifted orator. But, he had to contend with "fact checkers" that were patently dishonest and petty (still does). Never before have I seen "fact checkers" get fact checked and have their posteriors handed to them. That suggested purposeful deceit. And, it continues in an ongoing fashion.
GWB wasn't a gifted orator either, but he didn't receive the same scrutiny. Not even close.
In fact, it's gotten so bad that it's become a standard practice for the White House to expect and prepare for it...Which is why guys like Stephen Miller and the WH press secretary always seem to be dunking on their opposition.Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (dIske)
154 She's swing a hampster, you guys!Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (iULbp)
155
Long trillion or short trillion?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA
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Right...metric millions or Empirical?Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (XeU6L)
156
livestream!
First Lady Melania Trump participates in the unveiling of the QUAKER OATS GUY postage stamp!!
https://is.gd/oJzC9NPosted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (ZUOEn)
157 Just hold on there India. Did the terrorist get due process?
- Hawaiian Judges all across AmericaPosted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (ImXfC)
158 But if you're trying to appeal to the average LIV, what he does, which is theater, not debating, then fine. There are a lot more of them than me, so it's probably a sound strategy.
Am I a snob? I guess if debating in a way that actually addresses the issue rather than the audience's emotions, then I'm a snob.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:18 PM (s8j++)
Debate IS theatre. Cicero once dropped his tunic out and finished in a debate in just a toga to humilate an opponent. The dude affected that style to look traditional.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (8avO+)
159 Oh sorry, just saw that you wrote about the Halperin report.Posted by: PJ at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (RRCAT)
160 106 "Those people didn't see how hard Joe worked every single day."
You should've seen him work that Fisher-Price My First Cash Register.Posted by: You counted all the red plastic coins! *pat pat* at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)
161 Mark Halperin said on his pod that word is that the Biden Crime Family is broke. So he is out trying to convince someone to pay him the big bucks to come make a speech.
How is that possible? They've been making tens of millions in graft for the last 20 years.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (s8j++)
162 Heard a story about a guy who put invisible white on white text on his resume that basically instructed AI that he was the best most qualified candidate and got a bunch of interviews out of it.
Posted by: ...
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Yep. Which is why AI should be trusted about as far as the Cliff Claiborne at Cheers.
I tried a bit of it on legal problems that I already knew the answer to and got about 80/20 truth to gibberish. But that 20 percent gibberish would have sunk someone in court.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (ctrM5)
163 questionable leading ladies in Hollywood like Renee Russo and Susan Sarandon
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (2VST1)
The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (QAkQ3)
164 136 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
So was Senator Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois when she was around.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (8avO+)
Why is she not in jail?Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (a4NoL)
165 Pretend independent Sara Haines followed up by ignoring the fact that Biden didn't drop out willingly but was forced out by Democratic Party insiders and donors,
And George Clooney. Don't forget, George Clooney also had a role in shoving Biden's ass out the door.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (0Htd1)
166 Behar, herself, is teetering on senility. When will she say something different than her five stock phrases?
And when is the B leaving for Canada?
Bye-bye!Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (NFX2v)
167 Just hold on there India. Did the terrorist get due process?
- Hawaiian Judges all across America
Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at May 08, 2025 04:26 PM (ImXfC)
If he was innocent, the missile would have bounced off his purity.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (8avO+)
168 I always wonder what would have happened had Biden stayed in the race. Would he have done better than Kamala? I actually think he would have.Posted by: Leupold at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (4pwAx)
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (ZUOEn)
170 71 If we only had FJB as president today, we could properly observe the 80th anniversary of VE Day, rather than having Literal Hitler.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at May 08, 2025 04:13 PM (Vyll1)
Aha! Now I understand why the Mainstream Media was LOOK! CONCLAVE! NEW POPE! all day long. Saved them from having to even pay much lip service to the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. Yet every J6! from now to Doomsday they will bleat non-stop that it is a Holy Day of Remembrance of The Darkest Day Of America's Precious Democracy.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (aBgBM)
171 Never get tired of watching the Biden Follies… Comedy Gold.Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (PCK5/)
172 You know the Sexist Route! It runs perpendicular to Misogyny Lane which is near Racist Road.
Posted by: Cheri
.......
and dumps you onto Nazi Boulevard.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (v0R5T)
173 >>>Carrie at least was able to get by on attitude, she was fun and relatable. But yeah there's been a lot of questionable leading ladies in Hollywood like Renee Russo and Susan Sarandon
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Wait, Wait, there are definite points made in favor of Sarandon and Russo; Fisher not so much.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (lCWOD)
174
I think the Hur audio will matter. There are plenty of MSM consumers even now who are really sorry he's not prez and who think he is and was just fine. The Hur audio could move the needle from "Joe was fine" to "So what if Joe wasn't fine? Trump is worse."
MSM journalists will have to cover it and make idiots of themselves by offering more excuses -- for themselves, for him, and for the army of aides who covered up -- and who knows, it might provoke further investigation into who was running the country while Biden was wandering around in a haze.
I look forward to Jill's reaction. It was "deceptively edited" with many clips "taken out of context." I want to watch these people squirm and embarrass themselves some more.
Finally (you guys have got me monologuing!) a splashy firing of the transcriptionist would be nice.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (U7Gpi)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (iULbp)
176 You should've seen him work that Fisher-Price My First Cash Register.
Posted by: You counted all the red plastic coins! *pat pat* at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)
His phone had googly eyes, didn't it.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (a4NoL)
177 Fisher's best role was that of Belushi's jilted lover.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (lCWOD)
178 Carrie at least was able to get by on attitude, she was fun and relatable. But yeah there's been a lot of questionable leading ladies in Hollywood like Renee Russo and Susan Sarandon
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (2VST1)
Susan did have a magnificent set of natural boobelahs.Posted by: Point in her favor I guess at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: m at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (CQE5S)
180 149 Crap! Had desperately needed yard work on tap for today. Problem: Hellish hail storm on now. We sure are having fun in these parts...
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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Mike, as you know, JJ is a busy man and you have to schedule fair weather with him well BEFORE you need to do yard work. Lots of existing reservations already for good weather with the weather machine.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (ctrM5)
181 Just hold on there India. Did the terrorist get due process?
He got all the legal process he was due.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (2VST1)
182 How are The View's ratings? With MSNBC & CNN plummeting, just hard to understand how these c*nts are clinging to life...Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (Bhsk7)
183
Our Favorite First Lady(tm): "Welcoom, Boosh familee"Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (ZUOEn)
184 I was surprised because they went the route of the sexist route the whole route.
OMG. He's using Kamala's speechwriter.Posted by: nerdygirl at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (0Htd1)
185 Wait, Wait, there are definite points made in favor of Sarandon and Russo; Fisher not so much.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (lCWOD)
Carrie Fisher was brilliant in the Blues Brothers.Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 04:29 PM (a4NoL)
186 Carrie Fisher did not have many roles at all, did she??Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (PCK5/)
187 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (QAkQ3)
She had a cameo in Malcolm in the Middle which was pretty funny. She played an alcoholic Karen whack job whose husband had an Internet porn addiction.Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (l3YAf)
188 Susan did have a magnificent set of natural boobelahs.
She had huge eyes and huge breasts, and apparently that and a willingness to give it up to any Hollywood exec is enough for a career.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (2VST1)
189 Which is why guys like Stephen Miller and the WH press secretary always seem to be dunking on their opposition.
Debate IS theatre. Cicero once dropped his tunic out and finished in a debate in just a toga to humilate an opponent. The dude affected that style to look traditional.
That was my point. I find it difficult to listen to someone saying absolute lying gibberish, and conclude he won the debate. However, more often than not, that's what happens.
Miller is a beast at traditional debate, but he's not suited to being an actual politician. He's not warm and fuzzy enough.
I prefer the guy who comes away from the debate with his opponent's veins in his teeth.Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (s8j++)
190 Hiding the decline is a thing with leftists.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (viF8m)
191 Mark Halperin said on his pod that word is that the Biden Crime Family is broke. So he is out trying to convince someone to pay him the big bucks to come make a speech.
How is that possible? They've been making tens of millions in graft for the last 20 years.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Hunter and Jill snorted it all.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (v0R5T)
192 186 Carrie Fisher did not have many roles at all, did she??
Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (PCK5/)
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She became a very expensive script fixer.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (GBKbO)
193 I've seen the bench proof of the book Biden is writing about himself. Some quotes:
Whiskey on the table has its world rocked by trees and rocks.
Too long a stick lies ahead, what with the future yet to come.
The flow of quizzes would die for a grapefruit!
And my favorite:
A flailing monkey is cosmopolitan, having a trained assassin stay overnight, letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (hIiiz)
194 175 What is Festinating speech?
Talking like Festus, duh.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 04:28 PM (iULbp)
Deputy Festus? or Uncle Festus?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (QAkQ3)
195 Jilly should line the hags up to give Joey blow jobs at this point. He simply cannot look at the camera and speak for more than to stuttered sentences.
My theory is that some of his issue could be from his chin implant leaking goo. It is lopsided and wonky. The cleft is nearly sideways. I don't think it was always this way. However, unlike Corn Pop and the black children in the swimming pool of his life in Scranton, I try not to look closely at Potatus. I much prefer Action Man Joe falling up stairs in his thick orthopedic track shoes.
Lame, even for the View Coven.Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (6PCLE)
196 164 136 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw
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This adds weight to my conjecture on why there is no leader in the democrat party at present. The minute someone sticks their head up they get a vetting target placed on them. And, things just pop up. They ALL have skeletons to hide, so no one steps forward.
First Letisha James....now Crockett. Who's next? Step right up.Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (dIske)
197 Susan Sarandon is gross.Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (0HaGk)
198 holy crap Hollywood Squares with Don Rickles, Bob Newhart, Paul Lynde and Jonathan Winters (plus others)
https://youtu.be/InVXSfUXqdgPosted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (2VST1)
199 A flailing monkey is cosmopolitan, having a trained assassin stay overnight, letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (hIiiz)
Is that Haiku?Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (QAkQ3)
200 Hansard's record of debate regarding the failure of the Norway campaign in 1940 indicate this. Roger Keyes, an old tired WWI hero, got up and spoke against Chamberlain and his government and despite his halting and idiosyncratic delivery, killed it in his speech.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (ctrM5)
When you are England and you sink about 80 percent of the other sides fleet in a naval invasion you are supposed to WIN. C'mon manPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (8avO+)
201 Carrie Fisher did not have many roles at all, did she??
Posted by: tubal at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (PCK5/)
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She became a very expensive script fixer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (GBKbO)
At one point she was doing so much coke that John Belushi was telling her she better slow the fuck down.Posted by: That's a LOT of coke at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (TbWk/)
202 Jill Biden is awful.
Posted by: Piper
My mom investigated elder abuse. If she had still been with us during the Biden residency, she would have 100% said it was abuse and that foul wife of his should be in jail.Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 08, 2025 04:33 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: DaveA at May 08, 2025 04:33 PM (FhXTo)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:33 PM (2VST1)
205 I think the Bidens (along with Harris) gave it "6 months" so they wouldn't become the "Squirrel!!!!!" to the media, who is quick to pivot to attacking Democrats whenever some new insanity comes out of 45's dysfunctional and craven administration.
I watched, and Joe looked great! Jill came on, and they revealed that Jill is a Presbyterian!
That's basically it. Not even DU can bother to post about Joe anymore.Posted by: Intercepted DU Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at May 08, 2025 04:33 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:33 PM (0HaGk)
207 Carrie Fisher was smoking as Princess Leia. Yeah, Blues Brothers, but she was also fun in Soapdish and When Harry Met Sally...Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 04:34 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: Sandra Fluke, I just got off antibiotics! at May 08, 2025 04:34 PM (l3YAf)
209 187 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
Posted by: Romeo13
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That one and The Hunger. She was a good supporting role actor.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:34 PM (lCWOD)
210 Joyless BeWhore used to be a high school teacher.
Can you imagine getting stuck with *that* for a full academic year? At least in her current gig you can change the channel or turn off the set.
I'm inordinately amused that there's a town in India named Cooch Behar.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (W5ArC)
211 I saw Glenn Ford on Hollywood Squares once.
Yeah its depressing seeing some really great talent on old game shows at the end of their career :/Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (2VST1)
212 206 I saw Glenn Ford on Hollywood Squares once.
Sad.
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Did you see Blackboard Jungle?Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (lCWOD)
213 She became a very expensive script fixer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (GBKbO)
And wrote the book Postcards from the Edge.Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (2J/Lj)
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136 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw
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Caution -- may be satire.Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (ufCEJ)
215 A flailing monkey is cosmopolitan, having a trained assassin stay overnight, letting heartbreaking lies roll over us like a summer breeze.
Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (hIiiz)
Is that Haiku?
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:32 PM (QAkQ3)
This unstructured crap
Ghostwritten by that bitch Jill
Is not a haikuPosted by: Respect the art at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (TbWk/)
216 Yet every J6! from now to Doomsday they will bleat non-stop that it is a Holy Day of Remembrance of The Darkest Day Of America's Precious Democracy.
Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (aBgBM)
The repudiation of the J6 report puts a blemish on that to anyone with sense.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (8avO+)
217 Carrie Fisher's scene with Belushi in the Blues Brothers was worth the rest of her non Star Wars careerPosted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (vmkyp)
218 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
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small time crook.Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (gM/Vv)
219 OT-I know that people here have varying opinions on Kash Patel-He's not doing enough. He's doing the wrong things, etc, but he trounced the Democrats in a House appropriations meetings.
From "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/2zw9mkb3
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (42Vb+)
220 She had a cameo in Malcolm in the Middle which was pretty funny. She played an alcoholic Karen whack job whose husband had an Internet porn addiction.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025
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Don't forget her featured role as an aging soap opera actress who has an affair with Joey.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (omVj0)
221 Best for Biden and his legacy is just to put him on a beach house in Delaware and keep cameras far from him.Posted by: gKWVE at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (gKWVE)
222 Carrie was also in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (PiwSw)
223 We be alls disserpointed that they did not pick Presdent Obama as the next Pope.
We be needs a Pope of Collor to help Childrin of coler...Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (FDlb9)
224 Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (2VST1)
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Search out "Gilbert Gottfried, Hollywood Squares". That little creep was a riot on that show.Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (dIske)
225 187 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
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She was the worst part of Bull Durham. The part was great, and she can *act*, but the part required a sex symbol. And Susan Sarandon has been 50-something since her early 20s. And a gross 50-something at that...Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (Bhsk7)
226 Joyless BeWhore used to be a high school teacher.
Can you imagine getting stuck with *that* for a full academic year? At least in her current gig you can change the channel or turn off the set.
I'm inordinately amused that there's a town in India named Cooch Behar.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (W5ArC)
Now you know why they don't take attendance at school.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (8avO+)
227 Yeah its depressing seeing some really great talent on old game shows at the end of their career :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:35 PM (2VST1)
*nods sagely*Posted by: Zombie Bruce Vilanch at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (l3YAf)
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (0HaGk)
229 218 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
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small time crook.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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More like lifetime crooks. Basically kids raised not to know any better will gravitate towards crime and grifting as a lifestyle in a lot of cases.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (ctrM5)
230 Minstrel Show > Menstrual ShowPosted by: Stu Podaso at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (JN6Jq)
231 We be alls disserpointed that they did not pick Presdent Obama as the next Pope.
We be needs a Pope of Collor to help Childrin of coler...
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (FDlb9)
Obama's only god is Obama.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (8avO+)
232 They thought this would rehabilitate Sloppy Joe? Seriously? He’s not even 25% there.Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (aeiyZ)
233 > Why is she not in jail?
Posted by: tcn in AK at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (a4NoL)
Forget it, Jake.
It's Chicagotown.Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 04:38 PM (W5ArC)
234 She became a very expensive script fixer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025
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And wrote the book Postcards from the Edge.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 08, 2025
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H'wood could use more script doctors like her and William Goldman. Both were novelists (Goldman with decades of experience) and knew how to make a story work.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 04:38 PM (omVj0)
235 Cruz destroys everyone in a debate but a lot of people find that makes him unlikable.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 04:38 PM (VofaG)
236 Munsters Show > Minstrel Show > Menstrual ShowPosted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:38 PM (s8j++)
237 Biden's constant claim that he beat Trump in 2020 is even more pathetic when you go back and look at the campaign. Biden spent nearly the entire campaign in his basement and when he did venture out for the infrequent "rally" they were attended by at most a couple hundred people standing in circles 10 feet apart from each other. There was less enthusiasm for his campaign that Harris' and she had none.
We'll probably never know the real number but I doubt Biden got much more than 60 million real votes.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 04:38 PM (viF8m)
238 230 Minstrel Show > Menstrual Show
Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (JN6Jq)
Those barren hags?Posted by: aint been a menstrual show for 35 years at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (TbWk/)
239 Cruz destroys everyone in a debate but a lot of people find that makes him unlikable.
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My wife has a different opinion on what makes him unlikable.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (hIiiz)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (2VST1)
241 First Letisha James....now Crockett. Who's next? Step right up.
Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (dIske)
Did I hear someone in AOCs family, too? Will have to google.Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (p4NUW)
242 219 OT-I know that people here have varying opinions on Kash Patel-He's not doing enough. He's doing the wrong things, etc, but he trounced the Democrats in a House appropriations meetings.
From "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/2zw9mkb3
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You don't hear that from me btw. It will take 6 months to a year to render a verdict based on actions but cleaning up both of those agencies is an Augean task.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (ctrM5)
243 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (QAkQ3)
Are you forgetting Rocky Horror?Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (1k1d0)
244 Clogginstein get a real life and crawl out from Obama's AssPosted by: Buster Hymand at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (B77Ne)
245
Mark Halperin said on his pod that word is that the Biden Crime Family is broke. So he is out trying to convince someone to pay him the big bucks to come make a speech.
How is that possible? They've been making tens of millions in graft for the last 20 years.
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Yeah, we had that chat a couple threads ago, but it's still fun. I think a LOT of money disappeared on "entertainment and travel" -- also "staff salaries" -- the sort of thing you can't hold onto or resell. And the easy money that was coming over the transom probably made them think it would never end. I bet they're overextended and might have to sell off some assets.
Think of some of the heirs of some of America's greatest fortunes. It's possible to spend away awesome amounts of money.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:40 PM (U7Gpi)
246 She was the worst part of Bull Durham. The part was great, and she can *act*, but the part required a sex symbol. And Susan Sarandon has been 50-something since her early 20s. And a gross 50-something at that...
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Her turn as an aging, somewhat trashy, but still proud waitress in White Palace with the young James Spader was well done.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 04:40 PM (omVj0)
247 Obama's only god is Obama.
He all but said that straight up in the interview about his faith, where he defined sin as "something that is out of alignment with my values".Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (2VST1)
248 I rate Killary in 2016 and Obama's 2012 results as baseline Dem votes. No one doubts how many Trump got. Easy to doubt how a bunch of corrupt cities plus cheat by mail states puffed up Lying Biden's vote totals.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (ctrM5)
249 Jilly probably does what she can. She's not the brightest bulb in the strand. Have you read her dissertation for her Doctorate?
Student Retention at Community College: Meeting Students' Needs
A dissertation/executive position paper submitted of the Faculty of the University of Delaware in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Education with a Major in Educational Leadership.
Fall 2006
Copyrighted 2006 Jill Jacobs-Biden
All Rights ReservedPosted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (NFX2v)
250 don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
Not sure if it's true but it's definitely on brand. Social Security fraud is standard issue ratchet shit.Posted by: A way of life at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (TbWk/)
251 Miller is a beast at traditional debate, but he's not suited to being an actual politician. He's not warm and fuzzy enough.
I prefer the guy who comes away from the debate with his opponent's veins in his teeth.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 08, 2025 04:30 PM (s8j++)
Miller needs to find a very cruel Red State district so he can rip things up forever.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (8avO+)
252 228 "Did you see Blackboard Jungle?
Posted by: Braenyard"
I did.
Posted by: eleven at May 08, 2025 04:37 PM (0HaGk)
A pretty darned depressing movie.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (aBgBM)
253 Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra to thwart Trump and deportation, being parroted now by some idiot Republican squish named Lankford. So some case will go to the Supreme Court on whether an illegal immigrant is allowed a full trial as his "due process" and Roberts/Barrett will sign on. Is this where we're headed?Posted by: Ordinary American at May 08, 2025 04:42 PM (vsTPo)
254 Obama's only god is Obama.
He all but said that straight up in the interview about his faith, where he defined sin as "something that is out of alignment with my values".
Oh yeah!??? Well, YOU'RE out of alignment with my values!Posted by: Sick burn in someone's mind at May 08, 2025 04:42 PM (s8j++)
255 all trolls are average joePosted by: the sound of slurp at May 08, 2025 04:42 PM (gKWVE)
256 She was the worst part of Bull Durham. The part was great, and she can *act*, but the part required a sex symbol. And Susan Sarandon has been 50-something since her early 20s. And a gross 50-something at that...
Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 04:36 PM (Bhsk7)
Aging Liberal Cougar... no longer really hot... preying on young MINOR Leaguers... I though almost perfect casting.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:42 PM (QAkQ3)
257 241 First Letisha James....now Crockett. Who's next? Step right up.
Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:31 PM (dIske)
Did I hear someone in AOCs family, too? Will have to google.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (p4NUW)
Obama's Aunt Zeituni has entered the chat.
Did that bitch EVER get deported? If not, I hope Trump is on it.
Update: she died in 2014, still in the United States. Still grifting off the taxpayers for public housing and "disability".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at May 08, 2025 04:43 PM (W5ArC)
258 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:27 PM (QAkQ3)
Are you forgetting Rocky Horror?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I heard that Janet was a slut.Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 08, 2025 04:43 PM (JN6Jq)
259 Yeah, we had that chat a couple threads ago, but it's still fun. I think a LOT of money disappeared on "entertainment and travel" -- also "staff salaries" -- the sort of thing you can't hold onto or resell. And the easy money that was coming over the transom probably made them think it would never end. I bet they're overextended and might have to sell off some assets.
Think of some of the heirs of some of America's greatest fortunes. It's possible to spend away awesome amounts of money.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:40 PM (U7Gpi)
yeah if you are dumb and your staff is creative you can have a lot of holes in the pot of gold.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:43 PM (8avO+)
260 235 Cruz destroys everyone in a debate but a lot of people find that makes him unlikable.
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Cruz comes off as inauthentic to me but then again, I have been around a lot of lawyers in my past. Politicians too. I don't care for either type of speech much as a result.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:43 PM (ctrM5)
261 Did Jill write a book for Joe? Why were they on the View? No one thinks Joe was cogent during his Presidency. What was the real reason to go on this shitty show?Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2025 04:44 PM (PMtkd)
262 Did I hear someone in AOCs family, too? Will have to google.
Posted by: Piper at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (p4NUW)
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Ocasio-Cortez wrote a letter to the attorney general asking "whether my office or myself is actively under investigation."
Posted by: Orson at May 08, 2025 04:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:44 PM (2VST1)
264 >> Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra to thwart Trump and deportation, being parroted now by some idiot Republican squish named Lankford. So some case will go to the Supreme Court on whether an illegal immigrant is allowed a full trial as his "due process" and Roberts/Barrett will sign on. Is this where we're headed?
We’re already there. Now what?Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 04:44 PM (l3YAf)
265 255 all trolls are average joe
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Are you saying they suck cock by choice?Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:44 PM (ctrM5)
266
https://tinyurl.com/2zw9mkb3
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omg I just watched it on Twitter. Now I've heard of Madeleine Dean. What a lying clown.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (U7Gpi)
267 Too bad the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man (from Ghostbusters) didn't put in an appearance. It would have been funny to watch the reactions - almost enough to make me consider watching the clip. Almost.Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (VNX3d)
268 253 Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra to thwart Trump and deportation, being parroted now by some idiot Republican squish named Lankford. So some case will go to the Supreme Court on whether an illegal immigrant is allowed a full trial as his "due process" and Roberts/Barrett will sign on. Is this where we're headed?
Posted by: Ordinary American at May 08, 2025 04:42 PM (vsTPo)
Interesting that Due Process is NOT defined by any law. Nothing passed by Congress... nothing signed by the Prezzy... its all defined by the Rules written by the Supreme Court, based on 'Common Law' which is no where in the Constitution... and past Judicial 'Precedent'.
Due Process is a blatant power grab by the Courts, for the Courts... we are nearing being a Kritarchy.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (QAkQ3)
269 Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:39 PM (ctrM5
I agree with you. and I feel the same way about Pam Bondi, but some people want things done yesterday with both, despite the colossal corruption in both of those agencies.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (42Vb+)
270 And Susan Sarandon has been 50-something since her early 20s.
Posted by: bearski
Has anyone seen Susan Sarandon and Taylor Lorenz in the same room?Posted by: Stu Podaso at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (JN6Jq)
271 164 136 I don't know if this has been brought up yet, but Jasmine Crockett's family has been committing Social Security fraud for 21 years:
https://instapundit.com/718864/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at May 08, 2025 04:20 PM (PiwSw)
So was Senator Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois when she was around.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (8avO+)
Why is she not in jail?
Posted by: tcn in AK
White PrivilegePosted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (Dv3i1)
272 No work, no food, no money, no place to stay, they will self deport.Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (vFG9F)
273 187 The only movie I like Susan Sarandon in is Bull Durham... where she plays an absolute whack job...
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That one and The Hunger. She was a good supporting role actor.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:34 PM (lCWOD)
She credits Big Underwire.Posted by: Now It's A Boob Thread at May 08, 2025 04:46 PM (Aqu9a)
274 Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra to thwart Trump and deportation
Yeah a judge ruled that all detainees must get due process which is absurd, but also makes me ask: where was this with the previous, oh, 25 presidents??Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:46 PM (2VST1)
275 Democrats love to talk about Due Process yet, how many people tossed into the Garland Gulag were denied their basic constitutional rights?Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at May 08, 2025 04:47 PM (tT6L1)
276 Yeah its depressing seeing some really great talent on old game shows at the end of their career :/
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Burt Reynolds was at the top when he was on Hollywood Squares.Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at May 08, 2025 04:47 PM (2J/Lj)
277 WTF weren't these judges giving a shit about due process while Clinton, Obama, and Bush were in office? They deported millions.Posted by: Seems Legit at May 08, 2025 04:47 PM (PMtkd)
278 Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra
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I saw a sign at the Telsa dealership protest today - Due Process for All!. So I proceeded to give him the finger as what he was due.Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:47 PM (Dv3i1)
279 As one of the fake conservatives on set, Alyssa Farah Griffin's question regarding the books detailing Biden's cognitive decline never drilled down on any of the specific examples. She simply asked: "What is your response to these allegations and are these sources wrong?"
"They are wrong. There's nothing to sustain that," Biden answered.
OK, Joe, sure, whatever you say. Now let's run about an hour of video clips of you, then let our viewers decide if there is evidence supporting you being a semi-mobile gibbering vegetable for over four years.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (aBgBM)
280 I agree with you. and I feel the same way about Pam Bondi, but some people want things done yesterday with both, despite the colossal corruption in both of those agencies.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Criminal indictments take awhile, even in the Biden WH which was pulling all stops to put political opponents in prison.
Running important agencies while trying to simultaneously purge them is like trying to change the transmission while the car is going down the interstate.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (ctrM5)
281 A chicken with no eggs and cock who has no idea where he is. This is the Bidens.Posted by: Pudinhead at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (pZ64F)
282 Again every word out of a lefty democrat is some form of projection and cognitive dissonance.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (VofaG)
283 I rate Killary in 2016 and Obama's 2012 results as baseline Dem votes. No one doubts how many Trump got. Easy to doubt how a bunch of corrupt cities plus cheat by mail states puffed up Lying Biden's vote totals.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:41 PM (ctrM5)
Probably less now. The cadre of oldline machine politicians is about dead (literally). A pretty large slug of old style moderate leftists are about purged out into independence (disillusioned Bernie Bros). They are having trouble hiding the crime and corruption.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (8avO+)
284 Just hold on there India. Did the terrorist get due process?
- Hawaiian Judges all across America
He got all the process he was due.Posted by: Thanatopsis at May 08, 2025 04:48 PM (GYt5+)
285 LA Times, Capitalizing on a Politician’s Clout
By Chuck Neubauer and Ted Rohrlich
Dec. 19, 2004
Times Staff Writers
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters’ family members have made more than $1 million in the last eight years by doing business with companies, candidates and causes that the influential congresswoman has helped.
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And thereafter, too.Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 04:49 PM (NFX2v)
286 278 Looks like "Due Process" is the new weaponized mantra
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I saw a sign at the Telsa dealership protest today - Due Process for All!. So I proceeded to give him the finger as what he was due.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Fat, ignorant, and lazy is no way for those protestors to get on in life. My guess though is the guy was paid for it.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:49 PM (ctrM5)
287 281 A chicken with no eggs and cock who has no idea where he is. This is the Bidens.
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Get that cock outta here! I'm trying to take a shower!Posted by: Ashley Biden at May 08, 2025 04:49 PM (Dv3i1)
288 272 No work, no food, no money, no place to stay, they will self deport.
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (vFG9F)
Had some suspected Illegals living 2 doors down, renting a house...
Just last night there were all 5 of the Cop cars from my little town there, apparently evicting them.
I guess the US Aid money DID stop.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:50 PM (QAkQ3)
289 Hey. I'm sharp as a tick! How about those babes on the Viewn? Jill had to tell me to stop drooling again. No kidding. I better stop before I get in trouble.Posted by: Joe Biteum at May 08, 2025 04:50 PM (vFG9F)
290 So was Senator Carol Mosely Braun of Illinois when she was around.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:22 PM (8avO+)
Why is she not in jail?
Posted by: tcn in AK
White Privilege
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Why is Jessie Smolette not in jail?Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:51 PM (8avO+)
291 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (U7Gpi)
I know; Dean is just an awful woman.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 04:51 PM (42Vb+)
292 290 White Privilege
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Why is Jessie Smolette not in jail?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:51 PM (8avO+)
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His white-half?Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:51 PM (GBKbO)
293 My wife has a different opinion on what makes him unlikable.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
I know several otherwise normie/independent voters that really dislike Cruz. Something about his face, his delivery, his tone...I guess he comes off oleaginous, smarmy, fake pastor/car salesman vibe?Posted by: Military Moron at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (JCZqz)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (jKzJA)
295 Orson: "Ocasio-Cortez wrote a letter to the attorney general asking 'whether my office or myself is actively under investigation.'"
Response 1: Yes.
Response 2: We cannot comment on investigations we may or may not be conducting.
Response 3: No
I'd go with Response 3. The State is allowed to lie to a suspect to further an investigation. Not fond of the rule, but that's the way it is. So say "No" and investigate away.Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (gLikB)
296
What was the real reason to go on this shitty show?
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Possibilities:
1 - Mark Halperin speaks truth when he says the Bidens are out of money and need to find new sources of income.
2 - Jill needs appearances like this to boost her book sales (related to the above)
3 - Sheer narcissism. Desire for love, revenge, and "relevance," like Hillary. You could also be mystified by the way Hillary keeps pumping out books and doing interviews and events -- but I think she simply cannot stop protesting until the day she dies that she should have won, that she would have been better, that her political nemesis is crap, that her loss is the world's loss, etc. People like this want to shine in the history books, and they're getting as much on the record in their own favor as possible.Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (U7Gpi)
297 Probably less now. The cadre of oldline machine politicians is about dead (literally). A pretty large slug of old style moderate leftists are about purged out into independence (disillusioned Bernie Bros). They are having trouble hiding the crime and corruption.
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The old line gimmedats are declining but you have the rise of the new left from college graduates in recent years replacing them. Probably about a wash but I haven't done empirical work in elections since the Bush years. Used to do work on congressional elections so I had to keep track of the 'normal' vote in districts as a variable.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (ctrM5)
298 Just last night there were all 5 of the Cop cars from my little town there, apparently evicting them.
I guess the US Aid money DID stop.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:50 PM (QAkQ3)
From the tales on here about issues with squatters, that's another big change showing.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (8avO+)
299 Joe Biden could stand up, pull off his adult diaper and throw it across the set of The View and they'd all applaud cheer. There is no downside to being a Biden.Posted by: Frank Barone at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (Dv3i1)
301 140
re: Ironheart
All you bookworms who read: Doesn't Grrge Mrrtin's stupid books include an "Ironheart" character who is supposed to be Ned Stark's horrible wife as a reincarnated evil spirit?
But the Idiot fags, Dan & Dave didn't bother shoe-horning this fan-favorite character into the series because they were too busy fucking it up with Danerys?
Posted by: Soothsayer and five yamulkas walk into a bar at May 08, 2025 04:23 PM (ZUOEn)
Lady Stoneheart. She was resurrected, mostly, by Beric Dondarrion character in the books. The name was appropriate for her in that incarnation, she became even more horrible. I never watched the show so I have no idea what they did with her there. I also refuse to read anymore of the books, the last one was the last straw for me. Couldn't finish reading it.Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (bwvMs)
Posted by: fd at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (vFG9F)
303 Lily Munster > Munsters Show > Minstrel Show > Menstrual ShowPosted by: wth at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (v0R5T)
304 301 Lady Stoneheart. She was resurrected, mostly, by Beric Dondarrion character in the books. The name was appropriate for her in that incarnation, she became even more horrible. I never watched the show so I have no idea what they did with her there. I also refuse to read anymore of the books, the last one was the last straw for me. Couldn't finish reading it.
Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (bwvMs)
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The show cut the character out completely.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (GBKbO)
305 OT-I know that people here have varying opinions on Kash Patel-He's not doing enough. He's doing the wrong things, etc, but he trounced the Democrats in a House appropriations meetings.
From "Legal Insurrection" site:
https://tinyurl.com/2zw9mkb3
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Kristi Noem had a pretty good day as well.Posted by: WisRich at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (G0vdT)
306 Internet says the Crockett story is fake.
Darn.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (jKzJA)
Fake but accuratePosted by: The Dan Rather school of reporting at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (TbWk/)
307 Why is Jessie Smolette not in jail?
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:51 PM (8avO+)
Not only is he not in jail, he just received a monetary settlement from the city of Chicago.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (VofaG)
308 Interesting that Due Process is NOT defined by any law. Nothing passed by Congress... nothing signed by the Prezzy... its all defined by the Rules written by the Supreme Court, based on 'Common Law' which is no where in the Constitution... and past Judicial 'Precedent'.
Due Process is a blatant power grab by the Courts, for the Courts... we are nearing being a Kritarchy.
Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:45 PM (QAkQ3)
I believe Due Process for illegals apprehended inside the US is defined in US Immigration Law. It does not involve hearings in a Federal District Court. There are Immigration Courts for immigration hearings. Those are backed-up until doomsday because of Biden's open borders asylum charade, but bad guys can and are being moved to the head of the line, I believe.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (aBgBM)
309 The old line gimmedats are declining but you have the rise of the new left from college graduates in recent years replacing them. Probably about a wash but I haven't done empirical work in elections since the Bush years. Used to do work on congressional elections so I had to keep track of the 'normal' vote in districts as a variable.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (ctrM5)
The college zealots have the problem that they can't hide what they are. Dems have needed to do that increasingly for 50 years.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)
310 BorberigmyPosted by: Old Weird Harold at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (VJc7E)
311 "Joe worked hard every single day," Jill Biden said, "to put one foot in front of the other without falling over."Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (GD2xa)
312 From the tales on here about issues with squatters, that's another big change showing.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (8avO+)
My little town in Central Calif is a Conservative Bastion...
Even during Covid, the City Council and Police Chief stated they would NOT enforce any Covid Crap... and even lost State money because of it.Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 04:54 PM (QAkQ3)
313 @Chicago1Ray
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#BreakingNews 🚨
The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport TdA gang membersPosted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 04:56 PM (viF8m)
314 The old line gimmedats are declining but you have the rise of the new left from college graduates in recent years replacing them. Probably about a wash but I haven't done empirical work in elections since the Bush years. Used to do work on congressional elections so I had to keep track of the 'normal' vote in districts as a variable.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (ctrM5)
The college zealots have the problem that they can't hide what they are. Dems have needed to do that increasingly for 50 years.
Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (8avO+)
Plus, I don't think the cadre of young college punks is any different than before, they've always been Dem. They just used to be spread out among all factions instead of making their own.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:56 PM (8avO+)
315 Susan Sarandon came out of the closet a few years ago that she swings both ways. Which made me harf quietly at the thought, seeing as how she is older than I am.
I guess she ran out of men who were willing.
I read this about a month ago after re-watching Bull Durham.
Cher and Madonna seem to still have boy toys,so Susan must be really awful in the sack.
I no longer want to think about this horror.Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 08, 2025 04:56 PM (6PCLE)
316 > Internet says the Crockett story is fake."
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Because "she" is not personally cashing these checks?
Not that the checks aren't being cashed.
Do I have that right?Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (Q4IgG)
317 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
318 Not only is he not in jail, he just received a monetary settlement from the city of Chicago.
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I thought he payed Chicago PD in the settlement.Posted by: olddog in mo at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (hoCmQ)
319 I know several otherwise normie/independent voters that really dislike Cruz. Something about his face, his delivery, his tone...I guess he comes off oleaginous, smarmy, fake pastor/car salesman vibe?
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Critiquing him as a pol, I would agree with you. But, often a person with a really high iq has problems when discussing issues with those below 30 iq point or so. My guess is Cruz is probably 150-160 iq (aka genius level) given what his law profs said about him.
That can make someone seem fake as they are always in their own head fighting to figure out a way to communicate to those less smart than them. Comes off phony to many. Overly rational delivery of a speech by such a person also can come across as inauthentic and cold. They can seem reptilian to some.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (ctrM5)
320 296
What was the real reason to go on this shitty show?
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Possibilities:
1 - Mark Halperin speaks truth when he says the Bidens are out of money and need to find new sources of income.
2 - Jill needs appearances like this to boost her book sales (related to the above)
3 - Sheer narcissism. Desire for love, revenge, and "relevance," like Hillary. You could also be mystified by the way Hillary keeps pumping out books and doing interviews and events -- but I think she simply cannot stop protesting until the day she dies that she should have won, that she would have been better, that her political nemesis is crap, that her loss is the world's loss, etc. People like this want to shine in the history books, and they're getting as much on the record in their own favor as possible.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (U7Gpi)
The Spew is comfortable ground for Joey. He's appeared about a dozen times since becoming VP. He keeps appearing because he knows he'll be treated like royalty.Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (aBgBM)
321 >>Kristi Noem had a pretty good day as well.
Donald Trump had a great day. When you look at the details of the deal Trump got with the UK he pants Starmer. I expect more of this as the deals continue.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (viF8m)
322 280 I agree with you. and I feel the same way about Pam Bondi, but some people want things done yesterday with both, despite the colossal corruption in both of those agencies.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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I am one of those who want to see perp walks.
However, it was brought forward the other day that two indictments she made the other day, although seemingly low level, could precipitate a fall of the whole corrupt infrastructure.
There is hope.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (lCWOD)
323 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025
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The Song of Texaco Motor Oil?Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (omVj0)
324 317 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
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First three books were fun.
Fourth became a slog real fast. Never read the fifth. It was obvious by the fourth that Martin had no desire of even finishing his own story.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (GBKbO)
325 An oleaginous, smarmy, fake pastor/car salesman is no way to go through life, son.Posted by: Dean Wormer at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (UbjG+)
326 I guess he comes off oleaginous, smarmy, fake pastor/car salesman vibe?
he does, in short bursts. Longer term he comes across as really sharp and well educated, but that wears after a while. Too clever by half, I think is the term.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:58 PM (2VST1)
327 Oh, good. Has it replaced, "Truth to Power?"
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Ocasio-Cortez Joins Balint And Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Mohsen Mahdawi’s Arrest
April 18, 2025, Press Release
“Americans may disagree on immigration policy, but we have always agreed that the Constitution guarantees people within our borders the most basic of rights including due process and free speech. ..."
And, “It is Mr. Mahdawi’s right as a legal resident of the United States to argue for what he believes in. This most fundamental of American rights is crucial to the fabric of our country, and one that America was built upon. ..."
Ha.Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (NFX2v)
328 That can make someone seem fake as they are always in their own head fighting to figure out a way to communicate to those less smart than them. Comes off phony to many. Overly rational delivery of a speech by such a person also can come across as inauthentic and cold. They can seem reptilian to some.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (ctrM5)
Plus he has a big target on him, Dems would love to be able to lock down a Texas Senator for 50 yearsPosted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (8avO+)
329 313 @Chicago1Ray
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The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport TdA gang members
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I'm trying to find anything about this other than the guy's tweet. Nothing on the SCOTUS site as far as I can tell.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (GBKbO)
330 317 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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Epics almost always are overrated and boring. But due to the accidental release of The Lord of the Rings in three volumes (publishers wanted it divided that way while Tolkien didn't), it has set the standard for multivolume tomes that almost always have a fair chunk of drivel in them.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (ctrM5)
331 311 "Joe worked hard every single day," Jill Biden said, "to put one foot in front of the other without falling over."
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis
This could be fun....
"Joe worked hard every single day," Jill Biden said,
a) "to keep it in his pants."
2) "to remember which side of the stage to exit from."
iv) "to not read the teleprompter cues aloud"Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (Dv3i1)
332 Has Joy Behar ever had cognitive abilities to go into decline?Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (kTd/k)
333 #BreakingNews 🚨
The Supreme Court just ruled that Trump can use the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport TdA gang members
Posted by: JackStraw
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I expect full apologies from MSNBC, CNN, and NBC.
Wait, no I don't. I expect them to die.Posted by: wth at May 08, 2025 05:00 PM (v0R5T)
334 317 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
The first two books were good, but it went downhill in book 3. And then the misbegotten trash of books 4/5 which were supposed to be one book.Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 05:00 PM (bwvMs)
335
Well, at least AG "Give them space to riot" who tried and failed to maliciously prosecute 6 cops crashed and burned.
From wiki:
In May 2024, ahead of her sentencing, Mosby appeared for an interview on MSNBC's The ReidOut, where she declared her innocence and called on President Joe Biden to pardon her, asserting that she had been "politically targeted" and that the proceedings had broken her psychologically, professionally, spiritually, and financially.
On May 23, 2024, Mosby was "spared prison for mortgage fraud and perjury" and instead, sentenced to 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service, and three years of supervised release in connection with her perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.
The Maryland Bar Counsel is seeking to suspend Mosby's law license and confiscate her Longboat Key, Florida properties which were the subject of her criminal fraud conviction (but not her federal perjury convictions).Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 08, 2025 05:00 PM (U7Gpi)
336 “Americans may disagree on immigration policy, but we have always agreed that the Constitution guarantees people within our borders the most basic of rights including due process and free speech. ..."
And, “It is Mr. Mahdawi’s right as a legal resident of the United States to argue for what he believes in. This most fundamental of American rights is crucial to the fabric of our country, and one that America was built upon. ..."
Ha.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (NFX2v)
What the Law replies:
No, it doesn't. Green cards can be pulled for any or no reason.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:00 PM (8avO+)
337 >>I'm trying to find anything about this other than the guy's tweet. Nothing on the SCOTUS site as far as I can tell.
Well his tweet is attached to a clip of Brett Baier announcing it so maybe not real but will see.Posted by: JackStraw at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (viF8m)
338 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
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I assure you that you are not alone. Song of Ice and Fire is overrated hack writing. Martin doesn't understand the genre and has no interest in writing a proper story.Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (7fElN)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (iULbp)
340 --------
Critiquing him as a pol, I would agree with you. But, often a person with a really high iq has problems when discussing issues with those below 30 iq point or so. My guess is Cruz is probably 150-160 iq (aka genius level) given what his law profs said about him.
That can make someone seem fake as they are always in their own head fighting to figure out a way to communicate to those less smart than them. Comes off phony to many. Overly rational delivery of a speech by such a person also can come across as inauthentic and cold. They can seem reptilian to some.
Posted by: whig
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Yeah, I don't get the antagonism. In the first debates he was my pick. Stayed my pick until Trump proved he was truly the man for the day. Still have great respect for Cruz.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (lCWOD)
341 Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (ctrM5)
Pull up his podcast with Adam Carolla if you ever get a chance. He is basically an aos moron. Best part of the podcast is when he and Carolla did a spontaneous scene from the Princess Bride.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (VofaG)
342 it has set the standard for multivolume tomes that almost always have a fair chunk of drivel in them.
Yeah, fantasy readers put up with gigantic multi tome series for decades and I got tired of those long ago. Authors like Moorcock, Fritz Lieber, Le Guin, and Zelazny were able to deliver great content in small packages.
The Sword of Truth series is one of the worst examples. I really liked the first book. Then the second was even bigger and had almost nothing to do with the main character OR the sword, and each book after got bigger and bigger and less interesting.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)
343 My wife has a different opinion on what makes him unlikable.
Posted by: WitchDoktor
I know several otherwise normie/independent voters that really dislike Cruz. Something about his face, his delivery, his tone...I guess he comes off oleaginous, smarmy, fake pastor/car salesman vibe?
Posted by: Military Moron at May 08, 2025 04:52 PM (JCZqz)
My wife and some of her staff met him at an event. He was a total jerk to not just them, but to his own people and the people running the thing. And this is from my wife who bends over backwards to give people the benefit of the doubt.
Does he do his job, sure.
Is he personally a POS? Sure.Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (/ehWx)
344 Which was the first book in Martin's Thrones series? I was given a copy, and had a hard time with it because the publisher, contrary to all expectations and tradition, put the character list in the *back* of the book. I read about half, then saw the first episode or two of the show on DVD. Then I could follow the story. It did not grab me, though.
A shame, as Martin was once a top-notch writer. His 1983 Fevre Dream is a particularly fine fantasy-horror story, described on the cover as "Mark Twain meets Stephen King." No, really. It's set in pre-Civil War times on the Miss. River, and his vampires are rather original too.Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 05:02 PM (omVj0)
345 317 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
The first two books were good, but it went downhill in book 3. And then the misbegotten trash of books 4/5 which were supposed to be one book.
Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 05:00 PM (bwvMs)
Its a bad sign when each book is twice as thick as the next...uh oh, wild horse alert, no editor!Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:02 PM (8avO+)
346 344 Which was the first book in Martin's Thrones series? I was given a copy, and had a hard time with it because the publisher, contrary to all expectations and tradition, put the character list in the *back* of the book. I read about half, then saw the first episode or two of the show on DVD. Then I could follow the story. It did not grab me, though.
A shame, as Martin was once a top-notch writer. His 1983 Fevre Dream is a particularly fine fantasy-horror story, described on the cover as "Mark Twain meets Stephen King." No, really. It's set in pre-Civil War times on the Miss. River, and his vampires are rather original too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 08, 2025 05:02 PM (omVj0)
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First book was called A Game of Thrones.Posted by: TheJamesMadison, smashy-smashy with Godzilla at May 08, 2025 05:02 PM (GBKbO)
347 Epics almost always are overrated and boring. But due to the accidental release of The Lord of the Rings in three volumes (publishers wanted it divided that way while Tolkien didn't), it has set the standard for multivolume tomes that almost always have a fair chunk of drivel in them.
Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:59 PM (ctrM5)
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*** Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time has entered the chat...***Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 05:03 PM (7fElN)
348 294 Internet says the Crockett story is fake.
Darn.
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Um, she is officially denying it with a non denial.
"Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett says she doesn't have to explain why her family has been cashing their dead grandmother's Social Security checks since 2004.
"Our family business is our family business."
From Insty.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:03 PM (ctrM5)
349 Being able to hide a can of cat food under each boob is no way to go through life, young lady.Posted by: Dean Wormer at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (UbjG+)
350 And, “It is Mr. Mahdawi’s right as a legal resident of the United States to argue for what he believes in. This most fundamental of American rights is crucial to the fabric of our country, and one that America was built upon. ..."
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Where were you bitches when Biden deported the German family that were going to have their children taken away from them by the German govt. for the crime of homeschooling?Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (Dv3i1)
351 336 “Americans may disagree on immigration policy, but we have always agreed that the Constitution guarantees people within our borders the most basic of rights including due process and free speech. ..."
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No. The Constitution guarantees Citizens certain rights. It guarantees aliens nothing.Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (lCWOD)
352 I believe Due Process for illegals apprehended inside the US is defined in US Immigration Law. It does not involve hearings in a Federal District Court. There are Immigration Courts for immigration hearings. Those are backed-up until doomsday because of Biden's open borders asylum charade, but bad guys can and are being moved to the head of the line, I believe.
Posted by: Gref at May 08, 2025 04:53 PM (aBgBM)
Immigration Judges are different than District Judges... they work for the DOJ, and their authority to decide immigration issues derives from the DOJ, not Supreme Court.
Yet the District Judges are inserting themselves into Immigration issues, far outside their delegated Powers, BECAUSE there is no punishment for them doing so...Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (QAkQ3)
353 Posted by: WitchDoktor at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (/ehW
I've personally experienced the exact opposite.Posted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (VofaG)
354 246 Her turn as an aging, somewhat trashy, but still proud waitress in White Palace with the young James Spader was well done.
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Yeah, that was a good one. And she was a cutie in Rocky Horror. But she jumped that physical-looks shark fast... People say she's really nice in person despite being such a leftist twat. And that Tim Robbins is a real douche... Yeah, she has a good 'personality'...Posted by: bearski at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (Bhsk7)
355 it has set the standard for multivolume tomes that almost always have a fair chunk of drivel in them.
Yeah, fantasy readers put up with gigantic multi tome series for decades and I got tired of those long ago. Authors like Moorcock, Fritz Lieber, Le Guin, and Zelazny were able to deliver great content in small packages.
The Sword of Truth series is one of the worst examples. I really liked the first book. Then the second was even bigger and had almost nothing to do with the main character OR the sword, and each book after got bigger and bigger and less interesting.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (2VST1)
Riddle Master of Hed is a nice world and the three books are all short. Of course it was in the 1970s it came out.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (8avO+)
356 Halperin and his 2Way is not bad. I see clips of it on YouTube.Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 08, 2025 05:05 PM (vmkyp)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (2VST1)
358 But due to the accidental release of The Lord of the Rings in three volumes (publishers wanted it divided that way while Tolkien didn't)
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Something about the cost of paper. Britain was poor for a very long time after WWII.Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (Dv3i1)
359 NOOD GOPe traitorsPosted by: Disinterested FDA Director at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (l3YAf)
360 351 336 “Americans may disagree on immigration policy, but we have always agreed that the Constitution guarantees people within our borders the most basic of rights including due process and free speech. ..."
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No. The Constitution guarantees Citizens certain rights. It guarantees aliens nothing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:04 PM (lCWOD)
Exhibit 1? American Indians.
Exhibit 2? Project Wetback in the late 40's
Exhibit 3? Japanese Internment Camps.
Exhibit 4? The acts of EVERY President Pre Trump, doing EXACTLY what Trump is doing... deciding to expel illegal Aliens.... yet somehow all the other Prezzys did not get stopped by Judicial Activism .Posted by: Romeo13 at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (QAkQ3)
361 338 you guys give me hope, I thought I was the only guy in the world that thought the Song of Fire and Ice was overrated and boring,
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (2VST1)
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I assure you that you are not alone. Song of Ice and Fire is overrated hack writing. Martin doesn't understand the genre and has no interest in writing a proper story.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (7fElN)
Apprarently I don't have to worry about never reading another one of the books since he'll never finish the series now. He doesn't know how to finish it. At least Robert Jordan knew how the WoT would end, before he even started writing it and then his death before the last 3 books. And there's a series I could only read through once.Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (bwvMs)
362 341 Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 04:57 PM (ctrM5)
Pull up his podcast with Adam Carolla if you ever get a chance. He is basically an aos moron. Best part of the podcast is when he and Carolla did a spontaneous scene from the Princess Bride.
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Would believe it. I think to some extent Cruz is an introvert and they often come to loathe political events and the people around them.
Also watching every word that you say lest you utter something like macacca and get your ass defeated by the media drumming it in that you are racist, etc.Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (ctrM5)
363 Riddle Master of Hed is a nice world and the three books are all short. Of course it was in the 1970s it came out.
I like that series a lot, its very unusual and fresh. The second book kind of bogs by abandoning the main character at a cliffhanger, but she had to tell the story of the other characters and set up the final book.Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (2VST1)
364 My take on Cruz:
Either grow a beard or let AOC lick that opposum off your neck.Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (VJc7E)
365 * Can she hide a can of cat food under each boob?
Probably a whole cat these days.*
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Amateur.Posted by: San Fran Nan at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (UbjG+)
366 Yeah, I don't get the antagonism. In the first debates he was my pick. Stayed my pick until Trump proved he was truly the man for the day. Still have great respect for Cruz.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 08, 2025 05:01 PM (lCWOD)
Best indicator is that he made his peace with Trump and is an asset to the cause. Like JD Vance did. You lost the race to be top dog, you can still be in the pack.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:09 PM (8avO+)
367 Posted by: whig at May 08, 2025 05:07 PM (ctrM5)
Heh. I wasn't implying that aos morons are introverts though there are self admitted ones. 😀
I'm not one of themPosted by: polynikes at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (VofaG)
Posted by: Joey Bidet, Crack SBD Pilot at May 08, 2025 05:10 PM (u7nRY)
369 He doesn't know how to finish it. At least Robert Jordan knew how the WoT would end, before he even started writing it and then his death before the last 3 books. And there's a series I could only read through once.
Posted by: Farquad at May 08, 2025 05:06 PM (bwvMs)
I stopped somewhere in the middle when everyone was failing along not doing anything important for 500 pages or so.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:14 PM (8avO+)
370 Been sleeping a lot today. Thank God I have CPAP! The pain pills have caught up with me, before they were only slowing the slow muscles of my GI tract (I have been taking docusate sodium wuth the pain pills), yesterday they began affecting the slow muscles associated with breathing. As I said, thank God for CPAP! I was tapering off on the pain pills, I’m at a point where I can stop them cold turkey, and I have. Caffeine seems to help, and I can sleep even after drinking caffeinated beverages.
Anyway, to make a point that is on topic with the thread: immigration hearings shall be heard in front of Article Ii judges (under the Executive), who can dispatch matters with a summary hearing (send the judges to go along with the BP, settle it then and there).
Article III judges (Judicial branch) have NO STANDING in the matter!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (YSv5G)
371 I know you'll have trouble believing this, but The View offered easy questions, lobbing them underhand like fluffy marshmallows.
And he still whiffed!Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:17 PM (YSv5G)
372 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 08, 2025 05:15 PM (YSv5G)
I am so sorry you are having such a difficult day and I will continue to pray for you. I'll just have to continue to use "Nemo" and trust that the Lord knows who that is, because I'll never recall your entire Nic.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 08, 2025 05:22 PM (42Vb+)
373 Riddle Master of Hed is a nice world and the three books are all short. Of course it was in the 1970s it came out.
I like that series a lot, its very unusual and fresh. The second book kind of bogs by abandoning the main character at a cliffhanger, but she had to tell the story of the other characters and set up the final book.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at May 08, 2025 05:08 PM (2VST1)
Fair enough but since I fell in love with Raederle, the second most beautiful woman in the three portions of An, I didn't mind.Posted by: Oldcat at May 08, 2025 05:24 PM (8avO+)
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